Environmental Drivers of Variation in Bleaching Severity of Acropora Species during an Extreme Thermal Anomaly

Environmental Drivers of Variation in Bleaching Severity of Acropora Species during an Extreme Thermal Anomaly

High sea surface temperatures caused global coral bleaching during 2015–2016. During this thermal stress event, we quantified within- and among-species variability in bleaching severity for critical habitat-forming Acropora corals. The objective of this study was to understand the drivers of spatial...

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Main Authors: Mia O. Hoogenboom, Grace E. Frank, Tory J. Chase, Saskia Jurriaans, Mariana Álvarez-Noriega, Katie Peterson, Kay Critchell, Kathryn L. E. Berry, Katia J. Nicolet, Blake Ramsby, Allison S. Paley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
spatial refugia
environmental gradients
Symbiodinium
niche construction
thermal performance
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00376/full

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