The future of coral reefs subject to rapid climate change: lessons from natural extreme environments

EF Camp, V Schoepf, PJ Mumby, LA Hardtke… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Global climate change and localized anthropogenic stressors are driving rapid declines in
coral reef health. In vitro experiments have been fundamental in providing insight into how …

Guidelines for planning genomic assessment and monitoring of locally adaptive variation to inform species conservation

SP Flanagan, BR Forester, EK Latch… - Evolutionary …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Identifying and monitoring locally adaptive genetic variation can have direct utility for
conserving species at risk, especially when management may include actions such as …

Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming

CE Cornwall, S Comeau, NA Kornder… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Ocean warming and acidification threaten the future growth of coral reefs. This is because
the calcifying coral reef taxa that construct the calcium carbonate frameworks and cement …

[HTML][HTML] High frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching

A Safaie, NJ Silbiger, TR McClanahan… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Coral bleaching is the detrimental expulsion of algal symbionts from their cnidarian hosts,
and predominantly occurs when corals are exposed to thermal stress. The incidence and …

Thermal refugia against coral bleaching throughout the northern Red Sea

EO Osman, DJ Smith, M Ziegler, B Kürten… - Global change …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Tropical reefs have been impacted by thermal anomalies caused by global warming that
induced coral bleaching and mortality events globally. However, there have only been very …

[HTML][HTML] Metaorganisms in extreme environments: do microbes play a role in organismal adaptation?

C Bang, T Dagan, P Deines, N Dubilier, WJ Duschl… - Zoology, 2018 - Elsevier
From protists to humans, all animals and plants are inhabited by microbial organisms. There
is an increasing appreciation that these resident microbes influence the fitness of their plant …

Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years

IM McLeod, MY Hein, R Babcock, L Bay, DG Bourne… - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional
management informed by research, recent declines in coral cover have triggered efforts to …

Biological responses to environmental heterogeneity under future ocean conditions

PW Boyd, CE Cornwall, A Davison… - Global change …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Organisms are projected to face unprecedented rates of change in future ocean conditions
due to anthropogenic climate‐change. At present, marine life encounters a wide range of …

Coral microbiome composition along the northern Red Sea suggests high plasticity of bacterial and specificity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate communities

EO Osman, DJ Suggett, CR Voolstra, DT Pettay… - Microbiome, 2020 - Springer
Background The capacity of reef-building corals to tolerate (or adapt to) heat stress is a key
factor determining their resilience to future climate change. Changes in coral microbiome …

Marine heatwave causes unprecedented regional mass bleaching of thermally resistant corals in northwestern Australia

M Le Nohaïc, CL Ross, CE Cornwall, S Comeau… - Scientific Reports, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract In 2015/16, a marine heatwave associated with a record El Niño led to the third
global mass bleaching event documented to date. This event impacted coral reefs around …