Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH
With coral reefs declining globally, resilience of these ecosystems hinges on successful coral recruitment. However, knowledge of the acclimatory and/or adaptive potential in response to environmental challenges such as ocean acidification (OA) in earliest life stages is limited. Our combination of...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rspb.2021.0328 2024-06-02T08:12:35+00:00 Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH Scucchia, Federica Malik, Assaf Zaslansky, Paul Putnam, Hollie M. Mass, Tali Israel Science Foundation Binational Science Foundation H2020 European Research Council 2021 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0328 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rspb.2021.0328 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rspb.2021.0328 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 288, issue 1953 ISSN 0962-8452 1471-2954 journal-article 2021 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0328 2024-05-07T14:16:11Z With coral reefs declining globally, resilience of these ecosystems hinges on successful coral recruitment. However, knowledge of the acclimatory and/or adaptive potential in response to environmental challenges such as ocean acidification (OA) in earliest life stages is limited. Our combination of physiological measurements, microscopy, computed tomography techniques and gene expression analysis allowed us to thoroughly elucidate the mechanisms underlying the response of early-life stages of corals, together with their algal partners, to the projected decline in oceanic pH. We observed extensive physiological, morphological and transcriptional changes in surviving recruits, and the transition to a less-skeleton/more-tissue phenotype. We found that decreased pH conditions stimulate photosynthesis and endosymbiont growth, and gene expression potentially linked to photosynthates translocation. Our unique holistic study discloses the previously unseen intricate net of interacting mechanisms that regulate the performance of these organisms in response to OA. Article in Journal/Newspaper Ocean acidification The Royal Society Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 288 1953 20210328 |
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With coral reefs declining globally, resilience of these ecosystems hinges on successful coral recruitment. However, knowledge of the acclimatory and/or adaptive potential in response to environmental challenges such as ocean acidification (OA) in earliest life stages is limited. Our combination of physiological measurements, microscopy, computed tomography techniques and gene expression analysis allowed us to thoroughly elucidate the mechanisms underlying the response of early-life stages of corals, together with their algal partners, to the projected decline in oceanic pH. We observed extensive physiological, morphological and transcriptional changes in surviving recruits, and the transition to a less-skeleton/more-tissue phenotype. We found that decreased pH conditions stimulate photosynthesis and endosymbiont growth, and gene expression potentially linked to photosynthates translocation. Our unique holistic study discloses the previously unseen intricate net of interacting mechanisms that regulate the performance of these organisms in response to OA. |
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Scucchia, Federica Malik, Assaf Zaslansky, Paul Putnam, Hollie M. Mass, Tali Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH |
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Scucchia, Federica Malik, Assaf Zaslansky, Paul Putnam, Hollie M. Mass, Tali |
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Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH |
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Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH |
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Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH |
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Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH |
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Combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater pH |
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combined responses of primary coral polyps and their algal endosymbionts to decreasing seawater ph |
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