Communications Biology (Jan 2023)

Acclimatization of a coral-dinoflagellate mutualism at a CO2 vent

  • Fiorella Prada,
  • Silvia Franzellitti,
  • Erik Caroselli,
  • Itay Cohen,
  • Mauro Marini,
  • Alessandra Campanelli,
  • Lorenzo Sana,
  • Arianna Mancuso,
  • Chiara Marchini,
  • Alessia Puglisi,
  • Marco Candela,
  • Tali Mass,
  • Franco Tassi,
  • Todd C. LaJeunesse,
  • Zvy Dubinsky,
  • Giuseppe Falini,
  • Stefano Goffredo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-04327-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Low seawater pH impacts trophic dynamics in corals, increasing symbiont density and autotrophic/heterotrophic ratios and varying dinoflagellate haplotypes under ocean acidification.