Communications Biology (Dec 2022)

Palau’s warmest reefs harbor thermally tolerant corals that thrive across different habitats

Hanny E. Rivera,
Anne L. Cohen,
Janelle R. Thompson,
Iliana B. Baums,
Michael D. Fox,
Kirstin S. Meyer-Kaiser

Affiliations

Hanny E. Rivera: MIT-WHOI Joint Program in Oceanography/Applied Ocean Science & Engineering
Anne L. Cohen: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Janelle R. Thompson: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Iliana B. Baums: Pennsylvania State University
Michael D. Fox: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Kirstin S. Meyer-Kaiser: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04315-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

A thermally-tolerant lineage of Porites lobata is identified from the Rock Islands of Palau.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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