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Understanding the exceptional heat tolerance of reef corals from the Persian/Arabian Gulf - J Wiedenmann - NERC

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

Other researchers

Dr Alan Hunt

Senior Teaching Fellow
Connect with Alan

Email: A.N.Hunt@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

Ultrastructural biomarkers in symbiotic algae reflect the availability of dissolved inorganic nutrients and particulate food to the reef coral holobiont
Joerg Wiedenmann, Maria D'angelo & Sabrina Rosset, 2015, Frontiers in Marine Science, 2
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2015.00103
Type: article
Nitrogen cycling in corals: the key to understanding holobiont functioning?
Nils Rädecker, Claudia Pogoreutz, Christian R. Voolstra, Jörg Wiedenmann & Christian Wild, 2015, Trends in Microbiology, 23(8), 490-497
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.03.008
Type: article
Spectral Diversity and Regulation of Coral Fluorescence in a Mesophotic Reef Habitat in the Red Sea
Gal Eyal, Jörg Wiedenmann, Mila Grinblat, Cecilia D’Angelo, Esti Kramarsky-Winter, Tali Treibitz, Or Ben-Zvi, Yonathan Shaked, Tyler B. Smith, Saki Harii, Vianney Denis, Tim Noyes, Raz Tamir & Yossi Loya, 2015, PLoS ONE, 10(6), e0128697
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128697
Type: article
Local adaptation constrains the distribution potential of heat-tolerant Symbiodinium from the Persian/Arabian Gulf
Cecilia D'Angelo, Benjamin C.C. Hume, John Burt, Edward G. Smith, Eric P. Achterberg & Jörg Wiedenmann, 2015, The ISME Journal, 9, 2551-2560
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2015.80
Type: article
Symbiodinium thermophilum sp. nov., a thermotolerant symbiotic alga prevalent in corals of the world's hottest sea, the Persian/Arabian Gulf
B.C.C. Hume, C. D'Angelo, E.G. Smith, J.R. Stevens, J. Burt & J. Wiedenmann, 2015, Scientific Reports, 5
DOI: 10.1038/srep08562
Type: article