Transcriptomic Stability or Lability Explains Sensitivity to Climate Stressors in Coralline Algae

Tessa M. Page, Carmel McDougall, Ido Bar, Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
October, 2022
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Abstract

Crustose coralline algae (CCA) are calcifying red macroalgae that play important ecological roles including stabilisation of reef frameworks and provision of settlement cues for a range of marine invertebrates. Previous research into the responses of CCA to ocean warming (OW) and ocean acidification (OA) have found magnitude of effect to be species-specific. Response to OW and OA could be linked to divergent underlying molecular processes across species.

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Coralline algae Global change Resistance Rna-seq Transcriptomics
Ido Bar
Ido Bar
Senior Research Fellow in Agriculture Genomics

My research applies molecular, genomic and data analysis tools to develop knowledge and applied solutions to overcome production bottlenecks in the agriculture and aquaculture industries to ensure sustainable food production and future food security.