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Postdoctoral Fellowship: OCE-PRF: Plastic Partnerships: Investigating life history strateg — NSF Award to University of Delaware (

Stony corals engineer complex reef ecosystems that are vital for biodiversity, food security, tourism economies, and coastal protection. Corals are complex organisms themselves, where the coral animal hosts a variety of symbiotic algae and other microbes (together, referred to as “holobiont” organisms). These mutualist

Award titlePostdoctoral Fellowship: OCE-PRF: Plastic Partnerships: Investigating life history strateg
Award ID2508454
AwardeeUniversity of Delaware
CityNEWARK
StateDE
Amount obligated$393,101
Principal investigatorSerena Hackerott
ProgramOCE Postdoctoral Fellowships
Start date12/01/2025
AbstractStony corals engineer complex reef ecosystems that are vital for biodiversity, food security, tourism economies, and coastal protection. Corals are complex organisms themselves, where the coral animal hosts a variety of symbiotic algae and other microbes (together, referred to as “holobiont” organisms). These mutualistic relationships are primarily driven by nutrient exchange between partners. However, environmental stress can disrupt these associations, leading to coral mortality and reef degra
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