• Daly R, Daly CAK, Gray AE, Peel LR, Gordon L, Lea JSE, Clarke CR, Weng KC (2020) Investigating the efficacy of a proposed marine protected area for the Endangered humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus at a remote island group in Seychelles. Endangered Species Research 42:7-20 

  The humphead wrasse Cheilinus undulatus is an iconic, ecologically important and Endangered fish species associated with coral reefs in the Indo-Pacific region. Due to its large size and complex life history characteristics, ...
• Oliver ECJ, Benthuysen JA, Darmaraki S, Donat MG, Hobday AJ, Holbrook NJ, Schlegel RW, Sen Gupta A, Carlson CA, Giovannoni SJ (2021) Marine Heatwaves. Annual Review of Marine Science 13:313-342 

  Ocean temperature variability is a fundamental component of the Earth's climate system, and extremes in this variability affect the health of marine ecosystems around the world. The study of marine heatwaves has emerged ...
• Frade PR, Glasl B, Matthews SA, Mellin C, Serrao EA, Wolfe K, Mumby PJ, Webster NS, Bourne DG (2020) Spatial patterns of microbial communities across surface waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Communications Biology 3:442 

  Microorganisms are fundamental drivers of biogeochemical cycling, though their contribution to coral reef ecosystem functioning is poorly understood. Here, we infer predictors of bacterioplankton community dynamics across ...
• Bouwmeester J, Coker DJ, Sinclair-Taylor TH, Berumen ML (2021) Broadcast spawning of Pocillopora verrucosa across the eastern and western coast of the central Red Sea. Ecosphere 12(1): e03340 

  Coral spawning is a fundamental process in the preservation of coral reef systems. However, reproductive information is still rare for many coral species and across a number of locations. No reproductive information is yet ...
• Nguyen M, Wemheuer B, Laffy PW, Webster NS, Thomas T (2021) Taxonomic, functional and expression analysis of viral communities associated with marine sponges. PeerJ 9:e10715 

  Viruses play an essential role in shaping the structure and function of ecological communities. Marine sponges have the capacity to filter large volumes of 'virus-laden' seawater through their bodies and host dense communities ...
• Miller ME, Motti CA, Menendez P, Kroon FJ (2021) Efficacy of Microplastic Separation Techniques on Seawater Samples: Testing Accuracy Using High-Density Polyethylene. Biological Bulletin (early online) 

  Microplastic contamination of the marine environment has been reported globally. Its pervasiveness has highlighted the importance of accurate quantification to enable comparability within and between different environmental ...
• Taylor BM (2019) Standing Out in a Big Crowd: High Cultural and Economic Value of Naso unicornis in the Insular Pacific. Fishes 4(3):40 

  Hundreds of fish species are harvested in coral-reef fisheries in the Indo-Pacific region using a variety of fishing gears. This diversity makes the economics, ecology, and management of reef-associated fisheries inherently ...
• Matthews SA, Shoemaker K, Pratchett MS, Mellin C, Riegl BM (2020) Chapter 10: COTSMod: A spatially explicit metacommunity model of outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish and coral recovery. In: Riegl BM (Ed.) Advances in Marine Biology:Population Dynamics of the Reef Crisis 87:259-290 

  Outbreaks of the Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthaster cf. solaris) have been responsible for 40% of the decline in coral cover on the GBR over the last 35 years. With the intensity and frequency of bleaching ...
• Matthews SA, Mellin C, Pratchett MS, Riegl BM (2020) Chapter 9: Larval connectivity and water quality explain spatial distribution of crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks across the Great Barrier Reef. In: Riegl BM (Ed) Advances in Marine Biology: Population Dynamics of the Reef Crisis 87:223-258 

  Outbreaks of the coral eating crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS; Acanthasts cf. solaris) occur in cyclical waves along the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), contributing significantly to the decline in hard coral cover over the past ...
• Wada N, Yuasa H, Kajitani R, Gotoh Y, Ogura Y, Yoshimura D, Toyoda A, Tang SL, Higashimura Y, Sweatman H, Forsman Z, Bronstein O, Eyal G, Thongtham N, Itoh T, Hayashi T, Yasuda N (2020) A ubiquitous subcuticular bacterial symbiont of a coral predator, the crown-of-updates thorns starfish, in the Indo-Pacific. Microbiome 8:123 

  Background: Population outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster planci sensu lato; COTS), a primary predator of reef-building corals in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, are a major threat to coral reefs. While biological ...
• Quigley KM, Roa CA, Beltran VH, Leggat B, Willis BL (2021) Experimental evolution of the coral algal endosymbiont, Cladocopium goreaui: lessons learnt across a decade of stress experiments to enhance coral heat tolerance. Restoration Ecology (early online) 

  Projected increases in sea surface temperatures will exceed corals' ability to withstand heat stress within this century. Experimental evolution of cultured symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) at high temperatures followed by ...
• Fabricius KE, Neill C, Van Ooijen E, Smith JN, Tilbrook B (2020) Progressive seawater acidification on the Great Barrier Reef continental shelf. Scientific Reports 10:18602 

  Coral reefs are highly sensitive to ocean acidification due to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations. We present 10 years of data (2009-2019) on the long-term trends and sources of variation in the carbon chemistry from ...
• Skirving W, Pomeroy A, McCall R, Marra J, Storlazzi C (2021) Editorial: Flooding on Coral Reef-Lined Coasts: Current State of Knowledge and Future Challenges. Frontiers in Marine Science 7:635240 
• Illing B, Severati A, Hochen J, Boyd P, Raison P, Mather R, Downie AT, Rummer JL, Kroon FJ, Humphrey C (2021) Automated flow control of a multi-lane swimming chamber for small fishes indicates species-specific sensitivity to experimental protocols. Conservation Physiology 9(1):coaa131 

  In fishes, swimming performance is considered an important metric to measure fitness, dispersal and migratory abilities. The swimming performance of individual larval fishes is often integrated into models to make inferences ...
• Cure K, Currey-Randall L, Galaiduk R, Radford B, Wakeford M, Heyward A (2021) Depth gradients in abundance and functional roles suggest limited depth refuges for herbivorous fishes. Coral Reefs 

  As some types of disturbance to coral reefs are attenuated with depth, the resilience of herbivorous fish species utilizing shallow areas (< 30 m) is likely enhanced if their population footprint extends into adjacent ...
• Robbins SJ, Song W, Engelberts JP, Glasl B, Slaby BM, Boyd J, Marangon E, Botte ES, Laffy P, Thomas T, Webster NS (2021) A genomic view of the microbiome of coral reef demosponges. ISME Journal 

  Sponges underpin the productivity of coral reefs, yet few of their microbial symbionts have been functionally characterised. Here we present an analysis of similar to 1200 metagenome-assembled genomes (MAGs) spanning seven ...
• Uthicke S, Castro-Sanguino C, Ferrari R, Fabricius K, Lawrey E, Flores F, Patel F, Brunner C, A Negri (2020) From Exposure to Risk: Novel Experimental Approaches to Analyse Cumulative Impacts and Determine Thresholds in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area (GBRWHA). Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (128pp.). 
• Høj L, Byrne M, Kroon F, Westcott D (2020) A Review of Biologically Based Control Technologies for Crown-of-Thorns Starfish: Options for Enhancing the Integrated Pest Management Approach. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (133pp.). 
• Jones R, Fisher R, Francis D, Klonowski W, Luter H, Negri A, Pineda MC, Ricardo G, Slivkoff M, Whinney J. (2020). Risk Assessing Dredging Activities in Shallow-Water Mesophotic Reefs. Report to the National Environmental Science Program. Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited, Cairns (78 pp) 
• Thompson CA, Hoey AS, Montanari SR, Messmer V, Doll PC, Pratchett MS (2021) Territoriality and condition of chevron butterflyfish (Chaetodon trifascialis) with varying coral cover on the great barrier reef, Australia. Environmental Biology of Fishes 104:53–69 

  The chevron butterflyfish, Chaetodon trifascialis, is among the most specialised coral-feeding fish, and while it is known to be very susceptible to extensive depletion of its preferred coral prey (tabular Acropora spp.), ...

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