Frontiers in Marine Science (Sep 2022)
Gregarious larval settlement mediates the responses of new recruits of the reef coral Acropora austera to ocean warming and acidification
- Lei Jiang,
- Lei Jiang,
- Lei Jiang,
- Lei Jiang,
- Lei Jiang,
- Yu-Yang Zhang,
- Yu-Yang Zhang,
- Yu-Yang Zhang,
- Yu-Yang Zhang,
- Cheng-Yue Liu,
- Cheng-Yue Liu,
- Cheng-Yue Liu,
- Cheng-Yue Liu,
- Cheng-Yue Liu,
- Lin-Tao Huang,
- Lin-Tao Huang,
- Lin-Tao Huang,
- Lin-Tao Huang,
- Hao-Ya Tong,
- Hao-Ya Tong,
- Guo-Wei Zhou,
- Guo-Wei Zhou,
- Guo-Wei Zhou,
- Guo-Wei Zhou,
- Ming-Lan Guo,
- Ming-Lan Guo,
- Ming-Lan Guo,
- Ming-Lan Guo,
- Tao Yuan,
- Tao Yuan,
- Tao Yuan,
- Tao Yuan,
- Hui Huang,
- Hui Huang,
- Hui Huang,
- Hui Huang
Affiliations
- Lei Jiang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Lei Jiang
- Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of The Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Lei Jiang
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Lei Jiang
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Lei Jiang
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- Yu-Yang Zhang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Yu-Yang Zhang
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Yu-Yang Zhang
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Yu-Yang Zhang
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- Cheng-Yue Liu
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Cheng-Yue Liu
- Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of The Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Cheng-Yue Liu
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Cheng-Yue Liu
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Cheng-Yue Liu
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- Lin-Tao Huang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Lin-Tao Huang
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Lin-Tao Huang
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- Lin-Tao Huang
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
- Hao-Ya Tong
- Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of The Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
- Hao-Ya Tong
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Guo-Wei Zhou
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Guo-Wei Zhou
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Guo-Wei Zhou
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Guo-Wei Zhou
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- Ming-Lan Guo
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Ming-Lan Guo
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Ming-Lan Guo
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Ming-Lan Guo
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- Tao Yuan
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Tao Yuan
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Tao Yuan
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Tao Yuan
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- Hui Huang
- CAS Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Applied Marine Biology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Guangzhou, China
- Hui Huang
- Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou, China
- Hui Huang
- Chinese Academy of Sciences-The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (CAS-HKUST) Sanya Joint Laboratory of Marine Science Research, Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Biotechnology of Hainan Province, Sanya Institute of Oceanology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology (SCSIO), Sanya, China
- Hui Huang
- Sanya National Marine Ecosystem Research Station, Tropical Marine Biological Research Station in Hainan, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Sanya, China
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.964803
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9
Abstract
Gregarious larval settlement represents an important window for chimera formation in reef corals, yet it remains largely unknown how aggregated settlement and early chimerism could modify the performance and responses of coral recruits under elevated temperature and pCO2. In this study, single and aggregated recruits of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora austera were exposed to contrasts of two temperatures (28 versus 30.5°C) and pCO2 levels (~500 versus 1000 μatm) for two weeks, and algal symbiont infection success, survivorship and growth were assessed. Results showed that symbiont infection success was mainly affected by temperature and recruit type, with reduced symbiont infection at increased temperature and consistently higher infection success in chimeric recruits compared to single recruits. Furthermore, although chimeric recruits with larger areal size had significantly higher survivorship in all treatments, the polyp-specific growth rates were considerably lower in chimeric entities than individual recruits. More importantly, the recruit type significantly influenced the responses of recruit polyp-specific growth rates to elevated temperature, with chimeras exhibiting lowered skeletal lateral growth under elevated temperature. These results demonstrate the benefits and costs associated with gregarious larval settlement for juvenile corals under ocean warming and acidification, and highlight the ecological role of larval settlement behavior in mediating the responses of coral recruits to climate change stressors.
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