The past, present, and future of coral heat stress studies

MJ Cziesielski, S Schmidt‐Roach… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The global loss and degradation of coral reefs, as a result of intensified frequency and
severity of bleaching events, is a major concern. Evidence of heat stress affecting corals …

Standardized Methods to Assess the Impacts of Thermal Stress on Coral Reef Marine Life

CR Voolstra, R Alderdice, L Colin… - Annual Review of …, 2024 - annualreviews.org
The Earth's oceans have absorbed more than 90% of the excess, climate change–induced
atmospheric heat. The resulting rise in oceanic temperatures affects all species and can …

Genomic basis for coral resilience to climate change

DJ Barshis, JT Ladner, TA Oliver… - Proceedings of the …, 2013 - National Acad Sciences
Recent advances in DNA-sequencing technologies now allow for in-depth characterization
of the genomic stress responses of many organisms beyond model taxa. They are especially …

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 …

The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans

JS Madin, KD Anderson, MH Andreasen, TCL Bridge… - Scientific Data, 2016 - nature.com
Trait-based approaches advance ecological and evolutionary research because traits
provide a strong link to an organism's function and fitness. Trait-based research might lead …

Gene expression under chronic heat stress in populations of the mustard hill coral (Porites astreoides) from different thermal environments

CD Kenkel, E Meyer, MV Matz - Molecular ecology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Recent evidence suggests that corals can acclimatize or adapt to local stress factors through
differential regulation of their gene expression. Profiling gene expression in corals from …

Investigating the causes and consequences of symbiont shuffling in a multi-partner reef coral symbiosis under environmental change

R Cunning, RN Silverstein… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Dynamic symbioses may critically mediate impacts of climate change on diverse organisms,
with repercussions for ecosystem persistence in some cases. On coral reefs, increases in …

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 …

Sex, Scavengers, and Chaperones: Transcriptome Secrets of Divergent Symbiodinium Thermal Tolerances

RA Levin, VH Beltran, R Hill, S Kjelleberg… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Corals rely on photosynthesis by their endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) to
form the basis of tropical coral reefs. High sea surface temperatures driven by climate …

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 …