The Impacts of Ex Situ Transplantation on the Physiology of the Taiwanese Reef-Building Coral Seriatopora hystrix
Joint Authors
Chen, Chii-Shiarng
Mayfield, Anderson B.
Fan, Tung-Yung
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-10-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Earth Science , Water and Environment
Abstract EN
We sought to determine whether the Indo-Pacific reef-building coral Seriatopora hystrix performs in a similar manner in the laboratory as it does in situ by measuring Symbiodinium density, chlorophyll a (chl-a) concentration, and the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II (FV/FM) at the time of field sampling (in situ), as well as after three weeks of acclimation and one week of experimentation (ex situ).
Symbiodinium density was similar between corals of the two study sites, Houbihu (an upwelling reef) and Houwan (a nonupwelling reef), and also remained at similar levels ex situ as in situ.
On the other hand, both areal and cell-specific chl-a concentrations approximately doubled ex situ relative to in situ, an increase that may be due to having employed a light regime that differed from that experienced by these corals on the reefs of southern Taiwan from which they were collected.
As this change in Symbiodinium chl-a content was documented in corals of both sites, the experiment itself was not biased by this difference.
Furthermore, FV/FM increased by only 1% ex situ relative to in situ, indicating that the corals maintained a similar level of photosynthetic performance as displayed in situ even after one month in captivity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Mayfield, Anderson B.& Fan, Tung-Yung& Chen, Chii-Shiarng. 2013. The Impacts of Ex Situ Transplantation on the Physiology of the Taiwanese Reef-Building Coral Seriatopora hystrix. Journal of Marine Sciences،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Mayfield, Anderson B.…[et al.]. The Impacts of Ex Situ Transplantation on the Physiology of the Taiwanese Reef-Building Coral Seriatopora hystrix. Journal of Marine Sciences No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1007105
American Medical Association (AMA)
Mayfield, Anderson B.& Fan, Tung-Yung& Chen, Chii-Shiarng. The Impacts of Ex Situ Transplantation on the Physiology of the Taiwanese Reef-Building Coral Seriatopora hystrix. Journal of Marine Sciences. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1007105
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1007105