ArticleNature communications2023
The role and risks of selective adaptation in extreme coral habitats.
Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed.
- Coral thermotolerance retained following year-long exposure to a novel environment.Science advances · 2025Article
- Rapid Evolution in Action: Environmental Filtering Supports Coral Adaptation to a Hot, Acidic, and Deoxygenated Extreme Habitat.Global change biology · 2025Article
- Extreme Environmental Variability Induces Frontloading of Coral Biomineralisation Genes to Maintain Calcification Under pCOMolecular ecology · 2025Article
- Genomic data reveals habitat partitioning in massive Porites on Guam, Micronesia.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Integrating cryptic diversity into coral evolution, symbiosis and conservation.Nature ecology & evolution · 2024Review
- Algal symbiont diversity in Acropora muricata from the extreme reef of Bouraké associated with resistance to coral bleaching.PloS one · 2024Article
- The role and risks of selective adaptation in extreme coral habitats.Nature communications · 2023Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
The alarming rate of climate change demands new management strategies to protect coral reefs. Environments such as mangrove lagoons, characterized by extreme variations in multiple abiotic factors, are viewed as potential sources of stress-tolerant corals for strategies such as assisted evolution and coral propagation. However, biological trade-offs for adaptation to such extremes are poorly known. Here, we investigate the reef-building coral Porites lutea thriving in both mangrove and reef sites and show that stress-tolerance comes with compromises in genetic and energetic mechanisms and skeletal characteristics. We observe reduced genetic diversity and gene expression variability in mangrove corals, a disadvantage under future harsher selective pressure. We find reduced density, thickness and higher porosity in coral skeletons from mangroves, symptoms of metabolic energy redirection to stress response functions. These findings demonstrate the need for caution when utilizing stress-tolerant corals in human interventions, as current survival in extremes may compromise future competitive fitness.
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