Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes
Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes, Published online: 10 December 2018; doi:10.1038/s41558-018-0351-2
The increasing frequency of marine heatwaves suggests that the impacts of successive events may be influenced by previous events. The extent of the 2016 and 2017 bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef shows that ecological memory played a role in the impacts of the second heatwave.
