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Research

I have broad research interests in many aspects of coral reef ecology ranging from organism biology to the biogeography and evolution of the Scleractinia. My current research focus is a taxonomic revision of the Family Acroporidae.

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Publications

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Journal Articles

Fontoura L, Zawada K, D’agata S, Álvarez-Noriega M, Baird A, Boutros N, Dornelas M, Luiz O, Madin J, Maina J, Pizarro O, Torres-Pulliza D, Woods R and Madin E (2020) Climate-driven shift in coral morphological structure predicts decline of juvenile reef fishes. Global Change Biology, 26 (2), pp. 557-567, DOI:10.1111/gcb.14911.
Aihara Y, Maruyama S, Baird A, Iguchi A, Takahashi S and Minagawa J (2019) Green fluorescence from cnidarian hosts attracts symbiotic algae. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 116 (6), pp. 2118-2123, DOI:10.1073/pnas.1812257116.
Crosbie A, Bridge T, Jones G and Baird A (2019) Response of reef corals and fish at Osprey Reef to a thermal anomaly across a 30 m depth gradient. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 622, pp. 93-102, DOI:10.3354/meps13015.
Harrison H, Álvarez-Noriega M, Baird A, Heron S, Macdonald C and Hughes T (2019) Back-to-back coral bleaching events on isolated atolls in the Coral Sea. Coral Reefs, 38 (4), pp. 713-719, DOI:10.1007/s00338-018-01749-6.
Hughes T, Kerry J, Baird A, Connolly S, Chase T, Dietzel A, Hill T, Hoey A, Hoogenboom M, Jacobson M, Kerswell A, Madin J, Mieog A, Paley A, Pratchett M, Torda G and Woods R (2019) Global warming impairs stock-recruitment dynamics of corals. Nature, 568 (7752), pp. 387-401, DOI:10.1038/s41586-019-1081-y.
Hughes T, Kerry J, Connolly S, Baird A, Eakin C, Heron S, Hoey A, Hoogenboom M, Jacobson M, Liu G, Pratchett M, Skirving W and Torda G (2019) Ecological memory modifies the cumulative impact of recurrent climate extremes. Nature Climate Change, 9 (1), pp. 40-44, DOI:10.1038/s41558-018-0351-2.
Kim S, Sampayo E, Sommer B, Sims C, Gómez‐Cabrera M, Dalton S, Beger M, Malcolm H, Ferrari R, Fraser N, Figueira W, Smith S, Heron S, Baird A, Byrne M, Eakin C, Edgar R, Hughes T, Kyriacou N, Liu G, Matis P, Skirving W and Pandolfi J (2019) Refugia under threat: mass bleaching of coral assemblages in high-latitude eastern Australia. Global Change Biology, 25 (11), pp. 3918-3931, DOI:10.1111/gcb.14772.
Moneghetti J, Figueiredo J, Baird A and Connolly S (2019) High-frequency sampling and piecewise models reshape dispersal kernels of a common reef coral. Ecology, 100 (8), Article: e02730, DOI:10.1002/ecy.2730.
Pratchett M, Hoey A, Tan C, Kuo C, Bauman A, Kumaraswamy R and Baird A (2019) Spatial and temporal variation in fecundity of Acropora spp. in the Northern Great Barrier Reef. Diversity, 11, Article: 60, DOI:10.3390/d11040060.
Roberts T, Keith S, Rahbek C, Bridge T, Caley M and Baird A (2019) Testing biodiversity theory using species richness of reef-building corals across a depth gradient. Biology Letters, 15 (10), DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2019.0493.
Roberts T, Bridge T, Caley M, Madin J and Baird A (2019) Resolving the depth zonation paradox in reef-building corals. Ecology, 100 (8), Article: e02761, DOI:10.1002/ecy.2761.
Terraneo T, Benzoni F, Baird A, Arrigoni R and Berumen M (2019) Morphology and molecules reveal two new species of Porites (Scleractinia, Poritidae) from the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden. Systematics and Biodiversity, 17 (5), pp. 491-508, DOI:10.1080/14772000.2019.1643806.

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 189+ research outputs authored by Prof Andrew Baird from 1997 onwards.

Current Funding

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

Australian Research Council - Discovery - Projects

Developing a mechanistic basis for coral reef conservation

Indicative Funding: $60,000 over 2 years (administered by UNSW)
Summary: The health and reef-building capacity of coral reefs worldwide is challenged by a range of anthropogenic impacts, including global warming, sedimentation, eutrophication and ocean acidification. If coral reef ecosystems are to overcome these environmental challenges and persist into the future, corals must acclimate and/or adapt. This project will provide an evidence base for coral reef conservation to be targeted towards conserving regions that are found to be at greatest risk, and those that have the greatest capacity for resilience, to the projected near future climate change.
Investigators: Tracy Ainsworth, Bill Leggat, Andrew Baird and Scott Heron (The University of New South Wales, The University of Newcastle, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and PortMap Remote Ocean Sensing Pty Ltd)
Keywords: Coral; Coral Reefs; Climate Change

Australian Research Council - Centres of Excellence

ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies

Indicative Funding: $28,000,000 over 7 years
Summary: The overarching aim of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Integrated Coral Reef Studies is to provide the scientific knowledge necessary for sustaining ecosystem goods and services of the world's coral reefs, which support the livelihoods and food security of millions of people in the tropics. The Centre will enhance Australia's global leadership in coral reef science through three ambitious research programs addressing the future of coral reefs and their ability to adapt to change. A key outcome of the research will be providing tangible benefits to all Australians by bui8lding bridges between the natural and social sciences, strengthening capacity, and informing and supporting transformative changes in coral reef governance and management.
Investigators: Terry Hughes, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Malcolm McCulloch, Peter Mumby, Sean Connolly, John Pandolfi, Bob Pressey, Andrew Baird, David Bellwood, Joshua Cinner, Sophie Dove, Maja Adamska, Mia Hoogenboom, Geoff Jones, Mike Kingsford, Ryan Lowe, Mark McCormick, David Miller, Philip Munday, Morgan Pratchett, Garry Russ and Tiffany Morrison in collaboration with Janice Lough, David Wachenfeld, Stephen Palumbi, Serge Planes and Philippa Cohen (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, The University of Queensland, The University of Western Australia, College of Science & Engineering, Australian National University, College of Public Health, Medical & Vet Sciences, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Stanford University, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique and WorldFish)
Keywords: coral reef ecosystems; Climate Change Adaptation; ecological resilience; biodiversity goods and services; social-ecological dynamics

Department of the Environment and Energy - Director of National Parks - Tender

Coral Reef Health in the Coral Sea Marine Park

Indicative Funding: $968,346 over 3 years
Summary: A number of coral reefs occur in the Australian Marine Parks estate, particularly within the Coral Sea Marine Park (CSMP). In 2016 and 2017, coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and CSMP were impacted by a mass global coral bleaching event. Regular surveys of coral bleaching and associated reef health in the CSMP are needed to inform future marine park management over the next three years to either enable comparisons against historical baselines where bleaching has previously occurred, or set new baselines for areas that aren?t bleached but may be in the future.
Investigators: Morgan Pratchett, Andrew Hoey, Hugo Harrison, Andrew Baird, Tom Bridge, Daniela Ceccarelli and Jean-Paul Hobbs (ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and Curtin University of Technology)
Keywords: Coral Reefs; Monitoring; Coral Bleaching; Coral Sea Marine Park

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Program (NESP) - Tropical Water Quality Hub (TWQ Hub)

Recommendations to maintain functioning of the Great Barrier Reef

Indicative Funding: $2,308 (administered by University of Queensland)
Summary: The Great Barrier Reef is experiencing increased environmental stress which threatens its functioning. Yet a subset of species are often disproportionately important in maintaining a functioning ecosystem. This project harnesses Queensland's breadth of reef expertise to deliver timely recommendations on what can be done to strengthen and protect key supportive species. Specifically we ask which species - or functional groups of species - drive processes that maintain a healthy reef. We provide a scientific consensus in support of (1) species' rankings and recommendations for enhanced protection, (2) informed scenarios for what's at stake; the consequences of not taking further action, and (3) make recommendations for targeted R&D. We will also suggest activities that can be undertaken by citizen science organisations to help monitor the status of priority species or identify areas of either outstanding value or threat.
Investigators: Peter Mumby and Andrew Baird in collaboration with Anthony Richardson, Nicole Webster, Juan-Carlos Ortiz, Line Bay, Katharina Fabricius, Kate Osborne, Angus Thompson, Russ C Babcock, Mia Hoogenboom, Geoff Jones, Mark McCormick, Andrew Hoey, Morgan Pratchett, David Bourne, Mike Kingsford, Sue-Ann Watson, Tom Bridge, Jessica Stella and Guillermo Diaz-Pulido (The University of Queensland, Australian Institute of Marine Science, Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, College of Science & Engineering, Queensland Museum, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Griffith University)
Keywords: Coral Reefs; Function; traits; Management; Climate Change; Diversity

Supervision

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Diversity, Phylogeography and Taxonomy of Hard-Corals in the genus Porites (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
Role of Hybridization in Evolutionary History of Scleractinian Corals (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
Integrating physiological and environmental drivers of depth zonation patterns on coral reefs (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

Completed

Advancing conservation planning for persistence: design of a conservation strategy for Brazilian coral reefs (2016, PhD , Associate Advisor)
Competition and coexistence of reef-corals (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Temporal and Spatial Variation in the Growth of Branching Corals (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Adaptive strategies in reef-building corals (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Ecological determinants of depth zonation in reef-building corals (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
Spatial and Temporal Variation in Demographic Traits in the Reef Coral, Acropora Millepora, on The Great Barrier Reef (2015, PhD , Primary Advisor)

Data

These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit the JCU Research Data Catalogue.

Hughes, T. (2019) Global warming impairs stock-recruitment dynamics of corals. James Cook University
Hughes, T. (2018) Global warming transforms coral reef assemblages. James Cook University
Figueiredo, J. (2017) Data from: Increased local retention of reef coral larvae as a result of ocean warming. James Cook University
Baird, A. (2013) Acropora Reproduction and Biogeography. James Cook University

Collaboration

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