Welcome
Welcome to the website for the
Coral Reef Ecosystems (CRE) Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia. Under the guidance of
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and
Associate Professor Sophie Dove, the lab is conducting research into a variety of topics related to coral reef ecosystems.
The lab currently hosts 23 people from 15 different countries. This website gives access to their personal profiles and 310 of their peer-reviewed publications.
Latest news
| | New lab paper in The ISME Journal 29-Jan-2012
Lab member Mathieu Pernice and his colleagues published a paper in the prestigious ISME journal. In this study, he developed the use of high-resolution ion microprobe (NanoSIMS) analysis to image and quantify the dynamic incorporation of ammonium within the intact symbiosis between scleractinian corals and photosynthetic dinoflagellates. His results establish, for the first time, the relative capability of dinoflagellate and coral cells to assimilate nitrogen from seawater and indicate the potential of NanoSIMS to dramatically improve our understanding of the metabolic activities that lie at the very heart of coral reef ecosystems.
More info: The ISME Journal / Posted by Pim Bongaerts
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| | CRE lab featured in EnergyNow episode 17-Oct-2011
EnergyNow is a weekly TV news magazine engaging America on the critical energy issues of the day. Their correspondent Josh Zepps traveled to Australia to meet with lab members Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Pim Bongaerts and talk about the detrimental effects of climate change on coral reefs. Click here to watch the full episode.
More info: EnergyNow video / Posted by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
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| | Lab member gets awarded the 2010 Bommies Award 17-Oct-2011
The Bommies Award of the Great Barrier Reef searches out innovative concepts to preserve the Great Barrier Reef in the face of climate change. This year the prize was awarded to lab member Pim Bongaerts for his concept entitled ‘Deep Coral Reefs: a lifeline to shallow reefs in the face of climate change’.
More info: GBR Foundation Website / Posted by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
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Latest publications
| | A single-cell view of ammonium assimilation in coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis (2012)
Pernice M, Meibom A, Van Den Heuvel A, Kopp C, Domart-Coulon I, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Dove S
The ISME Journal - in press |
| | Mushroom corals overcome live burial through pulsed inflation (2012)
Bongaerts P, Hoeksema BW, Hay KB, Hoegh-Guldberg O
CORAL REEFS - in press |
| | The first record of Hippocampus denise (Syngnathidae) from Australia (2012)
Foster R, Bridge TCL, Bongaerts P
Aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology 18: 55-57 |
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Latest OceanSpace report
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Lab publications
| 2012 |  3 | | 2011 |  13 | | 2010 | 39 | | 2009 | 27 |
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2011 Climate Change in Pictures and Data: Just the Facts
I thought this summary of the latest climate facts at the end of 2011 is useful. Peter Gleick is a specialist in water and climate change, and is a MacArthur fellow of the National Academy of Sciences in the US. He reminds us here of the key facts of the climate issue, which [...]
The economic costs of ocean acidification and molluscs
Dr Selina Ward, University of Queensland, Jan 20, 2012
The literature on the effects of ocean acidification on the biology of marine organisms continues to grow and now covers a wide range of taxa, regions and ecosystems and is reaching the consciousness of the larger community. A recent article in the Wall Street Journal by [...]
The 2011 Climate B.S.* of the Year Awards
Peter Gleick, Contributor
CEO Pacific Institute, MacArthur Fellow, National Academy of Sciences
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[*B.S. means “Bad Science.” What did you think it meant?] The Earth’s climate continued to change during 2011 – a year in which unprecedented combinations of extreme weather events killed people and damaged property [...]
Latest research snapshots
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