Abstract: Biologging is a rapidly advancing Ƥeld providing information on previously unexplored aspects of animal ecology, including the vertical movement dimension. Understanding vertical behaviour through the use of time-depth recorders (TDRs) in marine vertebrates is critical to aid conservation and management decisions. However, using TDRs can be particularly problematic...
Abstract: Coral reefs receive both passive and active nutrient subsidies, supplied via oceanographic processes and animal-mediated transfer, which can bolster reef productivity and resilience to disturbance. We examined the relative importance of these two pathways across lagoonal and seaward reefs, reefs of different depths, and those around islands either...
Abstract: Coral reefs, among other benefits, offer a natural sheltering effect for coastal communities by attenuation of incoming waves. Despite the long-standing scientific interest in this subject, there remains a lack of comprehensive studies that assess wave behavior on coral reefs through satellite altimetry. This study investigates the influence...
Abstract: Tropical coral reefs are increasingly threatened by more frequent and severe global stressors induced by Anthropogenic climate change. Restoration-based interventions, such as in situ coral propagation and out-planting, are increasingly being adopted to enhance natural recovery. However, these interventions face the same global stressors affecting natural reefs, and...
Abstract: Coral calcication is essential to provide the structural foundation for coral reefs and is integral in supporting marine biodiversity reliant on reef ecosystems. The drivers for calcication in corals are undoubtedly highly complex and require several perspectives to identify vulnerabilities in the context of environmental change. Specically, ocean...
Abstract: A diverse array of animals has evolved the ability to use tools (e.g., primates, parrots, octopus, crabs, and wasps), but the factors leading to tool use evolution are poorly understood. Fishes could provide insight into these factors via comparison of ecological and morphological differences between tool-using and non-tool-using...
Abstract: Worldwide, fish predation by labrid and sparid species is thought to regulate urchin populations. In South East (SE) Australia, Centrostephanus rodgersii (long-spined urchin) has become a focal species due to its recent incursion south, where it has created new urchin barrens. It has since been suggested that reduced...
Abstract: Coral reefs provide important economic beneƤts to coastal businesses, supporting recreation and tourism and protecting property from storms. Yet, these beneƤts are at risk worldwide as corals decline rapidly, and investment in restoration is lacking. With their direct dependence on coral health, coastal businesses may represent an important...
Abstract: The removal of mesopredatory fishes by fishing may be a key factor driving outbreaks of crown-ofthorns starfish on coral reefs. Evidence for this idea has been derived from correlations between starfish densities and fishing pressure. However, dietary analyses using DNA, studies of the trophic role of mesopredatory fishes...
Abstract: Red lionfish, Pterois volitans, a non-native marine species with potential to cause significant damage to Caribbean coral reefs, reached Barbados in late 2011. In 2012, before lionfish became locally established, fish surveys at ten reef sites in Barbados were undertaken every four months over a year to generate...
