The coral reefs of Jardines de la Reina National Park (JRNP) are subject to a protection gradient and there is a lack of knowledge about the effect of different levels of protection on the cleaning mutualistic networks in the area. The present study aims to characterize the mut...
Symbiosis, and symbiogenesis (the creation of a new symbiosis) in particular, provides a unique opportunity to study processes at the nexus of ecology and evolution. Symbioses exist in a continuum linking ecological interactions with the origins of higher-level evolutionary units. This forces us to...
In coral reefs, symbiosis is observed in multiple forms among various species. 5 Parasitism Parasite derives nourishment from its host. Tapeworms living in the intestines of mammals are parasites. 4 Symbiosis Symbiotic relationships vary in their level of intimacy and dependency. The symbiosis between...
Shining light on the coral photosymbiont family Symbiodiniaceae Madeleine van Oppen describes her research on the family Symbiodiniaceae, the microalgae that could be instrumental in safeguarding coral reefs against the effects of climate change. ...
As a consequence of this sensitivity, coral reefs consist in a huge diversity of niches, which results in one of the highest biodiversity hotspot in oceans (Plaisance et al., 2011). The second strategy consists in suppressing the direct contact to the changing environment for one of the ...
SYNOPSIS. Questions about how today's corals and coral reefs will fare in a future that holds not only increasing direct anthropogenic impacts, but also global change, cannot be satisfactorily answered if we do not understand the relations of corals and reef systems to today's environmental condit...
Coral reefs are the result of mutualism between coralorganismsand various types ofalgaewhich live inside them. Most land plants and land ecosystems rely on mutualism between the plants, which fix carbon from the air, andmycorrhyzalfungi, which help in extracting water and minerals from the ...
Bleaching can lead to coral mortality as hosts are deprived of symbiont-derived carbon sugars7, and bleaching events have led to dramatic declines in coral reefs globally8, negatively impacting coastal communities9,10. While rising temperatures are the most immediate threat to coral reefs, cold ...
However, in both scientific literature and the vernacular, "symbiosis" is often used to refer strictly to mutualistic interactions (Wilkinson, 2001 ). Symbioses (including mutualisms, parasitisms, and commensalisms) are particularly common on modern coral reefs, where species densities and the ...