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Thermally tolerant symbionts may explain Caribbean octocoral resilience to heat stress

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CORAL REEFS
卷 40, 期 4, 页码 1113-1125

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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-021-02116-8

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Symbiosis; Symbiodiniaceae; Octocorals; Thermal tolerance

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  1. UB CURCA Award
  2. UB Honors Research & Creativity Grant
  3. [NSF-OCE-1559286]
  4. [NSFOCE-1559105]

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The research found that B. antillogorgium has broad thermal tolerance, which may contribute to the increased resilience of Caribbean octocorals during heat stress events.
Coral reef ecosystems are under threat from the frequent and severe impacts of anthropogenic climate change, particularly rising sea surface temperatures. The effects of thermal stress may be ameliorated by adaptation and/or acclimation of the host, symbiont, or holobiont (host + symbiont) to increased temperatures. We examined the role of the symbiont in promoting thermal tolerance of the holobiont, using Antillogorgia bipinnata (octocoral host) and Breviolum antillogorgium (symbiont) as a model system. We identified five distinct genotypes of B. antillogorgium from symbiont populations isolated from Antillogorgia colonies in the Florida Keys. Three symbiont genotypes were cultured and maintained at 26 degrees C (ambient historical temperature), and two were cultured and maintained at 30 degrees C (elevated historical temperature) for 2 yrs. We analyzed the growth rate and carrying capacity of each symbiont genotype at both ambient and elevated temperatures in culture (in vitro). All genotypes grew well at both temperatures, indicating that thermal tolerance exists among these B. antillogorgium cultures. However, a history of long-term growth at 30 degrees C did not yield better performance for B. antillogorgium at 30 degrees C (as compared to 26 degrees C), suggesting that prior culturing at the elevated temperature did not result in increased thermal tolerance. We then inoculated juvenile A. bipinnata polyps with each of the five symbiont genotypes and reared these polyps at both ambient and elevated temperatures (in hospite experiment). All genotypes established symbioses with polyps in both temperature treatments. Survivorship of polyps at 30 degrees C was significantly lower than survivorship at 26 degrees C, but all treatments had surviving polyps at 56 d post-infection. Our results suggest broad thermal tolerance in B. antillogorgium, which may play a part in the increased resilience of Caribbean octocorals during heat stress events.

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