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Hot off the presses: Amino Acid Compound Specific #Isotope Analysis (#AACSIA) to understand #coral nutrition. We show corals are reliant on symbiont-derived carbon and nitrogen for AA. Flexible nutrition? Not so much. @GatesCoralLab @himb_soest bit.ly/3uxZOe2
Amino acids in the AACSIA terminology are essential (from diets) or non-essential (synthesized) for carbon, and either trophic (change with feeding) or source (reflect origins) for nitrogen. At the time of our experiment no one had tested C and N AACSIA in corals.
Corals are weird. They can produce a lot of AA, most animals can't. Their symbionts also produce nearly all AA, as they are plants. So together the holobiont may produce everything "in house" or source building blocks from feeding on plankton.
Here it is! The TL,DR 🧵 for “Endosymbiotic dinoflagellates pump iron: differences in iron and other trace metal needs among the Symbiodiniaceae”
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link.springer.com/article/10.100…
đź”— (Please reach out if you want a PDF):
link.springer.com/article/10.100…
👏TRACE 👏METALS 👏ARE 👏IMPORTANT👏! Don’t count them out because they’re in far less abundance than C:N:P! They are required as co-factors for virtually all biochemical processes #MetalsInBiology #PhycologyWithoutApology (2/N) 
We explore how [Fe] alters growth & trace metal needs of 5 #Symbiodiniaceae species (spanning 3 genera). We highlight how trace metals are interwoven with the physiological inner workings of coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis. #MetalsInBiology #PhycologyWithoutApology (3/N)
Excited to share our recent work (& last chapter of my PhD) in #ISMEJ on #Symbiodiniaceae functional diversity, niche partitioning & isotopes in #corals across a rapid light-attenuation gradient (a thread..) @GatesCoralLab @himb_soest @uhmanoa @DonahueLab go.nature.com/2N1FDSm
@GatesCoralLab @himb_soest @uhmanoa @DonahueLab Corals depend on their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) for food, but #heterotrophy is also important--especially during periods of stress and low autotrophy (low light). But these symbionts show differences in autotrophic capacity and some (#Durusidinium spp.) may be opportunistic.
@GatesCoralLab @himb_soest @uhmanoa @DonahueLab Isotopes are a great way to understand nutrition and trophic ecology in ALL living things. We used isotopes and physiology metrics to understand how a single Hawaiian coral species (Montipora capitata) dominated by 2 different symbiont species were balancing auto- & heterotrophy.
. @eslam_16884 shares his PhD research on the #microbiomes of heat resistant #RedSea #corals with @PSUmBiome!
. @eslam_16884 overviews rich history of bleaching monitoring on the GBR. Meanwhile, coral surveys in the #RedSea....... are starting to gain momentum!
The extreme environments of the #RedSes leverages a neat study system to investigate why “Red sea corals like it hot” 🤒
Shoutouts to former work by @Fine_Coral_Lab & @JessBellworthy
Shoutouts to former work by @Fine_Coral_Lab & @JessBellworthy
Plot twist! I’m #LiveTweetingMyPSATalk! Please share w/ #phycophiles who aren’t at #PSA2019 or maybe haven’t finished their morning beach walk yet…
#PhycologyWithoutApology @Symbiodiniaceae @PSUScience @PSAAlgae @protistologists
#PhycologyWithoutApology @Symbiodiniaceae @PSUScience @PSAAlgae @protistologists
@Symbiodiniaceae @PSUScience @PSAAlgae @protistologists I’m thrilled to be sharing my fav dissertation chapter (shh don’t tell the others) on the interactive effects of iron & heat stress on #Symbiodiniaceae
#PhycologyWithoutApology #LiveTweetingMyPSATalk @Symbiodiniaceae @PSUScience @PSAAlgae #PSA2019 #MetalsInBiology
#PhycologyWithoutApology #LiveTweetingMyPSATalk @Symbiodiniaceae @PSUScience @PSAAlgae #PSA2019 #MetalsInBiology
@Symbiodiniaceae @PSUScience @PSAAlgae @protistologists In attempts to keep this in synch with my talk, I’m going to thank everybody first! This collaboration was formed through the @NSF #EAPSI program and thrived because of support from my science families at PSU & in Taiwan.
#PhycologyWithoutApology #LiveTweetingMyPSATalk
#PhycologyWithoutApology #LiveTweetingMyPSATalk
