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SUBMITTER: Kaniewska P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4721961 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kaniewska Paulina P Alon Shahar S Karako-Lampert Sarit S Hoegh-Guldberg Ove O Levy Oren O
eLife 20151215
Many reef-building corals participate in a mass-spawning event that occurs yearly on the Great Barrier Reef. This coral reproductive event is one of earth's most prominent examples of synchronised behavior, and coral reproductive success is vital to the persistence of coral reef ecosystems. Although several environmental cues have been implicated in the timing of mass spawning, the specific sensory cues that function together with endogenous clock mechanisms to ensure accurate timing of gamete r ...[more]