[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 …

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 …

South Atlantic coral reefs are major global warming refugia and less susceptible to bleaching

M Mies, RB Francini-Filho, C Zilberberg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020‏ - frontiersin.org
Mass coral bleaching has increased in intensity and frequency and has severely impacted
shallow tropical reefs worldwide. Although extensive investigation has been conducted on …

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 …

No coral recovery three years after a major bleaching event in reefs in the Southwestern Atlantic refugium

BM Corazza, CHF Lacerda, AZ Güth, RKM Marcançoli… - Marine Biology, 2024‏ - Springer
Mass bleaching events are growing in duration and intensity. Besides causing extensive
mortality, the progressively shorter time between events disrupts the ability of reefs to …

Coral distribution and bleaching vulnerability areas in Southwestern Atlantic under ocean warming

J Bleuel, MG Pennino, GO Longo - Scientific reports, 2021‏ - nature.com
Global climate change is a major threat to reefs by increasing the frequency and severity of
coral bleaching events over time, reducing coral cover and diversity. Ocean warming may …

Impacts of a changing environment on marginal coral reefs in the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

MO Soares, S Rossi, AR Gurgel, CC Lucas… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The peculiar shallow-water reefs of the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic Ocean have thrived in
conditions considered suboptimal (eg, moderate turbidity, higher level of nutrients, and …

Unprecedented coral mortality on southwestern Atlantic coral reefs following major thermal stress

PHC Pereira, GV Lima, AVF Pontes… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022‏ - frontiersin.org
Thermal stress is now considered the major recent cause of coral reef degradation; yet few
studies have been conducted describing those effects on Southwestern Atlantic (SWA) reefs …

[HTML][HTML] Multi-proxy assessment of coral reef formation and biotic-abiotic diversity in an urban coastal reef ecosystem in northeastern Brazil

K Massei, MCS Souza, RM da Silva… - Science of The Total …, 2023‏ - Elsevier
Coral reefs are habitats with high animal and mineral diversity and are subject to both
climate change and anthropogenic impacts. This article presents novel and relevant data on …

Marginal reef paradox: a possible refuge from environmental changes?

M de Oliveira Soares - Ocean & Coastal Management, 2020‏ - Elsevier
The occurrence of coral reef communities under extreme and different-from-optimum
conditions makes it possible to test hypotheses about resilience in the face of increasing …