A5015973067- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Marine animal studies overview
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Ecosystem dynamics and resilience
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Plant and animal studies
- Turfgrass Adaptation and Management
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Crop Yield and Soil Fertility
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Sustainability and Ecological Systems Analysis
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Environmental and Biological Research in Conflict Zones
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2018-2025
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
2016-2023
Wild Salmon Center
2020
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2019
Ecological Society of America
2019
University of Wisconsin–Madison
2019
Health Sciences and Nutrition
2019
The University of Queensland
2011-2018
UNSW Sydney
2016-2018
Australian Research Council
2012-2016
Significance Most studies of the impact global warming focus on direct physiological impacts climate change. However, is shifting distribution many species and leading to novel interactions between previously separated that have potential transform entire ecological communities. This study shows an increase in proportion warmwater (“tropicalization”) as oceans warm increasing fish herbivory kelp forests, contributing their decline subsequent persistence alternate “kelp-free” states. These...
Abstract Drivers of recruitment in sessile marine organisms are often poorly understood, due to the rapidly changing requirements experienced during early ontogeny. The complex suite physical, biological, and ecological interactions beginning at larval settlement involves a series trade‐offs that influence success. For example, while cryptic within microhabitats is commonly observed phenomenon organisms, it unclear whether between competition refuges predation on exposed surfaces leads...
Tropical reefs are dynamic ecosystems that host diverse coral assemblages with different life-history strategies. Here, we quantified how juvenile (<50 mm) demographics influenced benthic structure in reef flat and slope habitats on the southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Permanent plots settlement tiles were monitored every six months for three years each habitat. These environments exhibited profound differences: was characterised by 95% less macroalgal cover, twice amount of available...
Understanding processes that drive community recovery are needed to predict ecosystem trajectories and manage for impacts under increasing global threats. Yet, the quantification of in coral reefs has been challenging owing a paucity long-term ecological data high frequency disturbances. Here we investigate re-assembly bio-physical drivers determine capacity recover following 1998 bleaching event, using monitoring across four habitats Palau. Our study documents time from disturbance...
While coral reefs in Australia have historically been a showcase of conventional management informed by research, recent declines cover triggered efforts to innovate and integrate intervention restoration actions into frameworks. Here we outline the multi-faceted approaches that developed since 2017, from newly implemented in-water programs, research enhance resilience investigations socio-economic perspectives on goals. We describe projects using gardening, substrate stabilisation,...
Abstract The discovery of multi-species synchronous spawning scleractinian corals on the Great Barrier Reef in 1980s stimulated an extraordinary effort to document times other parts globe. Unfortunately, most these data remain unpublished which limits our understanding regional and global reproductive patterns. Coral Spawning Database (CSD) collates much disparate into a single place. CSD includes 6178 observations (3085 were unpublished) time or day for over 300 species 61 genera from 101...
Abstract With rubble predicted to increase on coral reefs worldwide, we review the physical, biological, and ecological dynamics of beds, with a focus how generation, mobilization, binding, recruitment is expected change future reefs. Major disturbances, including storms bleaching, are in intensity frequency, and—like localized impacts blast fishing ship groundings—generate large quantities rubble. Reefs will have increasingly smaller recovery windows between successive leading persistence...
The linkage between abuse to artisanal cobalt miners—including children—in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and use in advanced batteries has prompted global supply chain reviews, responsible sourcing initiatives, ...From 2000 through 2020, demand for manufacture grew 26-fold. Eighty-two percent this growth occurred China China's refinery production increased 78-fold. Diminished industrial mine early-to-mid ...
Background Patterns of herbivory can alter the spatial structure ecosystems, with important consequences for ecosystem functions and biodiversity. While factors that drive patterns in terrestrial systems are well established, comparatively less is known about what influences distribution coral reefs. Methodology Principal Findings We quantified macroalgal consumption a cross-section Ningaloo Reef (Western Australia). used combination descriptive experimental approaches to assess influence...
Newly settled recruits typically suffer high mortality from disturbances, but rapid growth reduces their once size‐escape thresholds are attained. Ocean acidification (OA) the of recruiting benthic invertebrates, yet no direct effects on survivorship have been demonstrated. We tested whether reduced coral caused by OA would increase prolonging vulnerability to an acute disturbance: fish herbivory surrounding algal turf. After two months' in ambient or elevated CO 2 levels, linear extension...
Abstract Settlement of invertebrates is a key process affecting the structure marine communities and underpins ability benthic ecosystems to recover from disturbance. While it known that specific crustose coralline algae (CCA) are important for settlement some coral species, role algal chemical compounds versus surface microbial biofilms has long been ambiguous. Using model system - CCA genus shown induce high levels Acropora corals ( Titanoderma cf . tessellatum ) an abundant species...
Population growth involves demographic bottlenecks that regulate recruitment success during various early life-history stages. The of each stage can vary in response to population density, interacting with intrinsic (e.g. behavioural) and environmental competition, predation) factors. Here, we used the common reef-building coral Acropora millepora investigate how density-dependence influences larval survival settlement laboratory experiments isolated effects, post-settlement a field...
Reversing the decline of coastal marine ecosystems will rely extensively on ecological restoration. This in turn ensuring adequate supply and survival propagules — for main habitat-forming taxa these are mainly fruits, seeds, viviparous seedlings, zoospores or larvae. The likelihood propagule so restoration success depends species- context-specific knowledge to guide choices about appropriate methods use. Here, we briefly review life-histories six ecosystems: mangrove forests, tidal marshes,...
Abstract Humans have long sought to restore species but little attention has been directed at how best select a subset of foundation for maintaining rich assemblages that support ecosystems, like coral reefs and rainforests, which are increasingly threatened by environmental change. We propose two‐part hedging approach selects optimized sets restoration. The first part acknowledges biodiversity supports ecosystem functions services, so it ensures precaution against loss allocating an even...
Coral populations are being progressively thinned by climate change, which elevates the risk of reproductive failure from Allee effects during fertilization. Studies have shown that fertilization success improves more intense and synchronized spawning, but local dependence on coral density remains unknown in wild populations. Here, we measure individual colonies common table coral, Acropora hyacinthus Palau, Micronesia. We find strong evidence spatial such averaged 30% when were close...
Community succession following disturbance depends on positive and negative interactions, the strength of which change along environmental gradients. To investigate how early affects coral reef recovery, we conducted an 18-month experiment in Palau, using recruitment tiles herbivore exclusion cages. One set reefs has higher wave exposure had previously undergone a phase shift to macroalgae major typhoon, whereas other have lower did not undergo macroalgal shift. Similar successional...
Accelerating coral reef restoration is a global challenge that has been attempted around the world. Previous attempts show varying levels of success at localized scales, but comparisons cost and benefits to evaluate large‐scale approaches are lacking. Here, we compare two approaches: harvesting, development, release wild spawn slicks onto target reef, with transplantation gravid colonies provide seed population local source larvae. Comparisons incorporate best available information on...