The Macroalgal Holobiont in a Changing Sea.
When studying the effects of climate change on eukaryotic organisms we often oversee a major ecological process: the interaction with microbes. Eukaryotic hosts and microbes form functional units, termed holobionts, where microbes play crucial roles in host functioning. Environmental stress may disturb these complex mutualistic relations. Macroalgae form the foundation of coastal ecosystems worldwide and provide important ecosystem services - services they could likely not provide without their microbial associates. Still, today we do not know how environmental stress will affect the macroalgal holobiont in an increasingly changing ocean. In this review, we provide a conceptual framework that contributes to understanding the different levels at which the holobiont and environment interact, and we suggest a manipulative experimental approach as a guideline for future research.
['van der Loos|Luna M|LM|', 'Eriksson|Britas Klemens|BK|', 'Falcão Salles|Joana|J|']
D044822:Biodiversity D057231:Climate Change D017753:Ecosystem D004777:Environment D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions D064307:Microbiota D009792:Oceans and Seas D012624:Seaweed D014871:Water Microbiology
holobiont climate change macroalgae microbiome microbiota