Corals have the ability to synthesize various pigments, responsible for their characteristic
vivid coloration. Most coral host pigments are green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like pigments …

The attenuation of light with increasing depth, along with reduced exposure to wave stress,
plays an important role in vertically structuring coral reef communities. Benthic …

Reef-building corals are critically important species that are threatened by anthropogenic
stresses including climate change. In attempts to understand corals' responses to stress and …

Coral bleaching, caused by the loss of brownish-colored dinoflagellate photosymbionts from
the host tissue of reef-building corals, is a major threat to reef survival. Occasionally …

Scleractinian corals form symbioses with diverse photosynthetic dinoflagellates (genus
Symbiodinium) that confer varying levels of performance and stress tolerance to their hosts …

Pigments homologous to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) have been proposed to fine-
tune the internal light microclimate of corals, facilitating photoacclimation of photosynthetic …

The depth distribution of reef-building corals exposes their photosynthetic symbionts of the
genus Symbiodinium to extreme gradients in the intensity and spectral quality of the ambient …

The phenomenon of coral fluorescence in mesophotic reefs, although well described for
shallow waters, remains largely unstudied. We found that representatives of many …

Reef-building corals produce planktonic planula larvae that must select an appropriate
habitat to settle and spend the rest of their life, a behaviour that plays a critical role in …

Fluorescence is highly prevalent in reef-building corals, nevertheless its biological role is
still under ongoing debate. This feature of corals was previously suggested to primarily …