Coral environmental memory: causes, mechanisms, and consequences for future reefs

S Hackerott, HA Martell, JM Eirin-Lopez - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2021 - cell.com
The apparent ability of corals to acquire and maintain enhanced stress tolerance through a
dose-dependent environmental memory, which may persist for multiple years, has critical …

The vulnerability and resilience of reef-building corals

HM Putnam, KL Barott, TD Ainsworth, RD Gates - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Reef-building corals provide the foundation for the structural and biological diversity of coral-
reef ecosystems. These massive biological structures, which can be seen from space, are …

Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming

EJ Howells, D Abrego, YJ Liew, JA Burt, E Meyer… - Science …, 2021 - science.org
Reef-building corals thriving in extreme thermal environments may provide genetic variation
that can assist the evolution of populations to rapid climate warming. However, the feasibility …

Multiple impacts of microplastics can threaten marine habitat-forming species

C Corinaldesi, S Canensi, A Dell'Anno… - Communications …, 2021 - nature.com
Microplastics are recognised as a potential global threat to marine ecosystems, but the
biological mechanisms determining their impact on marine life are still largely unknown …

Insights into coral bleaching under heat stress from analysis of gene expression in a sea anemone model system

PA Cleves, CJ Krediet, EM Lehnert… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Loss of endosymbiotic algae (“bleaching”) under heat stress has become a major problem
for reef-building corals worldwide. To identify genes that might be involved in triggering or …

Microplastics in coastal and oceanic surface waters and their role as carriers of pollutants of emerging concern in marine organisms

HC Ferreira, G Lôbo-Hajdu - Marine Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (Mps) pose a significant environmental challenge with global implications. To
examine the effect of Mps on coastal and oceanic surface waters, as well as in marine …

Elucidating gene expression adaptation of phylogenetically divergent coral holobionts under heat stress

V Avila-Magaña, B Kamel, M DeSalvo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
As coral reefs struggle to survive under climate change, it is crucial to know whether they
have the capacity to withstand changing conditions, particularly increasing seawater …

Experimental mining plumes and ocean warming trigger stress in a deep pelagic jellyfish

VI Stenvers, H Hauss, T Bayer, C Havermans… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The deep pelagic ocean is increasingly subjected to human-induced environmental change.
While pelagic animals provide important ecosystem functions including climate regulation …

The active spread of adaptive variation for reef resilience

KM Quigley, LK Bay, MJH van Oppen - Ecology and evolution, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

Genome‐wide SNP analysis reveals an increase in adaptive genetic variation through selective breeding of coral

KM Quigley, LK Bay, MJH van Oppen - Molecular Ecology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Marine heat waves are increasing in magnitude, duration, and frequency as a result of
climate change and are the principal global driver of mortality in reef‐building corals …