Carbon sequestration and climate change mitigation using macroalgae: a state of knowledge review

A Pessarrodona, RM Franco‐Santos… - Biological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The conservation, restoration, and improved management of terrestrial forests significantly
contributes to mitigate climate change and its impacts, as well as providing numerous co …

Heat stress reduces the contribution of diazotrophs to coral holobiont nitrogen cycling

N Rädecker, C Pogoreutz, HM Gegner… - The ISME …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Efficient nutrient cycling in the coral-algal symbiosis requires constant but limited nitrogen
availability. Coral-associated diazotrophs, ie, prokaryotes capable of fixing dinitrogen, may …

Total alkalinity production in a mangrove ecosystem reveals an overlooked Blue Carbon component

V Saderne, M Fusi, T Thomson, A Dunne… - Limnology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mangroves have the capacity to sequester organic carbon (Corg) in their sediments
permanently. However, the carbon budget of mangroves is also affected by the total …

Experimental Techniques to Assess Coral Physiology in situ Under Global and Local Stressors: Current Approaches and Novel Insights

W Dellisanti, JTH Chung, CFY Chow, J Wu… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are declining worldwide due to global changes in the marine environment. The
increasing frequency of massive bleaching events in the tropics is highlighting the need to …

Upwelling, climate change, and the shifting geography of coral reef development

V Rodriguez-Ruano, LT Toth, IC Enochs, CJ Randall… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The eastern tropical Pacific is oceanographically unfavorable for coral-reef development.
Nevertheless, reefs have persisted there for the last 7000 years. Rates of vertical accretion …

Responses of the coral reef cryptobiome to environmental gradients in the Red Sea

R Villalobos, E Aylagas, JI Ellis, JK Pearman, H Anlauf… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
An essential component of the coral reef animal diversity is the species hidden in crevices
within the reef matrix, referred to as the cryptobiome. These organisms play an important …

Experimental assessment of vulnerability to warming in tropical shallow-water marine organisms

M Yucharoen, S Sinutok, P Chotikarn… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Tropical shallow-water habitats represent the marine environments with the greatest
biodiversity; however, these habitats are the most vulnerable to climate warming. Corals …

Nitrogen fixation and denitrification activity differ between coral-and algae-dominated Red Sea reefs

YC El-Khaled, F Roth, N Rädecker, A Tilstra… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Coral reefs experience phase shifts from coral-to algae-dominated benthic communities,
which could affect the interplay between processes introducing and removing bioavailable …

Probiotics reshape the coral microbiome in situ without detectable off-target effects in the surrounding environment

N Delgadillo-Ordoñez, N Garcias-Bonet… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Beneficial microorganisms for corals (BMCs), or probiotics, can enhance coral resilience
against stressors in laboratory trials. However, the ability of probiotics to restructure the coral …

A carbon cycling model shows strong control of seasonality and importance of sponges on the functioning of a northern Red Sea coral reef

N van Hoytema, JM de Goeij, NA Kornder, Y El-Khaled… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Coral reefs in the northern Red Sea experience strong seasonality. This affects reef carbon
(C) cycling, but ecosystem-wide quantification of C fluxes in such reefs is limited. This study …