By Dr Steph Nitschke

Journal articles

Masdeu-Navarro M; Mangot JF; Xue L; Cabrera-Brufau M; Kieber DJ; Rodríguez-Ros P; Gardner SG; Bergauer K; Herndl GJ; Marrasé C; Simó R, 2024, 'Diel variation of seawater volatile organic compounds, DMSP-related compounds, and microbial plankton inside and outside a tropical coral reef ecosystem', Frontiers in Marine Science, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1341619

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

Xue L; Kieber DJ; Masdeu-Navarro M; Cabrera-Brufau M; Rodríguez-Ros P; Gardner SG; Marrasé C; Simó R, 2022, 'Concentrations, sources, and biological consumption of acrylate and DMSP in the tropical Pacific and coral reef ecosystem in Mo’orea, French Polynesia', Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.911522

Masdeu-Navarro M; Mangot JF; Xue L; Cabrera-Brufau M; Gardner SG; Kieber DJ; González JM; Simó R, 2022, 'Spatial and diel patterns of volatile organic compounds, DMSP-derived compounds, and planktonic microorganisms around a tropical scleractinian coral colony', Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.944141

Lewis RE; Davy SK; Gardner SG; Rongo T; Suggett DJ; Nitschke MR, 2022, 'Colony self-shading facilitates Symbiodiniaceae cohabitation in a South Pacific coral community', Coral Reefs, 41, pp. 1433 - 1447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-022-02292-1

Gardner SG; Nitschke MR; O’Brien J; Motti CA; Seymour JR; Ralph PJ; Petrou K; Raina JB, 2022, 'Increased DMSP availability during thermal stress influences DMSP-degrading bacteria in coral mucus', Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.912862

Fujise L; Suggett DJ; Stat M; Kahlke T; Bunce M; Gardner SG; Goyen S; Woodcock S; Ralph PJ; Seymour JR; Siboni N; Nitschke MR, 2021, 'Unlocking the phylogenetic diversity, primary habitats, and abundances of free-living Symbiodiniaceae on a coral reef', Molecular Ecology, 30, pp. 343 - 360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.15719

Camp EF; Suggett DJ; Pogoreutz C; Nitschke MR; Houlbreque F; Hume BCC; Gardner SG; Zampighi M; Rodolfo-Metalpa R; Voolstra CR, 2020, 'Corals exhibit distinct patterns of microbial reorganisation to thrive in an extreme inshore environment', Coral Reefs, 39, pp. 701 - 716, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01889-3

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

Gardner SG; Camp EF; Smith DJ; Kahlke T; Osman EO; Gendron G; Hume BCC; Pogoreutz C; Voolstra CR; Suggett DJ, 2019, 'Coral microbiome diversity reflects mass coral bleaching susceptibility during the 2016 El Niño heat wave', Ecology and Evolution, 9, pp. 938 - 956, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4662

Nitschke MR; Gardner SG; Goyen S; Fujise L; Camp EF; Ralph PJ; Suggett DJ, 2018, 'Utility of photochemical traits as diagnostics of thermal tolerance amongst great barrier reef corals', Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2018.00045

Gardner SG; Raina JB; Nitschke MR; Nielsen DA; Stat M; Motti CA; Ralph PJ; Petrou K, 2017, 'A multi-trait systems approach reveals a response cascade to bleaching in corals', BMC biology, 15, pp. 117, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0459-2

Camp EF; Nitschke MR; Rodolfo-Metalpa R; Houlbreque F; Gardner SG; Smith DJ; Zampighi M; Suggett DJ, 2017, 'Reef-building corals thrive within hot-acidified and deoxygenated waters', Scientific Reports, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-02383-y

Gardner SG; Raina JB; Ralph PJ; Petrou K, 2017, 'Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and dimethylated sulphur compounds in coral explants under acute thermal stress', Journal of Experimental Biology, 220, pp. 1787 - 1791, http://dx.doi.org/10.1242/jeb.153049

Gardner SG; Nielsen DA; Laczka O; Shimmon R; Beltran VH; Ralph PJ; Petrou K, 2016, 'Dimethylsulfoniopropionate, superoxide dismutase and glutathione as stress response indicators in three corals under short-term hyposalinity stress', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2015.2418

Gardner SG; Nielsen DA; Petrou K; Larkum AWD; Ralph PJ, 2015, 'Characterisation of coral explants: a model organism for cnidarian–dinoflagellate studies', Coral Reefs, 34, pp. 133 - 142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1240-4

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