Coral physiology: Going with the ciliary flow

Patrick M Kiel; Vivek N Prakash

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.049

Coral physiology: Going with the ciliary flow

Curr Biol. 2022 Oct 10;32(19):R998-R1000. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.049.

Authors

Patrick M Kiel¹, Vivek N Prakash²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
² Department of Marine Biology and Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric and Earth Science, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA; Department of Physics, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA; Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL, USA. Electronic address: vprakash@miami.edu.

PMID: 36220095
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.049

Abstract

Corals have long been known to generate local fluid flows using ciliary beating, but the importance of these ciliary flows is just being discovered. Two new papers shed light on how ciliary-flow physics plays a key role in shaping coral physiology.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Anthozoa* / physiology
Coral Reefs