Local adaptation in marine foundation species at microgeographic scales

CG Hays, TC Hanley, AR Hughes… - The Biological …, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Nearshore foundation species in coastal and estuarine systems (eg, salt marsh grasses,
mangroves, seagrasses, corals) drive the ecological functions of ecosystems and entire …

Coral distribution and bleaching vulnerability areas in Southwestern Atlantic under ocean warming

J Bleuel, MG Pennino, GO Longo - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Global climate change is a major threat to reefs by increasing the frequency and severity of
coral bleaching events over time, reducing coral cover and diversity. Ocean warming may …

Environmental specialization and cryptic genetic divergence in two massive coral species from the Florida Keys Reef Tract

JP Rippe, G Dixon, ZL Fuller, Y Liao… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Broadcast‐spawning coral species have wide geographical ranges spanning strong
environmental gradients, but it is unclear how much spatially varying selection these …

Upper-mesophotic and shallow reef corals exhibit similar thermal tolerance, sensitivity and optima

K Gould, JF Bruno, R Ju, G Goodbody-Gringley - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
The physiology of ectotherms living in marine environments is strongly influenced by their
local thermal experience. Scleractinian corals living near their thermal optimums are …

Depth-dependent parental effects create invisible barriers to coral dispersal

T Shlesinger, Y Loya - Communications Biology, 2021 - nature.com
Historically, marine populations were considered to be interconnected across large
geographic regions due to the lack of apparent physical barriers to dispersal, coupled with a …

Brooded coral offspring physiology depends on the combined effects of parental press and pulse thermal history

KH Wong, G Goodbody‐Gringley… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals respond to the temporal integration of both pulse events (ie, heat
waves) and press thermal history (ie, local environment) via physiological changes, with …

Barriers and corridors of gene flow in an urbanized tropical reef system

L Afiq‐Rosli, BJ Wainwright, AR Gajanur… - Evolutionary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Information about the distribution of alleles among marine populations is critical for
determining patterns of genetic connectivity that are essential in modern conservation …

Genetic and physiological traits conferring tolerance to ocean acidification in mesophotic corals

F Scucchia, A Malik, HM Putnam… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The integrity of coral reefs worldwide is jeopardized by ocean acidification (OA). Most
studies conducted so far have focused on the vulnerability to OA of corals inhabiting shallow …

Mesophotic coral refuges following multiple disturbances

J Bloomberg, DM Holstein - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
As coral populations on shallow reefs decline globally, mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCE)
have been proposed as potential coral refugia from thermal, storm, and anthropogenic …

Plasticity of Porites astreoides Early Life History Stages Suggests Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Act as Refugia in Bermuda

G Goodbody-Gringley, F Scucchia, R Ju… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As the devastating impacts of global climate change and local anthropogenic stressors on
shallow-water coral reefs are expected to rise, mesophotic coral ecosystems have …