By Associate Professor Tracy Ainsworth

Journal articles

Vuleta S; Nakagawa S; Ainsworth TD, 2024, 'The global significance of Scleractinian corals without photoendosymbiosis', Scientific Reports, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-60794-0

Ricci F; Leggat W; Pasella MM; Bridge T; Horowitz J; Girguis PR; Ainsworth T, 2024, 'Deep sea treasures - Insights from museum archives shed light on coral microbial diversity within deepest ocean ecosystems', Heliyon, 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e27513

Steinberg RK; Turnbull J; Ainsworth TD; Dafforn KA; Poore AGB; Johnston EL, 2024, 'Impacts of necrotising disease on the Endangered cauliflower soft coral (Dendronephthya australis)', Marine and Freshwater Research, 75, pp. null - null, http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MF23144

Reimer JD; Peixoto RS; Davies SW; Traylor-Knowles N; Short ML; Cabral-Tena RA; Burt JA; Pessoa I; Banaszak AT; Winters RS; Moore T; Schoepf V; Kaullysing D; Calderon-Aguilera LE; Wörheide G; Harding S; Munbodhe V; Mayfield A; Ainsworth T; Vardi T; Eakin CM; Pratchett MS; Voolstra CR, 2024, 'The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event: Where do we go from here?', Coral Reefs, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02504-w

Greene A; Moriarty T; Leggatt W; Ainsworth TD; Donahue MJ; Raymundo L, 2023, 'Spatial extent of dysbiosis in the branching coral Pocillopora damicornis during an acute disease outbreak', Scientific Reports, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-43490-3

Larkin MF; Davis TR; Harasti D; Smith SDA; Ainsworth TD; Benkendorff K, 2023, 'A glimmer of hope for an Endangered temperate soft coral: the first observations of reproductive strategies and early life cycle of Dendronephthya australis (Octocorallia: Malacalcyonacea)', Marine Biology, 170, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-023-04298-x

Burke S; Pottier P; Macartney EL; Drobniak SM; Lagisz M; Ainsworth T; Nakagawa S, 2023, 'Mapping literature reviews on coral health: A review map, critical appraisal and bibliometric analysis', Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2688-8319.12287

Gardner SG; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2023, 'The microbiome of the endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae in corals exposed to thermal stress', Hydrobiologia, 850, pp. 3685 - 3704, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05221-7

Page CE; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W; Egan S; Gupta AS; Raoult V; Gaston TF, 2023, 'Localising terrestrially derived pollution inputs to threatened near-shore coral reefs through stable isotope, water quality and oceanographic analysis', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.115193

Burke S; Pottier P; Lagisz M; Macartney EL; Ainsworth T; Drobniak SM; Nakagawa S, 2023, 'The impact of rising temperatures on the prevalence of coral diseases and its predictability: A global meta-analysis', Ecology Letters, 26, pp. 1466 - 1481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ele.14266

Moriarty T; Leggat W; Heron SF; Steinberg R; Ainsworth TD, 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

Page CE; Leggat W; Egan S; Ainsworth TD, 2023, 'A coral disease outbreak highlights vulnerability of remote high-latitude lagoons to global and local stressors', iScience, 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.isci.2023.106205

Bergman JL; Ricci F; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2023, 'Characteristics of The Bleached Microbiome of The Generalist Coral Pocillopora damicornis from Two Distinct Reef Habitats', Integrative Organismal Biology, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obad012

Bergman JL; Richards ZT; Sawyers P; Ainsworth TD, 2023, 'Environmental generalism, holobiont interactions, and Pocilloporid corals in the warming oceans of the eastern coast of Australia', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1190455

Moriarty T; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W, 2023, 'Identification of coral disease within the high-latitude reef, Lord Howe Island Marine Park', Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fevo.2023.1194485

Ricci F; Leggat W; Page CE; Ainsworth TD, 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

Burke S; Pottier P; Macartney EL; Drobniak SM; Lagisz M; Ainsworth T; Nakagawa S, 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

Bergman JL; Shaw T; Egan S; Ainsworth TD, 2022, 'Assessing the coral microbiome at the scale of tissue-specific habitats within the coral meta-organism', Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.985496

Steinberg RK; Ainsworth TD; Moriarty T; Bednarek T; Dafforn KA; Johnston EL, 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

Lantz CA; Leggat W; Bergman JL; Fordyce A; Page C; Mesaglio T; Ainsworth TD, 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

Leggat W; Heron SF; Fordyce A; Suggett DJ; Ainsworth TD, 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

Kavazos CRJ; Ricci F; Leggat W; Casey JM; Choat JH; Ainsworth TD, 2022, 'Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae)', Integrative Organismal Biology, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obac026

Bergman JL; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 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

Fordyce AJ; Ainsworth TD; Page CE; Bergman JL; Lantz CA; Leggat W, 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

Steinberg RK; Johnston EL; Bednarek T; Dafforn KA; Ainsworth TD, 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

Ainsworth TD; Leggat W; Silliman BR; Lantz CA; Bergman JL; Fordyce AJ; Page CE; Renzi JJ; Morton J; Eakin CM; Heron SF, 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

Davies SW; Putnam HM; Ainsworth T; Baum JK; Bove CB; Crosby SC; Cote IM; Duplouy A; Fulweiler RW; Griffin AJ; Hanley TC; Hill T; Humanes A; Mangubhai S; Metaxas A; Parker LM; Rivera HE; Silbiger NJ; Smith NS; Spalding AK; Traylor-Knowles N; Weigel BL; Wright RM; Bates AE, 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

Bergstrom DM; Wienecke BC; van den Hoff J; Hughes L; Lindenmayer DB; Ainsworth TD; Baker CM; Bland L; Bowman DMJS; Brooks ST; Canadell JG; Constable AJ; Dafforn KA; Depledge MH; Dickson CR; Duke NC; Helmstedt KJ; Holz A; Johnson CR; McGeoch MA; Melbourne-Thomas J; Morgain R; Nicholson E; Prober SM; Raymond B; Ritchie EG; Robinson SA; Ruthrof KX; Setterfield SA; Sgrò CM; Stark JS; Travers T; Trebilco R; Ward DFL; Wardle GM; Williams KJ; Zylstra PJ; Shaw JD, 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

Ricci F; Fordyce A; Leggat W; Blackall LL; Ainsworth T; Verbruggen H, 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

Lantz CA; Leggat W; Bergman JL; Fordyce A; Page C; Mesaglio T; Ainsworth TD, 2021, 'Will community calcification reflect reef accretion on future, degraded coral reefs?', , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/bg-2021-61

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

Page CE; Leggat W; Heron SF; Fordyce AJ; Ainsworth TD, 2021, 'High flow conditions mediate damaging impacts of sub-lethal thermal stress on corals' endosymbiotic algae', Conservation Physiology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab046

Fordyce AJ; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W, 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

Moriarty T; Leggat W; Huggett MJ; Ainsworth TD, 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

Greene A; Leggat W; Donahue MJ; Raymundo LJ; Caldwell JM; Moriarty T; Heron SF; Ainsworth TD, 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

Fordyce AJ; Knuefing L; Ainsworth TD; Beeching L; Turner M; Leggat W, 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

Gierz S; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W, 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

Ainsworth TD; Renzi JJ; Silliman BR, 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

Steinberg RK; Dafforn KA; Ainsworth T; Johnston EL, 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

Ainsworth TD; Hurd CL; Gates RD; Boyd PW, 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

Fordyce AJ; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W, 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

Kavazos CRJ; Leggat W; Casey J; Choat JH; Ainsworth T, 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

Kavazos CRJ; Leggat W; Casey J; Choat JH; Ainsworth T, 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

Wada N; Ishimochi M; Matsui T; Pollock FJ; Tang SL; Ainsworth TD; Willis BL; Mano N; Bourne DG, 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

Cooke I; Mead O; Whalen C; Boote C; Moya A; Ying H; Robbins S; Strugnell JM; Darling A; Miller D; Voolstra CR; Adamska M; Ainsworth T; Andrade NR; Arnold AE; Ball E; Bourne D; Bosch TCG; Butterfield NJ; Chan CX; Cowman PF; Davy SK; Fabricius K; Fortunato S; Fraune S; Hernandez A; Hoogenboom M; Jaspers C; Mohamed A; Pita L; Ragan MA; Sakamaki K; Schoepf V; Seemann T; Shinzato C; Stolarski J; Takahashi S; Tang S-L; Webster N; Whitelaw B, 2019, 'Molecular techniques and their limitations shape our view of the holobiont', ZOOLOGY, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2019.125695

Trevathan-Tackett SM; Sherman CDH; Huggett MJ; Campbell AH; Laverock B; Hurtado-McCormick V; Seymour JR; Firl A; Messer LF; Ainsworth TD; Negandhi KL; Daffonchio D; Egan S; Engelen AH; Fusi M; Thomas T; Vann L; Hernandez-Agreda A; Gan HM; Marzinelli EM; Steinberg PD; Hardtke L; Macreadie PI, 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

Leggat WP; Camp EF; Suggett DJ; Heron SF; Fordyce AJ; Gardner S; Deakin L; Turner M; Beeching LJ; Kuzhiumparambil U; Eakin CM; Ainsworth TD, 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

Page CE; Leggat W; Heron SF; Choukroun SM; Lloyd J; Ainsworth TD, 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

Vergés A; McCosker E; Mayer-Pinto M; Coleman MA; Wernberg T; Ainsworth T; Steinberg PD, 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

Jaspers C; Fraune S; Arnold AE; Miller DJ; Bosch TCG; Voolstra CR; Adamska M; Ainsworth T; Ball E; Boote C; Bourne D; Butterfield NJ; Chan CX; Cooke I; Cowman PF; Darling A; Davy SK; Mohamed A; Fabricius K; Fortunato S; Hernandez A; Hoogenboom M; Moya A; Pita L; Ragan MA; Robbins SJ; Andrade NR; Sakamaki K; Schoepf V; Seemann T; Shinzato C; Stolarski J; Strugnell J; Takahashi S; Tang S-L; Webster N; Whitelaw B; Ying H, 2019, 'Resolving structure and function of metaorganisms through a holistic framework combining reductionist and integrative approaches', ZOOLOGY, 133, pp. 81 - 87, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.zool.2019.02.007

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