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William Leggat
Researcher at University of Newcastle
Publications - 86
Citations - 5640
William Leggat is an academic researcher from University of Newcastle. The author has contributed to research in topics: Coral & Coral reef. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 75 publications receiving 4674 citations. Previous affiliations of William Leggat include Australian Research Council & Newcastle University.
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The diversity and coevolution of rubisco, plastids, pyrenoids, and chloroplast-based co2-concentrating mechanisms in algae
Murray R. Badger,T. John Andrews,Spencer M. Whitney,Martha Ludwig,David Yellowlees,William Leggat,G. Dean Price +6 more
TL;DR: This review examines the potential diversity of both Rubisco and chloroplast-based CCMs across algal divisions, including both green and nongreen algae, and seeks to highlight recent advances in the understanding of the area and future areas for research.
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Metabolic interactions between algal symbionts and invertebrate hosts
TL;DR: The loss of the algal symbiont and its metabolic contribution to the host has the potential to result in the transition from a coral-dominated to an algal-dominated ecosystem.
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The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts
Tracy D. Ainsworth,Lutz Krause,Tom C. L. Bridge,Gergely Torda,Jean-Baptise Raina,Martha Zakrzewski,Ruth D. Gates,Jacqueline L. Padilla-Gamiño,Heather L. Spalding,Celia M. Smith,Erika Woolsey,David G. Bourne,Pim Bongaerts,Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,William Leggat +15 more
TL;DR: The coral core microbiome is characterized and clear phylogenetic and functional divisions between the micro-scale, niche habitats within the coral host are demonstrated, discovering seven distinct bacterial phylotypes that are universal to the core microbiome of coral species, separated by thousands of kilometres of oceans.
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Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef
Tracy D. Ainsworth,Scott F. Heron,Scott F. Heron,Juan Carlos Ortiz,Peter J. Mumby,Alana Grech,Daisie Ogawa,C. Mark Eakin,William Leggat +8 more
TL;DR: It is found that near-future increases in local temperature of as little as 0.5°C result in this protective mechanism being lost, which may increase the rate of degradation of the GBR.
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The effect of thermal history on the susceptibility of reef-building corals to thermal stress
TL;DR: The results are important in that they show that thermal history, in addition to light history, can influence the response of reef-building corals to thermal stress and therefore have implications for the modeling of bleaching events.