Sentences with phrase «scleractinian corals»

Coral reefs edification is based on the formation of a calcium carbonate skeleton by scleractinian corals ad on the symbiotic association that many of them establish with photosynthetic Dinoflagellates from the genus Symbiodinium.

Uncovering regulatory genes involved in the scleractinian biomineralization process and their coded proteins is truly a challenge because genetic manipulation methods of mutagenesis are not yet accessible in scleractinian corals.

Along gradients of normal pH (8.1 — 8.2) to lowered pH (mean 7.8 — 7.9, minimum 7.4 — 7.5), typical rocky shore communities with abundant calcareous organisms shifted to communities lacking scleractinian corals with significant reductions in sea urchin and coralline algal abundance.

Such resilience to an ever - changing climate suggested scleractinian coral had evolved exquisite mechanisms of adaptation.»

This work is currently complemented by the characterization of new CA isoforms and other actors of Ci transport in scleractinian corals.

Scientists have long believed that the waters of the Central and Northeast Pacific Ocean were inhospitable to deep - sea scleractinian coral, but a Florida State University professor's discovery of an odd chain of reefs suggests there are mysteries about the development and durability of coral colonies yet to be uncovered.

These results are interesting because galaxin was first found due to its high levels in the organic matrix of scleractinian coral, and it was characterized as a soluble protein (Watanabe et al., 2003) and localized along the calcifying septa (Reyes - Bermudez et al., 2009).

Exposing a scleractinian coral to a seawater medium with high concentration of calcium ions caused an excessive expression of ortholog genes (Fig. 4A and 4B) which are assumed to be associated with processes of calcification, growth, and development (Tables 2 and 3).

Among the most sensitive taxa to these changes are scleractinian corals, which engineer the most biodiverse ecosystems on Earth.

A total of 178 terrestrial plants and 246 taxa of marine flora have been described from the area while over 500 species of fish, 65 scleractinian corals, 45 hydroids and 350 molluscs have been recorded.