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 …

The coral microbiome: towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms of coral–microbiota interactions

AR Mohamed, MA Ochsenkühn… - FEMS Microbiology …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Corals live in a complex, multipartite symbiosis with diverse microbes across kingdoms,
some of which are implicated in vital functions, such as those related to resilience against …

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 …

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 …

Expression plasticity regulates intraspecific variation in the acclimatization potential of a reef-building coral

C Drury, J Dilworth, E Majerová, C Caruso… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Phenotypic plasticity is an important ecological and evolutionary response for organisms
experiencing environmental change, but the ubiquity of this capacity within coral species …

Metabolomic signatures of corals thriving across extreme reef habitats reveal strategies of heat stress tolerance

TD Haydon, JL Matthews… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic stressors continue to escalate worldwide, driving unprecedented declines in
reef environmental conditions and coral health. One approach to better understand how …

Host genotype and stable differences in algal symbiont communities explain patterns of thermal stress response of Montipora capitata following thermal pre-exposure …

J Dilworth, C Caruso, VA Kahkejian, AC Baker, C Drury - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
As sea surface temperatures increase worldwide due to climate change, coral bleaching
events are becoming more frequent and severe, resulting in reef degradation. Leveraging …

Genotype by environment interactions in coral bleaching

C Drury, D Lirman - Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate-driven reef decline has prompted the development of next-generation coral
conservation strategies, many of which hinge on the movement of adaptive variation across …

No apparent trade-offs associated with heat tolerance in a reef-building coral

L Lachs, A Humanes, DR Pygas, JC Bythell… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
As marine species adapt to climate change, their heat tolerance will likely be under strong
selection. Yet trade-offs between heat tolerance and other life history traits could …

Unlocking the genomic potential of Red Sea coral probiotics

I Raimundo, PM Rosado, AR Barno, CP Antony… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The application of beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMC) decreases the bleaching
susceptibility and mortality rate of corals. BMC selection is typically performed via molecular …