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

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(email) k.anthonyuq.edu.au
(www) http://profiles.bacs.uq.edu.au/Kenneth.Anthony.html

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Students
Ms Rachael Middlebrook
Mr Cameron Veal
Mr Siham Afatta

Collaborators
Dr Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
Dr Sophie Dove
Dr Simon Dunn
Dr Vanessa Hernaman
Dr Scarla Weeks
Dr David Kline

People > Ken Anthony

Position: Senior Research Staff
Last update: 08-Oct-2008

Research

A Bright Future for Coral Reefs?

My interest is coral-reef ecology and climate change. I am particularly interested in the problems of ocean acidification and global warming, and how this two-edged sword could put coral reefs in double jeopardy by the middle of this century. A core component of my work is the modeling of stress responses by reefs at different scales: organism, populations, communities and the ecosystem. I believe this is a powerful approach to answering one of the key questions: how will the reef change in the future if we don't change the way we operate? I work closely with reef managers to make my work as relevant as possible for policy development and management planning. A recent initiative of mine is the development of Ocean Acidification Risk Maps for reefs on the Great Barrier Reef. This work is done in collaboration with CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Hobart), the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA, US), Stanford University (US), the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority.
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Education

PhD Marine Biology - James Cook University - HD (2000)
MSc Marine Biology - University of Copenhagen - HD (1993)
BSc Marine Biology - University of Copenhagen - HD (1992)

Awards

ARC Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2001)

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

Anthony KRN, Hoogenboom MO, Maynard JA, Grottoli AG, Middlebrook R (2009) Energetics approach to predicting mortality risk from environmental stress: a case study of coral bleaching. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 23: 539-550

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

Kaniewska P, Anthony KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) Variation in colony geometry modulates internal light levels in branching corals, Acropora humilis and Stylophora pistillata. MARINE BIOLOGY 155: 649-660

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

Weeks SJ, Anthony KRN, Bakun A, Feldman GC, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2008) Improved predictions of coral bleaching using seasonal baselines and higher spatial resolution. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 53: 1369-1375

Anthony KRN, Connolly SR, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2007) Bleaching, energetics, and coral mortality risk: Effects of temperature, light, and sediment regime. LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY 52: 716-726

Anthony KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2003) Kinetics of photoacclimation in corals. OECOLOGIA 134: 23-31

Anthony KRN, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2003) Variation in coral photosynthesis, respiration and growth characteristics in contrasting light microhabitats: an analogue to plants in forest gaps and understoreys?. FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY 17: 246-259