FN Archimer Export Format PT J TI Bleaching forces coral's heterotrophy on diazotrophs and Synechococcus BT AF MEUNIER, Valentine BONNET, Sophie PERNICE, Mathieu BENAVIDES, Mar LORRAIN, Anne GROSSO, Olivier LAMBERT, Christophe HOULBREQUE, Fanny AS 1:1;2:2;3:3;4:2;5:4;6:2;7:5;8:1; FF 1:;2:;3:;4:;5:;6:;7:;8:; C1 ENTROPIE, IRD, UMR9220, Lab Excellence CORAIL, Noumea 98848, New Caledonia. Univ Toulon & Var, Aix Marseille Univ, CNRS, IRD,MIO,UM 110, F-13288 Marseille, France. Univ Technol Sydney, Fac Sci, C3, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia. Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER,LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France. Univ Brest, CNRS, IRD, IFREMER,LEMAR, F-29280 Plouzane, France. C2 IRD, FRANCE UNIV TOULON, FRANCE UNIV TECHNOL SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA IRD, FRANCE CNRS, FRANCE UM LEMAR IN WOS Cotutelle UMR copubli-france copubli-univ-france copubli-int-hors-europe IF 9.18 TC 23 UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67926.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67927.pdf https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67928.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67929.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67930.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67931.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67932.eps https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00588/70010/67933.eps LA English DT Article AB Coral reefs are threatened by global warming, which disrupts the symbiosis between corals and their photosynthetic symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae), leading to mass coral bleaching. Planktonic diazotrophs or dinitrogen (N-2)-fixing prokaryotes are abundant in coral lagoon waters and could be an alternative nutrient source for corals. Here we incubated untreated and bleached coral colonies of Stylophora pistillata with a N-15(2)-pre-labelled natural plankton assemblage containing diazotrophs. N-15(2) assimilation rates in Symbiodiniaceae cells and tissues of bleached corals were 5- and 30-fold higher, respectively, than those measured in untreated corals, demonstrating that corals incorporate more nitrogen derived from planktonic diazotrophs under bleaching conditions. Bleached corals also preferentially fed on Synechococcus, nitrogen-rich picophytoplanktonic cells, instead of Prochlorococcus and picoeukaryotes, which have a lower cellular nitrogen content. By providing an alternative source of bioavailable nitrogen, both the incorporation of nitrogen derived from planktonic diazotrophs and the ingestion of Synechococcus may have profound consequences for coral bleaching recovery, especially for the many coral reef ecosystems characterized by high abundance and activity of planktonic diazotrophs. PY 2019 PD NOV SO Isme Journal SN 1751-7362 PU Nature Publishing Group VL 13 IS 11 UT 000490275400021 BP 2882 EP 2886 DI 10.1038/s41396-019-0456-2 ID 70010 ER EF