Acclimation and size influence predation, growth, and survival of sexually produced Diploria labyrinthiformis used in restoration

MC Ladd, AA Shantz, C Harrell, NK Hayes… - Scientific reports, 2024 - nature.com
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) has swept through Florida reefs and caused mass
mortality of numerous coral species. In the wake of these losses, efforts are underway to …

Corals that survive repeated thermal stress show signs of selection and acclimatization

OS McCarthy, M Winston Pomeroy, JE Smith - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Climate change is transforming coral reefs by increasing the frequency and intensity of
marine heatwaves, often leading to coral bleaching and mortality. Coral communities have …

Thermal preconditioning modulates coral physiology and heat tolerance: A multi-species perspective

EF Ferrara, A Roik, F Wöhrmann-Zipf, M Ziegler - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Global warming threatens reef-building corals by challenging their natural adaptive capacity.
Therefore, interventions such as stress hardening by thermal preconditioning could become …

A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming

YM Bozec, A Adam, BA Nava, AK Cresswell… - bioRxiv, 2025 - biorxiv.org
Coral reefs around the world are threatened by recurrent marine heatwaves causing mass
coral bleaching and mortality. Mitigating future warming impacts requires strategic …

[PDF][PDF] Long-term effects of microplastics on the behaviour and physiology of reef-building corals

M Rades - researchgate.net
Coral reefs are declining because of anthropogenic pressures, but the role of ubiquitous
microplastic pollution is unclear. Microplastics affect reef-building corals mostly at high …