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Corals in the hottest reefs in the world exhibit symbiont fidelity not flexibility.
Molecular ecology - 1 Mar 2020
Howells Emily J, Bauman Andrew G, Vaughan Grace O, Hume Benjamin C C, Voolstra Christian R, Burt John A
Abstract excerpt
Reef-building corals are at risk of extinction from ocean warming. While some corals can enhance their thermal limits by associating with dinoflagellate photosymbionts of superior stress tolerance, the extent to which symbiont communities will reorganize under increased warming pressure remains unclear. Here we show that corals in the hottest reefs in the world in the Persian Gulf maintain associations with the...
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