Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

R Van Woesik, T Shlesinger, AG Grottoli… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

The future of resilience-based management in coral reef ecosystems

E Mcleod, KRN Anthony, PJ Mumby, J Maynard… - Journal of environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Resilience underpins the sustainability of both ecological and social systems. Extensive loss
of reef corals following recent mass bleaching events have challenged the notion that …

[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 …

Too hot to handle: Unprecedented seagrass death driven by marine heatwave in a World Heritage Area

S Strydom, K Murray, S Wilson, B Huntley… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The increased occurrence of extreme climate events, such as marine heatwaves (MHWs),
has resulted in substantial ecological impacts worldwide. To date, metrics of thermal stress …

The ocean

O Hoegh-Guldberg, R Cai, ES Poloczanska… - 2014 - munin.uit.no
The Ocean plays a central role in Earth's climate and has absorbed 93% of the extra energy
from the enhanced greenhouse effect and approximately 30% of anthropogenic carbon …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs: new perspectives and implications for coastal management and reef survival

C D'Angelo, J Wiedenmann - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Highlights•Nutrient enrichment negatively affects coral physiology and ecosystem
functioning.•Integrative model of reef survival in dependence of direct and indirect nutrient …

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 …

Assessing the 'deep reef refugia'hypothesis: focus on Caribbean reefs

P Bongaerts, T Ridgway, EM Sampayo… - Coral reefs, 2010 - Springer
Coral reefs in shallow-water environments (< 30 m) are in decline due to local and global
anthropogenic stresses. This has led to renewed interest in the 'deep reef refugia'hypothesis …

Smooth and spiky: the importance of variability in marine climate change ecology

JD Witman, AJ Pershing, JF Bruno - Annual Review of Ecology …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Greenhouse gas emissions are warming the ocean with profound consequences at all
levels of organization, from organismal rates to ecosystem processes. The proximate driver …

Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes—ecological and economic consequences

MS Pratchett, PL Munday, SK Wilson… - … and marine biology, 2008 - taylorfrancis.com
Global climate change is having devastating effects on habitat structure in coralreef
ecosystems owing to extreme environmental sensitivities and consequent bleaching of …