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- Title
The history, biological relevance, and potential applications for polyp bailout in corals.
- Authors
Schweinsberg, Maximilian; Gösser, Fabian; Tollrian, Ralph
- Abstract
Corals have evolved a variety of stress responses to changing conditions, many of which have been the subject of scientific research. However, polyp bailout has not received widespread scientific attention, despite being described more than 80 years ago. Polyp bailout is a drastic response to acute stress in which coral colonies break down, with individual and patches of polyps detaching from the colony and the calcareous skeleton Polyps retain their symbiotic partners, have dispersal ability, and may undergo secondary settlement and calcification. Polyp bailout has been described worldwide in a variety of anthozoan species, especially in Scleractinia. It can be induced by multiple natural stressors, but also artificially. Little is known about the evolutionary and ecological potential and consequences of breaking down modularity, the dispersal ability, and reattachment of polyps resulting from polyp bailout. It has been shown that polyp bailout can be used as a model system, with promise for implementation in various research topics. To date, there has been no compilation of knowledge on polyp bailout, which prompted us to review this interesting stress response and provide a basis to discuss research topics and priorities for the future.
- Subjects
POLYPS; CORAL colonies; CORALS; CONDITIONED response; SCLERACTINIA
- Publication
Ecology & Evolution (20457758), 2021, Vol 11, Issue 13, p8424
- ISSN
2045-7758
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/ece3.7740