Coral conservation in a warming world must harness evolutionary adaptation

Madhavi A Colton¹, Lisa C McManus^{2

3}, Daniel E Schindler⁴, Peter J Mumby⁵, Stephen R Palumbi⁶, Michael M Webster^{7

8}, Timothy E Essington⁴, Helen E Fox⁷, Daniel L Forrest^{3

9}, Steven R Schill¹⁰, F Joseph Pollock^{11

12}, Lukas B DeFilippo^{4

13}, E W Tekwa^{3

14}, Timothy E Walsworth^{4

15}, Malin L Pinsky³

Affiliations

¹ Coral Reef Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA. madhavi.colton@gmail.com.
² Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Kane'ohe, HI, USA.
³ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
⁴ School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁶ Department of Biology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
⁷ Coral Reef Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁰ The Nature Conservancy, Caribbean Division, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
¹¹ The Nature Conservancy, Hawai'i & Palmyra Program, Honolulu, HI, USA.
¹² Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology, University Park, PA, USA.
¹³ Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Watershed Sciences and The Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.

Madhavi A Colton et al. Nat Ecol Evol. 2022 Oct.

. 2022 Oct;6(10):1405-1407.

doi: 10.1038/s41559-022-01854-4.

¹ Coral Reef Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA. madhavi.colton@gmail.com.
² Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, Kane'ohe, HI, USA.
³ Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.
⁴ School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.
⁵ School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
⁶ Department of Biology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, Pacific Grove, CA, USA.
⁷ Coral Reef Alliance, San Francisco, CA, USA.
⁸ Department of Environmental Studies, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
⁹ Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁰ The Nature Conservancy, Caribbean Division, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
¹¹ The Nature Conservancy, Hawai'i & Palmyra Program, Honolulu, HI, USA.
¹² Pennsylvania State University, Department of Biology, University Park, PA, USA.
¹³ Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, WA, USA.
¹⁴ Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
¹⁵ Department of Watershed Sciences and The Ecology Center, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA.

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