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Ocean acidification and nitrate enrichment can mitigate negative effects of soft coral (Xenia) competition on hard coral (Stylophora pistillata) endosymbionts [PDF]

Scientific Reports
The combination of ocean acidification (OA) and eutrophication can undermine the physiological performance of reef-building corals during competition for benthic space, leading to shifts towards non-accreting organisms like soft corals. We conducted a 28-
Ana C. Grillo, Susana M. Simancas-Giraldo, Nico Steinel, Cybelle M. Longhini, Marcelo O. Soares, Sonia Bejarano, Guilherme O. Longo   +6 more
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Secosteroids and Norcembranoids from the Soft Coral Sinularia nanolobata [PDF]

Marine Drugs, 2013
Two new 9,11-secosteroids, 22α-acetoxy-24-methylene-3β,6α,11-trihydroxy-9, 11-seco-cholest-7-en-9-one (1) and 11-acetoxy-24-methylene-1β,3β,6α-trihydroxy-9, 11-seco-cholest-7-en-9-one (2), as well as two known norcembranoids, 5-epi-sinuleptolide (3) and sinuleptolide (4), were isolated from the soft coral Sinularia nanolobata.
Shang-Kwei Wang, Yen-Ju Tseng, Chang-Yih Duh   +2 more
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Brewing coral terpenes-A yeast based approach to soft coral terpene cyclases. [PDF]

Methods Enzymol
Coral terpenes are important molecules with numerous applications. Here, we describe a robust and simple method to produce coral terpene scaffolds at scale. As an example of the approach, here we discover, express, and characterize further klysimplexin R synthases, expanding the known enzymology of soft coral terpene cyclases.
Scesa PD, Schmidt EW.
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An Encrusting Hard Coral Enclosing Soft Coral in the High-Latitude Asia–Pacific Marginal Distribution Zone

Diversity, 2022
Environmentally adapted and resistant hard and soft coral communities within the high-latitude Asia–Pacific marginal distribution zone are thriving, despite their comparably stressful environment (unfavorable winter water temperature and light regimes ...
Taihun Kim, Do-Hyung Kang
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Dissolved Nitrogen Acquisition in the Symbioses of Soft and Hard Corals With Symbiodiniaceae: A Key to Understanding Their Different Nutritional Strategies?

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Nitrogen is one of the limiting nutrients for coral growth and primary productivity. Therefore, the capacity of different associations between corals and their algal symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) to efficiently exploit the available nitrogen sources will ...
Chloé A. Pupier, Chloé A. Pupier, Renaud Grover, Maoz Fine, Maoz Fine, Cécile Rottier, Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water, Christine Ferrier-Pagès   +7 more
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Effects of polypropylene nanofibers on soft corals

Chemosphere, 2023
Current information regarding the effects of both micro- and nano-plastic debris on coral reefs is limited; especially the toxicity onto corals from nano-plastics originating from secondary sources such as fibers from synthetic fabrics. Within this study, we exposed the alcyonacean coral Pinnigorgia flava to different concentrations of polypropylene ...
Valerio Isa, Alessandro Becchi, Imogen Ellen Napper, Paolo Giuseppe Ubaldi, Francesco Saliu, Silvia Lavorano, Paolo Galli   +6 more
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Benefit of pulsation in soft corals [PDF]

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2013
Soft corals of the family Xeniidae exhibit a unique, rhythmic pulsation of their tentacles ( Movie S1 ), first noted by Lamarck nearly 200 y ago. However, the adaptive benefit of this perpetual, energetically costly motion is poorly understood.
Maya, Kremien, Uri, Shavit, Tali, Mass, Amatzia, Genin   +3 more
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Abundance and physiology of dominant soft corals linked to water quality in Jakarta Bay, Indonesia [PDF]

PeerJ, 2016
Declining water quality is one of the main reasons of coral reef degradation in the Thousand Islands off the megacity Jakarta, Indonesia. Shifts in benthic community composition to higher soft coral abundances have been reported for many degraded reefs ...
Gunilla Baum, Indra Januar, Sebastian C.A. Ferse, Christian Wild, Andreas Kunzmann   +4 more
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The Significance of Genotypic Diversity in Coral Competitive Interaction: A Transcriptomic Perspective

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021
Competitive interactions shape coral assemblages and govern the dynamics of coral ecosystems. Although competition is an ecological concept, the outcomes of competitive interactions are ultimately determined by patterns of gene expression. These patterns
N. Andrade Rodriguez, N. Andrade Rodriguez, N. Andrade Rodriguez, A. Moya, A. Moya, R. Jones, D. J. Miller, D. J. Miller, D. J. Miller, I. R. Cooke, I. R. Cooke   +10 more
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Enzyme Inhibitors from Gorgonians and Soft Corals

Marine Drugs, 2023
For decades, gorgonians and soft corals have been considered promising sources of bioactive compounds, attracting the interest of scientists from different fields. As the most abundant bioactive compounds within these organisms, terpenoids, steroids, and alkaloids have received the highest coverage in the scientific literature.
Andrea Córdova-Isaza, Sofía Jiménez-Mármol, Yasel Guerra, Emir Salas-Sarduy   +3 more
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