[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding the effects of climate change on coral reefs

AS Hoey, E Howells, JL Johansen, JPA Hobbs… - Diversity, 2016 - mdpi.com
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to the persistence of coral reefs. Sustained and
ongoing increases in ocean temperatures and acidification are altering the structure and …

Decades of monitoring have informed the stewardship and ecological understanding of Australia's Great Barrier Reef

MJ Emslie, P Bray, AJ Cheal, KA Johns, K Osborne… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Australia's Great Barrier Reef is an iconic ecosystem that has been managed using
a multi-use zoning plan over the last four decades. The Long-Term Monitoring Program …

Water quality mediates resilience on the Great Barrier Reef

MA MacNeil, C Mellin, S Matthews, NH Wolff… - Nature Ecology & …, 2019 - nature.com
Threats from climate change and other human pressures have led to widespread concern
for the future of Australia's Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Resilience of GBR reefs will be …

Meta-analysis reveals weak associations between reef fishes and corals

P Muruga, AC Siqueira, DR Bellwood - Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2024 - nature.com
Habitat associations underpin species ecologies in high-diversity systems. Within tropical,
shallow water coral reefs, the relationship between fishes and corals is arguably the most …

Marine protected areas increase resilience among coral reef communities

C Mellin, M Aaron MacNeil, AJ Cheal… - Ecology …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
With marine biodiversity declining globally at accelerating rates, maximising the
effectiveness of conservation has become a key goal for local, national and international …

Latitudinal shifts in coral reef fishes: why some species do and others do not shift

DA Feary, MS Pratchett, MJ Emslie… - Fish and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is resulting in rapid poleward shifts in the geographical distribution of many
tropical fish species, but it is equally apparent that some fishes are failing to exhibit expected …

Forecasting intensifying disturbance effects on coral reefs

J Vercelloni, B Liquet, EV Kennedy… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Anticipating future changes of an ecosystem's dynamics requires knowledge of how its key
communities respond to current environmental regimes. The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) is …

Delayed coral recovery in a warming ocean

K Osborne, AA Thompson, AJ Cheal… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change threatens coral reefs across the world. Intense bleaching has caused
dramatic coral mortality in many tropical regions in recent decades, but less obvious chronic …

High macroalgal cover and low coral recruitment undermines the potential resilience of the world's southernmost coral reef assemblages

AS Hoey, MS Pratchett, C Cvitanovic - PLoS One, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Coral reefs are under increasing pressure from anthropogenic and climate-induced
stressors. The ability of reefs to reassemble and regenerate after disturbances (ie …

Tropical fishes dominate temperate reef fish communities within western Japan

Y Nakamura, DA Feary, M Kanda, K Yamaoka - PLoS One, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Climate change is resulting in rapid poleward shifts in the geographical distribution of
tropical and subtropical fish species. We can expect that such range shifts are likely to be …