Mesophotic coral depth acclimatization is a function of host-specific symbiont physiology

Mesophotic coral ecosystems receive increasing attention owing to their potential as deep coral refuges in times of global environmental change. Here, the mechanisms of coral holobiont photoacclimatization over a 60 m depth gradient in the central Red Sea were examined for the four coral genera Pori...

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Main Authors: Maren eZiegler, Cornelia eRoder, Claudia eBüchel, Christian Robert Voolstra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmars.2015.00004/full