Youthful insight: Nitrogen sequestration in larvae provides clues to coral bleaching

by Christian R. Voolstra

Impaired nutrient cycling under thermal stress foregoes coral bleaching, the loss of symbiotic algae. A new study in PLOS Biology sheds light on how coral larvae avoid bleaching through nitrogen sequestration to uphold glucose translocation from their algal symbionts. Impaired nutrient cycling under thermal stress foregoes coral bleaching, the loss of symbiotic algae. This Primer explores a new study in PLOS Biology which sheds light on how coral larvae avoid bleaching through nitrogen sequestration to uphold glucose translocation from their algal symbionts.