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Coral Microbiomes as Bioindicators of Reef Health

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Coral reefs are currently in steep decline worldwide due to changes in climate and anthropogenic activity. Given reefs’ key roles as centers of biodiversity and the variety of services they provide for humans, it is imperative that we develop reef management strategies that are sensitive to environmental changes and that allow timely interventions in response to specific threats. The use of bioindicators has been demonstrated as an effective way to monitor a broad range of ecosystems, and coral microbiomes show immense potential as bioindicators for coral reefs. Given the decline of coral reefs worldwide, and the diversity of species that are currently under threat, coral microbiomes can provide much-needed insights and information for the purposes of reef conservation and protection.

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We thank Ryan McMinds and Jesse Zaneveld for constructive comments on the manuscript. We also thank the members of the Medina Lab for input on the ideas advanced in this chapter. This work was partially funded by NSF grants OCE 1442206 and OCE 1642311 to Monica Medina.

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Roitman, S., Joseph Pollock, F., Medina, M. (2018). Coral Microbiomes as Bioindicators of Reef Health. In: Oleksiak, M., Rajora, O. (eds) Population Genomics: Marine Organisms. Population Genomics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/13836_2018_29

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