Matthew R. Nitschke

The paper investigates how coral colony geometry influences the co-occurrence of photosymbiont genera, finding that structural complexity supports symbiont diversity.

This study shows that isograft fusion in corals can lead to localized physiological recovery and may facilitate the transfer of heat-evolved symbionts, though horizontal transmission also occurs.

This study examines how light intensity and spectral profiles affect coral and sponge recruits and their substrate communities in turbid inshore reefs, finding an inverted U-shaped response to light intensity.

This study shows that fluctuating temperature regimes, especially diurnal oscillations, increase thermal tolerance in the coral photosymbiont Durusdinium trenchii compared to stable temperatures.