Cell biology of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

SK Davy, D Allemand, VM Weis - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The symbiosis between cnidarians (eg, corals or sea anemones) and intracellular
dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium is of immense ecological importance. In …

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 …

Coral bleaching: the role of the host

AH Baird, R Bhagooli, PJ Ralph, S Takahashi - Trends in ecology & …, 2009 - cell.com
Coral bleaching caused by global warming is one of the major threats to coral reefs. Very
recently, research has focused on the possibility of corals switching symbionts as a means of …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of sediments on the reproductive cycle of corals

R Jones, GF Ricardo, AP Negri - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2015 - Elsevier
Dredging, river plumes and natural resuspension events can release sediments into the
water column where they exert a range of effects on underlying communities. In this review …

The evolutionary history of Symbiodinium and scleractinian hosts—symbiosis, diversity, and the effect of climate change

M Stat, D Carter, O Hoegh-Guldberg - Perspectives in Plant Ecology …, 2006 - Elsevier
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 …

Breakdown of the coral-algae symbiosis: towards formalising a linkage between warm-water bleaching thresholds and the growth rate of the intracellular …

SA Wooldridge - Biogeosciences, 2013 - bg.copernicus.org
Impairment of the photosynthetic machinery of the algal endosymbiont (" zooxanthellae") is
the proximal driver of the thermal breakdown of the coral-algae symbiosis (" coral …

The ecological distribution and comparative photobiology of symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef corals in Belize: potential implications for coral bleaching

ME Warner, TC LaJeunesse… - Limnology and …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
The photobiology and distribution of dinoflagellates in the genus Symbiodinium was
investigated for eight common reef coral species over a depth range of 1‐25 m on a coral …

Integrative approaches to understanding organismal responses to aquatic deoxygenation

HA Woods, AL Moran, D Atkinson… - The Biological …, 2022 - journals.uchicago.edu
Oxygen bioavailability is declining in aquatic systems worldwide as a result of climate
change and other anthropogenic stressors. For aquatic organisms, the consequences are …

Photosynthesis and other factors affecting the establishment and maintenance of cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis

C Tran, GR Rosenfield, PA Cleves… - … of the Royal …, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral growth depends on the partnership between the animal hosts and their intracellular,
photosynthetic dinoflagellate symbionts. In this study, we used the sea anemone Aiptasia, a …

Moderate Thermal Stress Causes Active and Immediate Expulsion of Photosynthetically Damaged Zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium) from Corals

L Fujise, H Yamashita, G Suzuki, K Sasaki, LM Liao… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
The foundation of coral reef biology is the symbiosis between corals and zooxanthellae
(dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium). Recently, coral bleaching, which often results in mass …