scholarly journals Peer Review #1 of "Intra-colonial diversity in the scleractinian coral, Acropora millepora: identifying the nutritional gradients underlying physiological integration and compartmentalised functioning (v0.2)"

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Physiological Integration ◽  
Acropora Millepora

scholarly journals Intra-colonial diversity in the scleractinian coral,Acropora millepora: identifying the nutritional gradients underlying physiological integration and compartmentalised functioning

PeerJ ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. e4239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica A. Conlan ◽  
Craig A. Humphrey ◽  
Andrea Severati ◽  
David S. Francis
Keyword(s):  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
High Energy ◽  
Physiological Integration ◽  
Major Protein ◽  
Valuable Insight ◽  
High Survival ◽  
Proliferating Cells ◽  
Position Effects ◽  
Acropora Millepora ◽  
Coral Colony

Scleractinian corals are colonial organisms comprising multiple physiologically integrated polyps and branches. Colonialism in corals is highly beneficial, and allows a single colony to undergo several life processes at once through physiological integration and compartmentalised functioning. Elucidating differences in the biochemical composition of intra-colonial branch positions will provide valuable insight into the nutritional reserves underlying different regions in individual coral colonies. This will also ascertain prudent harvesting strategies of wild donor-colonies to generate coral stock with high survival and vigour prospects for reef-rehabilitation efforts and captive husbandry. This study examined the effects of colony branch position on the nutritional profile of two different colony sizes of the common scleractinian,Acropora millepora. For smaller colonies, branches were sampled at three locations: the colony centre (S-centre), 50% of the longitudinal radius length (LRL) (S-50), and the colony edge (S-edge). For larger colonies, four locations were sampled: the colony centre (L-centre), 33.3% of the LRL (L-33), 66.6% of the LRL (L-66), and the edge (L-edge). Results demonstrate significant branch position effects, with the edge regions containing higher protein, likely due to increased tissue synthesis and calcification. Meanwhile, storage lipid and total fatty acid concentrations were lower at the edges, possibly reflecting catabolism of high-energy nutrients to support proliferating cells. Results also showed a significant effect of colony size in the two classes examined. While the major protein and structural lipid sink was exhibited at the edge for both sizes, the major sink for high-energy lipids and fatty acids appeared to be the L-66 position of the larger colonies and the S-centre and S-50 positions for the smaller colonies. These results confirm that the scleractinian coral colony is not nutritionally homogeneous, and while different regions of the coral colony are functionally specialised, so too are their nutritional profiles geared toward meeting specific energetic demands.

scholarly journals Differential expression of three galaxin-related genes during settlement and metamorphosis in the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora

2009 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alejandro Reyes-Bermudez ◽  
Zhiyi Lin ◽  
David C Hayward ◽  
David J Miller ◽  
Eldon E Ball
Keyword(s):  
Differential Expression ◽  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Acropora Millepora ◽  
Settlement And Metamorphosis

scholarly journals Absence of skeleton deposition in juveniles of the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora

Coral Reefs ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 1111-1111
Author(s):  
Jeroen A. J. M. van de Water ◽  
Madeleine J. H. van Oppen ◽  
Bette L. Willis
Keyword(s):  
Scleractinian Coral ◽  
Acropora Millepora

Peer review of a dental curriculum: how one school did it

1976 ◽  
Vol 40 (11) ◽  
pp. 761-762
Author(s):  
PK Morse ◽  
TR Dirksen
Keyword(s):  
Peer Review ◽  
Dental Curriculum
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