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 …

Triggers, cascades, and endpoints: connecting the dots of coral bleaching mechanisms

J Helgoe, SK Davy, VM Weis… - Biological …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis is the engine that underpins the success of
coral reefs, one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. However, the breakdown of …

Increasing hypoxia on global coral reefs under ocean warming

AK Pezner, TA Courtney, HC Barkley, WC Chou… - Nature Climate …, 2023 - nature.com
Ocean deoxygenation is predicted to threaten marine ecosystems globally. However, current
and future oxygen concentrations and the occurrence of hypoxic events on coral reefs …

Coast‐wide evidence of low pH amelioration by seagrass ecosystems

AM Ricart, M Ward, TM Hill, E Sanford… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Global‐scale ocean acidification has spurred interest in the capacity of seagrass
ecosystems to increase seawater pH within crucial shoreline habitats through photosynthetic …

Deoxygenation lowers the thermal threshold of coral bleaching

R Alderdice, G Perna, A Cárdenas, BCC Hume… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Exposure to deoxygenation from climate warming and pollution is emerging as a
contributing factor of coral bleaching and mortality. However, the combined effects of heating …

Crustose coralline algae can contribute more than corals to coral reef carbonate production

CE Cornwall, J Carlot, O Branson… - … Earth & Environment, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding the drivers of net coral reef calcium carbonate production is increasingly
important as ocean warming, acidification, and other anthropogenic stressors threaten the …

Fine-scale heterogeneity reveals disproportionate thermal stress and coral mortality in thermally variable reef habitats during a marine heatwave

KT Brown, G Eyal, SG Dove, KL Barott - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Increasing ocean temperatures threaten coral reefs globally, but corals residing in habitats
that experience high thermal variability are thought to be better adapted to survive climate …

Environmental variability in aquatic ecosystems: Avenues for future multifactorial experiments

M Gerhard, AM Koussoroplis, M Raatz… - Limnology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The relevance of considering environmental variability for understanding and predicting
biological responses to environmental changes has resulted in a recent surge in variability …

Integrating environmental variability to broaden the research on coral responses to future ocean conditions

M Ziegler, A Anton, SG Klein, N Rädecker… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Our understanding of the response of reef‐building corals to changes in their physical
environment is largely based on laboratory experiments, analysis of long‐term field data …

Environmental memory gained from exposure to extreme pCO2 variability promotes coral cellular acid–base homeostasis

KT Brown, MA Mello-Athayde… - … of the Royal …, 2022 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Ocean acidification is a growing threat to coral growth and the accretion of coral reef
ecosystems. Corals inhabiting environments that already endure extreme diel pCO2 …