Nutrient availability and metabolism affect the stability of coral–Symbiodiniaceae symbioses

LA Morris, CR Voolstra, KM Quigley, DG Bourne… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Coral reefs rely upon the highly optimized coral–Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis, making them
sensitive to environmental change and susceptible to anthropogenic stress. Coral bleaching …

Proteomics quantifies protein expression changes in a model cnidarian colonised by a thermally tolerant but suboptimal symbiont

AE Sproles, CA Oakley, JL Matthews, L Peng… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The acquisition of thermally tolerant algal symbionts by corals has been proposed as a
natural or assisted mechanism of increasing coral reef resilience to anthropogenic climate …

Paradise lost: End‐of‐century warming and acidification under business‐as‐usual emissions have severe consequences for symbiotic corals

RM Van der Zande, M Achlatis… - Global Change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite recent efforts to curtail greenhouse gas emissions, current global emission
trajectories are still following the business‐as‐usual representative concentration pathway …

Intermittent shading can moderate coral bleaching on shallow reefs

P Butcherine, A Tagliafico, SL Ellis… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The health of coral reefs is declining from the effects of human activity and climate change.
Mass coral bleaching is often triggered by elevated water temperature and excessive solar …

Variability in thermal stress thresholds of corals across depths

P Tavakoli-Kolour, F Sinniger, M Morita… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Mesophotic habitats are potential refugia for corals in the context of climate change. The
seawater temperature in a mesophotic habitat is generally lower than in a shallow habitat …

Trade-offs in a reef-building coral after six years of thermal acclimation

A Roik, M Wall, M Dobelmann, S Nietzer… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
There is growing evidence that reef-building corals can acclimate to novel and challenging
thermal conditions. However, potential trade-offs that accompany acclimation remain largely …

High pCO2 promotes coral primary production

T Biscéré, M Zampighi, A Lorrain… - Biology …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
While research on ocean acidification (OA) impacts on coral reefs has focused on
calcification, relatively little is known about effects on coral photosynthesis and respiration …

Moderate nutrient concentrations are not detrimental to corals under future ocean conditions

KL Dobson, S Levas, V Schoepf, ME Warner, WJ Cai… - Marine Biology, 2021 - Springer
Under predicted future ocean conditions, reefs exposed to elevated nutrients will
simultaneously experience ocean acidification and elevated temperature. We evaluated if …

Increased temperature mitigates the effects of ocean acidification on the calcification of juvenile Pocillopora damicornis, but at a cost

L Jiang, F Zhang, ML Guo, YJ Guo, YY Zhang… - Coral Reefs, 2018 - Springer
This study tested the interactive effects of increased seawater temperature and CO 2 partial
pressure (p CO 2) on the photochemistry, bleaching, and early growth of the reef coral …

Effects of ultraviolet radiation and nutrient level on the physiological response and organic matter release of the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis following …

L Courtial, V Planas Bielsa, F Houlbreque… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Understanding which factors enhance or mitigate the impact of high temperatures on corals
is crucial to predict the severity of coral bleaching worldwide. On the one hand, global …