David G. Bourne

Australian Institute of Marine Science — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

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Research Topics

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies(208), Aquaculture disease management and microbiota(86), Marine and coastal plant biology(63), Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology(54), Marine Sponges and Natural Products(44)

Publications275 total

A staged and layered approach to restoring turbid nearshore coral reefs
Journal of Environmental Management·2025Open Access
Addressing a flat-out problem: environmental DNA (eDNA) exposes silent infestations of Acropora-eating flatworms (Prosthiostomum acroporae) in coral aquaculture
2025Open Access
Seascape Genomics Reveal Contrasting Population Structure in Sympatric and Congeneric Corals Across Thermal Clines
Diversity and Distributions·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Bacterial Dynamics in Newly Settled <i>Acropora kenti</i> : Insights From Inoculations With Individual Probiotic Candidates
Environmental Microbiology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
The planktonic microbiome of the Great Barrier Reef
2025Open Access
Sea-weeding enhances early coral survival on seeding devices, but benefits of seeding diminish after one year
Journal of Environmental Management·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Genomic insights into the brooding reproduction and climate-driven dynamics of Pocillopora damicornis in the Anthropocene
Science China Life Sciences·2025
Destabilization of mutualistic interactions shapes the early heat stress response of the coral holobiont
Microbiome·2025· 13 citedOpen Access
Gene content of seawater microbes is a strong predictor of water chemistry across the Great Barrier Reef
Microbiome·2025· 8 citedOpen Access
Let the fish do the cropping: identifying fish grazers to improve coral aquaculture
Coral Reefs·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Evidence for microbially-mediated tradeoffs between growth and defense throughout coral evolution
Animal Microbiome·2025· 5 citedOpen Access
Microbial Processes and Nutrient Uptake in the Coral Holobiont and Reef Ecosystems
Coral reefs of the world·2025· 2 cited
Improving Coral Grow‐Out Through an Integrated Aquaculture Approach
Aquaculture Nutrition·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Biofilm development as a factor driving the degradation of plasticised marine microplastics
Journal of Hazardous Materials·2024· 11 citedOpen Access
Ecosystem transplant from a healthy reef boosts coral health at a degraded reef
Nature Communications·2024· 7 citedOpen Access
Inshore coral reef sediment and turf dynamics unaffected by canopy-forming macroalgae
Marine Pollution Bulletin·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
The early life microbiome of giant grouper (Epinephelus lanceolatus) larvae in a commercial hatchery is influenced by microorganisms in feed
Animal Microbiome·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
Gene Content of Seawater Microbes is a Strong Predictor of Water Chemistry Across the Great Barrier Reef
2024Open Access
Comparative genomics identifies key adaptive traits of sponge‐associated microbial symbionts
Environmental Microbiology·2024· 5 citedOpen Access
Microbiome manipulation by corals and other Cnidaria via quorum quenching
Current Biology·2024· 7 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Bette L. Willis(17), Christian R. Voolstra(9), Jean‐Baptiste Raina(8), Nicole S. Webster(6), Sylvain Forêt(6), Raquel S. Peixoto(5), David J. Miller(5), Kathleen M. Morrow(4), Manuel Aranda(4), Pim Bongaerts(3), Sven Uthicke(3), Dianne M. Tapiolas(3), Peter W. Riddles(3), Madeleine J. H. van Oppen(3), F. Joseph Pollock(3), Robert L. Blakeley(3), Cheong Xin Chan(3), Mark A. Ragan(3), Gene W. Tyson(3), Britta Schaffelke(3)