Insights into the coral microbiome: underpinning the health and resilience of reef ecosystems

DG Bourne, KM Morrow… - Annual review of …, 2016 - annualreviews.org
Corals are fundamental ecosystem engineers, creating large, intricate reefs that support
diverse and abundant marine life. At the core of a healthy coral animal is a dynamic …

[HTML][HTML] Deciphering coral disease dynamics: integrating host, microbiome, and the changing environment

R Vega Thurber, LD Mydlarz, M Brandt… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Diseases of tropical reef organisms is an intensive area of study, but despite significant
advances in methodology and the global knowledge base, identifying the proximate causes …

[PDF][PDF] Systematic revision of Symbiodiniaceae highlights the antiquity and diversity of coral endosymbionts

TC LaJeunesse, JE Parkinson, PW Gabrielson… - Current Biology, 2018 - cell.com
The advent of molecular data has transformed the science of organizing and studying life on
Earth. Genetics-based evidence provides fundamental insights into the diversity, ecology …

A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts

SJ Robbins, CM Singleton, CX Chan, LF Messer… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Corals and the reef ecosystems that they support are in global decline due to increasing
anthropogenic pressures such as climate change. However, effective reef conservation …

The cumulative impact of annual coral bleaching can turn some coral species winners into losers

AG Grottoli, ME Warner, SJ Levas… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mass coral bleaching events caused by elevated seawater temperatures result in extensive
coral loss throughout the tropics, and are projected to increase in frequency and severity. If …

Using naturally occurring climate resilient corals to construct bleaching-resistant nurseries

MK Morikawa, SR Palumbi - Proceedings of the National …, 2019 - National Acad Sciences
Ecological restoration of forests, meadows, reefs, or other foundational ecosystems during
climate change depends on the discovery and use of individuals able to withstand future …

The Coral Trait Database, a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans

JS Madin, KD Anderson, MH Andreasen, TCL Bridge… - Scientific Data, 2016 - nature.com
Trait-based approaches advance ecological and evolutionary research because traits
provide a strong link to an organism's function and fitness. Trait-based research might lead …

Ocean warming slows coral growth in the central Red Sea

NE Cantin, AL Cohen, KB Karnauskas, AM Tarrant… - Science, 2010 - science.org
Sea surface temperature (SST) across much of the tropics has increased by 0.4° to 1° C
since the mid-1970s. A parallel increase in the frequency and extent of coral bleaching and …

Profiling gene expression responses of coral larvae (Acropora millepora) to elevated temperature and settlement inducers using a novel RNA‐Seq procedure

E Meyer, GV Aglyamova, MV Matz - Molecular ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated temperatures resulting from climate change pose a clear threat to reef‐building
corals; however, the traits that might influence corals' survival and dispersal during climate …

Coral bleaching: causes and mechanisms

MP Lesser - Coral reefs: an ecosystem in transition, 2011 - Springer
Unprecedented changes in coral reef systems have focused attention on a wide range of
stressors on local, regional, and global spatial scales but global climate change resulting in …