Identifying, monitoring, and managing adaptive genetic variation in reef-building corals under rapid climate warming

EJ Howells, LK Bay, RA Bay - Coral reef conservation and restoration in …, 2022 - Springer
The persistence of reef-building corals is dependent on evolutionary responses to climate
change. Yet, it remains uncertain whether populations have already adapted to recent …

Assessing acute thermal assays as a rapid screening tool for coral restoration

CN Klepac, CG Petrik, E Karabelas, J Owens… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Escalating environmental threats to coral reefs coincides with global advancements in coral
restoration programs. To improve long-term efficacy, practitioners must consider …

Evidence for adaptive morphological plasticity in the Caribbean coral, Acropora cervicornis

WC Million, M Ruggeri, S O'Donnell… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - National Acad Sciences
Genotype-by-environment interactions (GxE) indicate that variation in organismal traits
cannot be explained by fixed effects of genetics or site-specific plastic responses alone. For …

Relationships between phenotypic plasticity and epigenetic variation in two Caribbean Acropora corals

S Hackerott, F Virdis, PJ Flood, DG Souto… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The plastic ability for a range of phenotypes to be exhibited by the same genotype allows
organisms to respond to environmental variation and may modulate fitness in novel …

A roadmap to integrating resilience into the practice of coral reef restoration

EC Shaver, E McLeod, MY Hein… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Recent warm temperatures driven by climate change have caused mass coral bleaching
and mortality across the world, prompting managers, policymakers, and conservation …

Maximizing genetic diversity in coral restoration projects

IB Baums, VF Chamberland, NS Locatelli… - Coral Reef Conservation …, 2022 - Springer
As natural coral populations decline, thousands of outplanted corals are poised to dominate
reefs in the hardest-hit areas, such as the Florida Keys. Genetic management plans are …

Microplastics do not affect bleaching of Acropora cervicornis at ambient or elevated temperatures

MM Plafcan, CD Stallings - PeerJ, 2022 - peerj.com
Microplastic pollution can harm organisms and ecosystems such as coral reefs. Corals are
important habitat-forming organisms that are sensitive to environmental conditions and have …

Symbiont composition and coral genotype determines massive coral species performance under end-of-century climate scenarios

CN Klepac, KR Eaton, CG Petrik, LN Arick… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The recent decline of coral health and substantial loss of coral cover along Florida's Coral
Reef (FCR) results from local stressors such as degraded water quality and disease …

Synergistic response to climate stressors in coral is associated with genotypic variation in baseline expression

J Dilworth, WC Million, M Ruggeri… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
As environments are rapidly reshaped due to climate change, phenotypic plasticity plays an
important role in the ability of organisms to persist and is considered an especially important …

Intraspecific variation in response to elevated pCO2 and temperature in the branching reef coral Acropora digitifera from different habitats

C Manullang, AI Tarigan, A Iguchi, T Nakamura - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Ocean acidification (OA) and ocean warming (OW) affect the calcification of corals, and
intraspecific variations in response to these stressors in the population level need to be …