Reef corals (and other marine invertebrates and protists) are hosts to a group of
exceptionally diverse dinoflagellate symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium. These symbionts …

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

The advent of molecular data has transformed the science of organizing and studying life on
Earth. Genetics-based evidence provides fundamental insights into the diversity, ecology …

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 internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions from 47 Symbiodinium (Freudenthal) isolates
cultured from 34 different host species and two populations sampled from nature were …

In this paper, we focus on dinoflagellate ecology, toxin production, fossil record, and a
molecular phylogenetic analysis of hosts and plastids. Of ecological interest are the …

We have analyzed the genetic profiles of dinoflagellate populations obtained from the
Pacific coast sea anemone Anthopleura elegantissima (Brandt) at collection sites from …

Light decisively affects the life of fungi, and is an absolute requirement for the formation of
their reproductive organs. 1 Ultraviolet (UV) light has been shown to induce sporulation in a …

Marine invertebrates representing at least five phyla are symbiotic with dinoflagellates from
the genus Symbiodinium. This group of single-celled protists was once considered to be a …

SYNOPSIS. The ability of scleractinian corals to survive changes that are predicted in the
global environment over the next century will lie in their physiological mechanisms of …