Reciprocal-transplantation between shallow and mesophotic stony corals

2020 ◽  
Vol 161 ◽  
pp. 105035
Author(s):  
Raz Tamir ◽  
Or Ben-Zvi ◽  
Gal Eyal ◽  
Netanel Kramer ◽  
Yossi Loya
Keyword(s):  
Reciprocal Transplantation ◽  
Stony Corals

Seed provenance determines germination responses of Rumex crispus (L.) under water stress and nutrient availability

2019 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 949-961 ◽  
Author(s):  
María Pérez-Fernández ◽  
Carole P Elliott ◽  
Alex Valentine ◽  
José Antonio Oyola
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Effort ◽  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
Inorganic Nitrogen ◽  
Seedling Emergence ◽  
Plant Mortality ◽  
Rumex Crispus ◽  
Reciprocal Transplantation ◽  
Transplantation Experiment ◽  
Germination Trial ◽  
Western Spain

Abstract Aims Seeds of Rumex crispus from six provenances were studied in relation to their germination under drought and presence of nitrogen in the germination and emergence media. We also investigated whether adaptation to soil increases the ability of the species to colonize and establish in contrasting environments along a longitudinal gradient in western Spain by means of a reciprocal transplantation experiment. Methods We conducted a germination trial in the lab to test for the germination responses to water scarcity along a polyethylene glycol gradient and to varying concentrations of nitrogen compounds. Simultaneously reciprocal transplantations experiment was conducted, where seeds from six provenances were grown in the soils from the very same provenances. Seedling emergence, survivorship and fitness-related variables were measured in all plots. Important Findings We found that R. crispus has a cold-stratification requirement that enhances its germination. Significant differences between the six provenances were detected for time-to-germination, total seedling emergence, plant mortality and reproductive effort in all the experiments. The differences between provenances with respect to germination were confirmed by the significant statistical analyses of the variance, thus providing evidence that seeds from parent plants grown in different environmental conditions have an intrinsically different abilities to germinate and establish. Soil nitrogen content where seed germination and seedlings establish also play an important role in their performance in terms of survivorship and reproduction, being the higher levels of inorganic nitrogen and of microbial biomass those that increased biomass production, enhanced inflorescence formation and reduced plant mortality. We conclude that one of the main reasons for the spread and maintenance of R. crispus would be the increased levels of nitrogen in agricultural soils.

scholarly journals Corallimorpharians (Anthozoa: Corallimorpharia) from the Argentinean Sea

Zootaxa ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4688 (2) ◽  
pp. 249-263
Author(s):  
DANIEL LAURETTA ◽  
MARIANO I. MARTINEZ
Keyword(s):  
Deep Sea ◽  
Submarine Canyon ◽  
Sister Group ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic ◽  
Sea Anemones ◽  
Northern Patagonia ◽  
Stony Corals ◽  
Internal Morphology ◽  
Southwestern Atlantic Ocean ◽  
First Time

Corallimorpharians are a relative small group of anthozoan cnidarians, also known as jewel sea anemones. They resemble actiniarian sea anemones in lacking a skeleton and being solitary, but resemble scleractinian corals in external and internal morphology, and they are considered to be the sister group of the stony corals. Corynactis carnea (=Sphincteractis sanmatiensis) is a small, common and eye catching species that inhabits the shallow water of northern Patagonia and the Argentinean shelf up to 200 m depth. Corallimorphus rigidus is registered for the first time from the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is a rather big and rare species that inhabits only the deep sea. Only two specimens were found at 2934 m depth in Mar del Plata submarine canyon, in an area under the influence of the Malvinas current, which may explain its occurrence. These two species are the only two known jewel sea anemones in the Argentinean sea and are reported and described herein. 

Vibrio harveyi as a causative agent of the White Syndrome in tropical stony corals

2009 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 120-127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gian Marco Luna ◽  
Lucia Bongiorni ◽  
Claudia Gili ◽  
Francesca Biavasco ◽  
Roberto Danovaro
Keyword(s):  
Causative Agent ◽  
Vibrio Harveyi ◽  
White Syndrome ◽  
Stony Corals

scholarly journals Potential Acclimatization and Adaptive Responses of Adult and Trans-Generation Coral Larvae From a Naturally Acidified Habitat

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Haruko Kurihara ◽  
Yuri Suhara ◽  
Izumi Mimura ◽  
Yimnang Golbuu
Keyword(s):  
Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide ◽  
Net Photosynthesis ◽  
Control Site ◽  
Life Stages ◽  
Adaptive Responses ◽  
Early Life Stages ◽  
Calcification Rate ◽  
Reciprocal Transplantation ◽  
First Results ◽  
And Control

Coral reefs are one of the most susceptible ecosystems to ocean acidification (OA) caused by increasing atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2). OA is suspected to impact the calcification rate of corals as well as multiple early life stages including larval and settlement stages. Meanwhile, there is now a strong interest in evaluating if organisms have the potential for acclimatization or adaptation to OA. Here, by taking advantage of a naturally acidified site in Nikko Bay, Palau where corals are presumably exposed to high CO2 conditions for their entire life history, we tested if adult and the next-generation larvae of the brooder coral Pocillopora acuta originating from the high-CO2 site are more tolerant to high CO2 conditions compared to the individuals from a control site. Larvae released from adults collected from the high-CO2 site within the bay and a control site outside the bay were reciprocally cultivated under experimental control or high-CO2 seawater conditions to evaluate their physiology. Additionally, reciprocal transplantation of adult P. acuta corals were conducted between the high-CO2 and control sites in the field. The larvae originating from the control site showed lower Chlorophyll-a content and lipid percentages when reared under high-CO2 compared to control seawater conditions, while larvae originating from the high-CO2 site did not. Additionally, all 10 individuals of adult P. acuta from control site died when transplanted within the bay, while all P. acuta corals within the bay survived at both control and high-CO2 site. Furthermore, P. acuta within the bay showed higher calcification and net photosynthesis rates when exposed to the condition they originated from. These results are one of the first results that indicate the possibility that the long-living corals could enable to show local adaptation to different environmental conditions including high seawater pCO2.

scholarly journals Exceptional new fossil of Siphonophrentis gigantea

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian R McCall
Keyword(s):  
Cold Water ◽  
Lophelia Pertusa ◽  
Stony Corals ◽  
Rugose Corals ◽  
Sea Bed ◽  
The Family ◽  
Water Coral

Rugose Corals, often referred to as Horn Coral, are an extinct order of stony corals in the phylum Cnidaria. They lived from the Ordivician period to the end of the Permian period, and can be found worldwide. A new fossil of Siphonophrentis gigantea, a species of Rugosa in the family Streptelasmatidae, has been recovered from the Devonian strata of the Lucas Formation. The fossil gives clues towards the paleobiology of Siphonophrentis, revealing it to have likely anchored itself to the sea bed in the ocean depths. Siphonophrentis gigantea likely had no relationship with Zooxanthellae, a kind of Dinoflagellate that gives modern extant coral their colour and allows them to photosynthesize. These single celled organisms appear to be absent in Siphonophrentis, and it instead received nutrients from a rich amount of biological debris that fell into its habitat. Further comparisons can be made between Siphonophrentis and the extant, cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa.

Reciprocal Transplantation of Blastocysts between Rats and Mice

Nature ◽  
1962 ◽  
Vol 194 (4830) ◽  
pp. 785-786 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. R. S. KIRBY
Keyword(s):  
Reciprocal Transplantation ◽  
Rats And Mice

Regional status assessment of stony corals in the US Virgin Islands

2014 ◽  
Vol 186 (11) ◽  
pp. 7165-7181 ◽  
Author(s):  
William S. Fisher ◽  
Leska S. Fore ◽  
Leah M. Oliver ◽  
Charles Lobue ◽  
Robert Quarles ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Virgin Islands ◽  
Us Virgin Islands ◽  
Stony Corals ◽  
The Us ◽  
Status Assessment

scholarly journals Masquerade, mimicry and crypsis of the polymorphic sea anemone Phyllodiscus semoni and its aggregations in South Sulawesi

2011 ◽  
Vol 80 (4) ◽  
pp. 251-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert W. Hoeksema ◽  
Andrea L. Crowther
Keyword(s):  
Sea Anemone ◽  
Soft Corals ◽  
Sea Anemones ◽  
Stony Corals ◽  
South Sulawesi ◽  
Toxicological Studies ◽  
The Subject ◽  
High Level ◽  
Intraspecific Morphological Variation ◽  
Spermonde Archipelago

Phyllodiscus semoni is a morphologically variable sea anemone species from the Indo-Pacific with morphotypes ranging from upright and branched to low-lying and rounded. The apparent camouflage strategies of this sea anemone allow it to resemble other species or objects in its environment, such as stony corals, soft corals, seaweeds, or rocky boulders covered by algae, which may help it to avoid recognition by potential predators. Occasionally, it occurs in aggregations that may result from asexual reproduction. A high level of intraspecific morphological variation, including co-occurring aggregations of three different morphotypes, was observed in the Spermonde Archipelago off Makassar, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The co-occurrence of aggregations with different morphotypes suggests that Phyllodiscus is a highly polymorphic monospecific genus. Sea anemones of this genus are not frequently encountered at other localities and the number of morphotypes seems large. Therefore, it is unlikely that we are dealing with more than one species that are all concentrated in a single area. Phyllodiscus sea anemones are considered dangerous to humans because their nematocysts contain highly toxic venoms that may inflict harmful stings. Therefore they are the subject of recent toxicological studies. The present paper aims to assist in the recognition of these highly variable hazardous animals and to discuss the appearance of their aggregations.

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