Thermal adaptation in reef coral symbionts

Rob Rowan ()
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Rob Rowan: University of Guam Marine Laboratory

Nature, 2004, vol. 430, issue 7001, 742-742

Abstract: Abstract 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.

Date: 2004
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