Contingency planning for coral reefs in the Anthropocene; The potential of reef safe havens

EF Camp - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Reducing the global reliance on fossil fuels is essential to ensure the long-term survival of
coral reefs, but until this happens, alternative tools are required to safeguard their future …

Standardized Methods to Assess the Impacts of Thermal Stress on Coral Reef Marine Life

CR Voolstra, R Alderdice, L Colin… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Earth's oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the excess, climate change–induced
atmospheric heat. The resulting rise in oceanic temperatures affects all species and can …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Deoxygenation lowers the thermal threshold of coral bleaching

R Alderdice, G Perna, A Cárdenas, BCC Hume… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Exposure to deoxygenation from climate warming and pollution is emerging as a
contributing factor of coral bleaching and mortality. However, the combined effects of heating …

Within-population variability in coral heat tolerance indicates climate adaptation potential

A Humanes, L Lachs… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral reefs are facing unprecedented mass bleaching and mortality events due to marine
heatwaves and climate change. To avoid extirpation, corals must adapt. Individual variation …

Genomic signatures of disease resistance in endangered staghorn corals

SV Vollmer, JD Selwyn, BA Despard, CL Roesel - Science, 2023 - science.org
White band disease (WBD) has caused unprecedented declines in the Caribbean Acropora
corals, which are now listed as critically endangered species. Highly disease-resistant …

The coral bleaching automated stress system (CBASS): a low‐cost, portable system for standardized empirical assessments of coral thermal limits

NR Evensen, KE Parker, TA Oliver… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean warming is increasingly affecting marine ecosystems across the globe. Reef‐building
corals are particularly affected by warming, with mass bleaching events increasing in …

Algal symbiont genera but not coral host genotypes correlate to stony coral tissue loss disease susceptibility among Orbicella faveolata colonies in South Florida

AM Klein, AB Sturm, RJ Eckert, BK Walker… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has spread throughout the entirety of Florida's
Coral Reef (FCR) and across the Caribbean, impacting at least 30 coral species. The …

Contrasting the thermal performance of cultured coral endosymbiont photo-physiology

NJ Dilernia, EF Camp, N Bartels, DJ Suggett - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cnidarian-microalgae (Family: Symbiodiniaceae) endosymbiotic relationships are
central to the success of reef building corals, particularly shaping stress tolerance and …

Assessing acute thermal assays as a rapid screening tool for coral restoration

CN Klepac, CG Petrik, E Karabelas, J Owens… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Escalating environmental threats to coral reefs coincides with global advancements in coral
restoration programs. To improve long-term efficacy, practitioners must consider …