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SUBMITTER: Wiedenmann J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10468396 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Wiedenmann Jörg J D'Angelo Cecilia C Mardones M Loreto ML Moore Shona S Benkwitt Cassandra E CE Graham Nicholas A J NAJ Hambach Bastian B Wilson Paul A PA Vanstone James J Eyal Gal G Ben-Zvi Or O Loya Yossi Y Genin Amatzia A
Nature 20230823 7976
Coral reefs are highly diverse ecosystems that thrive in nutrient-poor waters, a phenomenon frequently referred to as the Darwin paradox<sup>1</sup>. The energy demand of coral animal hosts can often be fully met by the excess production of carbon-rich photosynthates by their algal symbionts<sup>2,3</sup>. However, the understanding of mechanisms that enable corals to acquire the vital nutrients nitrogen and phosphorus from their symbionts is incomplete<sup>4-9</sup>. Here we show, through a ser ...[more]