3 treatment tanks -water temperature in the treatment tanks was raised 1°C per day from 26°C to 33°C 1 control tank - water temperature 26°C. 40 replicate coral mucus (treatment, n= 15; control, n
Although the importance of coral holobionts is widely accepted, the relationship between the flexibility of the microbial structure and the coral host is very complicated. Particularly, the community
Projected elevation of seawater temperatures poses a threat to the reproductive success of Caribbean reef-building corals that have planktonic development during the warmest months of the year. This s
Corals from the northern Red Sea and Gulf of Aqaba exhibit extreme thermal tolerance. To examine the underlying gene transcription dynamics, we exposed Stylophora pistillata from the Gulf of Aqaba to
Background: This study explores the stability of the symbiotic relationship between coral and their dinoflagellate algae (Symbiodiniaceae) under increasing heat stress. In a 2-month manipulative exper
