Welcome
Welcome to the website for the
Coral Reef Ecosystems (CRE) Laboratory, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Australia. Under the guidance of
Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and
Associate Professor Sophie Dove, the lab is conducting research into a variety of topics related to coral reef ecosystems. The lab is part of the
Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and receives considerable support from this important centre within Australian science.
The lab currently hosts 27 people from 18 different countries. This website gives access to their personal profiles and 325 of their peer-reviewed publications.
Latest news
| | Launch of Catlin Seaview Survey 02-Mar-2012
The Catlin Seaview Survey was officially launched at the World Oceans Summit in Singapore. This pioneering scientific expedition aims to carry out a comprehensive study to document and reveal the composition and health of coral reefs on the Great Barrier Reef across an unprecedented depth range (0-100m). Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg will be Chief Scientist for the project, and lab member Pim Bongaerts will be leading the deep reef component of the study. For more information on the overall project visit the Catlin Seaview Survey website or see of the pilot imagery here.
More info: Catlin Seaview Survey page / Posted by Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
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| | New lab paper in The ISME Journal 29-Jan-2012
Lab member Mathieu Pernice and his colleagues published a paper in the prestigious ISME journal. In this study, he developed the use of high-resolution ion microprobe (NanoSIMS) analysis to image and quantify the dynamic incorporation of ammonium within the intact symbiosis between scleractinian corals and photosynthetic dinoflagellates. His results establish, for the first time, the relative capability of dinoflagellate and coral cells to assimilate nitrogen from seawater and indicate the potential of NanoSIMS to dramatically improve our understanding of the metabolic activities that lie at the very heart of coral reef ecosystems.
More info: The ISME Journal / Posted by Pim Bongaerts
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Latest publications
| | Phylogenetic analysis of genes involved in mycosporine-like amino acid biosynthesis in symbiotic dinoflagellates (2012)
Rosic NN
Appl Microbiol Biotechnol - in press |
| | A single-cell view of ammonium assimilation in coral–dinoflagellate symbiosis (2012)
Pernice M, Meibom A, Van Den Heuvel A, Kopp C, Domart-Coulon I, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Dove S
The ISME Journal - in press |
| | Mushroom corals overcome live burial through pulsed inflation (2012)
Bongaerts P, Hoeksema BW, Hay KB, Hoegh-Guldberg O
CORAL REEFS - in press |
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Lab publications
| 2012 |  4 | | 2011 |  31 | | 2010 | 41 | | 2009 | 28 |
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“I Got it Wrong on Climate Change—it’s Far, Far Worse”
By Daniel Politi, Slate, Posted Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013, at 11:11 AM ET
Nicholas Stern, the author of a 2006 report commissioned by the British government on climate change that has been used as a reference ever since, says he now realizes he “underestimated the risks” of rising temperatures. In an interview with the
Climate Change Given Prominence in Obama’s Address
By RICHARD W. STEVENSON and JOHN M. BRODER, New York Times, Jan 21 2012 ¶WASHINGTON — President Obama made addressing climate change the most [...]
What’s causing Australia’s heat wave?
Reposted from The Conversation
By Neil Plummer (Assistant Director Climate Information Services at Australian Bureau of Meteorology), Blair Trewin (Climatologist, National Climate Centre at Australian Bureau of Meteorology), David Jones (Head of Climate Monitoring and Prediction Services at Australian Bureau of Meteorology), Karl Braganza (Manager, Climate Monitoring Section at Australian Bureau of Meteorology) [...]
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