Coral Bleaching Susceptibility Is Predictive of Subsequent Mortality Within but Not Between Coral Species

Coral Bleaching Susceptibility Is Predictive of Subsequent Mortality Within but Not Between Coral Species

Marine heat waves instigated by anthropogenic climate change are causing increasingly frequent and severe coral bleaching events that often lead to widespread coral mortality. While community-wide increases in coral mortality following bleaching events have been documented on reefs around the world,...

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Main Authors: Shayle B. Matsuda, Ariana S. Huffmyer, Elizabeth A. Lenz, Jennifer M. Davidson, Joshua R. Hancock, Ariana Przybylowski, Teegan Innis, Ruth D. Gates, Katie L. Barott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
Montipora capitata
Porites compressa
coral bleaching
mortality
symbiosis
thermal stress
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2020.00178/full

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