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Associate Professor Tracy Ainsworth

Associate Professor

Science

School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences

E-mail

tracy.ainsworth@unsw.edu.au

Publications

Books | 2011

Graham NAJ; Ainsworth TD; Baird AH; Ban NC; Bay LK; Cinner JE; De Freitas DM; Diaz-Pulido G; Dornelas M; Dunn SR; Fidelman PIJ; Foret S; Good TC; Kool J; Mallela J; Penin L; Pratchett MS; Williamson DH, 2011, From microbes to people: Tractable benefits of no-take areas for coral reefs
Book Chapters | 2023

Ross PM; Scanes E; Byrne M; Ainsworth TD; Donelson JM; Foo SA; Hutchings P; Thiyagarajan V; Parker LM, 2023, 'SURVIVING THE ANTHROPOCENE: THE RESILIENCE OF MARINE ANIMALS TO CLIMATE CHANGE', in Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review, Volume 61, pp. 35 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/9781003363873-3

Book Chapters | 2019

Leggat W; Gierz S; Hernandez-Agreda A; Ainsworth TD, 2019, 'The Mesophotic Coral Microbial Biosphere', in Coral Reefs of the World, pp. 493 - 505, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-92735-0_28

Book Chapters | 2015

Bourne DG; Ainsworth TD; Willis BL, 2015, 'White Syndromes of Indo-Pacific Corals', in Diseases of Coral, pp. 300 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/9781118828502.ch21

Book Chapters | 2011

Graham N; Ainsworth T; Baird A; Ban N; Bay L; Cinner J; De Freitas D; Diaz-Pulido G; Dornelas M; Dunn S; Fidelman P; Foret S; Good T; Kool J; Mallela J; Penin L; Pratchett M; Williamson D, 2011, 'From microbes to people', in Oceanography and Marine Biology, CRC Press, http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/b11009-4
Journal articles | 2025

Cornet VJ; Cantin NE; Joyce KE; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD; Heron SF, 2025, 'Enhancing coral bleaching predictive tools through integrating sensitivity to heat exposure', Biological Conservation, 302, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110958

Journal articles | 2025

Ho ML; Page C; Leggat B; Gaston T; Eckhardt S; Ainsworth T, 2025, 'Anthropogenic Impacts on Coral-Algal Interactions of the Subtropical Lagoonal Reef, Norfolk Island', Integrative Organismal Biology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaf004

Journal articles | 2024

Eckhardt S; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W; Page CE, 2024, 'Colonial Ascidian Populations at Inshore Coral Reefs of Norfolk Island, South Pacific', Diversity, 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d16070384

Journal articles | 2024

Ho ML; Lagisz M; Nakagawa S; Perkins-Kirkpatrick S; Sawyers P; Page C; Leggat B; Gaston T; Hobday AJ; Richards Z; Ainsworth T, 2024, 'What is the evidence for the impact of ocean warming on subtropical and temperate corals and coral reefs? A systematic map', Environmental Evidence, 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13750-024-00349-y

Journal articles | 2024

Page CE; Anderson E; Ainsworth TD, 2024, 'Building living systematic reviews and reporting standards for comparative microscopic analysis of white diseases in hard corals', Ecology and Evolution, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11616

Journal articles | 2024

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, 43, pp. 1121 - 1125, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02504-w

Journal articles | 2024

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

Journal articles | 2024

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

Journal articles | 2024

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pclm.0000080

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2023

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

Journal articles | 2022

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

Journal articles | 2022

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

Journal articles | 2022

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

Journal articles | 2022

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

Journal articles | 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

Journal articles | 2022

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

Journal articles | 2022

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2021

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2020

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

Journal articles | 2019

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

Journal articles | 2019

Fordyce AJ; Ainsworth TD; Heron SF; Leggat W, 2019, 'Marine heatwave hotspots in coral reef environments: Physical drivers, ecophysiological outcomes and impact upon structural complexity', Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00498

Journal articles | 2019

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2019, 'A place for taxonomic profiling in the study of the coral prokaryotic microbiome', FEMS Microbiology Letters, 366, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/femsle/fnz063

Journal articles | 2019

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

Journal articles | 2019

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

Journal articles | 2019

Page CE; Leggat W; Heron SF; Choukroun SM; Lloyd J; Ainsworth TD, 2019, 'BioEssays 7∕2019', BioEssays, 41, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/bies.201970071

Journal articles | 2019

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

Journal articles | 2019

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

Journal articles | 2019

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

Journal articles | 2019

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

Journal articles | 2019

Wada N; Ishimochi M; Matsui T; Pollock J; Tang S-L; Ainsworth T; Willis B; Mano N; Bourne D, 2019, 'Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coralAcropora hyacinthus', , http://dx.doi.org/10.1101/576488

Journal articles | 2018

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2018, 'A comparative analysis of microbial DNA preparation methods for use with massive and branching coral growth forms', Frontiers in Microbiology, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.02146

Journal articles | 2018

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Bongaerts P; Herrera C; Ainsworth TD, 2018, 'Rethinking the coral microbiome: Simplicity exists within a diverse microbial biosphere', mBio, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00812-18

Journal articles | 2017

Ainsworth TD; Fordyce AJ; Camp EF, 2017, 'The Other Microeukaryotes of the Coral Reef Microbiome', Trends in Microbiology, 25, pp. 980 - 991, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2017.06.007

Journal articles | 2017

Bonesso JL; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2017, '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.2949v1

Journal articles | 2017

Bonesso JL; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 'Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury', PeerJ, 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3719

Journal articles | 2017

Fordyce AJ; Camp EF; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 'Polyp bailout in Pocillopora damicornis following thermal stress', F1000Research, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.11522.2

Journal articles | 2017

Hernandez-Agreda A; Gates RD; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 'Defining the Core Microbiome in Corals’ Microbial Soup', Trends in Microbiology, 25, pp. 125 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2016.11.003

Journal articles | 2017

Prazeres M; Ainsworth T; Roberts TE; Pandolfi JM; Leggat W, 2017, 'Symbiosis and microbiome flexibility in calcifying benthic foraminifera of the great Barrier Reef', Microbiome, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/S40168-017-0257-7

Journal articles | 2017

Putnam HM; Barott KL; Ainsworth TD; Gates RD, 2017, 'The Vulnerability and Resilience of Reef-Building Corals', Current Biology, 27, pp. R528 - R540, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.04.047

Journal articles | 2016

Ainsworth TD; Gates RD, 2016, 'Corals' microbial sentinels: The coral microbiome will be key to future reef health', Science, 352, pp. 1518 - 1519, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aad9957

Journal articles | 2016

Ainsworth TD; Heron SF; Ortiz JC; Mumby PJ; Grech A; Ogawa D; Eakin CM; Leggat W, 2016, 'Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef', Science, 352, pp. 338 - 342, http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aac7125

Journal articles | 2016

Cinner JE; Pratchett MS; Graham NAJ; Messmer V; Fuentes MMPB; Ainsworth T; Ban N; Bay LK; Blythe J; Dissard D; Dunn S; Evans L; Fabinyi M; Fidelman P; Figueiredo J; Frisch AJ; Fulton CJ; Hicks CC; Lukoschek V; Mallela J; Moya A; Penin L; Rummer JL; Walker S; Williamson DH, 2016, 'A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social–ecological systems', Regional Environmental Change, 16, pp. 1133 - 1146, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10113-015-0832-z

Journal articles | 2016

Correa AMS; Ainsworth TD; Rosales SM; Thurber AR; Butler CR; Vega Thurber RL, 2016, 'Viral outbreak in corals associated with an in situ bleaching event: Atypical herpes-like viruses and a new megavirus infecting symbiodinium', Frontiers in Microbiology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2016.00127

Journal articles | 2016

Hernandez-Agreda A; Leggat W; Bongaerts P; Ainsworth TD, 2016, 'The microbial signature provides insight into the mechanistic basis of coral success across reef habitats', mBio, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00560-16

Journal articles | 2016

Kelly LA; Heintz T; Lamb JB; Ainsworth TD; Willis BL, 2016, 'Ecology and pathology of novel plaque-like growth anomalies affecting a reef-building coral on the great barrier reef', Frontiers in Marine Science, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2016.00151

Journal articles | 2016

Wada N; Pollock FJ; Willis BL; Ainsworth T; Mano N; Bourne DG, 2016, 'In situ visualization of bacterial populations in coral tissues: Pitfalls and solutions', PeerJ, 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2424

Journal articles | 2015

Ainsworth TD; Knack B; Ukani L; Seneca F; Weiss Y; Leggat W, 2015, 'In situ hybridisation detects pro-apoptotic gene expression of a Bcl-2 family member in white syndrome-affected coral', Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 117, pp. 155 - 163, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/dao02882

Journal articles | 2015

Ainsworth TD; Krause L; Bridge T; Torda G; Raina JB; Zakrzewski M; Gates RD; Padilla-Gamiño JL; Spalding HL; Smith C; Woolsey ES; Bourne DG; Bongaerts P; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Leggat W, 2015, 'The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts', ISME Journal, 9, pp. 2261 - 2274, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ismej.2015.39

Journal articles | 2015

Bourne DG; Ainsworth TD; Pollock FJ; Willis BL, 2015, 'Towards a better understanding of white syndromes and their causes on Indo-Pacific coral reefs', Coral Reefs, 34, pp. 233 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-014-1239-x

Journal articles | 2015

Casey JM; Connolly SR; Ainsworth TD, 2015, 'Coral transplantation triggers shift in microbiome and promotion of coral disease associated potential pathogens', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep11903

Journal articles | 2015

Hess S; Wenger AS; Ainsworth TD; Rummer JL, 2015, 'Exposure of clownfish larvae to suspended sediment levels found on the Great Barrier Reef: Impacts on gill structure and microbiome', Scientific Reports, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep10561

Journal articles | 2015

Li X; Gorle AK; Ainsworth TD; Heimann K; Woodward CE; collins J; Richard Keene F, 2015, 'RNA and DNA binding of inert oligonuclear ruthenium( ii ) complexes in live eukaryotic cells', Dalton Trans., 44, pp. 3594 - 3603, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/C4DT02575J

Journal articles | 2015

Van De Water JAJM; Ainsworth TD; Leggat W; Bourne DG; Willis BL; Van Oppen MJH, 2015, 'The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration', Molecular Ecology, 24, pp. 3390 - 3404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/mec.13257

Journal articles | 2015

van de Water JAJM; Leggat W; Bourne DG; van Oppen MJH; Willis BL; Ainsworth TD, 2015, 'Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage', Hydrobiologia, 759, pp. 201 - 214, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-015-2243-z

Journal articles | 2014

Casey JM; Ainsworth TD; Choat JH; Connolly SR, 2014, 'Farming behaviour of reef fishes increases the prevalence of coral disease associated microbes and black band disease', Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2014.1032

Journal articles | 2013

Ogawa D; Bobeszko T; Ainsworth T; Leggat W, 2013, 'The combined effects of temperature and CO2 lead to altered gene expression in Acropora aspera', Coral Reefs, 32, pp. 895 - 907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00338-013-1046-9

Journal articles | 2013

Weiss Y; Forêt S; Hayward DC; Ainsworth T; King R; Ball EE; Miller DJ, 2013, 'The acute transcriptional response of the coral Acropora millepora to immune challenge: Expression of GiMAP/IAN genes links the innate immune responses of corals with those of mammals and plants', BMC Genomics, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-14-400

Journal articles | 2011

Ainsworth TD; Wasmund K; Ukani L; Seneca F; Yellowlees D; Miller D; Leggat W, 2011, 'Defining the tipping point. A complex cellular life/death balance in corals in response to stress', Scientific Reports, 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep00160

Journal articles | 2011

Bay LK; Cumbo VR; Abrego D; Kool JT; Ainsworth TD; Willis BL, 2011, 'Infection dynamics vary between Symbiodinium Types and cell surface treatments during establishment of endosymbiosis with coral larvae', Diversity, 3, pp. 356 - 374, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/d3030356

Journal articles | 2011

Gates RD; Ainsworth TD, 2011, 'The nature and taxonomic composition of coral symbiomes as drivers of performance limits in scleractinian corals', Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408, pp. 94 - 101, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.07.029

Journal articles | 2011

Leggat W; Seneca F; Wasmund K; Ukani L; Yellowlees D; Ainsworth TD, 2011, 'Differential responses of the coral host and their algal symbiont to thermal stress', PLoS ONE, 6, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026687

Journal articles | 2010

Ainsworth TD; Thurber RV; Gates RD, 2010, 'The future of coral reefs: a microbial perspective', Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 25, pp. 233 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2009.11.001

Journal articles | 2010

Andersen SB; Vestergaard ML; Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Kühl M, 2010, 'Acute Tissue Death (white syndrome) Affects the Microenvironment of Tabular Acropora Corals', Aquatic Biology, 10, pp. 99 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.3354/ab00270

Journal articles | 2010

Brooker RM; Munday PL; Ainsworth TD, 2010, 'Diets of coral-dwelling fishes of the genus Gobiodon with evidence of corallivory', Journal of Fish Biology, 76, pp. 2578 - 2583, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-8649.2010.02644.x

Journal articles | 2010

Kvennefors ECE; Leggat W; Kerr CC; Ainsworth TD; Hoegh-Guldberg O; Barnes AC, 2010, 'Analysis of evolutionarily conserved innate immune components in coral links immunity and symbiosis', Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 34, pp. 1219 - 1229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dci.2010.06.016

Journal articles | 2009

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

Journal articles | 2008

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

Journal articles | 2008

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

Journal articles | 2008

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

Journal articles | 2008

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

Journal articles | 2008

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

Journal articles | 2007

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

Journal articles | 2007

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

Journal articles | 2007

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

Journal articles | 2007

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

Journal articles | 2007

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

Journal articles | 2006

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

Journal articles | 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

Journal articles | 2006

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
Preprints | 2023

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, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3064933/v1

Preprints | 2023

Page C; Anderson E; Ainsworth T, 2023, 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

Preprints | 2023

Ricci F; Leggat W; Pasella M; Bridge T; Horowitz J; Girguis P; Ainsworth T, 2023, Deep sea treasures - insights from museum archives shed light on coral microbial diversity and functioning within deepest ocean ecosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2934705/v1

Preprints | 2023

Ricci F; Leggat W; Pasella M; Bridge T; Horowitz J; Girguis P; Ainsworth T, 2023, 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

Preprints | 2023

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

Preprints | 2022

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

Preprints | 2022

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

Preprints | 2017

Bonesso JL; Leggat W; Ainsworth TD, 2017, 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

Preprints |

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

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