New paper: Community metabolism over Hong Kong’s marginal corals (King et al., Biogeosciences)

Net ecosystem production of coral communities persisting under marginal environmental conditions Timothy B. King, Yu-De Pei, Joshua Bennett-Williams, and Alex S. J. Wyatt* Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong Coral communities in Hong | Click for More →

New paper: High-frequency temperature monitoring across depth on a coral reef ecosystem (Foulk et al., L&O)

High-frequency temperature monitoring with time-resolved wavelet analysis reveals unrecognized complexities across depth on a coral reef ecosystem Aubrey Foulk1, Tarik Gouhier1, James Leichter2, Alex S.J. Wyatt3, Randi Rotjan4, Mark Patterson1, Brian Helmuth1* 1 Marine Science Center, Northeastern University, 430 Nahant Road, Nahant, MA 01908, USA | Click for More →

Grant success: RGC General Research Fund

Dr Wyatt has been awarded a General Research Fund (GRF) grant by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong to explore biogeochemical dynamics in internal-wave refuges at the centre of the world’s marine biodiversity. Title: Biogeochemical dynamics shaping internal-wave-driven coral reef climate refuges Principal | Click for More →

New paper: Stratification ameliorates coral bleaching (Pérez-Rosales et al., Coral Reefs)

Shallow seasonal stratification ameliorates coral bleaching during record-breaking marine heatwaves in a marginal subtropical system Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales1, Yu-De Pei1, Joshua Bennett-Williams1, Timothy B. King1, Markus Rummel1, Tzu Hao Chung2, Alex S.J. Wyatt1 1Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear | Click for More →

New paper: Long-term coral reef community dynamics in Moorea (Edmunds et al., Ecosphere)

Long-term community dynamics are heterogeneous between fringing- and fore-reef habitats on an Indo-Pacific coral reef P.J. Edmunds1, C. John2, J.J. Leichter3, C. Moritz4, K.C. Scafidi1, K. E. Speare5, G. Srednick6, A.S.J. Wyatt7 1Department of Biology, California State University, Northridge, California, USA 2Marine Science Institute, University | Click for More →

Grant success: RGC General Research Fund

Dr Wyatt has been awarded a General Research Fund (GRF) grant by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong to explore thermal variability in internal-wave refuges at the centre of the world’s marine biodiversity. Title: Thermal variability hidden in internal-wave refuges: validating a numerical | Click for More →

New paper on reef fish diversity using UVC and eDNA (Pei et. al., Ecological Indicators)

Characterisation of coastal reef fish assemblages across an estuarine-urbanisation gradient using underwater visual census and environmental DNA Yu-De Pei, Joseph Heard, Wenqian Xu, Shara K.K. Leung, Charmaine C.M. Yung, Alex S.J. Wyatt Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear | Click for More →

New paper on ocean weather and biological rates (Li Shing Hiung et. al., PNAS Nexus)

Ocean weather, biological rates, and unexplained global ecological patterns Darren L C Y Li Shing Hiung, Jasmin M Schuster, Murray I Duncan, Nicholas L Payne, Brian Helmuth, Jackson W F Chu, Julia K Baum, Viviana Brambilla, John Bruno, Sarah W Davies, Maria Dornelas, Patrick Gagnon, | Click for More →

Internal-wave cooling – hope for coral reefs

Global heating threats to coral reefs have received significant attention in the literature and media. In a new study across the Pacific Ocean, we show widespread cooling of reefs by internal waves – a ubiquitous process reducing heating accumulation in potential refuge habitats. Adapted from | Click for More →

New paper on internal-wave cooling of coral reefs (Wyatt et. al., Nat. Geosci.)

Heat accumulation on coral reefs mitigated by internal waves Alex S.J. Wyatt1,2*, James J. Leichter3, Lauren T. Toth4, Toshihiro Miyajima2, Richard B. Aronson5, Toshi Nagata2 1Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong. 2Atmosphere and | Click for More →