Is ocean acidification really a threat to marine calcifiers? A systematic review and meta‐analysis of 980+ studies spanning two decades

JYS Leung, S Zhang, SD Connell - Small, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification is considered detrimental to marine calcifiers, but mounting contradictory
evidence suggests a need to revisit this concept. This systematic review and meta‐analysis …

Mediterranean bioconstructions along the Italian coast

G Ingrosso, M Abbiati, F Badalamenti… - Advances in marine …, 2018‏ - Elsevier
Marine bioconstructions are biodiversity-rich, three-dimensional biogenic structures,
regulating key ecological functions of benthic ecosystems worldwide. Tropical coral reefs …

Compound marine heatwaves and ocean acidity extremes

FA Burger, J Terhaar, TL Frölicher - Nature communications, 2022‏ - nature.com
Compound MHW-OAX events, during which marine heatwaves (MHWs) co-occur with ocean
acidity extreme (OAX) events, can have larger impacts on marine ecosystems than the …

Biodiversity, climate change, and adaptation in the Mediterranean

D Aurelle, S Thomas, C Albert, M Bally, A Bondeau… - …, 2022‏ - Wiley Online Library
Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: A global meta‐analysis

S Burke, P Pottier, M Lagisz, EL Macartney… - Ecology …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are under threat from disease as climate change alters environmental
conditions. Rising temperatures exacerbate coral disease, but this relationship is likely …

Biodiversity of coral reef cryptobiota shuffles but does not decline under the combined stressors of ocean warming and acidification

MA Timmers, CP Jury, J Vicente… - Proceedings of the …, 2021‏ - National Acad Sciences
Ocean-warming and acidification are predicted to reduce coral reef biodiversity, but the
combined effects of these stressors on overall biodiversity are largely unmeasured. Here, we …

Vulnerability of global coral reef habitat suitability to ocean warming, acidification and eutrophication

Y Guan, S Hohn, C Wild, A Merico - Global Change Biology, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are threatened by global and local stressors. Yet, reefs appear to respond
differently to different environmental stressors. Using a global dataset of coral reef …

Ocean acidification research in the Mediterranean Sea: Status, trends and next steps

AER Hassoun, A Bantelman, D Canu… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Ocean acidification (OA) is a serious consequence of climate change with complex
organism-to-ecosystem effects that have been observed through field observations but are …

Linking energy budget to physiological adaptation: how a calcifying gastropod adjusts or succumbs to ocean acidification and warming

JYS Leung, BD Russell, SD Connell - Science of the Total Environment, 2020‏ - Elsevier
Accelerating CO 2 emissions have driven physico-chemical changes in the world's oceans,
such as ocean acidification and warming. How marine organisms adjust or succumb to such …

[HTML][HTML] Microbiome engineering: a promising approach to improve coral health

J Li, Q Yang, J Dong, M Sweet, Y Zhang, C Liu… - Engineering, 2023‏ - Elsevier
The world's coral reefs are threatened by the cumulative impacts of global climate change
and local stressors. Driven largely by a desire to understand the interactions between corals …