ArticleScientific reports2018
Coralline algal metabolites induce settlement and mediate the inductive effect of epiphytic microbes on coral larvae.
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- Positive Interactions Under Ocean Warming and Acidification: Crustose Coralline Algae Holobionts Enhance Gorgonian Larval Settlement Under Climate Change.Environmental microbiology · 2025Article
- Microbial living materials promote coral larval settlement.PNAS nexus · 2025Article
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- Direct observation and quantitative characterization of chemotactic behaviors in Caribbean coral larvae exposed to organic and inorganic settlement cues.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Light and dark biofilm adaptation impacts larval settlement in diverse coral species.Environmental microbiome · 2025Article
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- A transcriptome-wide analysis provides novel insights into how Metabacillus indicus promotes coral larvae metamorphosis and settlement.BMC genomics · 2024Article
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- Coral larval settlement induction using tissue-associated and exuded coralline algae metabolites and the identification of putative chemical cues.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Linking differences in microbial network structure with changes in coral larval settlement.ISME communications · 2023Article
- Microbiomes and metabolomes of dominant coral reef primary producers illustrate a potential role for immunolipids in marine symbioses.Communications biology · 2023Article
- Hierarchical settlement behaviours of coral larvae to common coralline algae.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Global distribution and diversity of marine euendolithic cyanobacteria.Journal of phycology · 2022Article
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Abstract
Settlement of invertebrates is a key process affecting the structure of marine communities and underpins the ability of benthic ecosystems to recover from disturbance. While it is known that specific crustose coralline algae (CCA) are important for settlement of some coral species, the role of algal chemical compounds versus surface microbial biofilms has long been ambiguous. Using a model system - a CCA of a genus that has been shown to induce high levels of settlement of Acropora corals (Titanoderma cf. tessellatum) and an abundant coral species (Acropora millepora)- we show that chemical effects of CCA are stronger than those from CCA surface microbial biofilms as drivers of coral settlement. Biofilms contributed to some extent to larval settlement via synergistic effects, where microbial cues were dependent on the CCA primary metabolism (production of dissolved organic carbon). We propose that optimal coral settlement is caused by complex biochemical communications among CCA, their epiphytic microbial community and coral larvae.
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