The adaptive capacity of marine calcifiers to ocean acidification (OA) is a topic of great interest to evolutionary biologists and ecologists. Previous studies have provided evidence to suggest that larval resilience to high pCO2 seawater for these species is a trait with a genetic basis and variability in natural populations....
The production of novel hybrid zones is an ecologically important consequence of globally increasing rates of species introductions and invasions. Interspecific hybridization can facilitate gene flow between parent species or produce novel taxa that may alter invasion dynamics or ecosystem services. The coastal sand dunes of the U.S. Pacific Northwest...
Coral reefs have become extremely vulnerable to rising ocean temperatures, with mass bleaching events increasing in frequency and severity. If bleaching events persist annually, models predict that more than 90% of reef species will face long-term degradation. However, recent evidence has shown that corals may be able to thermally acclimate...
Caribbean coral reefs have deteriorated substantially over the past 30 years, which
is broadly attributable to the effects of global climate change. In the same time,
Indo-Pacific reefs maintain higher coral cover and typically recover rapidly after
disturbances. This difference in reef resilience is largely due to much higher
coral...
Caribbean coral reefs have deteriorated substantially over the past 30 years, which
is broadly attributable to the effects of global climate change. In the same time,
Indo-Pacific reefs maintain higher coral cover and typically recover rapidly after
disturbances. This difference in reef resilience is largely due to much higher
coral...
Caribbean coral reefs have deteriorated substantially over the past 30 years, which
is broadly attributable to the effects of global climate change. In the same time,
Indo-Pacific reefs maintain higher coral cover and typically recover rapidly after
disturbances. This difference in reef resilience is largely due to much higher
coral...
BACKGROUND: In light of the changes in precipitation and soil water availability expected with climate change,
understanding the mechanisms underlying plant responses to water deficit is essential. Toward that end we have
conducted an integrative analysis of responses to drought stress in the perennial C₄ grass and biofuel crop,
Panicum...
BACKGROUND: In light of the changes in precipitation and soil water availability expected with climate change,
understanding the mechanisms underlying plant responses to water deficit is essential. Toward that end we have
conducted an integrative analysis of responses to drought stress in the perennial C₄ grass and biofuel crop,
Panicum...
Transcriptome and genome data from twenty stony coral species and a selection of reference bilaterians were studied to elucidate coral evolutionary history. We identified genes that encode the proteins responsible for the precipitation and aggregation of the aragonite skeleton on which the organisms live, and revealed a network of environmental...
Many nonmodel species exemplify important biological questions but lack the sequence resources required to study the genes and genomic regions underlying traits of interest. Reef-building corals are famously sensitive to rising seawater temperatures, motivating ongoing research into their stress responses and long-term prospects in a changing climate. A comprehensive understanding...
