[Coral-List] several articles that may be of interest

[Douglas Fenner]

New study predicts the Ocean ecosystem will collapse this decade.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/apr/08/wildlife-destruction-not-a-slippery-slope-but-a-series-of-cliff-edges


The projected timing of abrupt ecological disruption from climate change
(graphs include Cayman Is and Coral Triangle, tropical ecosystems will be
hit sooner than higher latitudes)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964569120301757?dgcid=coauthor


Printed coral could provide reef relief
https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/printed-coral-could-provide-reef-relief/


Bionic 3D printed corals
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-15486-4

Open-access

Coral skeletons record history of reef deterioration- black bands in coral
contain iron sulfide and bacteria
https://www.benzinga.com/pressreleases/20/06/n16290269/sasakawa-peace-foundation-coral-skeletons-record-history-of-reef-deterioration-black-bands-in-cora


Anthropogenic anoxic history of the Tuvalu atoll recorded as annual black
bands in coral

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-63578-4

open-access

Discerning differences in diets of reef fishes with DNA
https://reefbites.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/discerning-differences-in-diets-of-reef-fishes-with-dna/
<https://reefbites.wordpress.com/2020/06/19/discerning-differences-in-diets-of-reef-fishes-with-dna/?fbclid=IwAR00lWC7tCLLNHIhDIYfoCuUOj-mwm4POaO2iPSphu4XL7FhIggPbqUMvNk>

Coral reef loss helps some fish grow bigger, but perhaps not for long
https://reefbuilders.com/2020/06/17/coral-loss-can-lead-to-bigger-fish-size-but-the-results-are-short-lived/
<https://reefbuilders.com/2020/06/17/coral-loss-can-lead-to-bigger-fish-size-but-the-results-are-short-lived/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=facebook>

Severe coral loss shifts energetic dynamics on a coral reef
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1365-2435.13568
Note email address of author

Knock knock, who's there?  How coral let symbiotic algae in
arnegiescience.edu/news/knock-knock-whos-there-how-coral-let-symbiotic-algae

Lineage dynamics of the endosymbiotic cell type in the soft coral Xenia
 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-2385-7
open-access

Surprising growth rates discovered in deepest photosynthetic corals

https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2020/06/15/surprising-growth-deepest-corals/
<https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2020/06/15/surprising-growth-deepest-corals/?fbclid=IwAR3qpCi_sSiRc20LjV8Xrq2ZLeSC8ECO4q-QBx9nI7a8tnAw_Lge49dQbL4>

Moderate zooxanthellate coral growth rates in the lower photic zone

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00338-020-01960-4

open-access

Seascape metrics, spatio-temporal change, and intensity of use for the
spatial conservation prioritization of a Caribbean marine protected area

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0964569120301757?dgcid=coauthor


Cheers, Doug
-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Consultant
PO Box 7390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799  USA

"mitigating climate change is the critical wedge to set coral reefs on a
recovery trajectory"  Duarte et al 2020 Rebuilding marine life Nature

"Already, more people die  <http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hazstats.shtml>from
heat-related causes in the U.S. than from all other extreme weather events."


https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/624643780/phoenix-tries-to-reverse-its-silent-storm-of-heat-deaths


Even 50-year old climate models correctly predicted global warmng
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/even-50-year-old-climate-models-correctly-predicted-global-warming?utm_campaign=news_weekly_2019-12-06&et_rid=17045989&et_cid=3113276

"Global warming is manifestly the foremost current threat to coral reefs,
and must be addressed by the global community if reefs as we know them will
have any chance to persist."  Williams et al, 2019, Frontiers in Marine
Science