[Coral-List] New Paper: Resilient corals in the Phoenix Islands

[Damien Beri]

Correct Phill, corals will certainly outlive humans, just as they did the
dinosaurs :) Evolving from deep-sea corals to zooxanthellate corals, back
again to the deep sea during extinctions, and back up again to
zooxanthellate.

On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:41 AM Phillip Dustan via Coral-List <
coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:

> Guess this is what we call Evolution by Natural Selection - a classic case
> study.
> Nice to know that corals still have it within their powers to adapt to
> changes in selection pressure.
> If we'd only give them half a chance they'd be fine.
> As it is, they will most probably outlast humanity....
> P
>
> On Mon, Sep 13, 2021 at 8:18 AM Michael Fox via Coral-List <
> coral-list at coral.aoml.noaa.gov> wrote:
>
> > Hi Coral List,
> >
> >
> >
> > I want to draw your attention to our recent paper, ‘Increasing coral reef
> > resilience through successive marine heatwaves” available here:
> > https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2021GL094128
> >
> >
> >
> > Our observation that the effects of thermal stress on PIPA’s coral
> > populations have lessened over the course of three major El Niño events
> > raises important questions about the capacity of corals to adapt to ocean
> > warming. These findings complement a suite of recent papers highlighting
> > the ability of stress tolerant corals to successfully pass on beneficial
> > traits to their next generation.
> >
> >
> >
> > All the best,
> > Mike
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> "When we try to pick out anything by itself
> we find that it is bound fast by a thousand invisible cords
> that cannot be broken, to everything in the universe. "
> *                                         John Muir 1869*
>
> *A Swim Through TIme on Carysfort Reef*
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCPJE7UE6sA
> *Raja Ampat Sustainability Project video*
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RR2SazW_VY&fbclid=IwAR09oZkEk8wQkK6LN3XzVGPgAWSujACyUfe2Ist__nYxRRSkDE_jAYqkJ7A
> *Bali Coral Bleaching 2016 video*
>
> *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOfLTnPSUo
> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxOfLTnPSUo>*
> TEDx Charleston on saving coral reefs
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwENBNrfKj4
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