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 …

Effect of zooplankton availability on the rates of photosynthesis, and tissue and skeletal growth in the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata

F Houlbrèque, E Tambutté, C Ferrier-Pagès - Journal of Experimental …, 2003 - Elsevier
This work investigated the effect of light and feeding on tissue composition as well as on
rates of photosynthesis and calcification in the zooxanthellae (zoox) scleractinian coral …

Host feeding and nutrient sufficiency for zooxanthellae in the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida

CB Cook, CF D'Elia, G Muller-Parker - Marine Biology, 1988 - Springer
Nutrient sufficiency of zooxanthellae in the sea anemone Aiptasia pallida cultured in low
nutrient seawater depends on the availability of particulate food to the host. Zooxanthellae in …

The role of plankton in coral trophodynamics

C Ferrier-Pagès, M Hoogenboom… - Coral reefs: An ecosystem …, 2011 - Springer
Historically, reef-building corals have been considered to be photoautotrophs due to their
symbiosis with dinoflagellates that transfer photosynthetically fixed carbon to the animal …

Trophic dynamics of scleractinian corals: stable isotope evidence

P Tremblay, JF Maguer, R Grover… - The Journal of …, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Reef-building corals form symbioses with dinoflagellates from the diverse genus
Symbiodinium. This symbiotic association has developed adaptations to acquire and share …

The green hydra symbiosis. VIII. Mechanisms in symbiont regulation

A Douglas, DC Smith - … of the Royal Society of London …, 1984 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The relative amount of symbiotic algae and animal tissue in the European strain of green
hydra was altered by changes in illumination and feeding regimes. This indicates that the …

Valine uptake by the scleractinian coral Galaxea fascicularis: characterization and effect of light and nutritional status

S Al-Moghrabi, D Allemand, J Jaubert - Journal of Comparative Physiology …, 1993 - Springer
The characteristics of valine uptake by isolated microcolonies of Galaxea fascicularis
(Linnaeus 1758) were studied under various conditions including light, dark and feeding …

On the use of 31P NMR for the quantification of hydrosoluble phosphorus-containing compounds in coral host tissues and cultured zooxanthellae

C Godinot, M Gaysinski, OP Thomas, C Ferrier-Pagès… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Abstract 31P Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) was assessed to investigate the
phosphorus-containing compounds present in the tissues of the scleractinian coral …

Endosymbiosis of cnidarians and algae

L Muscatine - Coelenterate biology: reviews and new …, 1974 - books.google.com
The endosymbiotic association of unicellular algae and invertebrates has been recognized
for more than a century. The algae are popularly referred to as zoochlorellae if green and …

Assimilation and partitioning of prey nitrogen within two anthozoans and their endosymbiotic zooxanthellae

GA Piniak, F Lipschultz, J McClelland - Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2003 - int-res.com
The movement of nitrogen from zooplankton prey into the temperate scleractinian coral
Oculina arbuscula and the anemone Aiptasia pallida was measured using 15 N-labeled …