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Front Microbiol 2018 Jan 01;9:2203. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02203.
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Metagenomics of Coral Reefs Under Phase Shift and High Hydrodynamics.

Meirelles PM , Soares AC , Oliveira L , Leomil L , Appolinario LR , Francini-Filho RB , de Moura RL , de Barros Almeida RT , Salomon PS , Amado-Filho GM , Kruger R , Siegle E , Tschoeke DA , Kudo I , Mino S , Sawabe T , Thompson CC , Thompson FL .


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Local and global stressors have affected coral reef ecosystems worldwide. Switches from coral to algal dominance states and microbialization are the major processes underlying the global decline of coral reefs. However, most of the knowledge concerning microbialization has not considered physical disturbances (e.g., typhoons, waves, and currents). Southern Japan reef systems have developed under extreme physical disturbances. Here, we present analyses of a three-year investigation on the coral reefs of Ishigaki Island that comprised benthic and fish surveys, water quality analyses, metagenomics and microbial abundance data. At the four studied sites, inorganic nutrient concentrations were high and exceeded eutrophication thresholds. The dissolved organic carbon (DOC) concentration (up to 233.3 μM) and microbial abundance (up to 2.5 × 105 cell/mL) values were relatively high. The highest vibrio counts coincided with the highest turf cover (∼55-85%) and the lowest coral cover (∼4.4-10.2%) and fish biomass (0.06 individuals/m2). Microbiome compositions were similar among all sites and were dominated by heterotrophs. Our data suggest that a synergic effect among several regional stressors are driving coral decline. In a high hydrodynamics reef environment, high algal/turf cover, stimulated by eutrophication and low fish abundance due to overfishing, promote microbialization. Together with crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) outbreaks and possible of climate changes impacts, theses coral reefs are likely to collapse.

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Genes referenced: LOC100893907 LOC115919910 LOC585084


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