Photos from the field
Photo credits: Dr Matthew Nitschke

published research
  • ​Masdeu-Navarro M, J Mangot, L Xue, D Keiber, Ros P, Gardner SG, Bergauer K, Herndl G, Marrase C, Simó R (2024), 'Diel variation of seawater volatile organic compounds, DMSP-related compounds, and microbial plankton inside and outside a tropical coral reef ecosystem', in Frontiers in Marine Science (IF:3.7)
  • Gardner SG, Leggat W, Ainsworth T (2023), 'The microbiome of the endosymbiotic Symbiodiniaceae in corals exposed to thermal stress'. Hydrobiologia (IF: 2.6)
  • Nitschke MR, Rosset SL, Oakley CA, Gardner SG, Camp CF, Suggett DJ, Davy SK (2022), titled ‘The diversity and ecology of Symbiodiniaceae: A traits-based review', in Advances in Marine Biology, ed Charles Sheppard, Vol. 92, Pages 55-127
  • Xue L, Kieber D, Masdeu-Navarro M, Cabrera M, Ros P, Gardner SG, Marrase C, Simó R (2022) Concentrations and biological consumption of acrylate and DMSP in a coral reef ecosystem in Mo’orea, French Polynesia. Frontiers in Marine Science (IF: 3.7)
  • Masdeu-Navarro M, Mangot JF, Xue L, Cabrera M, Gardner SG, Kieber D, González JM, Simó R (2022) Spatial and diel patterns of volatile organic compounds, DMSP-derived compounds, and planktonic microorganisms around a tropical scleractinian coral colony. Frontiers in Marine Science (IF: 3.7)
  • Lewis RE, Davy SK, Gardner SG, Rongo T, Suggett DJ, Nitschke MR (2022). Colony self-shading facilitates Symbiodiniaceae cohabitation in a South Pacific coral community. Coral Reefs (IF: 3.60)
  • Gardner SG, Nitschke MR, O’Brien J, Motti CA, Seymour JR, Ralph PJ, Petrou K, Raina J-B (2022). Increased DMSP availability during thermal stress influences DMSP-degrading bacteria in coral mucus. Frontiers in Marine Science (IF: 3.7)
  • Fujise L, Suggett DJ, Stat M, Kahlke T, Bunce M, Gardner SG, Goyen S, Woodcock S, Ralph PJ, Seymour J, Siboni N, Nitschke MR (2021). Unlocking the phylogenetic diversity, primary niches, and abundances of free-living Symbiodiniaceae on a coral reef. Molecular Ecology (IF: 5.16)
  • Leggat WP, Camp EF, Suggett DJ, Heron SF, Fordyce AJ, Gardner SG, Deakin L, Turner M, Beeching LJ, Kuzhiumparambil U, Eakin MC, Ainsworth TD. (2019) Rapid Coral Decay Is Associated with Marine Heatwave Mortality Events on Reefs. Current Biology 29:16 (IF: 9.6)
  • Gardner SG, Camp EF, Smith DJ, Kahlke T, Osman EO, Gendron G, Hume BCC, Pogoreutz C, Voolstra CR, Suggett DJ. (2018) Coral microbiome diversity reflects mass coral bleaching susceptibility during the 2016 El Niño heat wave. Ecology and Evolution​ 9:3 (IF: 2.54)
  • Nitschke MN, Gardner SG, Goyen S, Fujise R, Camp EF, Ralph PJ, Suggett DJ. (2018) Utility of photochemical traits as diagnostics of thermal tolerance amongst Great Barrier Reef corals. Frontiers in Marine Science 5:45 (IF: 3.7)​
  • Camp EF, Nitschke MR, Rodolfo-Metalpa R, Houlbreque F, Gardner SG, Smith DJ, Zampighi M, Suggett DJ (2017) Reef-building corals thrive within hot-acidic and deoxygenated waters. Scientific Reports 7:2434 (IF: 4.58)
  • ​Gardner SG, Raina JB, Nitschke MR, Nielsen DA, Stat M, Motti CA, Ralph PJ, Petrou K. (2017) A multiple trait-based approach reveals distinct stages of bleaching for Great Barrier Reef corals. BMC Biology 15:117 (IF: 6.78)
  • ​​Gardner SG, Raina JB, Ralph PJ, Petrou K (2017) Reactive oxygen species (ROS) and dimethylated sulphur compounds in coral explants under acute thermal stress. Journal of Experimental Biology 220(10): 1787-1791 (IF: 3.01)
  • ​Gardner SG, Nielsen DA, Laczka O, Shimmon R, Beltran VH, Ralph PJ, Petrou K (2016) Dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) and stress response metabolites in three scleractinian corals under short-term hyposalinity stress. Proceedings B: Biological Sciences 283: 20152418 (IF: 4.85)
  • ​​​Gardner SG, Nielsen DA, Petrou K, Larkum A W D, Ralph P J (2015) Characterisation of coral explants: a model organism for cnidarian–dinoflagellate studies. Coral Reefs 34:133-142 (IF: 3.6)
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