{"id":979,"date":"2025-06-20T19:00:47","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T19:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/connolly-lab\/?p=979"},"modified":"2025-06-23T15:47:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:47:24","slug":"new-paper-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/connolly-lab\/new-paper-4\/","title":{"rendered":"New Paper (June 20, 2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Glynn, V.M., L.F.B. Marangoni, M. Guglielmetti, E.R. Tapia, V. Ali, H. Quintero, E.C. Rodriguez Guerra, M. Yuval, D.I. Kline, M. Leray, S.R. Connolly, R.D.H. Barrett. 2025. The role of holobiont composition and environmental history in thermotolerance of Tropical Eastern Pacific corals. Current Biology <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2025.05.035\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2025.05.035<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coral reefs support approximately 25% of all marine life, making it essential to understand the factors impacting their ability to withstand climate change. Corals\u2019 response mechanisms encompass both the host\u2019s own potential and that of a diverse microbial community, collectively known as the holobiont. Research investigating how these co-evolved taxa affect each other during thermal stress has revealed both the vulnerability and resilience of coral reefs, but the precise mechanisms underlying different bleaching trajectories are still poorly understood. We implemented a standardized acute thermal stress assay to investigate how seasonal upwelling in Panama\u2019s Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) influences Pocillopora coral\u2019s host-microbiome configurations, and we tested holobionts\u2019 resistance to increasing temperatures. Despite little host genetic differentiation, algal community shifts were modulated by both region and genetic lineage. This pattern strongly contrasted with temperature-driven dysbiosis for the prokaryotic community. Host stress responses differed among regions during acute thermal stress. Regional variation in total antioxidant capacity suggested that corals from the region with seasonal upwelling experience more stressful baseline conditions, which may contribute to their higher predicted thermal thresholds as estimated via host protein concentrations. Furthermore, shifts in algal microbiomes were associated with changes in host thermotolerance, as captured by host physiology and oxidative metabolism, suggesting a possible link between microbiome composition and host physiological performance. By leveraging the natural laboratory created by Panama\u2019s TEP, we demonstrate that coral holobionts from nearby gulfs with different thermal dynamics differ in their ability to withstand thermal stress, providing new insights into the factors driving coral thermotolerance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Link to paper:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/authors.elsevier.com\/c\/1lDFn3QW8SA2~r\">https:\/\/authors.elsevier.com\/c\/1lDFn3QW8SA2~r<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media Release:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcgill.ca\/newsroom\/channels\/news\/why-some-coral-reefs-resist-bleaching-365721\">Why some coral reefs resist bleaching | Newsroom &#8211; McGill University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Media Release:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/stri.si.edu\/story\/coral-art\">Coral Art: Drawing out the secrets of coral reef resilience to high ocean temperatures<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glynn, V.M., L.F.B. Marangoni, M. Guglielmetti, E.R. Tapia, V. Ali, H. Quintero, E.C. Rodriguez Guerra, M. Yuval, D.I. Kline, M. Leray, S.R. Connolly, R.D.H. Barrett. 2025. The role of holobiont composition and environmental history in thermotolerance of Tropical Eastern Pacific corals. Current Biology https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.cub.2025.05.035 Coral reefs support approximately 25% of all marine life, making it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>New Paper (June 20, 2025) - Connolly Lab<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/striresearch.si.edu\/connolly-lab\/new-paper-4\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"New Paper (June 20, 2025) - Connolly Lab\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Glynn, V.M., L.F.B. 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