When corals bleach, what is the weakest photosynthetic link?

尽管气候变化对珊瑚礁的迫在眉睫的影响发出了可怕的警告，但我们仍然不了解珊瑚漂白的基本过程。该项目将通过提供我们知识中的关键差距的详细信息，加强对澳大利亚广阔的珊瑚礁生态系统的未来管理。这将直接提供给几层管理机构，用于政策制定和风险评估。以生态可持续的方式管理我们的珊瑚礁对澳大利亚未来的经济、社会和文化繁荣至关重要。健康和生物多样性珊瑚礁的经济重要性对昆士兰的旅游业和渔业经济都至关重要(24亿美元/年)。

Despite dire warning of the imminent impact (< 50 y) of climate change of coral reefs, we still do not understand the fundamental processes of coral bleaching. This project will enhance future management of Australia's extensive coral reef ecosystems by providing details on critical gaps in our knowledge. This will feed directly into several layers of management agencies for policy development and risk assessment. Managing our reefs in an ecologically sustainable manner is vital to the future economic, social and cultural prosperity of Australia. The economic importance of healthy and biodiverse coral reefs is pivotal to both the tourism and fisheries-based economies of Queensland ($2.4 b/y).