Management approaches to conserve Australia's marine ecosystem under climate change

LK Bay, J Gilmour, B Muir, PE Hardisty - Science, 2023 - science.org
Australia's coastal marine ecosystems have a deep cultural significance to Indigenous
Australians, include multiple World Heritage sites, and support the nation's rapidly growing …

Colocalization and potential interactions of Endozoicomonas and chlamydiae in microbial aggregates of the coral Pocillopora acuta

J Maire, K Tandon, A Collingro, A van de Meene… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Corals are associated with a variety of bacteria, which occur in the surface mucus layer,
gastrovascular cavity, skeleton, and tissues. Some tissue-associated bacteria form clusters …

Facultative lifestyle drives diversity of coral algal symbionts

D Bhattacharya, TG Stephens, EE Chille… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2024 - cell.com
The photosynthetic symbionts of corals sustain biodiverse reefs in nutrient-poor, tropical
waters. Recent genomic data illuminate the evolution of coral symbionts under genome size …

Low light intensity increased survival of coral spat in aquaculture

BD Ramsby, F Emonnot, F Flores, S Schipper… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Coral reef ecosystems are declining and may not recover under future climate scenarios
without intervention. Seeding reefs with corals bred in aquaculture is a promising restoration …

Assessing the contribution of bacteria to the heat tolerance of experimentally evolved coral photosymbionts

J Maire, P Deore, VJ Jameson… - Environmental …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are extremely vulnerable to ocean warming, which triggers coral bleaching—the
loss of endosymbiotic microalgae (Symbiodiniaceae) from coral tissues, often leading to …

Contrasting the thermal performance of cultured coral endosymbiont photo-physiology

NJ Dilernia, EF Camp, N Bartels, DJ Suggett - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Cnidarian-microalgae (Family: Symbiodiniaceae) endosymbiotic relationships are
central to the success of reef building corals, particularly sha** stress tolerance and …

Similarities in biomass and energy reserves among coral colonies from contrasting reef environments

EF Keister, SE Gantt, HG Reich, KE Turnham… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Coral reefs are declining worldwide, yet some coral populations are better adapted to
withstand reductions in pH and the rising frequency of marine heatwaves. The nearshore …

Dissecting coral recovery: bleaching reduces reproductive output in Acropora millepora

ND Briggs, CA Page, C Giuliano, C Alessi… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Increasingly frequent and severe bleaching events driven by climate change are decreasing
coral populations worldwide. Recovery of these populations relies on reproduction by the …

The community stability of Symbiodiniaceae and bacteria of different morphological corals and linkages to coral susceptibility to anthropogenic disturbance

RW Chen, Z Li, J Huang, X Liu, W Zhu, Y Li, A Wang… - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Variously shaped corals, such as branching and massive corals, exhibit divergent
environmental susceptibility properties. The susceptibility potential of these corals may be …

Fine-scale analysis of substrata grazed by parrotfishes (Labridae: Scarini) on the outer-shelf of the great barrier reef, Australia

GM Nicholson, KD Clements - Marine Biology, 2023 - Springer
Diet in fish is influenced by multiple factors including nutritional requirements, trophic
morphology and spatial and temporal variation in resource availability. We examined spatial …