Photo-physiology of healthy-looking and diseased/health-compromised hard corals from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean

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DOI https://doi.org/10.13057/oceanlife/o070103
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Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023)
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SHAKEEL YAVAN JOGEE ♥
Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius
SRUTI JEETUN
Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius
MELANIE RICOT
Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius
NAWSHEEN TALEB-HOSSENKHAN
Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius
SUSHMA MATTAN-MOORGAWA
Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius
DEEPEEKA KAULLYSING
Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius
PAULINE RIEMANN
1. Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius. 2. University of Applied Sciences Bremen. Neustadtswall 30, 28199 Bremen, Germany
LEA BLANC
1. 1Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius. 2. Ecole National Vétérinare Toulouse. 23 Chem. des Capelles, 31300 Toulouse, France
BEATRIZ ESTELA CASARETO
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University. Shizuoka, Suruga Ward, Japan
YOSHIMI SUZUKI
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University. Shizuoka, Suruga Ward, Japan
RANJEET BHAGOOLI
1. Department of Biosciences and Ocean Studies, Faculty of Science and Pole of Research Excellence in Sustainable Marine Biodiversity, University of Mauritius. Reduit, Mauritius. 2. The Society of Biology (Mauritius). Reduit, Mauritius. 3. The Biodiversity and Environment Institute. Reduit, Mauritius

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Abstract. Jogee SY, Jeetun S, Ricot M, Taleb-Hossenkhan N, Mattan-Moorgawa S, Kaullysing D, Riemann P, Blanc L, Casareto BE, Suzuki Y, Bhagooli R. 2023. Photo-physiology of healthy-looking and diseased/health-compromised hard corals from Mauritius Island, Western Indian Ocean. Indo Pac J Ocean Life 7: 27-37. The spatial photo-physiological responses of in hospite zooxanthellae in hard corals, including coenosarc and polyps, healthy-looking and affected parts in four coral diseases, namely Brown Band, Black Band, Skeletal Eroding Band and White Band on the coral Acropora muricata, and two health-compromised conditions such as the Pink Pigmentation Response and its differentiated morphology, the Pink Line Syndrome, on the coral Porites were investigated using the Imaging-PAM fluorometry. A significantly lower Fv/Fm was observed in case of Black Band, White Band, Brown Band and Pink Pigmentation Response affected parts compared to the healthy-looking parts. The Fv/Fm had the highest decline in Brown Band disease. Both the polyps and coenosarc had significantly lower Fv/Fm in White Band and Brown Band diseased parts compared to their healthy-looking parts. The rETRmax did not change significantly between diseased/health-comprised parts and healthy-looking parts. NPQmax declined significantly in White Band, Black Band and Pink Pigmentation Response cases. ? and ? generally did not tend to be affected in diseased/health-compromised conditions. The photo-physiology of in hospite zooxanthellae was least affected in Pink Line Syndrome. These findings suggest that diseased/health-compromised parts of corals behave differently in terms of their photo-physiology in different diseased and health-compromised coral conditions in important reef-building corals species such as A. muricata and Porites species, with important implications for the productivity and thus adaptive management of coral reefs in a globally warming ocean.

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