Coral—the world's most diverse symbiotic ecosystem

LL Blackall, B Wilson, MJH Van Oppen - Molecular ecology, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Zooxanthellate corals (ie those harbouring Symbiodinium) are the main builders of the
world's shallow‐water marine coral reefs. They represent intimate diverse symbioses …

A research review of interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Life Studies… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

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 …

Elucidating gene expression adaptation of phylogenetically divergent coral holobionts under heat stress

V Avila-Magaña, B Kamel, M DeSalvo… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
As coral reefs struggle to survive under climate change, it is crucial to know whether they
have the capacity to withstand changing conditions, particularly increasing seawater …

Host–symbiont combinations dictate the photo-physiological response of reef-building corals to thermal stress

KD Hoadley, AM Lewis, DC Wham, DT Pettay… - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
High sea surface temperatures often lead to coral bleaching wherein reef-building corals
lose significant numbers of their endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae). These …

High physiological function for corals with thermally tolerant, host-adapted symbionts

KE Turnham, MD Aschaffenburg… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The flexibility to associate with more than one symbiont may considerably expand a host's
niche breadth. Coral animals and dinoflagellate micro-algae represent one of the most …

Thermotolerant coral–algal mutualisms maintain high rates of nutrient transfer while exposed to heat stress

DW Kemp, KD Hoadley, AM Lewis… - … of the Royal …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Symbiotic mutualisms are essential to ecosystems and numerous species across the tree of
life. For reef-building corals, the benefits of their association with endosymbiotic …

Microplastics Weaken the Adaptability of Cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. to Ocean Warming

H Zeng, X Hu, S Ouyang, Q Zhou - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ocean warming (OW) caused by anthropogenic activities threatens ocean ecosystems.
Moreover, microplastic (MP) pollution in the global ocean is also increasing. However, the …

Gene Expression Variation Resolves Species and Individual Strains among Coral-Associated Dinoflagellates within the Genus Symbiodinium

JE Parkinson, S Baumgarten, CT Michell… - Genome Biology and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Reef-building corals depend on symbiotic mutualisms with photosynthetic dinoflagellates in
the genus Symbiodinium. This large microalgal group comprises many highly divergent …

Symbiodinium Functional Diversity in the Coral Siderastrea siderea Is Influenced by Thermal Stress and Reef Environment, but Not Ocean Acidification

SW Davies, JB Ries, A Marchetti… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Coral bleaching events are increasing in frequency, demanding examination of the
physiological and molecular responses of scleractinian corals and their algal symbionts …