Academic contribution (See all users)

By role

635

PeerJ author

PeerJ PrePrints author

By subject area

465

Marine Biology

435

Microbiology

265

Ecology

200

Bioinformatics

100

Ecosystem Science

100

Genomics

100

Conservation Biology

100

Statistics

100

Environmental Sciences

100

Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science

David G Bourne

Summary

My research is divided essentially into two areas, the first investigating the normal microbial communities associated with corals and their functional roles in maintaining coral fitness. The second research focus is to elucidate pathogens and mechanism of disease onset in corals and the implications this has on a stressed reef ecosystem in light of climate change being a major driver of coral reef degradation.

Marine Biology Microbiology

Institution affiliations

James Cook University of North Queensland

Work details

Senior Lecturer

James Cook University of North Queensland

February 2016

Principal Research Scientist

Australian Institute of Marine Science

Articles published in PeerJ

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

September 6th, 2017

F. Joseph Pollock, Sefano M. Katz, Jeroen A.J.M. van de Water, Sarah W. Davies, Margaux Hein, Gergely Torda, Mikhail V. Matz, Victor H. Beltran, Patrick Buerger, Eneour Puill-Stephan, David Abrego, David G. Bourne, Bette L. Willis

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

June 12th, 2017

Carla C.M. Chen, David G. Bourne, Christopher C. Drovandi, Kerrie Mengersen, Bette L. Willis, M. Julian Caley, Yui Sato

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

September 20th, 2016

Naohisa Wada, Frederic J. Pollock, Bette L. Willis, Tracy Ainsworth, Nobuhiro Mano, David G. Bourne

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

August 18th, 2016

Jean-Baptiste Raina, Dianne Tapiolas, Cherie A. Motti, Sylvain Foret, Torsten Seemann, Jan Tebben, Bette L. Willis, David G. Bourne

Diuron tolerance and potential degradation by pelagic microbiomes in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon

March 8th, 2016

Florent E. Angly, Olga Pantos, Thomas C. Morgan, Virginia Rich, Hemerson Tonin, David G. Bourne, Philip Mercurio, Andrew P. Negri, Gene W. Tyson

Marine microbial communities of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon are influenced by riverine floodwaters and seasonal weather events

January 5th, 2016

Florent E. Angly, Candice Heath, Thomas C. Morgan, Hemerson Tonin, Virginia Rich, Britta Schaffelke, David G. Bourne, Gene W. Tyson

Preprints

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

October 26th, 2016

Carla C.M Chen, David G Bourne, Chris Drovandi, Kerrie Mengersen, Bette L Willis, M. Julian Caley, Yui Sato

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

July 12th, 2016

Jean-Baptiste Raina, Dianne Tapiolas, Cherie A Motti, Sylvain Foret, Torsten Seemann, Jan Tebben, Bette L Willis, David G Bourne