title: Communication arising. Is coral bleaching really adaptive?
abstract: From an experiment in which corals are transplanted between two depths on a Panamanian coral reef, Baker infers that bleaching may sometimes help reef corals to survive environmental change. Although Baker's results hint at further mechanisms by which reef-building corals may acclimatize to changing light conditions, we do not consider that the evidence supports his inference.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia.
authors.forename: Ove
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Hoegh-Guldberg
authors.forename: Ross J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jones
authors.forename: Selina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: William K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Loh
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D003063:Cnidaria / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004141:Dinoflagellida / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D013559:Symbiosis