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AIMS@JCU Outputs 2004 Onwards Abdul Wahab MA; De Nys R AIMS@JCU Outputs 2004 onwards Abdul Wahab MA; de Nys R; Whalan SW (2012) Closing the lifecycle for the sustainable aquaculture of the bath sponge Coscinoderma matthewsi. Aquaculture, 324-325. pp. 281-289 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22035 Adams VM; Pressey RL; Stoeckl NE (2012) Estimating land and conservation management costs: the first step in designing a stewardship program for the Northern Territory. Biological Conservation, 148 (1). pp. 44-53 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20245 Andutta FP; Kingsford MJ; Wolanski E (2012) 'Sticky water' enables the retention of larvae in a reef mosaic. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science , 101. pp. 54-63 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22906 Angell AR; Pirozzi I; de Nys R; Paul N (2012) Feeding preferences and the nutritional value of tropical algae for the abalone Haliotis asinina. PLoS ONE, 7 (6). pp. 1-10 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22050 Athauda SB; Anderson TA; de Nys R (2012) Effect of rearing water temperature on protandrous sex inversion in cultured Asian Seabass (Lates calcarifer). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 175 (3). pp. 416-423 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20838 Baird AH; Campbell SJ; Fadli N; Hoey AS; Rudi E (2012) The shallow water hard corals of Pulau Weh, Aceh Province, Indonesia. Aquaculture, Aquarium, Conservation and Legislation, 5 (1). pp. 23-28 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22743 Bannister RJ; Battershill CN; de Nys R (2012) Suspended sediment grain size and mineralogy across the continental shelf of the Great Barrier Reef: impacts on the physiology of a coral reef sponge. Continental Shelf Research, 32. pp. 86-95 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22051 Barnes LM; Bellwood DR; Sheaves MJ; Tanner JK (2012) The use of clear-water non-estuarine mangroves by reef fishes on the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 159 (1). pp. 211-220 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/19651 Bass AM; Bird MI; Munksgaard NC; Wurster CM (2012) ISO-CADICA: isotopic - continuous, automated dissolved inorganic carbon analyser. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 26 (6). pp. 639-644 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/21547 Beeden R; Maynard JA; Marshall PA; Heron SF; Willis BL (2012) A framework for responding to coral disease outbreaks that facilitates adaptive management. Environmental Management, 49 (1). pp. 1-13 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20191 Bellwood DR; Hoey AS; Hughes TP (2012) Human activity selectively impacts the ecosystem roles of parrotfishes on coral reefs. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 279 (1733). pp. 1621-1629 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/19586 Berumen ML; Trip EDL; Pratchett MS; Choat JH (2012) Differences in demographic traits of four butterflyfish species between two reefs of the Great Barrier Reef separated by 1,200 km. Coral Reefs, 31 (1). pp. 169-177 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20196 Bird MI; Ascough PL (2012) Isotopes in pyrogenic carbon: a review. Organic Geochemistry, 42 (12). pp. 1529-1539 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/14961 Bird MI; Wurster CM; De Paula Silva PH; Paul N; de Nys R (2012) Algal biochar: effects and applications. GCB Bioenergy, 4 (1). pp. 61-69 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/18985 Bonaldo RM; Welsh JQ; Bellwood DR (2012) Spatial and temporal variation in coral predation by parrotfishes on the GBR: evidence from an inshore reef. Coral Reefs, 31 (1). pp. 263-272 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/19399 Botte E; Jerry DR; King SC; Smith-Keune CR; Negri A (2012) Effects of chlorpyrifos on cholinesterase activity and stress markers in the tropical reef fish Acanthochromis polyacanthus. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 65 (4-9). pp. 384-393 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20192 Camus T; Zeng C (2012) Reproductive performance, survival and development of nauplii and copepodites, sex ratio and adult life expectancy of the harpacticoid copepod, Euterpina acutifrons, fed different microalgal diets. Aquaculture Research, 43 (8). pp. 1159-1169 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20146 Carl C; Poole AJ; Sexton FL; Vucko MJ; Vucko MJ; Whalan SW; de Nys R; de Nys R (2012) Enhancing the settlement and attachment strength of pediveligers of Mytilus galloprovincialis by changing surface wettability and microtopography. Biofouling, 28 (2). pp. 175-186 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22052 Chin A; Tobin AJ; Simpfendorfer CA; Heupel MR (2012) Reef sharks and inshore habitats: patterns of occurrence and implications for vulnerability. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 460. pp. 115-125 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/23244 Cinner JE; McClanahan TR; Macneil MA; Graham N; Daw TM; Mukminin A; Feary DA; Rabearisoa AL; Wamukota A; jiddawi n; Campbell SJ; Baird AH; Hartley FA; Hamed S; Lahari R; Morove T; Kuange J (2012) Comanagement of coral reef social- ecological systems. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109 (14). pp. 5219- 5222 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/21700 Claydon JAB; McCormick MI; Jones GP (2012) Patterns of migration between feeding and spawning sites in a coral reef surgeonfish. Coral Reefs, 31 (1). pp. 77-87 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20234 Collier CJ; Waycott M; Ospina AG (2012) Responses of four Indo-West Pacific seagrass species to shading. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 65 (4-9). pp. 342-354 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/18590 De Santis C; Gomes G; Jerry DR (2012) Abundance of myostatin gene transcripts and their correlation with muscle hypertrophy during the development of barramundi, Lates calcarifer. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology-Part B: biochemistry & molecular biology, 163 (1). pp. 101-107 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/23147 Devine BM; Munday PL; Jones GP (2012) Homing ability of adult cardinalfish is affected by elevated carbon dioxide. Oecologia, 168 (1). pp. 269-276 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/19612 Domenici P; Allen B; McCormick MI; Munday PL (2012) Elevated carbon dioxide affects behavioural lateralization in a coral reef fish. Biology Letters, 8 (1). pp. 78-81 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/19613 Donelson JM; Munday PL; McCormick MI; Pitcher CR (2012) Rapid transgenerational acclimation of a tropical reef fish to climate change. Nature Climate Change, 2. pp. 30-32 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/20235 Edmunds rc; Smith-Keune CR; van Herwerden L; Fulton CJ; Jerry DR (2012) Exposing local adaptation: synergistic stressors elicit population-specific lactate dehydrogenase-B (ldh-b) expression profiles in Australian barramundi, Lates calcarifer. Aquatic Sciences, 74 (1). pp. 171-178 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/17814 Ferrari MCO; McCormick MI; Munday PL; Meekan MG; Dixon DS; Lonnstedt OM; Chivers DP (2012) Effects of ocean acidification on visual risk assessment in coral reef fishes. Functional Ecology, 26 (3). pp. 553-558 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22447 Figueiredo J; Connolly SR (2012) Dispersal-mediated coexistence under recruitment limitation and displacement competition. Ecological Modelling, 243. pp. 133-142 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22330 Figueiredo J; Baird AH; Cohen MF; Flot J-F; Kamiki TM; Meziane T; Tsuchyia M; Yamasaki H (2012) Ontogenetic change in the lipid and fatty acid composition of scleractinian coral larvae. Coral Reefs, pp. 613-619 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/19726 Fitridge I; Dempster T; Guenther J; de Nys R (2012) The impact and control of biofouling in marine aquaculture: a review. Biofouling, 28 (7). pp. 649-669 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22250 Foster R; Bridge TCL; Bongaerts P (2012) The first record of Hippocampus denise (Syngnathidae) from Australia. Aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1). pp. 55-57 http://eprints.jcu.edu.au/22878 Guest JR; Baird AH; Maynard JA; Muttaqin E; Edwards A; Campbell SJ; Yewdall K; Affendi YA; Chou LM (2012) Contrasting Patterns of Coral Bleaching Susceptibility in 2010 Suggest an Adaptive Response to Thermal Stress. 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