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

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Mr Devin Tu
Ms Alicia Crawley
Mr James K.H. Fang
Ms Claire Reymond

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Dr Ken Anthony
Dr Sophie Dove
Prof. Rob Dunbar
Prof. Nancy Knowlton
Prof. Jonathan Erez
Prof. Boaz Lazar
Prof. Caldeira Ken
Prof. Rob Dunbar
Prof. Malcolm McCulloch
Dr Vanessa Hernaman
Dr Paulina Kaniewska
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Dr Peter Brewer
Dr Greg Mitchell
Dr Silverman Jack
Dr Steve Eggins
Dr Janice Lough
Dr Pat Hutchings
Dr Steve Vollmer
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Ms Ruth Reef

People > David Kline

Position: Postdoctoral staff
Last update: 28-Aug-2009

Research

The future of the Great Barrier Reef, responses to ocean acidification and warming

David Kline 2008-2009 Key Research Themes 1) Impacts of ocean acidification and warming on larval invertebrates including, corals, echinoderms, and bivalves. We will be conducting experiments to determine the impacts of climate change on adult and larval invertebrates to determine which species and life stages are most vulnerable and what this could mean for the future of coral reef communities and mariculture. 2) Impacts of climate change on calcifying organisms from Heron Island, GBR. We will be conducting experiments with multiple predicted environmental scenarios (including predicted temperature and pH conditions) on different calcifying reef organism including corals, mollusks, forams, and calcareous algae to provide data necessary to produce species, community, and ecosystem vulnerability maps for the GBR. 3) In-situ ocean acidification experiments: The Coral FOCE and Heron Island Climate Change Observatory. Working with an international and national group of collaborators including MBARI, Stanford, ANU, and AIMS we are in the process of designing a state of the art in-situ facility for acidification studies at Heron Island. The facility will provide continuous monitoring of physical, chemical (especially carbonate chemistry), and biological parameter of reef flat communities including an experimental community which receive regular dosing of CO2 enriched sea water. This will be a long-term (3-5 year) experiment that will allow us study the impacts of ocean acidification on molecular to community scales. 4) Bioerosion on Coral Reefs. We will be conducting experiments to determine how bioerosion rates will change with predicted climate change scenarios for the GBR. 5) Impacts of climate change on large benthic foraminifera. We will continue our research to determine how benthic foraminifera, which are important calcifiers on coral reefs, will be impacted by predicted increases in ocean temperature and decreasing pH.
Keywords: acidification, climate change, coral, coral disease, ecology, global warming, Great Barrier Reef, in-situ experimentation, larvae, ocean acidification

Education

PhD Coral Reefs, Microbiology, Ecotoxicology - Scripps Institution of Oceanography (2005)
BSc Biology, Chemistry - Carleton College - Phi Betta Kappa, Distinction , Sigma Xi (1996)

Awards

ARC LIEF grant "The Heron Island Climate Change Observatory" (2009), ARC Discovery Grant- "Larval Acidification" co-PI (2009), Smithsonian Institution Marine Science Network Postdoctoral Fellow (2005), NSF IGERT Fellowship (2004), Scripps Hubbs Hall Fellowship (2002), Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship (2002), NSF Biological Oceanography Grant (2002), UCSD Tinker Grant (2001), NSF Graduate Fellowship (1998), National Defense Science and Engineering Fellowshiop (1998)

Publications

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

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

Kline DI, Kuntz NM, Breitbart M, Knowlton N, Rohwer F (2006) Role of elevated organic carbon levels and microbial activity in coral mortality. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 314: 119-125

Kline DI, Bryant J, Kisflaudy E, Rohwer G, Nostropaur F, Grayson J, Knowlton N, Rohwer F (2006) The aquatic automated dosing and maintenance system (AADAMS). LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY-METHODS 4: 184-192

Kuntz NM, Kline DI, Sandin SA, Rohwer F (2005) Pathologies and mortality rates caused by organic carbon and nutrient stressors in three Caribbean coral species. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 294: 173-180

Casas V, Kline DI, Wegley L, Yu YN, Breitbart M, Rohwer F (2004) Widespread association of a Rickettsiales-like bacterium with reef-building corals. ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 6: 1137-1148

Wegley L, Yu YN, Breitbart M, Casas V, Kline DI, Rohwer F (2004) Coral-associated archaea. MARINE ECOLOGY-PROGRESS SERIES 273: 89-96