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Coral-Focused Climate Change Adaptation and Restoration Based on Accelerating Natural Processes: Launching the “Reefs of Hope” Paradigm

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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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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