The big ecological questions inhibiting effective (2009)
Moreton, SR, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Lindenmayer, DB, Harriss Olson, M, Hughes, L, McCulloch, MT, ...
The need to improve environmental management in Australia is urgent because human health,well-being and social stability all depend ultimately on maintenance of life-supporting ecological...
Phototropic growth in a reef flat acroporid branching coral species (2009)
Kaniewska, P., Campbell, P.R., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Many terrestrial plants form complex morphological structures and will alter these growth patterns in response to light direction. Similarly reef building corals have high morphological variation...
Phototropic growth in a reef flat acroporid branching coral species (2009)
Kaniewska, P., Campbell, P.R., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Many terrestrial plants form complex morphological structures and will alter these growth patterns in response to light direction. Similarly reef building corals have high morphological variation...
Phototropic growth in a reef flat acroporid branching coral species (2009)
Kaniewska, P., Campbell, P.R., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Many terrestrial plants form complex morphological structures and will alter these growth patterns in response to light direction. Similarly reef building corals have high morphological variation...
Bacteria are not the primary cause of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica (2008)
Ortiz, J. C., Loh, W. K. W., Ward, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Scleractinian corals may acquire Symbiodinium from their parents (vertically) or from the environment (horizontally). In the present study, adult colonies of the coral Acropora longicyathus from One...
A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasites (2008)
Moore, RB, Obornik, M, Janouskovec, J, Chrudimsky, T, Vancova, M, Green, DH, ...
Many parasitic Apicomplexa, such as Plasmodium falciparum, contain an unpigmented chloroplast remnant termed the apicoplast, which is a target for malaria treatment. However, no close relative of...
Bacteria are not the primary cause of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica (2008)
Ortiz, J. C., Loh, W. K. W., Ward, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Scleractinian corals may acquire Symbiodinium from their parents (vertically) or from the environment (horizontally). In the present study, adult colonies of the coral Acropora longicyathus from One...
Early cellular changes are indicators of pre-bleaching thermal stress in the coral host (2008)
Ainsworth, T. D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Heron, S. F., Skirving, W. J., Leggat, W.
Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders (2008)
Anthony, K. R. N., Kline, D. I., Diaz-Pulido, G., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
A Call to Action for Coral Reefs (2008)
Dodge, R.E., Birkeland, C., Hatziolos, M., Kleypas, J., Palumbi, S.R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., ...
Host pigments: potential facilitators of photosynthesis in coral symbioses (2008)
Dove, S.G., Lovell, C., Fine, M., Deckenback, J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Iglesias-Prieto, R., ...
Where Species Go, Legal Protections Must Follow - Response (2008)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Hughes, L., Mcintyre, S., Lindenmayer, D.B., Parmesan, C., Possingham, H.P., ...
Assisted Colonization and Rapid Climate Change (2008)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Hughes, L., McIntyre, S., Lindenmayer, D.B., Parmesan, C., Possingham, H.P., ...
Coral Adaptation in the Face of Climate Change - Response (2008)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Mumby, P.J., Hooten, A.J., Steneck, R.S., Greenfield, P., Gomez, E., ...
The effect of thermal history on the susceptibility of reef-building corals to thermal stress (2008)
A photosynthetic alveolate closely related to apicomplexan parasites (2008)
Moore, R.B., Obornik, M., Janouskovec, J., Chrudimsky, T., Vancova, M., Green, D.H., ...
Coral disease physiology: the impact of Acroporid white syndrome on Symbiodinium (2008)
Roff, G., Kvennefors, E.C.E., Ulstrup, K.E., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Sampayo, E. M., Ridgway, T., Bongaerts, P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Coral bleaching has been identified as one of the major contributors to coral reef decline, and the occurrence of different symbionts determined by broad genetic groupings (clades A–H) is commonly...
Cell biology in model systems as the key to understanding corals (2008)
Weis, V.M., Davy, S.K., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Pringe, J.R.
Climate change and Australian marine life (2007)
Poloczanska, ES, Babcock, RC, Bulter, A, Hobday, AJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Kunz, TJ, ...
Australia’s marine life is highly diverse and endemic. Here we describe projections of climate change in Australian waters and examine from the literature likely impacts of these changes on...
Climate Change and Australian Marine Life (2007)
Poloczanska, E. S., Babcock, R. C., Bulter, A., Hobday, A. J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Kunz, T. J., ...
Australia’s marine life is highly diverse and endemic. Here we describe projections ofclimate change in Australian waters and examine from the literature likely impacts of these changeson...
Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change (2007)
Hughes, TP, Willis, B, Rodrigues, MJ, Bellwood, DR, Ceccarelli, D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, ...
Many coral reefs worldwide have undergone phase shifts to alternate, degraded assemblages because of the combined effects of overfishing, declining water quality, and the direct and indirect impacts...
Climate change and Australian marine life (2007)
Poloczanska, ES, Babcock, RC, Bulter, A, Hobday, AJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Kunz, TJ, ...
Australia’s marine life is highly diverse and endemic. Here we describe projections of climate change in Australian waters and examine from the literature likely impacts of these changes on...
Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change (2007)
Hughes, TP, Willis, B, Rodrigues, MJ, Bellwood, DR, Ceccarelli, D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, ...
Many coral reefs worldwide have undergone phase shifts to alternate, degraded assemblages because of the combined effects of overfishing, declining water quality, and the direct and indirect impacts...
Leggat, W, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Dove, S, Yellowlees, D
Dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp. Freud.) are an obligatory endosymbiont of the reef-building corals. Recent changes to the environment surrounding coral reefs (e.g., global warming) have...
Mostafavi, P. G., Fatemi, S. M. R., Shahhosseiny, M. H., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Loh, W. K. W.
Scleractinian coral species harbour communities of photosynthetic taxa of the genus Symbiodinium. As many as eight genetic clades (A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H) of Symbiodinium have been discovered...
Levy, O., Appelbaum, L., Leggat, W., Gothlif, Y., Hayward, D. C., Miller, D. J., ...
Hundreds of species of reef-building corals spawn synchronously over a few nights each year, and moonlight regulates this spawning event. However, the molecular elements underpinning the detection of...
Lesser, M. P., Falcon, L. I., Rodriguez-Roman, A., Enriquez, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Iglesias-Prieto, R.
Colonies of the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus) that harbor endosymbiotic cyanobacteria can fix nitrogen, whereas conspecifics without these symbionts cannot. The pattern of nitrogen...
Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (2007)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Mumby, P. J., Hooten, A. J., Steneck, R. S., Greenfield, P., Gomez, E., ...
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is expected to exceed 500 parts per million and global temperatures to rise by at least 2 degrees C by 2050 to 2100, values that significantly exceed those of...
Lesser, M. P., Bythell, J. C., Gates, R. D., Johnstone, R. W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Emerging infectious diseases are a worldwide problem and are believed to play a major role in coral reef degradation. The study of coral diseases is difficult but the use of culture-independent...
Climate change and Australian marine life (2007)
Poloczanska, E. S., Babcock, R. C, Butler, A., Hobday, A. J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Kunz, T. J., ...
Niche partitioning of closely related symbiotic dinoflagellates (2007)
Sampayo, E. M., Franceschinis, L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S.
Reef-building corals are fundamental to the most diverse marine ecosystems, yet a detailed understanding of the processes involved in the establishment, persistence and ecology of the...
Coral Disease Diagnostics: What's between a Plague and a Band? (2007)
Ainsworth, T. D., Kramasky-Winter, E., Loya, Y., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fine, M.
Recently, reports of coral disease have increased significantly across the world's tropical oceans. Despite increasing efforts to understand the changing incidence of coral disease, very few primary...
Phase Shifts, Herbivory, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Climate Change (2007)
Hughes, T. P., Rodrigues, M. J., Bellwood, D. R., Ceccarelli, D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., McCook, L., ...
Many coral reefs worldwide have undergone phase shifts to alternate, degraded assemblages because of the combined effects of overfishing, declining water quality, and the direct and indirect impacts...
Disease and cell death in white syndrome of Acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef (2007)
Ainsworth, T. D., Kvennefors, E. C., Blackall, L. L., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
White syndromes (WS) are among the most prevalent coral diseases, and are responsible for reef demise on the Great Barrier Reef. The disease manifests as a clear differentiation between tissue and...
Anthony, K. R. N., Connolly, S. R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The most severe outcome of coral bleaching is colony mortality. However, the risk of mortality is one of the least understood consequences for reef corals under climate-change scenarios....
Yarden, O., Ainsworth, T. D., Roff, G., Leggat, W., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The prevalence of coral-associated fungi was four times higher in diseased Acropora formosa colonies than in healthy colonies. Since taxonomically related fungal species were isolated from diseased...
The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont (2007)
Leggat, W., Ainsworth, T. D., Bythell, J., Dove, S. G., Gates, R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., ...
Leggat, W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S., Yellowlees, D.
Dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp. Freud.) are an obligatory endosymbiont of the reef-building corals. Recent changes to the environment surrounding coral reefs (e.g., global warming) have...
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Muller-Parker, G., Cook, C. B., Gates, R. D., Gladfelter, E., Trench, R. K., ...
Vulnerability of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change (2007)
Fabricius, K. E., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Johnson, J., McCook, L., Lough, J.
Vulnerability of reef-building corals on the Great Barrier Reef to climate change (2007)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Anthony, K., Berkelmans, R., Dove, S., Fabricus, K., Lough, J., ...
Levy, O., Appelbaum, L., Leggat, W., Gothilf, Y., Hayward, David C., Miller, David James, ...
© 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Levy, O., Appelbaum, L., Leggat, W., Gothilf, Y., Hayward, David C., Miller, David James, ...
© 2007 American Association for the Advancement of Science
Climate change and Australian marine life (2007)
Poloczanska, ES, Babcock, RC, Butler, A, Hobday, AJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Kunz, TJ, ...
Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change (2007)
Hughes, TP, Rodrigues, MJ, Bellwood, DR, Ceccarelli, D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, McCook, L, ...
Niche partitioning of closely related symbiotic dinoflagellates (2007)
Sampayo, E. M., Franceschinis, L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S.
Reef-building corals are fundamental to the most diverse marine ecosystems, yet a detailed understanding of the processes involved in the establishment, persistence and ecology of the...
Mostafavi, P. G., Fatemi, S. M. R., Shahhosseiny, M. H., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Loh, W. K. W.
Scleractinian coral species harbour communities of photosynthetic taxa of the genus Symbiodinium. As many as eight genetic clades (A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H) of Symbiodinium have been discovered...
Levy, O., Appelbaum, L., Leggat, W., Gothlif, Y., Hayward, D. C., Miller, D. J., ...
Hundreds of species of reef-building corals spawn synchronously over a few nights each year, and moonlight regulates this spawning event. However, the molecular elements underpinning the detection of...
Lesser, M. P., Falcon, L. I., Rodriguez-Roman, A., Enriquez, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Iglesias-Prieto, R.
Colonies of the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa (Linnaeus) that harbor endosymbiotic cyanobacteria can fix nitrogen, whereas conspecifics without these symbionts cannot. The pattern of nitrogen...
Coral Reefs Under Rapid Climate Change and Ocean Acidification (2007)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Mumby, P. J., Hooten, A. J., Steneck, R. S., Greenfield, P., Gomez, E., ...
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentration is expected to exceed 500 parts per million and global temperatures to rise by at least 2 degrees C by 2050 to 2100, values that significantly exceed those of...
Coral Disease Diagnostics: What's between a Plague and a Band? (2007)
Ainsworth, T. D., Kramasky-Winter, E., Loya, Y., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fine, M.
Recently, reports of coral disease have increased significantly across the world's tropical oceans. Despite increasing efforts to understand the changing incidence of coral disease, very few primary...
Phase Shifts, Herbivory, and the Resilience of Coral Reefs to Climate Change (2007)
Hughes, T. P., Rodrigues, M. J., Bellwood, D. R., Ceccarelli, D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., McCook, L., ...
Many coral reefs worldwide have undergone phase shifts to alternate, degraded assemblages because of the combined effects of overfishing, declining water quality, and the direct and indirect impacts...
Disease and cell death in white syndrome of Acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef (2007)
Ainsworth, T. D., Kvennefors, E. C., Blackall, L. L., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
White syndromes (WS) are among the most prevalent coral diseases, and are responsible for reef demise on the Great Barrier Reef. The disease manifests as a clear differentiation between tissue and...
Anthony, K. R. N., Connolly, S. R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The most severe outcome of coral bleaching is colony mortality. However, the risk of mortality is one of the least understood consequences for reef corals under climate-change scenarios....
Yarden, O., Ainsworth, T. D., Roff, G., Leggat, W., Fine, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The prevalence of coral-associated fungi was four times higher in diseased Acropora formosa colonies than in healthy colonies. Since taxonomically related fungal species were isolated from diseased...
Lesser, M. P., Bythell, J. C., Gates, R. D., Johnstone, R. W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Emerging infectious diseases are a worldwide problem and are believed to play a major role in coral reef degradation. The study of coral diseases is difficult but the use of culture-independent...
Climate change and Australian marine life (2007)
Poloczanska, E. S., Babcock, R. C, Butler, A., Hobday, A. J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Kunz, T. J., ...
The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont (2007)
Leggat, W., Ainsworth, T. D., Bythell, J., Dove, S. G., Gates, R., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., ...
Leggat, W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S., Yellowlees, D.
Dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp. Freud.) are an obligatory endosymbiont of the reef-building corals. Recent changes to the environment surrounding coral reefs (e.g., global warming) have...
Vulnerability of coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change (2007)
Fabricius, K. E., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Johnson, J., McCook, L., Lough, J.
Vulnerability of reef-building corals on the Great Barrier Reef to climate change (2007)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Anthony, K., Berkelmans, R., Dove, S., Fabricus, K., Lough, J., ...
Levy, O., Appelbaum, L., Leggat, W., Gothlif, Y., Hayward, D.C., Miller, D.J., ...
Hundreds of species of reef-building corals spawn synchronously over a few nights each year, and moonlight regulates this spawning event. However, the molecular elements underpinning the detection of...
Climate change and Australian marine life (2007)
Poloczanska, ES, Babcock, RC, Bulter, A, Hobday, AJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Kunz, TJ, ...
Australia’s marine life is highly diverse and endemic. Here we describe projections of climate change in Australian waters and examine from the literature likely impacts of these changes on...
Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change (2007)
Hughes, TP, Willis, B, Rodrigues, MJ, Bellwood, DR, Ceccarelli, D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, ...
Many coral reefs worldwide have undergone phase shifts to alternate, degraded assemblages because of the combined effects of overfishing, declining water quality, and the direct and indirect impacts...
Aerial exposure influences bleaching patterns (2006)
Leggat, W., Ainsworth, T.D., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
This publication does not have an abstract.
Ainsworth, T.D., Fine, M., Blackall, L.L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensiveautofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard...
Selig, Elizabeth R., Harvell, C. Drew, Bruno, John F., Willis, Bette L., Page, Cathie A., Casey, Kenneth S., ...
Ocean warming due to climate change could increase the frequency and severity ofinfectious coral disease outbreaks by increasing pathogen virulence or host susceptibility.However, little is known...
Aerial exposure influences bleaching patterns (2006)
Leggat, W., Ainsworth, T.D., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
This publication does not have an abstract.
Ainsworth, T.D., Fine, M., Blackall, L.L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensive autofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard...
Klueter, A., Loh, W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S.
A comparison of strongly, weakly or non-fluorescent colour morphs has the potential to provide an ideal model for investigating the possible ecological function of GFP-homologs in reef-building...
Ainsworth, T. D., Fine, M., Blackall, L. L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensive autofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard...
Franklin, D. J., Cedres, C. M. M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Coral bleaching (the loss of symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef-building corals) is most frequently caused by high-light and temperature conditions. We exposed the explants of the hermatypic coral...
Roff, G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fine, M.
'White syndrome' is considered to be the most prevalent coral disease on the Great Barrier Reef, characterised by rapid rates of lesion progression and high levels of colony mortality. This study...
Monitoring coral bleaching using a colour reference card (2006)
Siebeck, U. E., Marshall, N. J., Kluter, A., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Assessment of the extent of coral bleaching has become an important part of studies that aim to understand the condition of coral reefs. In this study a reference card that uses differences in coral...
Werner, U., Bird, P., Wild, C., Ferdelman, T., Polerecky, L., Eickert, G., ...
Oxygen consumption rates (OCR), aerobic mineralization and sulfate reduction rates (SRR) were studied in the permeable carbonate reef sediments of Heron Reef, Australia. We selected 4 stations with...
Phototrophic microendoliths bloom during coral "white syndrome" (2006)
Fine, M., Roff, G., Ainsworth, T. D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Following rapid lesion progression of white syndrome in tabular Acropora spp., the white bare skeleton gradually changes to green, a result of endolithic algae blooms (primarily Ostreobium spp.)....
Ainsworth, T. D., Fine, M., Blackall, L. L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensive autofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard...
Franklin, D. J., Cedres, C. M. M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Coral bleaching (the loss of symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef-building corals) is most frequently caused by high-light and temperature conditions. We exposed the explants of the hermatypic coral...
Roff, G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fine, M.
'White syndrome' is considered to be the most prevalent coral disease on the Great Barrier Reef, characterised by rapid rates of lesion progression and high levels of colony mortality. This study...
Monitoring coral bleaching using a colour reference card (2006)
Siebeck, U. E., Marshall, N. J., Kluter, A., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Assessment of the extent of coral bleaching has become an important part of studies that aim to understand the condition of coral reefs. In this study a reference card that uses differences in coral...
Phototrophic microendoliths bloom during coral "white syndrome" (2006)
Fine, M., Roff, G., Ainsworth, T. D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Following rapid lesion progression of white syndrome in tabular Acropora spp., the white bare skeleton gradually changes to green, a result of endolithic algae blooms (primarily Ostreobium spp.)....
Klueter, A., Loh, W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Dove, S.
A comparison of strongly, weakly or non-fluorescent colour morphs has the potential to provide an ideal model for investigating the possible ecological function of GFP-homologs in reef-building...
Coral bleaching following wintry weather (2005)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fine, M., Skirving, W., Johnstone, R., Dove, S., Strong, A.
Extensive coral bleaching Occurred intertidally in early August 2003 in the Capricorn Bunker group (Wistari Reef, Heron and One Tree Islands; Southern Great Barrier Reef). The affected intertidal...
Low coral cover in a high-CO2 world (2005)
Coral reefs generally exist within a relatively narrow band of temperatures, light, and seawater aragonite saturation states. The growth of coral reefs is minimal or nonexistent outside this...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change (2005)
Donner, S. D., Skirving, W. J., Little, C. M., Oppenheimer, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Elevated ocean temperatures can cause coral bleaching, the loss of colour from reef-building corals because of a breakdown of the symbiosis with the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium. Recent studies have...
Edmunds, P. J., Gates, R. D., Leggat, W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Allen-Requa, L.
Pre-settlement events play an important role in determining larval success in marine invertebrates with bentho-pelagic life histories, yet the consequences of these events typically are not well...
Fine, M., Meroz-Fine, E., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Photosynthetic endolithic algae and cyanobacteria live within the skeletons of many scleractinians. Under normal conditions, less than 5% of the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) reaches the...
Low coral cover in a high-CO2 world (2005)
Coral reefs generally exist within a relatively narrow band of temperatures, light, and seawater aragonite saturation states. The growth of coral reefs is minimal or nonexistent outside this...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change (2005)
Donner, S. D., Skirving, W. J., Little, C. M., Oppenheimer, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Elevated ocean temperatures can cause coral bleaching, the loss of colour from reef-building corals because of a breakdown of the symbiosis with the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium. Recent studies have...
Edmunds, P. J., Gates, R. D., Leggat, W., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Allen-Requa, L.
Pre-settlement events play an important role in determining larval success in marine invertebrates with bentho-pelagic life histories, yet the consequences of these events typically are not well...
Fine, M., Meroz-Fine, E., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Photosynthetic endolithic algae and cyanobacteria live within the skeletons of many scleractinians. Under normal conditions, less than 5% of the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) reaches the...
Coral bleaching following wintry weather (2005)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fine, M., Skirving, W., Johnstone, R., Dove, S., Strong, A.
Extensive coral bleaching Occurred intertidally in early August 2003 in the Capricorn Bunker group (Wistari Reef, Heron and One Tree Islands; Southern Great Barrier Reef). The affected intertidal...
LaJeunesse, T. C., Bhagooli, R., Hidaka, M., DeVantier, L., Done, T., Schmidt, G. W., ...
The diversity and community structures of symbiotic dinoflagellates are described from reef invertebrates in southern and central provinces of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia, and Zamami...
Coral reefs in a century of rapid environmental change (2004)
Coral reefs are the most diverse marine ecosystem and embrace possibly millions of plant, animal and protist species. Mutualistic symbioses are a fundamental feature of coral reefs that have been...
Franklin, D. J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Jones, R. J., Berges, J. A.
Rising sea temperatures are increasing the incidences of mass coral bleaching (the dissociation of the coral-algal symbiosis) and coral mortality. In this study, the effects of bleaching (induced by...
LaJeunesse, T. C., Bhagooli, R., Hidaka, M., DeVantier, L., Done, T., Schmidt, G. W., ...
The diversity and community structures of symbiotic dinoflagellates are described from reef invertebrates in southern and central provinces of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia, and Zamami...
Coral reefs in a century of rapid environmental change (2004)
Coral reefs are the most diverse marine ecosystem and embrace possibly millions of plant, animal and protist species. Mutualistic symbioses are a fundamental feature of coral reefs that have been...
Franklin, D. J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Jones, R. J., Berges, J. A.
Rising sea temperatures are increasing the incidences of mass coral bleaching (the dissociation of the coral-algal symbiosis) and coral mortality. In this study, the effects of bleaching (induced by...
Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs (2003)
Hughes, T.P., Baird, A.H., Bellwood, D.R., Card, M., Connolly, S.R., Folke, C., ...
The diversity, frequency and scale of human impacts on coral reefs are increasing to the extent that reefs are threatened globally. Projected increases in carbon dioxide and temperature over the next...
Anthony, K.R.N., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Summary1.The often complex architecture of coral reefs forms a diversity of light microhabitats. Analogous to patterns in forest plants, light variation may drive strategies for efficient light...
Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs (2003)
Hughes, T.P., Baird, A.H., Bellwood, D.R., Card, M., Connolly, S.R., Folke, C., ...
The diversity, frequency and scale of human impacts on coral reefs are increasing to the extent that reefs are threatened globally. Projected increases in carbon dioxide and temperature over the next...
Anthony, K.R.N., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Summary 1.The often complex architecture of coral reefs forms a diversity of light microhabitats. Analogous to patterns in forest plants, light variation may drive strategies for efficient light...
Prescott, M., Ling, M., Beddoe, T., Oakley, A. J., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., ...
Reef-building corals contain host pigments, termed pocilloporins, that function to regulate the light environment of their resident microalgae by acting as a photoprotectant in excessive sunlight. We...
Beddoe, T., Ling, M., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Devenish, R. J., Prescott, M., ...
Reef-building corals contain fluorescent pigments termed pocilloporins that function by regulating the light environment of coral and acting as a photoprotectant in excessive sunlight. These...
Kinetics of photoacclimation in corals (2003)
Anthony, KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Traditional models describing the relationship between photosynthesis (P) and irradiance (I) do not account for photoacclimation to short-term variation in irradiance. Here we develop and test a...
Causes of coral reef degradation - Response (2003)
Hughes, T. P., Baird, A. H., Bellwood, D. R., Connolly, S. R., Folke, C., Grosberg, R., ...
Photosynthetic responses of the coral Montipora digitata to cold temperature stress (2003)
Saxby, T., Dennison, W. C., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Coral bleaching events have become more frequent and widespread, largely due to elevated sea surface temperatures. Global climate change could lead to increased variability of sea surface...
Anthony, K. R. N., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
1. The often complex architecture of coral reefs forms a diversity of light microhabitats. Analogous to patterns in forest plants, light variation may drive strategies for efficient light utilization...
Takabayashi, M., Carter, D., Lopez, J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Most scleractinian coral species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. However, the genetic connectivity between populations of corals separated by large distances...
Kinetics of photoacclimation in corals (2003)
Anthony, KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Traditional models describing the relationship between photosynthesis (P) and irradiance (I) do not account for photoacclimation to short-term variation in irradiance. Here we develop and test a...
Kinetics of photoacclimation in corals (2003)
Anthony, KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Traditional models describing the relationship between photosynthesis (P) and irradiance (I) do not account for photoacclimation to short-term variation in irradiance. Here we develop and test a...
Photosynthetic responses of the coral Montipora digitata to cold temperature stress (2003)
Saxby, T., Dennison, W. C., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Coral bleaching events have become more frequent and widespread, largely due to elevated sea surface temperatures. Global climate change could lead to increased variability of sea surface...
Prescott, M., Ling, M., Beddoe, T., Oakley, A. J., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., ...
Reef-building corals contain host pigments, termed pocilloporins, that function to regulate the light environment of their resident microalgae by acting as a photoprotectant in excessive sunlight. We...
Anthony, K. R. N., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
1. The often complex architecture of coral reefs forms a diversity of light microhabitats. Analogous to patterns in forest plants, light variation may drive strategies for efficient light utilization...
Takabayashi, M., Carter, D., Lopez, J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Most scleractinian coral species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. However, the genetic connectivity between populations of corals separated by large distances...
Beddoe, T., Ling, M., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Devenish, R. J., Prescott, M., ...
Reef-building corals contain fluorescent pigments termed pocilloporins that function by regulating the light environment of coral and acting as a photoprotectant in excessive sunlight. These...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Whereas terrestrial animal populations might show genetic connectivity within a continent, marine species, such as hermatypic corals, may have connectivity stretching to all corners of the planet. We...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Whereas terrestrial animal populations might show genetic connectivity within a continent, marine species, such as hermatypic corals, may have connectivity stretching to all corners of the planet. We...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Whereas terrestrial animal populations might show genetic connectivity within a continent, marine species, such as hermatypic corals, may have connectivity stretching to all corners of the planet. We...
Ward, S., Harrison, P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Extensive bleaching of corals occurred at Heron Island Reef during the 1998 mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Two hundred coral colonies were labelled and sampled on the reef...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Whereas terrestrial animal populations might show genetic connectivity within a continent, marine species, such as hermatypic corals, may have connectivity stretching to all corners of the planet. We...
Ward, S., Harrison, P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Extensive bleaching of corals occurred at Heron Island Reef during the 1998 mass bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Two hundred coral colonies were labelled and sampled on the reef...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Loh, W., Carter, D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
We examined the genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.) in the widespread hermatypic coral Plesiastrea versipora from tropical/subtropical (north-eastern Australia) and...
Koop, K., Booth, D., Broadbent, A., Brodie, J., Bucher, D., Capone, D., ...
Coral reef degradation resulting from nutrient enrichment of coastal waters is of increasing global concern. Although effects of nutrients on coral reef organisms have been demonstrated in the...
Major colour patterns of reef-building corals are due to a family of GFP-like proteins (2001)
Dove, S.G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ranganathan, S.
Reef-building corals are renowned for their brilliant colours yet the biochemical basis for the pigmentation of corals is unknown. Here, we sho that these colours are due to a family of GFP-like...
Jones, R.J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The photochemical efficiency of symbiotic dinoflagellates within the tissues of two reef-building corals in response to normal and excess irradiance at water temperatures < 30 °C were investigated...
Major colour patterns of reef-building corals are due to a family of GFP-like proteins (2001)
Dove, S.G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ranganathan, S.
Reef-building corals are renowned for their brilliant colours yet the biochemical basis for the pigmentation of corals is unknown. Here, we sho that these colours are due to a family of GFP-like...
Koop, K., Booth, D., Broadbent, A., Brodie, Jon E., Bucher, D., Capone, D., ...
Coral reef degradation resulting from nutrient enrichment of coastal waters is of increasing global concern. Although effects of nutrients on coral reef organisms have been demonstrated in the...
Jones, R.J., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The photochemical efficiency of symbiotic dinoflagellates within the tissues of two reef-building corals in response to normal and excess irradiance at water temperatures < 30 °C were investigated...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M., Loh, W., Carter, D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
We examined the genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.) in the widespread hermatypic coral Plesiastrea versipora from tropical/subtropical (north-eastern Australia) and...
Major colour patterns of reef-building corals are due to a family of GFP-like proteins (2001)
Dove, S. G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ranganathan, S.
Reef-building corals are renowned for their brilliant colours yet the biochemical basis for the pigmentation of corals is unknown. Here, we show that these colours are due to a family of GFP-like...
Panmixia in Pocillopora verrucosa from South Africa (2001)
Ridgway, T., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ayre, D. J.
The genetic structure of six local collections of Pocillopora verrrucosa from six coral reefs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, was examined using allozyme electrophoresis. The six separate reefs lie...
Loh, W. K. W., Loi, T., Carter, D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The scleractinian coral species, Seriatopora hystrix and Acropora longicyathus, are widely distributed throughout the latitudinal range of the tropical west Pacific. These 2 coral species live in a...
Moreno, G., Selvakumaraswamy, P., Byrne, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Determination of the ash-free dry weight (AFDW) of marine specimens requires samples to be rinsed, soaked, and centrifuged. Problems associated with this technique were examined with the...
Response of a scleractinian coral, Stylophora pistillata, to iron and nitrate enrichment (2001)
Ferrier-Pages, C., Schoelzke, V., Jaubert, J., Muscatine, L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the addition of iron alone or in combination with nitrate affects growth and photosynthesis of the scleractinian coral, Stylophora pistillata, and...
Major colour patterns of reef-building corals are due to a family of GFP-like proteins (2001)
Dove, S. G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ranganathan, S.
Reef-building corals are renowned for their brilliant colours yet the biochemical basis for the pigmentation of corals is unknown. Here, we show that these colours are due to a family of GFP-like...
Panmixia in Pocillopora verrucosa from South Africa (2001)
Ridgway, T., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Ayre, D. J.
The genetic structure of six local collections of Pocillopora verrrucosa from six coral reefs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, was examined using allozyme electrophoresis. The six separate reefs lie...
Loh, W. K. W., Loi, T., Carter, D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The scleractinian coral species, Seriatopora hystrix and Acropora longicyathus, are widely distributed throughout the latitudinal range of the tropical west Pacific. These 2 coral species live in a...
Moreno, G., Selvakumaraswamy, P., Byrne, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Determination of the ash-free dry weight (AFDW) of marine specimens requires samples to be rinsed, soaked, and centrifuged. Problems associated with this technique were examined with the...
Response of a scleractinian coral, Stylophora pistillata, to iron and nitrate enrichment (2001)
Ferrier-Pages, C., Schoelzke, V., Jaubert, J., Muscatine, L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the addition of iron alone or in combination with nitrate affects growth and photosynthesis of the scleractinian coral, Stylophora pistillata, and...
Fluorescent pigments in corals are photoprotective (2000)
Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Kuhl, M, Cox, G, Larkum, A, Salih, A
All reef-forming corals depend on the photosynthesis performed by their algal symbiont, and such corals are therefore restricted to the photic zone. The intensity of light in this zone declines over...
Fluorescent pigments in corals are photoprotective (2000)
Salih, A., Larkum, A., Cox, G., Kuhl, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
All reef-forming corals depend on the photosynthesis performed by their algal symbiont, and such corals are therefore restricted to the photic zone. The intensity of light in this zone declines over...
Fluorescent pigments in corals are photoprotective (2000)
Salih, A., Larkum, A., Cox, G., Kuhl, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
All reef-forming corals depend on the photosynthesis performed by their algal symbiont, and such corals are therefore restricted to the photic zone. The intensity of light in this zone declines over...
Sweeper polyps of the coral Goniopora tenuidens (Scleractinia : Poritidae) (1999)
The massive coral Goniopora tenuidens can develop elongated sweeper polyps. These are thought to be involved in aggressive interactions with neighbouring benthic organ isms, like the sweeper...
The energetics of development of three congeneric seastars (Patiriella, Verrill) with different modes of development were quantified and compared. The egg of the planktotroph (P. regularis) was much...
Modulated chlorophyll fluorescence techniques were used to examine the effects of cyanide (NaCN) from cyanide fishing on photosynthesis of the symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) located within the...
Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Williamson, J
The relative contribution of dissolved nitrogen (ammonium and dissolved free amino acids DFAAs) to the nitrogen budget of the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis was assessed for colonies...
The role of dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) in nitrogen and energy budgets was investigated for the giant clam, Tridacna maxima, growing under field conditions at One Tree Island, at the southern...
Nutrients were added to 12 microatolls in One Tree Island lagoon every low tide for 13 mo to an initial concentration of 10 mu M (ammonium, N) and 2 mu M (phosphate, P). These concentrations remained...
Photoinhibition and photoprotection in symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef-building corals (1999)
Pulse-amplitude-modulation fluorometry and oxygen respirometry were used to investigate diel photosynthetic responses by symbiotic dinoflagellates to light levels in summer and winter on a high...
Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs (1999)
Sea temperatures in many tropical regions have increased by almost 1 degrees C over the past 100 years, and are currently increasing at similar to 1-2 degrees C per century. Coral bleaching occurs...
Jones, RJ, Kildea, T, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Sodium cyanide is being used on reefs in the Asia-Pacific region to capture live fish for the aquarium industry, and to supply a rapidly growing, restaurant-based demand, The effects of cyanide on...
Sweeper polyps of the coral Goniopora tenuidens (Scleractinia : Poritidae) (1999)
The massive coral Goniopora tenuidens can develop elongated sweeper polyps. These are thought to be involved in aggressive interactions with neighbouring benthic organ isms, like the sweeper...
The energetics of development of three congeneric seastars (Patiriella, Verrill) with different modes of development were quantified and compared. The egg of the planktotroph (P. regularis) was much...
Modulated chlorophyll fluorescence techniques were used to examine the effects of cyanide (NaCN) from cyanide fishing on photosynthesis of the symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) located within the...
Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Williamson, J
The relative contribution of dissolved nitrogen (ammonium and dissolved free amino acids DFAAs) to the nitrogen budget of the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis was assessed for colonies...
The role of dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) in nitrogen and energy budgets was investigated for the giant clam, Tridacna maxima, growing under field conditions at One Tree Island, at the southern...
Nutrients were added to 12 microatolls in One Tree Island lagoon every low tide for 13 mo to an initial concentration of 10 mu M (ammonium, N) and 2 mu M (phosphate, P). These concentrations remained...
Photoinhibition and photoprotection in symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef-building corals (1999)
Pulse-amplitude-modulation fluorometry and oxygen respirometry were used to investigate diel photosynthetic responses by symbiotic dinoflagellates to light levels in summer and winter on a high...
Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs (1999)
Sea temperatures in many tropical regions have increased by almost 1 degrees C over the past 100 years, and are currently increasing at similar to 1-2 degrees C per century. Coral bleaching occurs...
Jones, RJ, Kildea, T, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Sodium cyanide is being used on reefs in the Asia-Pacific region to capture live fish for the aquarium industry, and to supply a rapidly growing, restaurant-based demand, The effects of cyanide on...
Amino acid synthesis in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pulchella (1998)
Symbiotic Aiptasia pulchella and freshly isolated zooxanthellae were incubated in (NaHCO3)-C-14 and NH4Cl for 1 to 240 min, and samples were analysed by reverse-phase high-performance liquid...
Jones, RJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Larkum, AWD, Schreiber, U
The early effects of heat stress on the photosynthesis of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) within the tissues of a reef-building coral were examined using pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM)...
Amino acid synthesis in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pulchella (1998)
Symbiotic Aiptasia pulchella and freshly isolated zooxanthellae were incubated in (NaHCO3)-C-14 and NH4Cl for 1 to 240 min, and samples were analysed by reverse-phase high-performance liquid...
Jones, RJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Larkum, AWD, Schreiber, U
The early effects of heat stress on the photosynthesis of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) within the tissues of a reef-building coral were examined using pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM)...
Gates, R D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, McFall-Ngai, M J, Bil, K Y, Muscatine, L
Reef-building corals and other tropical anthozoans harbor endosymbiotic dinoflagellates. It is now recognized that the dinoflagellates are fundamental to the biology of their hosts, and their carbon...
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Spectral Imaging of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities
Ainsworth, T. D., Fine, M., Blackall, L. L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensive autofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard...
Gates, R D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, McFall-Ngai, M J, Bil, K Y, Muscatine, L
Reef-building corals and other tropical anthozoans harbor endosymbiotic dinoflagellates. It is now recognized that the dinoflagellates are fundamental to the biology of their hosts, and their carbon...
Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization and Spectral Imaging of Coral-Associated Bacterial Communities
Ainsworth, T. D., Fine, M., Blackall, L. L., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensive autofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard...
Amino acid synthesis in the symbiotic sea anemone Aiptasia pulchella
Symbiotic Aiptasia pulchella and freshly isolated zooxanthellae were incubated in (NaHCO3)-C-14 and NH4Cl for 1 to 240 min, and samples were analysed by reverse-phase high-performance liquid...
Jones, RJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Larkum, AWD, Schreiber, U
The early effects of heat stress on the photosynthesis of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) within the tissues of a reef-building coral were examined using pulse-amplitude-modulated (PAM)...
Sweeper polyps of the coral Goniopora tenuidens (Scleractinia : Poritidae)
The massive coral Goniopora tenuidens can develop elongated sweeper polyps. These are thought to be involved in aggressive interactions with neighbouring benthic organ isms, like the sweeper...
The energetics of development of three congeneric seastars (Patiriella, Verrill) with different modes of development were quantified and compared. The egg of the planktotroph (P. regularis) was much...
Modulated chlorophyll fluorescence techniques were used to examine the effects of cyanide (NaCN) from cyanide fishing on photosynthesis of the symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) located within the...
Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Williamson, J
The relative contribution of dissolved nitrogen (ammonium and dissolved free amino acids DFAAs) to the nitrogen budget of the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis was assessed for colonies...
The role of dissolved free amino acids (DFAA) in nitrogen and energy budgets was investigated for the giant clam, Tridacna maxima, growing under field conditions at One Tree Island, at the southern...
Influence of field-based nutrient enrichment on the photobiology of the giant clam Tridacna maxima
Nutrients were added to 12 microatolls in One Tree Island lagoon every low tide for 13 mo to an initial concentration of 10 mu M (ammonium, N) and 2 mu M (phosphate, P). These concentrations remained...
Photoinhibition and photoprotection in symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef-building corals
Pulse-amplitude-modulation fluorometry and oxygen respirometry were used to investigate diel photosynthetic responses by symbiotic dinoflagellates to light levels in summer and winter on a high...
Climate change, coral bleaching and the future of the world's coral reefs
Sea temperatures in many tropical regions have increased by almost 1 degrees C over the past 100 years, and are currently increasing at similar to 1-2 degrees C per century. Coral bleaching occurs...
Jones, RJ, Kildea, T, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Sodium cyanide is being used on reefs in the Asia-Pacific region to capture live fish for the aquarium industry, and to supply a rapidly growing, restaurant-based demand, The effects of cyanide on...
Jones, RJ, Ward, S, Amri, AY, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Pulse-amplitude-modulation chlorophyll fluorometry was used to examine changes in dark-adapted F-v/F-m of endosymbiotic dinoflagellate microalgae within the tissues of the temperate coral Plesiastrea...
Coral Disease Diagnostics: What's between a Plague and a Band?▿
Ainsworth, T. D., Kramasky-Winter, E., Loya, Y., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Fine, M.
Recently, reports of coral disease have increased significantly across the world's tropical oceans. Despite increasing efforts to understand the changing incidence of coral disease, very few primary...
Fluorescent pigments in corals are photoprotective
Salih, A, Larkum, A, Cox, G, Kuhl, M, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
All reef-forming corals depend on the photosynthesis performed by their algal symbiont, and such corals are therefore restricted to the photic zone. The intensity of light in this zone declines over...
The photochemical efficiency of symbiotic dinoflagellates within the tissues of two reef-building corals in response to normal and excess irradiance at wafer temperatures < 30 <degrees>C...
Major colour patterns of reef-building corals are due to a family of GFP-like proteins
Dove, SG, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Ranganathan, S
Reef-building corals are renowned for their brilliant colours yet the biochemical basis for the pigmentation of corals is unknown. Here, we show that these colours are due to a family of GFP-like...
ENCORE: The effect of nutrient enrichment on coral reefs. Synthesis of results and conclusions
Koop, K, Booth, D, Broadbent, A, Brodie, J, Bucher, D, Capone, D, ...
Coral reef degradation resulting from nutrient enrichment of coastal waters is of increasing global concern. Although effects of nutrients on coral reef organisms have been demonstrated in the...
Response of a scleractinian coral, Stylophora pistillata, to iron and nitrate enrichment
Ferrier-Pages, C, Schoelzke, V, Jaubert, J, Muscatine, L, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the addition of iron alone or in combination with nitrate affects growth and photosynthesis of the scleractinian coral, Stylophora pistillata, and...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M, Loh, W, Carter, D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
We examined the genetic diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium sp.) in the widespread hermatypic coral Plesiastrea versipora from tropical/subtropical (north-eastern Australia) and...
Moreno, G, Selvakumaraswamy, P, Byrne, M, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Determination of the ash-free dry weight (AFDW) of marine specimens requires samples to be rinsed, soaked, and centrifuged. Problems associated with this technique were examined with the...
Panmixia in Pocillopora verrucosa from South Africa
Ridgway, T, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Ayre, DJ
The genetic structure of six local collections of Pocillopora verrrucosa from six coral reefs in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, was examined using allozyme electrophoresis. The six separate reefs lie...
Loh, WKW, Loi, T, Carter, D, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
The scleractinian coral species, Seriatopora hystrix and Acropora longicyathus, are widely distributed throughout the latitudinal range of the tropical west Pacific. These 2 coral species live in a...
Ecological responses to recent climate change
Walther, GR, Post, E, Convey, P, Menzel, A, Parmesan, C, Beebee, TJC, ...
There is now ample evidence of the ecological impacts of recent climate change, from polar terrestrial to tropical marine environments. The responses of both flora and fauna span an array of...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Whereas terrestrial animal populations might show genetic connectivity within a continent, marine species, such as hermatypic corals, may have connectivity stretching to all corners of the planet. We...
Kinetics of photoacclimation in corals
Anthony, KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Traditional models describing the relationship between photosynthesis (P) and irradiance (I) do not account for photoacclimation to short-term variation in irradiance. Here we develop and test a...
The 2.2 A crystal structure of a pocilloporin pigment reveals a nonplanar chromophore conformation
Prescott, M, Ling, M, Beddoe, T, Oakley, AJ, Dove, S, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, ...
Reef-building corals contain host pigments, termed pocilloporins, that function to regulate the light environment of their resident microalgae by acting as a photoprotectant in excessive sunlight. We...
The production, purification and crystallization of a pocilloporin pigment from a reef-forming coral
Beddoe, T, Ling, M, Dove, S, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Devenish, RJ, Prescott, M, ...
Reef-building corals contain fluorescent pigments termed pocilloporins that function by regulating the light environment of coral and acting as a photoprotectant in excessive sunlight. These...
Photosynthetic responses of the coral Montipora digitata to cold temperature stress
Saxby, T, Dennison, WC, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Coral bleaching events have become more frequent and widespread, largely due to elevated sea surface temperatures. Global climate change could lead to increased variability of sea surface...
Anthony, KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
1. The often complex architecture of coral reefs forms a diversity of light microhabitats. Analogous to patterns in forest plants, light variation may drive strategies for efficient light utilization...
Ren, L, Linsley, BK, Wellington, GM, Schrag, DP, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
To reconstruct oceanographic variations in the subtropical South Pacific, 271-year long subseasonal time series of Sr/Ca and delta(18)O were generated from a coral growing at Rarotonga (21.5degreesS,...
Genetic variation of the scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata, from western Pacific reefs
Takabayashi, M, Carter, DA, Lopez, JV, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Most scleractinian coral species are widely distributed across the tropical and subtropical Indo-Pacific. However, the genetic connectivity between populations of corals separated by large distances...
Climate change, human impacts, and the resilience of coral reefs
Hughes, TP, Baird, AH, Bellwood, DR, Card, M, Connolly, SR, Folke, C, ...
The diversity, frequency, and scale of human impacts on coral reefs are increasing to the extent that reefs are threatened globally. Projected increases in carbon dioxide and temperature over the...
Low symbiont diversity in southern Great Barrier Reef corals, relative to those of the Caribbean
LaJeunesse, TC, Loh, WKW, Van Woesik, R, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Schmidt, GW, Fitt, WK
The specific identity of endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium spp.) from most zooxanthellate corals is unknown. In a survey of symbiotic cnidarians from the southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR),...
Rodriguez-Lanetty, M, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
The molecular diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates associated with the widespread western Pacific coral Plesiastrea versipora was explored in order to examine if associations between reef-building...
Causes of coral reef degradation - Response
Hughes, TP, Baird, AH, Bellwood, DR, Connolly, SR, Folke, C, Grosberg, R, ...
Coral reefs in a century of rapid environmental change
Coral reefs are the most diverse marine ecosystem and embrace possibly millions of plant, animal and protist species. Mutualistic symbioses are a fundamental feature of coral reefs that have been...
Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Muscatine, L, Goiran, C, Siggaard, D, Marion, G
Inorganic nutrients play a critical role in determining benthic community structure in tropical seas. This study examined the impact of adding inorganic nutrients (ammonium and phosphate) on the...
Dynamics of a temperature-related coral disease outbreak
Jones, RJ, Bowyer, J, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Blackall, LL
During the austral summer of 2001/2002, a coral epizootic occurred almost simultaneously with a bleaching event on the fringing reefs of Magnetic Island (Great Barrier Reef region), Australia. This...
Coral bleaching following wintry weather
Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Fine, M, Skirving, W, Johnstone, R, Dove, S, Strong, A
Extensive coral bleaching Occurred intertidally in early August 2003 in the Capricorn Bunker group (Wistari Reef, Heron and One Tree Islands; Southern Great Barrier Reef). The affected intertidal...
LaJeunesse, TC, Bhagooli, R, Hidaka, M, DeVantier, L, Done, T, Schmidt, GW, ...
The diversity and community structures of symbiotic dinoflagellates are described from reef invertebrates in southern and central provinces of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), Australia, and Zamami...
Fine, M, Meroz-Fine, E, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Photosynthetic endolithic algae and cyanobacteria live within the skeletons of many scleractinians. Under normal conditions, less than 5% of the photosynthetically active radiation (PAR) reaches the...
Comment on "Coral reef calcification and climate change: The effect of ocean warming''
Kleypas, JA, Buddemeier, RW, Eakin, CM, Gattuso, JP, Guinotte, J, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, ...
Low coral cover in a high-CO2 world
Coral reefs generally exist within a relatively narrow band of temperatures, light, and seawater aragonite saturation states. The growth of coral reefs is minimal or nonexistent outside this...
Edmunds, PJ, Gates, RD, Leggat, W, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Allen-Requa, L
Pre-settlement events play an important role in determining larval success in marine invertebrates with bentho-pelagic life histories, yet the consequences of these events typically are not well...
Global assessment of coral bleaching and required rates of adaptation under climate change
Donner, SD, Skirving, WJ, Little, CM, Oppenheimer, M, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Elevated ocean temperatures can cause coral bleaching, the loss of colour from reef-building corals because of a breakdown of the symbiosis with the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium. Recent studies have...
Dove, S, Ortiz, JC, Enriquez, S, Fine, M, Fisher, P, Iglesias-Prieto, R, ...
Heating the scleractinian coral, Montipora monasteriata (Forskal 1775) to 32 degrees C under < 650 mu mol quanta m(-2) s(-1) led to bleaching in the form of a reduction in Peridinin, xanthophyll...
Fluorescence in situ hybridization and spectral imaging of coral-associated bacterial communities
Ainsworth, TD, Fine, M, Blackall, LL, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Microbial communities play important roles in the functioning of coral reef communities. However, extensive autofluorescence of coral tissues and endosymbionts limits the application of standard...
Werner, U, Bird, P, Wild, C, Ferdelman, T, Polerecky, L, Eickert, G, ...
Oxygen consumption rates (OCR), aerobic mineralization and sulfate reduction rates (SRR) were studied in the permeable carbonate reef sediments of Heron Reef, Australia. We selected 4 stations with...
Roff, G, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, Fine, M
'White syndrome' is considered to be the most prevalent coral disease on the Great Barrier Reef, characterised by rapid rates of lesion progression and high levels of colony mortality. This study...
Franklin, DJ, Cedres, CMM, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Coral bleaching (the loss of symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef-building corals) is most frequently caused by high-light and temperature conditions. We exposed the explants of the hermatypic coral...
Monitoring coral bleaching using a colour reference card
Siebeck, UE, Marshall, NJ, Kluter, A, Hoegh-Guldberg, O
Assessment of the extent of coral bleaching has become an important part of studies that aim to understand the condition of coral reefs. In this study a reference card that uses differences in coral...
Climate change and Australian marine life
Poloczanska, ES, Richardson, AJ, Babcock, RC, Butler, A, Hobday, AJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O, ...
Sampayo, E. M., Ridgway, T., Bongaerts, P., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Coral bleaching has been identified as one of the major contributors to coral reef decline, and the occurrence of different symbionts determined by broad genetic groupings (clades A–H) is commonly...
Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders
Anthony, K. R. N., Kline, D. I., Diaz-Pulido, G., Dove, S., Hoegh-Guldberg, O.
Ocean acidification represents a key threat to coral reefs by reducing the calcification rate of framework builders. In addition, acidification is likely to affect the relationship between corals and...