Summary
Males and females often respond differently to the same environmental challenge. Such differences can hurt chances for population survival by reducing the numbers of one sex but they may enhance population resilience by favoring different genetic variants in each sex, elevating overall genetic variation and the population's capacity to adapt. Ocean waters are becoming more acidic, making it harder for corals to build the tropical reefs that harbor enormous diversity and sustain island economies. This research will test whether the response of a coral to ocean acidification varies between sex
