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 …

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 …

Contrasting heat stress response patterns of coral holobionts across the Red Sea suggest distinct mechanisms of thermal tolerance

CR Voolstra, JJ Valenzuela, S Turkarslan… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Corals from the northern Red Sea, in particular the Gulf of Aqaba (GoA), have exceptionally
high bleaching thresholds approaching> 5℃ above their maximum monthly mean (MMM) …

Thirty years of coral heat-stress experiments: a review of methods

RH McLachlan, JT Price, SL Solomon, AG Grottoli - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
For over three decades, scientists have conducted heat-stress experiments to predict how
coral will respond to ocean warming due to global climate change. However, there are often …

Experimental coral reef communities transform yet persist under mitigated future ocean warming and acidification

CP Jury, KD Bahr, A Cros, KL Dobson, EB Freel… - Proceedings of the …, 2024 - pnas.org
Coral reefs are among the most sensitive ecosystems affected by ocean warming and
acidification, and are predicted to collapse over the next few decades. Reefs are predicted to …

Census of heat tolerance among Florida's threatened staghorn corals finds resilient individuals throughout existing nursery populations

R Cunning, KE Parker… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The rapid loss of reef-building corals owing to ocean warming is driving the development of
interventions such as coral propagation and restoration, selective breeding and assisted …

Standardized Methods to Assess the Impacts of Thermal Stress on Coral Reef Marine Life

CR Voolstra, R Alderdice, L Colin… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Earth's oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the excess, climate change–induced
atmospheric heat. The resulting rise in oceanic temperatures affects all species and can …

Remarkably high and consistent tolerance of a Red Sea coral to acute and chronic thermal stress exposures

NR Evensen, M Fine, G Perna… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming is resulting in unprecedented levels of coral mortality due to mass bleaching
events and, more recently, marine heatwaves, where rapid increases in seawater …

Empirically derived thermal thresholds of four coral species along the Red Sea using a portable and standardized experimental approach

NR Evensen, CR Voolstra, M Fine, G Perna… - Coral Reefs, 2022 - Springer
Global warming is causing an unprecedented loss of species and habitats worldwide. This is
particularly apparent for tropical coral reefs, with an increasing number of reefs experiencing …

Metabolomic signatures of corals thriving across extreme reef habitats reveal strategies of heat stress tolerance

TD Haydon, JL Matthews… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Anthropogenic stressors continue to escalate worldwide, driving unprecedented declines in
reef environmental conditions and coral health. One approach to better understand how …