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Simon Davy

Victoria University of Wellington
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Cell biology of cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

SK Davy, D Allemand, VM Weis - Microbiology and Molecular …, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
The symbiosis between cnidarians (eg, corals or sea anemones) and intracellular dinoflagellate
algae of the genus Symbiodinium is of immense ecological importance. In particular, …

Optimal nutrient exchange and immune responses operate in partner specificity in the cnidarian-dinoflagellate symbiosis

…, AR Grossman, VM Weis, SK Davy - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - National Acad Sciences
The relationship between corals and dinoflagellates of the genus Symbiodinium is fundamental
to the functioning of coral ecosystems. It has been suggested that reef corals may adapt …

Cell biology in model systems as the key to understanding corals

VM Weis, SK Davy, O Hoegh-Guldberg… - Trends in ecology & …, 2008 - cell.com
Corals provide the foundation of important tropical reef ecosystems but are in global decline
for multiple reasons, including climate change. Coral health depends on a fragile …

[BOOK][B] The biology of coral reefs

C Sheppard, S Davy, G Pilling, N Graham - 2017 - books.google.com
Coral reefs represent the most spectacular and diverse marine ecosystem on the planet as
well as a critical source of income for millions of people. However, the combined effects of …

Temperate and tropical algal‐sea anemone symbioses

G Muller‐Parker, SK Davy - Invertebrate Biology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In this review, we seek to develop new insights about the nature of algal‐sea anemone
symbioses by comparing such associations in temperate and tropical seas. Temperate seas …

Cell biology of coral bleaching

CA Oakley, SK Davy - Coral bleaching: patterns, processes, causes and …, 2018 - Springer
Corals depend on a mutualistic symbiosis with intracellular dinoflagellates of the genus
Symbiodinium for their energetic needs. The high productivity of corals in a challenging …

The molecular language of the cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis

…, C Ferrier-Pagès, DJ Suggett, VM Weis, SK Davy - Trends in …, 2021 - cell.com
The cnidarian–dinoflagellate symbiosis is of huge importance as it underpins the success of
coral reefs, yet we know very little about how the host cnidarian and its dinoflagellate …

[HTML][HTML] The Marine Microbial Eukaryote Transcriptome Sequencing Project (MMETSP): illuminating the functional diversity of eukaryotic life in the oceans through …

…, RA Cattolico, JL Collier, K Coyne, SK Davy… - PLoS …, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Current sampling of genomic sequence data from eukaryotes is relatively poor, biased, and
inadequate to address important questions about their biology, evolution, and ecology; this …

[HTML][HTML] Case fatality risk of the SARS-CoV-2 variant of concern B. 1.1. 7 in England, 16 November to 5 February

…, HJ Curtis, CE Morton, S Bacon, S Davy… - …, 2021 - eurosurveillance.org
The SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant of concern (VOC) is increasing in prevalence across Europe.
Accurate estimation of disease severity associated with this VOC is critical for pandemic …

Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes?

JJ Bell, SK Davy, T Jones, MW Taylor… - Global change …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Coral reefs across the world have been seriously degraded and have a bleak future in response
to predicted global warming and ocean acidification ( OA ). However, this is not the first …