Title |
Sharing the slope: depth partitioning of agariciid corals and associated Symbiodiniumacross shallow and mesophotic habitats (2-60 m) on a Caribbean reef
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Published in |
BMC Ecology and Evolution, September 2013
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2148-13-205 |
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Authors |
Pim Bongaerts, Pedro R Frade, Julie J Ogier, Kyra B Hay, Judith van Bleijswijk, Norbert Englebert, Mark JA Vermeij, Rolf PM Bak, Petra M Visser, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg |
Abstract |
Scleractinian corals and their algal endosymbionts (genus Symbiodinium) exhibit distinct bathymetric distributions on coral reefs. Yet, few studies have assessed the evolutionary context of these ecological distributions by exploring the genetic diversity of closely related coral species and their associated Symbiodinium over large depth ranges. Here we assess the distribution and genetic diversity of five agariciid coral species (Agaricia humilis, A. agaricites, A. lamarcki, A. grahamae, and Helioseris cucullata) and their algal endosymbionts (Symbiodinium) across a large depth gradient (2-60 m) covering shallow to mesophotic depths on a Caribbean reef. |
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