Marine heatwaves are not a dominant driver of change in demersal fishes

AL Fredston, WWL Cheung, TL Frölicher, ZJ Kitchel… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves have been linked to negative ecological effects in recent decades,. If
marine heatwaves regularly induce community reorganization and biomass collapses in …

A marine protected area network does not confer community structure resilience to a marine heatwave across coastal ecosystems

JG Smith, CM Free, C Lopazanski, J Brun… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Marine protected areas (MPAs) have gained attention as a conservation tool for enhancing
ecosystem resilience to climate change. However, empirical evidence explicitly linking …

Anomalous sea temperatures can impair coral reef fish recruitment

SA Foo, RR Carlson, C Teague… - Environmental Research …, 2024 - iopscience.iop.org
Understanding how temperature affects coral reef fish recruitment success is crucial for
assessing impacts of ocean warming on coral reef resilience. We utilized a long-term fish …

A Unique 100 Meter Underwater Survey Method Documents Changes in Abundance, Richness, and Community Structure of Hawaiʹi Reef Fishes

S Larson, J Christiansen, AY Olsen… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hawai′ i coral reefs are essential ecosystems providing resources in the form of food and
recreation as well as stabilizing nearshore biodiversity. The Seattle Aquarium has exhibited …

Temporal patterns in coral reef fish assemblages with varying disturbance levels: A tale of two National Parks in Hawai´ i

A Fukunaga, SA McKenna, EK Brown… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Long-term ecological monitoring of coral reefs can reveal the state of the reef communities
and responses of different reef components to various pulse and press disturbance events …

Observed Impacts of Heatwaves

G McGregor - Heatwaves: Causes, Consequences and Responses, 2024 - Springer
This chapter provides an overview of the observed impacts of heatwaves, focusing on
human populations, the economy, society, infrastructure, domesticated animals, terrestrial …