Project Phoenix has just submitted a final report for funding received from the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation. Preliminary results of the research into the taxonomy of the reef-building corals of Lizard Island indicate that species richness in many groups of stony coral is 4-5 times higher than previously recognised, largely due to an extraordinary … Continue reading Taxonomy of the reef-building corals of Lizard Island
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A big win for citizen science in Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories Marine Parks
A citizen science project in the Indian Ocean Territories (IOT) Marine Parks funded by Parks Australia has just produced some novel and important data to assist in the conservation and management of the IOT. Following a training workshop run by Professor Andrew Baird and Dr Jean-Paul Hobbs from James Cook University on Christmas Island in … Continue reading A big win for citizen science in Australia’s Indian Ocean Territories Marine Parks
New paper on Montipora fauna of Daito Islands in Okinawa
A new open access article describing the Montipora fauna of the remote Daito Islands in Okinawa, Japan is now available online at Fauna Ryukyuana. The fauna includes M. stalagmites Ortmann, 1888, the first record of this species since its original description.
Public talk on Magnetic Island, Australia
Andrew Baird will be giving a presentation on the Corals of Magnetic Island on Thursday 2nd November 2023 at 18:30 at the Magnetic Island Brewery, Picnic Bay. The talk is free and free return tickets on the ferry are available from Sealink. Please contact andrew.baird[at]jcu.edu.au if you would like to take advantage of the ferry tickets.
New paper: “A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the ‘Acropora tenuis’(Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex.”
Author: Andrew Baird The team at Project Phoenix has just published a paper in the Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society titled “A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the ‘Acropora tenuis’ (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex.” The paper is open access and available here. In the words of one of the reviewers, "This … Continue reading New paper: “A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the ‘Acropora tenuis’(Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex.”
Interview article with ABC on recent Ningaloo Project
Check out this recent ABC article by Peter de Kruijff on Project Phoenix’s recent project, assessing the biodiversity of coral on the Ningaloo Reef. Thank you Peter and ABC for this opportunity!
Red Sea Acropora Workshop at Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Most of the Australia based contingent of Project Phoenix (PP) has just returned from a workshop on the taxonomy of the Red Sea Acropora hosted by Professor Francesca Benzoni of the Red Sea Research Center at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. The primary aim of the workshop was to revisit the status … Continue reading Red Sea Acropora Workshop at Red Sea Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Coral Taxonomy Workshop 2022
Project Phoenix, funded by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, has just completed a Coral Taxonomy Workshop at Orpheus Island Research Station on Goolboddi. The workshop included 13 participants from six different countries, eight different institutions and seven PhD students. The primary aim of the workshop was to produce … Continue reading Coral Taxonomy Workshop 2022
Coral Bleaching on Ishigaki, Japan, August 2022
The coral assemblages of the north coast of Ishigaki were not overly affected by coral bleaching in 2016 that devastated many reefs in the Yaeyama Islands. The last major disturbance on the north coast of Ishigaki was a crown of thorns outbreak about 12 years ago, according to Dr. Go Suzuki who has been working … Continue reading Coral Bleaching on Ishigaki, Japan, August 2022
Seminar recording “When does taxonomy matter?” now available
Professor Andrew Baird presented a seminar at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies on the Topic “When does coral taxonomy matter?” The full talk is available to watch at the link below. https://youtu.be/J_tWYYP_gH8
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