Dr Andrew Baird
Principal Research Fellow
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ARC Future Fellow, James Cook University (2010-2013); Principal Research Fellow, James Cook University (2007-2009); Senior Research Fellow, JCU (2005-2006); ARC Australian Postdoctoral Fellow, JCU (2002-2005); Postdoctoral Fellow, Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science, The University of the Ryukyus (2001-2002). Research Interests
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Research Interests
My research interests include biogeography, community ecology, evolution, larval ecology, reproductive biology, systematics and coral bleaching. My recent work has documented the effects of the Asian tsunami on coral reefs in Aceh, Indonesia (Baird et al. 2005). My PhD research highlighted the role of larval ecology in determining patterns of adult distribution from depth zonation (Baird et al 2003) to geographical range size (Baird 2004). My APD research on the reproductive biology of tropical corals has demonstrated that, contrary to the prevailing paradigm, multi-specific spawning is a feature of all speciose coral assemblages (Guest et al. 2005). My coral bleaching research has identified the hierarchy of species susceptibility to thermal stress (Marshall & Baird 2000), dynamic and varied response of different coral species to thermal stress (Baird & Marshall 2002), and a recent review on the future of coral reefs (Hughes et al. 2003). I have pioneered the use of coral larval as a model system to investigate many aspects of coral symbioses, such as the source of anti-bacterial compounds (Marquis et al 2005) and sunscreens in coral eggs (Yakovleva & Baird 2005). I am currently working to describe two new Acropora species discovered during my APD research in Indonesia.
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[1] Baird, AH, Bhagooli, R, Ralph, PJ and Takahashi, S (2009). Coral bleaching: The role of the host. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 24(1): 16-20.
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Baird AH, Bhagooli R, Nonaka M, Yamamoto HH, Yakovleva I, Hidaka K (2009) Environmental controls on the establishment of symbiosis in corals. Proc 11th Int Coral Reef Sym.: 108-112
Baird AH, Hughes TP, Nojima S, Pratchett MS, Van Woesik R, Yamasaki H (2009b) Latitudinal patterns in spawning synchrony in the Acropora: Japan vs the Great Barrier Reef. Galaxea 11: 101-108
[2] Baird, A (2008). Coral adaptation in the face of climate change. Science 320(5874): 315-316.
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[3] Baird, A and Kerr, A (2008). Landscape analysis and tsunami damage in aceh: Comment on iverson and prasad (2007). Landscape Ecology 23(1): 3-5.
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[4] Baird, AH, Cumbo, VR, Leggat, W and Rodriguez-Lanetty, M (2007). Fidelity and flexibility in coral symbioses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 347: 307-309.
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[5] Baird, AH and Kerr, AM (2007). The dangerous myth of tsunami greenbelts. Science 314(5798): E-Letter.
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[6] Kerr, AM and Baird, AH (2007). Natural barriers to natural disasters. Bioscience 57(2): 102.
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[7] Baird (2006). Myth of green belts. Samudra 44: 14-19.
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[8] Baird, AH, Salih, A and Trevor-Jones, A (2006). Fluorescence census techniques for the early detection of coral recruits. Coral Reefs 25(1): 73-76.
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[9] Kerr, AM, Baird, AH and Campbell, SJ (2006). Comments on "Coastal mangrove forests mitigated tsunami" By k. Kathiresan and n. Rajendran [estuar. Coast. Shelf sci. 65 (2005) 601-606]. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 67(3): 539-541.
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[10] Baird AH, Gilmour JP, Kamiki T, Nonaka M, Pratchett MS, Yamamoto, HH and
Yamasaki, H (2006). Temperature tolerance of symbiotic and non-symbiotic coral larvae. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium 4: 38-42
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[11] Baird, AH, Campbell, SJ, Anggoro, AW, Ardiwijaya, RL, Fadli, N, Herdiana, Y, Kartawijaya, T, Mahyiddin, D, Mukminin, A, Pardede, ST, Pratchett, MS, Rudi, E and Siregar, AM (2005). Acehnese reefs in the wake of the asian tsunami. Current Biology 15(21): 1926-1930.
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[12] Baird, AH, Bellwood, DR, Connell, JH, Cornell, HV, Hughes, TP, Karlson, RH, Rosen, R., B, Briggs, C., J, Roberts, CM, McClean, CJ, Veron, JEN, Hawkins, JP, Allen, GR, McAllister, DE, Mittermeier, CG, Schueler, FW, Spalding, M, Wells, F, Vynne, C and Werner, TB (2002). Coral reef biodiversity and conservation. Science 296(5570): 1026-1028.
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[13] Guest, Baird, Goh and Chou (2002). Multispecific, synchronous coral spawning in singapore. Coral Reefs 21(4): 422-423.
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[14] Baird AH, Marshall PA and Wolstenholme J (2002). Latitudinal variation in the reproduction of Acropora in the Coral Sea. Proceedings of the 9th International Coral Reef Symposium 1: 385-389.
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[15] Baird, AH, Sadler, C and Pitt, M (2001). Synchronous spawning of acropora in the solomon islands. Coral Reefs 19(3): 286-286.
Baird AH (2001) The ecology of coral larvae: settlement patterns, habitat selection and the length of the larval phase. PhD Thesis. School of Marine Biology and Aquaculture, Townsville
[16] Baird, AH and Hughes, TP (2000). Competitive dominance by tabular corals: An experimental analysis of recruitment and survival of understorey assemblages. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 251(1): 117-132.
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[17] Marshall, PA and Baird, AH (2000). Bleaching of corals on the great barrier reef: Differential susceptibilities among taxa. Coral Reefs 19(2): 155-163.
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[18] Baird, AH and Marshall, PA (1998). Mass bleaching of corals on the great barrier reef. Coral Reefs 17(4): 376-376.
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[19] Baird, AH (1998). The length of the larval phase in corals: new insights into patterns of reef connectivity. Australian Coral Reef Society Newsletter 27: 6-8.
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[20] Baird AH, Hughes TP. 1997. Spatial variation in coral recruitment around Lizard Island, Australia. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium 2: 1207-1210 .
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