There has been significant recent interest in the commercial utilisation of algae based on
their valuable chemical constituents many of which exhibit multiple bioactivities with …

Bleaching refers to the loss of colour in symbioses between dinoflagellate algae of the
genus Symbiodinium and marine benthic animals, eg corals. Bleaching generally results in …

Stony corals build the framework of coral reefs, ecosystems of immense ecological and
economic importance. The existence of these ecosystems is threatened by climate change …

Animals acquire photosynthetically-fixed carbon by forming symbioses with algae and
cyanobacteria. These associations are widespread in the phyla Porifera (sponges) and …

We analyzed the contributions of clouds, turbidity, and tides to variations in irradiance and
predicted benthic primary productivity on a coastal coral reef over a period of 2 yr (2001 …

Background The most diverse marine ecosystems, coral reefs, depend upon a functional
symbiosis between cnidarian hosts and unicellular dinoflagellate algae. The molecular …

Nitric oxide (NO) is a free radical implicated in numerous cell signaling, physiological and
pathophysiological processes of eukaryotic cells. Here, we describe the production of NO as …

Coral reefs are the most spectacular and diverse ecosystems in the marine environment.
Over the last decades, however, dramatic declines of coral reef communities have been …

Some coral species are more resistant than others to environmental factors that cause
bleaching and bleaching-related mortality. This study compared aspects of the …

Physiological mechanisms of bleaching were studied on larger benthic foraminifera (LBF)
hosting endosymbiotic diatoms. Amphistegina radiata, Heterostegina depressa, and …