Cecilia Conaco

The paper investigates phytoplankton and giant virus dynamics during HAB events in a eutrophic mariculture area, revealing associations between phytoplankton and giant viruses and seasonal influences on their community structure.

The paper profiles Symbiodiniaceae communities in giant clams across multiple species and sites, finding that both host and environmental factors shape these communities.

This study examines how ocean warming and acidification affect juvenile giant clams and their symbiotic algae, showing increased vulnerability to heat stress and altered symbiont gene expression.

This study investigates the infection cycle of a giant virus in a green alga, documenting ultrastructural changes and transcriptional responses at different stages of infection.

This study links microbiome stability to coral thermotolerance by comparing microbial communities in thermotolerant and thermosensitive corals under thermal stress.

The paper compares transcriptome responses of four coral species to acute heat stress, finding differences in stress response gene abundance and activation patterns that correlate with thermal tolerance.

The paper uses stable isotope data from giant clams and corals to show trophic niche partitioning along an autotrophy-heterotrophy gradient with phylogenetic signal and tradeoffs.