Cell biology of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

SK Davy, D Allemand, VM Weis - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2012‏ - journals.asm.org
The symbiosis between cnidarians (eg, corals or sea anemones) and intracellular
dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium is of immense ecological importance. In …

Heterotrophy in tropical scleractinian corals

F Houlbrèque, C Ferrier‐Pagès - Biological Reviews, 2009‏ - Wiley Online Library
The dual character of corals, that they are both auto‐and heterotrophs, was recognized early
in the twentieth Century. It is generally accepted that the symbiotic association between …

Elevated temperatures and ultraviolet radiation cause oxidative stress and inhibit photosynthesis in ymbiotic dinoflagellates

MP Lesser - Limnology and oceanography, 1996‏ - Wiley Online Library
Elevated temperatures and solar ultraviolet (UV) radiation have been implicated as causes
for the loss of symbiotic algae in corals and other invertebrates with photoautotrophic …

The effect of external nutrient resources on the population dynamics of zooxanthellae in a reef coral

L Muscatine, PG Falkowski… - … of the Royal …, 1989‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
Experiments were done to determine if ammonium, phosphate and feeding on Artemia
nauplii affected the population density of symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) in the Red Sea …

Nitrate increases zooxanthellae population density and reduces skeletogenesis in corals

F Marubini, PS Davies - Marine Biology, 1996‏ - Springer
Very little information exists on the effects of nitrate on corals, although this is the major form
in which nitrogen is prescrit in tropical eutrophie coastal waters. In this study we incubated …

Acclimation and adaptation to irradiance in symbiotic dinoflagellates. I. Responses of the photosynthetic unit to changes in photon flux density

R Iglesias-Prieto, RK Trench - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1994‏ - JSTOR
The photosynthetic responses to variations in photon flux density were determined for
Symbiodinium microadriaticum, the symbiont of the Caribbean jellyfish Cassiopeia …

Effect of natural zooplankton feeding on the tissue and skeletal growth of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

C Ferrier-Pagès, J Witting, E Tambutté, KP Sebens - Coral Reefs, 2003‏ - Springer
Laboratory experiments were designed to estimate the ingestion rates of the scleractinian
coral Stylophora pistillata under varying prey concentrations and feeding regimes and to …

Effects of morphology and water motion on carbon delivery and productivity in the reef coral, Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus): diffusion barriers, inorganic carbon …

MP Lesser, VM Weis, MR Patterson… - Journal of Experimental …, 1994‏ - Elsevier
Colonies of the reef coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus) taken from high and low flow
habitats at the same depth and light regime show significant differences in colony …

Regulation and control of intracellular algae (= zooxanthellae) in hard corals

RJ Jones, D Yellowlees - … of the Royal Society of London …, 1997‏ - royalsocietypublishing.org
To examine algal (= zooxanthellae) regulation and control, and the factors determining algal
densities in hard corals, the zooxanthellae mitotic index and release rates were regularly …

Influence of the population density of zooxanthellae and supply of ammonium on the biomass and metabolic characteristics of the reef corals Seriatopora hystrix and …

O Hoegh-Guldberg, GJ Smith - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 1989‏ - JSTOR
In May 1987, the population density of zooxanthellae in the reef coral Seriatopora hystrix
around Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef) varied within and between colonies. This naturally …