Flexibility and Specificity in Coral-Algal Symbiosis: Diversity, Ecology, and Biogeography of Symbiodinium

By A. Baker. 2003

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Development of clade-specific Symbiodinium primers for quantitative PCR (qPCR) and their application to detecting clade D symbionts in Caribbean corals (2009, background): “Overall, however, since clade D and ITS-2 type D1a in particular, are recognized as opportunistic and broadly distributed among coral species ( Baker 2003 ), the assay and primer sets presented here have potential to act as a reasonable proxy for estimating (symbiont-derived) heat tolerance in Carib”
Coral bleaching, bleaching-induced mortality, and the adaptive significance of the bleaching response (2008, background): “Based on this line of reasoning it has been suggested that bleaching itself is not even needed as an agent of change in ABH, as symbiont community switching or shuZing (sensu Baker 2003) may occur without visible discolouration ( Baker 2001, 2003; Buddemeier et al. 2004; Fautin and Buddemeier 2004)”
Effects of phosphate on growth and skeletal density in the scleractinian coral Acropora muricata: A controlled experimental approach (2012, background): “Corals possess endosymbiotic zooxanthellae (genus Symbiodinium) which receive metabolic wastes in the form of phosphorus, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide from the coral, while the coral receives oxygen and carbohydrates from the photosynthetic activities of the zooxanthellae (Baker, 2003; Barnes and Hu”
Environmental Drivers of Variation in Bleaching Severity of Acropora Species during an Extreme Thermal Anomaly (2017, background): “, 2013), and many coral species can associate with more than one type of Symbiodinium (Baker, 2003; Sampayo et al., 2008).”
Patterns of Symbiodinium distribution in three giant clam species across the biodiverse Bird’s Head region of Indonesia (2012, background): “However, in the Pacific, clade A is relatively rare in scleractinian corals (Baker et al. 1997, LaJeunesse 2002) and has only been found at relatively high latitudes (reviewed in Baker 2003).”
The role of zooxanthellae in the thermal tolerance of corals: a ‘nugget of hope’ for coral reefs in an era of climate change (2006, background): “Although most coral colonies appear to associate with a single zooxanthella type, there are a number of coral species that can also associate with several symbiont types simultaneously (reviewed in Baker (2003)).”
Symbiodinium Functional Diversity in the Coral Siderastrea siderea Is Influenced by Thermal Stress and Reef Environment, but Not Ocean Acidification (2018, background): “, 2007), and has increased sea surface temperatures, which can cause a breakdown of the coral-algal symbiosis—a process termed “coral bleaching” (Hoegh-Guldberg, 1999; Baker, 2003; Weis, 2008; Hoegh-Guldberg and Bruno, 2010).”
Most corals may not change their symbionts (2006, background): “For example, cloning may generate sequences that do not represent zooxanthellae (Toller et al. 2001a, Baker 2003).”
Effects of environmental factors on dimethylated sulfur compounds and their potential role in the antioxidant system of the coral holobiont (2014, background): “High DMSP concentrations associated with bleaching could reflect a change in the relative abundance of clades through either switching or shuffling (Baker 2003), with the newly dominant clade being a greater producer of DMSP than the clade it replaced (Steinke et al. 2011).”
SYMBIODINIUM (PYRRHOPHYTA) GENOME SIZES (DNA CONTENT) ARE SMALLEST AMONG DINOFLAGELLATES 1 (2005, result): “These were compared with measurements on various Symbiodinium spp. in the subgeneric clades A, B, C, D, E, and F (reviewed in Baker 2003).”
Many corals host thermally resistant symbionts in high-temperature habitat (2011, background): “The common back-reef corals in the genus Porites generally house a single symbiont type, and this specific coral–algal association has been shown to be heat-resistant relative to other corals (Baker 2003; LaJeunesse et al. 2003; Fitt et al. 2009).”
Corals as light collectors: an integrating sphere approach (2005, background): “In some cases, the bathymetric distribution of chlorophyll was found to be bimodal (Dustan 1979, 1982), possibly indicating the presence of two distinct symbiont populations (Rowan et al. 1997; Baker 2003).”
Methods for sampling free-living Symbiodinium (zooxanthellae) and their distribution and abundance at Lizard Island (Great Barrier Reef) (2008, neutral): “Symbiodinium is the most studied genus within this group (Baker, 2003).”
Diversity in populations of free‐living Symbiodinium from a Caribbean and Pacific reef (2008, background): “Historically, clade D appears to exhibit a patchy distribution among hosts but members of this clade are considered opportunistic or weedy symbionts that take advantage of marginal environmental conditions that may be unsuitable for other symbiont types (Baker 2003).”
Bleaching Resistance and the Role of Algal Endosymbionts (2009, methodology): “... between tropical Caribbean scleractinian symbioses and their counterparts from the temperate Indo-Pacific and Mediterranean led to speculation that the closure of the Isthmus of Panama and subsequent cycles of glaciations in the northern hemisphere led to cooler and more variable temperature reg”
The Evolution of Multicellularity: A Minor Major Transition? (2007, background): “…choose specific light-emitting Vibrio spp. (Fidopiastis et al. 1998), anthozoan cnidarians accept or reject specific algal strains as photosynthetic partners (Baker 2003, Muller-Parker & Secord 2005), and leguminous plants punish or exclude less-productive nitrogen-fixing rhizobia (Denison 2000).”
High genetic differentiation and cross-shelf patterns of genetic diversity among Great Barrier Reef populations of Symbiodinium (2009, background): “…temperature (HoeghGuldberg 1999; Hughes et al. 2003), predictions of the resilience of diVerent coral–Symbiodinium partnerships have largely focused on the extent to which more thermally and stress tolerant Symbiodinium clades and types can be accommodated in the symbiosis (reviewed in Baker 2003).”