Damian P. Thomson

TL;DR: The vertical growth potential of more than 200 tropical western Atlantic and Indian Ocean reefs is calculated and compared against recent and projected rates of SLR under different Representative Concentration Pathway (RCP) scenarios to show that few reefs will have the capacity to track sea-level rise projections under Representative concentration pathway scenarios without sustained ecological recovery.

TL;DR: Compared the morphology of the skeleton of juveniles raised from known parents for 29 species in 21 genera and 12 families to increase taxonomic resolution of coral recruits, juveniles from only 3 families could be reliably distinguished throughout their 1st year of life.

TL;DR: The spatial extent of bleaching casts some doubt over hypotheses suggesting that future impacts to coral reefs under forecast warming regimes may in part be mitigated by southern thermal refugia, and suggests a degree of resilience for WA coral communities.

TL;DR: A 79–92 % decline in coral cover is reported for a location in the Ningaloo Marine Park where sustained high water temperatures over an 8-month period left just 1–6 % of corals alive.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors describe the application of autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) technology to conduct ongoing monitoring of benthic habitats at two key locations in Western Australia, including Houtman Abrolhos Islands and Rottnest Island.