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h-index: 93
Works: 262
Citations: 32K

Most-cited papers

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals
T. Hughes, J. Kerry, M. Álvarez-Noriega, J. Álvarez-Romero +42 more
2017Nature3,021 citations Open access
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Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs
J. Lamb, B. Willis, E. Fiorenza, C. Couch +7 more
2018Science715 citations Open access
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Climate change influences on marine infectious diseases: implications for management and society.
C. Burge, C. Eakin, C. Friedman, B. Froelich +8 more
2014Annual Review of Marine Science557 citations Open access
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Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals
G. Torda, J. Donelson, M. Aranda, D. Barshis +18 more
2017357 citations Open access
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Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny
F. Pollock, R. McMinds, Styles Smith, D. Bourne +4 more
2018Nature Communications332 citations Open access
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Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence
J. Maynard, R. van Hooidonk, C. Eakin, M. Puotinen +7 more
2015280 citations Open access
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Sediment and Turbidity Associated with Offshore Dredging Increase Coral Disease Prevalence on Nearby Reefs
F. Pollock, J. Lamb, S. Field, S. Heron +4 more
2014PLoS ONE244 citations Open access
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Coral propagation: a review of techniques for ornamental trade and reef restoration
J. Barton, B. Willis, K. Hutson
2017142 citations
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Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals
J. Raina, D. Tapiolas, C. Motti, S. Forêt +4 more
2016PeerJ142 citations Open access
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The need for broader ecological and socioeconomic tools to evaluate the effectiveness of coral restoration programs
M. Hein, B. Willis, R. Beeden, A. Birtles
2017133 citations
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Deciphering Coral Disease Dynamics: Integrating Host, Microbiome, and the Changing Environment
Rebecca L. Vega Thurber, L. Mydlarz, M. Brandt, D. Harvell +11 more
2020Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution124 citations Open access
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Deep-Sequencing Method for Quantifying Background Abundances of Symbiodinium Types: Exploring the Rare Symbiodinium Biosphere in Reef-Building Corals
K. Quigley, S. W. Davies, C. Kenkel, B. Willis +2 more
2014PLoS ONE116 citations Open access
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The transcriptomic response of the coral Acropora digitifera to a competent Symbiodinium strain: the symbiosome as an arrested early phagosome
A. Mohamed, V. Cumbo, S. Harii, C. Shinzato +7 more
2016Molecular Ecology110 citations
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Unexpected cryptic species diversity in the widespread coral Seriatopora hystrix masks spatial‐genetic patterns of connectivity
P. A. Warner, M. V. van Oppen, B. Willis
2015Molecular Ecology102 citations Open access
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Coral restoration: Socio-ecological perspectives of benefits and limitations
M. Hein, A. Birtles, B. Willis, N. Gardiner +2 more
2019Biological Conservation101 citations
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Genetic markers for antioxidant capacity in a reef-building coral
Young K. Jin, P. Lundgren, A. Lutz, J. Raina +4 more
2016Science Advances96 citations Open access
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Heritability of the Symbiodinium community in vertically- and horizontally-transmitting broadcast spawning corals
K. Quigley, B. Willis, L. Bay
2017Scientific Reports95 citations Open access
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Coral larvae for restoration and research: a large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis
F. Pollock, S. Katz, J. van de Water, S. W. Davies +9 more
2017PeerJ95 citations Open access
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Subcellular tracking reveals the location of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in microalgae and visualises its uptake by marine bacteria
J. Raina, P. Clode, S. Cheong, J. Bougoure +14 more
2017eLife85 citations Open access
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Integrated approach to understanding the onset and pathogenesis of black band disease in corals.
Yui Sato, Michael Civiello, Sara C. Bell, B. Willis +1 more
2016Environmental Microbiology80 citations Open access
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An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database
A. Baird, J. Guest, A. Edwards, A. Bauman +87 more
2021Scientific Data76 citations Open access
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Reserves as tools for alleviating impacts of marine disease
J. Lamb, A. Wenger, M. Devlin, D. Ceccarelli +2 more
2016Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences75 citations Open access
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Cumulative effects of suspended sediments, organic nutrients and temperature stress on early life history stages of the coral Acropora tenuis
Adriana Humanes, G. Ricardo, B. Willis, K. Fabricius +1 more
2017Scientific Reports72 citations Open access
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Coral Restoration Effectiveness: Multiregional Snapshots of the Long-Term Responses of Coral Assemblages to Restoration
M. Hein, R. Beeden, A. Birtles, N. M. Gardiner +6 more
2020Diversity71 citations Open access
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The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration
J. van de Water, T. Ainsworth, W. Leggat, David G. Bourne +2 more
2015Molecular Ecology71 citations
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Improving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections
J. Maynard, R. van Hooidonk, C. Harvell, C. Eakin +9 more
2016Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences70 citations Open access
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Maternal effects and Symbiodinium community composition drive differential patterns in juvenile survival in the coral Acropora tenuis
K. Quigley, B. Willis, L. Bay
2016Royal Society Open Science70 citations Open access
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Towards a better understanding of white syndromes and their causes on Indo-Pacific coral reefs
D. Bourne, T. Ainsworth, F. Pollock, B. Willis
2015Coral reefs69 citations
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Protected areas mitigate diseases of reef-building corals by reducing damage from fishing.
J. Lamb, D. Williamson, G. Russ, B. Willis
2015Ecology68 citations
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Antimicrobial and stress responses to increased temperature and bacterial pathogen challenge in the holobiont of a reef‐building coral
J. van de Water, Maryam Chaib de Mares, G. Dixon, J. Raina +3 more
2018Molecular Ecology67 citations Open access
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Cumulative Effects of Nutrient Enrichment and Elevated Temperature Compromise the Early Life History Stages of the Coral Acropora tenuis
Adriana Humanes, S. Noonan, B. Willis, K. Fabricius +1 more
2016PLoS ONE67 citations Open access
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Transgenerational inheritance of shuffled symbiont communities in the coral Montipora digitata
K. Quigley, B. Willis, C. Kenkel
2018Scientific Reports66 citations Open access
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Unexpected mixed-mode transmission and moderate genetic regulation of Symbiodinium communities in a brooding coral
K. Quigley, P. A. Warner, L. Bay, B. Willis
2017bioRxiv64 citations Open access
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Implications of Ocean Acidification for Marine Microorganisms from the Free-Living to the Host-Associated
P. A. O'Brien, K. Morrow, B. Willis, D. Bourne
2016Frontiers in Marine Science60 citations Open access
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Temperature and Water Quality-Related Patterns in Sediment-Associated Symbiodinium Communities Impact Symbiont Uptake and Fitness of Juveniles in the Genus Acropora
K. Quigley, L. Bay, B. Willis
2017Frontiers in Marine Science59 citations Open access
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Reduced diversity and stability of coral-associated bacterial communities and suppressed immune function precedes disease onset in corals
F. Pollock, J. Lamb, J. van de Water, H. Smith +3 more
2019Royal Society Open Science56 citations Open access
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White Syndrome-Affected Corals Have a Distinct Microbiome at Disease Lesion Fronts
F. Pollock, N. Wada, G. Torda, B. Willis +1 more
2016Applied and Environmental Microbiology52 citations Open access
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Predation scars may influence host susceptibility to pathogens: evaluating the role of corallivores as vectors of coral disease
K. Nicolet, K. Chong-Seng, M. Pratchett, B. Willis +1 more
2018Scientific Reports50 citations Open access
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Effects of suspended sediments and nutrient enrichment on juvenile corals.
Adriana Humanes, A. Fink, B. Willis, K. Fabricius +2 more
2017Marine Pollution Bulletin46 citations
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Lunar Phase Modulates Circadian Gene Expression Cycles in the Broadcast Spawning Coral Acropora millepora
A. K. Brady, B. Willis, L. Harder, P. Vize
2016The Biological Bulletin45 citations
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Imaging the uptake of nitrogen-fixing bacteria into larvae of the coral Acropora millepora
K. Lema, P. Clode, M. Kilburn, Ruth Thornton +2 more
2015The ISME Journal45 citations Open access
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Sperm dispersal distances estimated by parentage analysis in a brooding scleractinian coral
P. A. Warner, B. Willis, M. V. van Oppen
2016Molecular Ecology44 citations Open access
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Unravelling the links between heat stress, bleaching and disease: fate of tabular corals following a combined disease and bleaching event
O. B. Brodnicke, D. Bourne, S. Heron, R. Pears +3 more
2019Coral reefs41 citations
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Co‐dynamics of Symbiodiniaceae and bacterial populations during the first year of symbiosis with Acropora tenuis juveniles
K. Quigley, Carlos Alvarez Roa, G. Torda, D. Bourne +1 more
2019MicrobiologyOpen41 citations Open access
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Unraveling the microbial processes of black band disease in corals through integrated genomics
Yui Sato, E. Y. Ling, D. Turaev, P. Laffy +4 more
2017Scientific Reports41 citations Open access
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Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage
J. van de Water, W. Leggat, D. Bourne, M. V. van Oppen +2 more
2015Hydrobiologia37 citations Open access
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Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus
N. Wada, Mizuki Ishimochi, T. Matsui, F. Pollock +5 more
2019Scientific Reports32 citations Open access
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Comparative immune responses of corals to stressors associated with offshore reef-based tourist platforms
J. van de Water, J. Lamb, M. V. van Oppen, B. Willis +1 more
2015Conservation Physiology32 citations Open access
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Temporal and spatial variation in fatty acid composition in Acropora tenuis corals along water quality gradients on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
Melissa M. Rocker, D. Francis, K. Fabricius, B. Willis +1 more
2019Coral reefs29 citations Open access
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Decadal erosion of coral assemblages by multiple disturbances in the Palm Islands, central Great Barrier Reef
G. Torda, Katie Sambrook, Peter Cross, Yui Sato +6 more
2018Scientific Reports29 citations Open access
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