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Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves

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Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves. / Fox, Michael; Guillaume-Castel, Robin; Edwards, Clinton et al.
In: Science Advances, Vol. 9, No. 24, eadd5032, 14.06.2023.

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Fox, M, Guillaume-Castel, R, Edwards, C, Glanz, J, Gove, JM, Green, M, Juhlin, E, Smith, J & Williams, GJ 2023, 'Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves', Science Advances, vol. 9, no. 24, eadd5032. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add5032

APA

Fox, M., Guillaume-Castel, R., Edwards, C., Glanz, J., Gove, J. M., Green, M., Juhlin, E., Smith, J., & Williams, G. J. (2023). Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves. Science Advances, 9(24), Article eadd5032. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add5032

CBE

Fox M, Guillaume-Castel R, Edwards C, Glanz J, Gove JM, Green M, Juhlin E, Smith J, Williams GJ. 2023. Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves. Science Advances. 9(24):Article eadd5032. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add5032

MLA

Fox, Michael et al. "Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves". Science Advances. 2023. 9(24). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.add5032

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Fox M, Guillaume-Castel R, Edwards C, Glanz J, Gove JM, Green M et al. Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves. Science Advances. 2023 Jun 14;9(24):eadd5032. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add5032

Author

Fox, Michael ; Guillaume-Castel, Robin ; Edwards, Clinton et al. / Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves. In: Science Advances. 2023 ; Vol. 9, No. 24.

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TY - JOUR

T1 - Ocean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves

AU - Fox, Michael

AU - Guillaume-Castel, Robin

AU - Edwards, Clinton

AU - Glanz, Jess

AU - Gove, Jamison M.

AU - Green, Mattias

AU - Juhlin, Ellis

AU - Smith, Jennifer

AU - Williams, Gareth J.

PY - 2023/6/14

Y1 - 2023/6/14

N2 - Marine heatwaves are triggering coral bleaching events and devastating coral populations globally, highlighting the need to identify processes promoting coral survival. Here, we show that acceleration of a major ocean current and shallowing of the surface mixed layer enhanced localized upwelling on a central Pacific coral reef during the three strongest El Niño-associated marine heatwaves of the past half century. These conditions mitigated regional declines in primary production and bolstered local supply of nutritional resources to corals during a bleaching event. The reefs subsequently suffered limited post-bleaching coral mortality. Our results reveal how large-scale ocean-climate interactions affect reef ecosystems thousands of kilometers away and provide a valuable framework for identifying reefs that may benefit from such biophysical linkages during future bleaching events.

AB - Marine heatwaves are triggering coral bleaching events and devastating coral populations globally, highlighting the need to identify processes promoting coral survival. Here, we show that acceleration of a major ocean current and shallowing of the surface mixed layer enhanced localized upwelling on a central Pacific coral reef during the three strongest El Niño-associated marine heatwaves of the past half century. These conditions mitigated regional declines in primary production and bolstered local supply of nutritional resources to corals during a bleaching event. The reefs subsequently suffered limited post-bleaching coral mortality. Our results reveal how large-scale ocean-climate interactions affect reef ecosystems thousands of kilometers away and provide a valuable framework for identifying reefs that may benefit from such biophysical linkages during future bleaching events.

U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.add5032

DO - 10.1126/sciadv.add5032

M3 - Article

C2 - 37315146

VL - 9

JO - Science Advances

JF - Science Advances

SN - 2375-2548

IS - 24

M1 - eadd5032

ER -