School of Life and Environmental Sciences: Recent submissions
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Resilience and adaptation of COTS larvae to development in oligotrophic tropical waters: maternal provisioning and larval cloning
Published 2026-05-19Explanations of crown-of-thorns sea star (COTS, Acanthaster) outbreaks have focussed on the larval stage and the terrestrial runoff – larval starvation hypothesis – whereby eutrophic runoff from floods generate plankton ...Open AccessDataset -
Climate-change resilience and positive scope for growth in wild adult Sydney rock oysters, Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850)
Published 2026Context. Oysters have ecological and economic importance worldwide because they provide ecosystem services and sustain profitable aquaculture industries. Calcifying bivalves including oysters have been found to be sensitive ...Open AccessArticle -
United Nations Groundwater Data Reveals 320,000 kilotons of Nitrogen "Dark Matter" in River Bottoms
Published 2026The podcast describes the results of analyses of water volume data in United Nations reports at the UNESCO IGRAC resource, linking water volumes with major nitrates supply routes in waters reaching rivers and lakes. At a ...Open AccessPresentation -
Warming but not food limitation alters metabolism during larval development in crown-of-thorns sea stars (Acanthaster sp.)
Published 2026-04-22Respiration data of Acanthaster sp. reared as both fed and unfed larvae at four temperature treatments (control: 26°C; warm: 28°C, 30°C, 32°C) based on current and projected OW and measured metabolic rate (oxygen consumption, ...Open AccessDataset -
Data from "Behavioural, physiological, and biochemical responses of two species of Scleractinian coral to butterflyfish predation"
Published 2026-03-25The negative effects of coral loss on fish assemblages are well established, particularly for obligate corallivores. In contrast, the impacts of corallivorous fish on corals themselves have received less attention, though ...Open AccessDataset