Associate Professor Tracy Ainsworth

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Books | 2011

2011, From microbes to people: Tractable benefits of no-take areas for coral reefs
Book Chapters | 2019

2019, 'The Mesophotic Coral Microbial Biosphere', in Coral Reefs of the World, Springer International Publishing, pp. 493 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_28

Book Chapters | 2015

2015, 'White Syndromes of Indo-Pacific Corals', in Diseases of Coral, pp. 300 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118828502.ch21

Book Chapters | 2011

2011, 'From microbes to people', in Oceanography and Marine Biology, CRC Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b11009-4
Journal articles | 2023

2023, 'A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors', iScience, 26, pp. 106205 - 106205, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106205

Journal articles | 2023

2023, 'Bleaching, mortality and lengthy recovery on the coral reefs of Lord Howe Island. The 2019 marine heatwave suggests an uncertain future for high-latitude ecosystems', PLOS Climate, 2, pp. e0000080 - e0000080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000080

Journal articles | 2023

2023, 'Characteristics of The Bleached Microbiome of The Generalist Coral Pocillopora damicornis from Two Distinct Reef Habitats.', Integr Org Biol, 5, pp. obad012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad012

Journal articles | 2023

2023, 'The microbiome of the endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae in corals exposed to thermal stress', Hydrobiologia, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05221-7

Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Assessing the coral microbiome at the scale of tissue-specific habitats within the coral meta-organism', Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, pp. 985496, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.985496

Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Bleaching Susceptibility and Resistance of Octocorals and Anemones at the World’s Southern-Most Coral Reef', Frontiers in Physiology, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2022.804193

Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Coral growth anomalies, neoplasms, and tumors in the Anthropocene', Trends in Microbiology, 30, pp. 1160 - 1173, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2022.05.013

Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Experiment Degree Heating Week (eDHW) as a novel metric to reconcile and validate past and future global coral bleaching studies', Journal of Environmental Management, 301, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113919

Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae)', Integrative Organismal Biology, 4, pp. obac026, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac026

Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Mapping literature reviews on coral health: Protocol for a review map, critical appraisal and bibliometric analysis', Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12190

Journal articles | 2022

2022, 'Will daytime community calcification reflect reef accretion on future, degraded coral reefs?', Biogeosciences, 19, pp. 891 - 906, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-19-891-2022

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic', Global Change Biology, 27, pp. 1692 - 1703, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15539

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Coral bleaching', Current Biology, 31, pp. R5 - R6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.048

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'High flow conditions mediate damaging impacts of sub-lethal thermal stress on corals' endosymbiotic algae', Conservation Physiology, 9, pp. coab046, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab046

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Its What’s on the Inside That Counts: An Effective, Efficient, and Streamlined Method for Quantification of Octocoral Symbiodiniaceae and Chlorophyll', Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.710730

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Light Capture, Skeletal Morphology, and the Biomass of Corals' Boring Endoliths', mSphere, 6, pp. 1 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00060-21

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Microalgal blooms in the skeletons of bleached corals during the 2020 bleaching event on Heron Island, Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, 72, pp. 1689 - 1694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF21050

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Multiple techniques point to oxygenic phototrophs dominating the Isopora palifera skeletal microbiome', Coral Reefs, 40, pp. 275 - 282, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02068-z

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science', PLoS Biology, 19, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001282

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Rebuilding relationships on coral reefs: Coral bleaching knowledge-sharing to aid adaptation planning for reef users: Bleaching emergence on reefs demonstrates the need to consider reef scale and accessibility when preparing for, and responding to, coral bleaching', BioEssays, 43, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.202100048

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'The Meta-Organism Response of the Environmental Generalist Pocillopora damicornis Exposed to Differential Accumulation of Heat Stress', Frontiers in Marine Science, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.664063

Journal articles | 2021

2021, 'Will community calcification reflect reef accretion on future, degraded coral reefs?', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-61

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Complementary sampling methods for coral histology, metabolomics and microbiome', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11, pp. 1012 - 1020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13431

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Coral Disease Causes, Consequences, and Risk within Coral Restoration', Trends in Microbiology, 28, pp. 793 - 807, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.06.002

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Core Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) Reflects Trophic Guild', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-126554/v1

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Core intestinal microbiomes of planktivorous and algae-farming coral reef damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) reflects feeding behaviour', , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-37102/v1

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Diverse symbiont bleaching responses are evident from 2-degree heating week bleaching conditions as thermal stress intensifies in coral', Marine and Freshwater Research, 71, pp. 1149 - 1160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF19220

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'How do we overcome abrupt degradation of marine ecosystems and meet the challenge of heat waves and climate extremes?', Global Change Biology, 26, pp. 343 - 354, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14901

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Know Thy Anemone: A Review of Threats to Octocorals and Anemones and Opportunities for Their Restoration', Frontiers in Marine Science, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2020.00590

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Microalgae, a Boring Bivalve and a Coral - A Newly Described Association between Two Coral Reef Bioeroders Within Their Coral Host', Integrative Organismal Biology, 2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa035

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Positive Interactions in the Coral Macro and Microbiome', Trends in Microbiology, 28, pp. 602 - 604, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2020.02.009

Journal articles | 2020

2020, 'Understanding decay in marine calcifiers: Micro-CT analysis of skeletal structures provides insight into the impacts of a changing climate in marine ecosystems', Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 11, pp. 1021 - 1041, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/2041-210X.13439

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'A horizon scan of priorities for coastal marine microbiome research', Nature Ecology and Evolution, 3, pp. 1509 - 1520, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0999-7

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'A place for taxonomic profiling in the study of the coral prokaryotic microbiome', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz063

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'BioEssays 7∕2019', BioEssays, 41, pp. 1970071 - 1970071, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201970071

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/576488

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus', Scientific Reports, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49651-7

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Marine heatwave hotspots in coral reef environments: Physical drivers, ecophysiological outcomes and impact upon structural complexity', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00498

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Rapid Coral Decay Is Associated with Marine Heatwave Mortality Events on Reefs', Current Biology, 29, pp. 2723 - 2730.e4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2019.06.077

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Seeking Resistance in Coral Reef Ecosystems: The Interplay of Biophysical Factors and Bleaching Resistance under a Changing Climate: The Interplay of a Reef's Biophysical Factors Can Mitigate the Coral Bleaching Response', BioEssays, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201800226

Journal articles | 2019

2019, 'Tropicalisation of temperate reefs: Implications for ecosystem functions and management actions', Functional Ecology, 33, pp. 1000 - 1013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13310

Journal articles | 2018

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2018, 'A comparative analysis of microbial DNA preparation methods for use with massive and branching coral growth forms', Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02146

Journal articles | 2018

2018, 'Rethinking the coral microbiome: Simplicity exists within a diverse microbial biosphere', mBio, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00812-18

Journal articles | 2017

2017, 'Defining the Core Microbiome in Corals’ Microbial Soup', Trends in Microbiology, 25, pp. 125 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2016.11.003

Journal articles | 2017

2017, 'Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury', , http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2949v1

Journal articles | 2017

2017, 'Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury', PeerJ, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3719

Journal articles | 2017

2017, 'Polyp bailout in Pocillopora damicornis following thermal stress', F1000Research, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11522.2

Journal articles | 2017

2017, 'Symbiosis and microbiome flexibility in calcifying benthic foraminifera of the great Barrier Reef', Microbiome, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/S40168-017-0257-7

Journal articles | 2017

2017, 'The Other Microeukaryotes of the Coral Reef Microbiome', Trends in Microbiology, 25, pp. 980 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2017.06.007

Journal articles | 2017

2017, 'The Vulnerability and Resilience of Reef-Building Corals', Current Biology, 27, pp. R528 - R540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.047

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social–ecological systems', Regional Environmental Change, 16, pp. 1133 - 1146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0832-z

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef', Science, 352, pp. 338 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aac7125

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'Corals' microbial sentinels: The coral microbiome will be key to future reef health', Science, 352, pp. 1518 - 1519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aad9957

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'Ecology and pathology of novel plaque-like growth anomalies affecting a reef-building coral on the great barrier reef', Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00151

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'In situ visualization of bacterial populations in coral tissues: Pitfalls and solutions', PeerJ, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2424

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'The microbial signature provides insight into the mechanistic basis of coral success across reef habitats', mBio, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00560-16

Journal articles | 2016

2016, 'Viral outbreak in corals associated with an in situ bleaching event: Atypical herpes-like viruses and a new megavirus infecting symbiodinium', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00127

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'Coral transplantation triggers shift in microbiome and promotion of coral disease associated potential pathogens', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11903

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage', Hydrobiologia, 759, pp. 201 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2243-z

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'Exposure of clownfish larvae to suspended sediment levels found on the Great Barrier Reef: Impacts on gill structure and microbiome', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep10561

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'In situ hybridisation detects pro-apoptotic gene expression of a Bcl-2 family member in white syndrome-affected coral', Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 117, pp. 155 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao02882

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'RNA and DNA binding of inert oligonuclear ruthenium( ii ) complexes in live eukaryotic cells', Dalton Trans., 44, pp. 3594 - 3603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4DT02575J

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts', ISME Journal, 9, pp. 2261 - 2274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.39

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration', Molecular Ecology, 24, pp. 3390 - 3404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13257

Journal articles | 2015

2015, 'Towards a better understanding of white syndromes and their causes on Indo-Pacific coral reefs', Coral Reefs, 34, pp. 233 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1239-x

Journal articles | 2014

2014, 'Farming behaviour of reef fishes increases the prevalence of coral disease associated microbes and black band disease', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1032

Journal articles | 2013

2013, 'The acute transcriptional response of the coral Acropora millepora to immune challenge: Expression of GiMAP/IAN genes links the innate immune responses of corals with those of mammals and plants', BMC Genomics, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-400

Journal articles | 2013

2013, 'The combined effects of temperature and CO2 lead to altered gene expression in Acropora aspera', Coral Reefs, 32, pp. 895 - 907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1046-9

Journal articles | 2011

2011, 'Defining the tipping point. A complex cellular life/death balance in corals in response to stress', Scientific Reports, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00160

Journal articles | 2011

2011, 'Differential responses of the coral host and their algal symbiont to thermal stress', PLoS ONE, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026687

Journal articles | 2011

2011, 'Infection dynamics vary between Symbiodinium Types and cell surface treatments during establishment of endosymbiosis with coral larvae', Diversity, 3, pp. 356 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d3030356

Journal articles | 2011

2011, 'The nature and taxonomic composition of coral symbiomes as drivers of performance limits in scleractinian corals', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408, pp. 94 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.029

Journal articles | 2010

2010, 'Acute Tissue Death (white syndrome) Affects the Microenvironment of Tabular Acropora Corals', Aquatic Biology, 10, pp. 99 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00270

Journal articles | 2010

2010, 'Analysis of evolutionarily conserved innate immune components in coral links immunity and symbiosis', Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 34, pp. 1219 - 1229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2010.06.016

Journal articles | 2010

2010, 'Diets of coral-dwelling fishes of the genus Gobiodon with evidence of corallivory', Journal of Fish Biology, 76, pp. 2578 - 2583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02644.x

Journal articles | 2010

2010, 'The future of coral reefs: a microbial perspective', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25, pp. 233 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.11.001

Journal articles | 2009

2009, 'Diazotrophic bacteria associated with Hawaiian Montipora corals: Diversity and abundance in correlation with symbiotic dinoflagellates', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 371, pp. 140 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.01.012

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Bacteria are not the primary cause of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica', ISME Journal, 2, pp. 67 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2007.88

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Bacterial communities closely associated with coral tissues vary under experimental and natural reef conditions and thermal stress', Aquatic Biology, 4, pp. 289 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00102

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Cellular processes of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica', Coral Reefs, 27, pp. 593 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-008-0355-x

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Early cellular changes are indicators of pre-bleaching thermal stress in the coral host', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 364, pp. 63 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.06.032

Journal articles | 2008

2008, 'Imaging the fluorescence of marine invertebrates and their associated flora', Journal of Microscopy, 232, pp. 197 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02089.x

Journal articles | 2007

2007, 'Coral disease diagnostics: What's between a plague and a band?', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, pp. 981 - 992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02172-06

Journal articles | 2007

2007, 'Coral microbial ecology under the microscope', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 28, pp. 111 - 112, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000216252300006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Journal articles | 2007

2007, 'Disease and cell death in white syndrome of Acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef', Marine Biology, 151, pp. 19 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0449-3

Journal articles | 2007

2007, 'Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of brown band syndrome and skeletal eroding band disease', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, pp. 2755 - 2757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02738-06

Journal articles | 2007

2007, 'The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont', Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1635-c1

Journal articles | 2006

2006, 'Aerial exposure influences bleaching patterns', Coral Reefs, 25, pp. 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0128-3

Journal articles | 2006

2006, 'Fluorescence in situ hybridization and spectral imaging of coral-associated bacterial communities', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72, pp. 3016 - 3020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.72.4.3016-3020.2006

Journal articles | 2006

2006, 'Phototrophic microendoliths bloom during coral "white syndrome"', Coral Reefs, 25, pp. 577 - 581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0143-4
Preprints | 2022

2022, Identification of coral disease within the high-latitude reef, Lord Howe Island Marine Park., , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1798206/v1

Preprints | 2022

2022, Intestinal microbiome richness of coral reef damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae), , http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1739757/v1

Preprints | 2017

2017, Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury, , http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2949

Preprints |

A Coral Disease Outbreak Highlights Vulnerability of Remote High-Latitude Lagoons to Global and Local Stressors, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4135730

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