Austin Bowden-Kerby Oceans 2023, 4(1), 13-26; https://doi.org/10.3390/oceans4010002 Abstract The widespread demise of coral reefs due to climate change is now a certainty, and investing in restoration without facing this stark reality risks failure. The 50 Reefs Initiative, the dominant adaptation model for…
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Seascape genomics reveals candidate molecular targets of heat stress adaptation in three coral species
Oliver Selmoni, Gaël Lecellier, Hélène Magalon, Laurent Vigliola, Francesca Benzoni, Christophe Peignon, Stéphane Joost, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier Mol. Ecol. 2021;30:1892–1906. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15857 Abstract Anomalous heat waves are causing a major decline of hard corals around the world and threatening the persistence of…
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Coral cover surveys corroborate predictions on reef adaptive potential to thermal stress
Oliver Selmoni, Gaël Lecellier, Laurent Vigliola, Véronique Berteaux-Lecellier & Stéphane Joost https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-76604-2 Abstract As anomalous heat waves are causing the widespread decline of coral reefs worldwide, there is an urgent need to identify coral populations tolerant to thermal stress. Heat…
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Using Modern Conservation Tools for Innovative Management of Coral Reefs: The MANACO Consortium
Oliver Selmoni, Gaël Lecellier, Lara Ainley, Antoine Collin, Raimana Doucet, Vaimiti Dubousquet, Hudson Feremaito, Edouard Ito Waia, Stuart Kininmonth, Hélène Magalon, Siola’a Malimali, Ateliana Maugateau, Anders Meibom,Stephen Mosese, Malika René-Trouillefou, Noriyuki Satoh, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen, André Xozamé, Maxime…
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Predicting the spatial distribution of allele frequencies for a gene associated with tolerance to eutrophication and high temperature in the reef-building coral, Acropora millepora, on the Great Barrier Reef
Young K. Jin,Stuart Kininmonth,Petra B. Lundgren, Madeleine J. H. van Oppen,Bette L. Willis Abstract https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01873-x In the face of unprecedented rates of environmental alterations, the necessity to predict the capacity of corals to respond adaptively in a complex ecological system…
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Seascape genomics as a new tool to empower coral reef conservation strategies: An example on north‐western Pacific Acropora digitifera
Oliver Selmoni, Estelle Rochat, Gael Lecellier, Veronique Berteaux‐Lecellier, Stéphane Joost First published:07 March 2020 https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.12944 Abstract Coral reefs are suffering a major decline due to the environmental constraints imposed by climate change. Over the last 20 years, three major coral bleaching…
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