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Dr Selina Ward

Honorary Senior Research Fellow
School of the Environment
selinaward@uq.edu.au

Publications

Journal Articles (29)
Conference Papers (4)
Research Report (1)

Journal Articles

Crofts, Rory, Little, Maxine and Ward, Selina (2024). The role of sea hares as significant algal herbivores on the Southern Great Barrier Reef. Marine Biology, 171 (9) 168. doi: 10.1007/s00227-024-04483-6
Gutierrez‐Isaza, Nataly, Sampayo, Eugenia M., Lovelock, Catherine E., Dalton, Steven J., Sims, Carrie A., Ward, Selina and Pandolfi, John M. (2023). Latitudinal patterns of egg size and maternal investment trade‐offs in reef corals. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 32 (3), 421-434. doi: 10.1111/geb.13631
Hamylton, Sarah M., Hutchings, Pat, Sims, Carrie and Ward, Selina (2022). The Australian Coral Reef Society: the last 40 years of a century working with Australia's coral reefs. Historical Records of Australian Science, 34 (1), 1-18. doi: 10.1071/HR22010
Wang, Brydon , Bao, Ding Wen , Ward, Selina and Luo, Dan (2022). Opportunities for further development of 3D-printed floating artificial reefs. Journal of Aquaculture and Marine Biology, 11 (2), 58-63. doi: 10.15406/jamb.2022.11.00337
Wee, Nicholas Q-X., Cribb, Thomas H., Corner, Richard D., Ward, Selina and Cutmore, Scott C. (2021). Gastropod first intermediate hosts for two species of Monorchiidae Odhner, 1911 (Trematoda): I can't believe it's not bivalves!. International Journal for Parasitology, 51 (12), 1035-1046. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2021.05.003
Baird, Andrew H., Guest, James R., Edwards, Alasdair J., Bauman, Andrew G., Bouwmeester, Jessica, Mera, Hanaka, Abrego, David, Alvarez-Noriega, Mariana, Babcock, Russel C., Barbosa, Miguel B., Bonito, Victor, Burt, John, Cabaitan, Patrick C., Chang, Ching-Fong, Chavanich, Suchana, Chen, Chaolun A., Chen, Chieh-Jhen, Chen, Wei-Jen, Chung, Fung-Chen, Connolly, Sean R., Cumbo, Vivian R., Dornelas, Maria, Doropoulos, Christopher, Eyal, Gal, Eyal-Shaham, Lee, Fadli, Nur, Figueiredo, Joana, Flot, Jean-Francois, Gan, Sze-Hoon ... Yusuf, Syafyudin (2021). An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database. Scientific Data, 8 (1) 35, 35. doi: 10.1038/s41597-020-00793-8
Martin, Storm B., Sasal, Pierre, Cutmore, Scott C., Ward, Selina, Aeby, Greta S. and Cribb, Thomas H. (2018). Intermediate host switches drive diversification among the largest trematode family: evidence from the Polypipapiliotrematinae n. subf. (Opecoelidae), parasites transmitted to butterflyfishes via predation of coral polyps. International Journal for Parasitology, 48 (14), 1107-1126. doi: 10.1016/j.ijpara.2018.09.003
Arthington, Angela H., Bhaduri, Anik, Bunn, Stuart E., Jackson, Sue E., Tharme, Rebecca E., Tickner, Dave, Young, Bill, Acreman, Mike, Baker, Natalie, Capon, Samantha, Horne, Avril C., Kendy, Eloise, McClain, Michael E., Poff, N. LeRoy, Richter, Brian D. and Ward, Selina (2018). The Brisbane Declaration and Global Action Agenda on Environmental Flows (2018). Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6 (45) 45. doi: 10.3389/fenvs.2018.00045
Martin, Storm B., Cutmore, Scott C., Ward, Selina and Cribb, Thomas H. (2017). An updated concept and revised composition for Hamacreadium Linton, 1910 (Opecoelidae: Plagioporinae) clarifies a previously obscured pattern of host-specificity among species. Zootaxa, 4254 (2), 151-187. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4254.2.1
Diaz, Pablo E., Bray, Rodney A., Cutmore, Scott C., Ward, Selina and Cribb, Thomas H. (2015). A complex of species related to Paradiscogaster glebulae (Digenea: Faustulidae) in chaetodontid fishes (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the Great Barrier Reef. Parasitology International, 64 (5), 421-428. doi: 10.1016/j.parint.2015.06.004
Nitschke, Matthew R., Davy, Simon K. and Ward, Selina (2015). Horizontal transmission of Symbiodinium cells between adult and juvenile corals is aided by benthic sediment. Coral Reefs, 35 (1), 335-344. doi: 10.1007/s00338-015-1349-0
Doropoulos, Christopher, Ward, Selina, Roff, George, Gonzalez-Rivero, Manuel and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Linking demographic processes of juvenile corals to benthic recovery trajectories in two common reef habitats. PLoS ONE, 10 (5) e0128535, e0128535.1-e0128535.23. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128535
Nitschke, M. R., Davy, S. K., Cribb, T. H. and Ward, S. (2014). The effect of elevated temperature and substrate on free-living Symbiodinium cultures. Coral Reefs, 34 (1), 161-171. doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1220-8
Ho, Hei Wa, Bray, Rodney A., Cutmore, Scott C., Ward, Selina and Cribb, Thomas H. (2014). Two new species of Phyllodistomum Braun, 1899 (Trematoda: Gorgoderidae Looss, 1899) from Great Barrier Reef fishes. Zootaxa, 3779 (5), 551-562. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.5.5
Fellegara, I., Baird, A. H. and Ward, S. (2013). Coral reproduction in a high-latitude, marginal reef environment (Moreton Bay, south-east Queensland, Australia) Invertebrate Reproduction and Development. Invertebrate Reproduction and Development, 57 (3), 219-223. doi: 10.1080/07924259.2012.752766
Doropoulos, Christopher, Ward, Selina, Marshell, Alyssa, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo and Mumby, Peter J. (2012). Interactions among chronic and acute impacts on coral recruits: the importance of size-escape thresholds. Ecology, 93 (10), 2131-2138. doi: 10.1890/12-0495.1
Doropoulos, Christopher, Ward, Selina, Diaz-Pulido, Guillermo, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove and Mumby, Peter J. (2012). Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval-algal settlement interactions. Ecology Letters, 15 (4), 338-346. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2012.01743.x
Kongjandtre, N., Ridgway, T., Ward, S. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2010). Broadcast spawning patterns of Favia species on the inshore reefs of Thailand. Coral Reefs, 29 (1), 227-234. doi: 10.1007/s00338-009-0551-3
Christiansen, N. A., Ward, S., Harii, S. and Tibbetts, I. R. (2009). Grazing by a small fish affects the early stages of a post-settlement stony coral. Coral Reefs, 28 (1), 47-51. doi: 10.1007/s00338-008-0429-9
Gomez-Cabrera, M. del C., Ortiz, J. C., Loh, W. K. W., Ward, S. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2008). Acquisition of symbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium) by juveniles of the coral Acropora longicyathus. Coral Reefs, 27 (1), 219-226. doi: 10.1007/s00338-007-0315-x
Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Jones, Ross J., Ward, Selina and Loh, William K. (2002). Ecology - Is coral bleaching really adaptive?. Nature, 415 (6872), 601-602. doi: 10.1038/415601a
Cox, E. F and Ward, S. (2002). Impact of elevated ammonium on reproduction in two Hawaiian scleractinian corals with different life history patterns. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 44 (11), 1230-1235. doi: 10.1016/S0025-326X(02)00213-8
Harrison, P. L. and Ward, S. (2001). Elevated levels of nitrogen and phosphorus reduce fertilisation success of gametes from scleractinian reef corals. Marine Biology, 139 (6), 1057-1068. doi: 10.1007/s002270100668
Ward, Selena and Harrison, Peter L. (2000). Changes in gametogenesis and fecundity of acroporid corals that were exposed to elevated nitrogen and phosphorus during the ENCORE experiment. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 246 (2), 179-221. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0981(99)00182-3
Jones, R. J., Ward, S., Yang Amri, A. and Hoegh-Guldberg, I.O. (2000). Changes in quantum efficiency of Photosystem II of symbiotic dinoflagellates of corals after heat stress, and of bleached corals sampled after the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching event Ross J. Jones , Selina Ward, Affendi Yang Amri and Ove Hoegh-Gu. Marine and Freshwater Research, 51 (1), 63-71. doi: 10.1071/MF99100
Ward, S., Arthington, A. H. and Pusey, B. J. (1995). The effects of a chronic application of chlorpyrifos on the macroinvertebrate fauna in an outdoor artificial stream system: species responses. Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 30 (1), 2-23. doi: 10.1006/eesa.1995.1002
Ward, S. (1995). Two patterns of energy allocation for growth, reproduction and lipid storage in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis. Coral Reefs, 14 (2), 87-90. doi: 10.1007/BF00303428
Ward, Selina (1995). The effect of damage on the growth, reproduction and storage of lipids in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis (Linnaeus). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology And Ecology, 187 (2), 193-206. doi: 10.1016/0022-0981(94)00180-L
Ward, S (1992). Evidence for broadcast spawning as well as brooding in the scleractinian coral Pocillopora damicornis. Marine Biology, 112 (4), 641-646. doi: 10.1007/BF00346182

Conference Papers

Ward, S., Harrison, P. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2002). Coral bleaching reduces reproduction of scleractinian corals and increases susceptibility to future stress. 9th International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia, 23-27 October 2000. [Bali?]: Ministry of Environment : Indonesian Institute of Sciences : International Society for Reef Studies.
Ward, S (2000). Changes in coral reproduction following slight changes in temperature. JAMSTEC International Coral Reef Symposium. Coral reef biodiversity and health as indicators of environmental change., Tokyo, Japan, 2000.
Takabayashi, Misaki, Carter, Dee, Ward, Selina and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (1998). Inter- and intra-specific variability in DNA sequence in the ITS region of corals. 75th Conference of the Australian Coral Reef Society, Heron Island, QLD, Australia, 2-6 October 1997. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: School of Marine Science, University of Queensland.
Ward, S. and Harrison, P. L. (1997). The effects of elevated nutrients on settlement of coral larvae during the ENCORE experiment. 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama City, Panama, 24-29 June 1996.

Research Report

Ward, Selina, Booth, David, Lanyon, Janet M., Hamann, Mark, Kingsford, Richard and Bush, Richard (2015). The impacts of the Abbot Point port development on the outstanding universal value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Brisbane, Australia:
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