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Establishing microbial baselines to identify indicators of coral reef health

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dc.contributor.authorGlasl, Bettina
dc.contributor.authorBourne, David G.
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues Frade, Pedro
dc.contributor.authorWebster, Nicole S.
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-07T14:53:37Z
dc.date.available2018-12-07T14:53:37Z
dc.date.issued2018-03
dc.description.abstractMicroorganisms make a significant contribution to reef ecosystem health and resilience via their critical role in mediating nutrient transformations, their interactions with macro-organisms and their provision of chemical cues that underpin the recruitment of diverse reef taxa. However, environmental changes often cause compositional and functional shifts in microbial communities that can have flow-on consequences for microbial-mediated processes. These microbial alterations may impact the health of specific host organisms and can have repercussions for the functioning of entire coral ecosystems. Assessing changes in reef microbial communities should therefore provide an early indicator of ecosystem impacts and would underpin the development of diagnostic tools that could help forecast shifts in coral reef health under different environmental states. Monitoring, management and active restoration efforts have recently intensified and diversified in response to global declines in coral reef health. Here we propose that regular monitoring of coral reef microorganisms could provide a rapid and sensitive platform for identifying declining ecosystem health that can complement existing management frameworks. By summarising the most common threats to coral reefs, with a particular focus on the Great Barrier Reef, and elaborating on the role of microbes in coral reef health and ecosystem stability, we highlight the diagnostic applicability of microbes in reef management programs. Fundamental to this objective is the establishment of microbial baselines for Australia's coral reefs.
dc.description.sponsorshipAIMS@JCU PhD Scholarship; GBRMPA Science Management Research Award; Advance Queensland PhD Scholarship; Portuguese Science and Technology Foundation (FCT) [SFRH/BPD/110285/2015]
dc.identifier.doi10.1071/MA18011
dc.identifier.issn1324-4272
dc.identifier.issn2201-9189
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/11604
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherCsiro Publishing
dc.relationThe gastric cavity of corals as bioreactor fo ecosystem-scale microbial processes
dc.subjectGreat-Barrier-Reef
dc.subjectCommunity Dynamics
dc.subjectEcosystems
dc.subjectDiversity
dc.subjectBacteria
dc.subjectImpacts
dc.subjectRisk
dc.titleEstablishing microbial baselines to identify indicators of coral reef health
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleThe gastric cavity of corals as bioreactor fo ecosystem-scale microbial processes
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/OE/SFRH%2FBPD%2F110285%2F2015/PT
oaire.citation.endPage46
oaire.citation.issue1
oaire.citation.startPage42
oaire.citation.titleMicrobiology Australia
oaire.citation.volume39
oaire.fundingStreamOE
person.familyNameRodrigues Frade
person.givenNamePedro
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-4010-255X
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
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