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dc.contributor.authorKaniewska, Paulina
dc.contributor.authorAlon, Shahar
dc.contributor.authorKarako-Lampert, Sarit
dc.contributor.authorHoegh-Guldberg, Ove
dc.contributor.authorLevy, Oren
dc.date.accessioned2016-03-03T02:07:15Z
dc.date.available2016-03-03T02:07:15Z
dc.date.issued2015-12
dc.date.submitted2015-07
dc.identifier.issn2050-084X
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/101426
dc.description.abstractMany 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 release are largely unknown. Here, we show that moonlight is an important external stimulus for mass spawning synchrony and describe the potential mechanisms underlying the ability of corals to detect environmental triggers for the signaling cascades that ultimately result in gamete release. Our study increases the understanding of reproductive chronobiology in corals and strongly supports the hypothesis that coral gamete release is achieved by a complex array of potential neurohormones and light-sensing molecules.en_US
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publishereLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.en_US
dc.relation.isversionofhttp://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.09991en_US
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attributionen_US
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.sourceeLife Sciences Publications, Ltd.en_US
dc.titleSignaling cascades and the importance of moonlight in coral broadcast mass spawningen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.citationKaniewska, Paulina, Shahar Alon, Sarit Karako-Lampert, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, and Oren Levy. “Signaling Cascades and the Importance of Moonlight in Coral Broadcast Mass Spawning.” eLife 4 (December 15, 2015).en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratoryen_US
dc.contributor.departmentProgram in Media Arts and Sciences (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)en_US
dc.contributor.mitauthorAlon, Shaharen_US
dc.relation.journaleLifeen_US
dc.eprint.versionFinal published versionen_US
dc.type.urihttp://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticleen_US
eprint.statushttp://purl.org/eprint/status/PeerRevieweden_US
dspace.orderedauthorsKaniewska, Paulina; Alon, Shahar; Karako-Lampert, Sarit; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; Levy, Orenen_US
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7168-7001
mit.licensePUBLISHER_CCen_US
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