Environmental stability and phenotypic plasticity benefit the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in an acidified fjord

Kristina K. Beck; Gertraud M. Schmidt-Grieb; Jürgen Laudien; Günter Försterra; Verena Häussermann; Humberto E. González; Juan Pablo Espinoza; Claudio Richter; Marlene Wall

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03622-3

Communications Biology (Jul 2022)

Environmental stability and phenotypic plasticity benefit the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in an acidified fjord

Kristina K. Beck,
Gertraud M. Schmidt-Grieb,
Jürgen Laudien,
Günter Försterra,
Verena Häussermann,
Humberto E. González,
Juan Pablo Espinoza,
Claudio Richter,
Marlene Wall

Affiliations

Kristina K. Beck: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Gertraud M. Schmidt-Grieb: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Jürgen Laudien: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Günter Försterra: Fundación San Ignacio del Huinay
Verena Häussermann: Fundación San Ignacio del Huinay
Humberto E. González: Universidad Austral de Chile
Juan Pablo Espinoza: Fundación San Ignacio del Huinay
Claudio Richter: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research
Marlene Wall: Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03622-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus benefits from stable environmental conditions in deep waters of Comau Fjord (Chile) and is able to acclimatise quickly to new environmental conditions after transplantation.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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