The diversity and ecology of Symbiodiniaceae: A traits-based review

MR Nitschke, SL Rosset, CA Oakley… - Advances in Marine …, 2022 - Elsevier
Among the most successful microeukaryotes to form mutualisms with animals are
dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae. These photosynthetic symbioses drive …

The role of host pigments in coral photobiology

G Ferreira, E Bollati, M Kühl - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Corals have the ability to synthesize various pigments, responsible for their characteristic
vivid coloration. Most coral host pigments are green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like pigments …

Free‐living and symbiotic lifestyles of a thermotolerant coral endosymbiont display profoundly distinct transcriptomes under both stable and heat stress conditions

AJ Bellantuono, KE Dougan… - Molecular …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Reef‐building corals depend upon a nutritional endosymbiosis with photosynthetic
dinoflagellates of the family Symbiodiniaceae for the majority of their energetic needs. While …

Green fluorescent protein-like pigments optimise the internal light environment in symbiotic reef-building corals

E Bollati, NH Lyndby, C D'Angelo, M Kühl… - Elife, 2022 - elifesciences.org
Pigments homologous to the green fluorescent protein (GFP) have been proposed to fine-
tune the internal light microclimate of corals, facilitating photoacclimation of photosynthetic …

In vivo Microscale Measurements of Light and Photosynthesis during Coral Bleaching: Evidence for the Optical Feedback Loop?

D Wangpraseurt, JB Holm, AWD Larkum… - Frontiers in …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Climate change-related coral bleaching, ie, the visible loss of zooxanthellae from the coral
host, is increasing in frequency and extent and presents a major threat to coral reefs …

Utility of photochemical traits as diagnostics of thermal tolerance amongst great barrier reef corals

MR Nitschke, SG Gardner, S Goyen, L Fujise… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Light availability is considered a key factor regulating the thermal sensitivity of reef building
corals, where excessive excitation of photosystem II (PSII) further exacerbates pressure on …

Nanoparticle‐based measurements of pH and O2 dynamics in the rhizosphere of Zostera marina L.: effects of temperature elevation and light‐dark transitions

K Elgetti Brodersen, K Koren… - Plant, cell & …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Seagrasses can modulate the geochemical conditions in their immediate rhizosphere
through the release of chemical compounds from their below‐ground tissue. This is a vital …

Monte Carlo modeling of photon propagation reveals highly scattering coral tissue

D Wangpraseurt, SL Jacques, T Petrie… - Frontiers in plant …, 2016 - frontiersin.org
Corals are very efficient at using solar radiation, with photosynthetic quantum efficiencies
approaching theoretical limits. Here, we investigated potential mechanisms underlying such …

Optical properties of corals distort variable chlorophyll fluorescence measurements

D Wangpraseurt, M Lichtenberg, SL Jacques… - Plant …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Pulse-amplitude–modulated (PAM) fluorimetry is widely used in photobiological
studies of corals, as it rapidly provides numerous photosynthetic parameters to assess coral …

Multiphysics modelling of photon, mass and heat transfer in coral microenvironments

SK Taylor Parkins, S Murthy… - Journal of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Coral reefs are constructed by calcifying coral animals that engage in a symbiosis with
dinoflagellate microalgae harboured in their tissue. The symbiosis takes place in the …