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

Leggat, WP; Camp, EF; Suggett, DJ; Heron, SF; Fordyce, AJ; Gardner, S; Deakin, L; Turner, M; Beeching, LJ; Kuzhiumparambil, U; Eakin, CM; Ainsworth, TD

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

Leggat, WP Camp, EF

Suggett, DJ

Heron, SF Fordyce, AJ Gardner, S

Deakin, L Turner, M Beeching, LJ Kuzhiumparambil, U

Eakin, CM Ainsworth, TD

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Citation:: Current Biology, 2019, 29 (16), pp. 2723 - 2730.e4
Issue Date:: 2019-08-19

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dc.contributor.author	Leggat, WP	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Camp, EF https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1962-1336	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Suggett, DJ https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5326-2520	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Heron, SF	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Fordyce, AJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gardner, S https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8359-1835	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Deakin, L	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Turner, M	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Beeching, LJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Kuzhiumparambil, U https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0582-6779	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Eakin, CM	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Ainsworth, TD	en_US
dc.date.available	2019-06-25	en_US
dc.date.issued	2019-08-19	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Current Biology, 2019, 29 (16), pp. 2723 - 2730.e4	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0960-9822	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/135453
dc.description.abstract	© 2019 Elsevier Ltd 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.	en_US
dc.relation	http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160100271
dc.relation.ispartof	Current Biology	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.077	en_US
dc.subject.classification	Developmental Biology	en_US
dc.title	Rapid Coral Decay Is Associated with Marine Heatwave Mortality Events on Reefs	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	16	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	29	en_US
utslib.for	0602 Ecology	en_US
utslib.for	0401 Atmospheric Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	06 Biological Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	11 Medical and Health Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	17 Psychology and Cognitive Sciences	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - C3 - Climate Change Cluster
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pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
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Abstract:

© 2019 Elsevier Ltd 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.

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