Decision framework for assisted migration modified and appended from [<b>16</b>] which clearly indicates that Gulf corals are prime candidates.

<p>Decision framework for assisted migration modified and appended from <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0024802#pone.0024802-HoeghGuldberg3" target="_blank">[<b>16</b>]</a> which clearly indicates that Gulf corals are prime candidates.</p

Degree heating days (DHD) and heating rate (HR) at sites in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

<p>The peak in DHD in August suggests onset of bleaching in that month. DHD and HR are lower in Abu Dhabi since the site has ∼1°C higher long-term summer mean temperatures than Qatar, thus requiring less heat to reach the bleaching threshold.</p

The 2010 bleaching event in the Arabian/Persian Gulf.

<p>(a) Modis SST composite for September 2010. The Gulf was the hottest part of the world's ocean. Conditions comparable to the Gulf will prevail throughout the tropics in 2099. (b) Mean (+standard deviation) bleaching incidence of the most common coral genera across SE Gulf coral monitoring sites (identified by circles in Fig. 1c) in October 2010, during regeneration from the main bleaching event. Bleaching was worst in <i>Anomastraea irregularis</i> (a rare species), <i>Acropora</i> spp. and <i>Porites harrisoni</i> (the most common framework-builders) (c) HadISST and Pathfinder (Modis) data showing the greatest heat in the central and SE Gulf. SST averages mentioned in the text were calculated from areas within the white boxes. Circles show monitoring sites (empty circle = coral monitoring only, full circle = coral monitoring plus temperature monitoring). Datasource: <a href="http://badc.nerc.ac.uk" target="_blank">http://badc.nerc.ac.uk</a>; <a href="http://www.nodc.noaa.gov" target="_blank">http://www.nodc.noaa.gov</a>.</p