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William K. Fitt is affiliated with the University of Georgia in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science, with significant contributions to the fields of earth and planetary sciences. Within these disciplines, their work intersects several specialized areas including ecology, paleontology, oceanography, global and planetary change, and environmental chemistry.

Fitt's scientific output is concentrated on topics related to coral and marine ecosystems, marine invertebrate physiology and ecology, and marine and coastal plant biology. Their studies also extend to coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics, marine and fisheries research, aquatic ecosystems and phytoplankton dynamics, as well as marine ecology and invasive species.

The scientist has published in several journals, exhibiting a consistent presence in specific venues:

  • Oceans (3 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (2 publications)
  • Journal of Phycology (1 publication)
  • Frontiers in Marine Science (1 publication)
  • Coral Reefs (1 publication)

Among their recent papers are:

  • "Fieldable Environmental DNA Sequencing to Assess Jellyfish Biodiversity in Nearshore Waters of the Florida Keys, United States," Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
  • "Formal recognition of host-generalist species of dinoflagellate (Cladocopium, Symbiodiniaceae) mutualistic with Indo-Pacific reef corals," Journal of Phycology, 2023
  • "Wild and nursery-raised corals: comparative physiology of two framework coral species," Coral Reefs, 2023
  • "Different Physiology in the Jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana and C. frondosa in Florida Bay," Oceans, 2021
  • "Molecular composition and biodegradation of loggerhead sponge Spheciospongia vesparium exhalent dissolved organic matter," Marine Environmental Research, 2020

William K. Fitt has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Aki Ohdera (6 coauthored papers)
  • Dustin W. Kemp (5 coauthored papers)
  • Dietrich K. Hofmann (5 coauthored papers)
  • Todd C. LaJeunesse (3 coauthored papers)
  • Mónica Medina (3 coauthored papers)

Best Publications

  • Coral bleaching: interpretation of thermal tolerance limits and thermal thresholds in tropical corals

    William K. Fitt;Barbara E. Brown;Mark E. Warner;Richard P. Dunne

  • Damage to photosystem II in symbiotic dinoflagellates: A determinant of coral bleaching

    Mark E. Warner;William K. Fitt;Gregory W. Schmidt

  • Seasonal patterns of tissue biomass and densities of symbiotic dinoflagellates in reef corals and relation to coral bleaching

    W. K. Fitt;F. K. McFarland;M. E. Warner;G. C. Chilcoat

  • Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean

    Todd C. LaJeunesse;William K. W. Loh;Robert van Woesik;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

  • The effects of elevated temperature on the photosynthetic efficiency of zooxanthellae in hospite from four different species of reef coral: a novel approach

    M. E. Warner;W. K. Fitt;G. W. Schmidt

  • Multi-year, seasonal genotypic surveys of coral-algal symbioses reveal prevalent stability or post-bleaching reversion

    Daniel J. Thornhill;Todd C. LaJeunesse;Todd C. LaJeunesse;Dustin W. Kemp;William K. Fitt

  • 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

    Todd C. LaJeunesse;Daniel T. Pettay;Eugenia M. Sampayo;Niphon Phongsuwan

  • Closely related Symbiodinium spp. differ in relative dominance in coral reef host communities across environmental, latitudinal and biogeographic gradients

    T. C. LaJeunesse;R. Bhagooli;M. Hidaka;L. DeVantier

  • Bleaching Patterns of Four Species of Caribbean Reef Corals

    W. K. Fitt;M. E. Warner

  • Bleaching in reef corals: Physiological and stable isotopic responses

    James W. Porter;William K. Fitt;Howard J. Spero;Caroline S. Rogers

  • High diversity and host specificity observed among symbiotic dinoflagellates in reef coral communities from Hawaii

    Todd C. LaJeunesse;Daniel J. Thornhill;Evelyn F. Cox;Frank G. Stanton

  • Climate change impedes scleractinian corals as primary reef ecosystem engineers

    Christian Wild;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Malik S. Naumann;M. Florencia Colombo-Pallotta

  • Diurnal changes in photochemical efficiency and xanthophyll concentrations in shallow water reef corals : evidence for photoinhibition and photoprotection

    B. E. Brown;I. Ambarsari;M. E. Warner;W. K. Fitt

  • Recovery of the coral Montastrea annularis in the Florida Keys after the 1987 Caribbean “bleaching event”

    William K. Fitt;Howard J. Spero;John Halas;Michael W. White

  • Seasonal fluctuations in the photosynthetic capacity of photosystem II in symbiotic dinoflagellates in the Caribbean reef-building coral Montastraea

    M. E. Warner;G. C. Chilcoat;F. K. Mcfarland;W. K. Fitt

  • 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

    W.K. Fitt;R.D. Gates;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;J.C. Bythell

  • The Zooxanthellal Tubular System in the Giant Clam.

    John H. Norton;Malcolm A. Shepherd;Helen M. Long;William K. Fitt

  • Settlement behavior and metamorphosis of oyster larvae ( Crassostrea gigas ) in response to bacterial supernatants

    W. K. Fitt;S. L. Coon;M. Walch;R. M. Weiner

  • Competence and delay of metamorphosis in the Pacific oysterCrassostrea gigas

    S. L. Coon;W. K. Fitt;D. B. Bonar

  • Enhanced photoprotection pathways in symbiotic dinoflagellates of shallow-water corals and other cnidarians

    Jennifer McCabe Reynolds;Brigitte U. Bruns;William K. Fitt;Gregory W. Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Gregory W. Schmidt
Gregory W. Schmidt University of Georgia
Todd C. LaJeunesse
Todd C. LaJeunesse Pennsylvania State University
Mark E. Warner
Mark E. Warner University of Delaware
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto
Roberto Iglesias-Prieto Pennsylvania State University
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Barbara E. Brown
Barbara E. Brown Newcastle University
James W. Porter
James W. Porter University of Georgia
John C. Bythell
John C. Bythell Newcastle University
Caroline Palmer
Caroline Palmer McGill University
Rita R. Colwell
Rita R. Colwell University of Maryland, College Park

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