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| Benavides, Mar; Houlbreque, Fanny; Camps, Mercedes; Lorrain, Anne; Grosso, Olivier; Bonnet, Sophie. |
| Corals aremixotrophs: they are able to fix inorganic carbon through the activity of their symbiotic dinoflagellates and to gain nitrogen from predation on plankton and uptake of dissolved organic and inorganic nutrients. They also live in close association with diverse diazotrophic communities, inhabiting their skeleton, tissue and mucus layer, which are able to fix dinitrogen (N-2). The quantity of fixed N-2 transferred to the corals and its distribution within coral compartments as well as the quantity of nitrogen assimilated through the ingestion of planktonic diazotrophs are still unknown. Here, we quantified nitrogen assimilation via (i) N-2 fixation by symbiont diazotrophs, (ii) ingestion of cultured unicellular diazotrophs and (iii) ingestion of... |
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Palavras-chave: Scleractinian corals; Heterotrophic nutrition; Cyanothece; N-2 fixation; New Caledonia. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00356/46678/72967.pdf |
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| Pupier, Chloe A.; Bednarz, Vanessa N.; Grover, Renaud; Fine, Maoz; Maguer, Jean-francois; Ferrier-pages, Christine. |
| Corals are associated with dinitrogen (N-2)-fixing bacteria that potentially represent an additional nitrogen (N) source for the coral holobiont in oligotrophic reef environments. Nevertheless, the few studies investigating the assimilation of diazotrophically derived nitrogen (DDN) by tropical corals are limited to a single scleractinian species (i.e., Stylophora pistillata). The present study quantified DDN assimilation rates in four scleractinian and three soft coral species from the shallow waters of the oligotrophic Northern Red Sea using the N-15(2) tracer technique. All scleractinian species significantly stimulated N, fixation in the coral-surrounding seawater (and mucus) and assimilated DDN into their tissue. Interestingly, N-2 fixation was not... |
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Palavras-chave: Dinitrogen fixation; Diazotrophs; Scleractinian corals; Soft corals; Red Sea. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00512/62370/66644.pdf |
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| Darling, Emily S.; Graham, Nicholas A. J.; Januchowski-hartley, Fraser A.; Nash, Kirsty L.; Pratchett, Morgan S.; Wilson, Shaun K.. |
| With the ongoing loss of coral cover and the associated flattening of reef architecture, understanding the links between coral habitat and reef fishes is of critical importance. Here, we investigate whether considering coral traits and functional diversity provides new insights into the relationship between structural complexity and reef fish communities, and whether coral traits and community composition can predict structural complexity. Across 157 sites in Seychelles, Maldives, the Chagos Archipelago, and Australia's Great Barrier Reef, we find that structural complexity and reef zone are the strongest and most consistent predictors of reef fish abundance, biomass, species richness, and trophic structure. However, coral traits, diversity, and life... |
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Palavras-chave: Habitat diversity; Species traits; Functional ecology; Reef architecture; Scleractinian corals; Coral reef fish. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00389/49997/74763.pdf |
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| Brener-raffalli, Kelly; Clerissi, Camille; Vidal-dupiol, Jeremie; Adjeroud, Mehdi; Bonhomme, Francois; Pratlong, Marine; Aurelle, Didier; Mitta, Guillaume; Toulza, Eve. |
| Background: Although the term holobiont has been popularized in corals with the advent of the hologenome theory of evolution, the underlying concepts are still a matter of debate. Indeed, the relative contribution of host and environment and especially thermal regime in shaping the microbial communities should be examined carefully to evaluate the potential role of symbionts for holobiont adaptation in the context of global changes. We used the sessile, long-lived, symbiotic and environmentally sensitive reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis to address these issues. Results: We sampled Pocillopora damicornis colonies corresponding to two different mitochondrial lineages in different geographic areas displaying different thermal regimes: Djibouti,... |
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Palavras-chave: Coral holobiont; Microbiota; Bacterial communities; Symbiodinium assemblages; Thermal adaptation; Scleractinian corals; Coral reefs; Pocillopora damicornis. |
| Ano: 2018 |
URL: https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00429/54076/55380.pdf |
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