[HTML][HTML] Consensus guidelines for advancing coral holobiont genome and specimen voucher deposition

CR Voolstra, KM Quigley, SW Davies… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Coral research is being ushered into the genomic era. To fully capitalize on the potential
discoveries from this genomic revolution, the rapidly increasing number of high-quality …

[HTML][HTML] Coral bacterial community structure responds to environmental change in a host-specific manner

M Ziegler, CGB Grupstra, MM Barreto, M Eaton… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
The global decline of coral reefs heightens the need to understand how corals respond to
changing environmental conditions. Corals are metaorganisms, so-called holobionts, and …

[HTML][HTML] Decadal trends in Red Sea maximum surface temperature

V Chaidez, D Dreano, S Agusti, CM Duarte, I Hoteit - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
Ocean warming is a major consequence of climate change, with the surface of the ocean
having warmed by 0.11° C decade− 1 over the last 50 years and is estimated to continue to …

Rare symbionts may contribute to the resilience of coral–algal assemblages

M Ziegler, VM Eguíluz, CM Duarte… - The ISME …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The association between corals and photosynthetic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) is
the key to the success of reef ecosystems in highly oligotrophic environments, but it is also …

[HTML][HTML] Widespread variation in heat tolerance and symbiont load are associated with growth tradeoffs in the coral Acropora hyacinthus in Palau

B Cornwell, K Armstrong, NS Walker, M Lippert… - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Climate change is dramatically changing ecosystem composition and productivity, leading
scientists to consider the best approaches to map natural resistance and foster ecosystem …

[HTML][HTML] Thermal stress and resilience of corals in a climate-changing world

R Carballo-Bolaños, D Soto, CA Chen - Journal of Marine Science and …, 2019 - mdpi.com
Coral reef ecosystems are under the direct threat of increasing atmospheric greenhouse
gases, which increase seawater temperatures in the oceans and lead to bleaching events …

Dominance of Endozoicomonas bacteria throughout coral bleaching and mortality suggests structural inflexibility of the Pocillopora verrucosa microbiome

C Pogoreutz, N Rädecker, A Cárdenas… - Ecology and …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The importance of Symbiodinium algal endosymbionts and a diverse suite of bacteria for
coral holobiont health and functioning are widely acknowledged. Yet, we know surprisingly …

[HTML][HTML] In situ observations of coral bleaching in the central Saudi Arabian Red Sea during the 2015/2016 global coral bleaching event

AA Monroe, M Ziegler, A Roik, T Röthig… - PLoS …, 2018 - journals.plos.org
Coral bleaching continues to be one of the most devastating and immediate impacts of
climate change on coral reef ecosystems worldwide. In 2015, a major bleaching event was …

[HTML][HTML] Coral reefs of the Red Sea—Challenges and potential solutions

M Fine, M Cinar, CR Voolstra, A Safa… - Regional Studies in …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract The Red Sea is a unique body of water, hosting some of the most productive and
diverse coral reefs. Human populations along coasts of the Red Sea were initially sparse …

Common reef-building coral in the Northern Red Sea resistant to elevated temperature and acidification

T Krueger, N Horwitz, J Bodin… - Royal Society …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral reefs are currently experiencing substantial ecological impoverishment as a result of
anthropogenic stressors, and the majority of reefs are facing immediate risk. Increasing …