The past, present, and future of coral heat stress studies

MJ Cziesielski, S Schmidt‐Roach… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The global loss and degradation of coral reefs, as a result of intensified frequency and
severity of bleaching events, is a major concern. Evidence of heat stress affecting corals …

Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves

MK Donovan, DE Burkepile, C Kratochwill… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Climate change threatens coral reefs by causing heat stress events that lead to widespread
coral bleaching and mortality. Given the global nature of these mass coral mortality events …

ENSO‐driven ocean extremes and their ecosystem impacts

NJ Holbrook, DC Claar, AJ Hobday… - El Niño southern …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Summary El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events can cause extremes in the ocean
environment that have substantial impacts on marine ecosystems. In the shallow …

[HTML][HTML] Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

ES Darling, TR McClanahan, J Maina… - Nature ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Without drastic efforts to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate globalized stressors, tropical
coral reefs are in jeopardy. Strategic conservation and management requires identification …

Relative efficacy of three approaches to mitigate Crown-of-Thorns Starfish outbreaks on Australia's Great Barrier Reef

DA Westcott, CS Fletcher, FJ Kroon, RC Babcock… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Population outbreaks of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (COTS; Acanthaster spp.) are a major
contributor to loss of hard coral throughout the Indo-Pacific. On Australia's Great Barrier Reef …

Unravelling the different causes of nitrate and ammonium effects on coral bleaching

L Fernandes de Barros Marangoni, C Ferrier-Pagès… - Scientific Reports, 2020 - nature.com
Mass coral bleaching represents one of the greatest threats to coral reefs and has mainly
been attributed to seawater warming. However, reduced water quality can also interact with …

Large geographic variability in the resistance of corals to thermal stress

TR McClanahan, JM Maina, ES Darling… - Global Ecology and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Predictions for the future of coral reefs are largely based on thermal exposure and
poorly account for potential geographic variation in biological sensitivity to thermal stress …

El Niño/Southern Oscillation inhibited by submesoscale ocean eddies

S Wang, Z Jing, L Wu, W Cai, P Chang, H Wang… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The El Niño/Southern Oscillation is characterized by irregular warm (El Niño) and
cold (La Niña) events in the tropical Pacific Ocean, which have substantial global …

Coral bleaching impacts from back-to-back 2015–2016 thermal anomalies in the remote central Indian Ocean

CEI Head, DTI Bayley, G Rowlands, RC Roche… - Coral Reefs, 2019 - Springer
Studying scleractinian coral bleaching and recovery dynamics in remote, isolated reef
systems offers an opportunity to examine impacts of global reef stressors in the absence of …

Mesophotic coral communities escape thermal coral bleaching in French Polynesia

G Pérez-Rosales, H Rouzé, G Torda… - Royal Society …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Climate change and consequent coral bleaching are causing the disappearance of reef-
building corals worldwide. While bleaching episodes significantly impact shallow waters …