Responses of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities to Local and Global Stressors

Responses of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities to Local and Global Stressors

The microbial contribution to ecological resilience is still largely overlooked in coral reef ecology. Coral-associated bacteria serve a wide variety of functional roles with reference to the coral host, and thus, the composition of the overall microbiome community can strongly influence coral healt...

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Main Authors: Jamie M. McDevitt-Irwin, Julia K. Baum, Melissa Garren, Rebecca L. Vega Thurber
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Marine Science
Subjects:
coral
bacteria
global change biology
environmental stress
symbiosis
global warming
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2017.00262/full

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