| a novel method for the transport and analysis of genetic material from polyps and zooxanthellae of scleractinian corals. | we have developed a new simple method for transport, storage, and analysis of genetic material from the corals agaricia agaricites, dendrogyra cylindrica, eusmilia ancora, meandrina meandrites, montastrea annularis, porites astreoides, porites furcata, porites porites, and siderastrea siderea at room temperature. all species yielded sufficient dna from a single fta card (19 microg-43 ng) for subsequent pcr amplification of both coral and zooxanthellar dna. the d1 and d2 variable region of the la ... | 2003 | 12915008 |
| biophysical characterization of natural and mutant fluorescent proteins cloned from zooxanthellate corals. | two novel colored fluorescent proteins were cloned and biophysically characterized from zooxanthellate corals (anthozoa). a cyan fluorescent protein derived from the coral montastrea cavernosa (mccfp) is a trimeric complex with strong blue-shifted excitation and emission maxima at 432 and 477 nm, respectively. the native complex has a fluorescence lifetime of 2.66+/-0.01 ns and an inferred absolute quantum yield of 0.385. the spectroscopic properties of a green fluorescent protein cloned from me ... | 2004 | 15251461 |
| implications of coral harvest and transplantation on reefs in northwestern dominica. | in june, 2002, the government of dominica requested assistance in evaluating the coral culture and transplantation activities being undertaken by oceanographic institute of dominica (oid), a coral farm culturing both western atlantic and indo-pacific corals for restoration and commercial sales. we assessed the culture facilities of oid, the condition of reefs, potential impacts of coral collection and benefits of coral transplantation. coral reefs (9 reefs, 3-20 m depth) were characterized by 35 ... | 2010 | 21299100 |