Publication detail

Surface flow for colonial integration in reef-building corals

BOUDERLIQUE T. PETERSEN J. FAURE L. ABED-NAVANDI D. BOUCHNITA A. MUELLER B. NAZAROV M. ENGLMAIER L. TESAŘOVÁ M. FRADE P.R. ZIKMUND T. KOEHNE T. KAISER J. FRIED K. WILD C. PANTOS O. HELLANDER A. BYTHELL J. and ADAMEKO I.

Original Title

Surface flow for colonial integration in reef-building corals

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Reef-building corals are endangered animals with a complex colonial organization. Physiological mechanisms connecting multiple polyps and integrating them into a coral colony are still enigmatic. Using live imaging, particle tracking, and mathematical modeling, we reveal how corals connect individual polyps and form integrated polyp groups via species-specific, complex, and stable networks of currents at their surface. These currents involve surface mucus of different concentrations, which regulate joint feeding of the colony. Inside the coral, within the gastrovascular system, we expose the complexity of bidirectional branching streams that connect individual polyps. This system of canals extends the surface area by 4-fold and might improve communication, nutrient supply, and symbiont transfer. Thus, individual polyps integrate via complex liquid dynamics on the surface and inside the colony.

Keywords

Scleractinian coral; colony integration; surface hydrodynamics; mucus; gastrovascular system; cnidarian; coral

Authors

BOUDERLIQUE T.; PETERSEN J.; FAURE L. ABED-NAVANDI D.; BOUCHNITA A.; MUELLER B.; NAZAROV M.; ENGLMAIER L.; TESAŘOVÁ M.; FRADE P.R.; ZIKMUND T.; KOEHNE T.; KAISER J. FRIED K.; WILD C.; PANTOS O.; HELLANDER A.; BYTHELL J. and ADAMEKO I.

Released

20. 6. 2022

Publisher

Elsevier Inc.

ISBN

0960-9822

Periodical

CURRENT BIOLOGY

Year of study

32

Number

12

State

United States of America

Pages from

1

Pages to

27

Pages count

27

URL

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(22)00672-8

BibTex

@article{BUT178486,
  author="BOUDERLIQUE T. and PETERSEN J. and FAURE L. ABED-NAVANDI D. and BOUCHNITA A. and MUELLER B. and NAZAROV M. and ENGLMAIER L. and TESAŘOVÁ M. and FRADE P.R. and ZIKMUND T. and KOEHNE T. and KAISER J. FRIED K. and WILD C. and PANTOS O. and HELLANDER A. and BYTHELL J. and ADAMEKO I.",
  title="Surface flow for colonial integration in reef-building corals",
  journal="CURRENT BIOLOGY",
  year="2022",
  volume="32",
  number="12",
  pages="1--27",
  doi="10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.054",
  issn="0960-9822",
  url="https://www.cell.com/current-biology/pdfExtended/S0960-9822(22)00672-8"
}