Thermally tolerant symbionts may explain Caribbean octocoral resilience to heat stress
J. A. Pelosi, K. M. Eaton, S. Mychajliw, C. P. terHorst, M. A. Coffroth
This study investigates the thermal tolerance of symbionts in Caribbean octocorals, finding that symbiont genotypes maintain growth at elevated temperatures but do not enhance host survival under heat stress.
bioRxiv · Oct 21, 2020Evolutionary Biology