Nature Communications (Oct 2017)
Cascading effects of thermally-induced anemone bleaching on associated anemonefish hormonal stress response and reproduction
Abstract
Elevated temperatures can cause anemones to bleach, with unknown effects on their associated symbiotic fish. Here, Beldade and colleagues show that climate-induced bleaching alters anemonefish hormonal stress response, resulting in decreased reproductive hormones and severely impacted reproduction.