Adaptation potential of Australia’s coral reefs to a changing climate

海洋正在改变。珊瑚礁是具有很高社会经济价值的奇迹，受到极端气候的威胁。该项目旨在确定支持生态系统规模恢复力的最基本生物过程的珊瑚礁：分散，共生和适应。为了紧急应对灭绝，该项目预计将通过整合基因组学和创新疾病模型来提供对珊瑚进化的突破性估计。预期成果包括发现可以在极端条件下生存并重新填充其他珊瑚礁的珊瑚礁，提供优化能力的好处，以保护有弹性和脆弱的珊瑚礁，以维持未来的生态系统服务，并推动澳大利亚成为保护基因组学革命的全球领导者。

Oceans are changing. Coral reefs are wonders of high socio-economic value threatened by climate extremes. This project aims to identify reefs that support the most fundamental biological processes for ecosystem-scale resilience: dispersal, symbioses, and adaptation. To urgently prepare against extinction, this project expects to deliver ground-breaking estimates of coral evolution by integrating genomics and innovative disease models. Expected outcomes include the discovery of reefs that can survive extremes and repopulate other reefs, providing benefits in optimized capabilities to protect resilient and vulnerable reefs to sustain future ecosystem services and boosting Australia as a global leader in the conservation genomics revolution.