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Zachary Ferris¹, Andrew S Walker¹, Håvard Rue²

¹Institute for Global Ecology, Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, Florida, USA.

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Coral reefs near the Equator may be protected from marine heatwaves. Equatorial reefs, especially in the Coral Triangle, show less bleaching due to regional conditions, acting as crucial marine-heatwave refugia.

Keywords:

Bayesian inference climate change coral bleaching coral reefs marine heatwaves ordered‐beta regression refugia spatially‐explicit statistics

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Area of Science:

Marine Biology
Climate Change Science
Ecology

Background:

Marine heatwaves pose a significant threat to coral reefs globally.
Equatorial reefs are predicted to face severe degradation due to rising sea temperatures.
Regional environmental factors may offer protection against coral bleaching.

Purpose of the Study:

To identify environmental conditions that characterize marine-heatwave refugia for coral reefs.
To test the relationship between coral bleaching severity and various environmental variables.
To assess the potential of equatorial reefs as refugia against marine heatwaves.

Main Methods:

A Bayesian spatio-temporal model was used to analyze coral bleaching severity.
Data from 30,266 coral reef surveys across 81 countries (2002-2020) were utilized.
The model examined temperature, hydrodynamic, topographic, atmospheric, and biological variables.

Main Results:

Coral bleaching severity was lower on equatorial reefs compared to higher-latitude reefs, except in the eastern Pacific.
The Coral Triangle region, particularly equatorial reefs, showed characteristics of marine-heatwave refugia.
Factors like cloud cover, wave energy, current velocity, and turbidity moderated bleaching.

Conclusions:

Equatorial reefs, especially within the Coral Triangle, are vital marine-heatwave refugia.
Frequent cloud cover in the Intertropical Convergence Zone likely shields these reefs.
Reefs with historical heatwave exposure may exhibit greater resilience to future thermal stress.