List of works - Ross Cunning

A dynamic bioenergetic model for coral-Symbiodinium symbioses and coral bleaching as an alternate stable state.

scientific article published on 3 August 2017

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

scientific article published on 2 May 2023

Census of heat tolerance among Florida's threatened staghorn corals finds resilient individuals throughout existing nursery populations

scientific article published in 2021

Change in algal symbiont communities after bleaching, not prior heat exposure, increases heat tolerance of reef corals

scientific article

Changes in coral microbial communities in response to a natural pH gradient.

scientific article

Characterization of a thermally tolerant Orbicella faveolata reef in Abaco, The Bahamas

Comparative analysis of the Pocillopora damicornis genome highlights role of immune system in coral evolution

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Competition and succession among coral endosymbionts

scientific article published on 30 October 2019

Development of gene expression markers of acute heat-light stress in reef-building corals of the genus Porites

scientific article (publication date: 2011)

Dynamic regulation of partner abundance mediates response of reef coral symbioses to environmental change.

scientific article

Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves

scientific article published on 08 December 2020

Elevated pCO2 affects tissue biomass composition, but not calcification, in a reef coral under two light regimes.

scientific article published in November 2017

Extensive coral mortality and critical habitat loss following dredging and their association with remotely-sensed sediment plumes

scientific article published on 24 May 2019

High light alongside elevated P CO2 alleviates thermal depression of photosynthesis in a hard coral (Pocillopora acuta)

scientific article published on 21 October 2020

Investigating the causes and consequences of symbiont shuffling in a multi-partner reef coral symbiosis under environmental change.

scientific article published in June 2015

Not just who, but how many: the importance of partner abundance in reef coral symbioses

scientific article

Species-specific responses to climate change and community composition determine future calcification rates of Florida Keys reefs.

scientific article

Symbiont shuffling linked to differential photochemical dynamics of Symbiodinium in three Caribbean reef corals

scientific article published on 11 November 2017

Temperature‐mediated acquisition of rare heterologous symbionts promotes survival of coral larvae under ocean warming

scientific article published on 27 December 2021

Tenacious D: Symbiodinium in clade D remain in reef corals at both high and low temperature extremes despite impairment

scientific article published on 20 January 2017

The effects of Symbiodinium (Pyrrhophyta) identity on growth, survivorship, and thermal tolerance of newly settled coral recruits.

scientific article

Thermotolerant coral symbionts modulate heat stress-responsive genes in their hosts

scientific article published on 25 June 2020

Using high-throughput sequencing of ITS2 to describe Symbiodinium metacommunities in St. John, US Virgin Islands

scientific article

Variability of Symbiodinium Communities in Waters, Sediments, and Corals of Thermally Distinct Reef Pools in American Samoa

scientific article published on 29 December 2015

List of works by Ross Cunning

A dynamic bioenergetic model for coral-Symbiodinium symbioses and coral bleaching as an alternate stable state.

Building consensus around the assessment and interpretation of Symbiodiniaceae diversity

Census of heat tolerance among Florida's threatened staghorn corals finds resilient individuals throughout existing nursery populations

Change in algal symbiont communities after bleaching, not prior heat exposure, increases heat tolerance of reef corals

Changes in coral microbial communities in response to a natural pH gradient.

Characterization of a thermally tolerant Orbicella faveolata reef in Abaco, The Bahamas

Comparative analysis of the Pocillopora damicornis genome highlights role of immune system in coral evolution

Competition and succession among coral endosymbionts

Development of gene expression markers of acute heat-light stress in reef-building corals of the genus Porites

Dynamic regulation of partner abundance mediates response of reef coral symbioses to environmental change.

Dynamic symbioses reveal pathways to coral survival through prolonged heatwaves

Elevated pCO2 affects tissue biomass composition, but not calcification, in a reef coral under two light regimes.

Extensive coral mortality and critical habitat loss following dredging and their association with remotely-sensed sediment plumes

High light alongside elevated P CO2 alleviates thermal depression of photosynthesis in a hard coral (Pocillopora acuta)

Investigating the causes and consequences of symbiont shuffling in a multi-partner reef coral symbiosis under environmental change.

Not just who, but how many: the importance of partner abundance in reef coral symbioses

Species-specific responses to climate change and community composition determine future calcification rates of Florida Keys reefs.

Symbiont shuffling linked to differential photochemical dynamics of Symbiodinium in three Caribbean reef corals

Temperature‐mediated acquisition of rare heterologous symbionts promotes survival of coral larvae under ocean warming

Tenacious D: Symbiodinium in clade D remain in reef corals at both high and low temperature extremes despite impairment

The effects of Symbiodinium (Pyrrhophyta) identity on growth, survivorship, and thermal tolerance of newly settled coral recruits.

Thermotolerant coral symbionts modulate heat stress-responsive genes in their hosts

Using high-throughput sequencing of ITS2 to describe Symbiodinium metacommunities in St. John, US Virgin Islands

Variability of Symbiodinium Communities in Waters, Sediments, and Corals of Thermally Distinct Reef Pools in American Samoa