个人简介

Bette Willis is a Professor in the School of Marine and Tropical Biology and Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies. Her research focusses on questions relating to the biology and ecology of scleractinian corals, particularly on questions relating to the health of reef corals in an era of climate change and increasing anthropogenic impacts. She has published more than 125 peer-reviewed publications, including 5 in Nature, Science and Nature Climate Change, 7 book chapters, and 5 major reviews (e.g. Annual Reviews of Marine Biology, Annual Reviews of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics). She has supervised 100 postgraduate students, including PhD (39), MSc (35) and Honours (16) students.

研究领域

Marine & Aquaculture Sciences

Her current research strives to understand inter-kingdom symbiotic partnerships that underpin coral health and factors driving outbreaks of coral disease, both on the Great Barrier Reef and globally. She is involved in various international working groups and networks aimed at furthering understanding of the ecology of infectious diseases in corals and in raising the profile of coral health issues throughout the Indo-Pacific. By exploring the dynamics of coral-microbial associations and how flexibility in symbiotic partnerships affects tolerance to environmental stressors, Willis and her research group are exploring the potential of corals to acclimatise and adapt to a changing world.

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Maynard J, van Hooidonk R, Harvell C, Eakin C, Liu G, Willis B, Williams G, Groner M, Dobson A, Heron S, Glenn R, Reardon K and Shields J (2016) Improving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 371 (1689). pp. 1-11 Bourne D, Ainsworth T, Pollock F and Willis B (2015) Towards a better understanding of white syndromes and their causes on Indo-Pacific coral reefs. Coral Reefs, 34 (1). pp. 233-242 Hein M, Lamb J, Scott C and Willis B (2015) Assessing baseline levels of coral health in a newly established marine protected area in a global scuba diving hotspot. Marine Environmental Research, 103. pp. 56-65 Lamb J, Williamson D, Russ G and Willis B (2015) Protected areas mitigate diseases of reef-building corals by reducing damage from fishing. Ecology, 96 (9). pp. 2555-2567 Maynard J, van Hooidonk R, Eakin C, Puotinen M, Garren M, Williams G, Heron S, Lamb J, Weil E, Willis B and Harvell C (2015) Projections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence. Nature Climate Change, 5 (7). pp. 688-695 Pollock F, Krediet C, Garren M, Stocker R, Winn K, Wilson B, Huete-Stauffer C, Willis B and Bourne D (2015) Visualization of coral host-pathogen interactions using a stable GFP-labeled Vibrio coralliilyticus strain. Coral Reefs, 34 (2). pp. 655-662 Rocker M, Noonan S, Humphrey C, Moya A, Willis B and Bay L (2015) Expression of calcification and metabolism-related genes in response to elevated pCO(2) and temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora. Marine Genomics, 24 (Part 3). pp. 313-318 van de Water A, Ainsworth T, Leggat W, Bourne D, Willis B and Van Oppen M (2015) The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration. Molecular Ecology, 24 (13). pp. 3390-3404 van De Water J, Leggat W, Bourne D, van Oppen M, Willis B and Ainsworth T (2015) Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage. Hydrobiologia, 759 (1). pp. 201-214 Warner P, van Oppen M and Willis B (2015) Unexpected cryptic species diversity in the widespread coral Seriatopora hystrix masks spatial-genetic patterns of connectivity. Molecular Ecology, 24 (12). pp. 2993-3008 Burge C, Eakin C, Friedman C, Froelich B, Hershberger P, Hofmann E, Petes L, Prager K, Weil E, Willis B, Ford S and Harvell C (2014) Climate change influences on marine infectious diseases: implications for management and society. Annual Review of Marine Science, 6. pp. 249-277 Katz S, Pollock F, Bourne D and Willis B (2014) Crown-of-thorns starfish predation and physical injuries promote brown band disease on corals. Coral Reefs, 33 (3). pp. 705-716