An experimental mesocosm for long-term studies of reef corals
An experimental mesocosm for long-term studies of reef corals
Molecular biological methods including genomic and proteomic approaches hold a specific promise to provide new insights into the stress physiology of corals. However, to fully exploit the power of these techniques, aquarium setups are required that allow biological assays under tightly controlled laboratory conditions. Here, details are provided about the successful development of a closed coral mesocosm at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The system can be operated without access to natural seawater and allows long-term observations and experimental studies of reef corals. The individual experimental tanks allow the corals to be exposed, for example, to different light and/or temperature conditions without the need to disconnect them from the system.
experimental mesocosm, stress physiology, scleractinian corals
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D'Angelo, Cecilia
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Wiedenmann, Jörg
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June 2012
D'Angelo, Cecilia
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Wiedenmann, Jörg
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D'Angelo, Cecilia and Wiedenmann, Jörg
(2012)
An experimental mesocosm for long-term studies of reef corals.
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 92 (4), .
(doi:10.1017/S0025315411001883).
Abstract
Molecular biological methods including genomic and proteomic approaches hold a specific promise to provide new insights into the stress physiology of corals. However, to fully exploit the power of these techniques, aquarium setups are required that allow biological assays under tightly controlled laboratory conditions. Here, details are provided about the successful development of a closed coral mesocosm at the National Oceanography Centre, Southampton. The system can be operated without access to natural seawater and allows long-term observations and experimental studies of reef corals. The individual experimental tanks allow the corals to be exposed, for example, to different light and/or temperature conditions without the need to disconnect them from the system.
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Published date: June 2012
Keywords:
experimental mesocosm, stress physiology, scleractinian corals
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Ocean Biochemistry & Ecosystems
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Local EPrints ID: 339175
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/339175
ISSN: 0025-3154
PURE UUID: 47a8d28c-993e-4f29-a297-c03d867e19ae
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