Research Summary
Focuses on the evolutionary ecology of mutualistic symbioses, mainly coral-dinoflagellate associations. Examines ecological, biogeographic, and phylogenetic patterns in order to deduce fundamental ecological and evolutionary processes involving microbial eukaryotes. Part of this research seeks to understand how coral communities globally are responding to climate warming.
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Recent Publications
Iron Availability Modulates the Response of Endosymbiotic Dinoflagellates to Heat Stress
Reich, H. G., Tu, W. C., Rodriguez, I. B., Chou, Y., Keister, E. F., Kemp, D. W., LaJeunesse, T. C. & Ho, T. Y., Feb 2021, In: Journal of Phycology. 57, 1, p. 3-13 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Zooxanthellae
LaJeunesse, T. C., Oct 5 2020, In: Current Biology. 30, 19, p. R1110-R1113Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Cladocopium infistulum sp. nov. (Dinophyceae), a thermally tolerant dinoflagellate symbiotic with giant clams from the western Pacific Ocean
Lee, S. Y., Jeong, H. J. & Lajeunesse, T. C., 2020, In: Phycologia. 59, 6, p. 515-526 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Endosymbiotic dinoflagellates pump iron: differences in iron and other trace metal needs among the Symbiodiniaceae
Reich, H. G., Rodriguez, I. B., LaJeunesse, T. C. & Ho, T. Y., Aug 1 2020, In: Coral Reefs. 39, 4, p. 915-927 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Photosynthesis by symbiotic sponges enhances their ability to erode calcium carbonate
Achlatis, M., Schönberg, C. H. L., van der Zande, R. M., LaJeunesse, T. C., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Dove, S., Jul 2019, In: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 516, p. 140-149 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Considerations for maximizing the adaptive potential of restored coral populations in the western Atlantic
Baums, I. B., Baker, A. C., Davies, S. W., Grottoli, A. G., Kenkel, C. D., Kitchen, S. A., Kuffner, I. B., LaJeunesse, T. C., Matz, M. V., Miller, M. W., Parkinson, J. E. & Shantz, A. A., Dec 1 2019, In: Ecological Applications. 29, 8, e01978.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Correction to: Mass coral bleaching of P. versipora in Sydney Harbour driven by the 2015–2016 heatwave (Coral Reefs, (2019), 38, 4, (815-830), 10.1007/s00338-019-01797-6)
Goyen, S., Camp, E. F., Fujise, L., Lloyd, A., Nitschke, M. R., LaJeunesse, T. C., Kahlke, T., Ralph, P. J. & Suggett, D., Aug 15 2019, In: Coral Reefs. 38, 4, p. 877 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
Host–symbiont combinations dictate the photo-physiological response of reef-building corals to thermal stress
Hoadley, K. D., Lewis, A. M., Wham, D. C., Pettay, D. T., Grasso, C., Smith, R., Kemp, D. W., LaJeunesse, T. C. & Warner, M. E., Dec 1 2019, In: Scientific reports. 9, 1, 9985.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
SymPortal: A novel analytical framework and platform for coral algal symbiont next-generation sequencing ITS2 profiling
Hume, B. C. C., Smith, E. G., Ziegler, M., Warrington, H. J. M., Burt, J. A., LaJeunesse, T. C., Wiedenmann, J. & Voolstra, C. R., Jul 2019, In: Molecular Ecology Resources. 19, 4, p. 1063-1080 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
New Species of Closely Related Endosymbiotic Dinoflagellates in the Greater Caribbean have Niches Corresponding to Host Coral Phylogeny
Lewis, A. M., Chan, A. N. & LaJeunesse, T. C., May 1 2019, In: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 66, 3, p. 469-482 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review