[HTML][HTML] Impacts of climate change on marine foundation species

T Wernberg, MS Thomsen, JK Baum… - Annual review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
Marine foundation species are the biotic basis for many of the world's coastal ecosystems,
providing structural habitat, food, and protection for myriad plants and animals as well as …

Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

R Van Woesik, T Shlesinger, AG Grottoli… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Marine heatwaves drive recurrent mass mortalities in the Mediterranean Sea

J Garrabou, D Gómez‐Gras, A Medrano… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is causing an increase in the frequency and intensity of marine heatwaves
(MHWs) and mass mortality events (MMEs) of marine organisms are one of their main …

Local conditions magnify coral loss after marine heatwaves

MK Donovan, DE Burkepile, C Kratochwill… - Science, 2021 - science.org
Climate change threatens coral reefs by causing heat stress events that lead to widespread
coral bleaching and mortality. Given the global nature of these mass coral mortality events …

Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

TP Hughes, KD Anderson, SR Connolly, SF Heron… - Science, 2018 - science.org
Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent
bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages. We analyzed …

[HTML][HTML] A global analysis of coral bleaching over the past two decades

S Sully, DE Burkepile, MK Donovan, G Hodgson… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Thermal-stress events associated with climate change cause coral bleaching and mortality
that threatens coral reefs globally. Yet coral bleaching patterns vary spatially and temporally …

Global warming impairs stock–recruitment dynamics of corals

TP Hughes, JT Kerry, AH Baird, SR Connolly, TJ Chase… - Nature, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Changes in disturbance regimes due to climate change are increasingly
challenging the capacity of ecosystems to absorb recurrent shocks and reassemble …

Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

TP Hughes, JT Kerry, AH Baird, SR Connolly, A Dietzel… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Global warming is rapidly emerging as a universal threat to ecological integrity and function,
highlighting the urgent need for a better understanding of the impact of heat exposure on the …

Coral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene

AJ Woodhead, CC Hicks, AV Norström… - Functional …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs underpin a range of ecosystem goods and services that contribute to the well‐
being of millions of people. However, tropical coral reefs in the Anthropocene are likely to be …

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

TP Hughes, JT Kerry, M Álvarez-Noriega… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Abstract During 2015–2016, record temperatures triggered a pan-tropical episode of coral
bleaching, the third global-scale event since mass bleaching was first documented in the …