Heat stress destabilizes symbiotic nutrient cycling in corals

N Rädecker, C Pogoreutz, HM Gegner… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Recurrent mass bleaching events are pushing coral reefs worldwide to the brink of
ecological collapse. While the symptoms and consequences of this breakdown of the coral …

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

SW Davies, MH Gamache, LI Howe-Kerr, NG Kriefall… - PeerJ, 2023 - peerj.com
Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

[HTML][HTML] (Bio) sensors applied to coral reefs' health monitoring: a critical overview

L Gastoldi, S Cinti - Green Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Biosensor technology represents a novel tool with several areas of application, such as
biomedical and physicochemical ones. In this review, we considered this technology's …

Chemical mutagenesis and thermal selection of coral photosymbionts induce adaptation to heat stress with trait trade‐offs

HJ Scharfenstein, C Alvarez‐Roa… - Evolutionary …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Despite the relevance of heat‐evolved microalgal endosymbionts to coral reef restoration, to
date, few Symbiodiniaceae strains have been thermally enhanced via experimental …

The reef-building coral Galaxea fascicularis: a new model system for coral symbiosis research

G Puntin, J Craggs, R Hayden, KE Engelhardt… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Reef-building corals owe their evolutionary success to their symbiosis with unicellular algae
(Symbiodiniaceae). However, increasingly frequent heat waves lead to coral mass …

Lineage-specific symbionts mediate differential coral responses to thermal stress

C Wang, X Zheng, H Kvitt, H Sheng, D Sun, G Niu… - Microbiome, 2023 - Springer
Background Ocean warming is a leading cause of increasing episodes of coral bleaching,
the dissociation between coral hosts and their dinoflagellate algal symbionts in the family …

Corals adapted to extreme and fluctuating seawater pH increase calcification rates and have unique symbiont communities

C Tanvet, EF Camp, J Sutton… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ocean acidification (OA) is a severe threat to coral reefs mainly by reducing their
calcification rate. Identifying the resilience factors of corals to decreasing seawater pH is of …

Viruses of a key coral symbiont exhibit temperature-driven productivity across a reefscape

LI Howe-Kerr, CGB Grupstra, KM Rabbitt… - ISME …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Viruses can affect coral health by infecting their symbiotic dinoflagellate partners
(Symbiodiniaceae). Yet, viral dynamics in coral colonies exposed to environmental stress …

Grand challenges in coevolution

M Medina, DM Baker, DA Baltrus… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Coevolution—reciprocal evolutionary change between interacting lineages (Thompson,
1994; see Glossary)—is thought to have played a profound role in the evolution of Life on …

Positive interactions between corals and damselfish increase coral resistance to temperature stress

AA Shantz, MC Ladd, L Ezzat, RJ Schmitt… - Global Change …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
By the century's end, many tropical seas will reach temperatures exceeding most coral
species' thermal tolerance on an annual basis. The persistence of corals in these regions …