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Rapid Evolution in Action: Environmental Filtering Supports Coral Adaptation to a Hot, Acidic, and Deoxygenated Extreme Habitat.
Global change biology - 1 Mar 2025
Leiva Carlos, Torda Gergely, Zhou Chengran, Pan Yunrui, Harris Jess, Xiang Xueyan, Tan Shangjin, Tian Wei, Hume Benjamin, Miller David J, Li Qiye, Zhang Guojie, Cooke Ira, Rodolfo-Metalpa Riccardo
Abstract excerpt
The semienclosed Bouraké lagoon in New Caledonia is a natural system that enables observation of evolution in action with respect to stress tolerance in marine organisms, a topic directly relevant to understanding the consequences of global climate change. Corals inhabiting the Bouraké lagoon endure extreme conditions of elevated temperature (> 33°C), acidification (7.2 pH units), and deoxygenation (2.28 mg O2...
Topics
- Animals
- Anthozoa
- Climate Change
- New Caledonia
- Adaptation, Physiological
- Biological Evolution
- Hot Temperature
- Symbiosis
- Extreme Environments
- Ecosystem
