John Bythell

Nov 28, 2024 | science.org | John Bythell |Meryem B. Baghdadi |Chloe Lopez-Lee |Madeline R. Luth

AbstractMarine heatwaves are intensifying under climate change, exposing populations of reef-building corals to mass mortality and intense selective pressure. It remains unknown whether adaptation can keep pace with warming and maintain reef functioning. We have developed an eco-evolutionary metapopulation model for Acropora, an ecologically important yet highly threatened coral taxon.