Influence of Local Pressures on Maldivian Coral Reef Resilience Following Repeated Bleaching Events, and Recovery Perspectives

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Changes in the population and community structure of corals during recent disturbances (February 2016-October 2017) on Maldivian coral reefs

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Can mesophotic reefs replenish shallow reefs? Reduced coral reproductive performance casts a doubt

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Mass coral bleaching causes biotic homogenization of reef fish assemblages

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Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene

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Mesophotic coral ecosystems are threatened and ecologically distinct from shallow water reefs

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Potential and limits for rapid genetic adaptation to warming in a Great Barrier Reef coral

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Limited potential of deep reefs to serve as refuges for tropical Southwestern Atlantic corals

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Local management actions can increase coral resilience to thermally-induced bleaching

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Population connectivity among shallow and mesophotic Montastraea cavernosa corals in the Gulf of Mexico identifies potential for refugia

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Systematic Revision of Symbiodiniaceae Highlights the Antiquity and Diversity of Coral Endosymbionts

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Long-term change in bioconstruction potential of Maldivian coral reefs following extreme climate anomalies

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A decline in bleaching suggests that depth can provide a refuge from global warming in most coral taxa

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Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages

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Changes in coral sensitivity to thermal anomalies

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Observational information on a temperate reef community helps understanding the marine climate and ecosystem shift of the 1980–90s

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Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals

(2017) Terry P. Hughes et al.   NATURE

Species identity and depth predict bleaching severity in reef-building corals: shall the deep inherit the reef?

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Changes in coral sensitivity to thermal anomalies

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Genomic models predict successful coral adaptation if future ocean warming rates are reduced

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Deep reefs are not universal refuges: Reseeding potential varies among coral species

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Reproductive biology of the deep brooding coral Seriatopora hystrix: Implications for shallow reef recovery

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Using light-dependent scleractinia to define the upper boundary of mesophotic coral ecosystems on the reefs of Utila, Honduras

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Theme section on mesophotic coral ecosystems: advances in knowledge and future perspectives

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Validation of degree heating weeks as a coral bleaching index in the northwestern Pacific

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Pattern and intensity of human impact on coral reefs depend on depth along the reef profile and on the descriptor adopted

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Caribbean mesophotic coral ecosystems are unlikely climate change refugia

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Connectivity between submerged and near-sea-surface coral reefs: can submerged reef populations act as refuges?

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Rapid evolution of metabolic traits explains thermal adaptation in phytoplankton

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Through bleaching and tsunami: Coral reef recovery in the Maldives

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Contrasting rates of coral recovery and reassembly in coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef

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The cumulative impact of annual coral bleaching can turn some coral species winners into losers

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Community change and evidence for variable warm-water temperature adaptation of corals in Northern Male Atoll, Maldives

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The influence of repetitive thermal stresses on the dominance of reef-building Acropora spp. (Scleractinia) on coral reefs of the Maldive Islands

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A depth refugium from catastrophic coral bleaching prevents regional extinction

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The status of the coral reefs and the management approaches: The case of the Maldives

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Changes in Bleaching Susceptibility among Corals Subject to Ocean Warming and Recurrent Bleaching in Moorea, French Polynesia

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Multi-taxa coral reef community structure in relation to habitats in the Baa Atoll Man and Biosphere UNESCO Reserve (Maldives), and implications for its conservation

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The northernmost coral frontier of the Maldives: The coral reefs of Ihavandippolu Atoll under long-term environmental change

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Limiting global warming to 2 °C is unlikely to save most coral reefs

(2012) K. Frieler et al.   Nature Climate Change

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The Impact of Climate Change on the World's Marine Ecosystems

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Ecological stages of Maldivian reefs after the coral mass mortality of 1998

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Heterotrophy in Tropical Scleractinian Corals

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Archipelago-wide coral recovery patterns since 1998 in the Chagos Archipelago, central Indian Ocean

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