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1. Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

   Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Peter J. Mumby, Anthony J. Hooten, et al. · 2007 · Science · 5,963 cites

   Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is expected to exceed 500 parts per million and global temperatures to rise by at least 2 degrees C by 2050 to 2100, values that significantly exceed those of at least the past 420,000 years during which most extant marine organisms evolved. Under conditions expected in the 21st century, global warming and ocean acidification will compromise carbonate accretion, with corals becoming increasingly rare on reef systems. The result will be less diverse reef communities and carbonate reef structures that fail to be maintained. Climate change also exacerbates local stresses from declining water quality and overexploitation of key species, driving reefs incr

2. Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

   Terry P. Hughes, James T. Kerry, Mariana Álvarez‐Noriega, et al. · 2017 · Nature · 3,453 cites

3. Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

   Terry P. Hughes, Kristen D. Anderson, Sean R. Connolly, et al. · 2018 · Science · 2,261 cites

   Tropical reef systems are transitioning to a new era in which the interval between recurrent bouts of coral bleaching is too short for a full recovery of mature assemblages. We analyzed bleaching records at 100 globally distributed reef locations from 1980 to 2016. The median return time between pairs of severe bleaching events has diminished steadily since 1980 and is now only 6 years. As global warming has progressed, tropical sea surface temperatures are warmer now during current La Niña conditions than they were during El Niño events three decades ago. Consequently, as we transition to the Anthropocene, coral bleaching is occurring more frequently in all El Niño-Southern Oscillation phas

4. The 27–year decline of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef and its causes

   Glenn De’ath, Katharina Fabricius, Hugh Sweatman, et al. · 2012 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,918 cites

   The world's coral reefs are being degraded, and the need to reduce local pressures to offset the effects of increasing global pressures is now widely recognized. This study investigates the spatial and temporal dynamics of coral cover, identifies the main drivers of coral mortality, and quantifies the rates of potential recovery of the Great Barrier Reef. Based on the world's most extensive time series data on reef condition (2,258 surveys of 214 reefs over 1985-2012), we show a major decline in coral cover from 28.0% to 13.8% (0.53% y(-1)), a loss of 50.7% of initial coral cover. Tropical cyclones, coral predation by crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), and coral bleaching accounted for 48%, 42

5. Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook

   Andrew C. Baker, Peter W. Glynn, Bernhard Riegl · 2008 · Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science · 1,316 cites

6. Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders

   Kenneth R. N. Anthony, David I. Kline, Guillermo Díaz-Pulido, et al. · 2008 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1,255 cites

   Ocean acidification represents a key threat to coral reefs by reducing the calcification rate of framework builders. In addition, acidification is likely to affect the relationship between corals and their symbiotic dinoflagellates and the productivity of this association. However, little is known about how acidification impacts on the physiology of reef builders and how acidification interacts with warming. Here, we report on an 8-week study that compared bleaching, productivity, and calcification responses of crustose coralline algae (CCA) and branching (Acropora) and massive (Porites) coral species in response to acidification and warming. Using a 30-tank experimental system, we manipulat

7. Projecting Coral Reef Futures Under Global Warming and Ocean Acidification

   John M. Pandolfi, Sean R. Connolly, Dustin J. Marshall, et al. · 2011 · Science · 1,219 cites

   Many physiological responses in present-day coral reefs to climate change are interpreted as consistent with the imminent disappearance of modern reefs globally because of annual mass bleaching events, carbonate dissolution, and insufficient time for substantial evolutionary responses. Emerging evidence for variability in the coral calcification response to acidification, geographical variation in bleaching susceptibility and recovery, responses to past climate change, and potential rates of adaptation to rapid warming supports an alternative scenario in which reef degradation occurs with greater temporal and spatial heterogeneity than current projections suggest. Reducing uncertainty in pro

8. Coral Reef Ecosystems under Climate Change and Ocean Acidification

   Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Elvira S. Poloczanska, William Skirving, et al. · 2017 · Frontiers in Marine Science · 926 cites

   Coral reefs are found in a wide range of environments, where they provide food and habitat to a large range of organisms as well as other ecological goods and services. Warm-water coral reefs, for example, occupy shallow sunlit, warm and alkaline waters in order to grow and calcify at the high rates necessary to build and maintain their calcium carbonate structures. At deeper locations (40 – 150 m), “mesophotic” (low light) coral reefs accumulate calcium carbonate at much lower rates (if at all in some cases) yet remain important as habitat for a wide range of organisms, including those important for fisheries. Finally, even deeper, down to 2000 m or more, the so-called ‘cold-water’ coral re