SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next‐generation sequencing ITS2 profiling
- B. Hume, Edward G. Smith, C. Voolstra
- BiologyMolecular Ecology Resources
- 26 April 2019
It is considered that SymPortal, in conjunction with ongoing large‐scale sampling and sequencing efforts, should play an instrumental role in making future sampling efforts more comparable and in maximizing their efficacy in working towards the classification of the global Symbiodiniaceae diversity.
Symbiodinium thermophilum sp. nov., a thermotolerant symbiotic alga prevalent in corals of the world's hottest sea, the Persian/Arabian Gulf
- B. Hume, C. D’Angelo, E. G. Smith, J. Stevens, J. Burt, J. Wiedenmann
- Environmental Science, BiologyScientific Reports
- 27 February 2015
Through the characterisation of Symbiodinium associations of 6 species (5 genera) of Gulf corals, it is demonstrated that S. thermophilum is the prevalent symbiont all year round in the world's hottest sea, the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf.
Coral recruitment and early benthic community development on several materials used in the construction of artificial reefs and breakwaters
- J. Burt, A. Bartholomew, A. Bauman, A. Saif, P. Sale
- Environmental Science
- 15 May 2009
The Growing Need for Sustainable Ecological Management of Marine Communities of the Persian Gulf
- P. Sale, D. Feary, H. V. Lavieren
- Environmental ScienceAmbio
- 27 January 2011
An excellent opportunity exists for one or more of the bordering countries to initiate a bold and effective, long-term, international collaboration in environmental management for the Gulf.
Recovery of corals a decade after a bleaching event in Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- J. Burt, A. Bartholomew, P. Usseglio
- Environmental Science
- 2 February 2008
Despite strong recovery of several dominant Acropora species, five formerly common species from this area were not observed suggesting local extinction, and conservation of these patch reefs is warranted given the predicted increase in bleaching events, and the role that these communities may play in regional recovery.
Biogeography and molecular diversity of coral symbionts in the genus Symbiodinium around the Arabian Peninsula
- M. Ziegler, Chatchanit Arif, C. Voolstra
- Environmental Science, GeographyJournal of Biogeography
- 2 January 2017
This study characterizes Symbiodinium diversity around the Arabian Peninsula, which contains some of the most thermally diverse and understudied reefs on Earth, to serve as a baseline for further exploration into the effects of environmental change on host–symbiont pairings and the identification and ecological significance of symbiont types from regions already experiencing ‘Future Ocean’ conditions.
Are artificial reefs surrogates of natural habitats for corals and fish in Dubai, United Arab Emirates?
- J. Burt, A. Bartholomew, P. Usseglio, A. Bauman, P. Sale
- Environmental ScienceCoral reefs
- 24 April 2009
The results indicate that large artificial reefs can support diverse and abundant coral and fish communities, however, these communities differ structurally and functionally from those in natural habitats, and they should not be considered as replacements for natural coral andFish communities.
Managing the Growing Impacts of Development on Fragile Coastal and Marine Ecosystems: Lessons from the Gulf
- H. V. Lavieren, J. Burt, P. Sale
- Environmental Science
- 5 December 2011
The environmental costs of coastal urbanization in the Arabian Gulf
- J. Burt
- Environmental Science
- 2 November 2014
Coastal urbanization has expanded rapidly in recent decades in the Arabian Gulf and this has put increasing pressure on important but underappreciated coastal ecosystems throughout the region. Unlike…
Corals from the Persian/Arabian Gulf as models for thermotolerant reef-builders: prevalence of clade C3 Symbiodinium, host fluorescence and ex situ temperature tolerance.
- B. Hume, C. D’Angelo, J. Burt, A. Baker, B. Riegl, J. Wiedenmann
- Environmental ScienceMarine Pollution Bulletin
- 30 July 2013
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