Kristen came to Australia after completing her BSc in Canada at the University of Calgary majoring in Biological Sciences.   Kristen started at James Cook University completing masters course work and then an Honours project in marine biology, studying coral growth rates of branching corals at Lord Howe Island.  She completed her PhD in 2016 at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, JCU, studying the spatial and temporal variation of branching coral species on the Great Barrier Reef. Her work involved quantifying contemporary growth rates and looking at how coral calcification and physiology will be impacted in  future climate change scenarios.

Her research aims to understand the dynamic relationship of coral growth rates and environmental conditions, specifically aiming to increase our understanding of coral calcificaiton rates for multiple species and growth forms to variation in sea water chemistry and temperature. In doing so, she investigates how coral calcification and physiology will be altered with the sustained and ongoing effects of climate change.

Interests

Research

• coral calcification, climate change, reef ecosystem dynamics, ecology, ocean acidification

Experience

• 2016 to present - Research Fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, JCU and the Australian Institute of Marine Science (Townsville)
• 2016 - Reseach Assistant, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, JCU (Townsville)
• 2012 to 2016 - PhD Candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, JCU (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Physical geography and environmental geoscience (3709)
• Climate change impacts and adaptation (4101)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Coastal and estuarine systems and management (1802)

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Journal Articles

• Cornwall C, Comeau S, Kornder N, Perry C, van Hooidonk R, Decarlo T, Pratchett M, Anderson K, Browne N, Carpenter R, Diaz-Pulido G, D'Olivo J, Doo S, Figueiredo J, Valero Fortunato S, Kennedy E, Lantz C, McCulloch M, Gonzalez Rivero M, Schoepf V, Smithers S and Rowe R (2021) Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 118 (21).
• Anderson K, Cantin N, Casey J and Pratchett M (2019) Independent effects of ocean warming versus acidification on the growth, survivorship and physiology of two Acropora corals. Coral Reefs, 38 (6). pp. 1225-1240
• Anderson K, Cantin N, Heron S, Lough J and Pratchett M (2018) Temporal and taxonomic contrasts in coral growth at Davies Reef, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, 37 (2). pp. 409-421
• Hughes T, Anderson K, Connolly S, Heron S, Kerry J, Lough J, Baird A, Baum J, Berumen M, Bridge T, Claar D, Eakin C, Gilmour J, Graham N, Harrison H, Hobbs J, Hoey A, Hoogenboom M, Lowe R, McCulloch M, Pandolfi J, Pratchett M, Schoepf V, Torda G and Wilson S (2018) Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene. Science, 359 (6371). pp. 80-83
• Lough J, Anderson K and Hughes T (2018) Increasing thermal stress for tropical coral reefs: 1871-2017. Scientific Reports, 8. pp. 1-8
• Anderson K, Cantin N, Heron S, Pisapia C and Pratchett M (2017) Variation in growth rates of branching corals along Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Scientific Reports, 7. pp. 1-13
• Hughes T, Kerry J, Álvarez-Noriega M, Alvarez-Romero J, Anderson K, Baird A, Babcock R, Beger M, Bellwood D, Berkelmans R, Bridge T, Butler I, Byrne M, Cantin N, Comeau S, Connolly S, Cumming G, Dalton S, Diaz-Pulido G, Eakin C, Figueira W, Gilmour J, Harrison H, Heron S, Hoey A, Hobbs J, Hoogenboom M, Kennedy E, Kuo C, Lough J, Lowe R, Liu G, McCulloch M, Malcolm H, McWilliam M, Pandolfi J, Pears R, Pratchett M, Schoepf V, Simpson T, Skirving W, Sommer B, Torda G, Wachenfeld D, Willis B and Wilson S (2017) Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals. Nature, 543 (7645). pp. 373-377
• Madin J, Anderson K, Andreasen M, Bridge T, Cairns S, Connolly S, Darling E, Diaz M, Falster D, Franklin E, Gates R, Hoogenboom M, Huang D, Keith S, Kosnik M, Kuo C, Lough J, Lovelock C, Luiz O, Martinelli J, Mizerek T, Pandolfi J, Pochon X, Pratchett M, Putnam H, Roberts T, Stat M, Wallace C, Widman E and Baird A (2016) The coral trait database: a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans. Scientific Data, 3. pp. 1-21
• Pisapia C, Burn D, Yoosuf R, Najeeb A, Anderson K and Pratchett M (2016) Coral recovery in the central Maldives archipelago since the last major mass-bleaching, in 1998. Scientific Reports, 6. pp. 1-10
• Pisapia C, Anderson K and Pratchett M (2016) Temporal consistency in background mortality of four dominant coral taxa along Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 35 (3). pp. 839-849
• Anderson K, Heron S and Pratchett M (2015) Species-specific declines in the linear extension of branching corals at a subtropical reef, Lord Howe Island. Coral Reefs, 34 (2). pp. 479-490
• Pratchett M, Anderson K, Hoogenboom M, Windman E, Baird A, Pandolfi J, Edmunds P and Lough J (2015) Spatial, temporal and taxonomic variation in coral growth: implications for the structure and function of coral reef ecosystems. Oceanography and Marine Biology, 53. pp. 215-295

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