A5044294804- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Business, Innovation, and Economy
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Marine Invertebrate Physiology and Ecology
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Geological and Tectonic Studies in Latin America
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
- Marine animal studies overview
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Isotope Analysis in Ecology
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Geological and Geophysical Studies
University of Bremen
2016-2025
Sapienza University of Rome
2023
Projektträger Jülich
2021
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
2021
Max Planck Institute for Chemistry
2021
Forschungszentrum Jülich
2021
Oregon State University
2021
Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research
2011-2018
Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Bremen
2016
Fahrenheit (Germany)
2014-2015
Recurrent mass bleaching events are pushing coral reefs worldwide to the brink of ecological collapse. While symptoms and consequences this breakdown coral-algal symbiosis have been extensively characterized, our understanding underlying causes remains incomplete. Here, we investigated nutrient fluxes physiological as well molecular responses widespread Stylophora pistillata heat stress prior onset identify processes involved in symbiosis. We show that altered cycling during is a primary...
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and productive ecosystems on our planet. Scleractinian corals function as primary reef ecosystem engineers, constructing framework that serves a habitat for all other coral reef-associated organisms. However, coral’s engineering role is particularly susceptible to global climate change. Ocean warming can cause extensive mass bleaching, which triggers dysfunction of major processes. Sub-lethal bleaching results in reduction both productivity...
Abstract Shallow warm-water and deep-sea cold-water corals engineer the coral reef framework fertilize communities by releasing mucus, a source of dissolved organic matter (DOM). By transforming DOM into particulate detritus, sponges play key role in transferring energy nutrients to higher trophic levels on Caribbean reefs via so-called sponge loop. Coral mucus may be major for loop, but uptake has not been demonstrated. Here we used laboratory stable isotope tracer experiments show transfer...
The disruption of the coral-algae symbiosis (coral bleaching) due to rising sea surface temperatures has become an unprecedented global threat coral reefs. Despite decades research, our ability manage mass bleaching events remains hampered by incomplete mechanistic understanding processes involved. In this study, we induced a phenotype in absence heat and light stress adding sugars. sugar addition resulted symbiotic breakdown accompanied fourfold increase coral-associated microbial nitrogen...
Summary Rising anthropogenic CO 2 emissions acidify the oceans, and cause changes to seawater carbon chemistry. Bacterial biofilm communities reflect environmental disturbances may rapidly respond ocean acidification. This study investigates community composition activity responses experimental acidification in biofilms from Australian Great Barrier Reef. Natural grown on glass slides were exposed for 11 d four controlled p concentrations representing following scenarios: A) pre‐industrial...
Summary Corals and macroalgae release large quantities of dissolved organic matter ( DOM ), one the largest sources produced on coral reefs. By rapidly taking up transforming it into particulate detritus, reef sponges are proposed to play a key role in transferring energy nutrients higher trophic levels via recently discovered sponge loop. released by corals algae differs quality composition, but influence these different recycling loop has not been investigated. Here, we used stable isotope...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 411:61-71 (2010) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps08653 Organic matter release by Red Sea coral reef organisms—potential effects on microbial activity and in situ O2 availability Christian Wild*, Wolfgang Niggl, Malik S. Naumann, Andreas F. Haas Coral Reef Group (CORE), GeoBio-Center & Department of Earth...
Scleractinian cold-water corals (CWC) represent key taxa controlling deep-sea reef ecosystem functioning by providing structurally complex habitats to a high associated biodiversity, and fuelling biogeochemical cycles via the release of organic matter. Nevertheless, our current knowledge on basic CWC properties, such as feeding ecology physiological processes (i.e. respiration, calcification matter release), is still very limited. Here, we show evidence for trophic significance zooplankton,...
Abstract The importance of Symbiodinium algal endosymbionts and a diverse suite bacteria for coral holobiont health functioning are widely acknowledged. Yet, we know surprisingly little about microbial community dynamics the stability host‐microbe associations under adverse environmental conditions. To gain insight into structure, assessed changes in structure associated with Pocillopora verrucosa excess organic nutrient ‐associated communities were monitored over 14 days two independent...
Coral reefs of the Central Red Sea display a high degree endemism, and are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic effects due to intense local coastal development measures. Overfishing eutrophication among most significant pressures on these reefs, but there is no information available about their potential associated microbial community. Therefore, we compared holobiont physiology 16S-based bacterial communities tissue mucus hard coral Acropora hemprichii after 1 16 weeks in-situ...
Functional traits define species by their ecological role in the ecosystem. Animals themselves are host-microbe ecosystems (holobionts), and application of ecophysiological approaches can help to understand functioning. In hard coral holobionts, communities dinitrogen (N2)-fixing prokaryotes (diazotrophs) may contribute a functional trait providing bioavailable nitrogen (N) that could sustain productivity under oligotrophic conditions. This study quantified N2 fixation diazotrophs associated...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 589:85-96 (2018) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12443 Reef sponges facilitate transfer of coral-derived organic matter their associated fauna sponge loop Laura Rix1,*, Jasper M. de Goeij2, Dick van Oevelen3, Ulrich Struck4, Fuad A. Al-Horani5, Christian Wild6,**, Malik S. Naumann6,7,** 1GEOMAR Helmholtz...
Coastal urbanization has significantly degraded coral reef habitats worldwide, often driving shifts from to algal dominance. Quantifying fish herbivory, a key ecological process mitigating such transitions, is essential for understanding health, functioning, and resilience. This study examined herbivory rates (bites multiplied by biomass) across five functional groups (detritivores, croppers, browsers, scrapers, excavators) in relation conditions along gradient of urban influence the...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 267:159-171 (2004) - doi:10.3354/meps267159 Degradation and mineralization of coral mucus in reef environments Christian Wild1,*, Mohammed Rasheed2, Ursula Werner1, Ulrich Franke1, Ron Johnstone3, Markus Huettel1,4 1Max Planck Institute for Microbiology, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany 2Marine Science...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 287:87-98 (2005) - doi:10.3354/meps287087 Influence of coral mucus on nutrient fluxes in carbonate sands Christian Wild1,4,*, Holger Woyt2, Markus Huettel3 1Max Planck Institute for marine Microbiology, Celsiusstr. 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany2Davao del Norte State College, New Visayas, Panabo City, Davao Norte,...
MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout JournalEditorsTheme Sections 372:67-75 (2008) - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/meps07724 Organic matter release by cold water corals and its implication for fauna–microbe interaction Christian Wild1,*, Christoph Mayr2, Laura Wehrmann1,3, Sandra Schöttner1,3, Malik Naumann1, Friederike Hoffmann3, Hans Tore Rapp4 1Coral Reef Work Group...