High frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching

Aryan Safaie (), Nyssa J. Silbiger, Timothy R. McClanahan, Geno Pawlak, Daniel J. Barshis, James L. Hench, Justin S. Rogers, Gareth J. Williams and Kristen A. Davis ()
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Aryan Safaie: University of California
Nyssa J. Silbiger: California State University, Northridge
Timothy R. McClanahan: Wildlife Conservation Society
Geno Pawlak: University of California San Diego
Daniel J. Barshis: Old Dominion University
James L. Hench: Duke University
Justin S. Rogers: Stanford University
Gareth J. Williams: Bangor University
Kristen A. Davis: University of California

Nature Communications, 2018, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-12

Abstract: Abstract Coral bleaching is the detrimental expulsion of algal symbionts from their cnidarian hosts, and predominantly occurs when corals are exposed to thermal stress. The incidence and severity of bleaching is often spatially heterogeneous within reef-scales (

Date: 2018
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