By Associate Professor Tracy Ainsworth

Journal articles

Olson ND; Ainsworth TD; Gates RD; Takabayashi M, 2009, 'Diazotrophic bacteria associated with Hawaiian Montipora corals: Diversity and abundance in correlation with symbiotic dinoflagellates', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 371, pp. 140 - 146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2009.01.012

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2008, 'Bacterial communities closely associated with coral tissues vary under experimental and natural reef conditions and thermal stress', Aquatic Biology, 4, pp. 289 - 296, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00102

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Heron SF; Skirving WJ; Leggat W, 2008, 'Early cellular changes are indicators of pre-bleaching thermal stress in the coral host', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 364, pp. 63 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2008.06.032

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2008, 'Cellular processes of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica', Coral Reefs, 27, pp. 593 - 597, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-008-0355-x

Ainsworth TD; Fine M; Roff G; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2008, 'Bacteria are not the primary cause of bleaching in the Mediterranean coral Oculina patagonica', Isme Journal, 2, pp. 67 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2007.88

Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Leggat W, 2008, 'Imaging the fluorescence of marine invertebrates and their associated flora', Journal of Microscopy, 232, pp. 197 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2818.2008.02089.x

Leggat W; Ainsworth T; Bythell J; Dove S; Gates R; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Iglesias-Prieto R; Yellowlees D, 2007, 'The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont', Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro1635-c1

Henderson M; Ainsworth T; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2007, 'Coral microbial ecology under the microscope', MICROBIOLOGY AUSTRALIA, 28, pp. 111 - 112, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000216252300006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Yarden O; Ainsworth TD; Roff G; Leggat W; Fine M; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2007, 'Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of brown band syndrome and skeletal eroding band disease', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, pp. 2755 - 2757, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02738-06

Ainsworth TD; Kvennefors EC; Blackall LL; Fine M; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2007, 'Disease and cell death in white syndrome of Acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef', Marine Biology, 151, pp. 19 - 29, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00227-006-0449-3

Ainsworth TD; Kramasky-Winter E; Loya Y; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Fine M, 2007, 'Coral disease diagnostics: What's between a plague and a band?', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73, pp. 981 - 992, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.02172-06

Leggat W; Ainsworth TD; Dove S; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2006, 'Aerial exposure influences bleaching patterns', Coral Reefs, 25, pp. 452, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0128-3

Ainsworth TD; Fine M; Blackall LL; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2006, 'Fluorescence in situ hybridization and spectral imaging of coral-associated bacterial communities', Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 72, pp. 3016 - 3020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/AEM.72.4.3016-3020.2006

Fine M; Roff G; Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O, 2006, 'Phototrophic microendoliths bloom during coral "white syndrome"', Coral Reefs, 25, pp. 577 - 581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-006-0143-4

Ainsworth T, 2001, 'All that fuss and no one's got foot and mouth', NEW SCIENTIST, 170, pp. 5 - 5

Preprints

Ricci F; Leggat W; Pasella MM; Bridge T; Horowitz J; Girguis PR; Ainsworth TD, 2023, Deep Sea Treasures - Insights from Museum Archives Shed Light on Coral Microbial Diversity and Functioning within Deepest Ocean Ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4447125

Page C; Leggat W; Egan S; Ainsworth TD, 2022, A Coral Disease Outbreak Highlights Vulnerability of Remote High-Latitude Lagoons to Global and Local Stressors, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4135730

Moriarty T; Ainsworth T; Leggat W, 2022, Identification of coral disease within the high-latitude reef, Lord Howe Island Marine Park., http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1798206/v1

Kavazos C; Ricci F; Leggat W; Casey J; Choat HJ; Ainsworth TD, 2022, Intestinal microbiome richness of coral reef damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae), http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1739757/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

Ainsworth T; Page C; Hayden R; William L; Gaston T; Guehlo R; Prior S; Gupta AS, A Multi-Species, Multi-Disease Outbreak on Norfolk Island Inshore Cor, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-9976459/v1

Page C; Anderson E; Ainsworth T, Building living systematic reviews and reporting standards for comparative microscopic analysis of white diseases in hard corals., http://dx.doi.org/10.22541/au.169563967.70948720/v1

Wada N; Ishimochi M; Matsui T; Pollock FJ; Tang S-L; Ainsworth TD; Willis BL; Mano N; Bourne DG, Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus, http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/576488

Kavazos CRJ; Leggat W; Casey J; Choat JH; Ainsworth TD, Core Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae) Reflects Trophic Guild, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-126554/v1

Ricci F; Leggat W; Pasella M; Bridge T; Horowitz J; Girguis P; Ainsworth T, Deep sea treasures - insights from museum archives shed light on coral microbial diversity and functioning within deepest ocean ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2934705/v1

Ricci F; Leggat W; Pasella M; Bridge T; Horowitz J; Girguis P; Ainsworth T, Deep sea treasures - insights from museum archives shed light on coral microbial diversity within deepest ocean ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2934705/v2

Bonesso JL; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury, http://dx.doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.2949

Greene A; Moriarty T; Leggatt W; Ainsworth TD; Donahue MJ; Raymundo L, Spatial extent of dysbiosis in the branching coral Pocillopora damicornis during an acute disease outbreak, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3064933/v1

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