[HTML][HTML] Ecological drift during colonization drives within-host and between-host heterogeneity in an animal-associated symbiont

JZ Chen, Z Kwong, NM Gerardo, NM Vega - Plos Biology, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Specialized host–microbe symbioses canonically show greater diversity than expected from
simple models, both at the population level and within individual hosts. To understand how …

Complex parental effects impact variation in larval thermal tolerance in a vertically transmitting coral

EC Johnston, C Caruso, E Mujica, NS Walker, C Drury - Heredity, 2024 - nature.com
Coral populations must be able to adapt to changing environmental conditions for coral
reefs to persist under climate change. The adaptive potential of these organisms is difficult to …

[HTML][HTML] Host–symbiont plasticity in the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana: strobilation across symbiont genera

V Sharp, AH Kerwin, M Mammone… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
Introduction In the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea xamachana (Cnidaria: Scyphozoa), the
establishment of photosymbiosis with dinoflagellates (family Symbiodiniaceae) is necessary …

[HTML][HTML] Juvenile octocorals acquire similar algal symbiont assemblages across depths

R Liberman, CR Voolstra, BCC Hume, Y Benayahu - Coral Reefs, 2024 - Springer
Establishment of the coral–algal symbiosis begins during early ontogeny when juveniles
acquire a mix of algae from their environment that often differs from the adults' algal …

Structural variation of ant nests mediates the local distribution and abundance of an associate

T Parmentier, S Braem - Entomologia Experimentalis et …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Symbionts form intricate associations with their hosts. They can only establish when
potential hosts are present, but in addition, their distribution is often influenced by …

Photosymbiont diversity and acquisition by the sea anemone Exaiptasia spp. in an estuarine habitat of Key Largo, Florida

D Zarate, K Sheahan, V Avila-Magaña… - Journal of Experimental …, 2024 - Elsevier
Coral reef growth and recovery from bleaching depend on the onset and physiological
maintenance of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis. Many cnidarian hosts can acquire new …