Environmental stability and phenotypic plasticity benefit the cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus in an acidified fjord

The cold-water coral Desmophyllum dianthus benefits from stable environmental conditions in deep waters of Comau Fjord (Chile) and is able to acclimatise quickly to new environmental conditions after transplantation.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Kristina K. Beck, Gertraud M. Schmidt-Grieb, Jürgen Laudien, Günter Försterra, Verena Häussermann, Humberto E. González, Juan Pablo Espinoza, Claudio Richter, Marlene Wall
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-07-01
Series:Communications Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03622-3