Host-symbiont combinations dictate the photo-physiological response of reef-building corals to thermal stress.

ABSTRACT: High sea surface temperatures often lead to coral bleaching wherein reef-building corals lose significant numbers of their endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae). These increasingly frequent bleaching events often result in large scale coral mortality, thereby devasting reef systems throughout the world. The reef habitats surrounding Palau are ideal for investigating coral responses to climate perturbation, where many inshore bays are subject to higher water temperature as compared with offshore barrier reefs. We examined fourteen physiological traits in response to high temperature across various symbiotic dinoflagellates in four common Pacific coral species, Acropora muricata, Coelastrea aspera, Cyphastrea chalcidicum and Pachyseris rugosa found in both offshore and inshore habi

SUBMITTER: Hoadley KD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6620294 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature