Fig. 4: Conceptualization of the incorporation of sponge-derived compounds by three coral host species and their associated Symbiodiniaceae. | Communications Biology

Fig. 4: Conceptualization of the incorporation of sponge-derived compounds by three coral host species and their associated Symbiodiniaceae.

From: Sponge-derived matter is assimilated by coral holobionts

Fig. 4: Conceptualization of the incorporation of sponge-derived compounds by three coral host species and their associated Symbiodiniaceae.

Depiction of the incorporation of sponge-derived 13C (brown arrows) and 15N (blue arrows) for each coral fraction (host and Symbiodiniaceae). Values shown with each arrow are µmoles of carbon (13C) or nitrogen (15N) in the coral or Symbiodiniaceae at the end of the 6 h ‘chase.’ Dotted black arrows denote potential nutrient exchanges between host and symbiont within the coral holobiont, and the potential release of enriched particulate organic matter (POM) by the sponge community. Created with Biorender.com.

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