Nutrient availability and metabolism affect the stability of coral–Symbiodiniaceae symbioses

LA Morris, CR Voolstra, KM Quigley, DG Bourne… - Trends in …, 2019 - cell.com
Coral reefs rely upon the highly optimized coral–Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis, making them
sensitive to environmental change and susceptible to anthropogenic stress. Coral bleaching …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Bleaching susceptibility and mortality of corals are determined by fine-scale differences in symbiont type

EM Sampayo, T Ridgway… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - National Acad Sciences
Coral bleaching has been identified as one of the major contributors to coral reef decline,
and the occurrence of different symbionts determined by broad genetic groupings (clades A …

Species–specific interactions between algal endosymbionts and coral hosts define their bleaching response to heat and light stress

D Abrego, KE Ulstrup, BL Willis… - Proceedings of the …, 2008 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The impacts of warming seas on the frequency and severity of bleaching events are well
documented, but the potential for different Symbiodinium types to enhance the physiological …

Rapid thermal adaptation in photosymbionts of reef‐building corals

LJ Chakravarti, VH Beltran… - Global change …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Climate warming is occurring at a rate not experienced by life on Earth for 10 s of millions of
years, and it is unknown whether the coral‐dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium spp.) symbiosis …

Bleaching resistance and the role of algal endosymbionts

KM Quigley, AC Baker, MA Coffroth, BL Willis… - … , processes, causes and …, 2018 - Springer
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and ecologically important biomes on the planet.
Most coral species rely on the partnership with dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium …

Specificity is rarely absolute in coral–algal symbiosis: implications for coral response to climate change

RN Silverstein, AMS Correa… - Proceedings of the …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Some reef-building corals have been shown to respond to environmental change by shifting
the composition of their algal symbiont (genus Symbiodinium) communities. These shifts …

Juvenile corals can acquire more carbon from high-performance algal symbionts

NE Cantin, MJH van Oppen, BL Willis, JC Mieog… - Coral reefs, 2009 - Springer
Algal endosymbionts of the genus Symbiodinium play a key role in the nutrition of reef
building corals and strongly affect the thermal tolerance and growth rate of the animal host …

Most corals may not change their symbionts

TL Goulet - Marine ecology progress series, 2006 - int-res.com
Many corals (stony corals and octocorals) rely on their symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) for
survival. Under stress, zooxanthellae are expelled, resulting in coral bleaching. The …

DIFFERENTIAL IMPACTS OF PHOTOACCLIMATION AND THERMAL STRESS ON THE PHOTOBIOLOGY OF FOUR DIFFERENT PHYLOTYPES OF SYMBIODINIUM …

JD Robison, ME Warner - Journal of phycology, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The capacity for photoacclimation to light at 100 or 600 μmol photons· m− 2· s− 1 and the
subsequent response to thermal stress was examined in four genetically distinct cultures of …