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Host pigments of hermatypic corals as indicators of environmental stress in reef communities

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Joerg Wiedenmann

Professor of Biological Oceanography

Research interests

  • Coral Reef Biology and Ecology
  • Coral Bleaching
  • Nutrient biology of coral reefs
Connect with Joerg

Email: jw1w07@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Fluorescent protein-mediated colour polymorphism in reef corals: multicopy genes extend the adaptation/acclimatization potential to variable light environments
John R. Gittins, Cecilia D'Angelo, Franz Oswald, Richard J. Edwards & Jörg Wiedenmann, 2015, Molecular Ecology, 24(2), 453-465
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13041
Type: article
The corallivorous flatworm Amakusaplana acroporae: an invasive species threat to coral reefs?
Benjamin Charles Clayton Hume, Cecilia D’Angelo, Anna Cunnington, Edward G. Smith & Jörg Wiedenmann, 2014, Coral Reefs, 33(1), 267-272
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-013-1101-6
Type: article
Corals from the Persian/Arabian Gulf as models for thermotolerant reef-builders: prevalence of clade C3 Symbiodinium, host fluorescence and ex situ temperature tolerance
B. Hume, C. D'Angelo, J. Burt, A.C. Baker, B. Riegl & J. Wiedenmann, 2013, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 72(2), 313-322
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.11.032
Type: article
Screening by coral green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like chromoproteins supports a role in photoprotection of zooxanthellae
E.G. Smith, C. D'Angelo, A. Salih & J. Wiedenmann, 2013, Coral Reefs, 32(2), 463-474
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-012-0994-9
Type: article
Letter. Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching
Jörg Wiedenmann, Cecilia D'Angelo, Edward G. Smith, Alan N. Hunt, François-Eric Legiret, Anthony D. Postle & Eric P. Achterberg, 2013, Nature Climate Change, 3(5), 160-164
DOI: 10.1038/nclimate1661
Type: article