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2025

Journal Article

Balancing between evolutionary rescue and extinction: the adaptive potential of reef-building corals in a warming world

Lachs, Liam (2025). Balancing between evolutionary rescue and extinction: the adaptive potential of reef-building corals in a warming world. Science, 390 (6774), 686-686. doi: 10.1126/science.aec9600

Balancing between evolutionary rescue and extinction: the adaptive potential of reef-building corals in a warming world

2025

Journal Article

A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming

Bozec, Yves-Marie, Adam, Arne A. S., Arellano-Nava, Beatriz, Cresswell, Anna K., Haller-Bull, Vanessa, Iwanaga, Takuya, Lachs, Liam, Matthews, Samuel A., McWhorter, Jennifer K., Anthony, Kenneth R. N., Condie, Scott A., Halloran, Paul R., Ortiz, Juan-Carlos, Riginos, Cynthia and Mumby, Peter J. (2025). A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 9704, 9704-1. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65015-4

A rapidly closing window for coral persistence under global warming

2025

Journal Article

Fate-tracking early coral recruits following bleaching in a remote reef ecosystem

Stratford, John E., Mogg, Andrew O. M., Koldewey, Heather J., Lachs, Liam, Ferrari, Renata, Guest, James and Bayley, Daniel T. I. (2025). Fate-tracking early coral recruits following bleaching in a remote reef ecosystem. Coral Reefs, 44 (5), 1651-1667. doi: 10.1007/s00338-025-02732-8

Fate-tracking early coral recruits following bleaching in a remote reef ecosystem

2025

Journal Article

Patterns of coral spawning in the Palm Islands, Great Barrier Reef

Mera, Hanaka, Edwards, Alasdair J., Guest, James R., Lachs, Liam, Quigley, Kate M., Willis, Bette L. and Baird, Andrew H. (2025). Patterns of coral spawning in the Palm Islands, Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 44 (5), 1789-1803. doi: 10.1007/s00338-025-02733-7

Patterns of coral spawning in the Palm Islands, Great Barrier Reef

2025

Journal Article

Grazing deterrents improve survival of outplanted juvenile corals

van der Steeg, Eveline, Humanes, Adriana, Bythell, John C., Craggs, Jamie R., Edwards, Alasdair J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Lachs, Liam, Miller, Margaret W., Randle, Janna L. and Guest, James R. (2025). Grazing deterrents improve survival of outplanted juvenile corals. Coral Reefs, 44 (4), 1389-1401. doi: 10.1007/s00338-025-02703-z

Grazing deterrents improve survival of outplanted juvenile corals

2025

Journal Article

Rising cover amid population density decline: the unstable demography of a reef-building coral

Lachs, Liam, Ward, Alex, Beauchamp, Elizabeth A., Edwards, Alasdair J., Ferrari, Renata, Figueira, Will F., Golbuu, Yimnang, Humanes, Adriana, Martinez, Helios M., Pygas, Daniel R., Sommer, Brigitte, van der Steeg, Eveline, Bythell, John C. and Guest, James R. (2025). Rising cover amid population density decline: the unstable demography of a reef-building coral. Royal Society Open Science, 12 (7) 250271, 1-18. doi: 10.1098/rsos.250271

Rising cover amid population density decline: the unstable demography of a reef-building coral

2025

Journal Article

Evaluating the role of moonlight-darkness dynamics as proximate spawning cues in an Acropora coral

Cerro, Ruben de la Torre, Beauchamp, Elizabeth, Buzzoni, Daisy, Craggs, Jamie, East, Holly, Edwards, Alasdair, Golbuu, Yimnang, Humanes, Adriana, Lachs, Liam, Martinez, Helios, Mill, Aileen, van der Steeg, Eveline, Ward, Alex and Guest, James R. (2025). Evaluating the role of moonlight-darkness dynamics as proximate spawning cues in an Acropora coral. Coral Reefs, 44 (2), 501-512. doi: 10.1007/s00338-025-02618-9

Evaluating the role of moonlight-darkness dynamics as proximate spawning cues in an Acropora coral

2025

Journal Article

Higher spatial resolution is not always better: evaluating satellite-sensed sea surface temperature products for a west Pacific coral reef system

Lachs, Liam, Donner, Simon, Edwards, Alasdair J., Golbuu, Yimnang and Guest, James (2025). Higher spatial resolution is not always better: evaluating satellite-sensed sea surface temperature products for a west Pacific coral reef system. Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 1321, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-84289-0

Higher spatial resolution is not always better: evaluating satellite-sensed sea surface temperature products for a west Pacific coral reef system

2024

Journal Article

Natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected climate change

Lachs, Liam, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Bythell, John C., Donner, Simon D., East, Holly K., Edwards, Alasdair J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Gouezo, Marine, Guest, James R., Humanes, Adriana, Riginos, Cynthia and Mumby, Peter J. (2024). Natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected climate change. Science, 386 (6727), 1289-1294. doi: 10.1126/science.adl6480

Natural selection could determine whether Acropora corals persist under expected climate change

2024

Journal Article

Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves

Humanes, Adriana, Lachs, Liam, Beauchamp, Elizabeth, Bukurou, Leah, Buzzoni, Daisy, Bythell, John, Craggs, Jamie R. K., de la Torre Cerro, Ruben, Edwards, Alasdair J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Martinez, Helios M., Palmowski, Pawel, van der Steeg, Eveline, Sweet, Michael, Ward, Alex, Wilson, Alastair J. and Guest, James R. (2024). Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 8703, 1-11. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-52895-1

Selective breeding enhances coral heat tolerance to marine heatwaves

2024

Journal Article

Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event

Miller, Margaret W., Quiroz, Sandra Mendoza, Lachs, Liam, Banaszak, Anastazia T., Chamberland, Valerie F., Guest, James R., Gutting, Alexandra N., Latijnhouwers, Kelly R. W., Sellares-Blasco, Rita I., Virdis, Francesca, Villalpando, Maria F. and Petersen, Dirk (2024). Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event. PLoS One, 19 (9) e0309719, 1-12. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0309719

Assisted sexual coral recruits show high thermal tolerance to the 2023 Caribbean mass bleaching event

2024

Journal Article

High coral heat tolerance at local-scale thermal refugia

Lachs, Liam, Humanes, Adriana, Mumby, Peter J., Donner, Simon D., Bythell, John, Beauchamp, Elizabeth, Bukurou, Leah, Buzzoni, Daisy, de la Torre Cerro, Ruben, East, Holly K., Edwards, Alasdair J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Martinez, Helios M., van der Steeg, Eveline, Ward, Alex and Guest, James R. (2024). High coral heat tolerance at local-scale thermal refugia. PLOS Climate, 3 (7) e0000453, 1-26. doi: 10.1371/journal.pclm.0000453

High coral heat tolerance at local-scale thermal refugia

2024

Journal Article

Ecosystem restoration: healing blasts from the past

Lachs, Liam (2024). Ecosystem restoration: healing blasts from the past. Current Biology, 34 (6), R254-R256. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.02.012

Ecosystem restoration: healing blasts from the past

2024

Journal Article

Decadal demographic shifts and size-dependent disturbance responses of corals in a subtropical warming hotspot

Sommer, Brigitte, Hodge, Jessica M., Lachs, Liam, Cant, James, Pandolfi, John M. and Beger, Maria (2024). Decadal demographic shifts and size-dependent disturbance responses of corals in a subtropical warming hotspot. Scientific Reports, 14 (1) 6327, 1-13. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-56890-w

Decadal demographic shifts and size-dependent disturbance responses of corals in a subtropical warming hotspot

2024

Journal Article

Demographic recovery of corals at a wave-exposed reef following catastrophic disturbance

Lachs, Liam, Biondi, Piera, Gouezo, Marine, Nestor, Victor, Olsudong, Dawnette, Guest, James and Golbuu, Yimnang (2024). Demographic recovery of corals at a wave-exposed reef following catastrophic disturbance. Coral Reefs, 43 (1), 193-199. doi: 10.1007/s00338-024-02464-1

Demographic recovery of corals at a wave-exposed reef following catastrophic disturbance

2024

Journal Article

Author correction: Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

Lachs, Liam, Donner, Simon D., Mumby, Peter J., Bythell, John C., Humanes, Adriana, East, Holly K. and Guest, James R. (2024). Author correction: Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change. Nature Communications, 15 (1) 281, 281. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-44537-9

Author correction: Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

2023

Journal Article

Likely increase in coral thermal tolerance at a Pacific archipelago

Lachs, Liam (2023). Likely increase in coral thermal tolerance at a Pacific archipelago. The Science Breaker. doi: 10.25250/thescbr.brk775

Likely increase in coral thermal tolerance at a Pacific archipelago

2023

Journal Article

High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts

Chong, Fiona, Sommer, Brigitte, Stant, Georgia, Verano, Nina, Cant, James, Lachs, Liam, Johnson, Magnus L., Parsons, Daniel R., Pandolfi, John M., Salguero‐Gómez, Roberto, Spencer, Matthew and Beger, Maria (2023). High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts. Ecography, 2023 (12) e06835, 1-14. doi: 10.1111/ecog.06835

High‐latitude marginal reefs support fewer but bigger corals than their tropical counterparts

2023

Journal Article

Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

Lachs, Liam, Donner, Simon D., Mumby, Peter J., Bythell, John C., Humanes, Adriana, East, Holly K. and Guest, James R. (2023). Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change. Nature Communications, 14 (1) 4939, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-40601-6

Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

2023

Journal Article

No apparent trade-offs associated with heat tolerance in a reef-building coral

Lachs, Liam, Humanes, Adriana, Pygas, Daniel R., Bythell, John C., Mumby, Peter J., Ferrari, Renata, Figueira, Will F., Beauchamp, Elizabeth, East, Holly K., Edwards, Alasdair J., Golbuu, Yimnang, Martinez, Helios M., Sommer, Brigitte, van der Steeg, Eveline and Guest, James R. (2023). No apparent trade-offs associated with heat tolerance in a reef-building coral. Communications Biology, 6 (1) 400, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-04758-6

No apparent trade-offs associated with heat tolerance in a reef-building coral