Rapid Shifts in Bacterial Communities and Homogeneity of Symbiodiniaceae in Colonies of Pocillopora acuta Transplanted Between Reef and Mangrove …

TD Haydon, JR Seymour, JB Raina… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
It has been proposed that an effective approach for predicting whether and how reef-forming
corals persist under future climate change is to examine populations thriving in present day …

Green fluorescent protein-like pigments optimise the internal light environment in symbiotic reef-building corals

E Bollati, NH Lyndby, C D'Angelo, M Kühl… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Pigments homologous to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) have been proposed to fine-
tune the internal light microclimate of corals, facilitating photoacclimation of photosynthetic …

Light and temperature drive the distribution of mesophotic benthic communities in the Central Indian Ocean

C Diaz, KL Howell, E Robinson… - Diversity and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Research on mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs) has increased exponentially in
recent decades, and the significance of this ecosystem has been recognised both in terms of …

Environmental generalism, holobiont interactions, and Pocilloporid corals in the warming oceans of the eastern coast of Australia

JL Bergman, ZT Richards, P Sawyers… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ocean warming has been driving mortality events across the world's coral reef ecosystems
and is resulting in multifaceted ecosystem restructuring. With the rapid shifts occurring …

Brooded coral offspring physiology depends on the combined effects of parental press and pulse thermal history

KH Wong, G Goodbody‐Gringley… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals respond to the temporal integration of both pulse events (ie, heat
waves) and press thermal history (ie, local environment) via physiological changes, with …

Environmental stability and phenotypic plasticity benefit the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in an acidified fjord

KK Beck, GM Schmidt-Grieb, J Laudien… - Communications …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract The stratified Chilean Comau Fjord sustains a dense population of the cold-water
coral (CWC) Desmophyllum dianthus in aragonite supersaturated shallow and aragonite …

Framed reef modules: a new and cost‐effective tool for coral restoration

X Liu, W Zhu, R Chen, B Rinkevich, S Shafir… - Restoration …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reef ecosystems worldwide are facing significant damage due to climate change and
human disturbances. Consequently, restoration actions have been implemented to repair …

Shallow corals acclimate to mesophotic depths while maintaining their heat tolerance against ongoing climate change

P Tavakoli-Kolour, F Sinniger, M Morita… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
Global warming poses a significant threat to coral reefs. It has been assumed that
mesophotic coral ecosystems (MCEs, 30 to 150 m depths) may serve as refugia from ocean …

Local adaptation of trophic strategy determined the tolerance of coral Galaxea fascicularis to environmental fluctuations

XL Yu, CY Liu, L Jiang, LT Huang, Y Luo… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The escalation of global change has resulted in heightened frequencies and intensities of
environmental fluctuations within coral reef ecosystems. Corals originating from marginal …

Coral performance is comparable when transplanted to disparate reef sites despite divergent histories of reef decline and recovery

CS Clements, MC Ladd, JP Gallagher… - Marine Ecology Progress …, 2024 - int-res.com
As coral reefs degrade worldwide, researchers and managers need to determine whether
corals can acclimatize to altered local conditions or whether their fixed phenotypes prevent …