Extending the natural adaptive capacity of coral holobionts

CR Voolstra, DJ Suggett, RS Peixoto… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2021 - nature.com
Anthropogenic climate change and environmental degradation destroy coral reefs, the
ecosystem services they provide, and the livelihoods of close to a billion people who …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] Turbid coral reefs: past, present and future—a review

A Zweifler, M O'leary, K Morgan, NK Browne - Diversity, 2021 - mdpi.com
Increasing evidence suggests that coral reefs exposed to elevated turbidity may be more
resilient to climate change impacts and serve as an important conservation hotspot …

[HTML][HTML] Corals at the edge of environmental limits: A new conceptual framework to re-define marginal and extreme coral communities

V Schoepf, JH Baumann, DJ Barshis… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
The worldwide decline of coral reefs has renewed interest in coral communities at the edge
of environmental limits because they have the potential to serve as resilience hotspots and …

Land use impacts on coral reef health: A ridge-to-reef perspective

RR Carlson, SA Foo, GP Asner - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Over 60% of the world's reefs experience damage from local activities such as overfishing,
coastal development, and watershed pollution. Land-based sources of pollution are a critical …

Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world

JA Burt, EF Camp, IC Enochs, JL Johansen… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Coral reefs are one of the most biodiverse and economically important ecosystems in the
world, but they are rapidly degrading due to the effects of global climate change and local …

Nearshore turbid-zone corals exhibit high bleaching tolerance on the Great Barrier Reef following the 2016 ocean warming event

KM Morgan, CT Perry, JA Johnson… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
High sea surface temperatures (SSTs) on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) during summer
2015/2016 caused extensive coral bleaching, with aerial and in-water surveys confirming …

Heat waves are a major threat to turbid coral reefs in Brazil

GAS Duarte, HDM Villela, M Deocleciano… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are threatened by climate change on a global scale with thermal stress events
and mass coral bleaching being widely reported. The reefs off the east coast of Brazil (and …

Scleractinian corals rely on heterotrophy in highly turbid environments

N Travaglione, R Evans, M Moustaka, M Cuttler… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Coral communities can survive in stressful environments; however, the mechanisms corals
employ to endure challenging conditions are poorly understood. This study assessed how …

The effects of anthropogenic stressors on reproduction and recruitment of corals and reef organisms

RH Richmond, KH Tisthammer… - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2018 - frontiersin.org
The persistence of populations of marine organisms depends on the success of the dual
processes of reproduction and recruitment. The production of offspring alone is …