EcologybioRxiv
Persistence of phenotypic responses to short-term heat stress in the tabletop coral Acropora hyacinthus
N. S. Walker, B. H. Cornwell, V. Nestor…·S. R. Palumbi
This study assesses the reliability of short-term heat stress assays in Acropora hyacinthus by linking bleaching and mortality responses over time, showing that 16-hour bleaching scores predict long-term survival.
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0269206