Comparative transcriptomics of two coral holobionts collected during the 2017 El Niño heat wave reveal differential stress response mechanisms

JCH Ip, Y Zhang, JY Xie, YH Yeung, JW Qiu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Although coral species exhibit differential susceptibility to stressors, little is known about the
underlying molecular mechanisms. Here we compared scleractinian corals Montipora …

Refining sampling efforts for fish diversity assessment in subtropical urban estuarine and oceanic waters using environmental DNA with multiple primers

CM How, JCH Ip, D Deconinck, M Zhao… - Environmental …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The environmental DNA (eDNA) approach is an emerging tool for monitoring marine
biodiversity. However, the sampling effort needs optimization according to the site …

The 2022 summer marine heatwaves and coral bleaching in China's Greater Bay Area

Y Zhao, M Chen, TH Chung, LL Chan… - Marine Environmental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract From July to August 2022, scleractinian coral communities in China's Greater Bay
Area (GBA) in the northern South China Sea (nSCS) experienced an unprecedented …

High vulnerability and a big conservation gap: Mapping the vulnerability of coastal scleractinian corals in South China

W Hu, X Zheng, Y Li, J Du, Y Lv, S Su, B Xiao… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Scleractinian corals build the most complex and diverse ecosystems in the ocean with
various ecosystem services, yet continue to be degraded by natural and anthropogenic …

Host–symbiont transcriptomic changes during natural bleaching and recovery in the leaf coral Pavona decussata

Y Zhang, JCH Ip, JY Xie, YH Yeung, Y Sun… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Coral bleaching has become a major threat to coral reefs worldwide, but for most coral
species little is known about their resilience to environmental changes. We aimed to …

[HTML][HTML] Diversity of coral-associated pit crabs (Crustacea: Decapoda: Cryptochiridae) from Hong Kong, with description of two new species of Lithoscaptus A. Milne …

KJH Wong, YF Tsao, JW Qiu, BKK Chan - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Highly specialized cryptochirid crabs are obligate symbionts of scleractinian corals in
tropical and subtropical seas. General morphologies of cryptochirid crabs remain poorly …

Stable Symbiodiniaceae composition in three coral species during the 2017 natural bleaching event in subtropical Hong Kong

JCH Ip, Y Zhang, JY Xie, YH Yeung, JW Qiu - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Adaptive changes in endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae communities have been reported
during and after bleaching events in tropical coral species, but little is known about such …

Urban coral communities and water quality parameters along the coasts of Guangdong Province, China

Y Zhao, YS Law, X Zhai, K Zhou, M Chen… - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022 - Elsevier
Coral communities in China's Great Bay Area (GBA) have experienced severe degradation,
but only limited information is available about their community structure. We surveyed 20 …

Genome of elegance coral Catalaphyllia jardinei (Euphylliidae)

Y Yu, W Nong, WL So, Y Xie, HY Yip… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coral reefs are under stress throughout the world. To better understand the molecular
mechanisms underlying coral biology and their genomic evolution, here we sequenced the …

[HTML][HTML] Morphology, feeding rate and larval settlement preference of the corallivorous nudibranch Phestilla subodiosa (Nudibranchia: Trinchesiidae) from Hong Kong

SKF Yiu, JW Qiu - Zoological Studies, 2022 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We studied the morphology, host specificity, feeding rate and larval settlement preference of
the corallivorous nudibranch Phestilla subodiosa collected from the field. These specimens …