Importance of depth and temperature variability as drivers of coral symbiont composition despite a mass bleaching event

Abstract Coral reefs are iconic examples of climate change impacts because climate-induced heat stress causes the breakdown of the coral-algal symbiosis leading to a spectacular loss of color, termed ‘coral bleaching’. To examine the fine-scale dynamics of this process, we re-sampled 600 individuall...

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Main Authors: Mariana Rocha de Souza, Carlo Caruso, Lupita Ruiz-Jones, Crawford Drury, Ruth D. Gates, Robert J. Toonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-35425-9