Coral reef survival under accelerating ocean deoxygenation

DJ Hughes, R Alderdice, C Cooney, M Kühl… - Nature Climate …, 2020 - nature.com
Global warming and local eutrophication simultaneously lower oxygen (O2) saturation and
increase biological O2 demands to cause deoxygenation. Tropical shallow waters, and their …

Standardized short‐term acute heat stress assays resolve historical differences in coral thermotolerance across microhabitat reef sites

CR Voolstra, C Buitrago‐López, G Perna… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral bleaching is one of the main drivers of reef degradation. Most corals bleach and suffer
mortality at just 1–2° C above their maximum monthly mean temperatures, but some species …

Microbial indicators of environmental perturbations in coral reef ecosystems

B Glasl, DG Bourne, PR Frade, T Thomas, B Schaffelke… - Microbiome, 2019 - Springer
Background Coral reefs are facing unprecedented pressure on local and global scales.
Sensitive and rapid markers for ecosystem stress are urgently needed to underpin effective …

Contrasting heat stress response patterns of coral holobionts across the Red Sea suggest distinct mechanisms of thermal tolerance

CR Voolstra, JJ Valenzuela, S Turkarslan… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Corals from the northern Red Sea, in particular the Gulf of Aqaba (GoA), have exceptionally
high bleaching thresholds approaching> 5℃ above their maximum monthly mean (MMM) …

In situ observations of coral bleaching in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea during the 2015/2016 global coral bleaching event

AA Monroe, M Ziegler, A Roik, T Röthig… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Coral bleaching continues to be one of the most devastating and immediate impacts of
climate change on coral reef ecosystems worldwide. In 2015, a major bleaching event was …

Corals of the red sea

ML Berumen, R Arrigoni, J Bouwmeester… - Coral reefs of the Red …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract The biodiversity of Red Sea corals captured the attention of some of the earliest
European natural historians. Many of the first descriptions of tropical reef corals were based …

Microorganisms uniquely capture and predict stony coral tissue loss disease and hurricane disturbance impacts on US Virgin Island reefs

CC Becker, L Weber, JK Llopiz… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reef ecosystems are now commonly affected by major climate and disease
disturbances. Disturbance impacts are typically recorded using reef benthic cover, but this …

[SÁCH][B] The Red Sea: environmental gradients shape a natural laboratory in a nascent ocean

This chapter introduces the environmental gradients that characterize the broader Red Sea
habitat. The Red Sea is formed by an actively spreading rift and notably has only one natural …

Cross-shelf investigation of coral reef cryptic benthic organisms reveals diversity patterns of the hidden majority

JK Pearman, M Leray, R Villalobos, RJ Machida… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Coral reefs harbor diverse assemblages of organisms yet the majority of this diversity is
hidden within the three dimensional structure of the reef and neglected using standard …

Fine-scale delineation of Symbiodiniaceae genotypes on a previously bleached central Red Sea reef system demonstrates a prevalence of coral host-specific …

BCC Hume, A Mejia-Restrepo, CR Voolstra… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Widespread coral bleaching occurred in the central Red Sea in 2010 and 2015. During both
events, a cross-shelf and depth gradient of bleaching severity was identified within the …