Search Results - "Xie, James Y."
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Development of a transcriptomic database for 14 species of scleractinian corals
Published in BMC genomics (17-05-2019)“…Scleractinian corals are important reef builders, but around the world they are under the threat of global climate change as well as local stressors. Molecular…”
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Exploring coral microbiome assemblages in the South China Sea
Published in Scientific reports (05-02-2018)“…Coral reefs are significant ecosystems. The ecological success of coral reefs relies on not only coral-algal symbiosis but also coral-microbial partnership…”
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Coral colony abundances and sizes as indicators of reef health in subtropical Hong Kong waters
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-12-2024)“…Previous studies of the coral communities in Hong Kong focused on the characterisation of benthic cover, with little attention given to colony size structure…”
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Stable Symbiodiniaceae composition in three coral species during the 2017 natural bleaching event in subtropical Hong Kong
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-11-2022)“…Adaptive changes in endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae communities have been reported during and after bleaching events in tropical coral species, but little is…”
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Host–symbiont transcriptomic changes during natural bleaching and recovery in the leaf coral Pavona decussata
Published in The Science of the total environment (01-02-2022)“…Coral bleaching has become a major threat to coral reefs worldwide, but for most coral species little is known about their resilience to environmental changes…”
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Comparative transcriptomics of two coral holobionts collected during the 2017 El Niño heat wave reveal differential stress response mechanisms
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-09-2022)“…Although coral species exhibit differential susceptibility to stressors, little is known about the underlying molecular mechanisms. Here we compared…”
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Dynamic changes in bacterial communities in three species of corals during the 2017 bleaching event in subtropical Hong Kong waters
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-02-2024)“…Bacteria play important roles in coral health, yet little is known about the dynamics of coral-associated bacterial communities during coral bleaching. Here,…”
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Hong Kong's subtropical scleractinian coral communities: Baseline, environmental drivers and management implications
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-06-2021)“…We surveyed 41 sites to provide an updated baseline of Hong Kong coral communities. Five community types were identified, among them the most common one…”
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Localized bleaching and quick recovery in Hong Kong's coral communities
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-04-2020)“…During the summer of 2017 we visited 33 sites with substantial coral cover across Hong Kong waters. At six sites where coral bleaching was observed,…”
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Rapid external erosion of coral substrate in subtropical Hong Kong waters
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (01-08-2021)“…Erosion of coral substrate plays a crucial role in reef calcium carbonate budget, but little is known about erosion in subtropical corals. In a 2-year study of…”
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The 2014 summer coral bleaching event in subtropical Hong Kong
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (30-11-2017)“…We reported a coral bleaching event that occurred in August–September 2014 in Hong Kong waters based on video transect surveys conducted at eight sites. The…”
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Metagenomic analysis reveals a green sulfur bacterium as a potential coral symbiont
Published in Scientific reports (24-08-2017)“…Coral reefs are ecologically significant habitats. Coral-algal symbiosis confers ecological success on coral reefs and coral-microbial symbiosis is also vital…”
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Coral reef diversity losses in China's Greater Bay Area were driven by regional stressors
Published in Science advances (02-10-2020)“…Observations of coral reef losses to climate change far exceed our understanding of historical degradation before anthropogenic warming. This is a critical gap…”
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Borehole density on the surface of living Porites corals as an indicator of sedimentation in Hong Kong
Published in Marine pollution bulletin (15-07-2016)“…Borehole density on the surface of Porites has been used as an indicator of water quality in the Great Barrier Reef. We assessed the relationship between…”
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Polymorphic microsatellite markers in the long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum
Published in Conservation genetics resources (01-12-2014)“…We developed twenty polymorphic microsatellite markers for the long-spined sea urchin Diadema setosum by screening microsatellite enriched library, and…”
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Can portunid crabs protect massive coral against the attack by long-spined sea urchins?
Published in Regional studies in marine science (01-07-2020)“…Sea urchin grazing can damage corals, but little is known how such damage can be remediated. We conducted three caging experiments in the field to determine…”
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Symbiodinium clade C generality among common scleractinian corals in subtropical Hong Kong
Published in Regional studies in marine science (01-11-2016)“…The identity of coral-hosted dinoflagellates (genus Symbiodinium) is a critical factor that determines a coral’s response to environmental change. Symbiodinium…”
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