Successive responses of three coral holobiont components (coral hosts, symbiotic algae, and bacteria) to daily temperature fluctuations
Y. E. Hsieh, C.-Y. Lu, P.-Y. Liu, J.-M. Kao, S.-Y. Yang, C.-Y. Wu, J.-W. M. Wong, S. Shikina, T.-Y. Fan, S.-H. Yang
This study examines how coral hosts, symbiotic algae, and bacteria respond to daily temperature fluctuations and continuous warming, finding that diurnal fluctuations may reduce heat stress and bacterial response changes.
bioRxiv · Sep 30, 2023Microbiology