Effects of Climate Change Stressors on the Prokaryotic Communities of the Antarctic Sponge Isodictya kerguelenensis

• Published in: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
• Main Authors: Rodolfo Rondon, Marcelo González-Aravena, Alejandro Font, Magdalena Osorio, César A. Cárdenas
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020
• Subjects: microbiome; Porifera; benthic communities; tissue injury; heat-stress; ice scour disturbance; Evolution; QH359-425; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Antarctic; Antarctic Peninsula; Doumer; Doumer Island; Palmer Archipelago; The Antarctic; Antarc*; Iceberg*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2020.00262; https://doaj.org/article/7540dee963be419c9121b9469f5981a3

Microbial symbionts of marine sponges play important roles for the hosts and also for their ecosystems. The unique tolerance of marine sponges to a wide diversity of microbial symbionts allows them to acquire a wide variety of “evolutionary solutions” to environmental challenges. Ice scour is one of...