Tom Bridge
- tom.bridge@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3951-284X- Associate Professor
- Marine Biology & Aquaculture
Projects
9
Publications
85
Awards
1
Biography
I am an Associate Professor in the College of Science and Engineering and Senior Scientist and Curator of Corals at the Queensland Museum. My research is broadly focused on the taxonomy, systematics, biogeography and evolution of marine biodiversity, particularly reef corals. My current research priorities include revising the taxonomy, systematics and biogeography of reef corals, particularly the taxonomically diverse and ecologically-dominant genus Acropora.
One of the most important parts of my role is my engagement with local communities and scientists in Australia and across the Indo-Pacific. I have helped build capacity by training HDR students at JCU as well as other Universities in Australia and overseas, and conducting coral taxonomy workshops to train local researchers in Australia and the Indo-Pacific to study and monitor their reefs.
Research
Research Interests
- Taxonomy and systematics in Anthozoans
- Ecology, biogeography and evolution of reef corals
- History of natural history collections in the Indo-Pacific
Projects
Revisiting Coral Taxonomy: biodiversity of Acropora across the Indian Ocean
01 May 2025 - 31 May 2025
Taxonomic assessment of corals in the Australian Indian Ocean Territory (Old ID 28958)
08 Mar 2023 - 30 May 2024
Biodiversity of the reef-building corals of Ningaloo Reef and the Indian Ocean (Old ID 27907)
01 Feb 2023 - 31 Dec 2024
Taxonomy of the reef-building corals of Lizard Island (Old ID 27561)
01 Apr 2022 - 31 Mar 2024
Systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary history of black corals. (Old ID 26866)
01 May 2020 - 31 May 2021
Taxonomic and Functional Diversity of Reef Corals (Old ID 25127)
30 Jun 2018 - 31 Dec 2022
Trait plasticity and the maintenance of functional diversity (Old ID 23341)
15 May 2018 - 31 Dec 2022
Coral Reef Health in the Coral Sea Marine Park (Old ID 24771)
05 Mar 2018 - 05 Jul 2020
Teaching
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Mentor
Current JCU Research Students
Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolutionary History of Acropora in the Western Indian Ocean
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Making bioregionalisation more robust: A case study on the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area
Doctor of Philosophy (Natural and Physical Sciences)
Activities
Associations
Awards
Employment
Output
Loya, Yossi; Puglise, Kimberely A.; Bridge, Tom C.L. (2019) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Cham, Switzerland: [Edited Publication] [DOI]
Other Publication
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Bridge, Thomas; Guinotte, John (2012) Mesophotic Coral Reef Ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: their potential distribution and possible role as refugia from disturbance. Townsville, QLD, Australia: [Report]
Other Publication
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Bridge, Tom (2011) Habitats and sessile benthic megafaunal communities in the mesophotic zone of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Australia. [Thesis] [DOI]
Bridge, Tom C.L.; Cowman, Peter F.; Quattrini, Andrea M.; Bonito, Victor E.; Sinniger, Frederic; Harii, Saki; Head, Catherine E.I.; Hung, Julia Y.; Halafihi, Tuikolongahau; Rongo, Teina; Baird, Andrew H. (2024) 'A tenuis relationship: traditional taxonomy obscures systematics and biogeography of the ‘Acropora tenuis’ (Scleractinia: Acroporidae) species complex'. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 202 (1). [DOI]
Wright, Raven M.; Beaman, Robin J.; Daniell, James; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Pall, Jodie; Webster, Jody M. (2023) 'Benthic communities of the lower mesophotic zone on One Tree shelf edge, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. Marine and Freshwater Research, 74 (13):1178-1192. [DOI]
Gress, Erika; Bridge, Tom; Fyfe, Justin; Galbraith, Gemma (2023) 'Novel Interaction between a Rabbitfish and Black Corals'. Oceans, 4 :236-241. [DOI]
Horowitz, Jeremy; Quattrini, Andrea M.; Brugler, Mercer R.; Miller, David J.; Pahang, Kristina; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Cowman, Peter F. (2023) 'Bathymetric evolution of black corals through deep time'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 290 (2008). [DOI]
González-Murcia, Saúl; Ekins, Merrick; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Battershill, Christopher N.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2023) 'Substratum selection in coral reef sponges and their interactions with other benthic organisms'. Coral Reefs, 42 (2):427-442. [DOI]
Galbraith, Gemma F.; Cresswell, Benjamin J.; McCormick, Mark; Bridge, Thomas C.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2022) 'Contrasting hydrodynamic regimes of submerged pinnacle and emergent coral reefs'. PLoS ONE, 17 (8). [DOI]
Bridge, Tom C.L.; Baird, Andrew H.; Pandolfi, John M.; McWilliam, Michael J.; Zapalski, Mikolaj K. (2022) 'Functional consequences of Palaeozoic reef collapse'. Scientific Reports, 12 (1). [DOI]
Horowitz, Jeremy; Opresko, Dennis; Molodtsova, Tina N.; Beaman, Robin J.; Cowman, Peter F.; Bridge, Tom C.L. (2022) 'Five new species of black coral (Anthozoa; Antipatharia) from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Australia'. Zootaxa, 5213 (1):1-35. [DOI]
McWilliam, Mike; Madin, Joshua S.; Chase, Tory J.; Hoogenboom, Mia O.; Bridge, Tom C.L. (2022) 'Intraspecific variation reshapes coral assemblages under elevated temperature and acidity'. Ecology Letters, 25 (11):2513-2524. [DOI]
Galbraith, G.F.; Cresswell, B.; McCormick, M.I.; Bridge, T.C.; Jones, G.P. (2021) 'High diversity, abundance and distinct fish assemblages on submerged coral reef pinnacles compared to shallow emergent reefs'. Coral Reefs, 40 :335-354. [DOI]
Smallhorn-West, Patrick F.; Gordon, Sophie E.; Dempsey, Alexandra C.; Purkis, Sam J.; Malimali, Siola'a; Halafihi, Tu'ikolongahau; Southgate, Paul C.; Bridge, Tom C. L.; Pressey, Robert L.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2021) 'Tongan socio-environmental spatial layers for marine ecosystem management'. Pacific Conservation Biology, 27 (1):86-92. [DOI]
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Voolstra, Christian R.; Quigley, Kate M.; Davies, Sarah W.; Parkinson, John Everett; Peixoto, Raquel; Aranda, Manuel; Baker, Andrew C.; Barno, Adam R.; Barshis, Daniel J.; Benzoni, Francesca; Bonito, Victor; Bourne, David G.; Buitrago-López, Carol; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Chan, Cheong Xin; Combosch, David J.; Craggs, Jamie; Frommlet, Jörg C.; Herrera, Santiago; Quattrini, Andrea M.; Röthig, Till; Reimer, James D.; Rubio-Portillo, Esther; Suggett, David J.; Villela, Helena; Ziegler, Maren; Sweet, Michael (2021) 'Consensus guidelines for advancing coral holobiont genome and specimen voucher deposition'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 . [DOI]
Zapalski, Mikołaj K.; Baird, Andrew H.; Bridge, Tom; Jakubowicz, Michał; Daniell, James (2021) 'Unusual shallow water Devonian coral community from Queensland and its recent analogues from the inshore Great Barrier Reef'. Coral Reefs, 40 :417-431. [DOI]
Smallhorn-West, Patrick F.; Sheehan, Jason; Malimali, Siola'a; Halafihi, Tuikolongahau; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Pressey, Robert L.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2020) 'Incentivizing co-management for impact: mechanisms driving the successful national expansion of Tonga's Special Management Area program'. Conservation Letters, 13 (6). [DOI]
Bridge, Tom C. L.; Huang, Zhi; Przeslawski, Rachel; Tran, Maggie; Siwabessy, Justy; Picard, Kim; Reside, April E.; Logan, Murray; Nichol, Scott L.; Caley, M. Julian (2020) 'Transferable, predictive models of benthic communities informs marine spatial planning in a remote and data-poor region'. Conservation Science and Practice, 2 (9). [DOI]
Cowman, Peter F.; Quattrini, Andrea M.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Watkins-Colwell, Gregory J.; Fadli, Nur; Grinblat, Mila; Roberts, T. Edward; McFadden, Catherine S.; Miller, David J.; Baird, Andrew H. (2020) 'An enhanced target-enrichment bait set for Hexacorallia provides phylogenomic resolution of the staghorn corals (Acroporidae) and close relatives'. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 153 . [DOI]
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Bridge, Tom C.L.; Luiz, Osmar J.; Kuo, Chao-Yang; Precoda, Kristin; Madin, Elizabeth M.P.; Madin, Joshua S.; Baird, Andrew H. (2020) 'Incongruence between life-history traits and conservation status in reef corals'. Coral Reefs, 39 :271-279. [DOI]
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Smallhorn-West, Patrick F.; Stone, Karen; Ceccarelli, Daniela M.; Malimali, Siola'a; Halafihi, Tu'ikolongahau; Bridge, Tom C. L.; Pressey, Robert L.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2020) 'Community management yields positive impacts for coastal fisheries resources and biodiversity conservation'. Conservation Letters, 13 . [DOI]
Smallhorn-West, Patrick; Garvin, J.B.; Slayback, D.A.; DeCarlo, T.M.; Gordon, S.E.; Fitzgerald, S.H.; Halafihi, T.; Jones, G.P.; Bridge, T.C.L. (2020) 'Coral reef annihilation, persistence and recovery at Earth's youngest volcanic island'. Coral Reefs, 39 :529-536. [DOI]
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Horowitz, Jeremy; Brugler, Mercer R.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Cowman, Peter F. (2020) 'Morphological and molecular description of a new genus and species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Blastopathes) from Papua New Guinea'. Zootaxa, 4821 (3):553-569. [DOI]
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Biophysical and anthropogenic influences on the status of Tonga's coral reefs and reef fish fishery
2020
Smallhorn-West, Patrick; Gordon, Sophie; Stone, Karen; Ceccarelli, Daniela; Malimali, Siola'a; Halafihi, Tu'ikolongahau; Wyatt, Mathew; Bridge, Tom; Pressey, Robert; Jones, Geoffrey (2020) 'Biophysical and anthropogenic influences on the status of Tonga's coral reefs and reef fish fishery'. PLoS One, 15 (11). [DOI]
Dumalagan, Edwin E.; Cabaitan, Patrick C.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Go, Kevin Thomas; Quimpo, Timothy Joseph R.; Olavides, Ronald Dionnie D.; Munar, Jeffrey C.; Villanoy, Cesar L.; Siringan, Fernando P. (2019) 'Spatial variability in benthic assemblage composition in shallow and upper mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Philippines'. Marine Environmental Research, 150 . [DOI]
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Darling, Emily S.; McClanahan, Tim R.; Maina, Joseph; Gurney, Georgina G.; Graham, Nicholas A.J.; Januchowski-hartley, Fraser; Cinner, Joshua E.; Mora, Camillo; Hicks, Christina C.; Maire, Eva; Puotinen, Marji; Skirving, William J.; Adjeroud, Mehdi; Ahmadia, Gabby; Arthur, Rohan; Bauman, Andrew G.; Beger, Maria; Berumen, Michael L.; Bigot, Lionel; Bouwmeester, Jessica; Brenier, Ambroise; Bridge, Thomas; Brown, Eric; Campbell, Stuart J.; Cannon, Sara; Cauvin, Bruce; Chen, Chaolu Allen; Claudet, Joachim; Denis, Vianney; Donner, Simon; Estradivari; Fadli, Nur; Feary, David A.; Fenner, Douglas; Fox, Helen; Franklin, Erik C.; Friedlander, Alan; Gilmour, James; Goiran, Claire; Guest, James; Hobbs, Jean-Paul A.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Houk, Peter; Johnson, Steve; Jupiter, Stacy D.; Kayal, Mohsen; Kuo, Chao-Yang; Lamb, Joleah; Lee, Michelle A.C.; Low, Jeffrey; Muthiga, Nyawira; Muttaqin, Efin; Nand, Yashika; Nash, Kirsty L.; Nedlic, Osamu; Pandolfi, John M.; Pardede, Shinta; Patankar, Vardhan; Penin, Lucie; Ribas-Deulofeu, Lauriane; Richards, Zoe; Roberts, T. Edward; Rodgers, Ku’ulei S.; Safuan, Che Din Mohd; Sala, Enric; Shedrawi, George; Sin, Tsai Min; Smallhorn-West, Patrick; Smith, Jennifer E.; Sommer, Brigitte; Steinberg, Peter; Sutthacheep, Makamas; Tan, Chun Hong James; Williams, Gareth J.; Wilson, Shaun; Yeemin, Thamasak; Bruno, John F.; Fortin, Marie-Josée; Krkosek, Martin; Mouillot, David (2019) 'Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene'. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3 :1341-1350. [DOI]
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Lesser, Michael P.; Slattery, Marc; Laverick, Jack H.; Macartney, Keir J.; Bridge, Tom C. (2019) 'Global community breaks at 60m on mesophotic coral reefs'. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 28 (10):1403-1416. [DOI]
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Roberts, T. Edward; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Caley, M. Julian; Madin, Joshua S.; Baird, Andrew H. (2019) 'Resolving the depth zonation paradox in reef-building corals'. Ecology, 100 (8). [DOI]
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Zawada, Kyle J.A.; Madin, Joshua S.; Baird, Andrew H.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Dornelas, Maria (2019) 'Morphological traits can track coral reef responses to the Anthropocene'. Functional Ecology, 33 (6):962-975. [DOI]
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Sih, Tiffany L.; Daniell, James J.; Bridge, Thomas C. L.; Beaman, Robin J.; Cappo, Mike; Kingsford, Michael J. (2019) 'Deep-reef fish communities of the Great Barrier Reef shelf-break: trophic structure and habitat associations'. Diversity, 11 . [DOI]
Cooper, Amanda M.; MacDonald, Chancey; Roberts, T. Edward; Bridge, Tom C.L. (2019) 'Variability in the functional composition of coral reef fish communities on submerged and emergent reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. PLoS ONE, 14 (5). [DOI]
Smallhorn-West, Patrick F.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Malimali, Siola'a; Pressey, Robert L.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2019) 'Predicting impact to assess the efficacy of community-based marine reserve design'. Conservation Letters, 12 (1). [DOI]
Response of reef corals and fish at Osprey Reef to a thermal anomaly across a 30 m depth gradient
2019
Crosbie, Augustine J.; Bridge, Tom C. L.; Jones, Geoff; Baird, Andrew H. (2019) 'Response of reef corals and fish at Osprey Reef to a thermal anomaly across a 30 m depth gradient'. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 622 :93-102. [DOI]
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MacDonald, Chancey; Bridge, Tom C.L.; McMahon, Kelton W.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2019) 'Alternative functional strategies and altered carbon pathways facilitate broad depth ranges in coral-obligate reef fishes'. Functional Ecology, 33 (10):1962-1972. [DOI]
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Testing biodiversity theory using species richness of reef-building corals across a depth gradient
2019
Roberts, T. Edward; Keith, Sally A.; Rahbek, Carsten; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Caley, M. Julian; Baird, Andrew H. (2019) 'Testing biodiversity theory using species richness of reef-building corals across a depth gradient'. Biology Letters, 15 (10). [DOI]
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Quattrini, Andrea M.; Faircloth, Brant C.; Dueñas, Luisa F.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Brugler, Mercer R.; Calixto-Botía, Iván F.; DeLeo, Danielle M.; Forêt, Sylvain; Herrera, Santiago; Lee, Simon M.Y.; Miller, David J.; Prada, Carlos; Rádis-Baptista, Gandhi; Ramírez-Portilla, Catalina; Sánchez, Juan A.; Rodríguez, Estefanía; McFadden, Catherine S. (2018) 'Universal target-enrichment baits for anthozoan (Cnidaria) phylogenomics: new approaches to long-standing problems'. Molecular Ecology Resources, 18 (2):281-295. [DOI]
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MacDonald, Chancey; Jones, Geoffrey P.; Bridge, Tom (2018) 'Marginal sinks or potential refuges? Costs and benefits for coral-obligate reef fishes at deep range margins'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 285 (1890). [DOI]
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Cumulative effects of cyclones and bleaching on coral cover and species richness at Lizard Island
2018
Madin, Joshua S.; Baird, Andrew H.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Connolly, Sean R.; Zawada, Kyle J.A.; Dornelas, Maria (2018) 'Cumulative effects of cyclones and bleaching on coral cover and species richness at Lizard Island'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 604 :263-268. [DOI]
Laverick, Jack H.; Piango, Shanice; Andradi-Brown, Dominic A.; Exton, Dan A.; Bongaerts, Pim; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Lesser, Michael P.; Pyle, Richard L.; Slattery, Marc; Wagner, Daniel; Rogers, Alex D. (2018) 'To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? A systematic review'. Environmental Evidence, 7 (15). [DOI]
Horowitz, Jeremy; Opresko, Dennis M.; Bridge, Tom C.L. (2018) 'Black corals (Anthozoa: Antipatharia) from the deep (916 m-2542 m) Coral Sea, north-eastern Australia'. Zootaxa, 4472 (2):307-326. [DOI]
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Hughes, Terry P.; Anderson, Kristen D.; Connolly, Sean R.; Heron, Scott F.; Kerry, James T.; Lough, Janice M.; Baird, Andrew H.; Baum, Julia; Berumen, Michael L.; Bridge, Tom C.; Claar, Danielle C.; Eakin, C. Mark; Gilmour, James P.; Graham, Nicholas A.J.; Harrison, Hugo; Hobbs, Jean-Paul A.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Hoogenboom, Mia; Lowe, Ryan J.; McCulloch, Malcolm T.; Pandolfi, John M.; Pratchett, Morgan; Schoepf, Verena; Torda, Gergely; Wilson, Shaun K. (2018) 'Spatial and temporal patterns of mass bleaching of corals in the Anthropocene'. Science, 359 (6371):80-83. [DOI]
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Alvarez Noriega, Mariana; Baird, Andrew H.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Dornelas, Maria; Fontoura, Luisa; Pizarro, Oscar; Precoda, Kristin; Torres-Pulliza, Damaris; Woods, Rachael M.; Zawada, Kyle; Madin, Joshua S. (2018) 'Contrasting patterns of changes in abundance following a bleaching event between juvenile and adult scleractinian corals'. Coral Reefs, 37 (2):527-532. [DOI]
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Coregistered hyperspectral and stereo image seafloor mapping from an autonomous underwater vehicle
2018
Bongiorno, Daniel L.; Bryson, Mitch; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Dansereau, Donald G.; Williams, Stefan B. (2018) 'Coregistered hyperspectral and stereo image seafloor mapping from an autonomous underwater vehicle'. Journal of Field Robotics, 35 (3):312-329. [DOI]
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Hughes, Terry P.; Kerry, James T.; Álvarez-Noriega, Mariana; Alvarez-Romero, Jorge G.; Anderson, Kristen D.; Baird, Andrew; Babcock, Russell C.; Beger, Maria; Bellwood, David; Berkelmans, Ray; Bridge, Tom C.; Butler, Ian R.; Byrne, Maria; Cantin, Neal E.; Comeau, Steeve; Connolly, Sean; Cumming, Graeme S.; Dalton, Steven J.; Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo; Eakin, C. Mark; Figueira, Will F.; Gilmour, James P.; Harrison, Hugo B.; Heron, Scott F.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Hobbs, Jean-Paul A.; Hoogenboom, Mia O.; Kennedy, Emma V.; Kuo, Chao-Yang; Lough, Janice M.; Lowe, Ryan J.; Liu, Gang; McCulloch, Malcolm T.; Malcolm, Hamish A.; McWilliam, Michael J.; Pandolfi, John M.; Pears, Rachel J.; Pratchett, Morgan S.; Schoepf, Verena; Simpson, Tristan; Skirving, William J.; Sommer, Brigitte; Torda, Gergely; Wachenfeld, David R.; Willis, Bette L.; Wilson, Shaun (2017) 'Global warming and recurrent mass bleaching of corals'. Nature, 543 (7645):373-377. [DOI]
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Smallhorn-West, Patrick F.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Munday, Philip L.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2017) 'Depth distribution and abundance of a coral-associated reef fish: roles of recruitment and post-recruitment processes'. Coral Reefs, 36 (1):157-166. [DOI]
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Habitat morphology contrains the depth distribution and growth rate of a coral-associated reef fish
2017
Smallhorn-West, Patrick F.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Munday, Philip L.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2017) 'Habitat morphology contrains the depth distribution and growth rate of a coral-associated reef fish'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 576 :43-53. [DOI]
Hill, Nicholas J.; Tobin, Andrew J.; Reside, April E.; Pepperell, Julian G.; Bridge, Tom C.L. (2016) 'Dynamic habitat suitability modelling reveals rapid poleward distribution shift in a mobile apex predator'. Global Change Biology, 22 (3):1086-1096. [DOI]
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MacDonald, Chancey; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2016) 'Depth, bay position and habitat structure as determinants of coral reef fish distributions: are deep reefs a potential refuge?'. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 561 :217-231. [DOI]
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Madin, Joshua S.; Anderson, Kristen D.; Andreasen, Magnus Heide; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Cairns, Stephen d.; Connolly, Sean R.; Darling, Emily S.; Diaz, Marcela; Falster, Daniel S.; Franklin, Erik C.; Gates, Ruth; Hoogenboom, Mia O.; Huang, Danwei; Keith, Sally A.; Kosnik, Matthew A.; Kuo, Chao-Yang; Lough, Janice M.; Lovelock, Catherine E.; Luiz, Osmar; Martinelli, Julieta; Mizerek, Toni; Pandolfi, John M.; Pochon, Xavier; Pratchett, Morgan S.; Putnam, Hollie M.; Roberts, T. Edward; Stat, Michael; Wallace, Carden C.; Widman, Elizabeth; Baird, Andrew H. (2016) 'The coral trait database: a curated database of trait information for coral species from the global oceans'. Scientific Data, 3 :1-21. [DOI]
Scheffers, Brett R.; De Meester, Luc; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Hoffmann, Ary A.; Pandolfi, John M.; Corlett, Richard T.; Butchart, Stuart H.M.; Pearce-Kelly, Paul; Kovacs, Kit M.; Dudgeon, David; Pacifici, Michela; Rondinini, Carlo; Foden, Wendy B.; Martin, Tara G.; Mora, Camilo; Bickford, David; Watson, James E.M. (2016) 'The broad footprint of climate change from genes to biomes to people'. Science, 354 (6313):1-13. [DOI]
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Laverick, Jack H.; Andradi-Brown, Dominic A.; Exton, Dan A.; Bongaerts, Pim; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Lesser, Michael P.; Pyle, Richard L.; Slattery, Marc; Wagner, Daniel; Rogers, Alex D. (2016) 'To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest?'. Environmental Evidence, 5 (16):1-8. [DOI]
Beaman, Robin J.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Lüter, Carsten; Reitner, Joachim; Wörheide, Gert (2016) 'Spatial patterns in the distribution of benthic assemblages across a large depth gradient in the Coral Sea, Australia'. Marine Biodiversity, 46 (4):795-808. [DOI]
Bridge, Tom C.L.; Luiz, Osmar J.; Coleman, Richard R.; Kane, Corinne N.; Kosaki, Randall K. (2016) 'Ecological and morphological traits predict depth-generalist fishes on coral reefs'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 283 (1823):1-9. [DOI]
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Ferrari, Renata; Bryson, Mitch; Bridge, Tom; Hustache, Julie; Williams, Stefan B.; Byrne, Maria; Figueira, Will (2016) 'Quantifying the response of structural complexity and community composition to environmental change in marine communities'. Global Change Biology, 22 (5):1965-1975. [DOI]
Bridge, Tom C.L.; Grech, Alana M.; Pressey, Robert L. (2016) 'Factors influencing incidental representation of previously unknown conservation features in marine protected areas'. Conservation Biology, 30 (1):154-165. [DOI]
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Roberts, T. Edward; Bridge, Thomas C.; Caley, M. Julian; Baird, Andrew H. (2016) 'The point count transect method for estimates of biodiversity on coral reefs: improving the sampling of rare species'. PLoS One, 11 (3):1-10. [DOI]
Thomas, Christopher J.; Bridge, Thomas C.L.; Figueiredo, Joana; Deleersnijder, Eric; Hanert, Emmanuel (2015) 'Connectivity between submerged and near-sea-surface coral reefs: can submerged reef populations act as refuges?'. Diversity and Distributions, 21 (10):1254-1266. [DOI]
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Ainsworth, Tracy D.; Krause, Lutz; Bridge, Thomas; Torda, Gergely; Raina, Jean-Baptiste; Zakrzewski, Martha; Gates, Ruth D.; Padilla-Gamino, Jacqueline L.; Spalding, Heather L.; Smith, Celia; Woolsey, Erika S.; Bourne, David G.; Bongaerts, Pim; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove; Leggat, Bill (2015) 'The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts'. ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 9 :2261-2274. [DOI]
Przeslawski, Rachel; Alvarez, Belinda; Kool, Johnathan; Bridge, Tom; Caley, M. Julian; Nichol, Scott (2015) 'Implications of sponge biodiversity patterns for the management of a marine reserve in Northern Australia'. PLoS ONE, 10 :1-20. [DOI]
Muir, Paul; Wallace, Carden; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Bongaerts, Pim (2015) 'Diverse staghorn coral fauna on the mesophotic reefs of North-East Australia'. PLoS ONE, 10 (2):1-17. [DOI]
Roberts, T.E.; Moloney, J.M.; Sweatman, H.P.A.; Bridge, T.C.L. (2015) 'Benthic community composition on submerged reefs in the central Great Barrier Reef'. Coral Reefs, 34 (2):569-580. [DOI]
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Bridge, Thomas C.L.; Ferrari, Renata; Bryson, Mitch; Hovey, Renae; Figueira, Will F.; Williams, Stefan B.; Pizarro, Oscar; Harborne, Alastair R.; Byrne, Maria (2014) 'Variable responses of benthic communities to anomalously warm sea temperatures on a high-latitude coral reef'. PLoS ONE, 9 (11):1-20. [DOI]
Pontasch, S.; Scott, A.; Hill, R.; Bridge, T.; Fisher, P.L.; Davy, S.K. (2014) 'Symbiodinium diversity in the sea anemone Entacmaea quadricolor on the east Australian coast'. Coral Reefs, 33 (2):537-542. [DOI]
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Submerged banks in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, greatly increase available coral reef habitat
2013
Harris, Peter T.; Bridge, Thomas C.L.; Beaman, Robin J.; Webster, Jody M.; Nichol, Scott L.; Brooke, Brendan P. (2013) 'Submerged banks in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, greatly increase available coral reef habitat'. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 70 (2):284-293. [DOI]
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Bridge, Tom C.L.; Hughes, Terry P.; Guinotte, John M.; Bongaerts, Pim (2013) 'Call to protect all coral reefs'. Nature Climate Change, 3 :528-530. [DOI]
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Bridge, T.C.L.; Fabricius, K.E.; Bongaerts, P.; Wallace, C.C.; Muir, P.R.; Done, T.J.; Webster, J.M. (2012) 'Diversity of Scleractinia and Octocorallia in the mesophotic zone of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. Coral Reefs, 31 (1):179-189. [DOI]
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Bridge, Thomas; Beaman, Robin; Done, Terry; Webster, Jody (2012) 'Predicting the location and spatial extent of submerged coral reef habitat in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area, Australia'. PLoS ONE, 7 (10):1-11. [DOI]
Foster, Ralph; Bridge, Thomas; Bongaerts, Pim (2012) 'The first record of Hippocampus denise (Syngnathidae) from Australia'. Aqua: International Journal of Ichthyology, 18 (1):55-57.
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Bridge, T.; Scott, A.; Steinberg, D. (2012) 'Abundance and diversity of anemonefishes and their host sea anemones at two mesophotic sites on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. Coral Reefs, 31 (4):1057-1062. [DOI]
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Symbiodinium diversity in mesophotic coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef: a first assessment
2011
Bongaerts, Pim; Sampayo, Eugenia M.; Bridge, Thomas C.L.; Ridgway, Tyrone; Vermeulen, Francisca; Englebert, Norbert; Webster, Jody M.; Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2011) 'Symbiodinium diversity in mesophotic coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef: a first assessment'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 439 :117-126. [DOI]
Bridge, T.C.L.; Done, T.J.; Beaman, R.J.; Friedman, A.; Williams, S.B.; Pizarro, O.; Webster, J.M. (2011) 'Topography, substratum and benthic macrofaunal relationships on a tropical mesophotic shelf margin, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. Coral Reefs, 30 (1):143-153. [DOI]
Bridge, Thomas C.L.; Done, Terrence J.; Friedman, Ariell; Beaman, Robin J.; Williams, Stefan B.; Pizzaro, Oscar; Webster, Jody M. (2011) 'Variability in mesophotic coral reef communities along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 428 :63-75. [DOI]
Williams, Stefan B.; Pizarro, Oscar; Webster, Jody M. ; Beaman, Robin J.; Mahon, Ian; Johnson-Roberson, Matthew; Bridge, Tom C.L. (2010) 'Autonomous underwater vehicle–assisted surveying of drowned reefs on the shelf edge of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia'. Journal of Field Robotics, 27 (5):675-697. [DOI]
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Webster, Jody M.; Beaman, Robin J.; Bridge, Thomas; Davies, Peter; Byrne, Maria; Williams, Stefan; Manning, Phil; Pizarro, Oscar; Thornborough, Kate; Woolsey, Erika; Thomas, Alex; Tudhope, Sandy (2008) 'From corals to canyons: the Great Barrier Reef margin'. EOS, 89 (24):217-218. [DOI]
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Baird, Andrew; Prior, Susan; Bridge, Thomas; Cowman, Peter (2023) 'First records of coral spawning on Norfolk Island' Galaxea, Journal of Coral Reef Studies, 25 (1) :3-4. [DOI]
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Bonito, Victor E.; Baird, Andrew H.; Bridge, Tom; Cowman, Peter F.; Fenner, Douglas (2021) 'Types, topotypes and vouchers are the key to progress in coral taxonomy: Comment on Wepfer et al. (2020)' Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 159 . [DOI]
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Bridge, Tom C.L.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Campbell, Stuart J.; Muttaquin, Efin; Rudi, Edi; Fadli, Nur; Baird, Andrew H. (2013) 'Depth-dependent mortality of reef corals following a severe bleaching event: implications for thermal refuges and population recovery' F1000Research, 2 :1-12. [DOI]
Bongaerts, P.; Muir, P.; Englebert, N.; Bridge, T.C.L.; Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2013) 'Cyclone damage at mesophotic depths on Myrmidon Reef (GBR)' Coral Reefs, 32 (4) :935-935. [DOI]
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Bongaerts, P.; Bridge, T.C.L.; Kline, D.I.; Muir, P.R.; Wallace, C.C.; Beaman, R.J.; Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2011) 'Mesophotic coral ecosystems on the walls of Coral Sea atolls' Coral Reefs, 30 (2) :335-335. [DOI]
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Williams, Stefan B.; Pizarro, Oscar; Johnson-Roberson, Matthew; Mahon, Ian; Webster, Jody; Beaman, Robin; Bridge, Tom (2009) Oceans 2008 AUV-assisted surveying of relic reef sites Quebec City, Canada, [DOI]
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Ball, Eldon E.; Hayward, David C.; Bridge, Tom C.L.; Miller, David J. (2021) 'Acropora - The most-studied coral genus' In: Ball, Eldon E., Hayward, David C., Bridge, Tom C.L., and Miller, David J. (2021) Acropora - The most-studied coral genus. In: Boutet, Agnès, and Schierwater, Bernd, (eds.) Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology: Established and Emerging. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, USA, pp. 173-193(Eds.). Handbook of Marine Model Organisms in Experimental Biology: Established and Emerging. Boca Raton, FL, USA : CRC Press. [DOI]
Bridge, Tom C.L.; Beaman, Robin J.; Bongaerts, Pim; Muir, Paul R.; Ekins, Merrick; Sih, Tiffany (2019) 'The Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea' In: Bridge, Tom C.L., Beaman, Robin J., Bongaerts, Pim, Muir, Paul R., Ekins, Merrick, and Sih, Tiffany (2019) The Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. In: Loya, Yossi, Puglise, Kimberly A., and Bridge, Tom C.L., (eds.) Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Coral Reefs of the World, 12 . Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 351-367(Eds.). Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems. Cham, Switzerland : Springer. [DOI]
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Pratchett, Morgan; Bridge, Thomas; Brodie, Jon; Cameron, Darren; Day, Jonathan; Emslie, Mike; Grech, Alana; Hamann, Mark; Heron, Scott; Hoey, Andrew; Hoogenboom, Mia; Lough, Janice; Morrison, Tiffany; Osborne, Kate; Read, Mark; Schauble, Chloe; Smithers, Scott; Sweatman, Hugh; Waterhouse, Jane (2019) 'Australia's Great Barrier Reef' In: Pratchett, Morgan, Bridge, Thomas, Brodie, Jon, Cameron, Darren, Day, Jonathan, Emslie, Mike, Grech, Alana, Hamann, Mark, Heron, Scott, Hoey, Andrew, Hoogenboom, Mia, Lough, Janice, Morrison, Tiffany, Osborne, Kate, Read, Mark, Schauble, Chloe, Smithers, Scott, Sweatman, Hugh, and Waterhouse, Jane (2019) Australia's Great Barrier Reef. In: Sheppard, Charles, (ed.) World Seas: an environmental evaluation. Elsevier, London, UK, pp. 333-362(Eds.). World Seas: an environmental evaluation. London, UK : Elsevier. [DOI]
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Woolsey, E.; Byrne, M.; Webster, J.M.; Williams, S.; Pizarro, O.; Thornborough, K.; Davies, P.; Beaman, Robin; Bridge, Thomas (2013) 'Ophiopsila pantherina beds on subaqueous dunes off the Great Barrier Reef' In: Woolsey, E., Byrne, M., Webster, J.M., Williams, S., Pizarro, O., Thornborough, K., Davies, P., Beaman, Robin, and Bridge, Thomas (2013) Ophiopsila pantherina beds on subaqueous dunes off the Great Barrier Reef. In: Johnson, Criag, (ed.) Echinoderms in a Changing World. Taylor & Francis, London, pp. 175-179(Eds.). Echinoderms in a Changing World. London : Taylor & Francis.
Beaman, Robin J.; Bridge, Thomas; Done, Terry; Webster, Jody M.; Williams, Stefan; Pizarro, Oscar (2012) 'Habitats and benthos at Hydrographers Passage, Great Barrier Reef, Australia' In: Beaman, Robin J., Bridge, Thomas, Done, Terry, Webster, Jody M., Williams, Stefan, and Pizarro, Oscar (2012) Habitats and benthos at Hydrographers Passage, Great Barrier Reef, Australia. In: Harris, Peter T., and Baker, Elaine K., (eds.) Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHab atlas of seafloor geomorphic features and benthic habitats. Elsevier, London, England, pp. 425-434(Eds.). Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHab atlas of seafloor geomorphic features and benthic habitats. London, England : Elsevier. [DOI]
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