Coral reef resilience to thermal stress in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

M Romero‐Torres, A Acosta… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs worldwide are threatened by thermal stress caused by climate change.
Especially devastating periods of coral loss frequently occur during El Niño‐Southern …

[HTML][HTML] Micro-fragmentation as an effective and applied tool to restore remote reefs in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

JJA Tortolero-Langarica… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coral reef ecosystems are continuously degraded by anthropogenic and climate change
drivers, causing a widespread decline in reef biodiversity and associated goods and …

Widespread coral bleaching and mass mortality of reef-building corals in southern mexican Pacific reefs due to 2023 El Niño Warming

A López-Pérez, R Granja-Fernández… - Oceans, 2024 - mdpi.com
In May 2023, oceanic and atmospheric anomalies indicated El Niño conditions in the
eastern Pacific, followed by coral bleaching in coral communities and reefs of Huatulco. We …

Decadal stability of coral reef benthic communities on Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific, through two bleaching events

A Khen, MD Johnson, MD Fox, SM Clements, AL Carter… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
The prevalence of coral bleaching due to thermal stress has been increasing on coral reefs
worldwide. While many studies have documented how corals respond to warming, fewer …

Coral recovery in the central Mexican pacific 20 years after the 1997–1998 El Niño Event

V Martínez-Castillo, AP Rodríguez-Troncoso… - Oceans, 2022 - mdpi.com
El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events are increasing globally in both frequency and
strength, and they can elicit coral bleaching events. The 1997–1998 ENSO caused mass …

Coral calcification and carbonate production in the eastern tropical Pacific: The role of branching and massive corals in the reef maintenance

JJA Tortolero‐Langarica, AP Rodríguez‐Troncoso… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hermatypic corals have the potential to construct calcium carbonate (CaCO3) reef‐
framework, maintain habitats tridimensionality and contribute to both the biogeochemical …

Variable responses to a marine heat wave in five fringing reefs of southern Taiwan

ZM Ye, AB Mayfield, TY Fan - Applied Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
In 2020 marine heatwaves elicited severe bleaching on many of Earth's coral reefs. We
compared coral reef benthic community composition before (April 2020), during (September …

Taxonomical and functional diversity dynamics of conspicuous echinoderms in the northeastern tropical Pacific over a decade

C de Alba-Guzmán, AP Rodríguez-Troncoso… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Understanding what determines spatio-temporal changes in echinoderm assemblages from
an integrative perspective that considers biodiversity, species evenness, and species' …

Expediting the search for climate-resilient reef corals in the Coral Triangle with artificial intelligence

AB Mayfield, AC Dempsey, CS Chen, C Lin - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Featured Application We have developed a machine-learning approach for identifying
climate-resilient corals in the Solomon Islands. Abstract Numerous physical, chemical, and …

Testing the feasibility of coral nurseries in an upwelling area in the North Pacific of Costa Rica

S Fabregat-Malé, S Mena-González… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
The decline of coral reefs has increased interest in ecological restoration. Due to the scarcity
of coral gardening projects in the Eastern Tropical Pacific, improving our understanding of …