Director
Dr O. Hoegh-Guldberg (SU)
[Prof. A. Larkum (SU), 1990-92]
Deputy Director/Treasurer
Dr M.J. Kingsford (SU)
[A/Prof. R.Hinde (SU), 1990-93]
Academic/Research STAFF
Professor Frank Talbot (SU)
Professor J. Coll (UCQ)
Professor A.W.D. Larkum (SU)
Assoc Professor R.T. Hinde (SU)
Dr K. Koop (SU)
Research Students
Honours students
Ms S. Matthews
Mr S. Herring
Ms M. Takabayashi
Mr A. Baker
MSc students
Mr M. Finn
PhD students
Mr Ambariyanto
Ms D.Trautman (Murdoch University)
Mr S. Connell
Ms N. Gallahar
Ms J. Williamson
Mr D. Bucher
Ms S. Ward
Mr P. Fugelli
Ms A. Salih
Resident Managers
Mr A. Blake (1990-92)
Mr G. Carter (1992-94)
Mr M. Waugh (since 1994)
Resident Assistant Managers
Ms C. Blake (1990-92)
Ms P. Carter (1992-94)
Ms R.Sweetapple-Waugh (since 1994)
Chair
Dr O. Hoegh-Guldberg
Members
Dr K. Koop
Dr M.J. Kingsford (Treasurer)
Assoc. Prof. R.T. Hinde
Professor A.W.D. Larkum
Mr S. Connell
Ms S. Wimmer
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The Station falls under the administration of the Marine Studies Centre, University of Sydney, whose Director is Professor A.J. Underwood.One Tree Island is a rubble cay about 4 hectares in area, situated at the seaward (south-east) end of a rich coral reef which is about 5.5km by 3.5km in size. It lies in the centre of the Capricorn Group at the southern end of the Great Barrier Reef, about 20km east of Heron Island and about 100km off the Queensland coast. The nearest mainland port is Gladstone. The reef is an excellent example of the rich reef development characteristic of the southern Great Barrier Reef.
One Tree Island from the air. Seen in foreground are the station buildings (photograph by O. Hoegh-Guldberg)
The Australian Museum, under the Directorship of Frank Talbot, began research at One Tree Reef during an expedition in 1965. The first building was constructed in 1969. Ownership and operation of the station was transferred to the University of Sydney at the end of 1974. The University leases the island from the Queensland Department of Lands and operates the station under a permit from the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority.
The whole of One Tree Reef and surrounding waters out to 500m from the reef edge form a Scientific Zone within the Capricornia Section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. This zone is restricted to scientists with permits from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to do research within the zone. One Tree Island Research Station can be used by scientists from all institutions both in Australia and overseas.
Facilities
The research Station provides basic accommodation for up to twelve scientists. Day-to-day running of the island is managed by the Resident Officer and the part-time assistant. Three new buildings were constructed in 1987 to replace the former scientists' accommodation building, the resident officers' house and the wet laboratory/workshop/storage building. The fourth building, the main laboratory and station office, was constructed in 1983 and is cyclone-resistant.
The new buildings provide comfortable living on the island, with timber-louvred windows, coral rubble and concrete floors, screens and ceiling fans.
Solar panels backed up by a 240V diesel generator provide electricity to a 32V DC battery bank for lighting and laboratory equipment. For cooking and refrigeration LPG powered appliances are used.
The only freshwater supply for the island is rainwater which is stored in (rainwater) tanks. Solar-powered hot water is available for the kitchen and for showers.
The station has seven workboats 4-6m in length and a 9m vessel for transport to and from Heron Island and, occasionally, Gladstone. For diving, the station provides tanks and weights and there is a compressor to fill SCUBA tanks.
Laboratory facilities consist of a dry lab, wet lab, wet tables and aquaria. Laboratory equipment at the time of going to press is still limited, but basic facilities such as spectrophotometer, balance, centrifuge and lab fridge and freezer are available. With the imminent upgrading of the Research Station (see below) a well equipped biochemistry laboratory will become available.
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The period of 1992-1994 has been one of great change. It began amid very grim circumstances with One Tree Island Research Station in financial crisis and closure a strong possibility. In 1994, however, One Tree Island Research Station is in a far better situation. Although the financial troubles at the station are not completely over, accounts are beginning to look healthy and the station's image has been boosted several-fold both within the university and across Australia. This increase in financial security and image has come from three principal directions. The first is the GBRMPA ENCORE project (see details in this report) which has brought the unique advantages of working at One Tree Island Research Station into sharp focus for at least 10 new research groups. This particular project has also contributed much to the station in terms of much-needed infrastructure and resources. The second factor has been the success of the inaugural One Tree Island Appeal. Held in Sydney in early February, the appeal brought One Tree Island Research Station recognition across most media outlets in Australia and the triumph of the special exhibit at the Sydney Aquarium is well noted. The third factor has been the success of several research groups in their bids for ARC grant support. These continuing ARC grants have meant ongoing support for a number of graduate student research projects which are an important and prominent part of the station's activities.
The station has also been extremely lucky with the quality of the managerial STAFF attracted to the island during 1992-1994. The University was sad to say adieu to Al and Carol Blake, who were legendary managers of the station from 1990 to 1992. The Blakes now live in Tasmania and have a daughter. Greg and Petrina Carter replaced the Blakes and continued the good work until 1994. During their tenure, the Carters made significant and important changes to the station, which included the establishment of a composting toilet and station shop. The station's good luck with managers appears to be continuing. On the retirement of the Carters, the station has been fortunate enough to have attracted the managerial talents of Mr. Mark Waugh and Ms. Robyn Sweetapple-Waugh. This dynamic couple is already beginning to register a tremendous positive impact at the station.
One Tree Island Research Station continues to play a central role in research into the ecology, physiology and preservation of coral reef ecosystems. This report is testimony to this fact. Coral reefs are one of the most diverse and beautiful of the earth's ecosystems and have an importance that goes far beyond that of pure aesthetics. Tropical coastlines in many countries are protected and stabilised by living coral reefs and millions of people from at least 100 nation states derive either resources, such as building materials and food, and/or their livelihood from tourism and fisheries, from coral reefs. Given that some estimates have indicated that as much as 70% of the world's coral reefs maybe severely degraded or extinguished within the next 20 to 40 years, the role of coral reef research (like that on One Tree Island Research Station) cannot be underestimated. Let us hope that the station's finances continue to strengthen over the next three years and that One Tree Island can continue to play a leading role in helping efforts to preserve the world's coral reefs.
Dr O. Hoegh-Guldberg
Director
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The period 1992-1994 has seen great changes in the finances of One Tree Island. Although the University of Sydney has paid, and will continue to pay, the salaries of the Managers of One Tree Island, no maintenance was received from the University in 1993 and 1994. There has been a great increase in the use of One Tree Island since 1992. Although this has been largely due to the ENCORE program, a number of STAFF from the University of Sydney have had ARC funding to work on the island. These persons included Dr O. Hoegh-Guldberg, Dr M. Kingsford (in collaboration with Dr P. Doherty from the Australian Institute of Marine Science), Professor A. Larkum and Dr R. Hinde (in collaboration with A/Professor M.A. Borowitzka, Murdoch University). In 1992 there was space for eight scientists on the island. There is now space for twelve people. The potential for the island to boost its income through bench fees, therefore, has greatly increased. A consequence of this increased traffic, however, has been that the maintenance bill for the island has greatly increased. Improvements of the last two years have included a new compressor (2 outlets), fridges, a 486 computer, an outside toilet (to thwart "Gutter" goers), improvements to the manager's house and outboard motors for the Clarke and punts. A Large Equipment Grant from the University of Sydney allowed the Station to purchase a new 9m boat in 1992 (application by Dr Hinde and Prof. Larkum). Although this large boat has been critical in supporting the greater number of scientists on the island, it has had a heavy maintenance bill. The frame of the boat did not pass survey in 1993 and this was remedied at considerable expense. The Management Committee of One Tree Island are keen to change the boat in the next two years.
Income from bench fees over the last year was approximately $75,000. There was an average of 45% occupancy in 1993 and a total of 1,985 "user days". Bench fees have been maintained at $75 for scientists and a reduced charge of $45 for postgraduate students. Student volunteer assistants are charged only $25 per day.
Dr Ove Hoegh-Guldberg and Professor J. Coll were successful in applying for a category C ARC grant. The grant ($150,000) was designed to set up a biochemistry and physiology laboratory at the Station. This initiative will also involve the expansion of the "Dry Laboratory" and the installation of air conditioning for delicate instruments. It is anticipated that this will make the island more attractive to scientists from a variety of disciplines. The Director and Deputy Director are also seeking additional funds from the University of Sydney to completely replace the power supply. A new power supply is critical for the efficient running of the station and the new biochemistry/physiology facility.
Dr M. J. Kingsford
Deputy Director
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ENCORE: Enrichment of Nutrients on Coral Reefs: Collaborative research project funded by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) and the Australian Research Council
A. Steven - project coordinator GBRMPA)
K. Koop - field coordinator (University of Sydney)
This is the largest single research project running during the three-year period covered by this report. The project is designed to detect responses by coral reef organisms, communities and ecosystems to enrichment of the lagoon water of One Tree Island by nitrogen alone (N), phosphorus alone (P) and Nitrogen & Phosphorus together (N + P). Randomly chosen patchreefs with small centrally enclosed water bodies are enriched on every low tide by additions of ammonia-N, phosphate-P and N+P to initial concentrations of 10 µM N and 2 µM P respectively. These additions are made by radio-controlled robots which pump nutrient solution into the patch-reef water through dispersal lines. Changes in the coral reef organisms are monitored at more or less regular intervals, depending on the particular research programme.
The project brings together some 30 scientists from 12 Australian and 2 foreign research institutions. Results will be used in developing useful bioindicators of nutrient pollution on coral reefs. This will significantly enhance our ability to manage these sensitive ecosystems. Co-funding of the project by University research grants, the Australian Research Council and the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority ensures that, apart from the rigorous scientific perspective, the management objectives are strictly adhered to.
Nutrient dispersal unit (NDU) from the ENCORE project sitting on the main beach at One Tree Island (photograph by Guillermo Moreno)
The chemical identification of the translocation factor and exudation products of symbiotic zooxanthellae of a reef-building coral: Dr. O. Hoegh-Guldberg. Coworkers: Dorthe Siigaard and Rebecca Davidson (University of Sydney)
Funded by the Australian Research Council
Coral reefs are a prominent feature of the coastlines of northern Australia and are important for fisheries, tourism and coastal management. In addition to providing a structural framework for the organisms associated with coral reefs, symbiotic algae (zooxanthellae) that are found within the tissues of reef-building corals are responsible for much of the primary production associated with coral reefs. The trapping of solar energy by zooxanthellae is perhaps the most basic step in the majority of food webs associated with coral reefs. Despite the importance of this fundamental step, a clear description of how photosynthetic products pass from zooxanthellae to coral host has not been available. This project is attempting to redress this situation by using recently developed techniques to define a biochemical model for the flow of photosynthetic energy from zooxanthellae to coral host in the ubiquitous tropical coral, Pocillopora damicornis. It is expected that the pursuit of these questions will generate important new insights into some of the most basic biology of coral reef ecosystems.
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Electron micrograoh of a zooxanthellae from the giant clam Tridacna maxima (Photograph by Ambariyanto).
The effect of nutrient enrichment on the energetics and growth of giant clams and reef-building corals: Dr. O. Hoegh-Guldberg, Ambariyanto, Misaki Takabayashi and Gullermo Moreno (University of Sydney)
Funded by GBRMPA
Corals and tridacnid clams are conspicuous components of coral reef ecosystems and are responsible for a major part of the primary production of these areas. One of the potential impacts of the use of coral reefs by humans is the introduction of inorganic nutrients into the water column. Laboratory-based studies have shown that both reef-building corals and clams undergo dramatic changes in their energy metabolism when exposed to elevated inorganic nitrogen and phosphorus. These studies have left open the question as to the effect of eutrophication when these organisms are exposed to nutrients over longer periods as part of coral reef communities. This question has important implications for sustained management of coral reefs and is being examined as part of the ENCORE experiment (funded by the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority). The coral and clam project involves the measurement of the growth, energy metabolism and structure of corals and clams introduced to the ENCORE microatolls. The expected duration of this project is 3 years and will involve two years of fertilisation and a year of recovery.
The effect of elevated nitrogen and phosphorus on the dynamics of dissolved free amino acides (DFAA): Dr. O. Hoegh-Guldberg (University of Sydney)
Funded by GBRMPA
The question of whether corals feed on external nutrient resources rather than depending on the photosynthetic products flowing from their symbiotic zooxanthellae has been debated for well over 50 years. As yet, this question remains unanswered. As part of a broader project aiming to understand the nutrition of reef-building corals, experiments are planned to determine the ability of reef-building corals to feed on dissolved organic matter (DOM) In particular, free amino acids (DFAA) will be examined. These new insights are being also examined within the ENCORE project. In addition to studies done on captive corals, studies are planned to explore how much these components make up of the energy and nutrient budgets of field based corals. This study should provide new insights into the nutritional sources available to corals and may even suggest alternative pathways for the flow of energy and nutrients through the complex interactive web typified by coral reef ecosystems.
Elevated nutrients on coral reefs: the effect of enhanced ammonium and phosphate levels on a range of biological, physiological and biochemical parameters in corals: Dr. O. Hoegh-Guldberg and Prof. D. Yellowlees*, (University of Sydney and * James Cook University)
Funded by GBRMPA
Elevated nutrients have been reported to have a range of subtle influences on the structure and function of symbiotic organisms like clams and corals. Some of the most subtle effects occur at the biochemical level. This project is concerned with influences that operate on this level and involves a series of studies on Tridacna maxima and Pocillopora damicornis.
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Giant clam (Tridacna maxima), is symbiotic with zooxanthellae and is the subject of some considerable study at the research station.
Effects of nutrients on competitive interactions between benthic organisms: Professor J. Coll
Co-workers: E. Tentori and S. Duquesne (Central Queensland University)
Funded by Australian Research Council (ARC)
Four organisms: Sarcophyton sp (soft coral) Pocillopora damicornis (scleractinian coral), Sigmadocia symbioticum (sponge alga) and Chlorodesmis fastigiata (alga) were placed in contact with each other on duck boards in each of the ENCORE microatolls. Observations were made through time before and after fertilisation.
Likely Outcome: This is not likely to generate results because of random loss of many organisms between observations. Only the Sarcophyton sp adapted well to relocation.
Soft corals as indicators of a changed nutrient regime:investiators as above
Professor J. Coll and T. Tentori (Central Queensland University)
Funded by Central Queensland University research funds.
The soft coral Sarcophyton sp was placed in each of the ENCORE atolls and sampled for spicules, zooxanthellae, chlorophyll and secondary metabolites as a function of treatment.
Likely Outcome: Preliminary results reveal no strong effects on spicule composition at the electron microprobe level, but further analyses are in train.
Biogenic sulphur compounds as sub-lethal indicators of stress in coral reef environments: G.B. Jones, M.A.J. Curran and M. Mc Donald, (James Cook University)
Funded by Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)
Dimethylsulphide (DMS) and dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) are biogenic sulphur compounds produced from phytoplankton and algae. These compounds are usually produced in large amounts when the organisms are stressed in some way, (e.g. salinity, temperature, exposure at low tide, zooplankton grazing) or during senescence. In previous work (Jones and Curran, unpublished data), it was found that the levels of DMS increased during low tide above a coral reef. The One Tree Island ENCORE experiment provided an ideal way to test if biogenic sulphur levels in the water column were affected by nutrient stress. If levels of DMS or DMSP increase to a critical point during eutrophication, they may act as sub-lethal indicators for corals. Only two visits have been made to date, and no significant difference in DMS or DMSP concentrations has been observed between treatments.
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Chemistry of Reduced sulphur in tropical waters: G.B. Jones, M.A.J. Curran , A.D. Broadbent and M. Mc Donald (James Cook University)
Funded by GBRMPA and James Cook University of North Queensland
Symbiotic, planktonic and benthic algae assimilate metabolites by reduction of seawater sulphate. One of these metabolites by reduction of seawater sulphate. One of these metabolites is Dimethylsulphonio-propionate (DMSP). This compound is believed to be an osmolyte and may be released directly into the water column or cleaved to produce Dimethylsulphide (DMS). This project is aiming to determine 1) the sources of these compounds in coral reefs, 2) the factors controlling the rate of release of these compounds into the environment, and 3) their physical, chemical and biological fate in the environment.
Results to date have shown that symbiotic dinoflagellates in corals and clams, as well as several macroalgae, contain these compounds. The compounds can be used to trace the expulsion of zooxanthellae from the host. The concentration of these compounds in coral reef waters is not significantly greater than open concentrations.
The contribution of large predatory fish to the mortality of juvenile coral reef fishes: S. Connell (University of Sydney)
Funded by ARC (to M.J. Kingsford), Sydney University post-graduate scholarship and GBRMPA grant
Relationships between large predatory fish (primarily serranids, lutjanids and labrids) and their fish prey were studied at One Tree Reef, using descriptive and experimental techniques. The abundance patterns of large predatory reef fish were described in First Lagoon. The mortality rates of fish were described in areas of high (edge of the lagoon) and low (centre of the lagoon) predator abundance. Much emphasis was given to mortality rates of Acanthochromis polyacanthus. Mortality rates of these fish were greatest in areas of high predator abundance. Two removal experiments were done to determine the influence of large predatory reef fish on the mortality rates of A. polyacanthus. In the second experiment, survivorship was enhanced in treatments that excluded large predatory reef fish. Patterns of survivorship were independent of recruit density. With reference to natural patterns of mortality and abundance, manipulations were used to assess the relative contributions of spatial variations in predation and recruitment to structuring patterns of juvenile population abundance. Experiments demonstrated that large predatory fish were the primary source of juvenile mortality. Predation was variable among years and independent of recruitment density. Recruitment was unpredictable among locations and treatments containing small and large numbers of predators. It is concluded that the relative importance of recruitment and density -independent predation will vary with the abundance of predators and magnitude of recruitment.
Anemone fish (Amphiprion perideraion) nestling in large sea anemone in One Tree Island lagoon (photograph by O. Hoegh-Guldberg).
A multidisciplinary study on larval supply and the replenishment of coral reef fish populations 1993-1995: M.J. Kingsford and P. Doherty* (University of Sydney and *The Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS))
Funded by an ARC grant
This is a multidisciplinary study where concurrent measures of recruit and presettlement fish abundance, as well as oceanography are used. Part of the project involves the use of multiple environmental probes over a 20*20 km area. In this way the array of temperature measurements can be compared with catches of fish in light traps nets and the arrival of recruits to reefs. Although processes in the plankton are thought to influence numbers of new recruits, few investigators have studied the input of larvae to reefs and the relationships between larval supply and the replenishment of populations.
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Assessments of novel methods for determining the age of fish: M.J. Kingsford and N. Gallahar (University of Sydney)
Funded by ARC
This project focuses on the utility of micro-constituents in bone in an attempt to determine the periodicity of increment deposition in the otoliths (ear bones) of coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus). Although tetracycline experiments demonstrated that annual rings were deposited in the otoliths of fish (max. age 15 years @ 500ml SL), this periodicity did not correspond with peaks and troughs in isotope ratios from the otoliths of wild fish. The subsequent investigation of isotope levels in prey suggested that elemental levels in prey as well as environmental and physiological changes all contribute to isotope levels in bone. The gut contents of fish in this project were analysed and published.
Presettlement and early post-settlement lives of apogonids: M. Finn (University of Sydney)
Funded by an ARC (to Dr M. J. Kingsford)
Presettlement fish are being sampled with channel nets and light traps. Recently settled fish are counted and collected from patch reefs and both presettlement and postsettlement fish are aged using daily increments in the ear-bones (otoliths). Patterns of predation and habitat utilisation by apogonids are also under investigation.
Aspects of the ecology and physiology of a symbiont containing tropical sponge: D. Trautman Co-supervised by M. Borowitzka* and R. Hinde (*Murdoch University and University of Sydney)
Funded by Australian Postgraduate Research Award, GBRMPA Augmentative Research Grant, the Linnean Society of NSW and the Zoological Society of NSW.
Despite the abundance of sponges in coral reef ecosystems, very little is known of their basic biology. This project aims to examine the population dynamics, growth and metabolism and nutrition of a sponge-macroalgal association. Results indicate that this species maintains a relatively constant biomass throughout the year and dispersion of the association is limited to that which can be achieved through fragmentation. The species only occurs in shallow waters and is able to cope with extremely high light intensities. Photosynthesis by the algae occurs at a higher rate than most other sun adapted algae and as such, this species is highly productive. Exposure to increased nutrient concentration has been found not to have an effect on the rates of photosynthesis or respiration in this organism, but as this species has been found to be susceptible to colonisation by bacteria and turf algae, nutrient enrichment may be detrimental to the association by increasing the risk of surface fouling by epiphytic organisms.
Photoinhibition of macroalgae and seagrasses on coral reefs: L. Franklin
Co-workers: A.W.D. Larkum, G.G.R. Seaton* and C.E. Lovelock* (University of Sydney and *Australian National University (ANU))
Funded by Institute of Advanced Studies, Director's Unit; University of Sydney - Institute of Advanced Studies (Collaborative Research Grant)
Benthic algae are the major source of carbon gain on coral reef ecosystems and are also important in reef building. It is not known to what extent photoinhibition (limitation of photosynthetic efficiency by light) limits productivity and impacts on coral reefs. Our work has demonstrated that the high light encountered by macroalgae living near the surface leads to a significant reduction in photosynthetic efficiency on a daily basis. In all major macroalgal divisions, high light-acclimated thalli recover more readily from short-term photoinhibition than do low light-acclimated thalli. Resistance to photoinhibition comes from a greater capacity to maintain the primary electron acceptor of photosystem II in an oxidised form. Of the Phaeophyta tested, the mechanism by which this is achieved involves cycling of xanthophyll pigments. Contrary to results obtained with higher plants and other members of the Chlorophyta, algae in the Caulerpales are unable to cycle these pigments, therefore resistance to photoinhibition occurs by another mechanism.
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Sea urchin (Toxopneustes pileous) grazing on recently dead coral (photograph by O. Hoegh-Guldberg).
Chemistry and biochemistry of Australian marine invertebrates: Biosynthesis of bioactive isonitrile metabolites in marine invertebrates: M. Garson
Co-workers: E. Dumdei, A. Flowers and R. Charan (University of Queensland)
Funded by the University of Queensland
Information about the biosynthesis of marine natural products may contribute to the development of an Australian-based marine pharmaceutical industry. The tropical marine sponge Dysidea herbacea is being used to investigate whether halogenated metabolites are products of sponge or symbiont metabolism and to develop procedures for precursor-directed biosynthesis and the resulting production of natural product analogues for bioactivity testing. The work to date demonstrates a cyanobacterial-based biosynthesis for the chlorinated and brominated metabolites produced by Dysidea herbacea. Isonitrile-containing sponges are being used as models in a study of sponge cell culture since the biosynthesis of isonitriles has been well studied in this research group.
Free-living marine flatworms (Platyhelminths, Polycladida) from One Tree Island:
L. Newman, Co-worker: Lester R.G. Cannon
(University of Queensland)
Self-funded and supported by the One Tree Island Research Station
Polyclad flatworms are conspicuous inhabitants of coral reefs, yet surprisingly little is known about either their biology or diversity from the Great Barrier Reef and only 16 species had previously been reported from the entire Great Barrier Reef. Since 1989, over 270 (over 250 new) species have been documented from the southern Great Barrier Reef and eastern Papua New Guinea. Over 134 (123 new) species belonging to 6 families (Suborders Acotylea and Cotylea) were reported from Heron Island and One Tree Reefs alone. Taxonomic studies to document new species are continuing and one new species has been named in honour of the One Tree Island Research Station - Pseudobiceros uniarborensis, Newman and Cannon, in press. Further sampling is needed to fully understand the biodiversity of these free-living worms in reef waters.
Effects of experimentally manipulated nutrient loadings on settlement and recruitment of turf algae, crustose coralline algae and corals:
C. Johnson, Co-worker: P. Fugelli (University of Queensland)
Funded by GBRMPA
The project is comparing recruitment of CCA, corals and turf algae in the different nutrient treatments in the ENCORE program. Specific attention is given to 1) how recruitment of one of these groups might influence recruitment of others
2) the role of macro grazers in influencing recruitment processes and interactions among guilds and
3) the sensitivity of turf algal community structure to the nutrient treatments.
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Nutrient dynamics in ENCORE microatolls: uptake of ammonium and phosphate: K. Koop and A. Steven* (University of Sydney and *GBRMPA)
Funded by GBRMPA
Water samples are collected periodically from all 12 ENCORE microatolls in order to monitor nutrient dynamics in the microatoll water during the low tide. Samples are collected from three sites in each of the 12 microatolls at four times during the ponding low tide in order to study temporal and spatial variations in nutrient concentrations in the study atolls. The studies are done on three consecutive days during different seasons. Both day and night time low tides are studied. During the first year of ENCORE, five different times of year have been studied. In the second ENCORE year (1995) samples will be collected once a month.
Results so far indicate that the rate at which both ammonium and phosphate disappear from the microatoll water is dependent on weather conditions. Fast rates are recorded during winds of up to about 15 knots, slow rates in very calm, windstill weather. During stormy conditions nutrient dynamics are impossible to measure.
Effects of ammonium and phosphate enrichments on photosynthetic rates and growth of epilithic algal communities in a coral reef: A.W.D. Larkum and K. Koop
Co-worker: J. Williamson* (University of Sydney and *University of NSW)
Funded by ARC and GBRMPA
Photosynthetic rates and growth of epilithic algal communities in the ENCORE microatolls at One Tree Island were monitored during the experimental manipulations of nutrient levels. Bare plates cut from dead Porites coral heads were placed into the ENCORE microatolls before fertilisation to establish a mature community of epilithic algae. Photosynthetic rates and biomass accumulation were then measured at regular intervals using oxygen logging equipment in order to detect changes in these parameters due to nutrient enrichment. Short-term intensive nutrient enrichment experiments using algal plates from the microatolls were also done to test whether further enrichment additionally enhances the photosynthetic rates of the communities.
Preliminary results indicate that metabolism of epilithic algal communities at One Tree Island is not stimulated by nutrient additions to overlying water indicating that these communities are not nutrient limited.
Further studies are planned to investigate the nutrient uptake dynamics of both epilithic algal communities and individual species from those communities.
Response of meiofauna in patch reef sand to nutrient enrichment in the ENCORE experiment: K. Koop (University of Sydney)
Funded by GBRMPA
Meiofauna samples have been collected from all 12 microatolls of the ENCORE experiment during the first year of operation. Because of their short life cycles meiofauna are likely to respond rapidly to changes in their environment, including changes in the nutrient regime in the sediments. Thus far samples have been stored and are awaiting analysis.
Effect of nutrient enrichment on processes of coral reef calcification: A. Steven (GBRMPA)
Funded by GBRMPA
The project is evaluating the effect of nutrient (N and P as well as N+P) on the processes of coral reef calcification at two levels. It examines the response of net metabolic community calcification of the ENCORE microatolls to nutrient enrichment. It also partitions the relative contributions of common corals and coralline algae to net community calcification, both under ambient and enriched conditions. The longer term growth and skeletal composition of these organisms are also being investigated.
Larval supply and replenishment of coral reef fish populations: D.J. Booth**, P.J. Doherty* and M.J. Kingsford. Co-workers: John Carleton* and Giglia Beretta** (University of Sydney, *AIMS and **University of Technology, Sydney)
Funded by ARC
The study aims to describe the abundance of presettlement fish inside and outside the lagoon at One Tree Island, to compare patterns of distribution of presettlement fish with lagoon oceanography and to compare spatial and temporal patterns in presettlement fish distribution with patterns of settlement on to reefs within the lagoon. So far, we have documented higher settlement to sites on the outer edge of the lagoon, and episodic settlement of some species. Significant settlement occurred between December and February.
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Growth responses of Acropora longicyathus to elevated nutrients: P. Harrison and D. Bucher (Southern Cross University)
Funded by GBRMPA
After 12 months of nutrient addition there is no significant difference between treatments in terms of growth measured by buoyant weight. Significant differences in linear extension (measured by alizarin staining) have been noted between patch reefs before treatment began and this will complicate analysis of post-fertilisation growth. Analysis of soft tissue changes and post-fertilisation linear extension are incomplete but results should be available by the new year.
To determine the effects of elevated nutrients on rates and agents of bioerosion of coral substrates: P. Hutchings (Australian Museum)
Funded by GBRMPA and The Australian Museum
The blocks of coral substrate were laid in September 1993 and the first set were picked up in September 1994, and additional ones laid. The blocks will begin to be processed in October.
The effects of N, P and N+P on biochemical parameters of the coral and giant clam (I. maxima) : D. Yellowlees*, Co-workers: C. Belda*, Dr. O. Hoegh-Guldberg and Mr. Ambariyanto (University of Syney and *James Cook University)
Funded by GBRMPA
Results to date clearly indicate that in clams changes occur in some fundamental molecular characteristics of these symbiotic organisms including N:P ratios and the ability of the algal symbionts to take up ammonia. Results are in the process of being written up but have not yet been submitted.
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Caley, M.J. (1993). Predation, recruitment and the dynamics of communities of coral-reef fishes. Mar. Biol. 117: 33-44.
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Garson, M.J. (1993). Biosynthesis of Chlorinated Metabolites by the tropical marine sponge Dysidea herbacea and its cyanobacterial symbiont Oscillatoria spongeliae. Abstracts New Zealand Institute of Chemistry, Auckland, 1993 and also Asian Symposium on medicinal chemistry, spices and other natural products, Abstracts, Melaka, 1994
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Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (1994). Uptake of dissolved organic matter by larval stage of the crown-of-thorns starfish Acanthaster planci. Mar. Biol.; 120: 55-63.
Johnstone, R., Koop, K. and Larkum, A.W.D. (1990). Physical aspects of coral reef lagoon sediments in relation to detritus processing and primary production. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 66: 273-283.
Johnstone, R., Koop., and Larkum, A.W.D. (1991). Ammonium and nitrate fluxes in the sediments and microorganisms of lagoon sediments of coral reefs. Mar. Biol. (Progr. Series). in press
Jones, G.P. (1990). The importance of recruitment of the dynamics of a coral reef fish population. Ecology 71: 1691-1698.
Jones, G.B., M.A.J. Curran and A.D. Broadbent. (1994). Dimethylsulphide in Antarctic and Reef Waters of the South Pacific, Sixth Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, 1994 (in press)
Jones, G.P., Ferrell, D.J, and Sale, P.F. (1990). Spatial pattern in the abundance and structure of mollusc populations in the soft sediments of a coral reef lagoon. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 62: 109-120.
Jones, G.P., Ferrell, D.J, and Sale, P.F. (1991). Fish feeding and the dynamics of soft sediment mollusc populations in a coral reef lagoon. (Submitted for publication).
Jones, G.P., Ferrell, D.J, and Sale, P.F. (1991). Postrecruitment processes in the ecology of coral reef fish populations: a multifactorial perspective. Pp. 294-328, in "The ecology of fishes on coral reefs" (P.F. Sale, ed), Academic Press, San Diego. 754pp.
Jones, G.P., Ferrell, D.J., Sale, P.F. (1991). Fish Predation and Its Impacts on the Invertebrates of Coral Reefs and Adjacent Sediments. Pp 156-179, in "The ecology of fishes on coral reefs" (P.F. Sale, ed), Academic Press, San Diego. 754pp.
Jones, G.P., Ferrell, D.J, and Sale, P.F. (1991). Fish predation and the structure of soft-sediment commnities witin a tropical lagoon. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 80: 175-190.
Kingsford, M.J. (1992). Spatial and temporal variation in predation on reef fishes by coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus, Serranidae). Coral Reefs 11: 193-198
Kinsey, D.W. (1991). The coral reef: an owner-built, high density, fully-serviced, self-sufficient housing estate in the desert - or is it? Symbiosis 10:1-22.
Kinsey, D.W. (1991). Can we resolve the nutrient issue for the Reef? In Pollution and the Great Barrier Reef (pp.115-121). Search 22:119-121.
Kinsey, D.W. (1991). Are Coral Reefs Sick? Conservation Biology in Australia and Oceania.
Kinsey, D.W. (1991). Can we resolve the nutrient issue for the reef? Search 22: 4: 119-121.
Kinsey, D.W. (1991). Systems level management, monitoring, and research: The Australian perspective on environmental change. 47-49.
Kinsey, D.W. (1991). The Greenhouse Effect and Coral Reefs. Australian Coral Reef Society.
Kinsey, D.W. and Hopley, D. (1991). The significance of coral reefs as global carbon sinks - response to Greenhouse. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (Global and Planatary change).
Klumpp, D.W. and McKinnon, A.D. (1991). Community structure biomass and productivity of epilithic algal communities in the Great Barrier Reef: Dynamics at different spatial scales. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.
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Lockhart, P., Howe, C.J., Beanland, T.J. and Larkum, A.W.D. (1991). Substitutional bias may preclude phylogenetic inference of chloroplast origins. PNAS 89:2742-2746
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Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon. (1993). The importance of colour and pattern in tropical psuedocerotidae (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida).VII International Symposium on the Biology of Turbellaria, Åbo, Finland, June 1993
Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon. (1993). Biodiversity of Australian polyclad flatworms. Towards biodiversity and Conservation, Brisbane, Australia, July 1993
Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon. (1994). Biodiversity of Australian polyclad flatworms. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum. 36:p 159-163
Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon.(in press). The importance of the fixation of colour, pattern and form in tropical Pseudocerotidae (Platyhelminthes, Polycladida). Hydrobiologia
Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon. (in press). Pseudoceros and Pseudobiceros (Polycladida, Pseudocerotidae) from Eastern Australia and Papua New Guinea. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 65pp + 6 colour plates
Newman, L.J. and L.R.G. Cannon. (in press). Absolutely Fabulous Flatworms. Wildlife Australia
Norman, M.D. (1991). Octopus cyanea Gray, 1849 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) in Australian Waters: description, distribution and taxonomy. Bull. Mar. Sci., in press.
Rouse, G.W. (1990). New species of Oriopsis (Sabellidae: Polychaeta) and a new record for Augeneriella cf. dubia Hartmann-Schroder 1965 (Sabellidae: Polychaeta) from eastern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus. 42:221-235.
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1967
Kinsey, D.W. and Kinsey, B.E. Diurnal changes in oxygen of the water over the coral reef platform at Heron Island. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 18:23-24.
Talbot, F.H. Expedition to One Tree Island. Aust. Nat. History, 15(ii):343-346.
1968
Maxwell, W.G.H. Atlas of the Great Barrier Reef. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 282 pp.
1969
Domm, S.B. and Domm, A.J. A visitors' guide to Heron Island and the Capricorn Group, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Canberra Publishing Co., 48 pp.
Griffin, D.J.G. Swimming crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Portunidae) from One Tree Island, Capricorn group, Queensland. Rec. Aust. Mus., 27:349-354.
1971
Domm, S.B. The safe use of open boats in the coral reef environment. Atoll Res. Bull., 143:1-10.
Domm, S.B. The uninhabited islands of the Capricorn Group, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Atoll Res. Bull., 142:1-27.
Eschemyer, W.M. One Tree Island. Pacific Discovery 24:12-22.
Kinsey, D.W. Some effects of oil films on shallow coral reef areas. Paper given in evidence to the Royal Commission on Petroleum drilling on the Great Barrier Reef.
1972
Domm, A. Fish farming in tropical areas. Hemisphere Vol 16(6):17-19.
Kinsey, D.W. Preliminary observations on community metabolism and primary productivity of the pseudo-atoll reef at One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. Proc. Symp. Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969 (Mar. Biol. Assoc., Ind.):13-22.
Talbot, F.H. and Goldman, B. A preliminary report on the diversity and feeding relationships of the reef fishes on One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef System. Proc. Symp. Corals and Coral Reefs, 1969 (Mar. Biol. Assoc., Ind.):425-444.
1973
Davies, P.J. and Kinsey, D.W. Intertidal solution of beach rock. Inqua IX Congress, Guidebook for EXC. D3:36-37.
Davies, P.J. and Kinsey, D.W. Organic and inorganic factors in recent beach rock formation, Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. J. Sed. Petr., 43:59-81.
Domm, S.B. and Domm, A.J. The sequence of appearance and disappearance at dusk of some coral reef fishes. Pacific Science, 27(2):128-135.
Domm, S.B. and Recher, H.F. The birds of One Tree Island with notes on their yearly cycle and feeding ecology. Sunbird, 4:63-86.
Goldman, B. Aspects of the ecology of the coral reef fishes of One Tree Island. Ph.D. Thesis, Macquarie Univ.:193-224.
Kinsey, D.W. Small scale experiments to determine the effect of crude oil films on gas exchange over the coral back-reef at Heron Island. Environ. Pollut. 4:167-182.
Talbot, F.H. Changing patterns in marine biological exploration. Med. J. Aust., 2:757-760.
1974
Allen, G.R. and Robertson, D.R. Descriptions of four new damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from Papua New Guinea and Eastern Australia. Rec. Aust. Mus., 29(4):153-167.
Borowitzka, M.A. and Larkum, A.W.D. The caulerpalean thylakoid organising body. Proc. Eighth Int. E.M. Congress, Canberra Vol. II:588-589.
Borowitzka, M.A., Larkum, A.W.D. and Nockolds, C.E. A scanning electron microscope study of the structure and organisation of the calcium carbonate deposits of algae. Phycologia 13:195-203.
Davies, P.J. Cation electrode measurements in the Capricorn area, southern Great Barrier Reef Province. Proc. Second Int. Symp. on Coral Reefs, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef Committee, Aust.) 2:449-455.
Davies, P.J. Subsurface solution unconformities at Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef. Proc. Second Int. Symp. Coral Reefs, Brisbane, 2:573-578.
Frankel, E. Recent sedimentation in the Pricess Charlotte Bay area, Great Barrier Reef Province. Proc. Second Int. Symp. on Coral Reefs, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef Committe, Aust.) 2:355-369.
Hulsman, K. Notes on the behaviour of terns at One Tree Island. Sunbird, 5:44-49.
Hutchings, P.R. A preliminary report on the density and distribution of invertebrates living in coral reefs. Proc. Second Int. Symp. on Coral Reefs, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef Committee, Aust.) 1: 285-297.
Kinsey, D.W. and Domm, A. Effects of fertilization on a coral reef environment - primary production studies. Proc. Second Int. Symp. on Coral Reefs, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef Committee, Aust.) 1:49-56.
McMichael, D.F. Growth rate, population size and mantle coloration in the small giant clam Tridacna maxima (Rolling) at One Tree Island, Capricorn Group, Queensland. Proc Second Int. Symp. on Coral Reefs, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef Committee, Aust.) 1:241-257.
Russell, B.C., Talbot, F.H. and Domm, S. Patterns of colonisation of artificial reefs by coral reef fishes. Proc. Second Int. Symp. on Coral Reefs, 1973 (Great Barrier Reef Committee, Aust.) 1:207-217.
1975
Allen, G.R. and Hoese, D.F. A review of the Pomacentrid fish genus Parma with descriptions of two new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 3 (4):261-293.
Allen, G.R., Russell, B.C., Carlson, B.A. and Stark, W.A. II Mimicry in marine fishes. Tropical fish hobbyist, 24:47-56.
Borowitzka, M.A. A physiological and ultrastructural study of Halimeda. Ph.D. Thesis, Univ. of Sydney.
Chilvers, J. A barn owl, a sooty albatross and a dove prion from One Tree Island. Sunbird 6:48.
Davies, P.J. The Great Barrier Reef - Geological Structure. Habitat, 3(4):3-8.
Done, T.J. The soil anthropod community of One Tree Island. Ph.D. Thesis, UNE Armidale NSW.
Goldman, B. Aspects of ecology of coral reef fishes. Ph.D. dissertation, Macquarie Uni.
Hulsman, K. The skimming behaviour of terns (on One Tree Island). Sunbird, 6:41-43.
Kinsey, D.W. and Davies, P.J. Coral Reef Growth - a model based on morphological and metabolic studies. Reef Biogenesis Symposium - AIMS (Abs.):7.
Russell, B.C. The development and dynamics of a small artificial reef community. Helgolander wiss. Meeresunters, 27:298-312.
Russell, B.C. Disguise, defense and aggression. Aust. Nat. History, 189:324-329.
Sale, P.F. and Dybdahl, R. Determinants of community structure for coral reef fishes in an experimental habitat. Ecology, 56:1343-1355.
Sale, P.F. Patterns of use of space in a guild of territorial reef fishes. Mar. Biol. 27:89-97.
Sale, P.F. One Tree Island - an island for science. Aust. Mar. Sci. Bull., 52:5-6.
Sale, P.F., Anderson, D.T. and McWilliam, P.S. The near-reef plankton at Heron Island - a preliminary report. (Crown-of-Thorns Seminar, Brisbane, 1974 Proceedings). Aust. Govt. Printing Office, Canberra: 149-157.
Smithers, C.N. Records of two species of Ectopsocus McLachlan (Psocoptera : Ectopsocidae) from One Tree Island, Queensland. J. Aust. Ent. Soc., 14:243-245.
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1976
Allen, G.R. Four new damselfishes (Pomacentridae) from the south-west Pacific. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW, 99(2):89-99.
Allen, G.R. and Kuiter, R.H. A review of the Plesiopid fish genus Assessor, with descriptions of two new species. Rec. West. Aust. Mus., 4(3):201-215.
Borowitzka, M.A. Some unusual features of the structure of caulerpalean chloroplasts and their development. Protoplasma, 86:129-147.
Borowitzka, M.A. and Larkum, A.W.D. Calcification in the green alga Halimeda II. The exchange of Ca2+ and the occurrence of age gradients in calcification and photosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot., 27:22-36.
Borowitzka, M.A. and Larkum, A.W.D. Calcification in the green alga Halimeda III. The sources of carbon for photosynthesis and calcification and a model of the mechanism of calcification. J. Exp. Bot., 27:37-51.
Borowitzka, M.A. and Larkum, A.W.D. Calcification in the green alga Halimeda IV. The effects of metabolic inhibitors on calcification and photosynthesis. J. Exp. Bot., 27:52-65.
Borowitzka, M.A. and Larkum, A.W.D. Chloroplast development in the caulerpalean alga Halimeda. Protoplasma, 81:131-144.
Calvert, H.E., Dawes, C.J.G. and Borowitzka, M.A. Phylogenetic relationships of Caulerpa (Chlorophyta) based on comparative chloroplast ultrastructure. J. Phycol., 12:149-162.
Davies, P.J., Radke, B.M. and Robison, C.R. The evolution of One Tree Reef, Southern Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. BMRJ Aust. Geol. Geophys., 1:231-240.
Goldman, B. and Talbot, F.H. The ecology of coral reef fishes. Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Vol III. Biology 2. Jones, O.A. and Endean, R. (eds.) Academic Press, N.Y.:125-154.
Heatwole, H. The ecology and biogeography of coral cays. Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Vol III. Biology 2. Jones, O.A. and Endean, R. (eds.) Academic Press, N.Y.:369-387.
Hulsman, K. Notes on the behaviour of terns at One Tree Island. Sunbird, 5:44-49.
Hulsman, K. The robbing behaviour of terns and gulls. Emu, 76:143-149.
Hulsman, K. Silver gulls hawking insects. Sunbird, 5:52.
Kinsey, D.W. Carbon flux and calcification studies at One Tree Island reef. In: Trudinger, P.A. (ed.) Experimental geobiology in Australia. Earth Science Reviews.
Kohn, A.J. and Leviten, P.J. Effect of habitat complexity on population density and species richness in tropical intertidal predatory gastropod assemblages. Oecologia (Berl.) 25:199-210.
Russell, B.C. Man-made reef ecology - a perspective view. Proc. 1st Aust. Conf. Artificial Reefs, 1975:62-75. (Aust. Underwater Federation, Brisbane).
Russell, B.C., Allen, G.R. and Lubbock, H.R. New cases of mimicry in marine fishes. J. Zool. Lond., 180:407-423.
Sale, P.F. Change in diversity of reef fish communities along a local gradient of environmental predictability. Bull. Ecol. Soc. Amer., 57:24.
Sale, P.F. The effect of territorial adult pomacentrid fishes on the recruitment and survival of juveniles on patches of coral rubble. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., 24:297-306.
Sale, P.F. Reef - fish lottery. Nat. Hist., 85:60-65.
Sale, P.F., McWilliam, P.S. and Anderson, D.T. Composition of the near-reef zooplankton at Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Biol., 34:59-66.
Sale, P.F., Potts, D.C. and Frankel, E. Status of Acanthaster studies in 1975. Search, 7:334-338.
Smith, S.V. and Kinsey, D.W. Coral reef growth and sea level changes. Science, 194:937-939.
1977
Borowitzka, M.A. Algal calcification. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev., 15:189-223.
Borowitzka, M.A. and Larkum, A.W.D. Calcification in the green alga Halimeda. An ultrastructural study of the thallus development. J. Phycol., 13(1):6-16.
Bradbury, R.H. Independent lies and holistic truths; towards a theory of coral reef communities as complex systems. Proc. 3rd Int. Coral Reef Symp., Vol. 1:1-8. Miami.
Bradbury, R.H. and Loya, Y. An heuristic analysis of spatial patterns of hermatypic corals at Eilat, Red Sea. Amer. Nat., 112(985):493-507.
Davies, P.J. Modern Reef Growth - Great Barrier Reef. Proc. 3rd Int. Coral Reef Symp. Vol. 2:325-330. Miami.
Davies, P.J., Marshall, J.F., Foulstone, D., Thom, B.G., Harvey, N., Short, A.D. and Martin, K. Reef Growth, Southern Great Barrier Reef - preliminary results. BMRJ. Aust. Geol. Geophys., 2:69-72.
Davies, P.J. and Kinsey, D.W. Holocene Reef Growth - One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. Marine Geology, 24:1-11.
Davies, P.J., Marshall, J.F., Thom, B.G., Harvey, N., Short, A.D. and Martin, K. Reef Development - Great Barrier Reef. Proc. 3rd Int. Coral Reef Symp., Vol. 2:331-337.
Day, R.W. The ecology of settling organisms on the coral reef at Heron Island, Queensland. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Sydney.
Day, R.W. Two contrasting effects of predation on species richness in coral reef habitats. Mar. Biol., 44(1):1-6.
Harvey, N. The application of shallow seismic refraction techniques to coastal geomorphology: A coral reef example. Catena, 4:333-339.
Hulsman, K. Daily attendance of terns and gulls at One Tree Island. Sunbird, 8:9-19.
Hulsman, K. Breeding success and mortality of terns at One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. Emu, 77:49-60.
Kinsey, D.W. Seasonality and zonation in coral reef productivity and calcification. Proc. 3rd Int. Coral Reef Symp. 2:383-388 (RSMAS, Miami).
Russell, B.C., Anderson, G.R.V. and Talbot, F.H. Seasonality and recruitment of reef fish. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res. 28(4):521-528.
Rohde, K. Species diversity of monogenean gill parasites of fish on the Great Barrier Reef. Proc. 3rd Int. Coral Reef Symp.:585-591. Miami.
Sale, P.F. Maintenance of high diversity in coral reef fish communities. Amer. Nat. 3(978):337-359.
Sale, P.F. Biology and Geology of Coral Reefs, Vol III Biology 2. Jones, O.A. and Endean, R. (eds.) (book review). Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc., 106:410.
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1978
Borowitzka, M.A., Larkum, A.W.D. and Borowitzka, L.J. A preliminary study of algal turf communities of a shallow coral reef lagoon using an artificial substratum. Aquatic Biology, 5:365-381.
Dybdahl, R.E. The ecology and behaviour of a mimetic pair of coral reef fishes, Meiacanthus lineatus and Petroscirtes fallax (Pisces: Blenniidae). M.Sc. Thesis, University of Sydney.
Harvey, N., Davies, P.J. and Marshall, J.F. Shallow Reef Structure: Southern Great Barrier Reef. Dept. Nat. Devel. Bur. Min. Res. Geol., and Geophys., Record 96:1-9 Canberra, A.C.T.
Jell, J.S. and Flood, P.G. Guide to the geology of the reefs of the Capricorn and Bunker Groups, Great Barrier Reef Province, with special reference to Heron Reef. Papers, Dept. Geology, University of Queensland, 8:44.
Kinsey, D.W. Alkalinity changes and coral reef calcification. Limnol. Oceanogr. 23:989-991.
Kinsey, D.W. Using intermittent still water periods and field enclosure techniques to facilitate specific productivity and calcification studies. In: Stoddart, D.R. and Johannes, R.E. (eds.) Handbook for Coral Reef Research Methods, Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Sale, P.F. Reef fish and other vertebrates: a comparison of social structure. Reese, E.S. and Lighter, F.J. (eds.) Contrasts in Behaviour. Wiley-Interscience pp 313-346.
Sale, P.F. Coexistence of coral reef fishes...a lottery for living space. Env. Biol. Fish., 3:85-102.
Sale, P.F., McWilliam, P.S. and Anderson, D.T. Faunal relationships among the near-reef zooplankton at three locations of Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef, and seasonal changes in this fauna. Mar. Biol., 49:133-145.
Sale, P.F. Chance patterns of demographic change in populations of territorial fish in coral rubble patches at Heron Reef. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol., 34:233-243.
Sale, P.F. and Dybdahl, R. Determinants of community structure for coral reef fishes in isolated coral heads at lagoonal and reef slope sites. Oecologia, 34:57-74.
Smith, S.V. and Kinsey, D.W. Measuring carbon dioxide as a record of calcification and organic carbon metabolism in Marine Systems. In: Stoddart, D.R. and Johannes, R.E. (eds.) Handbook for Coral Reef Research Methods. Springer-Verlag, Berlin.
Smith, S.V. and Kinsey, D.W. Calcification and organic carbon metabolism as indicated by carbon dioxide. In: Stoddart, D.R. and Johannes, R.E. (eds.) Coral Reefs: Research Methods. Monographs on Oceanography Methodology 5. UNESCO, 281pp.
1979
Backshall, D.G., Barnett, J., Davies, P.J., Duncan, D.C., Harvey, N., Hopley, D., Isdale, P.J., Jennings, J.N., and Moss, R. Drowned dolines - the blue holes of the Pompey Reefs, Great Barrier Reef. B.M.R.J. Aust. Geol., and Geophysics, 4: 99-109.
Cummins, R.A. Ecology of gobiid fishes associated with alpheid shrimps at One Tree Reef. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. 252pp.
Davies, P.J. and Marshall, J.F. Aspects of Holocene reef growth - substrate age and accretion rate. Search, 10:276-279.
Harvey, N., Davies, P.J. and Marshall, J.F. Seismic refraction - a tool for studying coral reef growth. B.M.R.J. Aust. Geol. Geophysics, 4: 141-147.
Hulsman, K. Seabird Island, No. 66. One Tree Island, Queensland. Corella 3(3): 37-40.
Kinsey, D.W. Carbon turnover and accumulation by coral reefs. Ph.D. thesis, University of Hawaii, 260pp.
Kinsey, D.W. and Davies, P.J. Inorganic carbon turnover, calcification, and growth in coral reefs. In: Trudinger, P.A. (ed.) Biogeochemical Cycling of Mineral-forming Elements. p.131-162. Elsevier, 612pp.
Kinsey, D.W. and Davies, P.J. Effects of elevated nitrogen and phosphorus on coral reef growth. Limnol. and Oceanography 24:935-940.
Ludington, C.A. Tidal modifications and associated circulation in a platform reef lagoon. Aust. J. Mar. Freshwater Res., 30:425-430.
Sale, P.F. Habitat partitioning and competition in fish communities. In: Clepper, H. (ed.) Predator-Prey Systems in Fisheries Management. Sport Fishing Institute, Washington, D.C. pp.323-331.
Sale, P.F. Behavioural aspects of ecology. In: A Natural Legacy. Ecology in Australia. (H.F. Recher, D. Lunney, and I Dunn, eds). Pergamon Press, pp.120-134.
Sale, P.F. Recruitment, loss, coexistence in a guild of territorial coral reef fishes. Oecologia 42: 159-177.
Thresher, R.E. The role of individual recognition in the territorial behaviour of the Threespot Damselfish, Eupomacentrus planifrons. Mar. Behav. Physiol. 6:83-94.
Thresher, R.E. Social behaviour and ecology of two sympatric wrasses (Labridae: Halichoeres spp.) off the coast of Florida. Mar. Biol. 53: 161-172.
Thresher, R.E. Possible mucophagy by juvenile Holancanthus tricolor (Pisces: Pomacanthidae). Copeia 160-62.
Williams, D. McB. Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of pomacentrids (Pisces: Pomacentridae) on small patch reefs in the One Tree Lagoon (Great Barrier Reef). Ph.D. Thesis, Sydney University, 108pp.
1980
Abrams, P.A. Resource partitioning and interspecific competition in a tropical hermit crab community. Oecologia 46:365-379.
Austin, A.D., Austin, S.A. and Sale, P.F. Community structure of the fauna associated with the coral Pocillopara damicornis (L.) on the Great Barrier Reef. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 31:163-174.
Bohnsack, J.A. and Talbot, F.H. Species packing by reef fishes on Australian and Caribbean reefs: an experimental approach. Bull. Mar. Science 30:710-723.
Davies, P.J. Reef Growth. In: Barnes, D (ed.) Reef Biogenesis. Australian National University Press, Canberra, in press.
Doherty, P.J. Biological and physical constraints on the populations of two sympatric territorial damselfishes on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Ph.D. thesis. University of Sydney.
Heatwole, H., Done, T. and Cameron, E. Community Ecology of a Coral Cay, a study of One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (Monographiae Biologicae, Vol. 43) Dr W. Junk, Publisher, The Hague. 379pp.
Leviten, P.J. and Kohn, A.J. Microhabitat resource use, activity patterns, and episodic catastrophe: Conus on tropical intertidal reef rock benches. Ecol. Monogr. 50:55-75.
Sale, P.F. The ecology of fishes on coral reefs. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 18:367-421.
Sale, P.F. Assemblages of fish on patch reefs - predictable or unpredictable? Env. Biol. Fish. 5:243-249.
Sale, P.F., Doherty, P.J. and Douglas, W.A. Juvenile recruitment strategies and coexistence of territorial pomacentrids. Bull. Mar. Sci., 30:147-158.
Thresher, R.E. Reef fish: Behavior and Ecology. Palmetto Publ. Co., St Petersburg, Florida, 171pp.
Thresher, R.E. Clustering: non-agonistic group contact in territorial reef fishes, with special reference to the Sea of Cortez damselfish, Eupomacentrus rectifraenum. Bull. Mar. Sci. 30:252-260.
Williams, D. McB. The dynamics of the pomacentrid community on small patch reefs in One Tree Lagoon (Great Barrier Reef). Bull. Mar. Sci. 30:159-170.
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1981
Abrams, P. Alternative methods of measuring competition applied to two Australian hermit crabs. Oecologia 51:233-239.
Allaway, W.G., Pitman, M.G., Storey, R. and Tyerman, S. Relationships between sap flow and water potential in woody or perennial plants on islands of the Great Barrier Reef. Plant, Cell & Envir. 4:329-337.
Borowitzka, M.A. Algae and grazing in coral reef ecosystems. Endeavour N.S. 5:99-106.
Borowitzka, M.A. Calcification and silicification. In: M.N. Clayton and R.J. King (eds.) Marine Botany: An Australasian Perspective. Longman Cheshire, Melbourne. pp.349-354.
Borowitzka, M.A. Photosynthesis and calcification in the articulated coralline red algae Amphiroa foliacea and A. anceps. Mar. Biol. 62:17-23.
Frith, C.A. Lagoon circulation at One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. Unpub. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. 270pp.
Frith, C.A. A study of flushing and exchange in reef lagoons using fluorescent dye. Proc. Conf. Environmental Engineering, Townsville, 8-10 July, 1981. The Inst. Engrs. Aust. Nat. Conf. Publ. No. 81/6. pp.102-106.
Hatcher, B.C. The interaction between algae and grazers on a coral reef. Unpub. Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. 161pp.
Heatwole, H. A coral island: the story of One Tree Island and its reef. Collins, Sydney. 200pp.
Hiller, R.G. and Larkum, A.W.D. Pigment proteins of the red alga Griffithsia monilis. In: Photosynthesis, Vol. 3. G. Akoyunoglou, (ed.) Proc. 5th Internat. Congr. Photosynth. Balaban Intersci. Serv., Philadelphia, pp.387-396.
Hulsman, K. Width of gape as a determinant of size of prey eaten by terns. Emu 81:29-32.
Larkum, A.W.D. Marine algal physiology. In: M. Clayton and R. King (eds.). Marine Botany: An Australasian Perspective, Longman-Cheshire, Melbourne. pp.346-348.
Larkum, A.W.D. Marine plant productivity. In: M. Clayton and R. King (eds.). Marine Botany: An Australasian Perspective, Longman-Cheshire, Melbourne, pp.369-385.
Lilley, R. McC. and Larkum, A.W.D. Isolation of functionally intact rhodoplasts with high rates of carbon dioxide fixation. Plant Physiol. 67:5-8.
McWilliam, P.S., Sale, P.F. and Anderson, D.T. Seasonal changes in resident zooplankton sampled by emergence traps in One Tree lagoon, Great Barrier Reef. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 52:185-203.
Sale, P.F. and Douglas, W.A. Precision and accuracy of visual census technique for fish assemblages on coral patch reefs. Env. Biol. Fish. 6:333-339.
Schmid, A.M., Borowitzka, M.A. and Volcani, B.E. Morphogenesis and biochemistry of diatom cell walls. In: Cytomorphogenesis in Plants. O. Kiermayer (ed.) Springer Verlag, Vienna.
Williams, D.McB., and Sale, P.F. Spatial and temporal patterns of recruitment of juvenile coral reef fishes to coral habitats within "One Tree Lagoon", Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Biol. 65:245-253.
1982
Abrams, P. Intraspecific shell exchange in the hermit crab Clibanarius virescens (Krauss). J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 59:89-101.
Ashford, A.E. and Allaway, W.G. A sheathing mycorrhiza on Pisonia grandis R.Br. (Nyctaginaceae) with development of transfer cells rather than a Hartig net. New Phytol. 90:511-519.
Borowitzka, M.A. Mechanisms in algal calcification. Prog. Phyc. Res. Vol. 1, F.E. Round and D.J. Chapman, (eds.). Elsevier Biomedical, Amsterdam, pp.137-177.
Borowitzka, M.A. Morphological and cytological aspects of algal calcification. Int. Rev. Cytol. 74:127-162.
Berthold, R.J., Borowitzka, M.A. and MacKay, M.A. The ultrastructure of Oscillatoria spongeliae, the blue-green algal endosymbiont of the sponge Dysidea herbacea. Phycologia 21:327-335.
Doherty, P.J. Some effects of density on the juveniles of two species of tropical, territorial damselfish. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 65:249-261.
Douglas, W.A. The feeding biology of cardinalfishes (Pisces: Apogonidae) at One Tree Reef. Unpub. M.Sc. thesis, University of Sydney. 110pp.
Mapstone, B.D. Some aspects of the reproductive ecology of six species of damselfish (Family: Pomacentridae) at One Tree Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Part 1, Unpub. B.Sc. Hons. thesis, University of Sydney, pp.1-115, and 147-202.
Marshall, J.F. and P.J. Davies. Internal structure and holocene evolution of One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 1:21-28.
Sale, P.F. Stock-recruit relationships and regional coexistence in a lottery competitive system: a simulation study. Am. Nat. 120:139-159.
Sale, P.F. Patterns in behavior at recruitment by juvenile coral reef fishes. Amer. Zool. 22:931 only.
Sale, P.F. and Williams, D.McB. Community structure of coral reef fishes: are the patterns more than those expected by chance? Am. Nat. 120:121-127.
Thresher, R.E. Inter-oceanic differences in the reproduction of reef fishes. Science 218:70-72.
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1983
Allaway, W.G. and Ashford, A.E. Plants and the plant environment. p.377. In: Baker, J.T., Carter, R.M., Sammarco, P.W. and Stark, K.P. (eds). Proceedings, Inaugural Great Barrier Reef Conference, Townsville, Aug.28-Sept.2, 1983. James Cook University Press, Townsville, Australia.
Borowitzka, M.A., Day, R.W. and Larkum, A.W.D. The importance of primary production by turf and crustose algal communities in One Tree Lagoon. pp.287-292. In: Baker, J.T., Carter, R.M., Sammarco, P.W. and Stark, K.P. (eds) Proceedings, Inaugural Great Barrier Reef Conference, Townsville, Aug.28-Sept.2, 1983. James Cook University Press, Townsville, Australia.
Brothers, E.B., Williams, D.McB. and Sale, P.F. Length of larval life in some coral reef fishes. Mar. Biol. 76:319-324.
Cox, G. Engulfment of Prochloron cells by cells of the ascidian, Lissoclinum. J. mar. biol. Ass. U.K. 63:195-198.
Cox, G. and Larkum, A.W.D. A diatom apparently living in symbiosis with a sponge. Bull. Mar. Sci. 33:943-945.
Doherty, P.J., Diel, lunar and seasonal rhythms in the reproduction of two tropical damselfishes: Pomacentrus flavicauda and P. wardi. Mar. Biol. 75:215-224.
Doherty, P.J. Tropical territorial damselfishes: is density limited by aggression or recruitment? Ecology 64:176-190.
Doherty, P.J. Coral reef fishes: recruitment limited assemblages? Proc. 4th Internat. Coral Reef Symp., Manila, 1981, 2:465-470.
Doherty, P.J. Recruitment surveys of coral reef fishes as tools for science and management. pp.191-196. In: Baker, J.T., Carter, R.M., Sammarco, P.W. and Stark, K.P. (eds) Proceedings, Inaugural Great Barrier Reef Conference, Townsville, Aug.28-Sept.2, 1983. James Cook University Press, Townsville, Australia.
Eckert, G.J. Annual and spatial variation in recruitment of labroid fishes among seven reefs in the Capricorn/Bunker Group, Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Biol. 78:123-127.
Frith, C.A. Some aspects of lagoon sedimentation and circulation at One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef. B.M.R.J. Aust. Geol. Geophys. 8:211-221.
Hatcher, A.I., and Hatcher, B.G. Seasonal and spatial variation in dissolved inorganic nitrogen in One Tree Reef lagoon. Proc. 4th Internat. Coral Reef Symp., Manila, 1981. 1:419-424.
Hatcher, B.G. The interaction between grazing organisms and the epilithic algal community of a coral reef: a quantitative assessment. Proc. 4th Internat. Coral Reef Symp., Manila, 1981. 2:515-524.
Hatcher, B.G. Grazing in coral reef ecosystems. In: Barnes, D.J. (ed), Perspectives on Coral Reefs. Brian Clouston Publ., Australia. pp.164-179.
Hatcher, B.G. and Larkum, A.W.D. An experimental analysis of factors controlling the standing crop of the epilithic algal community on a coral reef. J. exp. mar. Biol. Ecol. 69:61-84.
Hulsman, K. Survey of seabird colonies in the Capricornia section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park II. Population parameters and some management options. Res. Rep. GBRMPA. 116pp.
Jones, T. Some aspects of the ecology of the anemonefish, Amphiprion akindynos. Unpublished Honours thesis, University of Sydney, 37pp.
Kiene, W.E. Spatial and temporal aspects of lagoonal sedimentation at One Tree Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Unpublished M.Sc. thesis. Dept. of Geology, University of Sydney.
Kinsey, D.W. Short-term indicators of gross material flux in coral reefs - how far have we come, and how much further can we go? In: Baker, Carter, Sammarco and Stark (eds.) Proc. Great Barrier Reef Conference, Townsville. J.C.U. Press. 333-339.
Langham, N.P. Growth strategies in marine terns. Stud. Avian Biol. 8:73-83.
Larkum, A.W.D. The primary productivity of plant communities on coral reefs. In: D.J. Barnes (ed), Perspectives on Coral Reefs. Brian Clouston Publ., Australia. pp.221-230.
Sale, P.F. Temporal variability in the structure of reef fish communities. pp.239-244. In: Baker, J.T., Carter, R.M., Sammarco, P.W. and Stark, K.P. (eds), Proceedings, Inaugural Great Barrier Reef Conference, Townsville, Aug.28-Sept.2, 1983. James Cook University Press, Townsville, Australia.
Sale, P.F. and Sharp, B.J. Correction for bias in visual transect censuses of coral reef fishes. Coral Reefs 2:37-42.
Thresher, R.E. Environmental correlates of the distribution of planktivorous fishes in the One Tree Reef lagoon. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 10:137-145.
Thresher, R.E. and Moyer, J.T. Male success, courtship complexity and patterns of sexual selection in three congeneric species of sexually monochromatic and dichromatic damselfishes (Pisces: Pomacentridae). Anim. Behav. 31:113-127.
Williams, D.McB. Daily, monthly and yearly variability in recruitment of a guild of coral reef fishes. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 10:231-238.
1984
Allaway, W.G. and Ashford, A.E. Nutrient input by seabirds to the forest on a coral island of the Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 19:297-298.
Allaway, W.G., Pitman, M.G., Storey, R., Tyerman, S. and Ashford, A.E. Water relations of coral cay vegetation on the Great Barrier Reef: water potentials and osmotic content. Aust. J. Bot. 32:449-464.
Doherty, P.J., Williams, D.McB. and Sale, P.F. The adaptive significance of larval dispersal in coral reef fishes. Env. Biol. Fish. 12:81-90.
Dupee, P.A. Concussive detonation - a viable method for sampling schooling, planktivorous fishes in a reef environment. GBRMPA Information Report, 7pp.
Gronell, A.M. Courtship, spawning and social organization of the pipefish, Corythoichthys intestinalis (Pisces, Syngnathidae) with notes on two congeneric species. Zeit. f. Tierpsychol. 65:1-24.
Hulsman, K. Survey of seabird colonies in the Capricornia section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park III. Population parameters and management strategies. Res. Rep. GBRMPA 68pp.
Hulsman, K. Seabirds of the Capricornia section of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Proc. Roy. Soc. Qld. pp53-60.
Hulsman, K. Selection of prey and success of Silver Gulls robbing Crested Terns. Condor 86:130-138.
Kott, P., Parry, D.L. and Cox, G.C. Prokaryotic symbionts with a range of ascidian hosts. Bull. Mar. Sci. 34:308-312.
Kristensen, R.M. On the biology of Wingstrandarctus corallinus Nov. Gen. et Spec., with notes on the symbiontic bacteria in the subfamily Florarctinae (Arthrotardigrada).
Larkum, A.W.D. and Hiller, R.G. Chlorophyll-protein complexes of Prochloron (Prochlorophyta). In: C. Sybesma (ed), Advances in Photosynthesis Research II. Martinus Nijhoff/W. Junk, The Hague, pp.41-44.
Lowman, M.D. Grazing of Utetheisa pulchelloides larvae on its host plant, Argusia argentia, on coral cays of the Great Barrier Reef. Biotropica 16:14-18.
Sale, P.F. Patterns of recruitment in coral reef fishes. Fifth International Congress on Coral Reefs. Proceedings, 5:391-396.
Sale, P.F. The structure of communities of fish on coral reefs, and the merit of an hypothesis-testing, manipulative approach to ecology. In: D.R. Strong, D.S. Simberloff, L.G. Abele and A. Thistle (eds), Ecological Communities: Conceptual Issues and the Evidence. Princeton U.P., Princeton. pp.478-490.
Sale, P.F. and Douglas, W.A. Temporal variability in the community structure of fish on coral patch reefs, and the relation of community structure to reef structure. Ecology 65:409-422.
Sale, P.F., Jones, G.P., Choat, J.H., Leis, J. and Williams, D.McB. Priorities for research in the ecology of coral reef fishes. Search 16:270-274.
Sale, P.F., Douglas, W.A. and Doherty, P.J. Choice of microhabitats by coral reef fishes at settlement. Coral Reefs 3:91-99.
Sale, P.F., Doherty, P.J., Eckert, G.J., Douglas, W.A. and Ferrell, D.J. Large scale spatial and temporal variation in recruitment to fish populations on coral reefs. Oecologia 64:191-198.
Schmitt, P.D. Marking growth increments in otoliths of larval and juvenile fish by immersion in tetracycline to examine the rate of increment formation. Fishery Bull. 82:237-241.
Schmitt, P.D. Aspects of the larval ecology of Hypoatherina tropicalis (Pisces: Atherinidae) at One Tree Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, unpub. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Sydney. 201pp.
Thresher, R.E. Reproduction in reef fishes. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc. Neptune, New Jersey, U.S.A. 399pp.
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1985
Allaway, W.G., Carpenter, J.L. and Ashford, A.E. Amplification of inter-symbiont surface by root epidermal transfer cells in the Pisonia mycorrhiza. Protoplasma 128:227-231.
Ashford, A.E. and Allaway, W.G. Transfer cells and Hartig net in the root epidermis of Pisonia grandis R.Br. from Seychelles. New Phytol. 100:595-612.
Cox, G.C., Hiller, R.G. and Larkum, A.W.D. An unusual cyanophyte, containing phycourobilin and symbiotic with ascidians and sponges. Mar. Biol. 89:149-163.
Doherty, P.J., Williams, D.McB. and Sale, P.F. The adaptive significance of larval dispersal in coral reef fishes. Env. Biol. Fish. 12:81-90.
Dupee, P. Schooling dynamics, distribution, and abundance of Spratelloides delicatulus, S. gracilis (Clupeidae), and Hypoatherinia tropicalis (Atherinidae) in One Tree Island lagoon, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Unpub. M.Sc. thesis, University of Queensland.
Eckert, G.J. Settlement of coral reef fishes to different natural substrata and at different depths. Fifth Internat. Coral Reef Congress, Proc. 5:391-396.
Gronell, A.M. and Colin, P.L. A toroidal vortex for gamete dispersion in a marine fish, Pygoplites diacanthus (Pisces: Pomacanthidae). Anim. Behav. 33:1021-1023.
Gum, W. The behaviour, growth and ageing of juvenile Pomacentrus wardi at One Tree Reef, Great Barrier Reef. Unpub. Hons. thesis, U.S.
Hatcher, A.I. and Frith, C.A. The control of nitrate and ammonium concentrations in a coral reef lagoon. Coral Reefs 4:101-110.
Hiller, R.G. and Larkum, A.W.D. Chlorophyll-protein complexes of Prochloron (Prochlorophyta). Biochem. Biophys. Acta 806:107-115.
Hulsman, K. and Langham, N.P.E. Breeding biology of the bridled tern Sterna anaethetus. Emu 85:240-249.
Kinsey, D.W. Invited chapter: Ecological energetics - primary production in open flow systems. In: M.M. & D.S. Littler (eds.) Handbook of Phycological Methods: Ecological Methods for Macroalgae. pp.427-460. Cambridge University Press. 617pp.
Peterson, R.L., Ashford, A.E. and Allaway, W.G. Vesicular-arbuscular mycorrhizal associations of vascular plants on Heron Island, a Great Barrier Reef coral cay. Aust. J. Bot. 33:669-676.
Pironet, F. Physiological study of a tropical sponge and its symbiotic blue-green algae. Unpub. M.Sc. thesis, University of Sydney.
Sale, Peter F., Jones, G.P., Choat, J.H., Leis, J. and Williams, D.McB. Priorities for research in the ecology of coral reef fishes. Search 16:270-274.
Sutton, M. Patterns of spacing in a coral reef fish in two habitats on the Great Barrier Reef. Anim. Behav. 33:1332-1337.
Thresher, R.E. Parental brood harassment and early brood abandonment in the coral reef fish, Acanthochromis polyacanthus. Anim. Behav. 33:897-907.
Thresher, R.E. Spatial distribution, abundance and variation in reproductive success in the reef fish Acanthochromis polyacanthus. Ecology 66:1139-1150.
Wilson, P.R. Tidal studies in One Tree Island lagoon. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 36:139-156.
1986
Barnes, D.J., Chalker, B.E. and Kinsey, D.W. Primary production and calcification on the reef. Oceanus 29:20-26.
Borowitzka, M.A. and Larkum, A.W.D. Reef Algae. Oceanus 29:49-54.
Cox, G. Comparison of Prochloron from different hosts. I. Structural and ultrastructural characteristics. New Phytol. 104: 429-445.
Doherty, P.J. and Sale, P.F. Predation on juvenile coral reef fishes: an exclusion experiment. Coral Reefs, 4:225-234.
Hinde, R. Symbioses between aquatic invertebrates and algae. Int. J. Parasitol. 17: 383-390.
Jones, G.P. and Norman, M.D. Feeding selectivity in relation to territory size in the herbivorous reef fish Parma victoriae. Oecologia 68:549-556.
Jones, G.P. Food availability affects growth in a coral reef fish. Oecologia 70:136-139.
Jones, G.P. Soft bottoms on a coral reef. Mar. Studies 3:61-62.
Langham, N.P. The effect of cyclone `Simon' on terns nesting on One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Emu 86:53-57.
Langham, N.P. and Hulsman, K. The breeding biology of the crested tern Sterna bergii. Emu 86:23-32.
Linley, E.A.S. and Koop, K. Significance of pelagic bacteria as a trophic resource in a coral reef lagoon, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Biol. 92:457-464.
Sale, P.F. and Steel, W.J. Random placement and the structure of reef fish communities. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 28:165-174.
Sale, P.F., Eckert, G.J., Ferrell, D.J., Fowler, A.J., Jones, T.A., Mapstone, B.D. and Steel, W.J. Demography of selected aquarium fishes and implications for the management of their collection. Unpub. Final Report to Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. 56pp.
Schmitt, P.D. Feeding by larvae of Hypoatherina tropicalis (Pisces: Atherinidae) and its relation to prey availability in One Tree Lagoon, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Envir. Biol. Fish. 16:79-94.
St. John, J. Feeding relationships between Valenciennia longipinnis and the soft-sediment meiofauna. Unpub. Hons. B.Sc. thesis, University of Sydney.
1987
Fowler, A.J. The development of sampling strategies for population studies of coral reef fishes. A case study. Coral Reefs 6:49-58.
Hansen, J.A., Alongi, D.M., Moriarty, D.J.W. and Pollard, P.C. The dynamics of benthic microbial communities in winter at Davies Reef, Great Barrier, Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs 663-70.
Hinde, R. Control of translocation in some associations between invertebrates and algae. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sciences 503:355-358.
Hinde, R. Animals with photosynthetic symbionts. Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sciences 503:348-354.
Jones, G.P. Competitive interactions among adults and juveniles in a coral reef fish. Ecology 68:1534-1547.
Jones, G.P. Some interactions between residents and recruits in two coral reef fishes. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 114:169-182.
Koop, K. and Larkum, A.W.D. Deposition of organic material in a coral reef lagoon, One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 25:1-9.
Larkum, A.W.D., Cox, G.C., Hiller, R.G., Parry, D.L. and Dibbayawan, T.P. Filamentous cyanophytes containing phycourobilin and in symbiosis with sponges and an ascidian of coral reefs. Mar. Biol. 95:1-13.
Roberts, C.M. Experimental analysis of resource sharing between herbivorous damselfish and blennies on the Great Barrier Reef. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 111:61-76.
Russ, G.R. Is rate of removal of algae by grazers reduced inside territories of tropical damselfish? J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 110:1.
Sale, P.F. Perception, pattern and chance and the structure of reef fish communities. Env. Biol. Fish.
Scott, F.J. and Russ, G.R. Effects of grazing on species composition of the epilithic algal community on coral reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. 39:293-304.
1988
Chrystal, J. and Larkum, A.W.D. Preservation of long-wavelength fluorescence in the isolated thylakoids of two phytoplanktonic algae. Biochim. Biophys. Acta 932:189-194.
Hopley, D. and Kinsey, D.W. Effects of a rapid short-term sea level rise on the Great Barrier Reef. In: G.I. Perman (ed.) Greenhouse, pp189-201. CSIRO. pp.752.
Larkum, A.W.D. High rates of nitrogen fixation on coral skeletons after predation by the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster planci. Marine Biology 97:503-506.
Larkum, A.W.D., Kennedy, I.R. and Muller, W. Nitrogen fixation on a coral reef. Marine Biology 98:143-155.
Larkum, A.W.D. and Hiller, R.G. The chlorophyll protein complexes of algae. In: Light Harvesting Mechanisms in Photosynthetic Organisms (H. Scheer and G. Schneider, eds) pp121-129.
Mapstone, B.D. The determination of patterns in the abundance of Pomacentrus moluccensis Bleeker on the southern Great Barrier Reef. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney, 240 pp.
Russ, G K and St John, J. Diets, Growth Rate and Secondary Production of Herbivorous Coral Reef Fish. Proc 6th International Coral Reef Symp. 2, 37-44
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1989
Borowitska, M.A., Hinde, R. and Pironet, F. Carbon fixation by the sponge Dysidea herbacea and its endosymbiont Oscillatoria spongeliae. In: Choat, J.H. et al. (eds), Proc. 6th Internat. Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia, 1988. 3: 151-156.
Fork, D.C. and Larkum, A.W.D. Photosynthetic light-harvesting in the extreme shade alga Ostreobium. Photosynth. Res.
Hinde, R. Nutrition in algal-invertebrate symbioses. In Choat, J.H. et al. (eds), Proc. 6th Internat. Coral Reef Symposium, Townsville, Australia, 1988. 1:199-204.
Johnstone, R.W. The significance of coral lagoon sediments in mineralization of organic matter and inorganic nitrogen fluxes. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney, 144 pp.
Johnston, K.K. and Larkum, A.W.D. Fluxes of inorganic nitrogen between sediments and water in a coral reef lagoon. Proc. Linn. Soc. NSW 110:219-227.
King, R.J., Hutchings, P.A., Larkum, A.W.D. and West, R.J. South-eastern Australia. In: Ecosystems of the World. Vol. 27. Intertidal and littoral ecosystems. Elsevier Pub. Co., Amsterdam. in press.
Kinsey, D.W. Coral reef system response to some natural and anthropogenic stress. Proc. International Symp. on the Conservation and Management of Coral Reef and Mangrove Ecosystems, 1987 (U. Ryukys). Galaxea 7:113-128.
Klumpp, D W and McKinnon, A D. Temporal and spatial patterns in primary production of a coral reef epilithic algal community. J Exp Mar Biol Ecol, 131: 1-22.
Larkum, A.W.D., Cox, G.C. and Dibbayawan, T.P. Prokaryotic symbionts of coral reef sponges. Proc. Fourth Intern, Coral Reef Symp. (Choat H. et al., eds).
Larkum, A.W.D. and den Hartog, C. Evolution and biogeography of seagrasses. In: Seagrasses (ed. A.W.D. Larkum, A.J. McComb and S.A. Shepherd). Elsevier Pub Co., Amsterdam.
Lockhart, P.J., Larkum, A.W.D., Beanland, T.J. and Howe, C.J. The isolation of high molecular mass DNA from the prochlorophyte Procholoron didemni. FEBS Lett. 248:127-130.
St John, J., Jones, G.P. and Sale, P.F. Distribution and abundance of soft-sediment meiofauna and a predatory goby in a coral reef lagoon. Coral Reefs, 8:51-58.
B Sc (Hons)
S. Herring: The production and control of mycosporine-like amino acids in the sea anemone Aiptasia pulchella and the reef building coral Pocillopora damicornis.
M. Takabayashi: The ecological and physiological significance of colour morphs in the reef building coral Pocillopora damicornis.
A. Baker: The physiology and ecology of the solitary coral Heliofungia actiniformis.
M Sc
M. Finn: Presettlement and early postsettlement lives of apogonids
Ph D
1990:
Lockhart, P. Inference of green chloroplast origins. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney, 99pp.
Rouse, G.W. Reproduction in selected sabellid and maldanid polychaetes from Australia. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney.
Skilleter, G.A. Population dynamics of three species of cerithiid gastropods in sediments at One Tree Reef. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney.
1991:
Caley, M.J. Mechanisms of co-existence in communities of coral reef fishes. Unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Sydney. 238pp.
S. Connel: The contribution of large predatory fish to mortality of juvenile coral reef fishes.
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Prof. D. Yellowlees(JCU)
Dr D. Booth (UTS)
Dr P. Hutchings (Aus Mus)
Dr L. Newman (UQ)
Dr P. Harrison (USC)
Dr A. Steven (GBRMPA)
Dr L. Franklin (ANU)
Dr. M. Garson (UQ)
Dr P.J Doherty (AIMS)
Dr C.E. Lovelock (ANU)
Mr A.D. Broadbent (UQ)
Dr G.E.R Seaton (ANU)
Dr G.B. Jones (JCU)
Dr M.A.J. Curran (JCU)
Dr M. McDonald (JCU)
Dr R. Emlet (Uni Oregon)
Dr S. Kennelly (FRI NSW)
Dr C. Johnson (JCU)
Dr E. Drew (AIMS)
Dr C. Wilkinson (AIMS)
Dr A. Flowers (UQ)
A/Prof. M.A. Borowitzka (Murdoch Univ.)
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One Tree Island Research Station would like to express its gratitude to many people and companies who have supported the 1994 Appeal by contributing their time and effort;
St George Bank: Mr Warren O'Rourke, Chief Manager, Corporate Public Affairs
Ms Diane Holden - Ainsworth, Promotions and Community Relations Manager
All STAFF throughout the branch network
Zap Productions: Mr Soren Jensen Mr Zoran Janjic
Mr Matthew O'Sullivan Ms Jane Hansen (7:30 Report)
Stellar Sound: Mr Rob Lynch Mr Brad Power
Kazoo Advertising: Mr John Lam
Hertz Walpole Advertising: Mr Peter Delaney
Mountain Studios: Mr Ian Coulsen
ABC - TV: Mr Ray Moynihan Ms Jane Pepper
Dr Richard Smith Mr Richard Caulfield
Coral Sea Dreaming: Mr Neil O'Hare
Moonlight Productions: Dr Bob Johannes
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority: Professor Graeme Kelleher
Mr Craig Sambell
Australian Caption Centre: Mr Eddie Raggett
Ms Jasmine Kelly
Comcopy: Mr Steve Chadwick
Community Service Campaigns:
Nine Network Mr M. Fiitzharding
Seven Network Mr R. Stow-Smith
Ten Network Ms L. Austin
SBS-TV Ms M. Dalton
Skychannel Ms V. Parker
2MMM-FM Mr S. Skerman
2MMM-FM Mr W. Rankin
2Day-FM Mr A. Laccy
2UE Ms K. Elstub
2SM Ms T. Forde
2CH Ms N. Hanley
2GB Ms L. Newman
2KY Ms K. Fitzgerald
2JJJ Mr R. Scott
2BL Cmmty. Anncmt. Off.
Radio National All at "Green and Practical"
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One Tree Island Appeal Team:
Mr Peter Stephenson
Mr Martin Hoegh-Guldberg
Ms Vanessa Mathews
Mr Eric Dorfman
Mr Todd Minchinton
Dr Klaus Koop
Dr Mike Kingsford
Dr Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ms Sachi Wimmer
Thanks to all the people at the University of Sydney who contributed their time.
1995
Thanks are extended to Professor Don Kinsey who donated 5 books to the Library on One Tree Island.