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William K. Fitt, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
Ecology University of Georgia, Athens, Athens, GA, United States 
Area:
Ecological physiology, Coral reefs
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2023 Butler CC, Turnham KE, Lewis AM, Nitschke MR, Warner ME, Kemp DW, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Fitt WK, van Oppen MJH, LaJeunesse TC. Formal recognition of host-generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo-Pacific reef corals. Journal of Phycology. PMID 37126002 DOI: 10.1111/jpy.13340  0.807
2020 Letourneau ML, Hopkinson BM, Fitt WK, Medeiros PM. Molecular composition and biodegradation of loggerhead sponge Spheciospongia vesparium exhalent dissolved organic matter. Marine Environmental Research. 162: 105130. PMID 32950795 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marenvres.2020.105130  0.313
2020 Kemp DW, Kempf SC, Fitt WK. The weight of it all: symbiotic dinoflagellates in Caribbean reef-building corals Marine Biology. 167: 1-6. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-020-03737-3  0.746
2019 Norton JH, Shepherd MA, Long HM, Fitt WK. The Zooxanthellal Tubular System in the Giant Clam. The Biological Bulletin. 183: 503-506. PMID 29300506 DOI: 10.2307/1542028  0.312
2017 Tansik AL, Fitt WK, Hopkinson BM. Inorganic carbon is scarce for symbionts in scleractinian corals Limnology and Oceanography. 62: 2045-2055. DOI: 10.1002/Lno.10550  0.349
2016 Kemp DW, Colella MA, Bartlett LA, Ruzicka RR, Porter JW, Fitt WK. Life after cold death: reef coral and coral reef responses to the 2010 cold water anomaly in the Florida Keys Ecosphere. 7. DOI: 10.1002/Ecs2.1373  0.754
2015 Hopkinson BM, Tansik AL, Fitt WK. Internal carbonic anhydrase activity in the tissue of scleractinian corals is sufficient to support proposed roles in photosynthesis and calcification. The Journal of Experimental Biology. PMID 25908060 DOI: 10.1242/Jeb.118182  0.316
2015 Sassi R, Sassi CFC, Gorlach-Lira K, Fitt WK. Pigmentation changes in Siderastrea spp. During bleaching events in the costal reefs of northeastern Brazil | Cambios en la pigmentación de colonias de Siderastrea spp. Durante los eventos de blanqueamiento en arrecifes costeros del noreste de Brasil Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 43: 176-185. DOI: 10.3856/Vol43-Issue1-Fulltext-15  0.388
2015 Kemp DW, Thornhill DJ, Rotjan RD, Iglesias-Prieto R, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. Spatially distinct and regionally endemic Symbiodinium assemblages in the threatened Caribbean reef-building coral Orbicella faveolata Coral Reefs. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-015-1277-Z  0.783
2014 Kemp DW, Hernandez-Pech X, Iglesias-Prieto R, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. Community dynamics and physiology of Symbiodinium spp. before, during, and after a coral bleaching event Limnology and Oceanography. 59: 788-797. DOI: 10.4319/Lo.2014.59.3.0788  0.788
2014 Mellas RE, McIlroy SE, Fitt WK, Coffroth MA. Variation in symbiont uptake in the early ontogeny of the upside-down jellyfish, Cassiopea spp. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 459: 38-44. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2014.04.026  0.402
2013 Monteiro JG, Costa CF, Gorlach-Lira K, Fitt WK, Stefanni SS, Sassi R, Santos RS, LaJeunesse TC. Ecological and biogeographic implications of Siderastrea symbiotic relationship with Symbiodinium sp. C46 in Sal Island (Cape Verde, East Atlantic Ocean) Marine Biodiversity. 43: 261-272. DOI: 10.1007/S12526-013-0153-8  0.695
2013 Kirk NL, Thornhill DJ, Kemp DW, Fitt WK, Santos SR. Ubiquitous associations and a peak fall prevalence between apicomplexan symbionts and reef corals in Florida and the Bahamas Coral Reefs. 32: 847-858. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-013-1038-9  0.792
2011 Thornhill DJ, Rotjan RD, Todd BD, Chilcoat GC, Iglesias-Prieto R, Kemp DW, LaJeunesse TC, Reynolds JM, Schmidt GW, Shannon T, Warner ME, Fitt WK. A connection between colony biomass and death in Caribbean reef-building corals. Plos One. 6: e29535. PMID 22216307 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0029535  0.776
2011 Kemp DW, Oakley CA, Thornhill DJ, Newcomb LA, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK. Catastrophic mortality on inshore coral reefs of the Florida Keys due to severe low-temperature stress Global Change Biology. 17. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2486.2011.02487.X  0.775
2011 Wild C, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Naumann MS, Colombo-Pallotta MF, Ateweberhan M, Fitt WK, Iglesias-Prieto R, Palmer C, Bythell JC, Ortiz JC, Loya Y, Van Woesik R. Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers Marine and Freshwater Research. 62: 205-215. DOI: 10.1071/Mf10254  0.659
2010 LaJeunesse TC, Pettay DT, Sampayo EM, Phongsuwan N, Brown B, Obura DO, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Fitt WK. Long-standing environmental conditions, geographic isolation and host-symbiont specificity influence the relative ecological dominance and genetic diversification of coral endosymbionts in the genus Symbiodinium Journal of Biogeography. 37: 785-800. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-2699.2010.02273.X  0.707
2010 LaJeunesse TC, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. The reticulated chloroplasts of zooxanthellae (Symbiodinium) and differences in chlorophyll localization among life cycle stages Coral Reefs. 29: 627-627. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-010-0635-0  0.572
2009 Thornhill DJ, Xiang Y, Fitt WK, Santos SR. Reef endemism, host specificity and temporal stability in populations of symbiotic dinoflagellates from two ecologically dominant Caribbean corals. Plos One. 4: e6262. PMID 19603078 DOI: 10.1371/Journal.Pone.0006262  0.646
2009 Shannon T, Hatch WI, Fitt WK. Evidence of photosynthate translocation in an algal-acoel symbiotic system: An in vivo, qualitative approach Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 382: 69-75. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2009.10.011  0.359
2009 Fitt WK, Gates RD, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Bythell JC, Jatkar A, Grottoli AG, Gomez M, Fisher P, Lajuenesse TC, Pantos O, Iglesias-Prieto R, Franklin DJ, Rodrigues LJ, Torregiani JM, van Woesik R, et al. Response of two species of Indo-Pacific corals, Porites cylindrica and Stylophora pistillata, to short-term thermal stress: The host does matter in determining the tolerance of corals to bleaching Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 373: 102-110. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2009.03.011  0.665
2008 Thornhill DJ, Kemp DW, Bruns BU, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN COLD TOLERANCE AND TEMPERATE BIOGEOGRAPHY IN A WESTERN ATLANTIC SYMBIODINIUM (DINOPHYTA) LINEAGE(1). Journal of Phycology. 44: 1126-35. PMID 27041709 DOI: 10.1111/J.1529-8817.2008.00567.X  0.785
2008 Reynolds JM, Bruns BU, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. Enhanced photoprotection pathways in symbiotic dinoflagellates of shallow-water corals and other cnidarians. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 105: 13674-8. PMID 18757737 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.0805187105  0.376
2008 LaJeunesse TC, Bonilla HR, Warner ME, Wills M, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK. Specificity and stability in high latitude eastern Pacific coral-algal symbioses Limnology and Oceanography. 53: 719-727. DOI: 10.4319/Lo.2008.53.2.0719  0.748
2008 Thornhill DJ, Kemp DW, Bruns BU, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. Correspondence between cold tolerance and temperate biogeography in a western Atlantic Symbiodinium (Dinophyta) lineage Journal of Phycology. 44: 1126-1135. DOI: 10.1111/j.1529-8817.2008.00567.x  0.75
2008 Kemp DW, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. A microsampling method for genotyping coral symbionts Coral Reefs. 27: 289-293. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-007-0333-8  0.699
2006 Todd BD, Thornhill DJ, Fitt WK. Patterns of inorganic phosphate uptake in Cassiopea xamachana: a bioindicator species. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 52: 515-21. PMID 16288929 DOI: 10.1016/J.Marpolbul.2005.09.044  0.611
2006 Thornhill DJ, Daniel MW, LaJeunesse TC, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK. Natural infections of aposymbiotic Cassiopea xamachana scyphistomae from environmental pools of Symbiodinium Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 338: 50-56. DOI: 10.1016/J.Jembe.2006.06.032  0.726
2006 Thornhill DJ, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. Highly stable symbioses among western Atlantic brooding corals Coral Reefs. 25: 515-519. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-006-0157-Y  0.662
2006 Thornhill DJ, LaJeunesse TC, Kemp DW, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. Multi-year, seasonal genotypic surveys of coral-algal symbioses reveal prevalent stability or post-bleaching reversion Marine Biology. 148: 711-722. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-005-0114-2  0.778
2004 LaJeunesse TC, Bhagooli R, Hidaka M, DeVantier L, Done T, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK, Hoegh-Guldberg O. Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients Marine Ecology Progress Series. 284: 147-161. DOI: 10.3354/Meps284147  0.687
2004 LaJeunesse TC, Thornhill DJ, Cox EF, Stanton FG, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. High diversity and host specificity observed among symbiotic dinoflagellates in reef coral communities from Hawaii Coral Reefs. 23: 596-603. DOI: 10.1007/S00338-004-0428-4  0.771
2003 LaJeunesse TC, Loh WKW, Van Woesik R, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Schmidt GW, Fitt WK. Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean Limnology and Oceanography. 48: 2046-2054. DOI: 10.4319/Lo.2003.48.5.2046  0.708
2003 Wellington GM, Fitt WK. Influence of UV radiation on the survival of larvae from broadcast-spawning reef corals Marine Biology. 143: 1185-1192. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-003-1150-4  0.35
2002 Warner ME, Chilcoat GC, McFarland FK, Fitt WK. Seasonal fluctuations in the photosynthetic capacity of photosystem II in symbiotic dinoflagellates in the Caribbean reef-building coral Montastraea Marine Biology. 141: 31-38. DOI: 10.1007/S00227-002-0807-8  0.625
2001 Farmer MA, Fitt WK, Trench RK. Morphology of the symbiosis between Corculum cardissa (Mollusca: Bivalvia) and Symbiodinium corculorum (Dinophyceae). The Biological Bulletin. 200: 336-43. PMID 11441975 DOI: 10.2307/1543514  0.647
2001 Fitt WK, Cook CB. Photoacclimation and the effect of the symbiotic environment on the photosynthetic response of symbiotic dinoflagellates in the tropical marine hydroid Myrionema amboinense. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 256: 15-31. PMID 11137502 DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00302-6  0.373
2001 Fitt WK, Brown BE, Warner ME, Dunne RP. Coral bleaching: Interpretation of thermal tolerance limits and thermal thresholds in tropical corals Coral Reefs. 20: 51-65. DOI: 10.1007/S003380100146  0.614
2001 Fitt WK, Cook CB. The effects of feeding or addition of dissolved inorganic nutrients in maintaining the symbiosis between dinoflagellates and a tropical marine cnidarian Marine Biology. 139: 507-517. DOI: 10.1007/S002270100598  0.392
2000 Fitt WK. Cellular growth of host and symbiont in a cnidarian-zooxanthellar symbiosis. The Biological Bulletin. 198: 110-20. PMID 10707819 DOI: 10.2307/1542809  0.333
2000 Fitt WK, McFarland FK, Warner ME, Chilcoat GC. Seasonal patterns of tissue biomass and densities of symbiotic dinoflagellates in reef corals and relation to coral bleaching Limnology and Oceanography. 45: 677-685. DOI: 10.4319/Lo.2000.45.3.0677  0.623
2000 Brown B, Dunne R, Warner M, Ambarsari I, Fitt W, Gibb S, Cummings D. Damage and recovery of Photosystem II during a manipulative field experiment on solar bleaching in the coral Goniastrea aspera Marine Ecology Progress Series. 195: 117-124. DOI: 10.3354/Meps195117  0.495
2000 Brown BE, Dunne RP, Warner ME, Ambarsari I, Fitt WK, Gibb SW, Cummings DG. Damage and recovery of Photosystem II during a manipulative field experiment on solar bleaching in the coral Goniastrea aspera Marine Ecology Progress Series. 195: 117-124.  0.438
1999 Warner ME, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. Damage to photosystem II in symbiotic dinoflagellates: a determinant of coral bleaching. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 96: 8007-12. PMID 10393938 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.96.14.8007  0.615
1999 Fleck J, Fitt WK. Degrading mangrove leaves of Rhizophora mangle Linne provide a natural cue for settlement and metamorphosis of the upside down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana Bigelow Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 234: 83-94. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(98)00140-3  0.343
1999 Brown BE, Ambarsari I, Warner ME, Fitt WK, Dunne RP, Gibb SW, Cummings DG. Diurnal changes in photochemical efficiency and xanthophyll concentrations in shallow water reef corals: Evidence for photoinhibition and photoprotection Coral Reefs. 18: 99-105. DOI: 10.1007/S003380050163  0.593
1998 Fitt WK, Costley K. The role of temperature in survival of the polyp stage of the tropical rhizostome jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology. 222: 79-91. DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0981(97)00139-1  0.4
1996 Warner ME, Fitt WK, Schmidt GW. The effects of elevated temperature on the photosynthetic efficiency of zooxanthellae in hospite from four different species of reef coral: A novel approach Plant, Cell and Environment. 19: 291-299. DOI: 10.1111/J.1365-3040.1996.Tb00251.X  0.611
1995 Fitt WK, Warner ME. Bleaching patterns of four species of Caribbean reef corals Biological Bulletin. 189: 298-307. DOI: 10.2307/1542147  0.626
1994 Rees TAV, Fitt WK, Yellowlees D. Host glutamine synthetase activities in the giant clam-zooxanthellae symbiosis: effects of clam size, elevated ammonia and continuous darkness Marine Biology. 118: 681-685. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00347516  0.315
1993 Fitt WK, Rees TAV, Braley RD, Lucas JS, Yellowlees D. Nitrogen flux in giant clams: size-dependency and relationship to zooxanthellae density and clam biomass in the uptake of dissolved inorganic nitrogen Marine Biology. 117: 381-386. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00349313  0.353
1993 Fitt WK, Spero HJ, Halas J, White MW, Porter JW. Recovery of the coral Montastrea annularis in the Florida Keys after the 1987 Caribbean "bleaching event" Coral Reefs. 12: 57-64. DOI: 10.1007/Bf00302102  0.381
1989 Fitt WK, Labare MP, Fuqua WC, Walch M, Coon SL, Bonar DB, Colwell RR, Weiner RM. Factors influencing bacterial production of inducers of settlement behavior of larvae of the oysterCrassostrea gigas. Microbial Ecology. 17: 287-98. PMID 24197287 DOI: 10.1007/Bf02012841  0.304
1989 Porter JW, Fitt WK, Spero HJ, Rogers CS, White MW. Bleaching in reef corals: Physiological and stable isotopic responses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 86: 9342-6. PMID 16594090 DOI: 10.1073/Pnas.86.23.9342  0.321
1986 Fitt WK, Fisher CR, Trench RK. Contribution of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum to the nutrition, growth and survival of larval and juvenile tridacnid clams Aquaculture. 55: 5-22. DOI: 10.1016/0044-8486(86)90051-7  0.689
1985 FISHER CR, FITT WK, TRENCH RK. PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND RESPIRATION INTRIDACNA GIGASAS A FUNCTION OF IRRADIANCE AND SIZE The Biological Bulletin. 169: 230-245. DOI: 10.2307/1541400  0.683
1984 Fitt WK, Fisher CR, Trench RK. Larval biology of tridacnid clams Aquaculture. 39: 181-195. DOI: 10.1016/0044-8486(84)90265-5  0.664
1983 Fitt WK, Trench RK. Endocytosis of the symbiotic dinoflagellate Symbiodinium microadriaticum Freudenthal by endodermal cells of the scyphistomae of Cassiopeia xamachana and resistance of the algae to host digestion. Journal of Cell Science. 64: 195-212. PMID 6141174  0.616
1983 FITT WK, TRENCH RK. THE RELATION OF DIEL PATTERNS OF CELL DIVISION TO DIEL PATTERNS OF MOTILITY IN THE SYMBIOTIC DINOFLAGELLATE SYMBIODINIUM MICROADRIA TICUM FREUDENTHAL IN CULTURE New Phytologist. 94: 421-432. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.1983.tb03456.x  0.575
1981 FITT WK, TRENCH RK. SPAWNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND ACQUISITION OF ZOOXANTHELLAE BYTRIDACNA SQUAMOSA(MOLLUSCA, BIVALVIA) The Biological Bulletin. 161: 213-235. DOI: 10.2307/1540800  0.633
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