Because high radiation together with high temperature exacerbate the bleaching response, we want to identify the skeletal structures responsible for increasing the light microenvironment of the symbiont algae which would increase stress and precipitate bleaching. What is the significance of this project?Ĭoral bleaching is a response to thermal stress (i.e., increase in ocean temperature). We want to identify the underlying skeletal structures at different scales that are responsible for increasing the light availability to the symbiont algae in the tissue from the microscopic calcium carbonate grains, to corallites (structures housing the animal), to the whole coral colony. Corals are efficient optical machines "growing" algal symbionts which feed them through photosynthesis skeletal light scattering can increase the light available to the algae. Several factors extrinsic (e.g., environmental) and intrinsic to the coral (e.g., type of symbiont algae or early transcription of key genes) seem to affect the response of the coral to bleaching. WaltersĪsk the Scientists Join The Discussion What is the context of this research?Ĭorals bleach at different rates. Rogers, Allen Taflove, Vadim Backman, Veronica Gaidarski, Eric Lullo, Luisa Marcelino, Peggy Sansom, Matthew Glucksberg, Maria Amaral, Andrew Sims, Kim Reuter, Sophie Lena Anolick, Jennifer LePage, Don Chandler, Olsen Family, Tricia Chandler, Grace Garcia Lessing, Martin Vanek, Glenn Chandler, Hao Zhang, Kristy Osborn, Brenda Perkins, Sandra Osborn, Andrew Baird, Janie Wulff, Nick Marmontello, Martie McNamara, Monica Laronda, Brian Kennedy, Joe Blackman, Duncan Lamb, Ryan Edwards, Jared Schifrien, Valentina Stoyneva, Emily Bold, Blake Osborn, Grace Daly, Debbie Goldberg, Aaron Anderson, Wills Russell, Rajka Smiljanic, Lexie Lessing, Mona McChesney Graue, Haley Shaw, Robert Linsenmeier, Frank And Andrea Zoys, Iana Gaidarski Harris, Bere Clarke, Katherine Tai, Amanda Osborn Frasier, Lisa Hill Maxwell, Dedra Davis Esq, Margaret Malone, Marylinda Melchor Cohron, Julie Swain, Frances Spradlin, Ben Wilson, Eric Busch, Valerie Tokars, Rose Grenen, Jennifer Boone, Hannah Thirman, Anderson Mayfield, Eric Lombardo, Brendan O'Rorke, Jenna Patriarca Garces, Nikhil Jain, Christina Tran, Homer Gaidarski, William Oestreich, Bryan Lippert, Cindy Wu, Sara Trautz, Kevin A Swagel, Monica Cheng, Martin Tirmenstein, Pureum Kim, and Eric D. Boyer, Van Chandler, H Mahmassani, Stacey Steele, Emily DuBois, J.D.
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