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Dr Sophie Dove
Centre for Marine Studies
The University of Queensland
Gehrmann Laboratories (#60)
St Lucia QLD 4072 Australia

(tel) +61 (0) 733657229
(fax) +61 (0) 733654755
(email) sophieuq.edu.au

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Postdoctoral staff
Dr Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
Dr Simon Dunn

Students
Ms Maxi Jennifer Eckes
Ms Dorothea Bender
Ms Alicia Crawley
Mr James K.H. Fang
Ms Rachael Middlebrook
Ms Catalina Reyes-Nivia
Ms Annamieke Van Den Heuvel

Collaborators
Dr Ken Anthony
Dr Mathieu Pernice
Dr Nela Rosic
Dr Scarla Weeks
Mr Jez Roff
Dr David Kline
Dr Ulrike Siebeck
Dr Selina Ward

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Position: Director
Last update: 10-Mar-2009

Research

Photobiology of isolated reefs and their ability to withstand a range of future climate scenarios

1.) Photobiology of corals - How do host and symbiont interact to provide a highly efficient autotrophic organism that is able to export energy and thereby maintain Coral Reef growth despite high rate of erosion and minimal energy importation? Are some symbionts hosted by corals more parasitic than others - translocating less energy to their hosts? Do some corals cannibalize asexually produced polyps in the interest of promoting genet survival? 2.) Effects of elevated temperature and acidification on coral physiology – What alterations do corals undergo on a seasonal basis under elevated temperatures that fall within their Q10 coping range? How do these alterations differ from the effects of temperature above this range? When does bleaching shift from a controlled response that is beneficial for holobiont performance to a detrimental uncontrolled response that leads to “genet” mortality? What are the interactive effects of elevated temperature and atmospheric CO2 on coral physiology? 3.) How does climate change affect the productivity of coral reefs? It has been argued that future reefs will be dominated by algae, yet the responses of many algae to a range of projected future climate scenarios has not been fully evaluated. Who will be the winners in the future and will they be able to sustain the large biomass of primary and secondary consumers that currently exist on Reefs? 4.) Carbon flow within the coral-dinoflagellate symbiosis and its role in maintaining cellular homeostasis. Estimating rates of carbon fixation and translocation; identifying resultant metabolites; and relating these to cellular processes and cell fates.
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Education

PhD Biological Sciences - University of Sydney (1998)
MA Philosophy - University of Southern California (1991)
MA(Hons) Mathematics and Philosophy - University of Edinburgh (1987)

Awards

Australian Society of Fish Biology Best Student Paper (1995), Australian Postgraduate Research Award (1994), Australian Federation of University Women Fellowship (1993), Postgraduate Scholarship to University of California (1987), Undergraduate Scholarship to Dartmouth College (1986)

Publications

Middlebrook R, Anthony KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Dove S (2010) Heating rate and symbiont productivity are key factors determining thermal stress in the reef-building coral Acropora formosa. 213: 1026-1034

Rosic N, Pernice M, Dunn SR, Dove S, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2010) Novel cytochrome P450 genes from the symbiotic dinoflagellates of reef-building corals: Differential regulation by heat stress. APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 1: 1-1

Roff G, Dove S, Dunn SR (2009) Mesenterial filaments make a clean sweep of substrates for coral growth. CORAL REEFS 28: 79-79

Sampayo EM, Dove S, Lajeunesse TC (2009) Cohesive molecular genetic data delineate species diversity in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium. MOLECULAR ECOLOGY 18: 500-519

Diaz-Pulido GA, Mccook LJ, Dove S, Berkelmans R, Roff G, Kline DI, Weeks SJ, Evans RD, Williamson DH, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2009) Doom and Boom on a Resilient Reef: Climate Change, Algal Overgrowth and Coral Recovery. PLoS One 4: 5239--1

Crawley A, Kline DI, Dunn SR, Anthony KRN, Dove S (2009) The effect of ocean acidification on symbiont photorespiration and productivity in Acropora formosa. GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY - in press

Reef R, Dunn SR, Levy O, Dove S, Shemesh E, Brickner I, Leggat W, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2009) Photoreactivation is the main repair pathway for UV-induced DNA damage in coral planulae. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY 212: 2760-2766

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Dove S (2008) Primary Production, Nutrient Recycling and Energy Flow through Coral Reef Ecosystems. In: Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management (Ed. by Hutchings PA, Kingsford MJ, Hoegh-Guldberg O), pp. 59-73. CSIRO Publishing, Australia

Smith-Keune C, Dove S (2008) Gene expression of a green fluorescent protein homolog as a host-specific biomarker of heat stress within a reef-building coral. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY 10: 166-180

Eckes MJ, Siebeck UE, Dove S, Grutter AS (2008) Ultraviolet sunscreens in reef fish mucus. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 353: 203-211

Dove S, Lovell C, Fine M, Deckenback J, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Iglesias-Prieto R, Anthony KRN (2008) Host pigments: potential facilitators of photosynthesis in coral symbioses. PLANT CELL AND ENVIRONMENT 31: 1523-1533

Anthony KRN, Kline DI, Diaz-Pulido GA, Dove S, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders.. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 105: 17442-17446

Rodriguez-Lanetty M, Phillips WS, Dove S, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Weis VM (2008) Analytical approach for selecting normalizing genes from a cDNA microarray platform to be used in q-RT-PCR assays: A cnidarian case study. JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL METHODS 70: 985-991

Leggat W, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Dove S, Yellowlees D (2007) Analysis of an EST library from the dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium sp.) symbiont of reef-building corals. JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 43: 1010-1021

Leggat W, Ainsworth TD, Bythell JC, Dove S, Gates RD, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Iglesias-Prieto R, Yellowlees D (2007) The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont. NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY 5: -1--1

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