List of works - James Bell

A method for genotype validation and primer assessment in heterozygote-deficient species, as demonstrated in the prosobranch mollusc Hydrobia ulvae

scientific article

Adaptive mechanisms and physiological effects of suspended and settled sediment on barrel sponges

scientific article published on 23 August 2017

Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges ⬇️

scientific article

Assessing the strength and sensitivity of the core microbiota approach on a highly diverse sponge reef

scientific article published on 21 August 2020

Author Correction: Growth and longevity in giant barrel sponges: Redwoods of the reef or Pines in the Indo-Pacific?

scientific article published on 27 November 2019

Bioeroding sponge assemblages: the importance of substrate availability and sediment

scholarly article published on 22 March 2018

Bioeroding sponge species from the Wakatobi region of southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

scholarly article published in 2021

Bleaching and recovery of a phototrophic bioeroding sponge

scholarly article published on 4 April 2018

Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the red rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii (Hutton 1875)

Climate Change Alterations to Ecosystem Dominance: How Might Sponge-Dominated Reefs Function?

scientific article published in 2018

Climate change alterations to ecosystem dominance: how might sponge-dominated reefs function?

scientific article published on 30 July 2018

Comparison of methodologies to quantify the effects of age and area of marine reserves on the density and size of targeted species

scholarly article

Connectivity, small islands and large distances: the Cellana strigilis limpet complex in the Southern Ocean ⬇️

scientific article published on July 19, 2011

Correlations between algal abundance, environmental variables and sponge distribution patterns on southern hemisphere temperate rocky reefs

scholarly article

Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes?

scientific article

Cross-generational effects of climate change on the microbiome of a photosynthetic sponge

scientific article published on 01 September 2020

Cryptic species obscure introduction pathway of the blue Caribbean sponge (Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea), (order: Haplosclerida) to Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. ⬇️

scientific article published on 6 August 2015

Diel trophic structuring of seagrass bed fish assemblages in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia

scholarly article by Richard K.F. Unsworth et al published March 2007 in Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Differential responses of emergent intertidal coral reef fauna to a large-scale El-Niño southern oscillation event: sponge and coral resilience.

scientific article

Economic and subsistence values of the standing stocks of seagrass fisheries: Potential benefits of no-fishing marine protected area management

article by Richard K.F. Unsworth et al published May 2010 in Ocean and Coastal Management

Effects of sediment pulses on the deep-sea coral Goniocorella dumosa

scientific article published in 2023

Efficiency of ddRAD target enriched sequencing across spiny rock lobster species (Palinuridae: Jasus).

scientific article

Elucidating the sponge stress response; lipids and fatty acids can facilitate survival under future climate scenarios.

scientific article published on 5 March 2018

Erratum to: The sponge microbiome project

scientific article published on 01 December 2018

Estimates of particulate organic carbon flowing from the pelagic environment to the benthos through sponge assemblages

scientific article

Evaluating the core microbiota in complex communities: A systematic investigation

scientific article

Evaluation and optimisation of underwater visual census monitoring for quantifying change in rocky-reef fish abundance

Evidence for genetic structuring and limited dispersal ability in the Great Barrier Reef sponge Carteriospongia foliascens ⬇️

scholarly article

Factors controlling the tentacle and polyp expansion behaviour of selected temperate Anthozoa

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 86 no. 5, August 2006

Factors influencing the density and morphometrics of the cup coral Caryophyllia smithii in Lough Hyne

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 80 no. 3, June 2000

Faunal relationships with seagrass habitat structure: a case study using shrimp from the Indo-Pacific

Global conservation status of sponges.

scientific article

Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems

scientific article published in 2022

Growth and longevity in giant barrel sponges: Redwoods of the reef or Pines in the Indo-Pacific?

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Hidden diversity in the genus Tethya: comparing molecular and morphological techniques for species identification

scientific article published on 21 August 2018

Importance of philopatry and hydrodynamics in the recruitment of bioeroding sponges on Indonesian coral reefs

scientific article published in 2019

In situ responses of the sponge microbiome to ocean acidification

article

Increased cellular detoxification, cytoskeletal activities and protein transport explain physiological stress in a lagoon sponge

scientific article published in 2021

Influence of canopy-forming algae on temperate sponge assemblages

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 96 no. 2, January 2015

Influence of environmental variation on symbiotic bacterial communities of two temperate sponges

scientific article

Interactive effects of temperature and pCO2 on sponges: from the cradle to the grave.

scientific article

Interannual variability and decadal stability of benthic organisms on an Indonesian coral reef

scientific article published on 03 May 2021

Interocean patterns in shallow water sponge assemblage structure and function

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Isolation and characterisation of twelve polymorphic microsatellite markers for Xestospongia spp. and their use for confirming species identity

article

Lobster fishery and marine reserve interactions in central New Zealand

scientific article published in 2019

Lobsters as keystone: Only in unfished ecosystems?

scientific article published in 2014

Low functional redundancy in sponges as a result of differential picoplankton use.

scientific article

Low genetic diversity in a marine nature reserve: re-evaluating diversity criteria in reserve design.

scientific article published in May 2005

Metabolic responses of a phototrophic sponge to sedimentation supports transitions to sponge-dominated reefs.

scientific article

Modelling sponge species diversity using a morphological predictor: a tropical test of a temperate model

Modelling the effect of wave forces on subtidal macroalgae: A spatial evaluation of predicted disturbance for two habitat-forming species

scientific article published in 2015

Nutrient utilisation by shallow water temperate sponges in New Zealand

article

Ocean acidification in New Zealand waters: trends and impacts

article

Outlier SNPs enable food traceability of the southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii

scientific article published in 2016

Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 June 2011-31 July 2011.

scientific article published on 27 September 2011

Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2011-31 January 2012.

scientific article published on 26 March 2012

Photoacclimation to light-limitation in a clionaid sponge; implications for understanding sponge bioerosion on turbid reefs

scientific article published on 24 July 2018

Reduced diversity and high sponge abundance on a sedimented Indo-Pacific reef system: implications for future changes in environmental quality

scientific article published on 24 January 2014

Regime shifts on tropical coral reef ecosystems: future trajectories to animal-dominated states in response to anthropogenic stressors

scientific article published on 20 December 2021

Resilience to disturbance despite limited dispersal and self-recruitment in tropical barrel sponges: implications for conservation and management

scientific article published in 2014

Responses of a common New Zealand coastal sponge to elevated suspended sediments: Indications of resilience

scientific article published on 23 January 2020

Restriction of sponges to an atoll lagoon as a result of reduced environmental quality

scientific article published on 24 November 2012

Seasonal fall out of sessile macro-fauna from submarine cliffs: quantification, causes and implications

article

Seasonally Driven Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Temperate Tethya Species

scientific article published on 21 April 2020

Sediment impacts on marine sponges

scientific article published on April 2015

Sedimentation limits the erosion rate of a bioeroding sponge

scientific article published in 2017

Short-term responses of tropical lagoon sponges to elevated temperature and nitrate

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Spatial variation in the benthic community composition of coral reefs in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia: updated baselines and limited benthic community shifts ⬇️

scholarly article

Sponge monitoring: Moving beyond diversity and abundance measures

scientific article published in 2017

Sponge morphological diversity: a qualitative predictor of species diversity?

article

Sponges to Be Winners under Near-Future Climate Scenarios

scientific article published in 2018

Spongivory in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

scholarly article by Abigail Powell et al published October 2015 in Pacific Science

Successful determination of larval dispersal distances and subsequent settlement for long-lived pelagic larvae

scientific article

Temporal dynamics and persistence of sponge assemblages in a Central Pacific atoll lagoon

scientific article published in 2016

Temporal variability in tropical lagoon sponges from Mauritius (Western Indian Ocean)

scholarly article

Temporal variation in food utilisation by three species of temperate demosponge

article

Testing the consistency of connectivity patterns for a widely dispersing marine species.

scientific article published on 03 July 2013

Testing the suitability of a morphological monitoring approach for identifying temporal variability in a temperate sponge assemblage

article

The contribution of scarid herbivory to seagrass ecosystem dynamics in the Indo-Pacific

scientific article published in August 2007

The influences of bathymetry and flow regime upon the morphology of sublittoral sponge communities

scholarly article in Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, vol. 80 no. 4, August 2000

The sponge microbiome project

scientific article published on October 2017

Tidal fish connectivity of reef and sea grass habitats in the Indo-Pacific

article

Tolerance of sponge assemblages to temperature anomalies: resilience and proliferation of sponges following the 1997-8 El-Niño southern oscillation

scientific article

Topics in Sponge Biology and Ecology

Variability in the spatial association patterns of sponge assemblages in response to environmental heterogeneity

article

Wide distributional range of marine sponges along the Pacific Ocean

article

drivers of recent diversification in a marine species complex

scientific article published on 20 December 2020

List of works by James Bell

A method for genotype validation and primer assessment in heterozygote-deficient species, as demonstrated in the prosobranch mollusc Hydrobia ulvae

Adaptive mechanisms and physiological effects of suspended and settled sediment on barrel sponges

Assessing the complex sponge microbiota: core, variable and species-specific bacterial communities in marine sponges ⬇️

Assessing the strength and sensitivity of the core microbiota approach on a highly diverse sponge reef

Author Correction: Growth and longevity in giant barrel sponges: Redwoods of the reef or Pines in the Indo-Pacific?

Bioeroding sponge assemblages: the importance of substrate availability and sediment

Bioeroding sponge species from the Wakatobi region of southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Bleaching and recovery of a phototrophic bioeroding sponge

Characterization of polymorphic microsatellite markers for the red rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii (Hutton 1875)

Climate Change Alterations to Ecosystem Dominance: How Might Sponge-Dominated Reefs Function?

Climate change alterations to ecosystem dominance: how might sponge-dominated reefs function?

Comparison of methodologies to quantify the effects of age and area of marine reserves on the density and size of targeted species

Connectivity, small islands and large distances: the Cellana strigilis limpet complex in the Southern Ocean ⬇️

Correlations between algal abundance, environmental variables and sponge distribution patterns on southern hemisphere temperate rocky reefs

Could some coral reefs become sponge reefs as our climate changes?

Cross-generational effects of climate change on the microbiome of a photosynthetic sponge

Cryptic species obscure introduction pathway of the blue Caribbean sponge (Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea), (order: Haplosclerida) to Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific. ⬇️

Diel trophic structuring of seagrass bed fish assemblages in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia

Differential responses of emergent intertidal coral reef fauna to a large-scale El-Niño southern oscillation event: sponge and coral resilience.

Economic and subsistence values of the standing stocks of seagrass fisheries: Potential benefits of no-fishing marine protected area management

Effects of sediment pulses on the deep-sea coral Goniocorella dumosa

Efficiency of ddRAD target enriched sequencing across spiny rock lobster species (Palinuridae: Jasus).

Elucidating the sponge stress response; lipids and fatty acids can facilitate survival under future climate scenarios.

Erratum to: The sponge microbiome project

Estimates of particulate organic carbon flowing from the pelagic environment to the benthos through sponge assemblages

Evaluating the core microbiota in complex communities: A systematic investigation

Evaluation and optimisation of underwater visual census monitoring for quantifying change in rocky-reef fish abundance

Evidence for genetic structuring and limited dispersal ability in the Great Barrier Reef sponge Carteriospongia foliascens ⬇️

Factors controlling the tentacle and polyp expansion behaviour of selected temperate Anthozoa

Factors influencing the density and morphometrics of the cup coral Caryophyllia smithii in Lough Hyne

Faunal relationships with seagrass habitat structure: a case study using shrimp from the Indo-Pacific

Global conservation status of sponges.

Global status, impacts, and management of rocky temperate mesophotic ecosystems

Growth and longevity in giant barrel sponges: Redwoods of the reef or Pines in the Indo-Pacific?

Hidden diversity in the genus Tethya: comparing molecular and morphological techniques for species identification

Importance of philopatry and hydrodynamics in the recruitment of bioeroding sponges on Indonesian coral reefs

In situ responses of the sponge microbiome to ocean acidification

Increased cellular detoxification, cytoskeletal activities and protein transport explain physiological stress in a lagoon sponge

Influence of canopy-forming algae on temperate sponge assemblages

Influence of environmental variation on symbiotic bacterial communities of two temperate sponges

Interactive effects of temperature and pCO2 on sponges: from the cradle to the grave.

Interannual variability and decadal stability of benthic organisms on an Indonesian coral reef

Interocean patterns in shallow water sponge assemblage structure and function

Isolation and characterisation of twelve polymorphic microsatellite markers for Xestospongia spp. and their use for confirming species identity

Lobster fishery and marine reserve interactions in central New Zealand

Lobsters as keystone: Only in unfished ecosystems?

Low functional redundancy in sponges as a result of differential picoplankton use.

Low genetic diversity in a marine nature reserve: re-evaluating diversity criteria in reserve design.

Metabolic responses of a phototrophic sponge to sedimentation supports transitions to sponge-dominated reefs.

Modelling sponge species diversity using a morphological predictor: a tropical test of a temperate model

Modelling the effect of wave forces on subtidal macroalgae: A spatial evaluation of predicted disturbance for two habitat-forming species

Nutrient utilisation by shallow water temperate sponges in New Zealand

Ocean acidification in New Zealand waters: trends and impacts

Outlier SNPs enable food traceability of the southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii

Permanent Genetic Resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 June 2011-31 July 2011.

Permanent genetic resources added to Molecular Ecology Resources Database 1 December 2011-31 January 2012.

Photoacclimation to light-limitation in a clionaid sponge; implications for understanding sponge bioerosion on turbid reefs

Reduced diversity and high sponge abundance on a sedimented Indo-Pacific reef system: implications for future changes in environmental quality

Regime shifts on tropical coral reef ecosystems: future trajectories to animal-dominated states in response to anthropogenic stressors

Resilience to disturbance despite limited dispersal and self-recruitment in tropical barrel sponges: implications for conservation and management

Responses of a common New Zealand coastal sponge to elevated suspended sediments: Indications of resilience

Restriction of sponges to an atoll lagoon as a result of reduced environmental quality

Seasonal fall out of sessile macro-fauna from submarine cliffs: quantification, causes and implications

Seasonally Driven Sexual and Asexual Reproduction in Temperate Tethya Species

Sediment impacts on marine sponges

Sedimentation limits the erosion rate of a bioeroding sponge

Short-term responses of tropical lagoon sponges to elevated temperature and nitrate

Spatial variation in the benthic community composition of coral reefs in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Indonesia: updated baselines and limited benthic community shifts ⬇️

Sponge monitoring: Moving beyond diversity and abundance measures

Sponge morphological diversity: a qualitative predictor of species diversity?

Sponges to Be Winners under Near-Future Climate Scenarios

Spongivory in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia

Successful determination of larval dispersal distances and subsequent settlement for long-lived pelagic larvae

Temporal dynamics and persistence of sponge assemblages in a Central Pacific atoll lagoon

Temporal variability in tropical lagoon sponges from Mauritius (Western Indian Ocean)

Temporal variation in food utilisation by three species of temperate demosponge

Testing the consistency of connectivity patterns for a widely dispersing marine species.

Testing the suitability of a morphological monitoring approach for identifying temporal variability in a temperate sponge assemblage

The contribution of scarid herbivory to seagrass ecosystem dynamics in the Indo-Pacific