Allometric growth in reef-building corals

Phosphomonoesterases in Reef-Building Corals.

Multilocus Adaptation Associated with Heat Resistance in Reef-Building Corals

The evolution of tolerance to future climate change depends on the standing stock of genetic variation for resistance to climate-related impacts, but genes contributing to climate tolerance in wild populations are poorly described in number and effect. Physiology and gene expression patterns have shown that corals living in naturally high-temperature microclimates are more resistant to bleachin...

Allogeneic and xenogeneic interactions in reef-building corals may induce tissue growth without calcification

Tissue growth w~thout the d e p o s ~ t ~ o n of calcium carbonate skeletons was recorded in 2 Red Sea hermatyp~c cnldarians dunng competitive interactions Tissue contacts between allogeneic colonles of the hydrocoral Millepola dichotorna resulted in unilateral overgrowth In 39% of the assays the overgrowing tissue d ~ d not secrete a skeleton for up to 10 wk These tissues were loosely attached...

Application of 1H-NMR Metabolomic Profiling for Reef-Building Corals

In light of global reef decline new methods to accurately, cheaply, and quickly evaluate coral metabolic states are needed to assess reef health. Metabolomic profiling can describe the response of individuals to disturbance (i.e., shifts in environmental conditions) across biological models and is a powerful approach for characterizing and comparing coral metabolism. For the first time, we asse...

Flexibility in algal endosymbioses shapes growth in reef corals.

The relation between corals and their algal endosymbionts has been a key to the success of scleractinian (stony) corals as modern reef-builders, but little is known about early stages in the establishment of the symbiosis. Here, we show that initial uptake of zooxanthellae by juvenile corals during natural infection is nonspecific (a potentially adaptive trait); the association is flexible and ...