Coral bleaching patterns are the outcome of complex biological and environmental networking

DJ Suggett, DJ Smith - Global Change Biology, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Continued declines in coral reef health over the past three decades have been punctuated
by severe mass coral bleaching‐induced mortality events that have grown in intensity and …

Evidence for multiple stressor interactions and effects on coral reefs

SS Ban, NAJ Graham, SR Connolly - Global change biology, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Concern is growing about the potential effects of interacting multiple stressors, especially as
the global climate changes. We provide a comprehensive review of multiple stressor …

Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

TP Hughes, KD Anderson, SR Connolly, SF Heron… - Science, 2018‏ - science.org
Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent
bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages. We analyzed …

Small islands

LA Nurse, RF McLean, J Agard, LP Briguglio… - Climate change 2014 …, 2014‏ - hal.science
Current and future climate-related drivers of risk for small islands during the 21st century
include sea level rise (SLR), tropical and extratropical cyclones, increasing air and sea …

Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005

CM Eakin, JA Morgan, SF Heron, TB Smith, G Liu… - PloS one, 2010‏ - journals.plos.org
Background The rising temperature of the world's oceans has become a major threat to coral
reefs globally as the severity and frequency of mass coral bleaching and mortality events …

The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans

JS Madin, KD Anderson, MH Andreasen, TCL Bridge… - Scientific Data, 2016‏ - nature.com
Trait-based approaches advance ecological and evolutionary research because traits
provide a strong link to an organism's function and fitness. Trait-based research might lead …

Spatial, temporal and taxonomic variation in coral growth—implications for the structure and function of coral reef ecosystems

MS Pratchett, KD Anderson… - … and marine biology …, 2015‏ - api.taylorfrancis.com
Scleractinian (hard) corals are fundamental to the geomorphology, biodiversity, and
structure of coral reef ecosystems (Goreau 1963, Hoegh-Guldberg 2004, Pratchett et al …

Environmental records from coral skeletons: A decade of novel insights and innovation

DM Thompson - Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hundreds of coral paleoclimate records have been developed over the past several
decades, significantly extending the instrumental record and improving our understanding of …

Extinctions in ancient and modern seas

PG Harnik, HK Lotze, SC Anderson, ZV Finkel… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2012‏ - cell.com
In the coming century, life in the ocean will be confronted with a suite of environmental
conditions that have no analog in human history. Thus, there is an urgent need to determine …

Evolution and connectivity influence the persistence and recovery of coral reefs under climate change in the Caribbean, Southwest Pacific, and Coral Triangle

LC McManus, DL Forrest, EW Tekwa… - Global change …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Corals are experiencing unprecedented decline from climate change‐induced mass
bleaching events. Dispersal not only contributes to coral reef persistence through …