Coral‐bleaching responses to climate change across biological scales

R Van Woesik, T Shlesinger, AG Grottoli… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The global impacts of climate change are evident in every marine ecosystem. On coral reefs,
mass coral bleaching and mortality have emerged as ubiquitous responses to ocean …

Unlocking the complex cell biology of coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis: A model systems approach

MR Jacobovitz, EA Hambleton… - Annual Review of …, 2023 - annualreviews.org
Symbiotic interactions occur in all domains of life, providing organisms with resources to
adapt to new habitats. A prime example is the endosymbiosis between corals and …

SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next‐generation sequencing ITS2 profiling

BCC Hume, EG Smith, M Ziegler… - Molecular ecology …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract We present SymPortal (SymPortal. org), a novel analytical framework and platform
for genetically resolving the algal symbionts of reef corals using next‐generation …

Optimal nutrient exchange and immune responses operate in partner specificity in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

JL Matthews, CM Crowder, CA Oakley… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The relationship between corals and dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium is
fundamental to the functioning of coral ecosystems. It has been suggested that reef corals …

Symbiodinium Transcriptomes: Genome Insights into the Dinoflagellate Symbionts of Reef-Building Corals

T Bayer, M Aranda, S Sunagawa, LK Yum… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Dinoflagellates are unicellular algae that are ubiquitously abundant in aquatic
environments. Species of the genus Symbiodinium form symbiotic relationships with reef …

Partner switching and metabolic flux in a model cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis

JL Matthews, CA Oakley, A Lutz… - … of the Royal …, 2018 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Metabolite exchange is fundamental to the viability of the cnidarian–Symbiodiniaceae
symbiosis and survival of coral reefs. Coral holobiont tolerance to environmental change …

Transcriptomic responses to heat stress and bleaching in the elkhorn coral Acropora palmata

MK DeSalvo, S Sunagawa, CR Voolstra… - … Ecology Progress Series, 2010 - int-res.com
The emergence of genomic tools for reef-building corals and symbiotic anemones comes at
a time when alarming losses in coral cover are being observed worldwide. These tools hold …

Population genetics of reef coral endosymbionts (Symbiodinium, Dinophyceae)

DJ Thornhill, EJ Howells, DC Wham… - Molecular …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Symbiodinium is a diverse genus of unicellular dinoflagellate symbionts associating with
various marine protists and invertebrates. Although the broadscale diversity and …

Aiptasia sp. larvae as a model to reveal mechanisms of symbiont selection in cnidarians

I Wolfowicz, S Baumgarten, PA Voss, EA Hambleton… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Symbiosis, defined as the persistent association between two distinct species, is an
evolutionary and ecologically critical phenomenon facilitating survival of both partners in …

Dual RNA‐sequencing analyses of a coral and its native symbiont during the establishment of symbiosis

AR Mohamed, N Andrade, A Moya, CX Chan… - Molecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the ecological significance of the mutualistic relationship between Symbiodiniaceae
and reef‐building corals, the molecular interactions during establishment of this relationship …