Slow mitochondrial DNA sequence evolution in the Anthozoa (Cnidaria)

TL Shearer, MJH Van Oppen, SL Romano… - Molecular …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Mitochondrial genes have been used extensively in population genetic and
phylogeographical analyses, in part due to a high rate of nucleotide substitution in animal …

The role of hybridization in the evolution of reef corals

BL Willis, MJH van Oppen, DJ Miller… - Annu. Rev. Ecol …, 2006 - annualreviews.org
The importance of hybridization in the evolution of plant species is widely accepted, but its
contributions to animal species evolution remain less recognized. Here we review evidence …

Principles for coral reef restoration in the anthropocene

TP Hughes, AH Baird, TH Morrison, G Torda - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Coral reefs are critically important ecosystems that support coastal societies and economies
throughout the tropical oceans. However, many of the word's coral reefs are already …

Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves

DC Claar, S Starko, KL Tietjen, HE Epstein… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Prospects for coral persistence through increasingly frequent and extended heatwaves
seem bleak. Coral recovery from bleaching is only known to occur after temperatures return …

Oceanic differences in coral-bleaching responses to marine heatwaves

T Shlesinger, R van Woesik - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Anomalously high ocean temperatures have increased in frequency, intensity, and duration
over the last several decades because of greenhouse gas emissions that cause global …

Regionally isolated populations of an imperiled Caribbean coral, Acropora palmata

IB Baums, MW Miller, ME Hellberg - Molecular ecology, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
The movements of larvae between marine populations are difficult to follow directly and
have been the subject of much controversy, especially in the Caribbean. The debate centres …

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 …

An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives

PF Cowman, AM Quattrini, TCL Bridge… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2020 - Elsevier
Targeted enrichment of genomic DNA can profoundly increase the phylogenetic resolution
of clades and inform taxonomy. Here, we redesign a custom bait set previously developed …

Hybridization and the evolution of reef coral diversity

SV Vollmer, SR Palumbi - Science, 2002 - science.org
Hundreds of coral species coexist sympatrically on reefs, reproducing in mass-spawning
events where hybridization appears common. In the Caribbean, DNA sequence data from all …

Mechanisms of reproductive isolation among sympatric broadcast‐spawning corals of the Montastraea annularis species complex

DR Levitan, H Fukami, J Jara, D Kline, TM McGovern… - …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Many coral species spawn simultaneously and have compatible gametes, leading to
controversy over the nature of species boundaries and the frequency with which …