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Thermal adaptation in reef coral symbionts

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  • Rob Rowan

    (University of Guam Marine Laboratory)

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Many corals bleach as a result of increased seawater temperature, which causes them to lose their vital symbiotic algae (Symbiodinium spp.) — unless these symbioses are able to adapt to global warming, bleaching threatens coral reefs worldwide1,2,3. Here I show that some corals have adapted to higher temperatures, at least in part, by hosting specifically adapted Symbiodinium. If other coral species can host these or similar Symbiodinium taxa, they might adapt to warmer habitats relatively easily.

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  • Rob Rowan, 2004. "Thermal adaptation in reef coral symbionts," Nature, Nature, vol. 430(7001), pages 742-742, August.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:430:y:2004:i:7001:d:10.1038_430742a
    DOI: 10.1038/430742a
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    1. Jos C Mieog & Jeanine L Olsen & Ray Berkelmans & Silvia A Bleuler-Martinez & Bette L Willis & Madeleine J H van Oppen, 2009. "The Roles and Interactions of Symbiont, Host and Environment in Defining Coral Fitness," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 4(7), pages 1-12, July.
    2. Eric J. Armstrong & Julie Lê-Hoang & Quentin Carradec & Jean-Marc Aury & Benjamin Noel & Benjamin C. C. Hume & Christian R. Voolstra & Julie Poulain & Caroline Belser & David A. Paz-García & Corinne C, 2023. "Host transcriptomic plasticity and photosymbiotic fidelity underpin Pocillopora acclimatization across thermal regimes in the Pacific Ocean," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-18, December.
    3. Nir Ben-Eliahu & Barak Herut & Eyal Rahav & Sigal Abramovich, 2020. "Shell Growth of Large Benthic Foraminifera under Heavy Metals Pollution: Implications for Geochemical Monitoring of Coastal Environments," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(10), pages 1-16, May.
    4. Paul W Sammarco & Kevin B Strychar, 2013. "Responses to High Seawater Temperatures in Zooxanthellate Octocorals," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 8(2), pages 1-23, February.
    5. Nicholas S Fabina & Hollie M Putnam & Erik C Franklin & Michael Stat & Ruth D Gates, 2012. "Transmission Mode Predicts Specificity and Interaction Patterns in Coral-Symbiodinium Networks," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 7(9), pages 1-9, September.
    6. Toshiyuki Takahashi, 2017. "Life Cycle Analysis of Endosymbiotic Algae in an Endosymbiotic Situation with Paramecium bursaria Using Capillary Flow Cytometry," Energies, MDPI, vol. 10(9), pages 1-14, September.

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