New publication - Symbiodinium physiology of the Red Sea coral Pocillopora verrucosa
8/20/2014
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In this publication we found physiological characteristics to vary more with
prevailing seasonal environmental conditions than with region-specific
differences. Our
findings might present the result of long-term acclimatization or
adaptation of Symbiodinium microadriaticum to regionally specific
conditions within the Red Sea. Of additional note, high nutrients in the south correlated with high symbiont density indicating a
compensation for a temperature-driven loss of photosynthetic
performance, which may prove promising for the resilience of these
corals under scenarios of temperature increase and eutrophication.