The engine of the reef: photobiology of the coral–algal symbiosis

MS Roth - Frontiers in microbiology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Coral reef ecosystems thrive in tropical oligotrophic oceans because of the relationship
between corals and endosymbiotic dinoflagellate algae called Symbiodinium …

The effect of ocean acidification on calcifying organisms in marine ecosystems: an organism-to-ecosystem perspective

GE Hofmann, JP Barry, PJ Edmunds… - Annual review of …, 2010 - annualreviews.org
Ocean acidification (OA), a consequence of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, poses
a serious threat to marine organisms in tropical, open-ocean, coastal, deep-sea, and high …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Cell biology of coral bleaching

CA Oakley, SK Davy - Coral bleaching: patterns, processes, causes and …, 2018 - Springer
Corals depend on a mutualistic symbiosis with intracellular dinoflagellates of the genus
Symbiodinium for their energetic needs. The high productivity of corals in a challenging …

Ecologically differentiated stress-tolerant endosymbionts in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae) Clade D are different species

TC LaJeunesse, DC Wham, DT Pettay, JE Parkinson… - …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
We used an integrative genetics approach using sequences of (1) nuclear ribosomal rDNA
(internal transcribed spacers and partial large subunit rDNA),(2) single-copy microsatellite …

A genetics‐based description of Symbiodinium minutum sp. nov. and S. psygmophilum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), two dinoflagellates symbiotic with cnidaria

TC Lajeunesse, JE Parkinson… - Journal of Phycology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Traditional approaches for describing species of morphologically cryptic and often
unculturable forms of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates are problematic. Two new species in the …

The endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.) of corals are parasites and mutualists

MP Lesser, M Stat, RD Gates - Coral Reefs, 2013 - Springer
The evolutionary success and continued survival of reef-building corals under increasing
environmental change will, in part, be determined by the composition of their endosymbiotic …

Bioindicators of changes in water quality on coral reefs: review and recommendations for monitoring programmes

TF Cooper, JP Gilmour, KE Fabricius - Coral reefs, 2009 - Springer
Effective environmental management requires monitoring programmes that provide specific
links between changes in environmental conditions and ecosystem health. This article …

Different functional traits among closely related algal symbionts dictate stress endurance for vital Indo‐Pacific reef‐building corals

KD Hoadley, DT Pettay, A Lewis, D Wham… - Global Change …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals in the genus Porites are one of the most important constituents of Indo‐
Pacific reefs. Many species within this genus tolerate abnormally warm water and exhibit …

Differential effects of ocean acidification on growth and photosynthesis among phylotypes of Symbiodinium (Dinophyceae)

P Brading, ME Warner, P Davey… - Limnology and …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
We investigated the effect of elevated partial pressure of CO2 (pCO2) on the photosynthesis
and growth of four phylotypes (ITS2 types A1, A13, A2, and B1) from the genus …