Spatially intimate symbioses, such as those between scleractinian corals and unicellular algae belonging to the genus Symbiodinium, can potentially adapt to changes in the environment by altering the taxonomic composition of their endosymbiont communities. We quantified the spatial relationship between the cumulative frequency of thermal stress anomalies (TSAs) and the taxonomic composition of ...

During the Early to Middle Miocene the Dinaride mountain chain harbored a series of intramontane lakes, collectively termed the Dinaride Lake System (DLS; Figs 1A–B; Krstić et al. 2003; Harzhauser & Mandic 2008). These tectonically isolated lakes experienced an outstanding endemic evolution of freshwater mollusks. Harzhauser & Mandic (2008, 2010) described the DLS fauna as entity and counted 11...

Identifying species is challenging in the case of organisms for which primarily molecular data are available. Even if morphological features are available, molecular taxonomy is often necessary to revise taxonomic concepts and to analyze environmental DNA sequences. However, clustering approaches to delineate molecular operational taxonomic units often rely on arbitrary parameter choices. Also,...

A new scheme is introduced for classifying and naming mappable rock bodies that lack primary stratification. In recognition of their distinctive geological characteristics, these ‘nonstratiform’ are defined classified according to 3D form, spatial distribution genetic relationships, in two hierarchical (parent–child) chains: one intrusions tectonometamorphic units. Geologically complex units, e...

Changes in richness and bacterial community structure obtained via 454 Massively Parallel Tag Sequencing (MPTS) and Automated Ribosomal Intergenic Analysis (ARISA) were systematically compared to determine whether and how the ecological knowledge obtained from both molecular techniques could be combined. We evaluated community changes over time and depth in marine coastal sands at different lev...

Despite the importance of coral microbiomes for holobiont persistence, the interactions among these are not well understood. In particular, knowledge of the co-occurrence and taxonomic importance of specific members of the microbial core, as well as patterns of specific mobile genetic elements (MGEs), is lacking. We used seawater and mucus samples collected from Mussismilia hispida colonies on ...