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PUBLICATIONS

List of publications where ReefSense staff were authors or co-authors:

 

Mason RAB, Skirving WJ, Dove SG (2023) Photoacclimation dynamics in coral holobionts responding to thermal and irradiance changes correlate with photon pressure per symbiont. Limnology and Oceanography, 9999, 1-15.

McWhorter JK, Halloran PR, Roff G, Skirving WJ, Mumby PJ (2022) Climate refugia on the Great Barrier Reef fail when global warming exceeds 3 deg C. Global Change Biology 28 (19), 5768-5780.

Eakin CM, Devotta D, Heron SF, Connolly S, Liu G, Geiger E, De La Cour J, Skirving W, Spady B, Manzello D, et al. (2022) The 2014-17 global coral bleaching event: The most severe and widespread coral reef destruction. Research Square Platform LLC

McWhorter JK, Halloran PR, Roff G, Skirving WJ, Perry CT, Mumby PJ (2022) The importance of 1.5 deg. C warming for the Great Barrier Reef. Global Change Biology 28 (4), 1332-1341

Spady BL, Skirving WJ, Liu G, De La Cour J, McDonald CJ, Manzello DP (2022) Unprecedented early-summer heat stress and forecast of coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, 2021-2022. F1000Research 11

Cheung MWM, Hock K, Skirving W, Mumby PJ (2021) Cumulative bleaching undermines systemic resilience of the Great Barrier Reef. Current Biology 31 (23), 5385-5392

Halloran PR, McWhorter JK, Arellano Nava B, Marsh R and Skirving W (2021) S2P3-R v2.0: Computationally Efficient Modelling of Shelf Seas on Regional to Global Scales, Geosci. Model Dev. Discuss

Skirving W, Storlazzi C, Smail EA (2021) Forecasting Floods on Reef-Lined Coasts Introducing the Wave-Driven Flood-Forecasting on Reef-Lined Coasts Early Warning System (WaveFoRCE). UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development Special Issue, Chapter Four: A Safe Ocean, pp. 144-147

Skirving W, Storlazzi C, Smail EA. (2021) Wave-driven frood-forecasting on reef-lined coasts early warning system (WaveFoRCE). USGS Publications Warehouse

Skirving W, Pomeroy A, McCall R, Marra J and Storlazzi C (2021) Editorial: Flooding on Coral Reef-Lined Coasts: Current State of Knowledge and Future Challenges. Front. Mar. Sci. 7:635240

Thomas JT, Spady BL, Munday PL, Watson SA (2021) The role of ligand-gated chloride channels in behavioural alterations at elevated CO2 in a cephalopod. Journal of Experimental Biology 224 (13), jeb242335

 

Lachs L, Bythell JC, East HK, Edwards AJ, Mumby PJ, Skirving WJ, Spady BL, Guest JR (2021) Fine‐tuning heat stress algorithms to optimise global predictions of mass coral bleaching. Remote Sensing 13, 2677

Skirving, W; Marsh, B; De La Cour, J; Liu, G; Harris, A; Maturi, E; Geiger, E; Eakin, CM. (2020) CoralTemp and the Coral Reef Watch Coral Bleaching Heat Stress Product Suite Version 3.1. Remote Sensing 12, 3856

Mason RAB, Skirving WJ, Dove SG (2020) Integrating physiology with remote sensing to advance the prediction of coral bleaching events. Remote Sensing of Environment 246, 111794

Winter G, Storlazzi CD, Vitousek S, Van Dongeren A, McCall RT, Skirving WJ, et al. (2020) Steps to develop early warning systems and future scenarios of storm wave-driven flooding along coral reef-lined coasts. Frontiers in Marine Science 7, 199

Smail EA, DiGiacomo PM, Seeyave S, Djavindnia S, Skirving W, et al. (2019) An introduction to the ‘Oceans and Society: Blue Planet’ initiative. Journal of Operational Oceanography 12 (sup2), S1-S11

Kim SW, Sampayo EM, Sommer B, Sims CA, Gómez-Cabrera MC, et al. (2019) Refugia under threat: Mass bleaching of coral assemblages in high‐latitude eastern Australia. Global Change Biology 25 (11), 3918-3931

Darling ES, McClanahan TR, Maina J, Gurney GG, Graham NAJ, et al. (2019) Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature Ecology & Evolution 3 (9), 1341-1350

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Skirving WJ, Lough JM, Liu C, Mann ME, et al. (2019) Commentary: Reconstructing four centuries of temperature-induced coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef. Frontiers in Marine Science 6, 86

Matthews SA, Mellin C, MacNeil A, Heron SF, Skirving WJ, Puotinen M, et al. (2019) High‐resolution characterization of the abiotic environment and disturbance regimes on the Great Barrier Reef, 1985–2017. Ecology 100 (2), e02574

Beyer HL, Kennedy EV, Wood S, Puotinen M, Skirving WJ, et al. (2019) 50 reefs global coral ocean warming, connectivity and cyclone dataset. The University of Queensland. Data Collection.

Darling ES, McClanahan TR, Maina J, Gurney GG, Graham NAJ, et al. (2019) Supplementary Information for Social-environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene. Nature Ecology & Evolution

Skirving WJ, Heron SF, Marsh BL, Liu G, De La Cour JL, Geiger EF, et al. (2019) The relentless march of mass coral bleaching: a global perspective of changing heat stress. Coral Reefs, 1-11

Hughes TP, Kerry JT, Connolly SR, Baird AH, Eakin CM, Heron SF, et al. (2019) Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes. Nature Climate Change 9 (1), 40-43

 

Harvell CD, Montecino-Latorre D, Caldwell JM, Burt JM, Bosley K, et al. (2019) Disease epidemic and a marine heat wave are associated with the continental-scale collapse of a pivotal predator (Pycnopodia helianthoides). Science Advances 5 (1), eaau7042

 

Pratchett MS, Bridge TCL, Brodie J, Cameron DS, Day JC, Emslie MJ, et al. (2019) Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. World Seas: an Environmental Evaluation, 333-362

Skirving WJ, Storlazzi CD, Van Dongeren A, McCall RT, Hoeke RK, et al. (2018) An early warning system for marine flooding of reef-lined islands. AGUFM 2018, OS11E-1450

Burn D, Pratchett MS, Heron SF, Thompson CA, Pratchett DJ, Hoey AS (2018) Limited cross-shelf variation in the growth of three branching corals on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Diversity 10 (4), 122

Eakin CM, Liu G, De La Cour JL, Geiger EF, Skirving WJ, Gómez AM, et al. (2018) Use of NOAA Coral Reef Watch Ecoforecasts by resource managers during the 2014-2017 global coral bleaching event. AGUFM 2018, PA21B-0979

Beyer HL, Kennedy EV, Beger M, Chen CA, Cinner JE, Darling ES, et al. (2018) Risk‐sensitive planning for conserving coral reefs under rapid climate change. Conservation Letters 11 (6), e12587

Donahue MJ, Caldwell JM, Heron SF, Ainsworth TD, Leggat W, et al. (2018) Fore-C: Forecasting coral disease in the tropical Pacific. 2018 ESA Annual Meeting (August 5--10)

Abernethy R, Ackerman SA, Adler R, Albanil Encarnación A, Aldeco LS, et al. (2018) State of the climate in 2017. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 99 (8), Si-S310

Anderson KD, Cantin NE, Heron SF, Lough JM, Pratchett MS (2018) Temporal and taxonomic contrasts in coral growth at Davies Reef, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 37 (2), 409-421

Hughes TP, Kerry JT, Baird AH, Connolly SR, Dietzel A, Eakin CM, et al. (2018) Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages. Nature 556 (7702), 492-496

Liu G, Eakin CM, Chen M, Kumar A, De La Cour JL, Heron SF, Geiger EF, et al. (2018) Predicting heat stress to inform reef management: NOAA Coral Reef Watch's 4-month coral bleaching outlook. Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 57

Howells EJ, Dunshea G, McParland D, Vaughan GO, Heron SF, et al. (2018) Species-specific coral calcification responses to the extreme environment of the southern Persian Gulf. Frontiers in Marine Science 5, 56

Heron SF, Liu G, Caldwell J, Donahue M, Greene A, Leggat W, et al. (2018) Improving seasonal forecasting of coral disease outbreak risk. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting

Skirving WJ, Marsh BL, Heron SF, Liu G, De La Cour JL, Maturi E, Harris A, et al. (2018) CoralTemp: A daily global 5km satellite sea surface temperature product (1985 to present). 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting

Hernandez WJ, Armstrong R, Ortiz-Rosa S, Lopez O, Geiger EF, et al. (2018) Higher-resolution satellite data for monitoring water quality in near-shore tropical environments. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting

Eakin CM, De La Cour JL, Geiger EF, Gómez AM, Heron SF, et al. (2018) Implications of multi-year global coral bleaching on a 1.5° C world. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting

Geiger EF, Hernandez WJ, Wang M, De La Cour JL, Liu G, Tirak K, et al. (2018) NOAA Coral Reef Watch near real-time satellite ocean color tools for land-based sources of pollution and coral reef management. 2018 Ocean Sciences Meeting

Bell JD, Albert J, Amos G, Arthur C, Blanc M, Bromhead D, Heron SF, et al. (2018) Operationalising access to oceanic fisheries resources by small-scale fishers to improve food security in the Pacific Islands. Marine Policy 88, 315-322

Hughes TP, Anderson KD, Connolly SR, Heron SF, Kerry JT, Lough JM, et al. (2018) Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene. Science 359 (6371), 80-83

Eakin CM, Lough JM, Heron SF, Liu G (2018) Climate variability and change: monitoring data and evidence for increased coral bleaching stress. Coral Bleaching, 51-84

Schumacher B, Vargas-Angel B, Heron SF (2018) Identifying coral reef resilience potential in Tutuila, American Samoa based on NOAA coral reef monitoring data. National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Skirving WJ, Donner SD, Heron SF (2018) Future scenarios: A review of modelling efforts to predict the future of coral reefs in an era of climate change. In: Coral Bleaching: Patterns, Processes, Causes and Consequences 2nd Edition, 356

Maynard J, Johnson S, Burdick DR, Jarrett A, Gault J, Idechong J, Miller R, et al. (2018) Coral reef resilience to climate change in Guam in 2016. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 29

Skirving WJ, Enríquez S, Hedley JD, Dove SG, Eakin CM, Mason RAB, et al. (2018) Remote sensing of coral bleaching using temperature and light: progress towards an operational algorithm. Remote Sensing 10 (1), 18

Carilli JE, Hartmann AC, Heron SF, Pandolfi JM, Cobb K, Sayani H, et al. (2017) Porites coral response to an oceanographic and human impact gradient in the Line Islands. Limnology and Oceanography 62 (6), 2850-2863

Langlais CE, Lenton A, Heron SF, Evenhuis C, Gupta AS, Brown JN, et al. (2017)Coral bleaching pathways under the control of regional temperature variability

CE Langlais, A Lenton, SF Heron, C Evenhuis, AS Gupta, JN Brown, ...

Nature Climate Change 7 (11), 839-844

Anderson KD, Cantin NE, Heron SF, Pisapia C, Pratchett MS (2017) Variation in growth rates of branching corals along Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Scientific reports 7 (1), 1-13

Donner SD, Rickbeil GJM, Heron SF (2017) A new, high-resolution global mass coral bleaching database. PLoS One 12 (4), e0175490

Wooldridge SA, Heron SF, Brodie JE, Done TJ, Masiri I, Hinrichs S (2017) Excess seawater nutrients, enlarged algal symbiont densities and bleaching sensitive reef locations: 2. A regional-scale predictive model for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin 114 (1), 343-354

Hoegh-Guldberg O, Poloczanska ES, Skirving WJ, Dove SG (2017) Coral reef ecosystems under climate change and ocean acidification. Frontiers in Marine Science 4, 158

Hughes TP, Kerry JT, Álvarez-Noriega M, Álvarez-Romero JG, Anderson KD, Baird AH, et al. (2017) Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals. Nature 543 (7645), 373-377

Heron SF, Eakin CM, Douvere F, Anderson KL, Day JC, Geiger EF, et al. (2017) Impacts of climate change on World Heritage coral reefs: A first global scientific assessment. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Van Hooidonk R, Maynard J, Tamelander J, Gove J, Ahmadia G, et al. (2017) Coral bleaching futures: Downscaled projections of bleaching conditions for the world’s coral reefs, implications of climate policy and management responses. United Nations Environment Programme

Liu G, Skirving WJ, Geiger EF, De La Cour JL, Marsh BL, Heron SF, et al. (2017) NOAA Coral Reef Watch’s 5km satellite coral bleaching heat stress monitoring product suite version 3 and four-month outlook version 4. Reef Encounter 32 (1), 39-45

Van Hooidonk R, Maynard J, Tamelander, Gove J, Ahmadia G, et al. (2016) Local-scale projections of coral reef futures and implications of the Paris Agreement. Scientific reports 6 (1), 1-8

Eakin CM, Liu G, Geiger EF, Heron SF, Skirving WJ, De La Cour JL, et al. (2016) A crucial time for reefs: Climate change, El Niño, and the 2014-16 global bleaching event. AGUOS 2016, PC52A-01

Heron SF, Maynard JA, Van Hooidonk R, Eakin CM (2016) Warming trends and bleaching stress of the world’s coral reefs 1985–2012. Scientific reports 6, 38402

Van De Water JAJM, Lamb JB, Heron SF, Van Oppen MJH, Willis BL (2016) Temporal patterns in innate immunity parameters in reef‐building corals and linkages with local climatic conditions. Ecosphere 7 (11), e01505

Pollock FJ, Lamb JB, Field SN, Heron SF, Schaffelke B, Shedrawi G, et al. (2016) Correction: sediment and turbidity associated with offshore dredging increase coral disease prevalence on nearby reefs. Plos one 11 (11), e0165541

Caldwell JM, Burns JHR, Couch C, Ross M, Runyon C, Takabayashi M, et al. (2016) Hawaiʻi Coral Disease database (HICORDIS): species-specific coral health data from across the Hawaiian archipelago. Data in brief 8, 1054-1058

Keith SA, Maynard JA, Edwards AJ, Guest JR, Bauman AG, et al. (2016) Coral mass spawning predicted by rapid seasonal rise in ocean temperature. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283 (1830), 20160011

Maynard JA, Beeden R, Puotinen M, Johnson JE, Marshall P, et al. (2016) Great Barrier Reef no‐take areas include a range of disturbance regimes. Conservation Letters 9 (3), 191-199

Ainsworth TD, Heron SF, Ortiz JC, Mumby PJ, Grech A, Ogawa D, et al. (2016) Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef. Science 352 (6283), 338-342

Groner ML, Maynard J, Breyta R, Carnegie RB, Dobson A, Friedman CS, et al. (2016) Managing marine disease emergencies in an era of rapid change. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 (1689), 20150364

Maynard J, Van Hooidonk R, Harvell CD, Eakin CM, Liu G, Willis BL, et al. (2016) Improving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 371 (1689) 20150208

Welch H, Pressey RL, Heron SF, Ceccarelli DM, Hobday AJ (2016) Regimes of chlorophyll‐a in the Coral Sea: implications for evaluating adequacy of marine protected areas. Ecography 39 (3), 289-304

Johnston L, Heron SF, Johnson S, Okano R, Benavente D, Iguel J, et al. (2016) Influence of coral community structure and thermal stress exposure on observed patterns of bleaching across the orthern Mariana Islands. AGUOS 2016, PC54B-2261

Hedley JD, Roelfsema CM, Chollett I, Harborne AR, Heron SF, Weeks S, et al. (2016) Remote sensing of coral reefs for monitoring and management: a review. Remote Sensing 8 (2), 118

Geiger EF, Strong AE, Eakin CM, Wang M, Hernandez WJ, et al. (2016) Monitoring land based sources of pollution over coral reefs using VIIRS ocean color products. AGUOS 2016, ME54B-0927

Caldwell JM, Heron SF, Eakin CM, Donahue MJ (2016) Satellite SST-based coral disease outbreak predictions for the Hawaiian Archipelago. Remote sensing 8 (2), 93

Eakin CM, Liu G, Gómez AM, De La Cour JL, Heron SF, Skirving WJ, et al. (2016) Global coral bleaching 2014–2017: status and an appeal for observations. Reef Encounter 31 (1), 20-26

Mohammed SS, Heron SF, Mahabir R, Clarke RM (2016) Performance evaluation of CRW reef-scale and broad-scale SST-based coral monitoring products in fringing reef systems of Tobago. Remote Sensing 8 (1), 12

Heron SF, Johnston L, Liu G, Geiger EF, Maynard JA, De La Cour JL, et al. (2016) Validation of reef-scale thermal stress satellite products for coral bleaching monitoring. Remote Sensing 8 (1), 59

Maynard JA, McKagan S, Raymundo L, Johnson S, Ahmadia GN, et al. (2015) Assessing relative resilience potential of coral reefs to inform management. Biological Conservation 192, 109-119

Magris RA, Heron SF, Pressey RL (2015) Conservation planning for coral reefs accounting for climate warming disturbances. PLoS One 10 (11), e0140828

Maynard JA, Van Hooidonk R, Eakin CM, Puotinen M, Garren M, et al. (2015) Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence. Nature Climate Change 5 (7), 688-694

Anderson KD, Heron SF, Pratchett MS (2015) Species-specific declines in the linear extension of branching corals at a subtropical reef, Lord Howe Island. Coral Reefs 34 (2), 479-490

Anthony KRN, Marshall PA, Abdulla A, Beeden R, Bergh C, Black R, et al. (2015) Operationalizing resilience for adaptive coral reef management under global environmental change. Global Change Biology 21 (1), 48-61

Maynard JA, McKagan SC, Raymundo LJ, Johnson S, Ahmadia G, et al. (2015) Assessing relative resilience potential of coral reefs to inform management in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 22

Maynard JA, Parker BAA, Beeden R, Tamelander J, McGowan P, et al. (2015) Coral Reef Resilience Research and Management--Past, Present and Future: workshop report. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 20

Liu G, Heron SF, Eakin CM, Muller-Karger FE, Vega-Rodriguez M, guild LS, et al. (2014) Reef-scale thermal stress monitoring of coral ecosystems: new 5-km global products from NOAA Coral Reef Watch. Remote Sensing 6 (11), 11579-11606

Heron SF, Liu G, Rauenzahn JL, Christensen TRL, Skirving WJ, et al. (2014) Improvements to and continuity of operational global thermal stress monitoring for coral bleaching. Journal of Operational Oceanography 7 (2), 3-11

Pollock FJ, Lamb JB, Field SN, Heron SF, Schaffelke B, Shedrawi G, et al. (2014) Sediment and turbidity associated with offshore dredging increase coral disease prevalence on nearby reefs. PLOS one 9 (7), e102498

Pascoe S, Doshi A, Thébaud O, Thomas CR, Schuttenberg HZ, Heron SF, et al. (2014) Estimating the potential impact of entry fees for marine parks on dive tourism in South East Asia. Marine Policy 47, 147-152

Garde LA, Spillman CM, Heron SF, Beeden RJ (2014) Reef Temp Next Generation: A new operational system for monitoring reef thermal stress. Journal of Operational Oceanography 7 (1), 21-33

Heron SF, Liu G, Eakin CM, Skirving WJ, Muller-Karger FE, et al. (2014) Climatology development for NOAA Coral Reef Watch's 5-km product suite. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 145

Hoegh-Guldberg, Cai R, Poloczanska ES, Brewer PG, Sundby S, et al. (2014) The ocean. Cambridge University Press

Liu G, Heron SF, Eakin CM, Rauenzahn JL, Geiger EF, Skirving WJ, et al. (2014) NOAA coral reef watch’s next-generation 5 km satellite coral bleaching thermal stress monitoring. News Int. Soc. Reef Stud 29, 27-29

Eakin CM, Rauenzahn JL, Liu G, Heron SF, Skirving WJ, Geiger EF, et al. (2014) Will 2014-2015 be the next big El Niño? If so, what might it mean for coral reefs. Reef Encounter 29 (5), 30-35

Bauman AG, Feary DA, Heron SF, Pratchett MS, Burt JA (2013) Multiple environmental factors influence the spatial distribution and structure of reef communities in the northeastern Arabian Peninsula. Marine Pollution Bulletin 72 (2), 302-312

Pratchett MS, McCowan D, Maynard JA, Heron SF (2013) Changes in bleaching susceptibility among corals subject to ocean warming and recurrent bleaching in Moorea, French Polynesia. PLoS one 8 (7), e70443

Mcleod E, Green A, Game E, Anthony K, Cinner J, Heron SF, Kleypas JA, et al. (2013) Integrating Climate and Ocean Change Vulnerability into Conservation Planning. AGUSM 2013, IN21B-03

Gove JM, Williams GJ, McManus MA, Heron SF, Sandin SA, Vetter OJ, et al. (2013) Quantifying climatological ranges and anomalies for Pacific coral reef ecosystems. PloS one 8 (4), e61974

Bauman AG, Pratchett MS, Baird AH, Riegl B, Heron SF, Feary DA (2013) Variation in the size structure of corals is related to environmental extremes in the Persian Gulf. Marine environmental research 84, 43-50

Heron ML, Pichel WG, Heron SF (2013) Radar Applications. Coral Reef Remote Sensing, 341-371

Liu G, Rauenzahn JL, Heron SF, Eakin Cm, Skirving WJ, Christensen TRL, et al. (2013) NOAA coral reef watch 50 km satellite sea surface temperature-based decision support system for coral bleaching management. NOAA Technical Report NESDIS 143

Weeks SJ, Berkelmans R, Heron SF (2013) Thermal applications. Coral Reef Remote Sensing, 313-339

Heron SF, Heron ML, Pichel WG (2013) Thermal and radar overview. Coral Reef Remote Sensing, 285-312

McLeod E, Green A, Game E, Anthony K, Cinner J, Heron SF, Kleypas J, et al. (2012) Integrating climate and ocean change vulnerability into conservation planning. Coastal Management 40 (6), 651-672

Mantovanelli A, Heron ML, Heron SF, Steinberg CR (2012) Relative dispersion of surface drifters in a barrier reef region. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 117 (C11)

McClanahan TR, Donner SD, Maynard JA, MacNeil MA, Graham NAJ, et al. (2012) Prioritizing key resilience indicators to support coral reef management in a changing climate. PloS one 7 (8), e42884

Hendee J, Gramer L, Heron SF, Jankulak M, Amornthammarong N, Shoemaker M, et al. (2012) Wireless architectures for coral reef environmental monitoring. Proceedings of 12th international coral reef symposium, Cairns, Australia.

Liu G, Eakin CM, Rauenzahn JL, Christensen TRL, Heron SF, Li J, et al. (2012) NOAA Coral Reef Watch’s decision support system for coral reef management. Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia.

Chollett I, Müller-Karger FE, Heron SF, Skirving WJ, Mumby PJ (2012) Seasonal and spatial heterogeneity of recent sea surface temperature trends in the Caribbean Sea and southeast Gulf of Mexico. Marine pollution bulletin 64 (5), 956-965

Heron SF, Pressey RL, Skirving WJ, Rauenzahn JL, Parker BAA, Eakin CM (2012) Identifying oceanic thermal anomalies in the Coral Triangle Region. 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia.

Heron SF, Maynard J, Willis B, Christensen TRL, Harvell CD, et al. (2012) Developments in understanding relationships between environmental conditions and coral disease. 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, Cairns, Australia.

Simpson MC, Scott D, New M, Sim R, Smith D, Harrison M, et al. (2012) An overview of modelling climate change impacts in the Caribbean Region with contribution from the Pacific Islands. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)

Strong AE, Liu G, Skirving WJ, Eakin CM (2011) NOAA's Coral Reef Watch program from satellite observations. Annals of GIS 17 (2), 83-92

Mumby PJ, Elliott IA, Eakin CM, Skirving WJ, Paris CB, Edwards HJ, et al. (2011) Reserve design for uncertain responses of coral reefs to climate change. Ecology letters 14 (2), 132-140

Beeden R, Maynard JA, Marshall PA, Heron SF, Willis BL (2011) A framework for responding to coral disease outbreaks that facilitates adaptive management. Environmental management 49 (1), 1-13

Spillman CM, Heron SF, Jury MR, Anthony KRN (2011) Climate change and carbon threats to coral reefs: National meteorological and ocean services as sentinels. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 92 (12), 1581-1586

DiMassa DD, Heron ML, Heron SF (2011) HF radar: A tool for coral reef planning and management. OCEANS'11 MTS/IEEE KONA, 1-5

Maynard JA, Anthony KRN, Harvell CD, Burgman MA, Beeden R et al. (2011) Predicting outbreaks of a climate-driven coral disease in the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 30 (2), 485-495

Li J, Eakin CM, Muller-Karger FE, Guild LS, Nemani RR, Hu C, Lynds SE, et al. (2010) A high-resolution SST climatology set for next generation NOAA Coral Reef Watch decision support system. AGUFM 2010, OS13A-1219

Eakin CM, Donner SD, Logan CA, Gledhill DK, Liu G, Heron SF, et al. (2010) Thresholds for coral bleaching: Are synergistic factors and shifting thresholds changing the landscape for management? AGUFM 2010, B32A-04

Eakin Cm, Nim CJ, Brainard RE, Aubrecht C, Elvidge C, Gledhill DK, et al. (2010) Monitoring coral reefs from space. Oceanography 23 (4), 118-133

Rauenzahn JL, Eakin CM, Skirving WJ, Burgess T, Christensen TRL, Heron SF, et al. (2010) NOAA Coral Reef Watch: Decision support tools for coral reef managers. AGUFM 2010, OS13A-1218

Eakin CM, Liu G, Li J, Muller-Karger FE, Heron SF, Gledhill DK, et al. (2010) Coral reef remote sensing: Helping managers protect reefs in a changing climate. AGUFM 2010, OS12A-04

Eakin CM, Morgan JA, Heron SF, Smith TB, Liu G, Alverez-Filip L, Baca B, et al. (2010) Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. PloS one 5 (11), e13969

Heron SF, Steinberg CR, Heron ML, Manto-Vanelli A, Skirving WJ, et al. (2010) Advancing ocean monitoring near coral reefs. Transactions American Geophysical Union 91 (41), 369-370

Skirving WJ (2010) Predicting coral stress by combining surface measurements of temperature and light from NOAA POES and GOES satellites. 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Eakin CM, Morgan JA, Heron SF, Smith TB, Liu G, Alvarez-Filip L, Baca B, et al. (2010) Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. PloS one 5 (11), e13969

Heron SF, Willis BL, Skirving WJ, Eakin CM, Page CA, Miller IR (2010) Summer hot snaps and winter conditions: modelling white syndrome outbreaks on Great Barrier Reef corals. PloS one 5 (8), e12210

Eakin CM, Morgan JA, Heron SF, Smith TB, Liu G, Alvarez-Filip L, Baca B, et al. (2010) Caribbean corals in crisis: Record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. PloS one, 5 (11), e13969.

Nim CJ, Skirving WJ, Eakin CM (2010) Satellite monitoring of reef vulnerability in a changing climate. NOAA Technical Report CRCP1

Skirving WJ, Heron SF, Steinberg CR, McLean CC, Parker B, Eakin CM, et al. (2010) Determining thermal capacitance for protected area network design in Palau. NOAA Technical Memorandum CRCP 12

Christensen TRL, Mumby PJ, Chollett I, Hedley J, Bejarano S, Skirving WJ, et al. (2010) Directory of remote sensing applications for coral reef management. CRTR Remote Sensing Working Group

Eakin CM, Liu G, Morgan JA, Christensen TRL, Matrosova L, Penland MC, et al. (2010) Climate change, coral bleaching, and the application of climate forecasts. Proceedings from the 2010 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting

Mumby PJ, Chritensen TRL, Chollett I, Hedley J, Bejarano S, Skirving WJ, et al. (2010) Directory of remote sensing: Applications for coral reef management. University of Queensland-Centre for Marine Studies-Coral Reef Targeted Research & Capacity Building for Management Program.

DiMassa DD, Heron ML, Mantovanelli A, Heron SF, Steinberg C (2010) Can vertical mixing from turbulent kinetic energy mitigate coral bleaching? An application of high frequency ocean radar. OCEANS'10 IEEE SYDNEY, 1-5

Liu G, Skirving WJ, Iglesias R, Hedley J, Burgess T, Enriquez S, et al. (2010) A new experimental satellite monitoring product combining light and temperature stresses for detecting and predicting mass thermal coral bleaching. Proceedings from the 2010 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting

Eakin CM, Liu G, Morgan J, Christensen TRL, Matrosova L, Penland MC, et al. (2010) Climate change, coral bleaching, and the application of climate forecasts. Proceedings from the 2010 AGU Ocean Sciences Meeting

Strong AE, Liu G, Skirving WJ, Christensen TRL, Eakin CM, Heron SF, et al. (2010) Monitoring a changing climate for coral reef ecosystems over the next few decades- Signals from the past 25 years. American Meteorological Society.[np]. 27 Sep

Peñaflor EL, Skirving WJ, Strong AE, Heron SF, David LT (2009) Sea-surface temperature and thermal stress in the Coral Triangle over the past two decades. Coral Reefs 28 (4), 841

Liu G, Eakin CM, Matrosova L, Penland MC, Webb RS, Pulwarty RS, et al. (2009) Global seasonal forecasting of thermal stress conducive to mass coral bleaching events. AGUFM 2009, NH41A-1233

Parker BA, Christensen TRL, Heron SF, Morgan JA, Eakin CM (2009) A classroom activity using satellite sea surface temperatures to predict coral bleaching. Oceanography 22 (2), 252-257

Hollins SE, Heron SF, Ridd PV (2009) Methods for monitoring tidal flushing in large animal burrows in tropical mangrove swamps. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 82 (4), 615-620

Gledhill DK, Eakin CM, Wanninkhof R, Liu G, Christensen TRL, Heron SF, et al. (2009) Regional monitoring of ocean acidification in coral reef environments. AGUSM 2009, OS32A-05

Eakin CM, Liu G, Matrosova L, Penland MC, Gledhill DK, Webb RS, et al. (2009) Global forecasting of coral bleaching events. AGUSM 2009, OS32A-01

Eakin CM, Skirving WJ, Iglesias-Prieto R, Dove SG, Hedley J, et al. (2009) Predicting the onset and severity of coral bleaching and mortality using satellite-observed light and temperature. AGUSM 2009, OS23B-04

Heron SF, Willis BL, Skirving WJ, Page CA, Eakin CM, Miller IR, et al. (2009) Predicting the risk of coral disease outbreak using satellite SST. AGUSM 2009, OS32A-07

Heron SF, Skirving WJ, Christensen TRL, Eakin CM, Gledhill DK, Liu G, et al. (2009) Satellite SST trends and climatologies-how many years is enough? AGUSM 2009, OS23B-03

Eakin CM, Lough JM, Heron SF (2009) Climate variability and change: monitoring data and evidence for increased coral bleaching stress. Coral bleaching, 41-67

Donner SD, Heron SF, Skirving WJ (2009) Future scenarios: a review of modelling efforts to predict the future of coral reefs in an era of climate change. Coral Bleaching, 159-173

Heron ML, Prytz A, Heron SF, Helzel T, Schlick T, Greenslade DJM, et al. (2008) Tsunami observations by coastal ocean radar. International Journal of Remote sensing 29 (21), 6347-6359

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 (2), 63-71

Liu G, Matrosova LE, Penland C, Gledhill DK, Eakin CM, Webb RS, et al. (2008) NOAA Coral Reef Watch coral bleaching outlook system. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 951-955

Fenner D, Heron SF (2008) Annual summer bleaching of a multi-species coral community in backreef pools of American Samoa: a window on the future? Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, 1289-1293

Strong AE, Liu G, Eakin CM, Christensen TRL, Skirving WJ, Gledhill DK, et al. (2008) Implications for our coral reefs in a changing climate over the next few decades—hints from the past 22 years. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1324-1328

Heron SF, Ridd PV (2008) The tidal flushing of multiple-loop animal burrows. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 78 (1), 135-144

Morgan J, Heron SF, Eakin CM (2008) The 2005 bleaching event: coral-list log. Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005, 37-44

Heron ML, Heron SF, Skirving WJ (2008) Mitigation of coral bleaching on the reef front by wave mixing. Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences

Eakin CM, Gledhill DK, Heron SF, Skirving WJ, Christensen TRL, Morgan JA, et al. (2007) Few like it hot: Coral reef reponses to elevated temperatures and CO2. AGUFM 2007, B53E-05

Heron ML, Ridd RV, Greenslade DJM, Skirving WJ, Heron SF (2007) HF coastal ocean radar in an observing system. Coasts and Ports 2007: 18th Australasian Coastal and Ocean Engineering Conference

Heron ML, Willis BL, Prytz A, Cetina-Heredia P, Mao Y, Hoegh-Guldberg O, et al. (2006) HF ocean surface radar monitoring for coral bleaching in the Great Barrier Reef

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