Transcriptomic profiling in Kuroshio current link corals under the impact of climate change

Abstract

The main objectives of this study are 1) researching coral diversity of Korea, Japan and Taiwan waters affected by Kuroshio and Taiwan Warm Currents and 2) assessment of connectivity among populations by approach determining population genetic structures 3) early diagnosis tool development for environmental changes using genomics and development of stress responsive biomarkers (the physiological, biochemical, and gene expression ) in corals. Coral reefs are the most magnificent and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth. They are renowned for their beauty, biological diversity and high productivity. Coral reefs have had a crucial role in shaping the ecosystems that have dominated tropical oceans over the past 200 million years. Coral ecosystem is the home for over 1500 species of fish, 800 of reef-building corals, and millions of invertebrates, algae, and microbes. It is estimated over 8-9 millions undescribed, unknown, and unable to know marine species in the ocean, and majority of them are associated with corals.genetic structures 3) early diagnosis tool development for environmental changes using genomics and development of stress responsive biomarkers (the physiological, biochemical, and gene expression ) in corals. Coral reefs are the most magnificent and diverse marine ecosystems on Earth. They are renowned for their beauty, biological diversity and high productivity. Coral reefs have had a crucial role in shaping the ecosystems that have dominated tropical oceans over the past 200 million years. Coral ecosystem is the home for over 1500 species of fish, 800 of reef-building corals, and millions of invertebrates, algae, and microbes. It is estimated over 8-9 millions undescribed, unknown, and unable to know marine species in the ocean, and majority of them are associated with corals.