List of works - Bette L Willis

A single cyanobacterial ribotype is associated with both red and black bands on diseased corals from Palau

scientific article published in March 2006

Amplicon pyrosequencing reveals spatial and temporal consistency in diazotroph assemblages of the Acropora millepora microbiome

scientific article

An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database

scientific article published on 29 January 2021

Analyzing the relationship between ocean temperature anomalies and coral disease outbreaks at broad spatial scales

article

Antimicrobial and stress responses to increased temperature and bacterial pathogen challenge in the holobiont of a reef-building coral

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Apparent involvement of a beta1 type integrin in coral fertilization

scientific article published on 13 August 2007

Assembly rules of reef corals are flexible along a steep climatic gradient

scientific article

Assessing baseline levels of coral health in a newly established marine protected area in a global scuba diving hotspot.

scientific article

CRISPR-Cas Defense System and Potential Prophages in Cyanobacteria Associated with the Coral Black Band Disease

scientific article published on 22 December 2016

Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus

scientific article published on 10 October 2019

Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Chimerism in wild adult populations of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef

scientific article

Climate Change Influences on Marine Infectious Diseases: Implications for Management and Society ⬇️

scientific article published on June 27, 2013

Co-dynamics of Symbiodiniaceae and bacterial populations during the first year of symbiosis with Acropora tenuis juveniles

scientific article published on 31 October 2019

Comparative immune responses of corals to stressors associated with offshore reef-based tourist platforms

scientific article published on 24 July 2015

Coral larvae for restoration and research: a large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis.

scientific article

Coral pathogens identified for White Syndrome (WS) epizootics in the Indo-Pacific

scientific article (publication date: 2008)

Coral-associated bacteria and their role in the biogeochemical cycling of sulfur

scientific article

Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny

scientific article published in Nature Communications

Corals Form Characteristic Associations with Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria ⬇️

scientific article published on February 17, 2012

Correction: Seasonal Rainfall and Runoff Promote Coral Disease on an Inshore Reef

scientific article published on 8 March 2011

Correction: Sediment and Turbidity Associated with Offshore Dredging Increase Coral Disease Prevalence on Nearby Reefs

scientific article published on November 2016

Correction: Some Rare Indo-Pacific Coral Species Are Probable Hybrids

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Correction: The Roles and Interactions of Symbiont, Host and Environment in Defining Coral Fitness.

scientific article published on 13 August 2009

DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response

scientific article

Decadal erosion of coral assemblages by multiple disturbances in the Palm Islands, central Great Barrier Reef

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Deep-sequencing method for quantifying background abundances of symbiodinium types: exploring the rare symbiodinium biosphere in reef-building corals

scientific article

Detection and quantification of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus by real-time PCR with TaqMan fluorescent probes

scientific article

Direct measurement of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in reef-building corals using quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) spectroscopy

scientific article published in 2013

Distribution, host range and large-scale spatial variability in black band disease prevalence on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

scientific article published in March 2006

Diversities of coral-associated bacteria differ with location, but not species, for three acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef

scientific article

Do the organic sulfur compounds DMSP and DMS drive coral microbial associations?

scientific article

Dynamics of seasonal outbreaks of black band disease in an assemblage of Montipora species at Pelorus Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia).

scientific article

Ecology and pathology of novel plaque-like growth anomalies affecting a reef-building coral on the Great Barrier Reef

scientific article

Effects of delayed settlement on post-settlement growth and survival of scleractinian coral larvae

scientific article published on 23 March 2013

Elevated CO Has Little Influence on the Bacterial Communities Associated With the pH-Tolerant Coral, Massive spp

scientific article published on 01 November 2018

Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage

scientific article

Energy allocation in a reef coral under varying resource availability

scientific article published in 2011

Energy depletion and opportunistic microbial colonisation in white syndrome lesions from corals across the Indo-Pacific

scientific article published on 17 November 2020

Expression of putative immune response genes during early ontogeny in the coral Acropora millepora

scientific article

Flexibility in algal endosymbioses shapes growth in reef corals

scientific article published on 01 June 2004

Genetic markers for antioxidant capacity in a reef-building coral

scientific article

Global coral disease prevalence associated with sea temperature anomalies and local factors

scientific article

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals ⬇️

scientific article

Growth anomalies on the coral genera Acropora and Porites are strongly associated with host density and human population size across the Indo-Pacific

scientific article published on 18 February 2011

HalofolliculinaCiliate Infections on Corals (Skeletal Eroding Disease)

Heritability of the Symbiodinium community in vertically- and horizontally-transmitting broadcast spawning corals

scientific article published on 15 August 2017

Highly infectious symbiont dominates initial uptake in coral juveniles.

scientific article

Historical thermal regimes define limits to coral acclimatization

scientific article published on May 2013

Identification of a ciliate (Oligohymenophorea: Scuticociliatia) associated with brown band disease on corals of the Great Barrier Reef

scientific article published on 14 December 2007

Imaging the uptake of nitrogen-fixing bacteria into larvae of the coral Acropora millepora.

scientific article published on 22 December 2015

Impact of light and temperature on the uptake of algal symbionts by coral juveniles

scientific article

Implications of Ocean Acidification for Marine Microorganisms from the Free-Living to the Host-Associated

Improving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections

scientific article

In situ visualization of bacterial populations in coral tissues: pitfalls and solutions.

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Influence of marine reserves on coral disease prevalence

scientific article

Integrated approach to understanding the onset and pathogenesis of black band disease in corals

scientific article published on 9 November 2015

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

scientific article

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

Maternal effects and Symbiodinium community composition drive differential patterns in juvenile survival in the coral Acropora tenuis

scientific article

Metagenomic analysis of the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef ⬇️

scientific article published on January 10, 2011

Microarray analysis reveals transcriptional plasticity in the reef building coral Acropora millepora

scientific article

Microbial ecology of four coral atolls in the Northern Line Islands.

scientific article

Modelling environmental drivers of black band disease outbreaks in populations of foliose corals in the genus Montipora.

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Multiple occupancy-abundance patterns in staghorn coral communities

scientific article published in 2013

Onset and establishment of diazotrophs and other bacterial associates in the early life history stages of the coral Acropora millepora

scientific article published on October 2014

Onset of algal endosymbiont specificity varies among closely related species of Acropora corals during early ontogeny.

scientific article

Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change

scientific article published on 8 February 2007

Phylogeny of the coral pathogenVibrio coralliilyticus ⬇️

scientific article published on January 20, 2010

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs.

scientific article

Protected areas mitigate diseases of reef-building corals by reducing damage from fishing

scientific article published in September 2015

Pyrosequencing-based profiling of archaeal and bacterial 16S rRNA genes identifies a novel archaeon associated with black band disease in corals

scientific article

Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

article

Reduced diversity and stability of coral-associated bacterial communities and suppressed immune function precedes disease onset in corals

scientific article published on 12 June 2019

ReefTemp: An interactive monitoring system for coral bleaching using high-resolution SST and improved stress predictors

scholarly article

Reproductive energy investment in corals: scaling with module size

scientific article published on 07 June 2003

Reserves as tools for alleviating impacts of marine disease

scientific article published on March 2016

Responses of coral-associated bacterial communities to heat stress differ with Symbiodinium type on the same coral host

scientific article

Scuba diving damage and intensity of tourist activities increases coral disease prevalence

scholarly article by Joleah B. Lamb et al published October 2014 in Biological Conservation

Seasonal rainfall and runoff promote coral disease on an inshore reef.

scientific article

Sediment and turbidity associated with offshore dredging increase coral disease prevalence on nearby reefs

scientific article

Sequencing and de novo analysis of a coral larval transcriptome using 454 GSFlx

scientific article

Some rare Indo-Pacific coral species are probable hybrids

scientific article (publication date: 24 September 2008)

Spatial and temporal genetic structure of Symbiodinium populations within a common reef-building coral on the Great Barrier Reef

scientific article published on 4 June 2013

Spatio-temporal coral disease dynamics in the Wakatobi Marine National Park, South-East Sulawesi, Indonesia

scientific article

Spawning times, reproductive compatibilities and genetic structuring in the Acropora aspera group: evidence for natural hybridization and semi-permeable species boundaries in corals

scientific article published on August 2002

Species-specific interactions between algal endosymbionts and coral hosts define their bleaching response to heat and light stress

scientific article

Sperm dispersal distances estimated by parentage analysis in a brooding scleractinian coral

scientific article published on 28 January 2016

Subcellular tracking reveals the location of dimethylsulfoniopropionate in microalgae and visualises its uptake by marine bacteria

scientific article published on 4 April 2017

Successional changes in bacterial communities during the development of black band disease on the reef coral, Montipora hispida

scientific article published on 24 September 2009

Summer hot snaps and winter conditions: modelling white syndrome outbreaks on Great Barrier Reef corals.

scientific article

The Importance of Coral Larval Recruitment for the Recovery of Reefs Impacted by Cyclone Yasi in the Central Great Barrier Reef ⬇️

scientific article published on June 5, 2013

The Urgent Need for Robust Coral Disease Diagnostics ⬇️

scientific article published on October 20, 2011

The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

The roles and interactions of symbiont, host and environment in defining coral fitness

scientific article

Thermal stress and coral cover as drivers of coral disease outbreaks

scientific article published in June 2007

Transgenerational inheritance of shuffled symbiont communities in the coral Montipora digitata

scientific article published on 16 September 2019

Unexpected cryptic species diversity in the widespread coral Seriatopora hystrix masks spatial-genetic patterns of connectivity.

scientific article published on June 2015

Unexpected mixed-mode transmission and moderate genetic regulation of Symbiodinium communities in a brooding coral.

scientific article published on 17 February 2018

Unraveling the microbial processes of black band disease in corals through integrated genomics

scientific article published on 17 January 2017

Unravelling the links between heat stress, bleaching and disease: fate of tabular corals following a combined disease and bleaching event

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Using coral disease prevalence to assess the effects of concentrating tourism activities on offshore reefs in a tropical marine park.

scientific article

Vibrio zinc-metalloprotease causes photoinactivation of coral endosymbionts and coral tissue lesions

scientific article

Visualization of coral host–pathogen interactions using a stable GFP-labeled Vibrio coralliilyticus strain

scholarly article by F. Joseph Pollock et al published 26 February 2015 in Coral Reefs

White Syndrome-Affected Corals Have a Distinct Microbiome at Disease Lesion Fronts.

scientific article

White Syndromes of Indo-Pacific Corals

scholarly article published 16 October 2015

List of works by Bette L Willis

A single cyanobacterial ribotype is associated with both red and black bands on diseased corals from Palau

Amplicon pyrosequencing reveals spatial and temporal consistency in diazotroph assemblages of the Acropora millepora microbiome

An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database

Analyzing the relationship between ocean temperature anomalies and coral disease outbreaks at broad spatial scales

Antimicrobial and stress responses to increased temperature and bacterial pathogen challenge in the holobiont of a reef-building coral

Apparent involvement of a beta1 type integrin in coral fertilization

Assembly rules of reef corals are flexible along a steep climatic gradient

Assessing baseline levels of coral health in a newly established marine protected area in a global scuba diving hotspot.

CRISPR-Cas Defense System and Potential Prophages in Cyanobacteria Associated with the Coral Black Band Disease

Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus

Characterization of coral-associated microbial aggregates (CAMAs) within tissues of the coral Acropora hyacinthus

Chimerism in wild adult populations of the broadcast spawning coral Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef

Climate Change Influences on Marine Infectious Diseases: Implications for Management and Society ⬇️

Co-dynamics of Symbiodiniaceae and bacterial populations during the first year of symbiosis with Acropora tenuis juveniles

Comparative immune responses of corals to stressors associated with offshore reef-based tourist platforms

Coral larvae for restoration and research: a large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis.

Coral pathogens identified for White Syndrome (WS) epizootics in the Indo-Pacific

Coral-associated bacteria and their role in the biogeochemical cycling of sulfur

Coral-associated bacteria demonstrate phylosymbiosis and cophylogeny

Corals Form Characteristic Associations with Symbiotic Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria ⬇️

Correction: Seasonal Rainfall and Runoff Promote Coral Disease on an Inshore Reef

Correction: Sediment and Turbidity Associated with Offshore Dredging Increase Coral Disease Prevalence on Nearby Reefs

Correction: Some Rare Indo-Pacific Coral Species Are Probable Hybrids

Correction: The Roles and Interactions of Symbiont, Host and Environment in Defining Coral Fitness.

DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response

Decadal erosion of coral assemblages by multiple disturbances in the Palm Islands, central Great Barrier Reef

Deep-sequencing method for quantifying background abundances of symbiodinium types: exploring the rare symbiodinium biosphere in reef-building corals

Detection and quantification of the coral pathogen Vibrio coralliilyticus by real-time PCR with TaqMan fluorescent probes

Direct measurement of dimethylsulfoniopropionate (DMSP) in reef-building corals using quantitative nuclear magnetic resonance (qNMR) spectroscopy

Distribution, host range and large-scale spatial variability in black band disease prevalence on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Diversities of coral-associated bacteria differ with location, but not species, for three acroporid corals on the Great Barrier Reef

Do the organic sulfur compounds DMSP and DMS drive coral microbial associations?

Dynamics of seasonal outbreaks of black band disease in an assemblage of Montipora species at Pelorus Island (Great Barrier Reef, Australia).

Ecology and pathology of novel plaque-like growth anomalies affecting a reef-building coral on the Great Barrier Reef

Effects of delayed settlement on post-settlement growth and survival of scleractinian coral larvae

Elevated CO Has Little Influence on the Bacterial Communities Associated With the pH-Tolerant Coral, Massive spp

Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage

Energy allocation in a reef coral under varying resource availability

Energy depletion and opportunistic microbial colonisation in white syndrome lesions from corals across the Indo-Pacific

Expression of putative immune response genes during early ontogeny in the coral Acropora millepora

Flexibility in algal endosymbioses shapes growth in reef corals

Genetic markers for antioxidant capacity in a reef-building coral

Global coral disease prevalence associated with sea temperature anomalies and local factors

Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals ⬇️

Growth anomalies on the coral genera Acropora and Porites are strongly associated with host density and human population size across the Indo-Pacific

HalofolliculinaCiliate Infections on Corals (Skeletal Eroding Disease)

Heritability of the Symbiodinium community in vertically- and horizontally-transmitting broadcast spawning corals

Highly infectious symbiont dominates initial uptake in coral juveniles.

Historical thermal regimes define limits to coral acclimatization

Identification of a ciliate (Oligohymenophorea: Scuticociliatia) associated with brown band disease on corals of the Great Barrier Reef

Imaging the uptake of nitrogen-fixing bacteria into larvae of the coral Acropora millepora.

Impact of light and temperature on the uptake of algal symbionts by coral juveniles

Implications of Ocean Acidification for Marine Microorganisms from the Free-Living to the Host-Associated

Improving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections

In situ visualization of bacterial populations in coral tissues: pitfalls and solutions.

Influence of marine reserves on coral disease prevalence

Integrated approach to understanding the onset and pathogenesis of black band disease in corals

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

Isolation of an antimicrobial compound produced by bacteria associated with reef-building corals

Maternal effects and Symbiodinium community composition drive differential patterns in juvenile survival in the coral Acropora tenuis

Metagenomic analysis of the coral holobiont during a natural bleaching event on the Great Barrier Reef ⬇️

Microarray analysis reveals transcriptional plasticity in the reef building coral Acropora millepora

Microbial ecology of four coral atolls in the Northern Line Islands.

Modelling environmental drivers of black band disease outbreaks in populations of foliose corals in the genus Montipora.

Multiple occupancy-abundance patterns in staghorn coral communities

Onset and establishment of diazotrophs and other bacterial associates in the early life history stages of the coral Acropora millepora

Onset of algal endosymbiont specificity varies among closely related species of Acropora corals during early ontogeny.

Phase shifts, herbivory, and the resilience of coral reefs to climate change

Phylogeny of the coral pathogenVibrio coralliilyticus ⬇️

Plastic waste associated with disease on coral reefs.

Protected areas mitigate diseases of reef-building corals by reducing damage from fishing

Pyrosequencing-based profiling of archaeal and bacterial 16S rRNA genes identifies a novel archaeon associated with black band disease in corals

Rapid adaptive responses to climate change in corals

Reduced diversity and stability of coral-associated bacterial communities and suppressed immune function precedes disease onset in corals

ReefTemp: An interactive monitoring system for coral bleaching using high-resolution SST and improved stress predictors

Reproductive energy investment in corals: scaling with module size

Reserves as tools for alleviating impacts of marine disease

Responses of coral-associated bacterial communities to heat stress differ with Symbiodinium type on the same coral host