Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Coral reefs are under extreme threat due to a number of stressors, but temperature
increases due to changing climate are the most severe. Rising ocean temperatures coupled …

Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Identifying which factors lead to coral bleaching resistance is a priority given the global
decline of coral reefs with ocean warming. During the second year of back‐to‐back …

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 …

Determining the adaptive potential of foundation species, such as reef-building corals, is
urgent as the oceans warm and coral populations decline. Theory predicts that corals may …

Studying the mechanisms that enable coral populations to inhabit spatially varying thermal
environments can help evaluate how they will respond in time to the effects of global climate …

Climate-driven reef decline has prompted the development of next-generation coral
conservation strategies, many of which hinge on the movement of adaptive variation across …

The speed at which species adapt depends partly on the rates of beneficial adaptation
generation and how quickly they spread within and among populations. Natural rates of …

Understanding patterns of connectivity among populations of marine organisms is essential
for the development of realistic, spatially explicit models of population dynamics. Two …