[Coral-List] literature on various coral topics

[Douglas Fenner]

Adult corals have been safely frozen and revived for the first time

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/adult-coral-frozen-survive-climate-change

Cryopreservation and revival of Hawaiian stony corals using isochoric
vitrification

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-023-40500-w

Coral larvae survive being frozen and thawed for the first time

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-larvae-survive-being-frozen-and-thawed-first-time

Successful cryopreservation of coral larvae using vitrification and laser
warming

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-34035-0.pdf

Corals may store a surprising amount of microplastics in their skeletons

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-reef-microplastics-skeletons

Reef-building corals act as a long-term sink for microplastic

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/gcb.15920

Corals dine on microplastics

https://www.snexplores.org/article/corals-dine-microplastics

Microplastic ingestion by scleractinian corals

https://www.snexplores.org/article/corals-dine-microplastics

Patterns, dynamics, and consequences of microplastic ingestion by the
temperate coral, Astrangia poculata

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2019.0726

Probiotics help corals survive deadly heat stress

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/probiotics-lab-coral-heat-stress-death-reef-survival-ocean-warming

Coral microbiome manipulation elicits metabolic and genetic restructuring
to mitigate heat stress and evade mortality

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abg3088

Marine probiotics: increasing coral resistance to bleaching through
microbiome manipulation

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-018-0323-6

How a newly identified bacterium saps corals of their energy

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-newly-identified-bacterium-saps-caribbean-coral-energy

Phylogenetic, genomic, and biogeographic characterization of a novel and
ubiquitous marine invertebrate-associated Rickettsialles parasite,
Candidatus
Aquarickettsia rowheri, gen. nov., sp. nov.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41396-019-0482-0

Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease
susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence.

https://research.bangor.ac.uk/portal/files/8283714/Maynard_et_al_2015_Nature_Climate_Change.pdf

Shy fish no bigger than a pinkie provide much of the food in coral reefs.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/tiny-shy-fish-provide-much-food-coral-reefs

Demographic dynamics of the smallest marine vertebrates fuel coral reef
ecosystem functioning.

https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.aav3384

Urchins are dying off across the Caribbean.  Scientists now know why.

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/urchins-dying-off-caribbean-disease

How some sunscreens damage coral reefs

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/sunscreen-damage-coral-reef-oxybenzone

Sunscreens threaten coral survival

https://bookcafe.yuntsg.com/ueditor/jsp/upload/file/20220516/1652662123518047012.pdf

Conversion of oxybenzone sunscreen to phototoxic glucoside conjugates by
sea anemones and corals

https://bookcafe.yuntsg.com/ueditor/jsp/upload/file/20220607/1654562434750089184.pdf

The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its most widespread bleaching ever
recorded

ciencenews.org/article/great-barrier-reef-suffering-most-widespread-bleaching-ever-recorded

How slow and steady lionfish win the race against fast prey

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/lionfish-slow-fast-prey-predator-patience

The persistent-predation strategy of the red lionfish

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rspb.2022.1085

An incredibly resilient coral in the Great Barrier Reef offers hope for the
future

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/great-barrier-reef-coral-muga-dhambi-resilience-size

Field measurements of a massive *Porites* coral at Goolboodi (Orpheus
Island), Great Barrier Reef

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94818-w

Corals hidden genetic diversity corresponds to distinct lifestyles

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/coral-genetic-biodiversity-lifestyles-reef-ocean

Morphological stasis masks ecologically divergent coral species on tropical
reefs

https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S0960-9822%2821%2900367-5

Flamboyant fishes evolved an explosion of color as seas rose and fell

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/fish-fairy-wrasse-color-evolution-coral-reef-sea-level-ice-age

Phylogenomic analysis of concatenated ultraconserved elements reveals the
recent evolutionary radiation of the fairy wrasses (Teleostei: Labridae:
Cirrhilabrus)

https://academic.oup.com/sysbio/article/71/1/1/6146943?login=false

Neon colors may help some corals stage a comeback from bleaching

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/corals-algae-neon-colors-bleaching-recovery-oceans

Optical feedback loop involving dinoflagellate symbiont and Scleractinian
host drives colorful coral bleaching

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(20)30571-6

Cheers, Doug

-- 
Douglas Fenner
Lynker Technologies, LLC, Contractor
NOAA Fisheries Service
Pacific Islands Regional Office
Honolulu
and:
Coral Reef Consulting
PO Box 997390
Pago Pago, American Samoa 96799-6298  USA

One recent study estimates over 61,000 people died from heat during
Europe's record-breaking summer last year.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/record-breaking-heat-bakes-us-014459083.html

1 million Florida buildings will be overrun by sea-level rise, new study
shows, at a cost of $261-624 BILLION

https://www.yahoo.com/news/1-million-florida-buildings-overrun-091203340.html

Scientists size up human predatory footprint
Humans are the ultimate predators, trapping, hunting, or otherwise
exploiting 15,000 species of vertebrates—300 times more species than
jaguars and 113 times more than great white sharks.
https://www.science.org/content/article/news-glance-muscular-dystrophy-therapy-lab-grown-chicken-and-humans-toll-wildlife