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 …

Fine-scale heterogeneity reveals disproportionate thermal stress and coral mortality in thermally variable reef habitats during a marine heatwave

KT Brown, G Eyal, SG Dove, KL Barott - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Increasing ocean temperatures threaten coral reefs globally, but corals residing in habitats
that experience high thermal variability are thought to be better adapted to survive climate …

Hydrodynamic and atmospheric drivers create distinct thermal environments within a coral reef atoll

CM Grimaldi, RJ Lowe, JA Benthuysen, MVW Cuttler… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Within coral reefs, different thermal environments can be found at locations separated by
less than 100 s of meters and can generate fine-scale patterns of thermal stress and …

Surface pH record (1990–2013) of the Arabian Sea from boron isotopes of Lakshadweep corals—trend, variability, and control

M Tarique, W Rahaman, AA Fousiya… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Atmospheric CO2 rise in post‐industrial era has resulted in decline in surface ocean pH,
commonly known as “ocean acidification (OA),” which has become a threat to marine …

Large-amplitude internal wave transformation into shallow water

G Sinnett, SR Ramp, YJ Yang… - Journal of Physical …, 2022 - journals.ametsoc.org
Large-amplitude internal solitary wave (ISW) shoaling, breaking, and run-up was tracked
continuously by a dense and rapidly sampling array spanning depths from 500 m to shore …

Hydrodynamic drivers of fine‐scale connectivity within a coral reef atoll

CM Grimaldi, RJ Lowe, JA Benthuysen… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An accurate representation of physical and biological processes is crucial to resolve larval
dispersal pathways and characterize connectivity of coral reef ecosystems. We investigate …

Bottom drag coefficient on a shallow barrier reef

D Sous, S Maticka, S Meulé… - Geophysical Research …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The present paper reports of a field experiment over a shallow, roughness‐varying barrier
reef at Maupiti island, French Polynesia. The depth‐averaged momentum balance is used to …

The effects of light intensity and flow speed on biogeochemical variability within a fringing coral reef in Onna‐son, Okinawa, Japan

MS Rintoul, TA Courtney, JL Dohner… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming and ocean acidification are driving declines in seawater dissolved oxygen
(DO) concentrations and pH. Predicting how these changes will affect shallow, near‐shore …

Predicting organismal response to marine heatwaves using dynamic thermal tolerance landscape models

AR Villeneuve, ER White - Journal of Animal Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) can cause thermal stress in marine organisms, experienced as
extreme 'pulses' against the gradual trend of anthropogenic warming. When thermal stress …

The hydrodynamics of Lizard Island lagoon, Great Barrier Reef

CJ Philipps, DR Bellwood - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Hydrodynamic processes are a major driver for marine systems, linking marine organisms
with their environment. However, a lack of hydrodynamic data at an ecologically relevant …