Coral environmental memory: causes, mechanisms, and consequences for future reefs

S Hackerott, HA Martell, JM Eirin-Lopez - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
The apparent ability of corals to acquire and maintain enhanced stress tolerance through a
dose-dependent environmental memory, which may persist for multiple years, has critical …

Impacts of nitrogen pollution on corals in the context of global climate change and potential strategies to conserve coral reefs

H Zhao, M Yuan, M Strokal, HC Wu, X Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
Ocean warming has severe impacts on coral reef ecosystems with frequent incidences of
coral bleaching. In addition, eutrophication poses an increasing threat to coral reef …

Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic

DM Bergstrom, BC Wienecke… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, collapse of ecosystems—potentially irreversible change to ecosystem structure,
composition and function—imperils biodiversity, human health and well‐being. We examine …

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 …

Including environmental and climatic considerations for sustainable coral reef restoration

HL Burdett, R Albright, GL Foster, T Mass, TM Page… - PLoS …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Coral reefs provide ecosystem benefits to millions of people but are threatened by rapid
environmental change and ever-increasing human pressures. Restoration is becoming a …

Coral reef population genomics in an age of global change

ML Pinsky, RD Clark, JT Bos - Annual Review of Genetics, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Coral reefs are both exceptionally biodiverse and threatened by climate change and other
human activities. Here, we review population genomic processes in coral reef taxa and their …

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 …

Coral bleaching response is unaltered following acclimatization to reefs with distinct environmental conditions

KL Barott, AS Huffmyer, JM Davidson, EA Lenz… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - pnas.org
Urgent action is needed to prevent the demise of coral reefs as the climate crisis leads to an
increasingly warmer and more acidic ocean. Propagating climate change–resistant corals to …

Marine heatwave events near Weizhou Island, Beibu Gulf in 2020 and their possible relations to coral bleaching

Y Feng, BJ Bethel, C Dong, H Zhao, Y Yao… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Marine heatwaves (MHWs) are events of anomalously high sea surface temperatures lasting
for five days or more and have recently been linked to widespread environmental stress on …

Gene expression plasticity facilitates acclimatization of a long-lived Caribbean coral across divergent reef environments

KD Castillo, CB Bove, AM Hughes, ME Powell… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Local adaptation can increase fitness under stable environmental conditions. However, in
rapidly changing environments, compensatory mechanisms enabled through plasticity may …