Coral reefs are increasingly affected by localised impacts such as declining water quality and global pressures resultingfrom human-induced climate change, which severely alters the natural conditions on reefs and can push dominating benthic life forms towards the limit of their resistance and resilience. Microorganisms play a fundamental role in the functioning and stability of coral reef ecosystems. However, environmental disturbance can trigger alterations to the composition and function of coral reef microbes, with detrimental consequences for biogeochemical cycling and the functioning of the entire coral reef ecosystem. In addition, environmental stress can alter the associated microbiome of reef organisms such as corals, disrupting the holobiont equilibrium,shifting defensive mechanisms and nutrient cycling pathways that contribute tobleaching and disease.Coral reef microorganismscan buffer or exacerbatecumulative impacts via their role in holobiont fitness as well as by modifying energy flowwithin the ecosystem and are therefore central to reef resilience."--Executive summary.
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