Recruit symbiosis establishment and Symbiodiniceae composition influenced by adult corals and reef sediment
A. Ali, N. G. Kriefall, L. E. Emery, C. D. Kenkel, M. V. Matz, S. W. Davies
This study shows that coral recruits acquire Symbiodiniaceae symbionts from both sediment and adult corals, with the combination of sediment and adult coral fragments leading to the highest uptake and diversity.
bioRxiv · Sep 20, 2018Zoology