| Title | Effects of Anthropogenic Stressors on Seagrass and Coral Microbiomes |
| Publication Type | Thesis |
| Year of Publication | 2020 |
| Authors | Wang, Lu |
| Academic Department | Dept. of Microbiology |
| Degree | Ph. D. |
| Pagination | 227 p. |
| Date Published | 2020 |
| University | Oregon State university |
| City | Corvallis, Or. |
| Type of Work | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Call Number | OSU Libraries: Digital Open Access |
| Keywords | carbon, climate, eelgrass = Zostera marina, eutrophication, Florida Keys, genetics, human impacts, Ischia, Italy, Massive starlet coral = Siderastrea sidereal, Microbes, nitrogen, ocean acidification, water temperature, Yaquina Bay |
| Notes | Coral reefs and seagrass beds provide important habitats and perform vital ecosystem services to a variety of ocean life. Unfortunately, corals and seagrasses are both suffering population declines due to human-derived stressors. In this wide-ranging doctoral dissertation, the author examines how anthropogenic changes stress the microbiomes surrounding seagrasses and corals. “This body of work utilized 16S rRNA amplicon and metagenome sequencing to characterize changes in the taxonomic composition and functional potential of seagrass and coral microbiomes under varying environmental stressors. This work was done to gain fuller understanding of seagrass and coral holobiont responses to the changing oceans” (from the Abstract). Ryan S. Mueller was the major professor. |
| URL | https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/nv9359526 |
