Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation

CGB Grupstra, M Gómez-Corrales, JE Fifer… - Nature Ecology & …, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding how diversity evolves and is maintained is critical to predicting the future
trajectories of ecosystems under climate change; however, our understanding of these …

[HTML][HTML] Defining coral bleaching as a microbial dysbiosis within the coral holobiont

A Boilard, CE Dubé, C Gruet, A Mercière… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coral microbiomes are critical to holobiont health and functioning, but the stability of host–
microbial interactions is fragile, easily shifting from eubiosis to dysbiosis. The heat-induced …

Coral reefs in peril in a record-breaking year

O Hoegh-Guldberg, W Skirving, SG Dove, BL Spady… - Science, 2023 - science.org
The upper ocean is undergoing unprecedented changes in conditions, ecosystems, and
communities. These changes can be traced back to the early 1980s, when mass coral …

Population genetics of the coral Acropora millepora: Toward genomic prediction of bleaching

ZL Fuller, VJL Mocellin, LA Morris, N Cantin… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Coral reefs worldwide are suffering losses at an alarming rate as a result of
anthropogenic climate change. Increased seawater temperatures, even only slightly above …

Increasing comparability among coral bleaching experiments

AG Grottoli, RJ Toonen, R van Woesik… - Ecological …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Coral bleaching is the single largest global threat to coral reefs worldwide. Integrating the
diverse body of work on coral bleaching is critical to understanding and combating this …

Within-population variability in coral heat tolerance indicates climate adaptation potential

A Humanes, L Lachs… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral reefs are facing unprecedented mass bleaching and mortality events due to marine
heatwaves and climate change. To avoid extirpation, corals must adapt. Individual variation …

Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves

A Humanes, L Lachs, E Beauchamp, L Bukurou… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Marine heatwaves are becoming more frequent, widespread and severe, causing mass
coral bleaching and mortality. Natural adaptation may be insufficient to keep pace with …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

[HTML][HTML] Differential bleaching susceptibility among coral taxa and colony sizes, relative to bleaching severity across Australia's Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea …

D Burn, AS Hoey, S Matthews, HB Harrison… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate-induced coral bleaching represents the foremost threat to coral assemblages
globally, however bleaching susceptibility varies among and within coral taxa. We compared …

Coral adaptation to climate change: Meta‐analysis reveals high heritability across multiple traits

KR Bairos‐Novak, MO Hoogenboom… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Anthropogenic climate change is a rapidly intensifying selection pressure on biodiversity
across the globe and, particularly, on the world's coral reefs. The rate of adaptation to …