Adaptations by the coral Acropora tenuis confer resilience to future thermal stress

Author:

Hazraty-Kari SanazORCID,Tavakoli-Kolour ParvizORCID,Kitanobo Seiya,Nakamura Takashi,Morita MasayaORCID

Abstract

AbstractElevated temperatures cause coral bleaching and reef degradation. However, coral may have strategies to survive by reproducing more heat-tolerable larvae. We examine the direct and carryover effects of thermal stress on fecundity and fitness in the reef-building coral Acropora tenuis. Fragments from the same colony are subjected to control temperature (~27.5 °C) or heat stress (~31 °C) for ten days. We then examine the fecundity of adults (egg number and size) and the thermal tolerance of larvae and recruits (survival rates, growth, and size). The stressed fragments show a trade-off in egg production, an increase in egg number but a decrease in size. In addition, larvae and recruits from the stressed colony show marginally higher survival rates in the higher water temperature but do not differ in the control condition. Therefore, corals produce more heat-resistant larvae and recruits after they experience heat stress, which may improve coral reef resilience.

Funder

MEXT | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Publisher

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,Medicine (miscellaneous)

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