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Coral reefs under rapid climate change and ocean acidificationO Hoegh-Guldberg
Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072 Queensland, Australia
Science 318:1737-42. 2007..As the International Year of the Reef 2008 begins, scaled-up management intervention and decisive action on global emissions are required if the loss of coral-dominated ecosystems is to be avoided...
The impact of climate change on the world's marine ecosystemsOve Hoegh-Guldberg
Ocean and Coasts Program, Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Science 328:1523-8. 2010..Further change will continue to create enormous challenges and costs for societies worldwide, particularly those in developing countries...
Ecology. Assisted colonization and rapid climate changeO Hoegh-Guldberg
Centre for Marine Studies, Australian Research Council Centre for Excellence in Reef Studies and the Coral Reef Targeted Research Project, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland (QLD) 4072, Australia
Science 321:345-6. 2008
Ecology. Complexities of coral reef recoveryOve Hoegh-Guldberg
Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Science 311:42-3. 2006
Major cellular and physiological impacts of ocean acidification on a reef building coralPaulina Kaniewska
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 7:e34659. 2012..These widespread changes in gene expression emphasize the need to expand future studies of ocean acidification to include a wider spectrum of cellular processes, many of which may occur before impacts on calcification...
Gene expression profiles of cytosolic heat shock proteins Hsp70 and Hsp90 from symbiotic dinoflagellates in response to thermal stress: possible implications for coral bleachingNedeljka N Rosic
Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, 4072, Queensland, Australia
Cell Stress Chaperones 16:69-80. 2011..Reduced expression of the Hsp90 gene under heat stress can indicate a reduced role in inhibiting the heat shock transcription factor which may lead to activation of heat-inducible genes and heat acclimation...
The ecology of 'Acroporid white syndrome', a coral disease from the southern Great Barrier ReefGeorge Roff
School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 6:e26829. 2011..Given the lack of spatial pattern and non-infectious nature of Acroporid white syndrome, further studies are needed to determine causal factors and longer-term implications of disease outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef...
Adaptive divergence in a scleractinian coral: physiological adaptation of Seriatopora hystrix to shallow and deep reef habitatsPim Bongaerts
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
BMC Evol Biol 11:303. 2011....
Heating rate and symbiont productivity are key factors determining thermal stress in the reef-building coral Acropora formosaRachael Middlebrook
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
J Exp Biol 213:1026-34. 2010..This has important ramifications for the interpretation of chlorophyll fluorescence data such as dark adapted F(v)/F(m)...
Tolerance of endolithic algae to elevated temperature and light in the coral Montipora monasteriata from the southern Great Barrier ReefMaoz Fine
Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
J Exp Biol 208:75-81. 2005..More resistant corals may take longer to bleach allowing endoliths time to acclimate to a new light environment. This in turn may have implications for coral survival...
Genetic divergence across habitats in the widespread coral Seriatopora hystrix and its associated SymbiodiniumPim Bongaerts
Global Change Institute, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 5:e10871. 2010....
Validation of housekeeping genes for gene expression studies in Symbiodinium exposed to thermal and light stressNedeljka N Rosic
Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, 4072, QLD, Australia
Mar Biotechnol (NY) 13:355-65. 2011..This study provides the first list of the HKGs and will provide a useful reference in future gene expression studies in symbiotic dinoflagellates...
A single-cell view of ammonium assimilation in coral-dinoflagellate symbiosisMathieu Pernice
Coral Reef Ecosystem Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
ISME J 6:1314-24. 2012....
Thermal stress promotes host mitochondrial degradation in symbiotic cnidarians: are the batteries of the reef going to run out?Simon R Dunn
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
PLoS ONE 7:e39024. 2012....
Niche partitioning of closely related symbiotic dinoflagellatesEugenia M Sampayo
Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Mol Ecol 16:3721-33. 2007..This study provides thus evidence that closely related symbionts are ecologically distinct and fulfil their own niche within the ecosystem provided by the host and external environment...
Shallow-water wave lensing in coral reefs: a physical and biological case studyCameron James Veal
Global Change Institute, Coral Reef Ecosystem Laboratory, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland 4072, Australia
J Exp Biol 213:4304-12. 2010..This study suggests that shallow-water coral species are not negatively affected by the strong flashes that occur under wave-lensing conditions...
Regulation of apoptotic mediators reveals dynamic responses to thermal stress in the reef building coral Acropora milleporaMathieu Pernice
Coral Reef Ecosystem Laboratory, Global Change Institute, ARC Centre for Excellence in Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 6:e16095. 2011..In this respect, increased apoptotic cell death activity is an important cellular process that is associated with the breakdown of the mutualistic symbiosis between the cnidarian host and their dinoflagellate symbionts...
Analysis of evolutionarily conserved innate immune components in coral links immunity and symbiosisE Charlotte E Kvennefors
Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
Dev Comp Immunol 34:1219-29. 2010....
The effect of thermal history on the susceptibility of reef-building corals to thermal stressRachael Middlebrook
Centre for Marine Studies and ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
J Exp Biol 211:1050-6. 2008..Clearly increases in sea temperatures that extend beyond 1-2 degrees C will exhaust the extent to which acclimation can modify the thermal threshold of corals...
Differential regulation by heat stress of novel cytochrome P450 genes from the dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building coralsNedeljka N Rosic
ARC Centre for Excellence in Reef Studies and Global Change Institute, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Appl Environ Microbiol 76:2823-9. 2010....
Coral skeletons defend against ultraviolet radiationRuth Reef
Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 4:e7995. 2009..High levels of ultraviolet radiation (UVR) associated with sunlight, however, represent a potential problem in terms of tissue damage...
Bacterial communities of two ubiquitous Great Barrier Reef corals reveals both site- and species-specificity of common bacterial associatesE Charlotte E Kvennefors
Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 5:e10401. 2010..Replicated data such as these are crucial in determining potential roles of bacteria on coral...
An ancient and variable mannose-binding lectin from the coral Acropora millepora binds both pathogens and symbiontsE Charlotte E Kvennefors
Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland 4072, Australia
Dev Comp Immunol 32:1582-92. 2008....
Phototropic growth in a reef flat acroporid branching coral speciesPaulina Kaniewska
ARC Centre of Excellence, The University of Queensland, Centre for Marine Studies, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
J Exp Biol 212:662-7. 2009..These features of coral branch growth are highly reminiscent of the initiation of phototropic branch growth in terrestrial plants, which is directed by the blue light component of sunlight...
SymbioGBR: a web-based database of Symbiodinium associated with cnidarian hosts on the Great Barrier ReefLinda Tonk
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD 4072, Australia
BMC Ecol 13:7. 2013....
Shared skeletal support in a coral-hydroid symbiosisOlga Pantos
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 6:e20946. 2011....
Doom and boom on a resilient reef: climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recoveryGuillermo Diaz-Pulido
Centre for Marine Studies and Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
PLoS ONE 4:e5239. 2009..These processes usually take years to decades to bring a reef back to coral dominance...
Analytical approach for selecting normalizing genes from a cDNA microarray platform to be used in q-RT-PCR assays: a cnidarian case studyMauricio Rodriguez-Lanetty
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia QLD 4072, Australia
J Biochem Biophys Methods 70:985-91. 2008..The three most stables genes identified, in term of gene expression, were beta-actin, ribosomal protein L12, and a Poly(a) binding protein. The applications of these HKGs in other cnidarian systems are further discussed...
Host pigments: potential facilitators of photosynthesis in coral symbiosesSophie G Dove
Centre for Marine Studies, Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Plant Cell Environ 31:1523-33. 2008..The data suggested that blue morphs can bleach, decreasing their symbiont populations by an order of magnitude without compromising symbiont or coral health...
Communication arising. Is coral bleaching really adaptive?Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Centre for Marine Studies, University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia
Nature 415:601-2. 2002..Although Baker's results hint at further mechanisms by which reef-building corals may acclimatize to changing light conditions, we do not consider that the evidence supports his inference...
Resistance to thermal stress in corals without changes in symbiont compositionAnthony J Bellantuono
Department of Biology, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA 70504, USA
Proc Biol Sci 279:1100-7. 2012....
Kinetics of photoacclimation in coralsKenneth R N Anthony
Department of Marine Biology, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia
Oecologia 134:23-31. 2003..The recorded kinetics of photoacclimation in the Turbinaria-zooxanthella symbiosis is comparable to that of free-living phytoplankton and faster than that of higher plants...
A world with corals: what will it take?Heidi Schuttenberg
Science 318:42. 2007
A call to action for coral reefsRichard E Dodge
Science 322:189-90. 2008
Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate changeTerence P Hughes
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia
Curr Biol 17:360-5. 2007....
Highly organized structure in the non-coding region of the psbA minicircle from clade C SymbiodiniumRobert B Moore
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 53:1725-34. 2003..Sequence polymorphism was extremely high in the variable regions, suggesting that these regions may be useful for distinguishing strains that cannot be differentiated using molecular markers currently available for Symbiodinium...
A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasitesRobert B Moore
School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences, University of Sydney, Darlington, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Nature 451:959-63. 2008..The discovery of this organism provides a powerful model with which to study the evolution of parasitism in Apicomplexa...
The 2.2 A crystal structure of a pocilloporin pigment reveals a nonplanar chromophore conformationMark Prescott
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, 3800, Victoria, Australia
Structure 11:275-84. 2003..Furthermore, the fluorescent variant adopted a noncoplanar chromophore conformation. The data presented here demonstrates that the conformation of the chromophore is highly dependent on its immediate environment...
The production, purification and crystallization of a pocilloporin pigment from a reef-forming coralTravis Beddoe
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Biomedical Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria 3800, Australia
Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr 59:597-9. 2003..The colour of this pocilloporin was observed to be sensitive to pH and a yellow (pH 3.5) and a red form (pH 4.5) of Rtms5 were also crystallized. These crystals belong to space group P4(2)22 and diffract to 2.4 A resolution or better...
Ecological responses to recent climate changeGian Reto Walther
Institute of Geobotany, University of Hannover, Nienburger Str 17, 30167 Hannover, Germany
Nature 416:389-95. 2002..Although we are only at an early stage in the projected trends of global warming, ecological responses to recent climate change are already clearly visible...
Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of Brown Band syndrome and skeletal eroding band diseaseOded Yarden
Department of Plant Pathology and Microbiology, Faculty of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Quality Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel
Appl Environ Microbiol 73:2755-7. 2007..Since taxonomically related fungal species were isolated from diseased and healthy colonies, we suggest that their association with coral may be constitutive but that their abundance is dependent on coral health...
