The vulnerability and resilience of reef-building corals

HM Putnam, KL Barott, TD Ainsworth, RD Gates - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Reef-building corals provide the foundation for the structural and biological diversity of coral-
reef ecosystems. These massive biological structures, which can be seen from space, are …

The role of natural variability in sha** the response of coral reef organisms to climate change

EB Rivest, S Comeau, CE Cornwall - Current Climate Change Reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We investigate whether regimes of greater daily variability in
temperature or pH result in greater tolerance to ocean warming and acidification in key reef …

Diurnal fluctuations in seawater pH influence the response of a calcifying macroalga to ocean acidification

CE Cornwall, CD Hepburn… - … of the Royal …, 2013 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coastal ecosystems that are characterized by kelp forests encounter daily pH fluctuations,
driven by photosynthesis and respiration, which are larger than pH changes owing to ocean …

Stress-resistant corals may not acclimatize to ocean warming but maintain heat tolerance under cooler temperatures

V Schoepf, SA Carrion, SM Pfeifer, M Naugle… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Naturally heat-resistant coral populations hold significant potential for facilitating coral reef
survival under rapid climate change. However, it remains poorly understood whether they …

Diel variability in seawater pH relates to calcification and benthic community structure on coral reefs

NN Price, TR Martz, RE Brainard, JE Smith - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Community structure and assembly are determined in part by environmental heterogeneity.
While reef-building corals respond negatively to warming (ie bleaching events) and ocean …

Cephalopod culture: current status of main biological models and research priorities

EAG Vidal, R Villanueva, JP Andrade… - Advances in marine …, 2014 - Elsevier
A recent revival in using cephalopods as experimental animals has rekindled interest in their
biology and life cycles, information with direct applications also in the rapidly growing …

Host genotype and stable differences in algal symbiont communities explain patterns of thermal stress response of Montipora capitata following thermal pre-exposure …

J Dilworth, C Caruso, VA Kahkejian, AC Baker, C Drury - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
As sea surface temperatures increase worldwide due to climate change, coral bleaching
events are becoming more frequent and severe, resulting in reef degradation. Leveraging …

Heterotrophy promotes the re-establishment of photosynthate translocation in a symbiotic coral after heat stress

P Tremblay, A Gori, JF Maguer, M Hoogenboom… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Symbiotic scleractinian corals are particularly affected by climate change stress and respond
by bleaching (losing their symbiotic dinoflagellate partners). Recently, the energetic status of …

Sponge biomass and bioerosion rates increase under ocean warming and acidification

JKH Fang, MA Mello‐Athayde… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The combination of ocean warming and acidification as a result of increasing atmospheric
carbon dioxide (CO2) is considered to be a significant threat to calcifying organisms and …

How good are we at assessing the impact of ocean acidification in coastal systems? Limitations, omissions and strengths of commonly used experimental approaches …

M Wahl, V Saderne, Y Sawall - Marine and Freshwater Research, 2015 - CSIRO Publishing
Much of our past research on ocean acidification has focussed on direct responses to pCO2
increase at the (sub-) organism level, but does not produce findings that can be projected …