The future of coral reefs subject to rapid climate change: lessons from natural extreme environments

EF Camp, V Schoepf, PJ Mumby, LA Hardtke… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Global climate change and localized anthropogenic stressors are driving rapid declines in
coral reef health. In vitro experiments have been fundamental in providing insight into how …

[HTML][HTML] Defining coral bleaching as a microbial dysbiosis within the coral holobiont

A Boilard, CE Dubé, C Gruet, A Mercière… - Microorganisms, 2020 - mdpi.com
Coral microbiomes are critical to holobiont health and functioning, but the stability of host–
microbial interactions is fragile, easily shifting from eubiosis to dysbiosis. The heat-induced …

Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic

IB Baums, AC Baker, SW Davies… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Active coral restoration typically involves two interventions: crossing gametes to facilitate
sexual larval propagation; and fragmenting, growing, and outplanting adult colonies to …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Latitudinal variation in the molecular diversity and community composition of Symbiodiniaceae in coral from the South China Sea

B Chen, K Yu, J Liang, W Huang, G Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are continuing to decline worldwide due to anthropogenic climate change. The
study of the molecular diversity and biogeographical patterns of Symbiodiniaceae, is …

The microbiome dynamics and interaction of endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae and fungi are associated with thermal bleaching susceptibility of coral holobionts

B Chen, Y Wei, K Yu, Y Liang, X Yu, Z Liao… - Applied and …, 2024 - journals.asm.org
The thermal bleaching percentage of coral holobionts shows interspecific differences under
heat-stress conditions, which are closely related to the coral-associated microbiome …

Global Networks of Symbiodinium-Bacteria Within the Coral Holobiont

R Bernasconi, M Stat, A Koenders, MJ Huggett - Microbial ecology, 2019 - Springer
Scleractinian corals form the framework of coral reefs and host abundant and diverse
microbial communities that are fundamental to their success. A very limited number of …

[BOG][B] A decision framework for interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Medicine… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reefs are critical to ocean and human life because they provide food, living area, storm
protection, tourism income, and more. However, human-induced stressors, such as …

STAGdb: a 30K SNP genoty** array and Science Gateway for Acropora corals and their dinoflagellate symbionts

SA Kitchen, G Von Kuster, KLV Kuntz, HG Reich… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
Standardized identification of genotypes is necessary in animals that reproduce asexually
and form large clonal populations such as coral. We developed a high-resolution …

Coupling of palaeontological and neontological reef coral data improves forecasts of biodiversity responses under global climatic change

LA Jones, PD Mannion… - Royal Society …, 2019 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Reef corals are currently undergoing climatically driven poleward range expansions, with
some evidence for equatorial range retractions. Predicting their response to future climate …