Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

This study uses RNA-seq to analyze the physiological responses of Porites lobata to fragmentation and outplanting, revealing rapid wound regeneration and growth phases with specific metabolic and stress responses.

This paper presents the first draft reference genome of the mustard hill coral, Porites astreoides, using long-read sequencing and provides functional annotations to support comparative genomic studies and coral conservation efforts.

This paper identifies Galaxea fascicularis as a new model coral species for studying symbiosis, showing it can be bleached and reinfected with non-native algae and complete its gametogenic cycle in captivity.

The paper reports higher gene counts in two coral genomes due to tandem duplications, suggesting a role in immune system and disease resistance.

The paper develops transcriptomes for two staghorn coral populations from Turneffe Atoll, Belize, to study gene activity across different taxa in the coral holobiont.

This study uses DNA barcoding to identify coral species in aquarium collections, finding that 44% could be identified to species level and 80% provisionally, highlighting biases in reference databases.

The paper investigates Symbiodiniaceae cell density in two black coral species from Madagascar using microscopy and molecular methods, finding low densities and suggesting antipatharians may not rely on high symbiont abundance.

The paper uses multi-omics data to analyze cross-organism interactions in coral holobionts, revealing host dominance over zooxanthellae and immune responses triggered by Endozoicomonas bacteria.

The paper uses metabolomics to identify metabolic markers of stony coral tissue loss disease in Montastraea cavernosa, revealing differences between healthy, diseased, and recovered corals.

The paper investigates mechanisms of ecological divergence with gene flow in corals by combining genomic, transcriptomic, and symbiont analyses to understand adaptation to environmental stress.

This paper introduces Reef Cover, a coral reef classification system for global habitat mapping using remote sensing data, demonstrating its application in the Pacific Islands.

The paper examines physiological and transcriptomic differences in a single coral colony, finding distinct functional roles in different polyp locations due to environmental gradients.

The paper identifies gene expression patterns associated with disease resistance and long-term growth in corals from a marine sanctuary, showing no trade-off between resistance and calcification.

This study presents the Ostreobium nuclear genome and metatranscriptomic analysis to understand its adaptations to the coral skeleton environment and its role in coral holobiont dynamics.

This study characterizes the thermal stress response in Montipora capitata using transcriptomic and metabolomic data, revealing key gene and metabolite changes associated with stress.

The paper addresses the paradox of stable population sizes in reef species despite the contraction-expansion model by proposing a synthetic model of modern reef development and analyzing genetic simulations and molecular evolution rates.

The paper identifies genetic adaptations in coral holobionts from the Great Barrier Reef's inshore regions linked to Holocene climate change.

The paper analyzes transcriptomic responses of Acropora palmata and its symbionts to disease exposure, finding consistent innate immune gene expression despite yearly disease variability.

This paper develops a field-friendly framework for characterizing coral holobionts using nanopore sequencing and bioinformatics pipelines, revealing reef-scale bacterial networks and host-specific associations.

The paper investigates genetic differentiation of Symbiodinium fitti symbionts associated with three Caribbean coral species and their hybrid, finding host-specific genetic variation.

The paper identifies differentially expressed zooxanthellal genes in Aiptasia-Symbiodinium endosymbiosis using SDS-based RNA purification and NGS, revealing key cellular processes involved in symbiosis and nonsymbiosis.

The paper develops a SNP genotyping array and analysis workflow for Acropora corals and their symbionts, enabling genotype identification and ancestry analysis.

This paper introduces a spatially explicit and mechanistic model to simulate coral reef dynamics, showing that local larval production and growth rate reductions are key factors influencing community dynamics.

The paper presents the genome sequence of Paramuricea clavata, a Mediterranean octocoral, to study genetic factors underlying differential responses to thermal stress and support conservation efforts.

The paper analyzes coral stress responses and finds two distinct types of transcriptional responses to different stress intensities in Acropora corals.

This study tracks the development of Plexaura homomalla from eggs to 3-polyp colonies, identifying a novel form of asexual reproduction called polyembryony that may enhance reproductive success in Caribbean octocorals.

The paper examines genetic structure in Porites lobata corals, finding stronger genetic differentiation across human-impacted habitats than between distant islands.

This study examines DNA methylation changes in the coral Porites astreoides under simulated environmental change, finding convergence of methylation profiles and evidence of heritability.

The paper compares transcriptomes of Chromera and Symbiodiniaceae algae to assess their genetic relationships and thermal tolerance.

The paper develops a light-sheet illumination technique for live imaging of photosensitive corals, revealing light-induced polyp retraction and tissue rupture.