Metabolomic richness and fingerprints of deep-sea coral species and populations.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:From shallow water to the deep sea, corals form the basis of diverse communities with significant ecological and economic value. These communities face many anthropogenic stressors including energy and mineral extraction activities, ocean acidification and rising sea temperatures. Corals and their symbionts produce a diverse assemblage of compounds that may help provide resilience to some of these stressors. OBJECTIVES:We aim to characterize the metabolomic diversity of deep-sea corals in an ecological context by investigating patterns across space and phylogeny. METHODS:We applied untargeted Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry to examine the metabolomic diversity of the deep-sea coral, Callogorgia delta, across three sites in the Northern Gulf of Mexico as well as three o

SUBMITTER: Vohsen SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6469635 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature