'Chlorophyll-like' compounds as novel biomarkers of stress in corals

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 325, Issue , 2006, Pages 137-144

  McDougall, K E ^a   Gibb, S W ^a   Boyd, K G ^a   Brown, B E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlorophyll a; Coral bleaching; HPLC; Stress biomarkers; Symbiotic algae

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; CHLOROPHYLL; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ZOOXANTHELLA;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA; GONIASTREA ASPERA;

EID: 33845440349     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps325137     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Ambarsari I (1998) The nature and significance of pigments in the symbiotic algae of corals. PhD thesis, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
2. Ambarsari I, Brown BE, Barlow RG, Britton G, Cummings D (1997) Fluctuations in algal chlorophyll and carotenoid pigments during solar bleaching in the coral Goniastrea aspera at Phuket, Thailand. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 159: 303-307
3. Barlow RG, Cummings DG, Gibb SW (1997) Improved resolution of mono- and divinyl chlorophylls a and b and zeaxanthin and lutein in phytoplankton extracts using reverse phase C-8 HPLC. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 161:303-307
4. Ben-Haim Y, Banim E, Kushmaro A, Loya Y, Rosenberg E (1999) Inhibition of photosynthesis and bleaching of zooxanthellae by the coral pathogen Vibrio shiloi. Environ Microbiol 1:223-229
5. Bhagooli R, Yakovleva I (2004) Differential bleaching susceptibility and mortality patterns among four corals in response to thermal stress. Symbiosis 37:121-136
6. Brown BE, Howard LS (1985) Assessing the effects of 'stress' on reef corals. Adv Mar Biol 22:1-63
7. Brown BE, Dunne RP, Scoffin TP, Le Tissier MDA (1994) Solar damage in intertidal corals. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 105: 219-230
8. Brown BE, Ambarsari I, Warner ME, Fitt WK, Dunne RP, Gibb SW, Cummings DG (1999a) Diurnal changes in photochemical efficiency and xanthophyll concentrations in shallow water reef corals: evidence for photoinhibition and photoprotection. Coral Reefs 18:99-105
9. Brown BE, Dunne RP, Ambarsari I, Le Tissier MDA, Satapoomin U (1999b) Seasonal fluctuations in environmental factors and their influence on photophysiological parameters in four Indo-Pacific coral species from the Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 191:53-69
10. Brown BE, Dunne RP, Warner ME, Ambarsari I, Fitt WK, Gibb SW, Cummings DG (2000a) Damage and recovery of Photosystem II during a manipulative field experiment on solar bleaching in the coral Goniastrea aspera. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 195:117-124
11. Brown BE, Dunne RP, Goodson MS, Douglas AE (2000b) Bleaching patterns in reef corals. Nature 404:142-143
12. Brown BE, Downs CA, Dunne RP, Gibb SW (2002a) Preliminary evidence for tissue retraction as a factor in photoprotection of corals incapable of xanthophyll cycling. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 227:129-144
13. Brown BE, Downs CA, Dunne RP, Gibb SW (2002b) Exploring the basis of thermotolerance in the reef coral Goniastrea aspera. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 242:119-129
14. Chisholm SW, Olson RJ, Zettler ER, Goericke R, Waterbury JB, Welschmeyer NA (1988) A novel free-living prochlorophyte abundant in the oceanic euphotic zone. Nature 334: 340-343
15. Coles SL, Brown BE (2003) Coral bleaching - capacity for acclimatization and adaptation. Adv Mar Biol 46:183-223
16. Coles SL, Fadlallah YH (1991) Reef coral survival and mortality at low temperatures in the Arabian Gulf: new species-specific lower temperature limits. Coral Reefs 9:231-237
17. Downs CE, Mueller E, Phillips S, Fauth JE, Woodley CM (2000) A molecular biomarker system for assessing the health of coral (Montastrea faveolata) during heat stress. Mar Biotechnol 2:533-544
18. Fang L, Liao CW, Lin MC (1995) Pigment composition in different-coloured scleractinian corals before and during the bleaching process. Zool Stud 34:10-17
19. Fitt WK, Spero HJ, Halas J, White MW, Porte JW (1993) Recovery of the coral Montastrea annularis in the Florida Keys after the 1987 Caribbean 'bleaching event'. Coral Reefs 12:57-64
20. Glynn PW (1984) Widespread coral mortality and the 1982/1983 El Nino warming event. Environ Conserv 11:133-146
21. Glynn PW (1993) Coral-reef bleaching - ecological perspectives. Coral Reefs 12:1-17
22. Goreau TJ (1964) Mass expulsion of zooxanthellae from Jamaican reef communities after hurricane Flora. Science 145:383-386
23. Hoegh-Guldberg O (1999) Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs. Mar Freshw Res 50:839-866
24. Hoegh-Guldberg O, Smith GJ (1989) The effect of sudden changes in temperature, light and salinity on the population density and export of zooxanthellae from the reef corals Stylophora pistillata Esper and Seriatopora hystrix Dana. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol 129:279-303
25. Holm-Hansen O, Lorenzen CJ, Holmes RW, Strickland JDH (1965) Fluorometric determination of chlorophyll. J Cons Int Explor Mer 301:3-15
26. Jeffrey SW, Mantoura RFC, Wright SW (eds) (1997) Phytoplankton pigments in oceanography: guidelines to modern methods. UNESCO monographs in oceanographic methods. Report for SCOR WH 78, SCOR-UNESCO, Paris
27. Jones RJ (1997) Changes in zooxanthellar densities and chlorophyll concentrations in corals during and after a bleaching event. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 158:51-59
28. Jones R, Steven AL (1997) Effects of cyanide on corals in relation to cyanide fishing on reefs. Mar Freshw Res 48: 517-522
29. Kerswell AP, Jones RJ (2003) Effects of hypo-osmosis on the coral Stylophora pistillata: nature and cause of 'low-salinity bleaching'. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 253:145-154
30. Kinzie RA III (1993) Effect of ambient levels of solar ultraviolet radiation on zooxanthellae and photosynthesis of the reef coral Montipora verrucosa. Mar Biol 116:319-327
31. Kleppel GS, Dodge RE, Reese CJ (1989) Changes in pigmentation associated with the bleaching of stony corals. Limnol Oceanogr 34:1331-1335
32. Kushmaro A, Loya Y, Fine M, Rosenberg M (1996) Bacterial infection and bleaching. Nature 380:396
33. Lesser MP, Stochaj WR, Tapley DW, Shick JM (1990) Bleaching in coral reef anthozoans: effects of irradiance, ultraviolet radiation and temperature on the activities of protective enzymes against active oxygen. Coral Reefs 8: 225-232
34. Le Tissier MDA, Brown BE (1996) Dynamics of solar bleaching in the intertidal reef coral Goniastrea aspera at Ko Phuket. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 136:235-244
35. Lorenzen C (1967) Determination of chlorophyll and pheopigments: spectrophotometric equations. Limnol Oceanogr 12:343
36. Muscatine L, Grossman D, Doino J (1991) Release of symbiotic algae by tropical sea-anemones and corals after cold shock. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 77:233-243
37. Rontani JF, Aubert C (2005) Characterization of isomeric allylic diols resulting from chlorophyll phytyl side-chain photo- and autoxidation by electron ionization gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom 19:637-646
38. Saxby T, Dennison WC, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2003) Photosynthetic responses of the coral Montipora digitata to cold temperature stress. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 248:85-97
39. Wright SW, Jeffrey SW, Mantoura RFC, Llewellyn CA, Bjornland T, Repeta D, Welsch-Meyer N (1991) Improved HPLC method for the analysis of chlorophylls and carotenoids from marine phytoplankton. Mar Ecol Prog Ser 77: 183-196
40. Yakovleva I, Hidaka M (2004) Different effects of high temperature acclimation on bleaching-susceptible and tolerant corals. Symbiosis 37:87-105
41. Yonge CM, Nicholls AG (1931) Studies on the physiology of corals. V. The effects of starvation in light and in darkness on the relationship between corals and zooxanthellae. Sci Rep Gt Barrier Reef Exped 1928-29 1:176-211