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
Different functional traits among closely related algal symbionts dictate stress endurance for vital Indo-Pacific reef-building corals
Hoadley, K. D., Pettay, D. T., Lewis, A., Wham, D., Grasso, C., Smith, R., Kemp, D. W., LaJeunesse, T. & Warner, M. E., Oct 2021, In: Global Change Biology. 27, 20, p. 5295-5309 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Miliolidium n. gen, a New Symbiodiniacean Genus Whose Members Associate with Soritid Foraminifera or Are Free-Living
Pochon, X. & LaJeunesse, T. C., Jul 1 2021, In: Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 68, 4, e12856.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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
Mutualistic microalgae co-diversify with reef corals that acquire symbionts during egg development
Turnham, K. E., Wham, D. C., Sampayo, E. & LaJeunesse, T. C., Nov 2021, In: ISME Journal. 15, 11, p. 3271-3285 15 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