ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
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By Maria del Carmen (K-le) Gomez Cabrera In a world-first, scientists have uncovered a way of using ancient environmental DNA to start exploring the past lives of coral reefs....
Recreational boating is one of many forms of noise pollution from urban development. Its expansion may have adverse effects on fish communities.Anthropogenic noise messes with ...
By Andrew Baird "It is time to move beyond this simple metric for greater ecological insight." In this week’s Ecology paper we outline a revolutionary new ...
New research suggests the usually social butterflyfish is becoming more of a recluse as the coral reefs it depends on degenerate. Cassandra Thompson is the lead author of a new st...
Exotic, or introduced, species are a threat across the globe. Some are pests that push native species to extinction, while others become useful within their new habitats. Such a co...
Global warming and acidifying oceans are creating an intense competition between coral and algae. New research reveals both are deemed to lose under future climate predictions....
With the Anthropocene well and truly upon us and causing rapid shifts in environmental conditions, biologists are striving to understand whether animals and plants can adapt quickl...
New research reveals how deep ocean nutrients keep shallow reef corals nourished in the Indian Ocean. Tropical waters are typically low in nutrients. Yet, their shallow coral ...
Guest editing a Theme Issue was an enjoyable and rewarding process. The full journey from pitching the topic to the Editorial Board, through to the issue being in print took about ...
Only by understanding and managing the GBR wisely do we have a chance of keeping the GBR ‘great.’ – Editors: Pat Hutchings, Michael Kingsford and Ove Hoegh-GuldbergA ...
By Justin Rizzari & Dr Ashley Frisch*Much of the Great Barrier Reef is legally protected in an effort to conserve and rebuild the fragile marine environment. Marine reserve...
Late last year Prof. Garry Russ, Chief Investigator of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University (JCU), was conferred a Do...
This series of short instructive videos aims to reduce the mystery of successful scientific publication.The materials are designed and delivered by Professor Joshua Cinner of t...
Environmental social scientist Dr Georgina Gurney was recently awarded a prestigious Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship.Dr Gurney is based at Australian Research Council Centre ...
What we already know about people’s behavior can be a key to improving the success of conservation initiatives.The predictability of human behavior – for instance – how ...
Being a fussy eater is a problem for reef fish who seek refuge from climate change on deeper reefs. But, scientists discovered, the coral that these fussy fish eat can support them.The study was l
Australian scientists have created a world-first tool that can systematically assess climate change risks to all types of World Heritage properties: marine and terrestrial, natural and cultural. Ther
An international group of scientists is making major advances in sustaining the world's environments, untangling the intricate ways in which people and nature depend on each other.The results are
Squid will survive and may even flourish under even the worst-case ocean acidification scenarios, according to a new study published this week. Dr Blake Spady, from the ARC Centre of Excellence for C
Abstract: The declining condition of many habitats in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area means marine park managers have to take a different approach to management. Managers can no longer rely
Abstract: Photosymbiosis is the main driver of reef development because it enhances calcification rates, thereby allowing corals to grow in oligotrophic environments. The reefal systems of the Palae
Abstract: Disease transmission is a natural process that helps shape the ecology and evolution of all organisms on Earth, yet, the burden and distribution of disease outbreaks is changing at an alarmi
West Nile Virus (WNV), a mosquito-borne virus of birds, emerged in North America in 1999; the invading strain was then displaced within a few years by a novel mutant. In order to understand this com
China’s extraordinary economic development over recent decades has had enormous impacts on coastal marine ecosystems, including extensive, coastal coral reefs in the southern provinces. With around
Pesticides (particularly herbicides and insecticides) are detected ubiquitously in the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) region waterways. This is largely as the GBR has relatively comprehensive long-term moni
In 2016, JCU joined the pilot of the Science in Australia Gender Equity (SAGE) Athena SWAN program. This program aims to move towards gender equity in STEMM at universities and research institutes acr
Most of the world's coral reefs are periodically exposed to heavy seas generated by tropical cyclones which can cause major structural damage to corals that, over time, can play a key role in shaping
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
