Porites coral response to an oceanographic and human impact gradient in the Line Islands

• Published in: Limnology and Oceanography
• Main Authors: Carilli, Jessica E., Hartmann, Aaron C., Heron, Scott F., Pandolfi, John M., Cobb, Kim, Sayani, Hussein, Dunbar, Robert, Sandin, Stuart A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2017
• Subjects: Great-Barrier-Reef; Marine Protected Areas; Ocean Acidification; Energy Allocation; Bleached Corals; Pocillopora-Damicornis; Environmental-Stress; Particulate Matter; Thermal History; Growth-Rates; 1104 Aquatic Science; 1910 Oceanography; Line Islands; Ocean acidification
• Online Access: https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:702256/UQ702256_OA.pdf; https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:702256

Coral bleaching caused by heat stress (warm water) will arguably be the greatest driver of coral reef loss in the coming decades. Understanding how corals have adapted to distinct oceanographic regimes on multiple scales can provide insight into future tolerance and persistence, information critical...