Light-Enhanced Calcification and Dark Decalcification in Isolates of the Soft Coral Cladiella sp. during Tissue Recovery

• Published in: The Biological bulletin (Lancaster) Vol. 211; no. 2; pp. 193 - 202
• Main Authors: E. Tentori, Allemand, D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Marine Biological Laboratory 01.10.2006; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Algae; Alkalinity; Animals; Anthozoa - metabolism; Bone mineralization; Calcification; Calcification (Physiology); Calcification, Physiologic - physiology; Calcium Carbonate - metabolism; Cell division; Cladiella; Coral reefs; Corals; Light; Luminous intensity; Marine; Photosynthesis; Physiology and Biomechanics; Sea water; Skeleton; Symbiosis; Tissues; Wound healing; Zooxanthellae; HL, high light; LL, low light; NL, no light

Light-enhanced calcification is a general characteristic of zooxanthellate corals, suggesting a link between calcification by the coral and photosynthesis by the zooxanthellae, but the relationship between zooxanthellae and coral hosts during this process has not been elucidated. We hypothesized tha...