A PhD Journey
You are what you eat, and the same applies for coral reef fishes. These fishes constitute one of the most diverse vertebrate assemblages on Earth, spanning a broad range of dietary...
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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You are what you eat, and the same applies for coral reef fishes. These fishes constitute one of the most diverse vertebrate assemblages on Earth, spanning a broad range of dietary...
A new study has found a mix of different ecosystem management strategies promotes high regional species biodiversity—but favours very distinct species communities of plants, bird...
Coral CoE's Dr Jenni Donelson and Professor Mike Kingsford were both honoured in this year's Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) awards—the nation's top awards in marin...
The relationship between adult corals (the host) and algae of the Symbiodiniaceae family (the symbiotic partners, previously known as zooxanthellae) has long been studied by resear...
Thirteen researchers and numerous alumni from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies were part of a massive global effort to understand when corals reproduce. The resu...
In a ground-breaking new study, scientists used innovative molecular techniques to explain how corals on the east coast of Australia survived previous tough conditions—enabling t...
The growth and persistence of coral reefs is dependent on the positive balance between calcium carbonate (CaCO3) production and erosion—often referred to as a ‘carbonate budget...
Two of our researchers were recently recognised by the Australian Institute of Policy and Science 2020 Queensland Tall Poppy awards: Dr Michele Barnes and Dr Peter Cowman. ...
The spread of COVID-19, and policies across the world to contain it, continue to have wide-reaching impacts on small-scale fishing communities. Within the Pacific region, most cou...
Juvenile fishes have one of the highest mortality rates compared to other life stages. Within two days of settling into a reef almost 60 percent are consumed by predators (1). Our ...
Crown-of-thorns starfish are renowned for eating coral and destroying coral reefs—but when juvenile crown-of-thorns first settle in reef environments they start out by eating roc...
The Kingdom of Tonga Special Management Area report 2020 is now available online. The report provides an overview of the current the status of Tonga’s coral reef ecosystem and...
Nearly a third of all elasmobranch species—sharks, rays, and skates—face extinction. Without proper management and conservation efforts climate change is likely to make things ...
Coral reefs provide food and income for millions of people, but reef health is declining worldwide. Success stories are rare, but we spent the last 16 years studying one. Since...
In a recently published study, we suggest a phenomenon that helps explain how coral reef fisheries can still exist, even when fish populations drop due to overexploitation. Whil...
New research shows what is often assumed to be ‘fair’ in conservation practice may not be considered so by the very people most affected by it—and a new approach is needed if protected areas are
New research on the growth rates of coral reefs shows there is still a window of opportunity to save the world’s coral reefs—but time is running out. The international study was initiated at th
A world first study within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park has found limited fishing zones (yellow zones) are still important conservation and fisheries management tools when paired with no-fishing
Today, the British Ecological Society announced Dr Renato Morais from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University as the winner of this year’s Haldane Prize. The
Abstract: I will present some findings showing genetically-identified cryptic coral species within a functional group differing in their response to disturbance (bleaching), environmental gradients (
Abstract: This project aims to set some of the fundamentals necessary for the study of antipatharians (black corals) in the disciplines of ecology, phylogenomics, biology and conservation management.
Abstract: In 1990, Elinor Ostrom published Governing the Commons, a demonstration that communities could successfully manage common pool resources without resorting to individual private property ri
Abstract: Population irruptions of the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster cf. solaris, are a perennial threat to coral reefs and may be initiated by fluctuations in reproductive or settlement
Abstract: Climate change is causing the distribution and abundance of many organisms to change. In particular, organisms typical of the tropics are increasing in abundance in many subtropical regions,
Abstract: Research from the Pacific Islands during the past decade has linked watershed modification to degradation in downstream freshwater and coral reef communities. However, even creative communic
Abstract: Earth´s climate has changed cyclically throughout history. What is stark and unequivocal is that since the industrial revolution, human activities have irreversibly altered the Earth´s cl
Abstract: When a coral reef is bleached, a temperate kelp forest is destroyed by an army of sea urchins, or when intense fishing pressure is removed through the establishment of a marine park, the ma
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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