Correction to: Scientific Reports https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-83549-7, published online 18 February 2021


The original version of this Article contained errors.


In Table 1, the “Notes” and “Maximum viability* period” values were incorrectly given for the Publication “Ventura et al. 2018”. The incorrect and correct values appear below.


Incorrect:

Publication

Model organism(s)

Notes

Maximum viability* period

Ventura et al. 2018

Anemonia viridis

Tentacle tissue only/microbial interference

N/A


Correct:

Publication

Model organism(s)

Notes

Maximum viability* period

Ventura et al. 2018

Anemonia viridis

Tentacle tissue only

30 days


Additionally, there were errors in the Reference List. The authors omitted the below papers, which are listed as References 43 and 44.

Knowlton, N. & Jackson, J. B. C. Shifting baselines, local impacts, and global change on coral reefs. PLoS Biol. 6(2), e54. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.0060054 (2008).

Bellwood, D. et al. Confronting the coral reef crisis. Nature 429, 827–833. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature02691 (2004).


As a result, References were incorrectly given in the Introduction.


“Cnidarians, and in particular scleractinian corals, are also critically important for ocean biodiversity and health8,9


now reads:


“Cnidarians, and in particular scleractinian corals, are also critically important for ocean biodiversity and health43,44”.


The original Article has been corrected.