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Comrades! Coral Finder 2021 has landed. Finally a practical, for-the-people, molecular compliant field guide to Indo Pacific hard coral genera. Spread the word! byoguides.com

New research shows there’s still a chance to save the world’s coral reefs – but immediate and drastic action is needed, says co-author Professor Morgan Pratchett from Coral CoE at JCU. @pratchettlab @chrisecornwal @CoralCoE bit.ly/3o6UJHq

Great new paper by lab member Sarah Kwong demonstrating that #eDNA can be used to detect the destructive crown-of-thorns starfish to inform their population management!

Crown-of-thorns starfish are natural inhabitants of the #GreatBarrierReef. #Crownofthornsstarfish (#CoTS) are common coral eating starfish which grow up to 80 cm across, eat 10 square metres of coral a year and can produce up to 50 million eggs a year lirrf.org/posts/testing-…

Join us this Friday (18th) at Tiny Mountain from 6pm to celebrate the accomplishments of AMSA-NQ members, including Jubilee Award and Emerging Leader in Marine Science Award. All members welcome! Feel free to bring prospective members. See you all there 🙂

'The potential for ecosystem collapse on the GBR is already apparent based on transformation in coral assemblages and system-wide declines in coral recruitment in the immediate aftermath of recent mass-bleaching episodes...' Pratchett et al. warn. link.springer.com/chapter/10.100…

Honoured to have been awarded the Inspirational Leader Award at the JCU International Gala and Awards night! Thanks to everyone for all their help and support with everything I do, I wouldn’t be here without you 💕

🌎👨‍🎓👩‍🎓The invaluable contribution made by international students has been celebrated at the inaugural JCU Allianz Care Australia International Gala and Awards Night. Well done to all winners 👏 Full story📄: bit.ly/3kXhxtb 📸 by Roslyn Budd

The December 2021 issue is out! This special issue was conceived to improve our understanding of sea stars, and is dedicated to two superstars of asteroid biology and ecology: Professors John Pearse and John Lawrence. 🔗doi.org/10.1086/718198 📸 Dr. Ciemon Caballes @CoralCoE

First CoTS paper of 2022 out! The prevalence of sublethal injuries was significantly higher at reefs within Marine National Park Zones (fishing effectively prohibited) versus Conservation Park or Habitat Protection Zones (fishing permitted, but regulated). onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aq…

Lab PhD candidate Deborah Burn just gave a fantastic Confirmation Seminar, outlining her ongoing research on coral assemblages in the Coral Sea (& GBR), including the effects of acute disturbances (i.e. coral bleaching) on these assemblages. Excited to see the results! @CoralCoE

It feels great to have completed my confirmation of candidature before we leave for our next #CoralSea monitoring expedition! #officiallyconfirmed #phd #thanksforwatching

Great night at the @MTQ_Townsville taking part in the Science Trivia Night! Especially loved talks by Sue-Ann Watson and others. #marineinvertebrates #sailorSTI #extinction #mealworms #theclap

Some highlights from today's seminar by Deborah Burn about "Differential susceptibility of corals to major and routine disturbances in Australia's Coral Sea Marine Park" #rsrc_kaust @jamescookunivercity

Thanks so much for having me Red Sea Research Center, KAUST, I really enjoyed my visit!

Outstanding body of work presented today by Dr Peter Doll for his PhD pre-completion seminar! Pete used a combination of ecological and lab-based tools to understand patterns in the settlement of Crown of Thorns Starfish larvae on the Great Barrier Reef. Congratulations Pete! 👏🏼

Hot off the press! We know that some coral taxa are more susceptible to coral bleaching than others. However, new research by Deborah Burn et al. suggests the size of a coral colony and the severity of bleaching events interact to influence the likelihood of a colony to bleach!

New paper led by Deborah Burn now out OA in Marine Pollution Bulletin: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Increasing densities of Pacific crown-of-thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris) at Lizard Island, northern Great Barrier Reef, resolved using a novel survey method, by Josie Chandler and colleagues nature.com/articles/s4159…

Some great work by Josie Chandler and team. 4k video workflows to image 40+ conlonies per dive and predict 3D surface area from rapid 1D field measures for a wide range of corals! Coral Reef Ecology Lab Deborah Burn Dr Peter Doll Agus Piccaluga Abby Johnades. rdcu.be/dS0NY