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Article: Trophic strategy and bleaching resistance in reef-building corals

TitleTrophic strategy and bleaching resistance in reef-building corals
Authors
Issue Date2020
PublisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science: Science Advances. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.scienceadvances.org/
Citation
Science Advances, 2020, v. 6 n. 15, p. article no. eaaz5443 How to Cite?
AbstractOcean warming increases the incidence of coral bleaching, which reduces or eliminates the nutrition corals receive from their algal symbionts, often resulting in widespread mortality. In contrast to extensive knowledge on the thermal tolerance of coral-associated symbionts, the role of the coral host in bleaching patterns across species is poorly understood. Here, we applied a Bayesian analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data to determine the trophic niche overlap between corals and their symbionts and propose benchmark values that define autotrophy, heterotrophy, and mixotrophy. The amount of overlap between coral and symbiont niche was negatively correlated with polyp size and bleaching resistance. Our results indicated that as oceans warm, autotrophic corals lose their competitive advantage and thus are the first to disappear from coral reefs.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/308422
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2023 Impact Factor: 11.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 4.483
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dc.contributor.authorCONTI-JERPE, IE-
dc.contributor.authorTHOMPSON, PD-
dc.contributor.authorWONG, CWM-
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, NL-
dc.contributor.authorDuprey, NN-
dc.contributor.authorMoynihan, MA-
dc.contributor.authorBaker, DM-
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-01T07:53:08Z-
dc.date.available2021-12-01T07:53:08Z-
dc.date.issued2020-
dc.identifier.citationScience Advances, 2020, v. 6 n. 15, p. article no. eaaz5443-
dc.identifier.issn2375-2548-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/308422-
dc.description.abstractOcean warming increases the incidence of coral bleaching, which reduces or eliminates the nutrition corals receive from their algal symbionts, often resulting in widespread mortality. In contrast to extensive knowledge on the thermal tolerance of coral-associated symbionts, the role of the coral host in bleaching patterns across species is poorly understood. Here, we applied a Bayesian analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotope data to determine the trophic niche overlap between corals and their symbionts and propose benchmark values that define autotrophy, heterotrophy, and mixotrophy. The amount of overlap between coral and symbiont niche was negatively correlated with polyp size and bleaching resistance. Our results indicated that as oceans warm, autotrophic corals lose their competitive advantage and thus are the first to disappear from coral reefs.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science: Science Advances. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.scienceadvances.org/-
dc.relation.ispartofScience Advances-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.titleTrophic strategy and bleaching resistance in reef-building corals-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailBaker, DM: dmbaker@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityBaker, DM=rp01712-
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version-
dc.identifier.doi10.1126/sciadv.aaz5443-
dc.identifier.pmid32300659-
dc.identifier.pmcidPMC7148090-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85083190392-
dc.identifier.hkuros330629-
dc.identifier.volume6-
dc.identifier.issue15-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. eaaz5443-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. eaaz5443-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000525751400035-
dc.publisher.placeUnited States-

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