A. Roik

Thermal preconditioning modulates coral physiology and heat tolerance: A multi-species perspective

This study assesses how thermal preconditioning affects thermal tolerance and baseline physiology across six coral species, finding species-specific responses and trade-offs in physiological baselines.

Trade-offs in a reef-building coral after six years of thermal acclimation

This study shows that reef-building corals acclimate to elevated temperatures by increasing energy storage but at the cost of reduced skeletal growth, with potential implications for reef development.

Natural thermal stress-hardening of corals through cold temperature pulses in the Thai Andaman Sea

This study shows that cold temperature pulses induce stress-hardening in corals, increasing their heat resistance, and that this effect diminishes when the stimulus is absent.

Coral reef carbonate budgets and ecological drivers in the naturally high temperature and high alkalinity environment of the Red Sea

The paper measures carbonate budgets and growth dynamics of coral reefs in the Red Sea, finding that total alkalinity strongly correlates with reef growth despite high temperatures.