Global climate change is leading to the rise of ocean temperatures and is triggering mass coral bleaching events on reefs around the world. The expulsion of the symbiotic dinoflagellate algae from the coral host is believed to occur as a result of damage to the photosynthetic apparatus of these symbionts, although the specific site of initial impact has not been identified. This book provides evidence of impacts to a number of sites within the light reactions of photosynthesis and evaluates the efficiency of photoprotective heat dissipating pathways. Specifically, the oxygen evolving complex,...