Publications
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2024
Burgess, S. C., Turner, A. M., & Johnston, E. C. (2024). Niche breadth and divergence in sympatric cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) across habitats within reefs and among algal symbionts. Evolutionary Applications, 17, e13762. https://doi.org/10.1111/eva.13762
Powell JA, Burgess SC (2024) How modularity and heterotrophy complicate the understanding of the causes of thermal performance curves: the case of feeding rate in a filter-feeding animal. Journal of Experimental Biology; 227 (12): jeb247776. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247776
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Edmunds PJ, Combosch DJ, Torrado H, Sakai K, Sinniger F, Burgess SC (2024) Latitudinal variation in thermal performance of the common coral Pocillopora spp. Journal of Experimental Biology 227 (11), jeb247090. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.247090
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Hooks AP, Burgess SC (2024) Variation in polyandry, reproductive output, and within-brood genetic diversity in a marine snail population across seasons and years. Marine Ecology Progress Series 734, 65-77 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps14558
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Edmunds PJ, Maritorena S, Burgess SC (2024) Early post-settlement events, rather than settlement, drive recruitment and coral recovery at Moorea, French Polynesia. Oecologia, 1-16 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-024-05517-y
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Peniston JH, Burgess SC (2024) Larval and adult traits coevolve in response to asymmetric coastal currents to shape marine dispersal kernels. The American Naturalist. 203: E63-E77 https://doi.org/10.1086/728003
​2023
Johnston EC, Burgess SC (2023). Pocillopora tuahiniensis: a new species of scleractinian coral (Scleractinia, Pocilloporidae) from French Polynesia Zootaxa 5369: 117-124 https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.5
Burgess SC, Powell J, Bueno M (2023) Dispersal, kin aggregation, and the fitness consequences of not spreading sibling larvae. Ecology 104 (1), e3858. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3858
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Wyatt ASJ, Leichter JJ, Washburn, L, Kui L, Edmunds PJ, Burgess SC (2023) Hidden heatwaves and severe coral bleaching linked to mesoscale eddies and thermocline dynamics. Nature Communications. 14: 25. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35550-5
​2022
Edmunds PJ, Johnson KW, Burgess SC (2022) Branching morphology affects physiological performance in the absence of colony integration. Biology Letters 18: 20220414. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbl.2022.0414
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Johnston EC, Cunning R, Burgess SC. (2022) Cophylogeny and specificity between cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) at Mo’orea and their symbionts (Symbiodiniaceae). Molecular Ecology 31: 5368– 5385. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.16654
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Burgess SC, Powell J, Bueno M. (2022) Dispersal, kin aggregation, and the fitness consequences of not spreading sibling larvae. Ecology e3858. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3858
Burgess SC, Bode M, Leis JM, Mason LB (2022) Individual variation in marine larval-fish swimming speed and the emergence of dispersal kernels. Oikos e08896 https://doi.org/10.1111/oik.08896
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Johnston EC, Wyatt ASJ, Leichter JJ, Burgess SC (2022) Niche differences in co-occurring cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.). Coral Reefs. 41: 767-778. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02107-9
2021
Bitter MC, Wong JM, Dam HD, Donelam SC, Kenkel CD, Komoroske LM, Nikols KJ, Rivest EB, Salinas S, Burgess SC, and Lotterhos KE (2021) Fluctuating selection and global change: a synthesis and review on disentangling the roles of climate amplitude, predictability, and novelty. Proceedings of the Royal Society B. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2021.0727 PDF
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Burgess SC, Johnston EC, Wyatt ASJ, Leichter JJ, Edmunds PJ. (2021) Response diversity in corals: hidden differences in bleaching mortality among cryptic Pocillopora species. Ecology https://doi.org/10.1002/ecy.3324 PDF
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Hooks AP, Burgess SC. (2021) Behavioral variability of hatchlings modifies dispersal potential in crown conch (Melongena corona): why do larvae crawl away but sometimes swim? Biological Bulletin https://doi.org/10.1086/712873 PDF
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Burgess SC, Bueno M. (2021) When does growth rate influence fitness in a colonial marine invertebrate? Marine Biology. 168: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00227-020-03804-9 PDF
2020
Johnston EC, Counsell CWW, Sale TL, Burgess SC, Toonen RJ (2020) The legacy of stress: Coral bleaching impacts reproduction years later. Functional Ecology. 34: 2315-2325 https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2435.13653
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Álvarez-Noriega M, Burgess SC, Byers JE, Pringle JM, Wares JP, Marshall DJ (2020) Global biogeography of marine dispersal potential. Nature Ecology and Evolution. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1238-y
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Olsen KC, Ryan WH, Winn AA, Kosman ET, Moscoso JA, Krueger-Hadfield SA, Burgess SC, Carlon DB, Grosberg RK, Kalisz S, Levitan DR (2020) Inbreeding shapes the evolution of marine invertebrates. Evolution 74: 871-882. https://doi.org/10.1111/evo.13951
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Edmunds PJ, Burgess SC (2020) Emergent properties of branching morphologies modulate the sensitivity of coral calcification to high PCO2. Journal of Experimental Biology. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.217000
2019
Burgess SC, Sander L, and Bueno M (2019) How relatedness between mates influences reproductive success: an experimental analysis of self-fertilization and biparental inbreeding in a marine bryozoan. Ecology and Evolution 9: 11353-11366. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5636
2018
Barneche DR, Burgess SC, and Marshall DJ Global environmental drivers of marine fish egg size. Global Ecology and Biogeography. 27: 890–898 [link]
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Burgess SC, Snyder RE, Rountree B. Collective dispersal leads to variance in fitness and maintains offspring size variation within marine populations. The American Naturalist 191: 318–332 [link]
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Edmunds PJ, Burgess SC. Colony size and turbulent flow speed modulate the calcification response of the coral Pocillopora verrucosa to temperature. Marine Biology 165: 13 [link]
2017
Burgess SC, Ryan WH, Blackstone NW, Edmunds PJ, Hoogenboom MO, Levitan DR, Wulff JL (2017). Metabolic scaling in modular animals. Invertebrate Biology 136: 456–472 [pdf]
2016
Burgess SC, Baskett ML, Grosberg RK, Morgan SG, Strathmann RR. (2016) When is dispersal for dispersal? Unifying marine and terrestrial perspectives. Biological Reviews 91: 867–882 [link]
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Edmunds PJ, Burgess SC (2016) Size-dependent physiological responses of the branching coral Pocillopora verrucosa to elevated temperature and pCO2. Journal of Experimental Biology 291: 3896–3906 [link]
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Marshall DJ, Burgess SC, Connallon T (2016) Global change, life history complexity and the potential for evolutionary rescue. Evolutionary Applications 9: 1189–1201 [pdf]
2015
Marshall DJ, Burgess SC (2015) Deconstructing environmental predictability: seasonality, environmental color, and the biogeography of marine life histories. Ecology Letters 18: 174–181 [link]
2014
Burgess SC, Marshall DJ (2014) Adaptive parental effects: the importance of estimating environmental predictability and offspring fitness appropriately. Oikos 123: 769–776 [link]
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Burgess SC, Nikols KJ, Griesemer C, Barnett L, Dedrick A, Sattherwaite E, Yamane L, Morgan S, White JW, Botsford LW (2014) Beyond connectivity: how empirical methods can quantify population persistence to improve marine protected area design. Ecological Applications 24: 257–270 [pdf]
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Edmunds PJ, Burgess SC, Putnam HM, Baskett ML, Bramanti L, Fabina N, Han X, Lesser MP, Madin JS, Wall CB, Yost DM, Gates RD (2014) Evaluating the causal basis of ecological success within the Scleractinia: an Integral Projection Model approach. Marine Biology 161: 2719 – 2734 [pdf].
2013
Burgess SC, Waples RS, Baskett ML (2013) Local adaptation when competition depends on phenotypic similarity. Evolution 67: 3012–3022 [pdf]
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Baskett ML, Burgess SC, Waples RS (2013). Assessing strategies to minimize unintended fitness consequences of aquaculture on wild populations. Evolutionary Applications 6: 1090-1108 [pdf]
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Burgess SC, Bode M, Marshall DJ (2013). Costs of dispersal alter optimal offspring size in patchy habitats: combining theory and data for a marine invertebrate. Functional Ecology 27: 757-765 [pdf]
2012
Burgess SC, Treml E, Marshall DJ (2012) How do dispersal costs and habitat selection influence realized connectivity? Ecology 93: 1378-1387 [pdf]
2011
Burgess SC, Marshall DJ. (2011) Are numbers enough? Colonizer phenotype and abundance interact to affect population dynamics. Journal of Animal Ecology 80: 681 – 687 [pdf]
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Burgess SC, Marshall DJ. (2011) Temperature-induced maternal effects and environmental predictability. The Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 2329 – 2336 [pdf]
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Burgess SC, Marshall DJ (2011) Field estimates of planktonic larval duration in a marine invertebrate. Marine Ecology-Progress Series 440: 151-161 [pdf]
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Osborne K, Dolman AM, Burgess SC, Johns KA. (2011) Disturbance and the dynamics of coral cover on the Great Barrier Reef (1995 – 2009). PLoS One 6(3): e175616. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017516 [link]
2010
Burgess SC, Osborne K, Caley MJ (2010) Similar regional effects among local habitats on the structure of tropical reef fish and coral communities. Global Ecology and Biogeography 19: 363 – 375 [link]
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Burgess SC, Osborne K, Sfiligoj B, Sweatman H. (2010) Can juvenile corals be surveyed effectively using digital photography?: A comparison of methods. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 171: 345 – 351 [pdf]
2009
Burgess SC, Hart SP, Marshall DJ (2009) Pre-settlement behavior in larval bryozoans: the roles of larval age and size. Biological Bulletin 216: 344-354 [pdf]
2008
Wilson S, Burgess SC, Cheal AJ, Emslie M, Fisher R, Miller I, Polunin NVC, Sweatman HPA (2008) Habitat utilisation by coral reef fish: implications for specialists vs. generalists in a changing environment. Journal of Animal Ecology. 77: 220-228 [pdf]
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Fabricius K, De’ath, G, Puotinen M, Done T, Cooper T, Burgess SC (2008) Disturbance gradients on inshore and offshore coral reefs caused by a severe tropical cyclone. Limnology and Oceanography. 53: 690-704 [pdf]
2007
Burgess SC, Kingsford MJ, Black KP (2007) Influence of tidal eddies and wind on the distribution of presettlement fishes around One Tree Island, Great Barrier Reef. Marine Ecology Progress Series 341: 233-242 [pdf]
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2006
Burgess SC (2006) Algal blooms on coral reefs with low anthropogenic impact in the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 25: 390 [pdf]