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 …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

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 …

Trophic strategy and bleaching resistance in reef-building corals

IE Conti-Jerpe, PD Thompson, CWM Wong… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Ocean warming increases the incidence of coral bleaching, which reduces or eliminates the
nutrition corals receive from their algal symbionts, often resulting in widespread mortality. In …

The cumulative impact of annual coral bleaching can turn some coral species winners into losers

AG Grottoli, ME Warner, SJ Levas… - Global Change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mass coral bleaching events caused by elevated seawater temperatures result in extensive
coral loss throughout the tropics, and are projected to increase in frequency and severity. If …

[HTML][HTML] Energetic and reproductive costs of coral recovery in divergent bleaching responses

SE Leinbach, KE Speare, AM Rossin, DM Holstein… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mass thermal bleaching events are a primary threat to coral reefs, yet the sublethal impacts,
particularly on energetics and reproduction, are poorly characterized. Given that the …

A research review of interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

[HTML][HTML] Coral physiology and microbiome dynamics under combined warming and ocean acidification

AG Grottoli, P Dalcin Martins, MJ Wilkins, MD Johnston… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Rising seawater temperature and ocean acidification threaten the survival of coral reefs. The
relationship between coral physiology and its microbiome may reveal why some corals are …

Scleractinian coral microplastic ingestion: potential calcification effects, size limits, and retention

C Hankins, A Duffy, K Drisco - Marine pollution bulletin, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact that microplastics (< 5 mm) have on scleractinian coral is largely unknown. This
study investigated calcification effects, size limits, and retention times of microbeads and …

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 …