2004
DOI: 10.1038/430741a
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Corals' adaptive response to climate change

Abstract: The long-term response of coral reefs to climate change depends on the ability of reef-building coral symbioses to adapt or acclimatize to warmer temperatures, but there has been no direct evidence that such a response can occur. Here we show that corals containing unusual algal symbionts that are thermally tolerant and commonly associated with high-temperature environments are much more abundant on reefs that have been severely affected by recent climate change. This adaptive shift in symbiont communities ind… Show more

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“…Furthermore, in the RS the main Symbiodinium type in Porites changed from C15 at cooler offshore locations to Symbiodinium D1a (and not C3) at warmer nearshore locations (Ziegler et al ., 2015). Within the PAG, the northern reefs were distinct from the southern locations, mainly due to the higher prevalence of Symbiodinium from clade D in the north, an intriguing pattern that has been described before (Baker et al ., 2004). While Symbiodinium from clade D may offer higher thermal tolerance, it may actually perform inferior compared to other types in supporting essential functions such as coral growth under non‐stressful conditions (Pettay et al ., 2015).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Furthermore, in the RS the main Symbiodinium type in Porites changed from C15 at cooler offshore locations to Symbiodinium D1a (and not C3) at warmer nearshore locations (Ziegler et al ., 2015). Within the PAG, the northern reefs were distinct from the southern locations, mainly due to the higher prevalence of Symbiodinium from clade D in the north, an intriguing pattern that has been described before (Baker et al ., 2004). While Symbiodinium from clade D may offer higher thermal tolerance, it may actually perform inferior compared to other types in supporting essential functions such as coral growth under non‐stressful conditions (Pettay et al ., 2015).…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The preponderance of this clade was first reported from coral species including representatives of the taxa Cyphastrea, Favites and Platygyra from the southern Gulf, off the Saudi coast in the aftermath of the 1998 mass bleaching event (Baker et al, 2004). Likewise, in the northern Gulf, off the coast of Kish, Hengam and Larak Islands (Iran), clade D was found in several species including colonies of A. clathrata, C. microphthalma, F. pallida and P. daedalea (Mostafavi et al, 2007;Shahhosseiny et al, 2011).…”
Section: Differences In Algal Symbiont Identitymentioning
confidence: 94%
“…Therefore, we investigated whether the transfer of P. lobata from Abu Dhabi and Fiji waters to the aquarium resulted in changes to the dominant symbiont, e.g. due to transport stress, changes in envi-ronmental conditions, or due to the exchange of symbionts (Baker et al, 2004;Berkelmans and van Oppen, 2006) with other tank inhabitants. We determined the dominant Symbiodinium associated with P. lobata after 15 months of laboratory culture and compared the composition with those from samples fixed immediately after collection in the field.…”
Section: Identification Of Algal Symbionts In Laboratory-cultured P mentioning
confidence: 99%
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