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 …

Clade D Symbiodinium in Scleractinian Corals: A “Nugget” of Hope, a Selfish Opportunist, an Ominous Sign, or All of the Above?

M Stat, RD Gates - Journal of Marine Sciences, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Clade D Symbiodinium are thermally tolerant coral endosymbionts that confer resistance to
elevated sea surface temperature and bleaching to the host. The union between corals and …

[HTML][HTML] The jellyfish Cassiopea exhibits a sleep-like state

RD Nath, CN Bedbrook, MJ Abrams, T Basinger… - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Do all animals sleep? Sleep has been observed in many vertebrates, and there is a growing
body of evidence for sleep-like states in arthropods and nematodes [1–5]. Here we show …

The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans

JS Madin, KD Anderson, MH Andreasen, TCL Bridge… - Scientific Data, 2016 - nature.com
Trait-based approaches advance ecological and evolutionary research because traits
provide a strong link to an organism's function and fitness. Trait-based research might lead …

Limits to the thermal tolerance of corals adapted to a highly fluctuating, naturally extreme temperature environment

V Schoepf, M Stat, JL Falter, MT McCulloch - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Naturally extreme temperature environments can provide important insights into the
processes underlying coral thermal tolerance. We determined the bleaching resistance of …

Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves

DC Claar, S Starko, KL Tietjen, HE Epstein… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Prospects for coral persistence through increasingly frequent and extended heatwaves
seem bleak. Coral recovery from bleaching is only known to occur after temperatures return …

A new Symbiodinium clade (Dinophyceae) from soritid foraminifera in Hawai'i

X Pochon, RD Gates - Molecular phylogenetics and evolution, 2010 - Elsevier
Dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium are crucial components of coral reef ecosystems
in their roles as endosymbionts of corals and other marine invertebrates. The genus …

Assessing Symbiodinium diversity in scleractinian corals via next‐generation sequencing‐based genoty** of the ITS2 rDNA region

C Arif, C Daniels, T Bayer… - Molecular …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The persistence of coral reef ecosystems relies on the symbiotic relationship between
scleractinian corals and intracellular, photosynthetic dinoflagellates in the genus …

Sex, Scavengers, and Chaperones: Transcriptome Secrets of Divergent Symbiodinium Thermal Tolerances

RA Levin, VH Beltran, R Hill, S Kjelleberg… - Molecular biology …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Corals rely on photosynthesis by their endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) to
form the basis of tropical coral reefs. High sea surface temperatures driven by climate …

Protein expression and genetic structure of the coral Porites lobata in an environmentally extreme Samoan back reef: does host genotype limit phenotypic plasticity?

DJ Barshis, JH Stillman, RD Gates… - Molecular …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
The degree to which coral reef ecosystems will be impacted by global climate change
depends on regional and local differences in corals' susceptibility and resilience to …