Tropical climate modes control strength and distribution of thermal stress mitigation in a coral reef refugia
Hana Camelia, Thomas Felis, Jessica A. Hargreaves, Martin Kölling, Sander Scheffers, Suchana Chavanich, Chalermrat Sangmanee, Marlene Wall · 2026
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Description
Hana Camelia and co-authors used coral skeletons in 2026 to read decades of reef temperature in the Andaman Sea, a known refuge where cold water intrusions can spare corals from heat. Upwelling and internal waves bring cooler water, but how protection varies over time was poorly observed in place.
Monthly records from coral chemistry showed subsurface cooling shifting over years to decades, driven by large-scale wind and thermocline change. Cooling was strongest during the combined positive Indian Ocean Dipole and El Niño event of 1997 and 1998. Carbon signals showed corals shifting feeding style during most bleaching events, except that strongly cooled 1998 event.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Hana Camelia, Thomas Felis, Jessica A. Hargreaves, Martin Kölling, Sander Scheffers, Suchana Chavanich, Chalermrat Sangmanee, Marlene Wall |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 65952 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |