A research review of interventions to increase the persistence and resilience of coral reefs

National Academies of Sciences, Division on Earth… - 2019 - books.google.com
Coral reef declines have been recorded for all major tropical ocean basins since the 1980s,
averaging approximately 30-50% reductions in reef cover globally. These losses are a result …

Bleaching resistance and the role of algal endosymbionts

KM Quigley, AC Baker, MA Coffroth, BL Willis… - … , processes, causes and …, 2018 - Springer
Coral reefs are among the most diverse and ecologically important biomes on the planet.
Most coral species rely on the partnership with dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium …

Microbial invasion of the Caribbean by an Indo-Pacific coral zooxanthella

DT Pettay, DC Wham, RT Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Human-induced environmental changes have ushered in the rapid decline of coral reef
ecosystems, particularly by disrupting the symbioses between reef-building corals and their …

Diversity of Symbiodiniaceae in 15 coral species from the Southern South China Sea: potential relationship with coral thermal adaptability

Z Qin, K Yu, B Chen, Y Wang, J Liang, W Luo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
It is well-known that the adaptability of coral-Symbiodiniaceae symbiosis to thermal stress
varies among coral species, but the cause and/or mechanism behind it are not well …

Most Low-Abundance “Background” Symbiodinium spp. Are Transitory and Have Minimal Functional Significance for Symbiotic Corals

MJ Lee, HJ Jeong, SH Jang, SY Lee, NS Kang… - Microbial Ecology, 2016 - Springer
Speculation surrounds the importance of ecologically cryptic Symbiodinium
spp.(dinoflagellates) that occur at low abundances in reef-building corals and in the …

Proteomics quantifies protein expression changes in a model cnidarian colonised by a thermally tolerant but suboptimal symbiont

AE Sproles, CA Oakley, JL Matthews, L Peng… - The ISME …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The acquisition of thermally tolerant algal symbionts by corals has been proposed as a
natural or assisted mechanism of increasing coral reef resilience to anthropogenic climate …

Symbiodiniaceae probiotics for use in bleaching recovery

CA Morgans, JY Hung, DG Bourne… - Restoration …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs are currently under threat as a consequence of local and global stressors, in
particular, mass coral bleaching induced by climate warming. In conjunction with global cuts …

Adaptive changes of coral Galaxea fascicularis holobiont in response to nearshore stress

W Zhu, M Zhu, X Liu, J Xia, H Wang, R Chen… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Global change and local stressors are simultaneously affecting the nearshore corals, and
microbiome flexibility may assist corals in thriving under such multiple stressors. Here, we …

Microbiome of juvenile corals in the outer reef slope and lagoon of the South China Sea: insight into coral acclimatization to extreme thermal environments

Z Qin, K Yu, S Chen, B Chen, J Liang… - Environmental …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental conditions between the outer reef slope (ORS) and lagoon in tropical atolls
are significantly different, but the variations of juvenile coral‐microbiomes in the two …

Neighboring colonies influence uptake of thermotolerant endosymbionts in threatened Caribbean coral recruits

OM Williamson, CE Allen, DE Williams, MW Johnson… - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Intervention strategies to enhance coral resilience include manipulating associations with
algal endosymbionts. While hosting thermotolerant Durusdinium trenchii can increase …