Self-generated oxygen limitation drives coral outcomes during marine heatwaves
Marine heatwaves cause massive, but often patchy coral bleaching. Why neighboring colonies often respond differently remains unresolved. Here, we show that interactions between metabolic demand and flow-mediated resupply generate heterogeneous oxygen microenvironments inside branching corals under heat stress. During the 2023 and 2024 Red Sea heatwaves, high-frequency in situ measurements…
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