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Adaptive Bleaching Hypothesis

The Adaptive Bleaching Hypothesis is a theoretical framework in coral reef science proposing that coral bleaching may serve as a mechanism for corals to adapt to changing environmental conditions by facilitating the exchange of symbiotic algal species for more stress-tolerant genotypes.

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2017–2026

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11

Coral Bleaching as an Adaptive Mechanism

Robert W. Buddemeier, Daphne G. Fautin · BioScience · 1993 · 664 citations

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Metagenomic analysis of the microbial community associated with the coral <i>Porites astreoides</i>

Linda Wegley, Robert A. Edwards, Beltrán Rodriguez-Brito et al. · Environmental Microbiology · 2007 · 550 citations

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The Adaptive Bleaching Hypothesis: Experimental Tests of Critical Assumptions

Robert A. Kinzie, M. Takayama, Scott R. Santos et al. · Biological Bulletin · 2001 · 229 citations · Full text

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Coral bleaching, bleaching-induced mortality, and the adaptive significance of the bleaching response

Ross Jones · Marine Biology · 2008 · 123 citations

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Is coral bleaching really adaptive?

Ove Hoegh‐Guldberg, Ross Jones, Selina Ward et al. · Nature · 2002 · 105 citations

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Authors

27

  1. DG
    Daphne G. Fautin

    University of Kansas, United States

    3 publications · 833 citations

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  2. RW
    Robert W. Buddemeier

    United States Geological Survey, United States

    3 publications · 833 citations

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  3. RJ
    Ross Jones

    Australian Institute of Marine Science, Australia

    2 publications · 228 citations

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  4. MM
    Monica Montefalcone

    University of Genoa, Italy

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. RP
    R. P. Dunne

    Newcastle University, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 95 citations

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Institutions

17

  1. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    255 citations

  2. University of Kansas

    Lawrence, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    338 citations

  3. University at Buffalo, State University of New York

    Buffalo, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    458 citations

  4. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    190 citations

  5. Argonne National Laboratory

    Lemont, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    550 citations

  6. The University of Queensland

    Brisbane, Australia

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    420 citations

  7. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

    Albany, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    19 citations

  8. Phuket Rajabhat University

    Phuket, Thailand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    95 citations

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Venues

  1. Nature

    2 publications · 124 citations

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  2. Marine Biology

    1 publications · 123 citations

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  3. Biological Bulletin

    1 publications · 229 citations

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  4. Frontiers in Marine Science

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  5. Hydrobiologia

    1 publications · 86 citations

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