Dr Yves-Marie Bozec
Research Fellow
School of the Environment
+61 7 336 56908
Researcher biography
My research integrates empirical data and mechanistic models to understand the dynamics of coral reef populations and ecosystems across a range of spatial scales. I am particularly interested in the processes that regulate reef populations and shape their resilience in space and time. My current research focuses on assessing the cumulative impacts of recent and future disturbances across Australia's Great Barrier Reef. I also explore scenarios of climate change and strategies of management interventions to help corals persist and adapt from the impacts of warming.
Book Chapter
Browne, Nicola K., Cuttler, Michael, Moon, Katie, Morgan, Kyle, Ross, Claire L., Castro-Sanguino, Carolina, Kennedy, Emma, Harris, Dan, Barnes, Peter, Bauman, Andrew, Beetham, Eddie, Bonesso, Joshua, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Cornwall, Christopher, Dee, Shannon, DeCarlo, Thomas, D’Olivo, Juan P., Doropoulos, Christopher, Evans, Richard D., Eyre, Bradley, Gatenby, Peter, Gonzalez, Manuel, Hamylton, Sarah, Hansen, Jeff, Lowe, Ryan, Mallela, Jennie, O’Leary, Michael, Roff, George, Saunders, Benjamin J. and Zweilfer, Adi (2021). Predicting responses of geo-ecological carbonate reef systems to climate change: a conceptual model and review. Oceanography and marine biology: an annual review. (pp. 229-370) edited by S. J. Hawkins, A. J. Lemasson, A. L. Allcock, A. E. Bates, M. Byrne, A. J. Evans, L. B. Firth, E. M. Marzinelli, B. D. Russell, I. P. Smith, S. E. Swearer and P. A. Todd. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/9781003138846-4
Journal Articles
Popovic, Iva, Bergeron, Lucie A., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Waldvogel, Ann-Marie, Howitt, Samantha M., Damjanovic, Katarina, Patel, Frances, Cabrera, Maria G., Wörheide, Gert, Uthicke, Sven and Riginos, Cynthia (2024). High germline mutation rates, but not extreme population outbreaks, influence genetic diversity in a keystone coral predator. PLOS Genetics, 20 (2) e1011129, e1011129. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1011129
Mason, Robert A. B., Bozec, Yves‐Marie and Mumby, Peter J. (2023). Demographic resilience may sustain significant coral populations in a 2°C‐warmer world. Global Change Biology, 29 (14), 4152-4160. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16741
Richards, Thomas J., McGuigan, Katrina, Aguirre, J. David, Humanes, Adriana, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Mumby, Peter J. and Riginos, Cynthia (2023). Moving beyond heritability in the search for coral adaptive potential. Global Change Biology, 29 (14), 3869-3882. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16719
Castro‐Sanguino, Carolina, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Condie, Scott A., Fletcher, Cameron S., Hock, Karlo, Roelfsema, Chris, Westcott, David A. and Mumby, Peter J. (2023). Control efforts of crown‐of‐thorns starfish outbreaks to limit future coral decline across the Great Barrier Reef. Ecosphere, 14 (6) e4580, 1-16. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4580
Mason, Robert A.B., Bozec, Yves-Marie and Mumby, Peter J. (2023). Setting sustainable limits on anchoring to improve the resilience of coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 189 114721, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2023.114721
Millington, Rebecca C., Rogers, Alice, Cox, Peter, Bozec, Yves‐Marie and Mumby, Peter J. (2022). Combined direct and indirect impacts of warming on the productivity of coral reef fishes. Ecosphere, 13 (7) e4108, 1-12. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.4108
Doropoulos, Christopher, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Gouezo, Marine, Priest, Mark A., Thomson, Damian P., Mumby, Peter J. and Roff, George (2022). Cryptic coral recruits as dormant ‘seed banks’: an unrecognised mechanism of rapid reef recovery. Ecology, 103 (3) e3621, e3621. doi: 10.1002/ecy.3621
Doropoulos, Christopher, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Gouezo, Marine, Priest, Mark A., Thomson, Damian P., Mumby, Peter J. and Roff, George (2022). Cover Image. Ecology, 103 (3). doi: 10.1002/ecy.3391
Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Hock, Karlo, Mason, Robert A. B., Baird, Mark E., Castro‐Sanguino, Carolina, Condie, Scott A., Puotinen, Marji, Thompson, Angus and Mumby, Peter J. (2022). Cumulative impacts across Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: a mechanistic evaluation. Ecological Monographs, 92 (1) e01494, 1-29. doi: 10.1002/ecm.1494
Castro-Sanguino, C., Bozec, Y. M., Callaghan, D., Vercelloni, J., Rodriguez-Ramirez, A., Lopez-Marcano, S., Gonzalez-Marrero, Y., Puotinen, M., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. and Gonzalez-Rivero, M. (2022). Coral composition and bottom-wave metrics improve understanding of the patchiness of cyclone damage on reefs. Science of the Total Environment, 804 150178, 150178. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150178
Mumby, Peter J., Chaloupka, Milani, Bozec, Yves‐Marie, Steneck, Robert S. and Montero‐Serra, Ignasi (2021). Revisiting the evidentiary basis for ecological cascades with conservation impacts. Conservation Letters, 15 (1) e12847. doi: 10.1111/conl.12847
Pratchett, Morgan S., Caballes, Ciemon F., Cvitanovic, Christopher, Raymundo, Maia L., Babcock, Russell C., Bonin, Mary C., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Burn, Deborah, Byrne, Maria, Castro-Sanguino, Carolina, Chen, Carla C. M., Condie, Scott A., Cowan, Zara-Louise, Deaker, Dione J., Desbiens, Amelia, Devantier, Lyndon M., Doherty, Peter J., Doll, Peter C., Doyle, Jason R., Dworjanyn, Symon A., Fabricius, Katharina E., Haywood, Michael D. E., Hock, Karlo, Hoggett, Anne K., Høj, Lone, Keesing, John K., Kenchington, Richard A., Lang, Bethan J., Ling, Scott D. ... Wilson, Shaun K. (2021). Knowledge gaps in the biology, ecology, and management of the pacific crown-of-thorns sea star, Acanthaster sp., on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef. Biological Bulletin, 24 (3), 330-346. doi: 10.1086/717026
Evensen, Nicolas R., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Edmunds, Peter J. and Mumby, Peter J. (2021). Scaling the effects of ocean acidification on coral growth and coral–coral competition on coral community recovery. PeerJ, 9 e11608, e11608. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11608
Castro-Sanguino, Carolina, Bozec, Yves-Marie and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Dynamics of carbonate sediment production by Halimeda: implications for reef carbonate budgets. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 639, 91-106. doi: 10.3354/meps13265
Lam, Vivian Y. Y., Doropoulos, Christopher, Bozec, Yves-Marie and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Resilience concepts and their application to coral reefs. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 8 49, 49. doi: 10.3389/fevo.2020.00049
Bozec, Yves-Marie, Doropoulos, Christopher, Roff, George and Mumby, Peter J. (2018). Transient grazing and the dynamics of an unanticipated coral–algal phase shift. Ecosystems, 22 (2), 296-311. doi: 10.1007/s10021-018-0271-z
Castro-Sanguino, Carolina, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Dempsey, Alexandra, Samaniego, Badi R., Lubarsky, Katie, Andrews, Stefan, Komyakova, Valeriya, Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Robbins, William D., Renaud, Philip G. and Mumby, Peter J. (2017). Detecting conservation benefits of marine reserves on remote reefs of the northern GBR. PLoS One, 12 (11) e0186146, e0186146. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0186146
González-Rivero, M., Harborne, A. R., Herrera-Reveles, A., Bozec, Y. M., Rogers, A., Friedman, A., Ganase, A. and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2017). Linking fishes to multiple metrics of coral reef structural complexity using three-dimensional technology. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 13965, 13965. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-14272-5
Ernesto Arias-Gonzalez, Jesus, Fung, Tak, Seymour, Robert M., Rodrigo Garza-Perez, Joaquin, Acosta-Gonzalez, Gilberto, Bozec, Yves-Marie and Johnson, Craig R. (2017). A coral-algal phase shift in Mesoamerica not driven by changes in herbivorous fish abundance. Plos One, 12 (4) e0174855, e0174855. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0174855
Harborne, Alastair R., Rogers, Alice, Bozec, Yves-Marie and Mumby, Peter J. (2017). Multiple stressors and the functioning of coral reefs. Annual Review of Marine Science, 9 (1), 445-468. doi: 10.1146/annurev-marine-010816-060551
Verges, Adriana, Doropoulos, Christopher, Malcolm, Hamish A., Skye, Mathew, Garcia-Piza, Marina, Marzinelli, Ezequiel M., Campbell, Alexandra H., Ballesteros, Enric, Hoey, Andrew S., Vila-Concejo, Ana, Bozec, Yves-Marie and Steinberg, Peter D. (2016). Long-term empirical evidence of ocean warming leading to tropicalization of fish communities, increased herbivory, and loss of kelp. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113 (48), 13791-13796. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1610725113
Roff, George, Doropoulos, Christopher, Rogers, Alice, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Krueck, Nils C., Aurellado, Eleanor, Priest, Mark, Birrell, Chico and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). Reassessing shark-driven trophic cascades on coral reefs: a reply to Ruppert et al. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31 (8), 587-589. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.05.005
Bozec, Yves-Marie, O'Farrell, Shay, Bruggemann, J. Henrich, Luckhurst, Brian E. and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). Tradeoffs between fisheries harvest and the resilience of coral reefs. National Academy of Sciences. Proceedings, 113 (16), 4536-4541. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1601529113
Roff, George, Doropoulos,Christopher, Rogers, Alice, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Krueck, Nils C., Aurellado, Eleanor, Priest,Mark, Birrell, Chico and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). The ecological role of sharks on coral reefs. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 31 (5), 395-407. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2016.02.014
Doropoulos, Christopher, Roff, George, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Zupan, Mirta, Werminghausen, Johanna and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). Characterizing the ecological trade-offs throughout the early ontogeny of coral recruitment. Ecological Monographs, 86 (1) 15-0668.1, 20-44. doi: 10.1890/15-0668.1
Gonzalez-Rivero, Manuel, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Chollett, Iliana, Ferrari, Renata, Schonberg, Christine H. L. and Mumby, Peter J. (2016). Asymmetric competition prevents the outbreak of an opportunistic species after coral reef degradation. Oecologia, 181 (1), 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3541-x
Harborne, Alastair H., Nagelkerken, Ivan, Wolff, Nicholas H., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Dorenbosch, Martijn, Grol, Monique G. G. and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Direct and indirect effects of nursery habitats on coral-reef fish assemblages, grazing pressure, and benthic dynamics. Oikos, 125 (7), 957-967. doi: 10.1111/oik.02602
O'Farrell, Shay, Harborne, Alastair R., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Luckhurst, Brian E. and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Protection of functionally important parrotfishes increases their biomass but fails to deliver enhanced recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 522, 245-254. doi: 10.3354/meps11134
Rogers, Alice, Harborne, Alastair R., Brown, Christopher J., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Castro, Carolina, Chollett, Iliana, Hock, Karlo, Knowland, Cheryl A., Marshell, Alyssa, Ortiz, Juan C., Razak, Tries, Roff, George, Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Saunders, Megan I., Wolff, Nicholas H. and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Anticipative management for coral reef ecosystem services in the 21st century. Global Change Biology, 21 (2), 504-514. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12725
Bozec, Yves-Marie and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). Synergistic impacts of global warming on the resilience of coral reefs. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 370 (1659), 1-9. doi: 10.1098/rstb.2013.0267
Bozec, Yves-Marie, Alvarez-Filip, Lorenzo and Mumby, Peter J. (2015). The dynamics of architectural complexity on coral reefs under climate change. Global Change Biology, 21 (1), 223-235. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12698
Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Wolff, Nicholas H., Doropoulos, Christopher and Mumby, Peter J. (2014). Global disparity in the ecological benefits of reducing carbon emissions for coral reefs. Nature Climate Change, 4 (12), 1090-1094. doi: 10.1038/NCLIMATE2439
Mumby, Peter J., Wolff, Nicholas H., Bozec, Yves-Marie, Chollett, Iliana and Halloran, Paul (2014). Operationalising the resilience of coral reefs in an era of climate change. Conservation Letters, 7 (3), 176-187. doi: 10.1111/conl.12047
Roff, George, Bejarano, Sonia, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Nugues, Maggy, Steneck, Robert S. and Mumby, Peter J. (2014). Porites and the Phoenix effect: Unprecedented recovery after a mass coral bleaching event at Rangiroa Atoll, French Polynesia. Marine Biology, 161 (6), 1385-1393. doi: 10.1007/s00227-014-2426-6
Mumby, Peter J., Chollett, Iliana, Bozec, Yves-Marie and Wolff, Nicholas H. (2014). Ecological resilience, robustness and vulnerability: how do these concepts benefit ecosystem management?. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 7, 22-27. doi: 10.1016/j.cosust.2013.11.021
Bozec, Yves-Marie, Yakob, Laith, Bejarano, Sonia and Mumby, Peter J. (2013). Reciprocal facilitation and non-linearity maintain habitat engineering on coral reefs. Oikos, 122 (3), 428-440. doi: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2012.20576.x
Largouet, Christine, Cordier, Marie-Odile, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Zhao, Yulong and Fontenelle, Guy (2012). Use of timed automata and model-checking to explore scenarios on ecosystem models. Environmental Modelling and Software, 30, 123-138. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2011.08.005
Bozec, Yves-Marie, Kulbicki, Michel, Laloë, Francis, Mou-Tham, Gérard and Gascuel, Didier (2011). Factors affecting the detection distances of reef fish: Implications for visual counts. Marine Biology, 158 (5), 969-981. doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1623-9
Wilson, SK, Adjeroud, M, Bellwood, DR, Berumen, ML, Booth, D, Bozec, YM, Chabanet, P, Cheal, A, Cinner, J, Depczynski, M, Feary, DA, Gagliano, M, Graham, NAJ, Halford, AR, Halpern, BS, Harborne, AR, Hoey, AS, Holbrook, SJ, Jones, GP, Kulbiki, M, Letourneur, Y, De Loma, TL, McClanahan, T, McCormick, MI, Meekan, MG, Mumby, PJ, Munday, PL, Ohman, MC, Pratchett, MS ... Syms, C (2010). Crucial knowledge gaps in current understanding of climate change impacts on coral reef fishes. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213 (6), 894-900. doi: 10.1242/jeb.037895
Kulbicki, M. and Bozec, Y. M. (2005). The use of butterflyfish (Chaetodontidae) species richness as a proxy of total species richness of reef fish assemblages in the Western and Central Pacific. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15 (S1), S127-S141. doi: 10.1002/aqc.692
Kulbicki, M., Bozec, Y. M. and Green, A. (2005). Implications of biogeography in the use of butterflyfishes (Chaetodontidae) as indicators for Western and Central Pacific areas. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15 (S1), S109-S126. doi: 10.1002/aqc.693
Chabanet, Pascale, Adjeroud, Mehdi, Andréfouët, Serge, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Ferraris, Jocelyne, Garcìa-Charton, Jose-Antonio and Schrimm, Muriel (2005). Human-induced physical disturbances and their indicators on coral reef habitats: A multi-scale approach. Aquatic Living Resources, 18 (3), 215-230. doi: 10.1051/alr:2005028
Kulbicki, Michel, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Labrosse, Pierre, Letourneur, Yves, Mou-Tham, Gérard and Wantiez, Laurent (2005). Diet composition of carnivorous fishes from coral reef lagoons of New Caledonia. Aquatic Living Resources, 18 (3), 231-250. doi: 10.1051/alr:2005029
Fichez, Renaud, Adjeroud, Medhi, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Breau, Ludovic, Chancerelle, Yannick, Chevillon, Christophe, Douillet, Pascal, Fernandez, Jean-Michel, Frouin, Patrick, Kulbicki, Michel, Moreton, Benjamin, Ouillon, Sylvain, Payri, Claude, Perez, Thierry, Sasal, Pierre and Thébault, Julien (2005). A review of selected indicators of particle, nutrient and metal inputs in coral reef lagoon systems. Aquatic Living Resources, 18 (2), 125-147. doi: 10.1051/alr:2005015
Bozec, Yves-Marie, Kulbicki, Michel, Chassot, Emmanuel and Gascuel, Didier (2005). Trophic signature of coral reef fish assemblages: Towards a potential indicator of ecosystem disturbance. Aquatic Living Resources, 18 (2), 103-109. doi: 10.1051/alr:2005013
Bozec, Y. M., Dolédec, S. and Kulbicki, M. (2005). An analysis of fish-habitat associations on disturbed coral reefs: Chaetodontid fishes in New Caledonia. Journal of Fish Biology, 66 (4), 966-982. doi: 10.1111/j.0022-1112.2005.00652.x
Conference Papers
Gascuel, Didier, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Chassot, Emmanuel, Colomb, Audrey and Laurans, Martial (2005). The trophic spectrum: theory and application as an ecosystem indicator. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.12.013
Moloney, Coleen L., Jarre, Astrid, Arancibia, Hugo, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Neira, Sergio, Roux, Jean-Paul and Shannon, Lynne J. (2005). Comparing the Benguela and Humboldt marine upwelling ecosystems with indicators derived from inter-calibrated models. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1016/j.icesjms.2004.11.009
Bozec, Yves-Marie, Gascuel, Didier and Kulbicki, Michel (2004). Trophic model of lagoonal communities in a large open atoll (Uvea, Loyalty islands, New Caledonia). doi: 10.1051/alr:2004024
Research Report
Mason, Robert A. B. , de la Motte, Kimberley, Bozec, Yves-Marie, Adams, Matthew and Mumby, Peter J. (2020). Resilience-based management tools for the Great Barrier Reef: report to the National Environmental Science Program. Cairns, Qld, Australia: Reef and Rainforest Research Centre.