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Data from 'Metabolic plasticity and heterotrophic resilience drive cold tolerance of the high-latitude marginal corals.'

Year: 2026

Type: other

Abstract: Climatic change is increasing the frequency and intensity of rapid sea surface temperature (SST) declines driven by oceanographic processes such as typhoons, causing cold spells that trigger widespread coral bleaching and mortality. Yet some corals have been observed to thrive under these extreme conditions, including highly turbid (low-light) environments during seasonal cold anomalies. Under such conditions, corals increase heterotrophic carbon acquisition to compensate for constrained autotrophic carbon caused by cold and low light; however, whether this compensatory pathway enhances physiological performance and mitigates bleaching susceptibility remains unresolved. Here, we incorporated cold stress into a long-term indoor experiment to show that heterotrophy can improve physiological performance and increase the cold bleaching threshold of coral species D. speciosa, D. peltata, and C. serailia.

Source: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.21237625

Authors: Belasy, Mohamed Belasy Ismail, Xu, Zengchao, Hossain, Kazi Belayet, Liu, Xin, Huang, Bangqin, Liu, Chichi, Chen, Jixin

Institutions: Al-Azhar University, Xiamen University, State Key Laboratory of Marine Environmental Science

Language: English

Topic: Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Subfield: Ecology

Field: Environmental Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Life below water, Climate action

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W7167633102

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