South Atlantic coral reefs are major global warming refugia and less susceptible to bleaching

M Mies, RB Francini-Filho, C Zilberberg… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Mass coral bleaching has increased in intensity and frequency and has severely impacted
shallow tropical reefs worldwide. Although extensive investigation has been conducted on …

Insights into 'Symbiodiniaceae phycosphere'in a coral holobiont

AG Garrido, LF Machado, C Zilberberg, DCA Leite - Symbiosis, 2021 - Springer
Phycosphere is the region where algal exudates influence microbial communities. Since the
term was coined, research has been focused on understanding free-living-phytoplankton …

Fine-scale delineation of Symbiodiniaceae genotypes on a previously bleached central Red Sea reef system demonstrates a prevalence of coral host-specific …

BCC Hume, A Mejia-Restrepo, CR Voolstra… - Coral Reefs, 2020 - Springer
Widespread coral bleaching occurred in the central Red Sea in 2010 and 2015. During both
events, a cross-shelf and depth gradient of bleaching severity was identified within the …

Impacts of a changing environment on marginal coral reefs in the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic

MO Soares, S Rossi, AR Gurgel, CC Lucas… - Ocean & Coastal …, 2021 - Elsevier
The peculiar shallow-water reefs of the Tropical Southwestern Atlantic Ocean have thrived in
conditions considered suboptimal (eg, moderate turbidity, higher level of nutrients, and …

Physiological response of Symbiodiniaceae to thermal stress: Reactive oxygen species, photosynthesis, and relative cell size

M Amario, LB Villela, D Jardim-Messeder… - PLoS …, 2023 - journals.plos.org
This study investigates the physiological response to heat stress of three genetically different
Symbiodiniaceae strains isolated from the scleractinian coral Mussismilia braziliensis …

Temporal and spatial dynamics of coral symbiont assemblages are affected by local and global impacts

AG Garrido, LA Carlos-Júnior, FA Casares… - Marine Pollution …, 2024 - Elsevier
The influence of abiotic variables and anthropogenic pressure on symbiodiniaceans
associated with the scleractinian corals Mussismilia hispida and Siderastrea stellata were …

Bacterial and Symbiodiniaceae communities' variation in corals with distinct traits and geographical distribution

LB Villela, AW da Silva-Lima, APB Moreira… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Coral microbiomes play crucial roles in holobiont homeostasis and adaptation. The host's
ability to populate broad ecological niches and to cope with environmental changes seems …

Chemical mutagenesis and thermal selection of coral photosymbionts induce adaptation to heat stress with trait trade‐offs

HJ Scharfenstein, C Alvarez‐Roa… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the relevance of heat‐evolved microalgal endosymbionts to coral reef restoration, to
date, few Symbiodiniaceae strains have been thermally enhanced via experimental …

Temperature‐mediated acquisition of rare heterologous symbionts promotes survival of coral larvae under ocean warming

SB Matsuda, LJ Chakravarti, R Cunning… - Global change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals form nutritional symbioses with endosymbiotic dinoflagellates
(Symbiodiniaceae), a relationship that facilitates the ecological success of coral reefs. These …

Continent-island boundary and environment-shaped evolution in the marine amphipod Ampithoe marcuzzii complex (Crustacea: Eumalacostraca: Ampithoidae)

T Iwasa-Arai, SGL Siqueira, T Sobral-Souza… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Marine amphipods are crustaceans that lack a larval phase and consequently have low
dispersion rates. Despite that, these crustaceans present a remarkable ability to be …