Preconditioning in the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis and the potential for trans-generational acclimatization in coral larvae under future climate change conditions

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 218, Issue 15, 2015, Pages 2365-2372

  Putnam, Hollie M ^a   Gates, Ruth D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Epigenetics; Ocean acidification; Parental effects; Stress; Temperature

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; SEA WATER;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEF; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LARVA; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CORAL REEFS; LARVA; SEAWATER; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84946950750     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.123018     Document Type: Article

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