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| author | Huffmyer, Ariana S Ashey, Jill Strand, Emma Chiles, Eric N Su, Xiaoyang Putnam, Hollie M |
| author_facet | Huffmyer, Ariana S Ashey, Jill Strand, Emma Chiles, Eric N Su, Xiaoyang Putnam, Hollie M Huffmyer, Ariana S Ashey, Jill Strand, Emma Chiles, Eric N Su, Xiaoyang Putnam, Hollie M |
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| contents | Coral larvae increase nitrogen assimilation to stabilize algal symbiosis and combat bleaching under increased temperature. Huffmyer, Ariana S Ashey, Jill Strand, Emma Chiles, Eric N Su, Xiaoyang Putnam, Hollie M Animals Symbiosis Anthozoa Larva Nitrogen Photosynthesis Coral Reefs Temperature Dinoflagellida Hot Temperature Carbon Hawaii Rising sea surface temperatures are increasingly causing breakdown in the nutritional relationship between corals and algal endosymbionts (Symbiodiniaceae), threatening the basis of coral reef ecosystems and highlighting the critical role of coral reproduction in reef maintenance. The effects of thermal stress on metabolic exchange (i.e., transfer of fixed carbon photosynthates from symbiont to host) during sensitive early life stages, however, remains understudied. We exposed symbiotic Montipora capitata coral larvae in Hawai'i to high temperature (+2.5°C for 3 days), assessed rates of photosynthesis and respiration, and used stable isotope tracing (4 mM 13C sodium bicarbonate; 4.5 h) to quantify metabolite exchange. While larvae did not show any signs of bleaching and did not experience declines in survival and settlement, metabolic depression was significant under high temperature, indicated by a 19% reduction in respiration rates, but with no change in photosynthesis. Larvae exposed to high temperature showed evidence for maintained translocation of a major photosynthate, glucose, from the symbiont, but there was reduced metabolism of glucose through central carbon metabolism (i.e., glycolysis). The larval host invested in nitrogen cycling by increasing ammonium assimilation, urea metabolism, and sequestration of nitrogen into dipeptides, a mechanism that may support the maintenance of glucose translocation under thermal stress. Host nitrogen assimilation via dipeptide synthesis appears to be used for nitrogen limitation to the Symbiodiniaceae, and we hypothesize that nitrogen limitation contributes to retention of fixed carbon by favoring photosynthate translocation to the host. Collectively, our findings indicate that although these larvae are susceptible to metabolic stress under high temperature, diverting energy to nitrogen assimilation to maintain symbiont population density, photosynthesis, and carbon translocation may allow larvae to avoid bleaching and highlights potential life stage specific metabolic responses to stress. |
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| publishDate | 2024 |
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| spellingShingle | Coral larvae increase nitrogen assimilation to stabilize algal symbiosis and combat bleaching under increased temperature. Huffmyer, Ariana S Ashey, Jill Strand, Emma Chiles, Eric N Su, Xiaoyang Putnam, Hollie M Animals Symbiosis Anthozoa Larva Nitrogen Photosynthesis Coral Reefs Temperature Dinoflagellida Hot Temperature Carbon Hawaii Coral larvae increase nitrogen assimilation to stabilize algal symbiosis and combat bleaching under increased temperature. Huffmyer, Ariana S Ashey, Jill Strand, Emma Chiles, Eric N Su, Xiaoyang Putnam, Hollie M Animals Symbiosis Anthozoa Larva Nitrogen Photosynthesis Coral Reefs Temperature Dinoflagellida Hot Temperature Carbon Hawaii Rising sea surface temperatures are increasingly causing breakdown in the nutritional relationship between corals and algal endosymbionts (Symbiodiniaceae), threatening the basis of coral reef ecosystems and highlighting the critical role of coral reproduction in reef maintenance. The effects of thermal stress on metabolic exchange (i.e., transfer of fixed carbon photosynthates from symbiont to host) during sensitive early life stages, however, remains understudied. We exposed symbiotic Montipora capitata coral larvae in Hawai'i to high temperature (+2.5°C for 3 days), assessed rates of photosynthesis and respiration, and used stable isotope tracing (4 mM 13C sodium bicarbonate; 4.5 h) to quantify metabolite exchange. While larvae did not show any signs of bleaching and did not experience declines in survival and settlement, metabolic depression was significant under high temperature, indicated by a 19% reduction in respiration rates, but with no change in photosynthesis. Larvae exposed to high temperature showed evidence for maintained translocation of a major photosynthate, glucose, from the symbiont, but there was reduced metabolism of glucose through central carbon metabolism (i.e., glycolysis). The larval host invested in nitrogen cycling by increasing ammonium assimilation, urea metabolism, and sequestration of nitrogen into dipeptides, a mechanism that may support the maintenance of glucose translocation under thermal stress. Host nitrogen assimilation via dipeptide synthesis appears to be used for nitrogen limitation to the Symbiodiniaceae, and we hypothesize that nitrogen limitation contributes to retention of fixed carbon by favoring photosynthate translocation to the host. Collectively, our findings indicate that although these larvae are susceptible to metabolic stress under high temperature, diverting energy to nitrogen assimilation to maintain symbiont population density, photosynthesis, and carbon translocation may allow larvae to avoid bleaching and highlights potential life stage specific metabolic responses to stress. |
| title | Coral larvae increase nitrogen assimilation to stabilize algal symbiosis and combat bleaching under increased temperature. |
| topic | Animals Symbiosis Anthozoa Larva Nitrogen Photosynthesis Coral Reefs Temperature Dinoflagellida Hot Temperature Carbon Hawaii |
| url | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39531470/ |