Dr Gareth Williams
Reader / Director of Impact and Engagement
Additional Contact Information
Room: 303 Craig Mair Phone: +44(0)1248 382588
E-mail: g.j.williams@bangor.ac.uk Twitter
I graduated in Marine Biology (University of Liverpool) in 2004 and completed an MSc in Marine Environmental Protection (Bangor University) in 2006. I began a PhD in Marine Biology (Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand) in 2007 in coral disease ecology, combining macroecology, experimental ecology, and histopathology to identify disease baselines and drivers of disease prevalence on Pacific coral reefs. A focus study site of mine was Palmyra Atoll, an uninhabited atoll in the Northern Line Islands. After obtaining my PhD in 2011, I was awarded a post-doctoral scholarship at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego (UCSD) where I continued to work on the macroecology of Pacific coral reefs. This role at Scripps transitioned into an Assistant Project Scientist position within the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation in 2013. I left Scripps in late 2015 to return to the UK and take up my full-time role within the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University.
I am a marine ecologist specialising in coral reef ecology. My work focuses on the interaction of organisms with their environment, often taking a macroecological approach. I am particularly interested in how human activities and natural biophysical gradients interact to drive community patterns across multiple trophic levels (microbes to sharks) and scales (individual reefs to entire ocean basins). Much of my work incorporates remote coral reefs free from direct human impact, providing key replication at the unimpacted end of an intact-to-degraded ecosystem spectrum. By surveying across extensive geographical areas we address broad questions pertaining to: 1. the human, climatic and oceanographic drivers of coral reef ecosystem structure and function, 2. climate change impacts to coral reef ecosystems, 3. the spatial ecology of coral reefs, and 4. disease dynamics on coral reefs.
Research Areas
Qualifications
- MSc: Marine Environmental Protection
- BSc: Marine Biology
University of Liverpool, - PhD: Coral disease and the environment in the Pacific Ocean
Victoria University of Wellington,
Teaching and Supervision
I teach a range of undergraduate and postgraduate classes in marine ecology and applied statistics.
Current PhD students (primary supervisor)
- Danielle Spring (2023-present) - Thesis title: Biophysical links between oceanographic processes and coral reef benthic communities.
- Hana Amir (2023-present) - Thesis title: How do coral energy strategies influence their survival?
- Lisa Goberdhan (2021-present) - Thesis title: Functional role of uncharted coral reef habitats in the Anthropocene.
- Alice Lawrence (2019-present) - Thesis title: The natural and anthropogenic drivers of reef fish community structure and function across scales.
Current PhD students (co-supervisor)
- Javier Gonzalez Barrios (2022-present) - Thesis title: Confronting the changing diversity patterns of coral reefs.
- Laura-Li Jeannot (2022-present) - Thesis title: Effects of seabird nutrient inputs on the productivity of coral reef fish communities.
- Megan O'hara (2021-present) - Thesis title: What drives cold pulses at remote tropical reefs?
- Catherine Sheppard (2020-present) - Thesis title: Do species interactions after overfishing enhance or inhibit coral reef recovery?
Past PhD students
- Helen Ford (2017-2022) – Thesis title: The seascape ecology of disturbance and recovery on Pacific coral reefs.
- Tim Jackson-Bue (2016-2021) – Thesis title: The use of high-resolution remote sensing to advance temperate reef ecology.
- Anna Woodhead (2016-2021) – Thesis title: Capturing ecosystem service delivery from coral reefs (Lancaster University).
- Ellie Vaughan (2016-2021) – Thesis title: Quantifying nutrient signals on coral reefs (Lancaster University).
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
I have a range of research interests in which PhD projects could be developed. Please contact me by email in the first instance regarding any of the following areas: coral reef ecology, marine spatial ecology, oceanographic drivers of coral reefs, marine climate change impacts, marine disease ecology, and ecological statistics.
Publications
2024
- PublishedHost density and anthropogenic stress are drivers of variability in dark spot disease in Siderastrea siderea across the Florida Reef Tract
Aeby, G. S., Williams, G. J., Whitall, D., Davies, A., Fromuth, E. & Walker, B. K., 1 Apr 2024, In: Bulletin of Marine Science . 100, 2, p. 163-184 22 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRegional reef fish assemblage maps provide baseline biogeography for tropicalization monitoring
Walker, B., Becker, D., Williams, G. J., Kilfoyle, A., Smith, S. & Kozachuk, A., 3 Apr 2024, In: Scientific Reports. 14, 1, p. 7893 7893.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedVariation in farming damselfish behaviour creates a competitive landscape of risk on coral reefs
Sheppard, C., Bostrom-Einarsson, L., Williams, G. J., Exton, D. & Keith, S., 29 May 2024, In: Biology Letters. 20, 5
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2023
- PublishedCo-occurrence of herbivorous fish functional groups correlates with enhanced coral reef benthic state
Sheppard, C., Williams, G. J., Exton, D. & Keith, S., Mar 2023, In: Global Ecology and Biogeography. 32, 3, p. 435-449 15 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCoral reefs benefit from reduced land–sea impacts under ocean warming
Gove, J. M., Williams, G. J., Lecky, J., Brown, E., Conklin, E., Counsell, C., Davis, G., Donovan, M., Falinski, K., Kramer, L., Kozar, K., Li, N., Maynard, J. A., McCutcheon, A., McKenna, S., Neilson, B., Safaie, A., Teague, C., Whittier, R. & Asner, G., 21 Sept 2023, In: Nature. 621, 7979, p. 536-542 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInfluence of upwelling on coral reef benthic communities: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Spring, D. & Williams, G. J., 29 Mar 2023, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 290, 1995, p. 20230023 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLocal human impacts disrupt depth-dependent zonation of tropical reef fish communities
Richardson, L., Heenan, A., Delargy, A., Neubauer, P., Lecky, J., Gove, J. M., Green, M., Kindinger, T., Ingeman, K. & Williams, G. J., Nov 2023, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 7, 11, p. 1844-1855 12 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMacroalgae exhibit diverse responses to human disturbances on coral reefs
Cannon, S., Donner, S., Liu, A., Gonzalez Espinosa, P., Baird, A., Baum, J., Bauman, A., Beger, M., Benkwitt, C., Birt, M., Chancerelle, Y., Cinner, J., Crane, N., Denis, V., Depczynski, M., Fadli, N., Fenner, D., Fulton, C., Golbuu, Y., Graham, N., Guest, J., Harrison, H., Hobbs, J.-P., Hoey, A., Holmes, T., Houk, P., Januchowski-Hartley, F., Jompa, J., Kuo, C.-Y., Valentino Limmon, G., Lin, Y., McClanahan, T., Muenzel, D., Paddack, M., Planes, S., Pratchett, M., Radford, B., Reimer, J., Richards, Z., Ross, C., Rulmal Jr., J., Sommer, B., Williams, G. J. & Wilson, S., 1 Jun 2023, In: Global Change Biology. 29, 12, p. 3318-3330
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNear-island enhancement in mesopelagic micronekton communities off Hawaiʻi
Drazen, J., Clark, B., Gove, J. M., Phipps, J., Copeland, A., Lecky, J., Green, M., Kobayashi, D., Turner, J., Whitney, J. & Williams, G. J., Sept 2023, In: Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers. 199, 104107.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOcean currents magnify upwelling and deliver nutritional subsidies to reef-building corals during El Niño heatwaves
Fox, M., Guillaume-Castel, R., Edwards, C., Glanz, J., Gove, J. M., Green, M., Juhlin, E., Smith, J. & Williams, G. J., 14 Jun 2023, In: Science Advances. 9, 24, eadd5032.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRecurring bleaching events disrupt the spatial properties of coral reef benthic communities across scales
Ford, H., Gove, J. M., Healey, J., Davies, A., Graham, N. & Williams, G. J., 10 Jul 2023, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 10, 1, p. 39-55 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2022
- PublishedLinking variation in planktonic primary production to coral reef fish growth and condition
Roche, R., Heenan, A., Taylor, B. M., Schwarz, J. N., Fox, M. D., Southworth, L., Williams, G. & Turner, J., 31 Aug 2022, In: Royal Society Open Science. 9, 8, p. 201012 201012.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSeabed morphology and bed shear stress predict temperate reef habitats in a high energy marine region
Jackson-Bue, T., Williams, G., Whitton, T., Roberts, M., Goward Brown, A., Amir, H., King, J., Powell, B., Rowlands, S., Llewelyn Jones, G. & Davies, A., 5 Sept 2022, In: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science. 274, 107934.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThe fundamental links between climate change and marine plastic pollution
Ford, H. V., Jones, N., Davies, A. J., Godley, B. J., Jambeck, J. R., Napper, I. E., Suckling, C. C., Williams, G. J., Woodall, L. & Koldewey, H. J., 1 Feb 2022, In: Science of the Total Environment. 806, Pt 1, 150392.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2021
- PublishedArtificial shorelines lack natural structural complexity across scales
Lawrence, P., D'Urban Jackson, T., Jenkins, S., Williams, G. J. & Davies, A., 26 May 2021, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 288, 1951, p. 20210329 rspb.2021.0329.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCoral reef resilience differs among islands within the Gulf of Mannar, southeast India following successive coral bleaching events
Diraviya Raj, K., Aeby, G., Mathews, G., Williams, G. J., Caldwell, J., Laju, R. L., Selva Bharath, M., Dinesh Kumar, P., Arasamuthu, A., Gladwin Gnana Asir, N., Wedding, L., Davies, A., Moritsch, M. & Patterson Edward, J. K., Aug 2021, In: Coral Reefs. 40, 4, p. 1029-1044
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNitrogen enrichment in macroalgae following mass coral mortality
Vaughan, E., Wilson, S., Howlett, S., Parravicini, V., Williams, G. J. & Graham, N. A. J., 12 Apr 2021, In: Coral Reefs.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPrecision and cost-effectiveness of bioindicators to estimate nutrient regimes on coral reefs
Vaughan, E. J., Wynn, P. M., Wilson, S. K., Williams, G. J., Barker, P. A. & Graham, N. A. J., Sept 2021, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 170, 112606.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedQuantifying upwelling in tropical shallow waters: a novel method using a temperature stratification index
Guillaume-Castel, R., Williams, G. J., Rogers, J. S., Gove, J. M. & Green, M., Aug 2021, In: Limnology and Oceanography: Methods. 19, 8, p. 566-577 10499.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpatial and temporal scales of coral reef fish ecological research and management: a systematic map protocol
Lawrence, A., Heenan, A., Levine, A., Haddaway, N., Powell, F., Wedding, L., Roche, R., Lawrence, P., Szostek, C., Ford, H., Southworth, L., Sannassy Pilly, J., Richardson, L. & Williams, G. J., 25 Jan 2021, In: Environmental Evidence. 10, 3.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpatial scaling properties of coral reef benthic communities
Ford, H., Gove, J. M., Davies, A., Graham, N. A. J., Healey, J., Conklin, E. & Williams, G. J., 1 Feb 2021, In: Ecography. 44, 2, p. 188-198 11 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThree-dimensional mapping reveals scale-dependent dynamics in biogenic reef habitat structure
Jackson-Bué, T., Williams, G., Walker-Springett, G., Rowlands, S. & Davies, A., Dec 2021, In: Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. 7, 4, p. 621-637 17 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2020
- PublishedA review of a decade of lessons from one of the world’s largest MPAs: conservation gains and key challenges
Hays, G. C., Koldewey, H., Meeuwig, J. J., Attrill, M. J., Barley, S., Bayley, D., . Benkwitt, C. E., Block, B., Schallert, R. J., Carlisle, A. B., Carr, P., Chapple, T. K., Collins, C., Diaz, C., Dunn, N., Dunbar, R. B., Eager, D. S., Engel, J., Embling, C. B., Esteban, N., Ferretti, F., Foster, N. L., Freeman, R., Gollock, M., Graham, N. A. J., Harris, J. L., Head, C. E. I., Hosegood, P., Howell, K. L., Hussey, N. E., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jones, R., Lange, I. D., Letessier, T. B., Levey, E., Lindhart, M., McDevitt-Irwin, J. M., Meekan, M. G., Micheli, F., Mogg, A., Mortimer, J. A., Mucciarone, D., Nicoll, M. A., Nuno, A., Perry, C. T., Sannassy Pilly, J., Preston, S. G., Rattray, A. J., Robinson, E., Roche, R., Schiele, M., Sheehan, E. V., Sheppard, A., Sheppard, C., Smith, A. L., Soule, B., Spalding, M., Stevens, G. M. W., Steyaert, M., Stiffel, S., Taylor, B., Tickler, D. M., Trevail, A. M., Trueba, P., Turner, J., Votier, S., Wilson, B., Williams, G., Williamson, B. J., Williamson, M. J., Wood, H. & Curnick, D. J., 14 Oct 2020, In: Marine Biology. 167, 11, 159.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLocal human impacts disrupt relationships between benthic reef assemblages and environmental predictors
Ford, A., Jouffray, J.-B., Norstrom, A. V., Moore, B., Nugues, M., Williams, G. J., Bejarano, S., Magron, F., Wild, C. & Ferse, S., 21 Oct 2020, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 7, 571115.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLocalized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors
Aeby, G., Howells, E., Work, T., Abrego, D., Williams, G. J., Wedding, L., Caldwell, J., Moritsch, M. & Burt, J., Jun 2020, In: Coral Reefs. 39, 3, p. 829-846 18 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedModelling the linkage between coral assemblage structure and pattern of environmental forcing
Sandin, S. A., Eynaud, Y., Williams, G. J., Edwards, C. & McNamara, D., 14 Oct 2020, In: Royal Society Open Science. 7, 10, 200565.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNatural variation in coral reef trophic structure across environmental gradients
Heenan, A., Williams, G. & Williams, I., Mar 2020, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 18, 2, p. 69-75
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPossible control of acute outbreaks of a marine fungal pathogen by nominally herbivorous tropical reef fish
Neal, B., Honisch, B., Warrender, T., Williams, G. J., Work, T. & Price, N., 12 Jul 2020, In: Oecologia. 193, 3, p. 603-617
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedThree-dimensional digital mapping of ecosystems: a new era in spatial ecology
D'Urban Jackson, T., Williams, G. J., Walker-Springett, G. & Davies, A., 12 Feb 2020, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B.. 287, 1920, 20192383.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2019
- PublishedCoral reef ecology in the Anthropocene
Williams, G. J., Graham, N. A. J., Jouffray, J.-B., Norstrom, A. V., Nystrom, M., Gove, J. M., Heenan, A. & Wedding, L. M., Jun 2019, In: Functional Ecology. 33, 6, p. 1014-1022
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCoral reef ecosystem services in the Anthropocene
Woodhead, A. J., Hicks, C. C., Norstrom, A. V., Williams, G. J. & Graham, N. A. J., Jun 2019, In: Functional Ecology. 33, 6, p. 1023-1034
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedForaging consistency of coral reef fishes across environmental gradients in the central Pacific
Zgliczynski , B. J., Williams, G., Hamilton, S., Cordner, E., Fox, M., Eynaud, Y., Michene, R., Kaufman, L. & Sandin, S. A., Oct 2019, In: Oecologia. 191, 2, p. 433-445
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedParsing human and biophysical drivers of coral reef regimes
Jouffray, J.-B., Wedding, L., Norstrom, A. V., Donovan, M., Williams, G., Crowder, L., Erickson, A., Friedlander, A. M., Graham, N. A. J., Gove, J. M., Kappel, C., Kittinger, J., Lecky, J., Oleson, K., Selkoe, K., White, C., Williams, I. & Nystrom, M., Feb 2019, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 286, 1896, 20182544.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPathogenesis of a tissue loss disease affecting multiple species of corals along the Florida Reef Tract
Aeby, G. S., Ushijima, B., Campbell, J., Jones, S., Williams, G. J., Meyer, J., Hase, C. & Paul, V., 1 Nov 2019, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 6, 678.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPrey-size plastics are invading larval fish nurseries
Gove, J. M., Whitney, J., McManus, M. A., Lecky, J., Carvalho, F., Lynch, J., Li, J., Neubauer, P., Smith, K., Phipps, J., Kobayashi, D., Balagso, K., Contreras, E., Manuel, M., Merrifield, M., Polovina, J., Asner, G., Maynard, J. A. & Williams, G. J., 26 Nov 2019, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. 116, 48, p. 24143-24149 7 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRed Sea SAR11 and Prochlorococcus Single-cell Genomes Reflect Globally Distributed Pangenomes
Thompson, L. R., Haroon, M. F., Shibl, A. A., Cahill, M. J., Ngugi, D. K., Williams, G. J., Morton, J. T., Knight, R., Goodwin, K. D. & Stingl, U., Jul 2019, In: Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 85, 13, e00369-19.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRethinking coral reef functional futures
Williams, G. J. & Graham, N. A. J., 7 Jun 2019, In: Functional Ecology. 33, 6, p. 942-947
Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review - PublishedScale-dependent spatial patterns in benthic communities around a tropical island seascape
Aston, E. A., Williams, G. J., Green, J. A. M., Davies, A. J., Wedding, L. M., Gove, J. M., Jouffray, J.-B., Jones, T. T. & Clark, J., Mar 2019, In: Ecography. 42, 3, p. 578-590
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSocial-environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene
Darling, E. S., McClanahan, T. R., Maina, J., Gurney, G. G., Graham, N. A. J., Januchowski-Hartley, F., Cinner, J. E., Mora, C., Hicks, C. C., Maire, E., Puotinen, M., Skirving, W. J., Adjeroud, M., Ahmadia, G., Arthur, R., Bauman, A. G., Beger, M., Berumen, M. L., Bigot, L., Bouwmeester, J., Brenier, A., Bridge, T. C. L., Brown, E., Campbell, S. J., Cannon, S., Cauvin, B., Chen, C. A., Claudet, J., Denis, V., Donner, S., Estradivari, Fadli, N., Feary, D. A., Fenner, D., Fox, H., Franklin, E. C., Friedlander, A., Gilmour, J., Goiran, C., Guest, J., Hobbs, J.-P. A., Hoey, A. S., Houk, P., Johnson, S., Jupiter, S. D., Kayal, M., Kuo, C.-Y., Lamb, J., Lee, M. A. C., Low, J., Muthiga, N., Muttaqin, E., Nand, Y., Nash, K. L., Nedlic, O., Pandolfi, J. M., Pardede, S., Patankar, V., Penin, L., Ribas-Deulofeu, L., Richards, Z., Roberts, T. E., Rodgers, K. S., Safuan, C. D. M., Sala, E., Shedrawi, G., Sin, T. M., Smallhorn-West, P., Smith, J. E., Sommer, B., Steinberg, P. D., Sutthacheep, M., Tan, C. H. J., Williams, G., Wilson, S., Yeemin, T., Bruno, J. F., Fortin, M.-J., Krkosek, M. & Mouillot, D., 12 Aug 2019, In: Nature Ecology and Evolution. 3, 9, p. 1341-1350
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2018
- PublishedAdvancing the integration of spatial data to map human and natural drivers on coral reefs
Wedding, L., Lecky, J., Gove, J., Walecka, H., Donovan, M., Williams, G., Jouffray, J.-B., Crowder, L., Erickson, A., Falinski, K., Friedlander, A., Kappel, C., Kittinger, J., McCoy, K., Norstrom, A., Nystrom, M., Oleson, K., Stamoulis, K., White, C. & Selkoe, K., 1 Mar 2018, In: PLoS ONE. :e0189792.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedBiophysical drivers of coral trophic depth zonation
Williams, G., Sandin, S. A., Zgliczynski , B. J., Fox, M., Gove, J. M., Rogers, J. S., Furby, K., Hartmann, A., Caldwell, Z. R., Price, N. & Smith, J. E., Apr 2018, In: Marine Biology. 165, 60.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCombining fish and benthic communities into multiple regimes reveals complex reef dynamics
Donovan, M. K., Friedlander, A. M., Lecky, J., Jouffray, J.-B., Williams, G. J., Wedding, L. M., Crowder, L. B., Erickson, A. L., Graham, N. A. J., Gove, J. M., Kappel, C. V., Karr, K., Kittinger, J. N., Norström, A. V., Nyström, M., Oleson, K. L. L., Stamoulis, K. A., White, C., Williams, I. D. & Selkoe, K. A., 16 Nov 2018, In: Scientific Reports. 8, 16943.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedFirst record of coralline fungal disease (CFD) in the Indian Ocean
Williams, G., Roche, R. & Turner, J., 4 Jun 2018, In: Coral Reefs. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-018-1704-z , 1 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGradients in primary production predict trophic strategies of mixotrophic corals across spatial scales
Fox, M. D., Williams, G. J., Johnson, M. D., Radice, V. Z., Zgliczynski , B. J., Kelly, E. L. A., Rohwer, F. L., Sandin, S. A. & Smith, J. E., 5 Nov 2018, In: Current Biology. 28, 21, p. 3355-3363
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHigh frequency temperature variability reduces the risk of coral bleaching
Safaie, A., Silbiger, N. J., McClanahan, T. R., Pawlak, G., Barshis, D. J., Hench, J. L., Rogers, J. S., Williams, G. & Davis, K. A., 2018, In: Nature Communications. 9, 1671.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTowards Developing a Mechanistic Understanding of Coral Reef Resilience to Thermal Stress Across Multiple Scales
Roche, R., Williams, G. & Turner, J., Mar 2018, In: Current Climate Change Reports. 4, 1, p. 51-64 D 87.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2017
- PublishedA robust operational model for predicting where tropical cyclone waves damage coral reefs
Puotinen, M., Maynard, J. A., Beeden, R., Radford, B. & Williams, G., May 2017, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 26009.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLarge-area imaging reveals biologically driven non-random spatial patterns of corals at a remote reef
Edwards, C., Eynaud, Y., Williams, G., Pedersen, N., Zgliczynski, B., Gleason, A., Smith, J. & Sandin, S., Dec 2017, In: Coral Reefs. 36, 4, p. 1291-1305
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMeta-Mass Shift Chemical (MeMSChem) profiling of metabolomes from coral reefs
Hartmann, A., Petras, D., Quinn, R., Protsyuk, I., Archer, F., Ransome, E., Williams, G., Bailey, B., Vermeij, M., Alexandrov, T., Dorrestein, P. & Rohwer, F., 31 Oct 2017, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 114, 44, p. 11685-11690
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedMetagenomic covariation along densely sampled environmental gradients in the Red Sea
Thompson, L. R., Williams, G., Haroon, M. F., Shibl, A., Larsen, P., Shorenstein, J., Knight, R. & Stingl, U., Jan 2017, In: ISME Journal. 11, p. 138-151
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2016
- PublishedGuiding coral reef futures in the Anthropocene
Norstrom, A. V., Nystrom, M., Jouffray, J.-B., Folke, C., Graham, N. A. J., Moberg, F., Olsson, P. & Williams, G., 1 Nov 2016, In: Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedHawaiʻi Coral Disease database (HICORDIS): species-specific coral health data from across the Hawaiian archipelago
Caldwell, J. M., Burns, J. H. R., Couch, C., Ross, M., Runyon, C., Takabayashi, M., Vargas-Ángel, B., Walsh, W., Walton, M., White, D., Williams, G. & Heron, S. F., Sept 2016, In: Data in Brief. 8, p. 1054-1058
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedImproving marine disease surveillance through sea temperature monitoring, outlooks and projections
Maynard, J., van Hooidonk, R., Harvell, C. D., Eakin, C. M., Liu, G., Willis, B. L., Williams, G., Groner, M. L., Dobson, A., Heron, S. F., Glenn, R., Reardon, K. & Shields, J. D., 5 Mar 2016, In: Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 371, 1689
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLocal-scale projections of coral reef futures and implications of the Paris Agreement
van Hooidonk, R., Maynard, J. A., Tamelander, J., Gove, J. M., Ahmadia, G. N., Raymundo, L., Williams, G., Heron, S. F. & Planes, S., Dec 2016, In: Scientific Reports. 6, 39666.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNatural bounds on herbivorous coral reef fishes
Heenan, A., Hoey, A. S., Williams, G. & Williams, I. D., 23 Nov 2016, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B.. 283, 1843
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNear-island biological hotspots in barren ocean basins
Gove, J. M., McManus, M. A., Neuheimer, A. B., Polovina, J. J., Drazen, J. C., Smith, C. R., Merrifield, M. A., Friedlander, A. M., Ehses, J. S., Young, C. W., Dillon, A. K. & Williams, G., 16 Feb 2016, In: Nature Communications. 7, 10581.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedReef Fish Survey Techniques: Assessing the Potential for Standardizing Methodologies
Caldwell, Z. R., Zgliczynski , B. J., Williams, G. & Sandin, S. A., 25 Apr 2016, In: PLoS ONE. 11, 4, e0153066.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedTemporal dynamics and persistence of sponge assemblages in a Central Pacific atoll lagoon
Knapp, I. S. S., Williams, G. & Bell, J. J., Oct 2016, In: Marine Ecology. 37, 5, p. 1147-1153
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2015
- PublishedAssessing relative resilience potential of coral reefs to inform management
Maynard, J. A., McKagan, S., Raymundo, L., Johnson, S., Ahmadia, G. N., Johnston, L., Houk, P., Williams, G., Kendall, M., Heron, S. F., van Hooidonk, R., Mcleod, E., Tracey, D. & Planes, S., 1 Dec 2015, In: Biological Conservation. 192, December, p. 109-119
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCoral reef benthic regimes exhibit non-linear threshold responses to natural physical drivers
Gove, J. M., Williams, G. J., McManus, M. A., Clark, S. J., Ehses, J. S. & Wedding, L. M., 2 Mar 2015, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 522, p. 33-48
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedCryptic species obscure introduction pathway of the blue Caribbean sponge (Haliclona (Soestella) caerulea), (order: Haplosclerida) to Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific
Knapp, I. S., Forsman, Z. H., Williams, G. J., Toonen, R. J. & Bell, J. J., 6 Aug 2015, In: PeerJ. 3
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedDisease dynamics of Porites bleaching with tissue loss: prevalence, virulence, transmission, and environmental drivers
Sudek, M., Williams, G. J., Runyon, C., Aeby, G. S. & Davy, S. K., 10 Feb 2015, In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 113, 1, p. 59-68
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEnvironmental and ecological controls of coral community metabolism on Palmyra Atoll
Koweek, D., Dunbar , R. B., Rogers, J. S., Williams, G., Price, N., Mucciarone, D. & Teneva , L., Mar 2015, In: Coral Reefs. 34, 1, p. 339-351
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedImpacts and Recovery from Severe Tropical Cyclone Yasi on the Great Barrier Reef
Beeden, R., Maynard, J., Puotinen, M., Marshall, P., Dryden, J., Goldberg, J. & Williams, G., 15 Apr 2015, In: PLoS ONE. 10, 4, p. e0121272
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedInfluence of local environmental variables on the viral consortia associated with the coral Montipora capitata from Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, USA
Lawrence, S. A., Wilkinson, S. P., Davy, J. E., Arlidge, W. N., Williams, G. J., Wilson, W. H., Aeby, G. S. & Davy, S. K., 24 Mar 2015, In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 74, p. 251-262
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLocal human impacts decouple natural biophysical relationships on Pacific coral reefs
Williams, G. J., Gove, J. M., Eynaud, Y., Zgliczynski, B. J. & Sandin, S. A., 28 Feb 2015, In: Ecography. 38, 8, p. 751-761
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedProjections of climate conditions that increase coral disease susceptibility and pathogen abundance and virulence
Maynard, J., van Hooidonk, R., Eakin, C. M., Puotinen, M., Garren, M., Williams, G. J., Heron, S. F., Lamb, J., Weil, E., Willis, B. & Hervell, C. D., 4 May 2015, In: Nature Climate Change. 5, p. 688-694
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2014
- PublishedAntarctic sea-ice microbial communities show distinct patterns of zonation in response to algal-derived substrates
Cowie, R. O., Williams, G. J., Maas, E. W., Voyles, K. M. & Ryan, K. G., 2 Oct 2014, In: Aquatic Microbial Ecology. 73, 2, p. 123-134
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedIdentifying multiple coral reef regimes and their drivers across the Hawaiian archipelago
Jouffray, J., Nystrom, M., Norstrom, A. V., Williams, I. D., Wedding, L. M., Kittinger, J. N. & Williams, G. J., 24 Nov 2014, In: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 370, 1659
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedLocal genomic adaptation of coral reef-associated microbiomes to gradients of natural variability and anthropogenic stressors
Kelly, L. W., Williams, G. J., Barott, K. L., Carlson, C. A., Dinsdale, E. A., Edwards, R. A., Haas, A. F., Haynes, M., Lim, Y. W., McDole, T., Nelson, C. E., Sala, E., Sandin, S. A., Smith, J. E., Vermeij, M. J., Youle, M. & Rohwer, F., 30 Jun 2014, In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 111, 28, p. 10227-10232
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOcean warming and acidification have complex interactive effects on the dynamics of a marine fungal disease
Williams, G. J., Price, N. N., Ushijima, B., Aeby, G. S., Callahan, S., Davy, S. K., Gove, J. M., Johnson, M. D., Knapp, I. S., Shore-Maggio, A., Smith, J. E., Videau, P. & Work, T. M., 7 Mar 2014, In: Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 281, 1778
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPositive and Negative Effects of a Threatened Parrotfish on Reef Ecosystems
McCauley, D. J., Young, H. S., Guevara, R., Williams, G. J., Power, E. A., Dunbar, R. B., Bird, D. W., Durham, W. H. & Micheli, F., 26 Jul 2014, In: Conservation Biology. 28, 5, p. 1312-1321
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2013
- PublishedBenthic communities at two remote Pacific coral reefs: effects of reef habitat, depth, and wave energy gradients on spatial patterns
Williams, G. J., Smith, J. E., Conklin, E. J., Gove, J. M., Sala, E. & Sandin, S. A., 28 May 2013, In: PeerJ. 1, e81.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedContrasting recovery following removal of growth anomalies in the corals Acropora and Montipora
Williams, G. J., 11 Oct 2013, In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 106, 2, p. 181-185
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedQuantifying Climatological Ranges and Anomalies for Pacific Coral Reef Ecosystems
Gove, J. M., Williams, G. J., McManus, M. A., Heron, S. F., Sandin, S. A., Vetter, O. J. & Foley, D. G., 18 Apr 2013, In: PLoS ONE. 8, 4, e61974.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedRestriction of sponges to an atoll lagoon as a result of reduced environmental quality
Knapp, I. S. S., Williams, G. J., Luis Carballo, J., Antonio Cruz-Barraza, J., Gardner, J. P. A. & Bell, J. J., 15 Jan 2013, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 66, 1-2, p. 209-220
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2012
- PublishedBlack reefs: iron-induced phase shifts on coral reefs
Kelly, L. W., Barott, K. L., Dinsdale, E., Friedlander, A. M., Nosrat, B., Obura, D., Sala, E., Sandin, S. A., Smith, J. E., Vermeij, M. J. A., Williams, G. J., Willner, D. & Rohwer, F., Mar 2012, In: The ISME Journal. 6, 3, p. 638-649
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedEnvironmental Factors Affecting Large-Bodied Coral Reef Fish Assemblages in the Mariana Archipelago
Richards, B. L., Williams, I. D., Vetter, O. J. & Williams, G. J., 27 Feb 2012, In: PLoS ONE. 7, 2, e31374.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedNatural history of coral-algae competition across a gradient of human activity in the Line Islands
Barott, K. L., Williams, G. J., Vermeij, M. J. A., Harris, J., Smith, J. E., Rohwer, F. L. & Sandin, S. A., 2012, In: Marine Ecology Progress Series. 460, p. 1-12
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2011
- PublishedGross and microscopic morphology of lesions in Cnidaria from Palmyra Atoll, Central Pacific
Williams, G. J., Work, T. M., Aeby, G. S., Knapp, I. S. & Davy, S. K., Feb 2011, In: Journal of Invertebrate Pathology. 106, 2, p. 165-173
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedGrowth Anomalies on the Coral Genera Acropora and Porites Are Strongly Associated with Host Density and Human Population Size across the Indo-Pacific
Aeby, G. S., Williams, G. J., Franklin, E. C., Haapkyla, J., Harvell, C. D., Neale, S., Page, C. A., Raymundo, L., Vargas-Angel, B., Willis, B. L., Work, T. M. & Davy, S. K., 18 Feb 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 2
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedOutbreak of Acropora white syndrome following a mild bleaching event at Palmyra Atoll, Northern Line Islands, Central Pacific
Williams, G., Knapp, I. S., Work, T. M. & Conklin, E. J., Sept 2011, In: Coral Reefs. 30, 3, p. 621-621
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPatterns of Coral Disease across the Hawaiian Archipelago: Relating Disease to Environment
Aeby, G. S., Williams, G. J., Franklin, E. C., Kenyon, J., Cox, E. F., Coles, S. & Work, T. M., 31 May 2011, In: PLoS ONE. 6, 5
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedProximate environmental drivers of coral communities at Palmyra Atoll: Establishing baselines prior to removing a WWII military causeway
Williams, G. J., Knapp, I. S., Maragos, J. E. & Davy, S. K., Aug 2011, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 62, 8, p. 1842-1851
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedSpatial and temporal patterns of scleractinian coral, soft coral, and zoanthid disease on a remote, near-pristine coral reef (Palmyra Atoll, central Pacific)
Williams, G. J., Knapp, I. S., Aeby, G. S. & Davy, S. K., 6 Apr 2011, In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 94, 2, p. 89-100
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2010
- PublishedDisease dynamics of Montipora white syndrome within Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Hawaii: distribution, seasonality, virulence, and transmissibility
Aeby, G. S., Ross, M., Williams, G., Lewis, T. D. & Work, T. M., 26 Jul 2010, In: Diseases of Aquatic Organisms. 91, 1, p. 1-8
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedModeling patterns of coral bleaching at a remote Central Pacific atoll
Williams, G. J., Knapp, I. S., Maragos, J. E. & Davy, S. K., Sept 2010, In: Marine Pollution Bulletin. 60, 9, p. 1467-1476
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedPredictive Modeling of Coral Disease Distribution within a Reef System
Williams, G. J., Aeby, G. S., Cowie, R. O. M. & Davy, S. K., 17 Feb 2010, In: PLoS ONE. 5, 2, e9264.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2008
- PublishedCoral disease at Palmyra Atoll, a remote reef system in the Central Pacific
Williams, G., Aeby, G. S. & Davy, S. K., Mar 2008, In: Coral Reefs. 27, 1, p. 207-207
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review - PublishedQuantitative characterisation of reef fish diversity among nearshore habitats in a northeastern New Zealand marine reserve.
Williams, G. J., Cameron, M. J., Turner, J. R. & Ford, R. B., 1 Mar 2008, In: New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 42, 1, p. 33-46
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
2021
- Ecography (Journal)
Subject Editor
1 Apr 2021 →
Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)
2017
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (Journal)
Associate Editor
2017 – 2020
Activity: Editorial activity (Editorial board member)
Projects
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01/10/2023 – 31/12/2199 (Active)
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The role of oceanic nutrients on coral reef persistence through climate change
01/02/2023 – 16/09/2024 (Finished)
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High-resolution climate model projects - additional funding for Outreach
01/02/2022 – 16/09/2024 (Finished)
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ENVISION studentship: CASE contribution, The Nature Conservancy
01/10/2021 – 31/10/2024 (Active)
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21/09/2020 – 30/09/2023 (Finished)
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01/09/2019 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)
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FISHSCALE - MSCA - Laura Richardson
01/06/2019 – 31/12/2199 (Active)
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(METRICs)Marine Ecosystem Trophic References & Indicators for assessing system Condition and Status
16/10/2017 – 30/09/2020 (Finished)
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ENVISION studentship: CASE contribution from The Nature Conservancy
01/10/2017 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)