Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

CR Voolstra, DJ Suggett, RS Peixoto… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

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 …

Global warming impairs stock–recruitment dynamics of corals

TP Hughes, JT Kerry, AH Baird, SR Connolly, TJ Chase… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in disturbance regimes due to climate change are increasingly
challenging the capacity of ecosystems to absorb recurrent shocks and reassemble …

Heat waves, the new normal: summertime temperature extremes will impact animals, ecosystems, and human communities

JH Stillman - Physiology, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
A consequence of climate change is the increased frequency and severity of extreme heat
waves. This is occurring now as most of the warmest summers and most intense heat waves …

Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching

ZL Fuller, VJL Mocellin, LA Morris, N Cantin… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Coral reefs worldwide are suffering losses at an alarming rate as a result of
anthropogenic climate change. Increased seawater temperatures, even only slightly above …

Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic

IB Baums, AC Baker, SW Davies… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Active coral restoration typically involves two interventions: crossing gametes to facilitate
sexual larval propagation; and fragmenting, growing, and outplanting adult colonies to …

Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

L Lachs, SD Donner, PJ Mumby, JC Bythell… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Recurrent mass bleaching events threaten the future of coral reefs. To persist under climate
change, corals will need to endure progressively more intense and frequent marine …

Understanding interactions between plasticity, adaptation and range shifts in response to marine environmental change

JM Donelson, JM Sunday… - … of the Royal …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate change is leading to shifts in species geographical distributions, but populations are
also probably adapting to environmental change at different rates across their range. Owing …

Nutrient availability and metabolism affect the stability of coral–Symbiodiniaceae symbioses

LA Morris, CR Voolstra, KM Quigley, DG Bourne… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Coral reefs rely upon the highly optimized coral–Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis, making them
sensitive to environmental change and susceptible to anthropogenic stress. Coral bleaching …

Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming

EJ Howells, D Abrego, YJ Liew, JA Burt, E Meyer… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Reef-building corals thriving in extreme thermal environments may provide genetic variation
that can assist the evolution of populations to rapid climate warming. However, the feasibility …