Assessing the expression of HsP60 in scleractinian corals subjected to biotic and abiotic stresses

Chapter 1 : Background and General Introduction 7 1.1 Biology of the scleractinian corals 7 1.2 Coral reef under threats and the coral bleaching 8 1.3 Environmental stresses and expression of Heat shock proteins 11 1.3.1 The mitochondrial 60-kDa Heat shock protein (Hsp60) 14 1.4 Thesis objectives 15 1.5 References 17 Chapter 2 : Up-regulation of Hsp60 in response to Skeleton eroding band disease but not by algal overgrowth in the scleractinian coral Acropora muricata 27 2.