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Resolving widespread and endemic dinoflagellates (Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo-Pacific octocorals reveals differences in specificity based on host phylogeny. [PDF]

J Phycol
Abstract Endosymbionts in the dinoflagellate family Symbiodiniaceae can form mutualisms with a diverse array of host invertebrates, constituting a widespread and ecologically important family. While those associated with reef‐building corals (order Scleractinia) have received considerable research attention, the diversity and ecology of zooxanthellae ...
Butler CC, Turnham KE, Hess A, LaJeunesse TC.   +3 more
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Response and Plasticity of a Cleaning Mutualism Following Short Term Reductions in Habitat Availability. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
On coral reef ecosystems, cleaning mutualisms where a ‘cleaner’ species removes parasites from a ‘client’ species at dedicated cleaning ‘stations’ on live coral are directly impacted by ongoing declines in live coral due to environmental change. We reduced cleaner fish access to live habitat and identified declines in mutualist service quality and ...
Gunn RL, Obst CG, Vetter P.
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Diversity and Prevalence of Coral Diseases in the Nearshore Regions of the Northern South China Sea. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
This study presents the first systematic survey of coral disease diversity and prevalence in the nearshore regions of the northern South China Sea. Six common diseases and eight stress‐related phenomena were documented across seven sites, revealing distinct regional patterns and host‐specific susceptibilities.
Tu S, Qiu L, Zhang J, Hu Y, Yu W, Luo H, Wei S, Zhang Z, Wei F, Zhou W.   +9 more
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Growth and Extracellular Carbonic Anhydrase Activity of Zooxanthellae Symbiodinium sp. in Response of Zinc Enrichment

Hayati Journal of Biosciences, 2011
Coral reef communities contain a wide variety of mutualistic associations none more important than the relationship between corals and their symbiotic dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium sp., commonly referred to as zooxanthellae.
WIDIASTUTI KARIM, RICHARDUS KASWADJI, TRI PRARTONO, LILY MARIA GORETTIPANGGABEAN   +3 more
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Are Zooxanthellae Really Sensitive? Response of Zooxanthellae Size Exposed to Several Pollutants

Ilmu Kelautan, 2018
Pollution is one of the important issues faced by marine resources including zooxanthellae, which is known to be very sensitive to environmental changes.
Ambariyanto Ambariyanto, Diah Permata Wijayanti, Munasik Munasik, Puji Eka Purnama, Mu’alimah Hudatwi, Ni Made Ernawati, Alferd Y. Ko'ou   +6 more
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Red light represses the photophysiology of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Light spectrum plays a key role in the biology of symbiotic corals, with blue light resulting in higher coral growth, zooxanthellae density, chlorophyll a content and photosynthesis rates as compared to red light.
Tim Wijgerde, Anne van Melis, Catarina I F Silva, Miguel C Leal, Luc Vogels, Claudia Mutter, Ronald Osinga   +6 more
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Building like a Coral-Parallelized, Multiscale Biofabrication. [PDF]

Adv Mater
Corals build stiff, strong, and inherently circular skeletal materials under resource‐ and energy‐limited conditions—offering blueprints for transformative materials. We synthesize the current understanding of coral biomineralization and reframe coral growth as a multiscale, parallelized biofabrication process.
Rehman A, Peña Fernández M, Beck KK, Foster GL, Hennige SJ, Wolfram U.   +5 more
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Fast growth may impair regeneration capacity in the branching coral Acropora muricata. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
Regeneration of artificially induced lesions was monitored in nubbins of the branching coral Acropora muricata at two reef-flat sites representing contrasting environments at Réunion Island (21°07'S, 55°32'E). Growth of these injured nubbins was examined
Vianney Denis, Mireille M M Guillaume, Madeleine Goutx, Stéphane de Palmas, Julien Debreuil, Andrew C Baker, Roxane K Boonstra, J Henrich Bruggemann   +7 more
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Light-Dependent Phenomena and Related Molecular Mechanisms in Giant Clam-Dinoflagellate Associations: A Review

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Giant clams can grow to large sizes despite living in oligotrophic waters of the tropical Indo-Pacific as they maintain a mutualistic relationship with symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) and receive photosynthate from them.
Yuen K. Ip, Shit F. Chew
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Toxicity of zinc oxide to scleractinian corals and zooxanthellae: a brief review [PDF]

Química Nova, 2023
In recent years, the safety of sunscreens to coral reefs and the role these products would play in the process of coral bleaching has been a concern. However, the discussion centers almost exclusively on the organic components used as UV filters, with ...
Lúcio L. Freitas Neto, Breno P. Espósito   +1 more
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