The proteomic response of the reef coral Pocillopora acuta to experimentally elevated temperatures.

Although most reef-building corals live near the upper threshold of their thermotolerance, some scleractinians are resilient to temperature increases. For instance, Pocillopora acuta specimens from an upwelling habitat in Southern Taiwan survived a nine-month experimental exposure to 30°C, a tempera...

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Main Authors: Anderson B Mayfield, Yi-Jyun Chen, Chi-Yu Lu, Chii-Shiarng Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5792016?pdf=render