Seasonal lipid classes of the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus from Comau Fjord, Chile

Between September 2016 and August 2017, we conducted year-long reciprocal transplantation experiments using the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus along natural oceanographic horizontal and vertical gradients (vertically: 20 m to 300 m depth and horizontally: head to mouth of fjord) in Comau Fjord to study seasonal changes and the acclimatisation potential of its lipid composition. Seasonal lipid classes of native and novel (cross-transplanted) corals were measured at six shallow (A-F, 20 m) and one deep station (Ed, 300 m) during autral summer (January), autumn (May) and winter (August).

在2016年9月至2017年8月期间，我们于科莫峡谷海域，利用冷水珊瑚Desmophyllum dianthus在自然海洋学水平面和垂直面梯度（垂直：20米至300米深度，水平：峡湾入口至出口）内，进行了为期一年的互易移植实验，旨在探究其脂质组成随季节的变化及其适应潜能。在澳大利亚夏季（一月）、秋季（五月）和冬季（八月），对本地及新型（跨移植）珊瑚的季节性脂质类别进行了在六个浅水站（A-F，20米）和一个深水站（Ed，300米）的测量。