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Coral Symbiosis Under Stress

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Coral reefs of the world are in decline as a result of exposure to an increasing number of major stress agents (Wilkinson and Buddemeier, 1994; Hoegh-Guldberg, 1999; Hoegh-Guldberg et al., 2007). Stress causes bleaching and, in many cases, leads to the death of coral colonies and of entire reefs (e.g., Rosenberg and Loya, 2004). Coral reef ecosystems are one of the largest remaining reservoirs of biodiversity and are among the most diverse in the world. The reefs are based on the symbiotic relationship between the coral animal host to endocellular dinoflagellate micro­algae, commonly referred to as zooxanthellae (yellow-brown algae, Brandt, 1883) embedded in their tissues (e.g., Karako et al. 2002).

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Stambler, N. (2010). Coral Symbiosis Under Stress. In: Seckbach, J., Grube, M. (eds) Symbioses and Stress. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9449-0_10

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