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  • Marine Biology
  • Climate Change Science
  • Ecological Modeling

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  • Coral reefs globally are impacted by thermal-stress events, altering their composition.
  • Assessing coral recovery rates and long-term responses to rising sea surface temperatures is complex.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To estimate coral recovery rates from past disturbances in Japan and Western Australia.
  • To model Indo-Pacific coral population responses to projected sea surface temperature changes until 2100 under various climate scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Estimated coral recovery rates (intrinsic rate of increase, r) in southern Japan (r=0.38 year⁻¹) and Western Australia (r=0.17 year⁻¹).
  • Utilized a novel nonlinear hybrid-stochastic-dynamical system to predict coral population dynamics.
  • Integrated regional recovery rates with projected global sea surface temperature increases under Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 4.5, 6.0, and 8.5.

Main Results:

  • Southern Japan reefs exhibited faster recovery (r=0.38 year⁻¹) than Western Australia (r=0.17 year⁻¹).
  • Under RCP 4.5, models predicted rapid coral recovery.
  • RCP 6.0 resulted in a bimodal response (recovery or collapse); RCP 8.5 predicted unlikely recovery due to frequent, intense anomalies.

Conclusions:

  • Coral recovery is highly sensitive to the magnitude and frequency of thermal anomalies.
  • Conservative climate change mitigation (RCP 4.5) supports coral reef resilience.
  • Aggressive climate change scenarios (RCP 8.5) pose a significant threat, potentially leading to widespread coral reef collapse.