Rapid Coral Decay Is Associated with Marine Heatwave Mortality Events on Reefs

William P. Leggat; Emma F. Camp; David J. Suggett; Scott F. Heron; Alexander J. Fordyce; Stephanie Gardner; Lachlan Deakin; Michael Turner; Levi J. Beeching; Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambil; C. Mark Eakin; Tracy D. Ainsworth

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.077

Rapid Coral Decay Is Associated with Marine Heatwave Mortality Events on Reefs

William P. Leggat, Emma F. Camp, David J. Suggett, Scott F. Heron, Alexander J. Fordyce, Stephanie Gardner, Lachlan Deakin, Michael Turner, Levi J. Beeching, Unnikrishnan Kuzhiumparambil, C. Mark Eakin, Tracy D. Ainsworth^*

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Due to climate change, coral reefs are now being subjected to extreme marine heatwave (MHW) conditions. Leggat et al. show that large-scale mortality due to MHWs and microbial colonization leads to a previously undescribed rapid dissolution of the coral skeleton.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2723-2730.e4
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	29
Issue number	16
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.077
Publication status	Published - 19 Aug 2019

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