Highlights of our recent trip to check on next generation #corals on the #GreatBarrierReef and the first field tests of Assisted Gene Flow.

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Another good paper! Nice work Mariana Alvarez

Coral bleaching 101 gbrmpa.gov.au/the-reef/reef-… Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority

Have you seen our live underwater cameras yet? Visit jcu.edu.au/classroom-on-t… @jamescookuniversity #coral #sharksofinstagram #marinescience #welovescience🔬⚗️📝🤓 instagram.com/p/CGwxabqBKPy/…

It’s very exciting to see this published at last. Over 6000 coral spawning observations from >300 species! The Coral Spawning Database (CSD) will, hopefully become a valuable resource for anyone working on coral reproduction. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Autumn coral spawning at Australian Institute of Marine Science and SeaSim. Fingers crossed for tonight. Species: Acropora digitifera #WhyNot

Crustose coralline algae (CCA) ID workshop at Australian Institute of Marine Science Functional roles in #coral reef ecosystems: - reef calcification and cementation - induce larval settlement of many benthic organisms

Playing "guess the number of embryos!" during last night's coral #spawnathon2021 in the SeaSim Australian Institute of Marine Science... and the newest spawner took home the brownie!🏆 #lovemyjob

Coral spawning Oct2021 for the inshore corals at Australian Institute of Marine Science and the classic red lights at SeaSim.

Back from Davies Reef after another census of the coral fragments deployed in August’2021. What we are seeing is definitely promising! - Wulgurukaba/Bindal Sea Country - Australian Institute of Marine Science SeaSim #antifouling #restoration #RRAP

More corals, more devices. Preparations for another round of deployment and experiments on the #GBR. - Wulgurukaba/Bindal Sea Country - Australian Institute of Marine Science SeaSim #antifouling #restoration #RRAP

It is now known that most animals have an alternative cysteine biosynthesis pathway thanks to a coral called 𝘈𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘦𝘴 (pictured). The coral genome was sequenced by the @CoralSymBiomiX team. 🔗 disc.kaust.link/cysteine-surpr… Australian Institute of Marine Science 📸 Jose Montalvo-Proano

And after 5 years, these F1 #Acroporaloripes are giving us their F2 offspring for the first time. The F1 were bred back in the day at SeaSim when doing my PhD here at Australian Institute of Marine Science

📢NEW PAPER led by AIMS scientist Mariana Alvarez-Noriega out now! Fast-growing table #coral species, critical for #GreatBarrierReef recovery, are affected by high mortality and slower growth when exposed to warm water. Out in Royal Society Publishing royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

How does #climate affect the life of #fish in different global regions? This #PLOSBiology modelling study predicts how #GlobalWarming will change the size and reproductive rates of marine fish @djm_MEEG Geometric Biology @Craig_R_White Mariana Alvarez plos.io/427Pz0k

Nice work Mariana Alvarez!

Things that I’ve been working on.