[Coral-List] new set of 15 articles on reefs in extreme environments

[Douglas Fenner]

     A new group of 15 articles on "The future of coral reefs subject to
rapid climate change: lessons from natural extreme environments" has
appeared on "Frontiers in Marine Science."
      The lead article with the above title is an editorial that introduces
each of the articles.  It contains links to all the 15 articles.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00433/full?utm_source=F-AAE&utm_medium=EMLF&utm_campaign=MRK_847629_45_Marine_20181211_arts_A

All articles are open-access.

Second article is "The future of coral reefs subject to climate change:
lessons from natural environments" which reviews 285 articles.

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2018.00004/full

The third article is "Mechanisms of thermal tolerance in reef-building
corals across a fine-grained environmental mosaic: lessons from Ofu,
American Samoa"  (it also compares results from other locations)

https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmars.2017.00434/full

Frontiers in Marine Science has a section on coral reefs and regularly
publishes papers there.  All are open-access.

https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/marine-science/sections/coral-reef-research

Cheers,  Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Ocean Associates, Inc. Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

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