Abstract:
The past few years have seen unprecedented coral bleaching and mortality on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) but the consequences of this on biodiversity are not yet known. This talk will explore if mass bleaching has resulted in a loss of symbiont diversity across three key coral species along the GBR and examine if surviving coral populations contain a higher prevalence of heat tolerant algal symbionts - depending on their availability in the environmental pool. Results have implications for developing a spatially explicit understanding of symbiosis after bleaching to identify key coral populations for protection, key reefs for resilience management, and potential breeding stock for use in reef restoration activities.
Негізгі бет Symbiosis restructuring following mass coral bleaching. A seminar by Dr. Kate Quigley
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