Andrew H. Baird

James Cook University

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Joana Figueiredo

Nova Southeastern University

Joshua S. Madin

University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa

Sean R. Connolly

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Morgan S. Pratchett

James Cook University

Terry P. Hughes

ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies

Tom C. L. Bridge

Queensland Museum

Andrew S. Hoey

James Cook University

María Dornelas

University of St Andrews

Vivian R. Cumbo

Macquarie University

Chao‐Yang Kuo

Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica

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University of Queensland

Australian Institute of Marine Science

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The reproductive season of scleractinian corals in Socotra, Yemen

F1000Research (2014)

Andrew H. Baird David Abrego Emily J. Howells Vivian R. Cumbo

Determining when corals reproduce has clear management and economic implications. Here we document the reproductive condition of corals in the genus Acropora on the island of Socotra in Yemen during February 2014. Twenty percent of colonies (n = 143) contained mature gametes and 28% had immature gametes indicating that spawning will occur in both February and March in 2014, confirming previous anecdotal reports of coral spawning at this time in Socotra. Acropora typically reproduce in synchrony with many other broadcast spawning scleractinian corals, and we therefore predict that many other species are reproductively active at this time of year.

Acropora

Scleractinia

Reproductive season

10.12688/f1000research.3846.1

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Data and code for: "How does a widespread reef coral maintain a population in an isolated environment?"

Figshare (2018)

Kristin Precoda Andrew H. Baird Alisha Madsen Toni Mizerek Brigitte Sommer

Data files and R code supporting "How does a widespread reef coral maintain a population in an isolated environment?" at https://doi.org/10.3354/meps12537

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10.6084/m9.figshare.5410810

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Data from Allometric growth in reef-building corals

Figshare (2017)

María Dornelas Joshua S. Madin Andrew H. Baird Sean R. Connolly

Predicting demographic rates is a critical part of forecasting the future of ecosystems under global change. Here, we test if growth rates can be predicted from morphological traits for a highly diverse group of colonial symbiotic organisms: scleractinian corals. We ask whether growth is isometric or allometric among corals, and whether most variation in coral growth rates occurs at the level of the species or morphological group. We estimate growth as change in planar area for 11 species, across five morphological groups and over 5 years. We show that coral growth rates are best predicted from colony size and morphology rather than species. Coral size follows a power scaling law with a constant exponent of 0.91. Despite being colonial organisms, corals have consistent allometric scaling in growth. This consistency simplifies the task of projecting community responses to disturbance and climate change.

Allometry

10.6084/m9.figshare.4721230

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Species delimitation in the reef coral genera Echinophyllia and Oxypora (Scleractinia, Lobophylliidae) with a description of two new species

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (2016)

Roberto Arrigoni Michael L. Berumen Chaolun Allen Chen Tullia I. Terraneo Andrew H. Baird

Scleractinia

DNA Barcoding

Species complex

Molecular Phylogenetics

Anthozoa

10.1016/j.ympev.2016.08.023

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Very high coral cover at 36°S on the east coast of Australia

Coral Reefs (2014)

Joshua S. Madin Chao‐Yang Kuo Julieta Martinelli Toni Mizerek Andrew H. Baird

Acknowledgement

10.1007/s00338-014-1248-9

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Revisiting the Cassandra syndrome; the changing climate of coral reef research

Coral Reefs (2008)

Jeffrey Maynard Andrew H. Baird Morgan S. Pratchett

Coral bleaching

Ocean Acidification

10.1007/s00338-008-0432-1

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Faculty Opinions recommendation of Acceptable symbiont cell size differs among cnidarian species and may limit symbiont diversity.

Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature (2017)

Andrew H. Baird Joana Figueiredo

10.3410/f.727433365.793534515

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Coral abundance on the inshore Great Barrier Reef 1998-2013

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) (2020)

Andrew H. Baird Paul Marshall Chao‐Yang Kuo Morgan S. Pratchett

Study sites: Coral assemblages were surveyed at two depths (shallow: 2-4 m; deep: 5-8 m) at each of four locations on the Great Barrier Reef off Townsville; Nelly Bay (S19.167°, E146.850°) and Geoffrey Bay (S19.155°, E146.861°) on Magnetic Island and Little Pioneer Bay (S18.594°, E146.485°) and southeast Pelorus (S18.560°, E146.500°) in the Palms Island group giving a total of eight sites. Survey method: Between six and nine surveys were conducted at each site between March 1998 and 2013. Between four to six replicate 15 m x 0.5 m belt transects were used at each site on each survey. The abundance of all hard and soft corals (i.e. Scleractinia, Alcyonacea and Hydrocorallina) with a maximum diameter greater than 5 cm within the belt transects was recorded. Coral were identified to genus following Veron (2000). We used colony abundance instead of the more commonly used metric of coral cover because it provides a better estimate of population level mortality.

Fringing reef

10.5281/zenodo.4310393

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Broadcast Spawning by Pocillopora Species on the Great Barrier Reef

PLoS ONE (2012)

Sebastian Schmidt‐Roach Karen J. Miller Erika Woolsey Gabriele Gerlach Andrew H. Baird

The coral genus Pocillopora is one of the few to include some species that broadcast spawn gametes and some species that brood larvae, although reports of reproductive mode and timing vary within and among species across their range. Notably, the ubiquitous Pocillopora damicornis has been described as both a brooder and spawner, although evidence of broadcast spawning is rare. Here, we report observations of broadcast-spawning in four species of Pocillopora on the Great Barrier Reef (GBR), including P. damicornis. All species spawned predictably during the early morning, two days following the full moon, and spawning was observed in multiple months over the summer period (November to February). Eggs and sperm were free-spawned concurrently. Eggs were negatively buoyant and contained Symbiodinium. This newfound knowledge on the mode, timing and regularity of broadcast spawning in Pocillopora spp. on the GBR brings us one step closer to elucidating the complex reproductive ecology of these species.

Pocillopora damicornis

Symbiodinium

Spawn (biology)

10.1371/journal.pone.0050847

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Appendix A. Details on the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef used in this study described by Black et al. (1990).

Figshare (2016)

Joana Figueiredo Andrew H. Baird Sean R. Connolly

Details on the reefs of the Great Barrier Reef used in this study described by Black et al. (1990).

10.6084/m9.figshare.3555483

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