Is photoinhibition of zooxanthellae photosynthesis the primary cause of thermal bleaching in corals?

By David J. Smith, David John Suggett, N. R. Baker. 2005

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Metabolite profiling of symbiont and host during thermal stress and bleaching in the coral Acropora aspera (2017, background): “These alterations likely indicate a shift in metabolic mode, with a departure from efficient carbon fixation, the production of cellular energy (ATP and NADPH) and the de novo synthesis of photosynthate from the Calvin cycle during thermal stress (Jones et al. 1998; Smith et al. 2005).”
Community dynamics and physiology of Symbiodinium spp. before, during, and after a coral bleaching event (2014, background): “The limiting factor(s) for persistence of residual Symbiodinium are cellular division rates (algal and host controlled), available space in the host, and the cell size (Falkowski et al. 1993; Smith and Muscatine 1999).”
Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook (2008, background): “…the spectrum, have also been variably implicated in mass coral bleaching (Hoegh-Guldberg and Smith, 1989; Brown et al., 1994; Fitt and Warner, 1995; Shick et al., 1996; Brown, 1997a,b; Lesser, 1997; Brown et al., 1999; Dunne and Brown, 2001; Coles and Brown, 2003; Lesser, 2004; Smith et al., 2005).”
Energy reserves and metabolism as indicators of coral recovery from bleaching (2007, background): “Research on the underlying mechanisms driving variability has focused on zooxanthellar temperature constraints (e.g., Smith et al. 2005) and genetic variation (e.g., Baker 2001) to explain bleaching susceptibility.”
Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Reef Building Corals (2010, background): “cellular pathways that are most likely involved in the disruption of photosynthesis in Symbiodinium during coral bleaching (see Lesser 2004, 2006 and Smith et al. 2005 ).”
The effect of ocean acidification on symbiont photorespiration and productivity in Acropora formosa (2010, neutral): “1 617 3365 7262, fax 1 617 3365 4755, e-mail: a.crawley@uq.edu.au r 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd 851 Smith et al., 2005; Takahashi & Murata, 2008).”
PSII photoinhibition and photorepair in Symbiodinium (Pyrrhophyta) differs between thermally tolerant and sensitive phylotypes (2010, background): “Higher PFDs exacerbate the effect of thermal stress (Lesser & Farrell 2004, Robison & Warner 2006), presumably because both factors act cumulatively to damage PSII (Smith et al. 2005).”