Win some, lose some: The ecophysiology of Porites astreoides as a key coral species to Caribbean reefs

LFO Lima, H Bursch, EA Dinsdale - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Caribbean reefs have undergone large-scale losses in coral cover in past decades,
sparking a search for species that are resilient under stress. Porites astreoides has been …

Rapid shifts in thermal reaction norms and tolerance of brooded coral larvae following parental heat acclimation

L Jiang, CY Liu, G Cui, LT Huang, XL Yu… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal priming of reef corals can enhance their heat tolerance; however, the legacy effects
of heat stress during parental brooding on larval resilience remain understudied. This study …

Coral and seawater metagenomes reveal key microbial functions to coral health and ecosystem functioning shaped at reef scale

LFO Lima, AT Alker, B Papudeshi, MM Morris… - Microbial Ecology, 2023 - Springer
The coral holobiont is comprised of a highly diverse microbial community that provides key
services to corals such as protection against pathogens and nutrient cycling. The coral …

Plasticity of Porites astreoides Early Life History Stages Suggests Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems Act as Refugia in Bermuda

G Goodbody-Gringley, F Scucchia, R Ju… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
As the devastating impacts of global climate change and local anthropogenic stressors on
shallow-water coral reefs are expected to rise, mesophotic coral ecosystems have …

Ecological and environmental predictors of juvenile coral density across the central and western Pacific

CS Couch, TA Oliver, K Dettloff, B Huntington… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The persistence of Pacific coral reefs is threatened by large-scale mortality resulting from
heat stress, storms, overfishing, disease, and land-based pollution. While reefs have …

Physiological and morphological plasticity in Stylophora pistillata larvae from Eilat, Israel, to shallow and mesophotic light conditions

J Bellworthy, R Pardo, F Scucchia, P Zaslansky… - IScience, 2023 - cell.com
Mesophotic reefs have been proposed as climate change refugia but are not synonymous
ecosystems with shallow reefs and remain exposed to anthropogenic impacts. Planulae …

The bioenergetics response of the coral Pocillopora damicornis to temperature changes during its reproduction stage

C Liu, Y Zhang, MT Botana, Y Fu, L Huang… - Marine Environmental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sexual reproduction of reef–building corals is vital for coral reef ecosystem recovery. Corals
allocate limited energy to growth and reproduction, when being under environmental …

Pre-Bleaching Coral Microbiome Is Enriched in Beneficial Taxa and Functions

LFO Lima, AT Alker, MM Morris, RA Edwards… - Microorganisms, 2024 - mdpi.com
Coral reef health is tightly connected to the coral holobiont, which is the association between
the coral animal and a diverse microbiome functioning as a unit. The coral holobiont …

Acute heat priming promotes short-term climate resilience of early life stages in a model sea anemone

BH Glass, KG Jones, CY Angela, AG Dworetzky… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Across diverse taxa, sublethal exposure to abiotic stressors early in life can lead to benefits
such as increased stress tolerance upon repeat exposure. This phenomenon, known as …

[HTML][HTML] The genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides

KH Wong, HM Putnam - GIGAbyte, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Anthropogenic effects have contributed to substantial declines in coral reefs worldwide.
However, some corals are more resilient to environmental changes and have increased in …