[HTML][HTML] Corals at the edge of environmental limits: A new conceptual framework to re-define marginal and extreme coral communities

V Schoepf, JH Baumann, DJ Barshis… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide decline of coral reefs has renewed interest in coral communities at the edge
of environmental limits because they have the potential to serve as resilience hotspots and …

Contingency planning for coral reefs in the Anthropocene; The potential of reef safe havens

EF Camp - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2022 - portlandpress.com
Reducing the global reliance on fossil fuels is essential to ensure the long-term survival of
coral reefs, but until this happens, alternative tools are required to safeguard their future …

Marine heatwaves impair the thermal refugia potential of marginal reefs in the northern South China Sea

S Mo, T Chen, Z Chen, W Zhang, S Li - Science of the Total Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Frequent marine heatwaves (MHWs), concurrent with climate warming, threaten global low-
latitude, pristine coral reefs, leading to growing interest in identifying marginal coral reefs …

Scleractinian corals rely on heterotrophy in highly turbid environments

N Travaglione, R Evans, M Moustaka, M Cuttler… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Coral communities can survive in stressful environments; however, the mechanisms corals
employ to endure challenging conditions are poorly understood. This study assessed how …

Turbidity shapes shallow Southwestern Atlantic benthic reef communities

EFC Santana, M Mies, GO Longo, R Menezes… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Southwestern Atlantic reefs (Brazilian Province) occur along a broad latitudinal
range (∼ 5° N-27° S) and under varied environmental conditions. We combined large-scale …

A snapshot of sediment dynamics on an inshore coral reef

JA Schlaefer, SB Tebbett, CL Bowden… - Marine Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Sediments are ubiquitous on coral reefs. However, studies of reef sediments have largely
focused on isolated reservoirs, or processes, and rarely consider hydrodynamic drivers. We …

Low bioerosion rates on inshore turbid reefs of Western Australia

S Dee, T DeCarlo, I Lozić, J Nilsen, NK Browne - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
Bioerosion on inshore reefs is expected to increase with global climate change reducing
reef stability and accretionary potential. Most studies investigating bioerosion have focused …

Identifying metocean drivers of turbidity using 18 years of MODIS satellite data: implications for marine ecosystems under climate change

PJ Cartwright, PRCS Fearns, P Branson, MVW Cuttler… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Turbidity impacts the growth and productivity of marine benthic habitats due to light
limitation. Daily/monthly synoptic and tidal influences often drive turbidity fluctuations …

Factors limiting the range extension of corals into high-latitude reef regions

D Abrego, EJ Howells, SDA Smith, JS Madin… - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Reef-building corals show a marked decrease in total species richness from the tropics to
high latitude regions. Several hypotheses have been proposed to account for this pattern in …

Large-scale effects of turbidity on coral bleaching in the Hawaiian islands

RR Carlson, J Li, LB Crowder, GP Asner - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Turbidity from land-based runoff has been identified as a possible driver of coral bleaching
refugia, as particulate matter in turbid habitats may block excessive irradiance and alter the …