Biological control of aragonite formation in stony corals

Biological control of aragonite formation in stony corals Stanislas Von Euw1, Qihong Zhang, Viacheslav Manichev, Nagarajan Murali, Juliane Gross, Leonard C. Feldman, Torgny Gustafsson, Carol Flach, Richard Mendelsohn, Paul G. Falkowski Science  02 Jun 2017: Vol. 356, Issue 6341, pp. 933-938 DOI: 10.1126/science.aam6371 PDF and full text available at main article link above. […]mineral precipitation in corals is a biologically controlled process mediated by […]

Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning?

Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning? Nils Rädecker, Claudia Pogoreutz, Christian R. Voolstra, Jörg Wiedenmann, Christian Wild Trends in Microbiology, Vol. 23, Issue 8, p490–497 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2015.03.008 Nitrogen cycling in reef-building corals is a function of all holobiont members. Control of nitrogen cycling may stabilize holobiont functioning under oligotrophic and eutrophic conditions. […]

Coral aquaculture: applying scientific knowledge to ex situ production

Coral aquaculture: Applying scientific knowledge to ex situ production Reviews in Aquaculture 6(2) · October 2014 DOI: 10.1111/raq.12087 Article (PDF Available) Miguel Costa Leal, Christine Ferrier-Pagès, Dirk Petersen, Ronald Osinga Still have to read the rest, but this was enough to hook me: Although captive breeding and propagation of corals is a well-known activity among aquarium hobbyists and public […]