Management approaches to conserve Australia's marine ecosystem under climate change

LK Bay, J Gilmour, B Muir, PE Hardisty - Science, 2023 - science.org
Australia's coastal marine ecosystems have a deep cultural significance to Indigenous
Australians, include multiple World Heritage sites, and support the nation's rapidly growing …

Breeding and Selecting Corals Resilient to Global Warming

KM Quigley - Annual Review of Animal Biosciences, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Selective breeding of resilient organisms is an emerging topic in marine conservation. It can
help us predict how species will adapt in the future and how we can help restore struggling …

Marine heatwaves threaten cryptic coral diversity and erode associations among coevolving partners

S Starko, JE Fifer, DC Claar, SW Davies, R Cunning… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Climate change–amplified marine heatwaves can drive extensive mortality in foundation
species. However, a paucity of longitudinal genomic datasets has impeded understanding of …

Divergent bleaching and recovery trajectories in reef-building corals following a decade of successive marine heatwaves

KT Brown, EA Lenz, BH Glass… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Increasingly frequent marine heatwaves are devastating coral reefs. Corals that survive
these extreme events must rapidly recover if they are to withstand subsequent events, and …

Heat‐evolved algal symbionts enhance bleaching tolerance of adult corals without trade‐off against growth

WY Chan, L Meyers, D Rudd, SH Topa… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean warming has caused coral mass bleaching and mortality worldwide and the
persistence of symbiotic reef‐building corals requires rapid acclimation or adaptation …

Highly diverse symbiodiniaceae types hosted by corals in a global hotspot of marine biodiversity

MS Ng, N Soon, L Afiq-Rosli, I Kunning, RR Mana… - Microbial Ecology, 2024 - Springer
Symbiotic dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodiniaceae play vital roles in promoting
resilience and increasing stress tolerance in their coral hosts. While much of the world's …

Symbiodiniaceae diversity varies by host and environment across thermally distinct reefs

MR Marzonie, MR Nitschke, LK Bay… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae) influence coral thermal tolerance at both
local and regional scales. In isolation, the effects of host genetics, environment, and thermal …

The diversity, community dynamics, and interactions of the microbiome in the world's deepest blue hole: Insights into extreme environmental response patterns and …

B Chen, K Yu, L Fu, Y Wei, J Liang, Z Liao… - Microbiology …, 2023 - Am Soc Microbiol
Blue holes are unique marine sinkholes with extreme environments and biogeochemical
processes. However, our understanding of community dynamics, functional profiles, and …

Microbiome Stability Is Linked to Acropora Coral Thermotolerance in Northwestern Philippines

JIP Baquiran, JB Quijano… - Environmental …, 2025 - Wiley Online Library
Corals associate with a diverse community of prokaryotic symbionts that provide nutrition,
antioxidants and other protective compounds to their host. However, the influence of …

Should I stay or should I go? Coral bleaching from the symbionts' perspective

CB Scott, A Ostling, MV Matz - Ecology Letters, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coral bleaching, the stress‐induced breakdown of coral‐algal symbiosis, threatens reefs
globally. Paradoxically, despite adverse fitness effects, corals bleach annually, even outside …