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Early skeletal colonization of the coral holobiont by the microboring Ulvophyceae Ostreobium sp.
Scientific reports - 2 Feb 2018
Massé A, Domart-Coulon I, Golubic S, Duché D, Tribollet A
Abstract excerpt
Ostreobium sp. (Bryopsidales, Ulvophyceae) is a major microboring alga involved in tropical reef dissolution, with a proposed symbiotic lifestyle in living corals. However, its diversity and colonization dynamics in host's early life stages remained unknown. Here, we mapped microborer distribution and abundance in skeletons of the branching coral Pocillopora damicornis from the onset of calcification in primary...
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