Organic eutrophication increases resistance of the pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata to warming.

ABSTRACT: Recent research indicates that hard corals in a process that is termed phase shift are often replaced by soft corals in reefs. The simultaneous occurrence of local (i.e. organic eutrophication as highly under-investigated parameter) and global (i.e. ocean warming) factors may facilitate these phase shifts as hard corals are negatively affected by both ocean warming and organic eutrophication. Knowledge about soft coral responses to environmental change remains incomplete, although these organisms are becoming important players in reefs. The present study thus investigated the individual and combined effects of organic eutrophication (as glucose addition) and warming on the ecological data of the pulsating soft coral Xenia umbellata. We assessed health status, growth and pulsation ra

SUBMITTER: Vollstedt S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7316076 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature