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Long-term imaging of the photosensitive, reef-building coral Acropora muricata using light-sheet illumination.
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- Volumetric imaging of fast cellular dynamics with deep learning enhanced bioluminescence microscopy.Communications biology · 2022Article
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- No short-term effect of sinking microplastics on heterotrophy or sediment clearing in the tropical coral Stylophora pistillata.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Genetic changes involving the coral gastrovascular system support the transition between colonies and bailed-out polyps: evidence from a Pocillopora acuta transcriptome.BMC genomics · 2021Article
- Digital image processing to detect subtle motion in stony coral.Scientific reports · 2021Article
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Abstract
Coral reefs are in alarming decline due to climate emergency, pollution and other man-made disturbances. The numerous ecosystem services derived from coral reefs are underpinned by the growth and physical complexity of reef-forming corals. Our knowledge of their fundamental biology is limited by available technology. We need a better understanding of larval settlement and development, skeletogenesis, interactions with pathogens and symbionts, and how this biology interacts with environmental factors such as light exposure, temperature, and ocean acidification. We here focus on a fast-growing key coloniser, Acropora muricata (Linnaeus, 1758). To enable dynamic imaging of this photosensitive organism at different scales, we developed light-sheet illumination for fluorescence microscopy of small coral colonies. Our approach reveals live polyps in previously unseen detail. An imaging range for Acropora muricata with no measurable photodamage is defined based upon polyp expansion, coral tissue reaction, and photobleaching. We quantify polyp retraction as a photosensitive behavioural response and show coral tissue rupture at higher irradiance with blue light. The simple and flexible technique enables non-invasive continuous dynamic imaging of highly photosensitive organisms with sizes between 1 mm
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