Timing matters: survey timing during extended heat stress can influence perceptions of coral susceptibility to bleaching
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DOI: 10.1007/s00338-018-01756-7
Abstract: The frequency and duration of episodic ocean warming events are increasing, threatening the integrity of coral reefs globally. Interspecific differences in susceptibility to heat stress result from variable capacities of corals to resist bleaching or… read more here.
Keywords: bleaching events; susceptibility; heat stress; survey timing ... See more keywords
Successive bleaching events cause mass coral mortality in Guam, Micronesia
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DOI: 10.1007/s00338-019-01836-2
Abstract: The reefs of Guam, a high island in the Western Pacific, were impacted by an unprecedented succession of extreme environmental events beginning in 2013. Elevated SSTs induced severe island-wide bleaching in 2013, 2014, 2016, and… read more here.
Keywords: bleaching events; reef; coral mortality; guam ... See more keywords
Coral reef resilience differs among islands within the Gulf of Mannar, southeast India, following successive coral bleaching events
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DOI: 10.1007/s00338-021-02102-0
Abstract: We used a 12-yr data set of benthic cover (2005–2017), spanning two bleaching events, to assess changes in benthic cover and coral community composition along 21 islands within Gulf of Mannar (GoM), southeast India. Overall,… read more here.
Keywords: bleaching events; islands within; benthic cover; cover ... See more keywords
Spatial patchiness in change, recruitment, and recovery on coral reefs at Lizard Island following consecutive bleaching events.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2021.105537
Abstract: The world's coral reef ecosystems are steadily being reconfigured by climate change. Lizard Island, on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, offers an opportunity to examine coral reef reassembly following disturbance, as this location has been impacted… read more here.
Keywords: recovery; bleaching events; lizard island; recruitment ... See more keywords