Prof. Philip Munday
Professorial Research Fellow
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QEII Research Fellow (2008 -2012),Australian Research Fellow (2003-2007); Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellow 2003. Australian Postdoctoral Fellow (1999 - 2002). BSc (Hons.) PhD James Cook University Member of: Australian Coral Reef Society, International Coral Reef Society, Australian Marine Science Association, Ecological Society of America. |
Research Interests
- Impact of climate change on reef fishes
- Acclimation and adaptation to a changing environment
- Role of habitat in structuring fish communities
- Labile sex allocation in fish
I have broad interests in the population, community and behavioural ecology of reef fishes. My research focuses on understanding and predicting the impacts that climate change will have on populations and communities of marine fishes, both directly through changes in the physical environment and indirectly through effects on coral reef habitat. Using a range of laboratory and field experiments I am investigating the effects of climate change on reef fish populations and testing their capacity for acclimation and adaptation to a rapidly changing environment. My research group are world leaders in understanding and predicting the effects of ocean acidification on marine fishes and this is a key focus of my research activities.
I have also conducted extensive research on the role of habitat in structuring reef fish communities, from the scale of individual coral colonies up to whole ocean basins. I have students working on a wide range of projects related to fish-habitat associations.
My other major research interest is the ecology and evolution of labile sex allocation in fishes.
Publications online
Selected Publications
Nilsson, G.E, Dixson, D.L., Domenici, P., McCormick, M.I., Sørensen, C., Watson, S-A., and Munday, P.L. (2012). Near-future CO2 levels alter fish behaviour by interference with neurotransmitter function. Nature Climate Change, 2: 201-204.
Donelson, J.M., Munday, P.L., McCormick, M.I., Pitcher R.C. (2012). Rapid transgenerational acclimation of a tropical reef fish to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 2: 30-32.
Ferrari, M.C.O., McCormick, M.I., Munday, P.L., Meekan, M., Dixson, D.L., Lonnstedt, O., Chivers, D. (2011). Putting prey and predator into the CO2 equation: qualitative and quantitative effects of ocean acidification on predator-prey interactions. Ecology Letters, 14: 1143-1148.
Simpson, S.D., Munday, P.L., Wittenrich, M.L., Manassa, R., Dixson, D.L., Gagliano, M., Yan, H.Y. (2011). Ocean acidification erodes crucial auditory behaviour in a marine fish. Biology Letters, 7: 917-920.
Munday, P.L., Gagliano, M., Donelson, J. M., Dixson, D.L., Thorrold, S.R. (2011). Ocean acidification does not affect the early life history development of a tropical marine fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 423: 211-221.
Donelson J.M., Munday P.L., McCormick M.I., Nilsson G.E. (2011). Acclimation to predicted ocean warming through developmental plasticity in a tropical reef fish. Global Change Biology, 17: 1712-1719.
Munday P.L., Dixson D.L., McCormick M.I., Meekan M., Ferrari M.C.O., Chivers D.P. (2010). Replenishment of fish populations is threatened by ocean acidification. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 107: 12930-12934.
Dixson D.L., Munday P.L., Jones G.P. (2010). Ocean acidification disrupts the innate ability of fish to detect predator olfactory cues. Ecology Letters, 13: 68-75.
Gardiner N.M., Munday P.L., Nilsson G.E. (2010). Counter-gradient variation in respiratory performance of coral reef fishes at elevated temperatures. PLoS One, 5: e13299. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0013299
Bonin, M.C., Munday, P.L., McCormick, M.I., Srinivasan, M. and Jones, G.P. (2009). Recruitment and persistence of coral-dwelling fishes is resilient to bleaching but not mortality of host corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 394: 215-222.
Munday, P.L., Dixson, D.L., Donelson, J.M., Jones, G.P., Pratchett, M.S., Devitsina, G.V. and Døving, K.B. (2009). Ocean acidification impairs olfactory discrimination and homing ability of a marine fish. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, 106: 1848-1852.
Munday, P.L., Leis, J.M., Lough, J.M., Paris, C.B., Kingsford M.J., Berumen, M.L. and Lambrechts, J. (2009). Climate change and coral reef connectivity. Coral Reefs 28: 379-395.
Munday, P.L., Jones, G.P., Pratchett, M.S. and Williams, A.J. (2008). Climate change and the future for coral reef fishes. Fish and Fisheries 9: 261-285.
Pratchett, M.S., Munday, P.L., Wilson, S.K., Graham, N.A.J., Cinner, J.E., Bellwood, D.R., Jones, G.P., Polunin, N.V.C. and McClanahan, T.R. (2008). Effects of climate-induced coral bleaching on coral-reef fishes: ecological and economic consequences. Oceanography and Marine Biology Annual Review 46: 251-296.
Wong, MYL, Buston, PM, Munday, PL and Jones, GP (2007). The threat of punishment enforces peaceful cooperation and stabilizes queues in a coral-reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 274(1613): 1093-1099.
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Munday, P.L., Buston, P.M. and Warner, R.R. (2006). Diversity and flexibility of sex-change strategies in animals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 21: 89-95.
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Kroon, F.J., Munday, P.L., Westcott, D.A., Hobbs, J-P.A., and Liley N.R. (2005). Aromatase mediates sex change in each direction. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. 272: 1399-1405.
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