Environmental gradients drive physiological variation in Hawaiian corals
Environmental gradients drive physiological variation in Hawaiian corals
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环境梯度驱动夏威夷珊瑚的生理变化
DOI:
10.1007/s00338-021-02140-8
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发表时间:
2021
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影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
Grottoli, Andréa G.
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作者:
McLachlan, Rowan H.;Price, James T.;Muñoz-Garcia, Agustí;Weisleder, Noah L.;Jury, Christopher P.;Toonen, Robert J.;Grottoli, Andréa G.
To evaluate potential coral adaptive mechanisms, we investigated physiological traits (biomass, lipid, protein, chlorophyll, and isotopic proxies for trophic strategy) in eight Hawaiian corals species along an environmental gradient of significant wave height, sea surface temperature, and seawater chlorophyllaconcentration around the island of O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. We used the amount of physiological variation expressed in corals, and the proportion of this variation that could be explained by environmental variables, to construct hypotheses about the relative capacity for each species to adapt or acclimatize to differing conditions. Genus-level analyses indicated thatMontiporaandPocilloporaphenotypes are influenced more strongly by the environment thanPoritescorals.Species-level analyses revealed thatMontipora capitataandPocillopora acutahave the widest physiological niche boundaries, whereasPorites evermanniandPocillopora meandrinaare more physiologically restricted. Correlations between individual traits and the environmental gradient provided insight into potential adaptive mechanisms employed by each species that allow them to persist in reefs such as those within Kāne’ohe Bay, where water flow is lowest, and temperature, acidity, and nutrient concentrations are highest relative to other reefs around O‘ahu. Potential adaptive mechanisms included (a) increased surface-area-to-volume ratios to facilitate higher material flux across the diffusive boundary layer and/or to maximize light harvesting (M. capitataandP. acuta), (b) strategic investment of metabolic energy toward energy reserves (MontiporaandPocillopora), (c) changes in protein management likely via differential expression and function (Porites), and d) increased chlorophyll concentration per Symbiodiniaceae cell to maximize photosynthesis (Porites compressa). Comparison of our results with established patterns in the relative abundance of these species around O‘ahu suggests that species with wide physiological niche boundaries likeM. capitataandM. flabellatamight be expected to do better under predicted future ocean conditions and outcompete species such asP. evermanniandP. meandrina, making them potential candidates for coral conservation efforts.
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DOI:
10.1098/rspb.2015.1887
发表时间:
2015-11
期刊:
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
影响因子:
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作者:
V. Schoepf;A. Grottoli;Stephen J. Levas;Matthew D. Aschaffenburg;Justin H. Baumann;Y. Matsui;M. Warner
通讯作者:
V. Schoepf;A. Grottoli;Stephen J. Levas;Matthew D. Aschaffenburg;Justin H. Baumann;Y. Matsui;M. Warner
影响因子:
4.6
作者:
Jury, Christopher P.;Delano, Mia N.;Toonen, Robert J.
通讯作者:
Toonen, Robert J.
影响因子:
3.7
作者:
M. Ziegler;Cornelia M. Roder;C. Büchel;C. Voolstra
通讯作者:
C. Voolstra
DOI:
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发表时间:
--
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影响因子:
--
作者:
K. Bahr;John F. Bruno;P. Jokiel;R. Toonen
通讯作者:
R. Toonen
影响因子:
5
作者:
Rodrigues, Lisa J.;Grottoli, Andrea G.
通讯作者:
Grottoli, Andrea G.