Temporal changes in settlement, lipid content and lipid composition of larvae of the spawning hermatypic coral Acropora tenuis

By Saki Harii, K. Nadaoka, Masanobu Yamamoto, K. Iwao. 2007

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Genetic variation in responses to a settlement cue and elevated temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora (2009, background): “One important caveat for this interpretation is that coral larvae contain slightly more lipid than protein (Richmond 1987), and this lipid also serves as a metabolic substrate during development (Harii et al. 2007), so a full energy budget would require data on both protein and lipids.”
The relative contribution of dinoflagellate photosynthesis and stored lipids to the survivorship of symbiotic larvae of the reef-building corals (2010, background): “In contrast, eggs and planula larvae of the spawning coral Acropora tenuis, which have no dinoXagellate symbionts, have a high percentage of lipids in their bodies, which are consumed as an energy source before settling (Harii et al. 2007) The larval settlement rate of A. tenuis decreased by day 30,”
Survival dynamics of scleractinian coral larvae and implications for dispersal (2008, unknown): “Eggs and larvae of most coral species examined to date contain high concentrations of lipids (60–85% by weight), which may be indicative of large energy reserves (Richmond 1987; Arai et al.1993; Wellington and Fitt 2003; Harii et al. 2007).”