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 …

The symbiosis between cnidarians (eg, corals or sea anemones) and intracellular
dinoflagellate algae of the genus Symbiodinium is of immense ecological importance. In …

The most diverse marine ecosystems, coral reefs, depend upon a functional symbiosis
between a cnidarian animal host (the coral) and intracellular photosynthetic dinoflagellate …

Potential for, and limits to, adaptation to environmental changes are critical for resilience and
risk mitigation. The Mediterranean basin is a mosaic of biodiversity‐rich ecosystems long …

Because it appears that almost all organisms are part of an interdependent metaorganism,
an understanding of the underlying host–microbe species associations, and of evolution and …

Background Corals are capable of launching diverse immune defenses at the site of direct
contact with pathogens, but the molecular mechanisms of this activity and the colony-wide …

Over the last decade, significant advances have been made in characterization of the coral
microbiota. Shifts in its composition often correlate with the appearance of signs of diseases …

Lectins are proteins found in a diversity of organisms. They possess the ability to agglutinate
erythrocytes with known carbohydrate specificity since they have at least one non-catalytic …

As atmospheric levels of CO2 increase, reef-building corals are under greater stress from
both increased sea surface temperatures and declining sea water pH. To date, most studies …

Comparative analysis of the expanding genomic resources for scleractinian corals may
provide insights into the evolution of these organisms, with implications for their continued …