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Toward the generation of pure coral genomes with experimental and bioinformatic improvements

The Innovation
Stony corals, the primary architects of coral reef ecosystems, are largely underrepresented in omics studies despite their importance. The presence of endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae algae complicates the extraction of pure coral DNA, posing a challenge ...
Yisi Hu, Zhiwei Zhang, Shuyan Sun, Youfang Sun, Hui Huang, Wenliang Zhou, Fuwen Wei   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Widespread Occurrence of a Rarely Known Association between the Hydrocorals Stylaster roseus and Millepora alcicornis at Bonaire, Southern Caribbean

Diversity, 2020
Among symbiotic associations, cases of pseudo-auto-epizoism, in which a species uses a resembling but not directly related species as substrate, are poorly documented in coral reef ecosystems.
Simone Montano, James D. Reimer, Viatcheslav N. Ivanenko, Jaaziel E. García-Hernández, Godfried W.N.M. van Moorsel, Paolo Galli, Bert W. Hoeksema   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surface Topography, Bacterial Carrying Capacity, and the Prospect of Microbiome Manipulation in the Sea Anemone Coral Model Aiptasia

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2021
Aiptasia is an emerging model organism to study cnidarian symbioses due to its taxonomic relatedness to other anthozoans such as stony corals and similarities of its microalgal and bacterial partners, complementing the existing Hydra (Hydrozoa) and ...
Rúben M. Costa, Anny Cárdenas, Céline Loussert-Fonta, Gaëlle Toullec, Anders Meibom, Anders Meibom, Christian R. Voolstra, Christian R. Voolstra   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioaccumulation and histopathological effects of oil on a stony coral [PDF]

Marine Pollution Bulletin, 1981
Abstract Colonies of the shallow-water Caribbean coral Manicina areolata incorporated petroleum hydrocarbons into their tissues during exposure to water accommodated fractions of No. 2 fuel oil for three months. This contamination was not removed after depuration periods of up to two weeks.
Peters, Esther C., Meyers, Philip A., Yevich, Paul P., Blake, Norman J.   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Sodium sulfite can reliably induce chemical hypoxia without toxic effects in the model sea anemone species, Exaiptasia diaphana

Limnology and Oceanography: Methods, EarlyView.
Abstract Climate change is accelerating the deoxygenation of aquatic ecosystems, so understanding its effects on biological processes is increasingly critical. An emerging method for inducing hypoxia during experimentation utilizes sodium sulfite (SSI) to scavenge oxygen; however, it remains unclear if hypoxia‐inducing concentrations of SSI are toxic ...
Zhen Qin, Lorenzo Vassura, Bianca A. Parodi, Elise M. J. Laetz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Two new endemic species of Portulaca (Portulacaceae) from the Brazilian Pampa grasslands

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Portulaca L. is a monophyletic, cosmopolitan genus of succulent plants comprising ca 153 species, with particularly high diversity in xerophytic ecosystems in tropical and subtropical regions. Based on morphological evidence, we describe and illustrate two new species from the Brazilian Pampa, Portulaca guaritensis and Portulaca guenoa.
José Roberto Ferraz, Bárbara Pinheiro Moreira, João Marcelo Alvarenga Braga, Leonardo Paz Deble   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

The physiological response of the deep-sea coral Solenosmilia variabilis to ocean acidification [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Several forms of calcifying scleractinian corals provide important habitat complexity in the deep-sea and are consistently associated with a high biodiversity of fish and other invertebrates.
Malindi J. Gammon, Dianne M. Tracey, Peter M. Marriott, Vonda J. Cummings, Simon K. Davy   +4 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Using a social‐ecological macrosystems framework to understand how human activities alter ecological synchrony

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Different aspects of ecological systems, biotic or abiotic, often fluctuate in coordinated patterns over space and time. Such high concordance between ecological processes is often referred to as ecological synchrony. Human activities, including and beyond climate change, have the potential to alter ecological synchrony by disrupting or ...
Yiluan Song, Mallory Barnes, K. Ann Bybee‐Finley, Kyla M. Dahlin, Travis McDevitt‐Galles, Stephan B. Munch, Guillermo E. Ponce‐Campos, Casey Youngflesh, Benjamin Zuckerberg, Kai Zhu   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plants back: Re‐envisioning botanical garden collections management for indigenous crops

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical gardens and other ex situ collections play a key role in preventing plant extinctions, yet the needs of Indigenous crop cultivars are not being met by conventional botanical collections management practices. Inspired by Indigenous land care restoration movements centering plant–human–society relationships, we propose a path toward reciprocal ...
Uala Working Group, Stacy Lynn Lucas, Aurora K. Kagawa‐Viviani, Bryceson Tugade, Penny Levin, Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, Tamara Sherrill, Jerry Koko, Michael Kantar   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

FLSea: Underwater Visual–Inertial and Stereovision Forward‐Looking Data Sets

Journal of Field Robotics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Visibility underwater is challenging and degrades as the distance between the subject and the camera increases. That is why forward‐looking underwater computer vision tasks are difficult. We have collected underwater forward‐looking stereovision and visual–inertial image sets using two underwater imaging platforms, a stereo camera rig, and an ...
Yelena Randall, Ori Lifschitz, Tali Treibitz   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source