A5016899996- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
- Crustacean biology and ecology
- Aquaculture disease management and microbiota
- Physiological and biochemical adaptations
- Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology
- Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Cellular transport and secretion
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Marine Sponges and Natural Products
- Zebrafish Biomedical Research Applications
Australian Institute of Marine Science
2009-2021
AIMS@JCU
2009-2017
Zayed University
2017
James Cook University
2009-2012
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
2009-2012
Université de Bretagne Occidentale
2009-2012
Université Européenne de Bretagne
2011
Laboratoire d’Ethologie Expérimentale et Comparée
2006
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 Unfortunately, most these data remain unpublished which limits our understanding regional and global reproductive patterns.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 CSD includes 6178 observations (3085 were unpublished) time or day for over 300 species 61 genera from 101...
Here we describe an efficient and effective technique for rearing sexually-derived coral propagules from spawning through larval settlement symbiont uptake with minimal impact on natural populations. We sought to maximize survival while minimizing expense daily husbandry maintenance by experimentally determining optimized conditions protocols gamete fertilization, cultivation, induction of crustose coralline algae, inoculation newly settled juveniles their dinoflagellate Symbiodinium. Larval...
Background Chimeras are organisms containing tissues or cells of two more genetically distinct individuals, and known to exist in at least nine phyla protists, plants, animals. Although widespread common marine invertebrates, the extent chimerism wild populations reef corals is unknown. Methodology/Principal Findings The was explored within a coral, Acropora millepora, on Great Barrier Reef, Australia, by using up 12 polymorphic DNA microsatellite loci. At 2% 5% Magnetic Island Pelorus A....
In sessile modular marine invertebrates, chimeras can originate from fusions of closely settling larvae or colonies that come into contact through growth movement. While it has been shown juveniles brooding corals fuse under experimental conditions, chimera formation in broadcast spawning corals, the most abundant group reef not examined. This study explores capacity coral Acropora millepora to form conditions and persist as field. Under 1.5-fold more settled aggregations than solitarily,...
Sesoko Station, Okinawa, has been the site of many significant advances in coral reproductive research and it continues to be a preferred destination for both Japanese international researchers. Consequently, there are decades spawning observations, which we present explore here with aim making easier predict when species spawn at Station. The data include over 700 observations from 87 reef-building hermatypic corals. Almost all occurred between dusk dawn, most activity concentrated 2 4...
Corals, like many other marine invertebrates, lack a mature allorecognition system in early life history stages. Indeed, ontogeny, when corals acquire and establish associations with various surface microbiota dinoflagellate endosymbionts, they do not efficiently distinguish between closely distantly related individuals from the same population. However, very little is known about molecular components that underpin immunity responses or how change through ontogeny corals.
ATP is released from many cell types exposed to hypo-osmotic shock and involved in RVD (regulatory volume decrease). Purinergic signalling events have been extensively investigated mammals, but not marine teleosteans.The effect of on release was examined isolated hepatocytes turbot (Scophthalmus maximus), a flatfish. Hypo-osmotic stress (240 mOsm x kg(-1)) induced significant increase efflux, inhibited by potential CFTR (cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator) inhibitor,...