Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

R Van Woesik, T Shlesinger, AG Grottoli… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Heterotrophy in marine animal forests in an era of climate change

V Denis, C Ferrier‐Pagès, N Schubert… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine animal forests (MAFs) are benthic ecosystems characterised by biogenic three‐
dimensional structures formed by suspension feeders such as corals, gorgonians, sponges …

Eutrophication on coral reefs: what is the evidence for phase shifts, nutrient limitation and coral bleaching

MP Lesser - BioScience, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Coral reefs continue to experience extreme environmental pressure from climate change
stressors, but many coral reefs are also exposed to eutrophication. It has been proposed that …

Coastal corals during heat stress and eutrophication: a case study in Northwest Hainan coastal areas

W Zhu, J Xia, Y Ren, M Xie, H Yin, X Liu, J Huang… - Marine Pollution …, 2021 - Elsevier
This study initially investigated the coral status during the unexpected bleaching event in
three coastal areas in Northwest Hainan coastal areas and analyzed changes in coral …

Adaptive changes of coral Galaxea fascicularis holobiont in response to nearshore stress

W Zhu, M Zhu, X Liu, J Xia, H Wang, R Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global change and local stressors are simultaneously affecting the nearshore corals, and
microbiome flexibility may assist corals in thriving under such multiple stressors. Here, we …

The pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata shows high resistance to warming when nitrate concentrations are low

B Thobor, A Tilstra, DG Bourne, K Springer… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The resistance of hard corals to warming can be negatively affected by nitrate
eutrophication, but related knowledge for soft corals is scarce. We thus investigated the …

Coastal upwelling under anthropogenic influence drives the community change, assembly process, and co‐occurrence pattern of coral associated microorganisms

W Zhu, X Liu, M Zhu, J Xia, R Chen… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Summer upwelling areas may serve as a thermal refuge for coral reefs under climate
change, and the environmental adaptation of scleractinian coral to upwelling environments …

Moderate chlorophyll-a environments reduce coral bleaching during thermal stress in Yap, Micronesia

R Keighan, R van Woesik, A Yalon, J Nam, P Houk - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Thermal-stress events on coral reefs lead to coral bleaching, mortality, and changes in
species composition. The coral reefs of Yap, in the Federated States of Micronesia, however …

Microbiome signatures in Acropora cervicornis are associated with genotypic resistance to elevated nutrients and heat stress

AM Palacio-Castro, SM Rosales, CE Dennison… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
The staghorn coral, Acropora cervicornis, was once abundant in the Caribbean, but now is
listed as critically endangered. To recover A. cervicornis populations, restoration efforts have …

Species-specific response of corals to imbalanced ratios of inorganic nutrients

ACA Blanckaert, T Biscéré, R Grover… - International Journal of …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Dissolved inorganic phosphorus (DIP) is a limiting nutrient in the physiology of scleractinian
corals. Anthropogenic addition of dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) to coastal reefs …