Reef corals (and other marine invertebrates and protists) are hosts to a group of
exceptionally diverse dinoflagellate symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium. These symbionts …

Some invertebrates have enlisted autotrophic unicellular algae to provide a competitive
metabolic advantage in nutritionally demanding habitats. These symbioses exist primarily …

Since the early 1980s, episodes of coral reef bleaching and mortality, due primarily to
climate-induced ocean warming, have occurred almost annually in one or more of the …

Coral thermal tolerance is strongly influenced by the identity of obligate photosymbionts,
which encompass numerous types belonging to the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium …

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

Aim This study examines the importance of geographic proximity, host life history and
regional and local differences in environment (temperature and water clarity) in driving the …

The diversity and community structures of symbiotic dinoflagellates are described from reef
invertebrates in southern and central provinces of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia …

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 …

Ribosomal DNA sequence data abounds from numerous studies on the dinoflagellate
endosymbionts of corals, and yet the multi-copy nature and intragenomic variability of rRNA …

Many corals (stony corals and octocorals) rely on their symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) for
survival. Under stress, zooxanthellae are expelled, resulting in coral bleaching. The …