Heat shock protein gene expression varies among tissues and populations in free-living birds

MJ Woodruff, C Zimmer, DR Ardia, MN Vitousek… - …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Climate change is dramatically altering our planet, yet our understanding of mechanisms of
thermal tolerance is limited in wild birds. We characterized natural variation in heat shock …

Physical and cellular impact of environmentally relevant microplastic exposure on thermally challenged Pocillopora damicornis (Cnidaria, Scleractinia)

V Isa, D Seveso, L Diamante, E Montalbetti… - Science of The Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
Microplastic pollution is an increasing threat to coral reefs, which are already strongly
challenged by climate change-related heat stress. Although it is known that scleractinian …

Rare coral and reef fish species status, possible extinctions, and associated environmental perceptions in Mauritius

T McClanahan, V Munbodhe, J Naggea… - … Science and Practice, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mauritius is reported to have the highest marine species endemism in the Western Indian
Ocean faunal Province but the status of these species has not been evaluated. To address …

Mucilage-induced necrosis reveals cellular oxidative stress in the Mediterranean gorgonian Paramuricea clavata

E Montalbetti, S Cavallo, A Azzola, S Montano… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
The red gorgonian Paramuricea clavata is a fundamental ecosystem engineer of
coralligenous biocenosis in the Mediterranean Sea, where it plays crucial ecological …

Manganese benefits heat-stressed corals at the cellular level

E Montalbetti, T Biscéré, C Ferrier-Pagès… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The intensity and frequency of coral bleaching events have increased worldwide especially
due to thermal stress and seawater pollution. Although it has been observed that metal …

[HTML][HTML] Effects of territorial damselfish on corallivorous fish assemblage composition and coral predation in the Mauritian lagoon

IC Tiddy, D Kaullysing, DM Bailey, SS Killen… - Journal of Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Predation is a significant stressor for many coral species. Understanding how predation
interacts with factors such as climate change is key to coral conservation. Territorial …

Outplanting of branching Acropora enhances recolonization of a fish species and protects massive corals from predation

IC Tiddy, D Kaullysing, DM Bailey, PK Chumun… - Coral Reefs, 2021 - Springer
Damselfish of the genus Stegastes inhabit territories and cultivate algal gardens on
branching corals of the genus Acropora, aggressively protecting their territories from other …

[HTML][HTML] The cellular stress response and physiological adaptations of corals subjected to environmental stressors and pollutants, volume II

D Seveso, YD Louis, R Bhagooli, CA Downs… - Frontiers in …, 2024 - frontiersin.org
There is substantial evidence that coral reefs are suffering worldwide due to global climate
change, anthropogenic pressures, and local stressors, which led to their rapid decline over …

The Association of Waminoa with Reef Corals in Singapore and Its Impact on Putative Immune- and Stress-Response Genes

G Maggioni, D Huang, D Maggioni, SS Jain, RZB Quek… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
Waminoa spp. are acoel flatworms mainly found as ectosymbionts on scleractinian corals.
Although Waminoa could potentially represent a threat to their hosts, not enough information …

Global coral genomic vulnerability explains recent reef losses

O Selmoni, PA Cleves, M Exposito-Alonso - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
The dramatic decline of reef-building corals calls for a better understanding of coral
adaptation to ocean warming. Here, we characterized genetic diversity of the widespread …