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dc.contributor.authorKennedy, EV
dc.contributor.authorTonk, L
dc.contributor.authorFoster, Nicola
dc.contributor.authorMumby, PJ
dc.contributor.authorStevens, JR
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-22T09:51:05Z
dc.date.issued2019-04
dc.identifier.issn0007-4977
dc.identifier.issn1553-6955
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/13515
dc.description.abstract

Orbicella annularis, a key reef building species, is unusual among Caribbean corals in the flexibility it displays in its symbioses with dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae. This variability has been documented at a range of spatial scales; from within and between colonies to scales spanning the entire species range. However, temporal variability in Symbiodiniaceae communities found within O. annularis colonies is less well understood. Evidence suggests that symbiont communities in this coral species fluctuate temporally in response to environmental stressors (sporadic changes in abundance and in community composition). In this study, we investigated temporal stability of symbiont communities in O. annularis at four sites in the Bahamas, over a period spanning six years. While the dominant symbiont species, Breviolum minutum (formerly ITS2-type B1), remained stable across four patch-reef study sites, finer resolution molecular techniques revealed inter-annual variability in the presence/absence of cryptic species Durusdinium trenchii (formerly ITS2-type D1a). Durusdinium trenchii is known to play a role in resistance to environmental stress and may have a protective effect under warm conditions. These results suggest that, while it might take an extreme environmental perturbation to trigger a long-term shift in the dominant symbiont, at background levels less prevalent symbiont taxa are likely to be continually shuffling their relative abundances, as they change in response to seasonal or environmental changes.

dc.format.extent289-304
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Miami, Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science
dc.titleTemporal stability of Orbicella annularis symbioses: a case study in The Bahamas
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issue2
plymouth.volume95
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalBulletin of Marine Science
dc.identifier.doi10.5343/bms.2018.0064
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering
plymouth.organisational-group/Plymouth/Faculty of Science and Engineering/School of Biological and Marine Sciences
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dcterms.dateAccepted2019-01-10
dc.rights.embargodate2019-3-27
dc.identifier.eissn1553-6955
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