Projektnummer

0064796

Zusammenfassung

The heatwave-induced coral bleaching events of 2016 and 2017 have had dramatic global consequences for tropical corals, with e.g. high mortality and detrimental transformation of the three-dimensional structures. Future warming and increased prevalence of heatwaves will further destroy global reefs. To date there are no published multi-generation selection studies available that could illustrate, whether tropical corals could rapidly adapt to higher temperatures and what the underlying mechanisms of adaptation to warmer water could be. This project aims to contribute to this very impor...