Patrick C. Cabaitan

The paper profiles Symbiodiniaceae communities in giant clams across multiple species and sites, finding that both host and environmental factors shape these communities.

This study examines how ocean warming and acidification affect juvenile giant clams and their symbiotic algae, showing increased vulnerability to heat stress and altered symbiont gene expression.

The paper uses stable isotope data from giant clams and corals to show trophic niche partitioning along an autotrophy-heterotrophy gradient with phylogenetic signal and tradeoffs.

This study links microbiome stability to coral thermotolerance by comparing microbial communities in thermotolerant and thermosensitive corals under thermal stress.