期刊
BIOMOLECULES
卷 12, 期 4, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/biom12040537
关键词
coral; heat stress; coral bleaching; heterotrophy; diazotrophy; climate change
资金
- LabEx-Corail (FLAMENCO project)
- LabEx-Corail (MACADAM project)
- EC2CO/BIOEFECT program (TOUCAN project)
Over the past decade, coral bleaching events have continued to occur and worsen. Feeding corals with planktonic diazotrophs (PD) can help them survive under high temperature stress and promote their growth. PDs provide an alternative source of bioavailable nitrogen and carbon, playing an important role in the recovery of coral bleaching.
Over the past decade, coral bleaching events have continued to recur and intensify. During bleaching, corals expel millions of their symbionts, depriving the host from its main food source. One mechanism used by corals to resist bleaching consists in exploiting food sources other than autotrophy. Among the food sources available in the reefs, dinitrogen (N-2)-fixing prokaryotes or planktonic diazotrophs (hereafter called 'PD') have the particularity to reduce atmospheric dinitrogen (N-2) and release part of this nitrogen (diazotroph-derived nitrogen or DDN) in bioavailable form. Here, we submitted coral colonies of Stylophora pistillata, fed or not with planktonic diazotrophs, to a temperature stress of up to 31 +/- 0.5 degrees C and measured their physiological responses (photosynthetic efficiency, symbiont density, and growth rates). Heat-unfed colonies died 8 days after the heat stress while heat-PD-fed corals remained alive after 10 days of heat stress. The supply of PD allowed corals to maintain minimal chlorophyll concentration and symbiont density, sustaining photosynthetic efficiency and stimulating coral growth of up to 48% compared to unfed ones. By providing an alternative source of bioavailable nitrogen and carbon, this specific planktonic diazotroph feeding may have a profound potential for coral bleaching recovery.
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