Changing geo‐ecological functions of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

CT Perry, L Alvarez‐Filip - Functional Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The ecology of many coral reefs has changed markedly over recent decades in response to
various combinations of local and global stressors. These ecological changes have …

Smooth and spiky: the importance of variability in marine climate change ecology

JD Witman, AJ Pershing, JF Bruno - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Greenhouse gas emissions are warming the ocean with profound consequences at all
levels of organization, from organismal rates to ecosystem processes. The proximate driver …

The 2014–2017 global-scale coral bleaching event: insights and impacts

CM Eakin, HPA Sweatman, RE Brainard - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
2017 was an unprecedented period of successive record-breaking hot years, which
coincided with the most severe, widespread, and longest-lasting global-scale coral …

Mesophotic coral bleaching associated with changes in thermocline depth

C Diaz, NL Foster, MJ Attrill, A Bolton… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
As global temperatures continue to rise, shallow coral reef bleaching has become more
intense and widespread. Mesophotic coral ecosystems reside in deeper (30–150 m), cooler …

Heat accumulation on coral reefs mitigated by internal waves

ASJ Wyatt, JJ Leichter, LT Toth, T Miyajima… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Coral reefs are among the most species-rich, productive and economically valuable
ecosystems on Earth but increasingly frequent pantropical coral bleaching events are …

South Atlantic coral reefs are major global warming refugia and less susceptible to bleaching

M Mies, RB Francini-Filho, C Zilberberg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mass coral bleaching has increased in intensity and frequency and has severely impacted
shallow tropical reefs worldwide. Although extensive investigation has been conducted on …

Cumulative bleaching undermines systemic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef

MWM Cheung, K Hock, W Skirving, PJ Mumby - Current biology, 2021 - cell.com
Climate change and ENSO have triggered five mass coral bleaching events on Australia's
Great Barrier Reef (GBR), three of which occurred in the last 5 years. 1–5 Here, we explore …

The transformation of Caribbean coral communities since humans

KL Cramer, MK Donovan, JBC Jackson… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The mass die‐off of Caribbean corals has transformed many of this region's reefs to
macroalgal‐dominated habitats since systematic monitoring began in the 1970s. Although …

Recurrent mass-bleaching and the potential for ecosystem collapse on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

MS Pratchett, SF Heron, C Mellin… - Ecosystem collapse and …, 2021 - Springer
Coral reefs are extremely vulnerable to human-induced climate change. Most notably,
increasing ocean temperatures are causing increasing incidence and severity of mass coral …

The importance of 1.5 C warming for the Great Barrier Reef

JK McWhorter, PR Halloran, G Roff… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical coral reefs are among the most sensitive ecosystems to climate change and will
benefit from the more ambitious aims of the United Nations Framework Convention on …