This review explores how microbial symbioses may have influenced and continue to
influence the evolution of reef-building corals (Cnidaria; Scleractinia). The coral holobiont …

Tropical corals construct the three-dimensional framework for one of the most diverse
ecosystems on the planet, providing habitat to a plethora of species across taxa. However …

Dinoflagellates in the family Symbiodiniaceae occupy multiple ecological niches on tropical,
subtropical, and temperate reefs, ranging from species that are exclusively free-living to …

Coral bleaching has a profound impact on the health and function of reef ecosystems, but
the metabolomic effects of coral bleaching are largely uncharacterized. Here, untargeted …

Anthropogenic stressors continue to escalate worldwide, driving unprecedented declines in
reef environmental conditions and coral health. One approach to better understand how …

Iron (Fe) is essential to the physiology and growth of marine phytoplankton. It remains
unclear how important iron is to the functional ecology of symbiotic dinoflagellates in the …

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 …

Climate change-induced global warming threatens the survival of key ecosystems including
shallow water coral reefs. Elevated temperatures can disrupt the normal physiological …

Coral thermal bleaching resilience can be improved by enhancing photosymbiont thermal
tolerance via experimental evolution. While successful for some strains, selection under …

Diversity across algal family Symbiodiniaceae contributes to the environmental resilience of
certain coral species. Chlorophyll-a fluorescence measurements are frequently used to …