Table of Contents

Introduction: Coral Bleaching – Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences.- The Evolution of the Coral-Algal Symbiosis and Coral Bleaching in the Geologic Past.- Coral Bleaching in Space and Time.- Climate Variability and Change: Monitoring Data and Evidence for Increased Coral Bleaching Stress.- Detecting and Monitoring Coral Bleaching Events.- Bleaching Resistance and the Role of Algal Endosymbionts.- How does the Coral Microbiome Cause, Respond to or Modulate the Bleaching Process?- Cell Biology of Coral Bleaching.- Bleaching and Mortality Thresholds: How Much is too Much?- Consequences of Coral Bleaching for Sessile Reef Organisms.- Effects of Coral Bleaching and Coral Loss on the Structure and Function of Reef Fish Assemblages.- Ocean Acidification and Coral Bleaching.- Future Scenarios: a Review of Modelling Efforts to Predict the Future of Coral Reefs in an Era of Climate Change.- Synthesis: Coral Bleaching – Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences.

About the Author

Madeleine J.H. van Oppen
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville MC, Queensland 4810, Australia and School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
e-mail: madeleine.van@unimelb.edu.au

J.M. Lough
Australian Institute of Marine Science, PMB 3, Townsville MC, Queensland 4810, Australia and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland 4811, Australia
e-mail: j.lough@aims.gov.au