Triggers, cascades, and endpoints: connecting the dots of coral bleaching mechanisms

J Helgoe, SK Davy, VM Weis… - Biological …, 2024‏ - Wiley Online Library
The intracellular coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis is the engine that underpins the success of
coral reefs, one of the most diverse ecosystems on the planet. However, the breakdown of …

Stony coral tissue loss disease: a review of emergence, impacts, etiology, diagnostics, and intervention

E Papke, A Carreiro, C Dennison… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2024‏ - frontiersin.org
Stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD) is destructive and poses a significant threat to
Caribbean coral reef ecosystems. Characterized by the acute loss of coral tissue, SCTLD …

Phylogenomics provides a robust topology of the major cnidarian lineages and insights on the origins of key organismal traits

E Kayal, B Bentlage, M Sabrina Pankey… - BMC evolutionary …, 2018‏ - Springer
Abstract Background The phylogeny of Cnidaria has been a source of debate for decades,
during which nearly all-possible relationships among the major lineages have been …

Circular swimming motility and disordered hyperuniform state in an algae system

M Huang, W Hu, S Yang, QX Liu, HP Zhang - Proceedings of the National …, 2021‏ - pnas.org
Active matter comprises individually driven units that convert locally stored energy into
mechanical motion. Interactions between driven units lead to a variety of nonequilibrium …

Holobionts as units of selection and a model of their population dynamics and evolution

J Roughgarden, SF Gilbert, E Rosenberg… - Biological Theory, 2018‏ - Springer
Holobionts, consisting of a host and diverse microbial symbionts, function as distinct
biological entities anatomically, metabolically, immunologically, and developmentally …

Coupled carbon and nitrogen cycling regulates the cnidarian–algal symbiosis

N Rädecker, S Escrig, JE Spangenberg… - Nature …, 2023‏ - nature.com
Efficient nutrient recycling underpins the ecological success of cnidarian-algal symbioses in
oligotrophic waters. In these symbioses, nitrogen limitation restricts the growth of algal …

Coral microbiome composition along the northern Red Sea suggests high plasticity of bacterial and specificity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate communities

EO Osman, DJ Suggett, CR Voolstra, DT Pettay… - Microbiome, 2020‏ - Springer
Background The capacity of reef-building corals to tolerate (or adapt to) heat stress is a key
factor determining their resilience to future climate change. Changes in coral microbiome …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing the impacts of sediments from dredging on corals

R Jones, P Bessell-Browne, R Fisher… - Marine Pollution …, 2016‏ - Elsevier
There is a need to develop water quality thresholds for dredging near coral reefs that can
relate physical pressures to biological responses and define exposure conditions above …

Holobionts and the ecology of organisms: Multi-species communities or integrated individuals?

D Skillings - Biology & Philosophy, 2016‏ - Springer
It is now widely accepted that microorganisms play many important roles in the lives of
plants and animals. Every macroorganism has been shaped in some way by …

Harnessing the power of model organisms to unravel microbial functions in the coral holobiont

G Puntin, M Sweet, S Fraune, M Medina… - Microbiology and …, 2022‏ - journals.asm.org
Stony corals build the framework of coral reefs, ecosystems of immense ecological and
economic importance. The existence of these ecosystems is threatened by climate change …