PLoS Biology (Nov 2024)

Youthful insight: Nitrogen sequestration in larvae provides clues to coral bleaching.

  • Christian R Voolstra

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3002890
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 11
p. e3002890

Abstract

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Impaired nutrient cycling under thermal stress foregoes coral bleaching, the loss of symbiotic algae. A new study in PLOS Biology sheds light on how coral larvae avoid bleaching through nitrogen sequestration to uphold glucose translocation from their algal symbionts.