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Dr Guillermo Diaz-Pulido

Bio & Research InterestsI am Associate Professor in the Griffith School of Environment and Adjunct Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. I have a PhD in Marine Botany/Ecology from James Cook University, Townsville and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland.My research work focuses on questions addressing the ecology of algae in coral reefs, their roles in coral reef degradation and the impacts of global climate change and ocean acidification on algae and coral-algal dynamics. My latest research assesses the implications of ocean acidification and warming on seaweeds and coralline red algae. This knowledge is directly relevant to the sustainable use and management of coral reefs, particularly the Great Barrier Reef. Qualifications<li>PhD School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia. 2002</li><li>BSc (Honours) Faculty of Marine Biology, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Santa Marta, Colombia, 1995</li>
Awards, Scholarships & Fellowships<li>Award, Winner of the best scientific paper, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, 2011, 2014</li><li>Fellowship, Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowship, Australian Museum, 2009</li><li>Award, best non-student presentation, Australian Coral Reef Society Meeting, Australia, 2006</li><li>Award to Scientific Merit, Universidad del Magdalena, Colombia, 2005</li><li>Award, best research presented at the XII Marine Science National Seminar, Santa Marta, Colombia, 2003</li><li>Award, best post-graduate student presentation, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 2001</li><li>PhD Scholarship, Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, 1997</li>
Publications• Anthony, K.R.N., Diaz-Pulido, G., Verlinden, N., Tilbrook, B. & Andersson, A.J. 2013. Benthic buffers and boosters of ocean acidification on coral reefs. <strong>Biogeosciences</strong> 10: 4897–4909. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony_et-al_2013_Biogeosciences.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony_et-al_2013_Biogeosciences.pdf”>Download</a>• Reyes-Nivia, M., Diaz-Pulido, G., Kline, D.I., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Dove, S.G. 2013. Ocean acidification and warming scenarios increase microbioerosion of coral skeletons. <strong>Global Change Biology</strong> 19: 1919–1929. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Reyes-Nivia-et-al-Coral-Bioerosion-GCB-2013.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Reyes-Nivia-et-al-Coral-Bioerosion-GCB-2013.pdf”>Download</a>• Nash, M.C., Opdyke, B.N., Troitzsch, U., Russell, B.D., Adey, W.H., Kato, A., Diaz-Pulido, G., Brent, G., Gardner, M., Prichard, J. & Kline, D.I. 2013. Dolomite-rich coralline algae in reefs resist dissolution in acidified conditions. <strong>Nature Climate Change</strong> 3: 268-272. <strong>  </strong>475: 93-99. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Nash-et-al-Dolomite-Nature-Climate-Change-2013.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Nash-et-al-Dolomite-Nature-Climate-Change-2013.pdf”>Download</a>• Doropoulos, C. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2013. High CO2 reduces the settlement of a spawning coral on three common species of crustose coralline algae. <strong>Marine Ecology Progress Series  </strong>475: 93-99. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Diaz-Pulido-CO2-coral-settlement-CCA-MEPS-20131.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Diaz-Pulido-CO2-coral-settlement-CCA-MEPS-20131.pdf”>Download</a>• Howard, W. R., & 30 authors including Diaz-Pulido. 2012. Ocean acidification. In: A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2012. (Ed. by Poloczanska, E.S., Hobday, A.J. & Richardson, A.J.). On-line: <a href=”http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au”>http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au</a>. <strong>NCCARF Publication, Brisbane. </strong><a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Howard-et-al.-2012_OceanAcidification_marine_report_card.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Howard-et-al.-2012_OceanAcidification_marine_report_card.pdf”>Download</a>• Doropoulos, C., Ward, S., Lloyd, A., Marshell, A., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, & Mumby, P.J. 2012. Interactions among chronic (elevated CO<sub>2</sub>) and acute (fish grazing) impacts on coral recruits: the importance of size-escape thresholds. <strong>Ecology </strong>93: 2131–2138. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-et-al_2012_Ecol_High-CO2-increases-size-escape-threshold1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-et-al_2012_Ecol_High-CO2-increases-size-escape-threshold1.pdf”>Download</a>• Bender, D., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, & Dove, S. 2012. Effects of macroalgae on corals recovering from disturbance. <strong>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology</strong> 429: 15-19. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bender-Coral-algal-competition-Recovery-JEMBE.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bender-Coral-algal-competition-Recovery-JEMBE.pdf”>Download</a>• Doropoulos, C., Ward, S., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Mumby, P.J. 2012. Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval-algal settlement interactions. <strong>Ecology Letters</strong> 15: 338-346. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Ecology-Letters-20121.pdf” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Ecology-Letters-20121.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Anthony, K.R.N., Kline, D.I., Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2012. Interactions between ocean acidification and warming on the mortality and dissolution of coralline algae. <strong>Journal of Phycology </strong>48<strong>: </strong>32-39. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Interactions-J-Phycol-20121.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Interactions-J-Phycol-20121.pdf”>Download</a>• Witt, V., Wild, C., Anthony, K.R.N., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Uthicke, S. 2011. Effects of ocean acidification on microbial community composition of, and oxygen fluxes through, biofilms from the Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Environmental Microbiology </strong>13<strong>: </strong> 2976–2989. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Witt-et-al-Microbes-Envir-Microb-2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Witt-et-al-Microbes-Envir-Microb-2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Andréfouët, S., Fabricius, K.E., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Lough, J.M., Marshall, P.A. & Pratchett, M.S. 2011. Vulnerability of coral reefs in the tropical Pacific to climate change. In: Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change (Ed. by Bell, J.D., Johnson, J.E. & Hobday, A.J.), pp. 251-296. <strong>Secretariat of the Pacific Community</strong>, <strong>Noumea, New Caledonia</strong>.• Graham, N.A.J., Ainsworth, T.D., Baird, A.H., Ban, H., Bay, L.K., Cinner, J., de Freitas, D., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Dornelas, M., Dunn, S., Fidelman, P.I.J., Foret, S., Good, T.C., Kool, J., Mallela, J., Penin, L., Pratchett, M.S. & Williamson, D.H. 2011. From microbes to people: Tractable benefits of no-take aeas for coral reefs. <strong>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review </strong>49<strong>: </strong>117-148. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Graham-et-al.-OMBAR-2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Graham-et-al.-OMBAR-2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Venera-Ponton, D.E., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J. & Rangel-Campo, A. 2011. Macroalgae reduce growth of juvenile corals but protect them from parrotfish damage. <strong>Marine Ecology Progress Series </strong>421<strong>: </strong>109-115. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-CoralAlgal-Competition-MEPS2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-CoralAlgal-Competition-MEPS2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Anthony, K.R.N., Maynard, J., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Mumby, P.J., Marshall, P.A., Cao, L. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2011. Ocean acidification and warming will lower coral reef resilience. <strong>Global Change Biology </strong>17<strong>: </strong>1798–1808. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al-Ocean-acidification-and-resilience-2011-GCB3.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al-Ocean-acidification-and-resilience-2011-GCB3.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Gouezo, M., Tilbrook, B., Dove, S. & Anthony, K.R.N. 2011. High CO<sub>2</sub> enhances the competitive strength of seaweeds over corals. <strong>Ecology Letters </strong>14<strong>: </strong>156-162. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Coral-Algal-Competition-Ecol-Lett.-2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Coral-Algal-Competition-Ecol-Lett.-2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Eakin, C.M. & 59 authors including Diaz-Pulido. 2010. Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. <strong>PLoS ONE </strong>5<strong>: </strong>e13969. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Eakin-journal.pone_.0013969.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Eakin-journal.pone_.0013969.pdf”>Download</a>• Venera-Ponton, D.E., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Rodriguez-Lanetty, M. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2010. Presence of <em>Symbiodinium</em> spp. in macroalgal microhabitats from the southern Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>29<strong>: </strong>1049-1060. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-Symbiodinium-on-Macroalgae-Colral-Reefs-2010.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-Symbiodinium-on-Macroalgae-Colral-Reefs-2010.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Harii, S., McCook, L.J. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2010. The impact of benthic algae on the settlement of a reef-building coral. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>29<strong>: </strong>203-208. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Impact-of-Algae-on-Settlement-Coral-Reefs-2010.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Impact-of-Algae-on-Settlement-Coral-Reefs-2010.pdf”>Download</a>• Florez-Leiva, L., Rangel-Campo, A., Diaz-Ruiz, M., Venera-Ponton, D.E. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2010. Effects of sedimentation on the recruitment of the macroalgae <em>Dictyota</em> spp. and <em>Lobophora variegata</em>: an experimental study in the Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research (Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras) </strong>39<strong>: </strong>41-56. (In Spanish). <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Florez-Leiva-et-al.-2010-Effects-of-Sediments-INVEMAR.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Florez-Leiva-et-al.-2010-Effects-of-Sediments-INVEMAR.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J., Dove, S., Berkelmans, R., Roff, J., Kline, D.I., Weeks, S., Evans, R.D., Williamson, D.H. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2009. Doom and boom on a resilient reef: Climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recovery. <strong>PLoS ONE </strong>4<strong>: </strong>e5239. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Boom-and-Doom-PLoS-One-2009.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Boom-and-Doom-PLoS-One-2009.pdf”>Download</a>• Anthony, K.R.N., Kline, D.I., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2008. Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders. <strong>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America </strong>105<strong>: </strong>17442-17446. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al.-PNAS-20081.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al.-PNAS-20081.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2008. Macroalgae (Seaweeds). In: State of the Great Barrier Reef On-line (Ed. by Chin, A.), pp. <strong>Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority</strong>, <strong>Townsville</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2008-SORR_Macroalgae.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2008-SORR_Macroalgae.pdf”>Download</a>•<span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”> Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2008. Macroalgae. In: The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management (Ed. by Hutchings, P., Kingsford, M. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O.), pp. 145-155. <strong>CSIRO Publishing, Springer</strong>, <strong>Collingwood, Australia</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-2008-Macroalgae-Chapter-Hutchins.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-2008-Macroalgae-Chapter-Hutchins.pdf”>Download</a>• Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., Bastidas, C., Rodríguez, S., Leăo, Z., Kikuchi, R., Oliveira, M., Gil, D.,  Garzón-Ferreira, J., Reyes-Nivia, M.C., Navas-Camacho, R., Santodomingo, N., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Venera-Ponton, D.E., Florez-Leiva, L., Rangel-Campo, A., Orozco, C., Márquez, J.C.Z.S., López-Victoria, M., Sánchez, J.A. & Hurtado, M.C. 2008. The effects of coral bleaching in southern tropical America: Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. In: Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005 (Ed. by Wilkinson, C. & Souter, D.), pp. 105-114. <strong>Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre</strong>, <strong>Townsville</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Rodriguez-Ramirez-et-al.-2008-coral_reef_bleaching_2005-w-Cover.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Rodriguez-Ramirez-et-al.-2008-coral_reef_bleaching_2005-w-Cover.pdf”>Download</a>•  Birrell, C.L., McCook, L.J., Willis, B.L. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2008. Effects of benthic algae on the replenishment of corals and the implications for the resilience of coral reefs. <strong>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review </strong>46<strong>: </strong>25-64. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Birrel-et-al.-Ocean-Mar-Biol-Ann-Rev-2008.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Birrel-et-al.-Ocean-Mar-Biol-Ann-Rev-2008.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Chin, A., Davidson, J. & McCook, L.J. 2007. Cyclone promotes rapid colonisation of benthic diatoms in the Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>26<strong>: </strong>787-787. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Cyclone-Effects-Coral-Reefs-2007.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Cyclone-Effects-Coral-Reefs-2007.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J., Larkum, A.W.D., Lotze, H.K., Raven, J.A., Schaffelke, B., Smith, J.E. & Steneck, R.S. 2007. Vulnerability of macroalgae of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef (Ed. by Johnson, J.E. & Marshall, P.A.), pp. 153-192. <strong>Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority & Australian Greenhouse Office</strong>, <strong>Townsville</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Vulnerability-of-Macroalgae-2007.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Vulnerability-of-Macroalgae-2007.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Villamil, L. & Almanza, V. 2007. Herbivory effects on the morphology of the brown alga <em>Padina boergesenii</em> (Phaeophyta). <strong>Phycologia </strong>46<strong>: </strong>131-136. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Villamil-Almanza-2007-Padina-Phycologia.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Villamil-Almanza-2007-Padina-Phycologia.pdf”>Download</a>• García, C.B. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2006. Dynamics of a macroalgal rocky intertidal community in the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research</strong> 35<strong>: </strong>7-18. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Garcia-Diaz-Pulido-Bol-Inv-Mar-2006.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Garcia-Diaz-Pulido-Bol-Inv-Mar-2006.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2005. Effects of nutrient enhancement of the fecundity of a coral reef macroalga. <strong>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology </strong>317<strong>: </strong>13-24. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2005-JEMBE.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2005-JEMBE.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Sánchez, J.A., Zea, S., Díaz, J.M. & Garzón-Ferreira, J. 2004. Patterns of spatial distribution of benthic communities in continental and oceanic coral reefs of the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Journal of the Colombian Academy of Sciences </strong>28<strong>: </strong>337-347. (In Spanish). <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-RACCEFN-2004.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-RACCEFN-2004.pdf”>Download</a><span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>• Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2004. Effects of live coral, epilithic algal communities and substrate type on algal recruitment. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>23<strong>: </strong>225-233. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2004-Coral-Reefs1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2004-Coral-Reefs1.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Diaz-Ruiz, M. 2003. Diversity of benthic marine algae of the Colombian Atlantic. <strong>Biota Colombiana </strong>4<strong>: </strong>203-246. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Ruiz-Macroalgae-Checklist-Biota-2003.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Ruiz-Macroalgae-Checklist-Biota-2003.pdf”>Download</a>• Davis, T.A., Llanes, F., Volesky, B., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J. & Mucci, A. 2003. A <sup>1</sup>H-NMR study of Na-alginates extracted from <em>Sargassum</em> spp. in relation to metal biosorption. <strong>Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology </strong>110<strong>: </strong>75-90. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Davis-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-2003-Sargassum-Alginates-ABAB1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Davis-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-2003-Sargassum-Alginates-ABAB1.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2003. Relative roles of herbivory and nutrients in the recruitment of coral reef seaweeds. <strong>Ecology </strong>84<strong>: </strong>2026-2033. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2003-Ecology.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2003-Ecology.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2002. Microbial degradation of the crustose alga <em>Peyssonnelia</em> spp. on reefs of the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali </strong>1<strong>: </strong>1257-1260. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Peyssonnelia-Disease-ICRS-9th-2000.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Peyssonnelia-Disease-ICRS-9th-2000.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2002. The fate of bleached corals: patterns and dynamics of algal recruitment. <strong>Marine Ecology Progress Series </strong>232<strong>: </strong>115-128. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2002-MEPS.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2002-MEPS.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Garzón-Ferreira, J. 2002. Seasonality in algal assemblages on upwelling-influenced coral reefs in the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Botanica Marina </strong>45<strong>: </strong>284–292. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Garzon-Ferreira-Bot-Mar-2002.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Garzon-Ferreira-Bot-Mar-2002.pdf”>Download</a>• McCook, L.J., Jompa, J. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2001. Competition between corals and algae on coral reefs: a review of evidence and mechanisms. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>19<strong>: </strong>400-417. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/McCook-Jompa-Diaz-Pulido-2001-Competition-Coral-Reefs1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/McCook-Jompa-Diaz-Pulido-2001-Competition-Coral-Reefs1.pdf”>Download</a><br />• Díaz, J.M., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Sánchez, J.A. 2000. Distribution and structure of the southernmost Caribbean coral reefs: Golfo de Urabá, Colombia. <strong>Scientia Marina </strong>64<strong>: </strong>327-336. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-et-al-Scientia-Marina-2000.pdf” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-et-al-Scientia-Marina-2000.pdf”>Download</a>• Navas, G.R., Moreno-Forero, S.K., Solano, O.D. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1998. Epilithic reef assemblages of dead coral <em>Acropora palmata</em>, Rosario Islands, Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Caribbean Journal of Science </strong>34<strong>: </strong>58-66. (In Spanish). <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Navas-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-1998-Carib-J-Science.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Navas-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-1998-Carib-J-Science.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Bula-Meyer, G. 1997. Marine algae from oceanic atolls in the South western Caribbean (Albuquerque Cays, Courtown Cays, Serrana Bank, and Roncador Bank). <strong>Atoll Research Bulletin </strong>448<strong>: </strong>1-18. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Bula-MeyetAtoll-Res-Bull-1997.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Bula-MeyetAtoll-Res-Bull-1997.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Díaz, J.M. 1997. Algal assemblages in lagoonal reefs of Caribbean oceanic atolls. <strong>Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama </strong>1<strong>: </strong>827-832. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Panama-1997.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Panama-1997.pdf”>Download</a>• CARICOMP: Zieman, J., Penchaszadeh, P., Ramírez, J.R., Perez, D., Bone, D., Herrera-Silveira, J., Sánchez-Arguelles, R.D., Zuniza, D., Martínez, B., Bonair, K., Alcolado, P., Laydoo, R., García, J.R., Garzón-Ferreira, J., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Gayle, P., Gerace, D.T., Smith, G., Oxenford, H., Parker, C., Pors, L.P.J.J., Nagelkerken, J.A., Van Tussenbroek, B., Smith, S.R., Varela, R., Koltes, K. & Tschirky, J. 1997. Variation in ecological parameters of <em>Thalassia testudinum</em> across the CARICOMP network. <strong>Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama</strong> 663-668. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Caricomp_thalassia.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Caricomp_thalassia.pdf”>Download</a>• Díaz, J.M., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Garzón-Ferreira, J., Geister, J., Sánchez, J.A. & Zea, S. 1996. Atlas of Coral Reefs from the Colombian Caribbean. I. Oceanic Reef Complexes. <strong>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras INVEMAR, Serie de Publicaciones Especiales </strong>2<strong>: </strong>1-83. (In Spanish)• Díaz, J.M., Sánchez, J.A. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1996. Geomorphology and recent coral reef formations of Isla Fuerte & Bajo Bushnell, Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research </strong>25<strong>: </strong>87-105. (In Spanish)• Bula-Meyer, G. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1995. Macroalgae from the Banco de las Animas and new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras </strong>24<strong>: </strong>173-183. (In Spanish)• Bula-Meyer, G. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1995. <em>Antithamnion percurrens</em> Dawson (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean: a new record for the Atlantic Ocean and phytogeographic remarks. <strong>Caribbean Journal of Science </strong>31<strong>: </strong>25-29. (In Spanish)<br />

Bio & Research InterestsI am Associate Professor in the Griffith School of Environment and Adjunct Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. I have a PhD in Marine Botany/Ecology from James Cook University, Townsville and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland.My research work focuses on questions addressing the ecology of algae in coral reefs, their roles in coral reef degradation and the impacts of global climate change and ocean acidification on algae and coral-algal dynamics. My latest research assesses the implications of ocean acidification and warming on seaweeds and coralline red algae. This knowledge is directly relevant to the sustainable use and management of coral reefs, particularly the Great Barrier Reef. Qualifications<li>PhD School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia. 2002</li><li>BSc (Honours) Faculty of Marine Biology, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Santa Marta, Colombia, 1995</li>
Awards, Scholarships & Fellowships<li>Award, Winner of the best scientific paper, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, 2011, 2014</li><li>Fellowship, Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowship, Australian Museum, 2009</li><li>Award, best non-student presentation, Australian Coral Reef Society Meeting, Australia, 2006</li><li>Award to Scientific Merit, Universidad del Magdalena, Colombia, 2005</li><li>Award, best research presented at the XII Marine Science National Seminar, Santa Marta, Colombia, 2003</li><li>Award, best post-graduate student presentation, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 2001</li><li>PhD Scholarship, Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, 1997</li>
Publications• Anthony, K.R.N., Diaz-Pulido, G., Verlinden, N., Tilbrook, B. & Andersson, A.J. 2013. Benthic buffers and boosters of ocean acidification on coral reefs. <strong>Biogeosciences</strong> 10: 4897–4909. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony_et-al_2013_Biogeosciences.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony_et-al_2013_Biogeosciences.pdf”>Download</a>• Reyes-Nivia, M., Diaz-Pulido, G., Kline, D.I., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Dove, S.G. 2013. Ocean acidification and warming scenarios increase microbioerosion of coral skeletons. <strong>Global Change Biology</strong> 19: 1919–1929. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Reyes-Nivia-et-al-Coral-Bioerosion-GCB-2013.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Reyes-Nivia-et-al-Coral-Bioerosion-GCB-2013.pdf”>Download</a>• Nash, M.C., Opdyke, B.N., Troitzsch, U., Russell, B.D., Adey, W.H., Kato, A., Diaz-Pulido, G., Brent, G., Gardner, M., Prichard, J. & Kline, D.I. 2013. Dolomite-rich coralline algae in reefs resist dissolution in acidified conditions. <strong>Nature Climate Change</strong> 3: 268-272. <strong>  </strong>475: 93-99. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Nash-et-al-Dolomite-Nature-Climate-Change-2013.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Nash-et-al-Dolomite-Nature-Climate-Change-2013.pdf”>Download</a>• Doropoulos, C. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2013. High CO2 reduces the settlement of a spawning coral on three common species of crustose coralline algae. <strong>Marine Ecology Progress Series  </strong>475: 93-99. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Diaz-Pulido-CO2-coral-settlement-CCA-MEPS-20131.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Diaz-Pulido-CO2-coral-settlement-CCA-MEPS-20131.pdf”>Download</a>• Howard, W. R., & 30 authors including Diaz-Pulido. 2012. Ocean acidification. In: A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2012. (Ed. by Poloczanska, E.S., Hobday, A.J. & Richardson, A.J.). On-line: <a href=”http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au”>http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au</a>. <strong>NCCARF Publication, Brisbane. </strong><a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Howard-et-al.-2012_OceanAcidification_marine_report_card.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Howard-et-al.-2012_OceanAcidification_marine_report_card.pdf”>Download</a>• Doropoulos, C., Ward, S., Lloyd, A., Marshell, A., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, & Mumby, P.J. 2012. Interactions among chronic (elevated CO<sub>2</sub>) and acute (fish grazing) impacts on coral recruits: the importance of size-escape thresholds. <strong>Ecology </strong>93: 2131–2138. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-et-al_2012_Ecol_High-CO2-increases-size-escape-threshold1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-et-al_2012_Ecol_High-CO2-increases-size-escape-threshold1.pdf”>Download</a>• Bender, D., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, & Dove, S. 2012. Effects of macroalgae on corals recovering from disturbance. <strong>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology</strong> 429: 15-19. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bender-Coral-algal-competition-Recovery-JEMBE.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Bender-Coral-algal-competition-Recovery-JEMBE.pdf”>Download</a>• Doropoulos, C., Ward, S., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Mumby, P.J. 2012. Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval-algal settlement interactions. <strong>Ecology Letters</strong> 15: 338-346. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Ecology-Letters-20121.pdf” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Doropoulos-Ecology-Letters-20121.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Anthony, K.R.N., Kline, D.I., Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2012. Interactions between ocean acidification and warming on the mortality and dissolution of coralline algae. <strong>Journal of Phycology </strong>48<strong>: </strong>32-39. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Interactions-J-Phycol-20121.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Interactions-J-Phycol-20121.pdf”>Download</a>• Witt, V., Wild, C., Anthony, K.R.N., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Uthicke, S. 2011. Effects of ocean acidification on microbial community composition of, and oxygen fluxes through, biofilms from the Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Environmental Microbiology </strong>13<strong>: </strong> 2976–2989. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Witt-et-al-Microbes-Envir-Microb-2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Witt-et-al-Microbes-Envir-Microb-2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Andréfouët, S., Fabricius, K.E., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Lough, J.M., Marshall, P.A. & Pratchett, M.S. 2011. Vulnerability of coral reefs in the tropical Pacific to climate change. In: Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change (Ed. by Bell, J.D., Johnson, J.E. & Hobday, A.J.), pp. 251-296. <strong>Secretariat of the Pacific Community</strong>, <strong>Noumea, New Caledonia</strong>.• Graham, N.A.J., Ainsworth, T.D., Baird, A.H., Ban, H., Bay, L.K., Cinner, J., de Freitas, D., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Dornelas, M., Dunn, S., Fidelman, P.I.J., Foret, S., Good, T.C., Kool, J., Mallela, J., Penin, L., Pratchett, M.S. & Williamson, D.H. 2011. From microbes to people: Tractable benefits of no-take aeas for coral reefs. <strong>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review </strong>49<strong>: </strong>117-148. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Graham-et-al.-OMBAR-2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Graham-et-al.-OMBAR-2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Venera-Ponton, D.E., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J. & Rangel-Campo, A. 2011. Macroalgae reduce growth of juvenile corals but protect them from parrotfish damage. <strong>Marine Ecology Progress Series </strong>421<strong>: </strong>109-115. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-CoralAlgal-Competition-MEPS2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-CoralAlgal-Competition-MEPS2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Anthony, K.R.N., Maynard, J., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Mumby, P.J., Marshall, P.A., Cao, L. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2011. Ocean acidification and warming will lower coral reef resilience. <strong>Global Change Biology </strong>17<strong>: </strong>1798–1808. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al-Ocean-acidification-and-resilience-2011-GCB3.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al-Ocean-acidification-and-resilience-2011-GCB3.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Gouezo, M., Tilbrook, B., Dove, S. & Anthony, K.R.N. 2011. High CO<sub>2</sub> enhances the competitive strength of seaweeds over corals. <strong>Ecology Letters </strong>14<strong>: </strong>156-162. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Coral-Algal-Competition-Ecol-Lett.-2011.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Coral-Algal-Competition-Ecol-Lett.-2011.pdf”>Download</a>• Eakin, C.M. & 59 authors including Diaz-Pulido. 2010. Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. <strong>PLoS ONE </strong>5<strong>: </strong>e13969. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Eakin-journal.pone_.0013969.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Eakin-journal.pone_.0013969.pdf”>Download</a>• Venera-Ponton, D.E., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Rodriguez-Lanetty, M. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2010. Presence of <em>Symbiodinium</em> spp. in macroalgal microhabitats from the southern Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>29<strong>: </strong>1049-1060. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-Symbiodinium-on-Macroalgae-Colral-Reefs-2010.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Venera-Ponton-et-al-Symbiodinium-on-Macroalgae-Colral-Reefs-2010.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Harii, S., McCook, L.J. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2010. The impact of benthic algae on the settlement of a reef-building coral. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>29<strong>: </strong>203-208. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Impact-of-Algae-on-Settlement-Coral-Reefs-2010.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Impact-of-Algae-on-Settlement-Coral-Reefs-2010.pdf”>Download</a>• Florez-Leiva, L., Rangel-Campo, A., Diaz-Ruiz, M., Venera-Ponton, D.E. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2010. Effects of sedimentation on the recruitment of the macroalgae <em>Dictyota</em> spp. and <em>Lobophora variegata</em>: an experimental study in the Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research (Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras) </strong>39<strong>: </strong>41-56. (In Spanish). <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Florez-Leiva-et-al.-2010-Effects-of-Sediments-INVEMAR.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Florez-Leiva-et-al.-2010-Effects-of-Sediments-INVEMAR.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J., Dove, S., Berkelmans, R., Roff, J., Kline, D.I., Weeks, S., Evans, R.D., Williamson, D.H. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2009. Doom and boom on a resilient reef: Climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recovery. <strong>PLoS ONE </strong>4<strong>: </strong>e5239. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Boom-and-Doom-PLoS-One-2009.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Boom-and-Doom-PLoS-One-2009.pdf”>Download</a>• Anthony, K.R.N., Kline, D.I., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2008. Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders. <strong>Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America </strong>105<strong>: </strong>17442-17446. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al.-PNAS-20081.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Anthony-et-al.-PNAS-20081.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2008. Macroalgae (Seaweeds). In: State of the Great Barrier Reef On-line (Ed. by Chin, A.), pp. <strong>Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority</strong>, <strong>Townsville</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2008-SORR_Macroalgae.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2008-SORR_Macroalgae.pdf”>Download</a>•<span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”> Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2008. Macroalgae. In: The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management (Ed. by Hutchings, P., Kingsford, M. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O.), pp. 145-155. <strong>CSIRO Publishing, Springer</strong>, <strong>Collingwood, Australia</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-2008-Macroalgae-Chapter-Hutchins.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-2008-Macroalgae-Chapter-Hutchins.pdf”>Download</a>• Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., Bastidas, C., Rodríguez, S., Leăo, Z., Kikuchi, R., Oliveira, M., Gil, D.,  Garzón-Ferreira, J., Reyes-Nivia, M.C., Navas-Camacho, R., Santodomingo, N., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Venera-Ponton, D.E., Florez-Leiva, L., Rangel-Campo, A., Orozco, C., Márquez, J.C.Z.S., López-Victoria, M., Sánchez, J.A. & Hurtado, M.C. 2008. The effects of coral bleaching in southern tropical America: Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. In: Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005 (Ed. by Wilkinson, C. & Souter, D.), pp. 105-114. <strong>Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre</strong>, <strong>Townsville</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Rodriguez-Ramirez-et-al.-2008-coral_reef_bleaching_2005-w-Cover.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Rodriguez-Ramirez-et-al.-2008-coral_reef_bleaching_2005-w-Cover.pdf”>Download</a>•  Birrell, C.L., McCook, L.J., Willis, B.L. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2008. Effects of benthic algae on the replenishment of corals and the implications for the resilience of coral reefs. <strong>Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review </strong>46<strong>: </strong>25-64. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Birrel-et-al.-Ocean-Mar-Biol-Ann-Rev-2008.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Birrel-et-al.-Ocean-Mar-Biol-Ann-Rev-2008.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Chin, A., Davidson, J. & McCook, L.J. 2007. Cyclone promotes rapid colonisation of benthic diatoms in the Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>26<strong>: </strong>787-787. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Cyclone-Effects-Coral-Reefs-2007.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Cyclone-Effects-Coral-Reefs-2007.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J., Larkum, A.W.D., Lotze, H.K., Raven, J.A., Schaffelke, B., Smith, J.E. & Steneck, R.S. 2007. Vulnerability of macroalgae of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef (Ed. by Johnson, J.E. & Marshall, P.A.), pp. 153-192. <strong>Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority & Australian Greenhouse Office</strong>, <strong>Townsville</strong>. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Vulnerability-of-Macroalgae-2007.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-Vulnerability-of-Macroalgae-2007.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Villamil, L. & Almanza, V. 2007. Herbivory effects on the morphology of the brown alga <em>Padina boergesenii</em> (Phaeophyta). <strong>Phycologia </strong>46<strong>: </strong>131-136. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Villamil-Almanza-2007-Padina-Phycologia.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Villamil-Almanza-2007-Padina-Phycologia.pdf”>Download</a>• García, C.B. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2006. Dynamics of a macroalgal rocky intertidal community in the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research</strong> 35<strong>: </strong>7-18. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Garcia-Diaz-Pulido-Bol-Inv-Mar-2006.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Garcia-Diaz-Pulido-Bol-Inv-Mar-2006.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2005. Effects of nutrient enhancement of the fecundity of a coral reef macroalga. <strong>Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology </strong>317<strong>: </strong>13-24. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2005-JEMBE.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2005-JEMBE.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Sánchez, J.A., Zea, S., Díaz, J.M. & Garzón-Ferreira, J. 2004. Patterns of spatial distribution of benthic communities in continental and oceanic coral reefs of the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Journal of the Colombian Academy of Sciences </strong>28<strong>: </strong>337-347. (In Spanish). <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-RACCEFN-2004.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-et-al-RACCEFN-2004.pdf”>Download</a><span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>• Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2004. Effects of live coral, epilithic algal communities and substrate type on algal recruitment. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>23<strong>: </strong>225-233. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2004-Coral-Reefs1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2004-Coral-Reefs1.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Diaz-Ruiz, M. 2003. Diversity of benthic marine algae of the Colombian Atlantic. <strong>Biota Colombiana </strong>4<strong>: </strong>203-246. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Ruiz-Macroalgae-Checklist-Biota-2003.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Ruiz-Macroalgae-Checklist-Biota-2003.pdf”>Download</a>• Davis, T.A., Llanes, F., Volesky, B., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, McCook, L.J. & Mucci, A. 2003. A <sup>1</sup>H-NMR study of Na-alginates extracted from <em>Sargassum</em> spp. in relation to metal biosorption. <strong>Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology </strong>110<strong>: </strong>75-90. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Davis-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-2003-Sargassum-Alginates-ABAB1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Davis-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-2003-Sargassum-Alginates-ABAB1.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2003. Relative roles of herbivory and nutrients in the recruitment of coral reef seaweeds. <strong>Ecology </strong>84<strong>: </strong>2026-2033. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2003-Ecology.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2003-Ecology.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2002. Microbial degradation of the crustose alga <em>Peyssonnelia</em> spp. on reefs of the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef. <strong>Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali </strong>1<strong>: </strong>1257-1260. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Peyssonnelia-Disease-ICRS-9th-2000.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Peyssonnelia-Disease-ICRS-9th-2000.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & McCook, L.J. 2002. The fate of bleached corals: patterns and dynamics of algal recruitment. <strong>Marine Ecology Progress Series </strong>232<strong>: </strong>115-128. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2002-MEPS.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-McCook-2002-MEPS.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Garzón-Ferreira, J. 2002. Seasonality in algal assemblages on upwelling-influenced coral reefs in the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Botanica Marina </strong>45<strong>: </strong>284–292. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Garzon-Ferreira-Bot-Mar-2002.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Garzon-Ferreira-Bot-Mar-2002.pdf”>Download</a>• McCook, L.J., Jompa, J. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 2001. Competition between corals and algae on coral reefs: a review of evidence and mechanisms. <strong>Coral Reefs </strong>19<strong>: </strong>400-417. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/McCook-Jompa-Diaz-Pulido-2001-Competition-Coral-Reefs1.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/McCook-Jompa-Diaz-Pulido-2001-Competition-Coral-Reefs1.pdf”>Download</a><br />• Díaz, J.M., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Sánchez, J.A. 2000. Distribution and structure of the southernmost Caribbean coral reefs: Golfo de Urabá, Colombia. <strong>Scientia Marina </strong>64<strong>: </strong>327-336. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-et-al-Scientia-Marina-2000.pdf” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-et-al-Scientia-Marina-2000.pdf”>Download</a>• Navas, G.R., Moreno-Forero, S.K., Solano, O.D. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1998. Epilithic reef assemblages of dead coral <em>Acropora palmata</em>, Rosario Islands, Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Caribbean Journal of Science </strong>34<strong>: </strong>58-66. (In Spanish). <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Navas-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-1998-Carib-J-Science.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Navas-et-al-Diaz-Pulido-1998-Carib-J-Science.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Bula-Meyer, G. 1997. Marine algae from oceanic atolls in the South western Caribbean (Albuquerque Cays, Courtown Cays, Serrana Bank, and Roncador Bank). <strong>Atoll Research Bulletin </strong>448<strong>: </strong>1-18. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Bula-MeyetAtoll-Res-Bull-1997.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Bula-MeyetAtoll-Res-Bull-1997.pdf”>Download</a>• <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> & Díaz, J.M. 1997. Algal assemblages in lagoonal reefs of Caribbean oceanic atolls. <strong>Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama </strong>1<strong>: </strong>827-832. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Panama-1997.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Diaz-Pulido-Diaz-Panama-1997.pdf”>Download</a>• CARICOMP: Zieman, J., Penchaszadeh, P., Ramírez, J.R., Perez, D., Bone, D., Herrera-Silveira, J., Sánchez-Arguelles, R.D., Zuniza, D., Martínez, B., Bonair, K., Alcolado, P., Laydoo, R., García, J.R., Garzón-Ferreira, J., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Gayle, P., Gerace, D.T., Smith, G., Oxenford, H., Parker, C., Pors, L.P.J.J., Nagelkerken, J.A., Van Tussenbroek, B., Smith, S.R., Varela, R., Koltes, K. & Tschirky, J. 1997. Variation in ecological parameters of <em>Thalassia testudinum</em> across the CARICOMP network. <strong>Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama</strong> 663-668. <a href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Caricomp_thalassia.pdf” target=”_blank” rel=”noopener” data-mce-href=”http://coralreefalgaelab.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Caricomp_thalassia.pdf”>Download</a>• Díaz, J.M., <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span>, Garzón-Ferreira, J., Geister, J., Sánchez, J.A. & Zea, S. 1996. Atlas of Coral Reefs from the Colombian Caribbean. I. Oceanic Reef Complexes. <strong>Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras INVEMAR, Serie de Publicaciones Especiales </strong>2<strong>: </strong>1-83. (In Spanish)• Díaz, J.M., Sánchez, J.A. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1996. Geomorphology and recent coral reef formations of Isla Fuerte & Bajo Bushnell, Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research </strong>25<strong>: </strong>87-105. (In Spanish)• Bula-Meyer, G. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1995. Macroalgae from the Banco de las Animas and new records for the Colombian Caribbean. <strong>Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras </strong>24<strong>: </strong>173-183. (In Spanish)• Bula-Meyer, G. & <span style=”text-decoration: underline;” data-mce-style=”text-decoration: underline;”>Diaz-Pulido, G.</span> 1995. <em>Antithamnion percurrens</em> Dawson (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean: a new record for the Atlantic Ocean and phytogeographic remarks. <strong>Caribbean Journal of Science </strong>31<strong>: </strong>25-29. (In Spanish)<br />

Bio & Research Interests

I am Associate Professor in the School of Environment and Science, and Adjunct Research Fellow in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. I have a PhD in Marine Botany/Ecology from James Cook University, Townsville and was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine Studies, The University of Queensland.

My research work focuses on questions addressing the ecology of algae in coral reefs, their roles in coral reef degradation and the impacts of global climate change and ocean acidification on algae and coral-algal dynamics. My latest research assesses the implications of ocean acidification and warming on seaweeds and coralline red algae. This knowledge is directly relevant to the sustainable use and management of coral reefs, particularly the Great Barrier Reef.

 Qualifications

  • PhD School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia. 2002
  • BSc (Honours) Faculty of Marine Biology, Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Santa Marta, Colombia, 1995

Awards, Scholarships & Fellowships

  • Award, Winner of the best scientific paper, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University, 2011, 2014
  • Fellowship, Lizard Island Postdoctoral Fellowship, Australian Museum, 2009
  • Award, best non-student presentation, Australian Coral Reef Society Meeting, Australia, 2006
  • Award to Scientific Merit, Universidad del Magdalena, Colombia, 2005
  • Award, best research presented at the XII Marine Science National Seminar, Santa Marta, Colombia, 2003
  • Award, best post-graduate student presentation, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, 2001
  • PhD Scholarship, Colombian Institute for the Development of Science and Technology, COLCIENCIAS, Colombia, 1997

Publications

• Anthony, K.R.N., Diaz-Pulido, G., Verlinden, N., Tilbrook, B. & Andersson, A.J. 2013. Benthic buffers and boosters of ocean acidification on coral reefs. Biogeosciences 10: 4897–4909. Download

• Reyes-Nivia, M., Diaz-Pulido, G., Kline, D.I., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Dove, S.G. 2013. Ocean acidification and warming scenarios increase microbioerosion of coral skeletons. Global Change Biology 19: 1919–1929. Download

• Nash, M.C., Opdyke, B.N., Troitzsch, U., Russell, B.D., Adey, W.H., Kato, A., Diaz-Pulido, G., Brent, G., Gardner, M., Prichard, J. & Kline, D.I. 2013. Dolomite-rich coralline algae in reefs resist dissolution in acidified conditions. Nature Climate Change 3: 268-272.   475: 93-99. Download

• Doropoulos, C. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2013. High CO2 reduces the settlement of a spawning coral on three common species of crustose coralline algae. Marine Ecology Progress Series  475: 93-99. Download

• Howard, W. R., & 30 authors including Diaz-Pulido. 2012. Ocean acidification. In: A Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2012. (Ed. by Poloczanska, E.S., Hobday, A.J. & Richardson, A.J.). On-line: http://www.oceanclimatechange.org.au. NCCARF Publication, Brisbane. Download

• Doropoulos, C., Ward, S., Lloyd, A., Marshell, A., Diaz-Pulido, G., & Mumby, P.J. 2012. Interactions among chronic (elevated CO2) and acute (fish grazing) impacts on coral recruits: the importance of size-escape thresholds. Ecology 93: 2131–2138. Download

• Bender, D., Diaz-Pulido, G., & Dove, S. 2012. Effects of macroalgae on corals recovering from disturbance. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 429: 15-19. Download

• Doropoulos, C., Ward, S., Diaz-Pulido, G., Hoegh-Guldberg, O. & Mumby, P.J. 2012. Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval-algal settlement interactions. Ecology Letters 15: 338-346. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., Anthony, K.R.N., Kline, D.I., Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2012. Interactions between ocean acidification and warming on the mortality and dissolution of coralline algae. Journal of Phycology 48: 32-39. Download

• Witt, V., Wild, C., Anthony, K.R.N., Diaz-Pulido, G. & Uthicke, S. 2011. Effects of ocean acidification on microbial community composition of, and oxygen fluxes through, biofilms from the Great Barrier Reef. Environmental Microbiology 13:  2976–2989. Download

• Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Andréfouët, S., Fabricius, K.E., Diaz-Pulido, G., Lough, J.M., Marshall, P.A. & Pratchett, M.S. 2011. Vulnerability of coral reefs in the tropical Pacific to climate change. In: Vulnerability of Tropical Pacific Fisheries and Aquaculture to Climate Change (Ed. by Bell, J.D., Johnson, J.E. & Hobday, A.J.), pp. 251-296. Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia.

• Graham, N.A.J., Ainsworth, T.D., Baird, A.H., Ban, H., Bay, L.K., Cinner, J., de Freitas, D., Diaz-Pulido, G., Dornelas, M., Dunn, S., Fidelman, P.I.J., Foret, S., Good, T.C., Kool, J., Mallela, J., Penin, L., Pratchett, M.S. & Williamson, D.H. 2011. From microbes to people: Tractable benefits of no-take aeas for coral reefs. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 49: 117-148. Download

• Venera-Ponton, D.E., Diaz-Pulido, G., McCook, L.J. & Rangel-Campo, A. 2011. Macroalgae reduce growth of juvenile corals but protect them from parrotfish damage. Marine Ecology Progress Series 421: 109-115. Download

• Anthony, K.R.N., Maynard, J., Diaz-Pulido, G., Mumby, P.J., Marshall, P.A., Cao, L. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2011. Ocean acidification and warming will lower coral reef resilience. Global Change Biology 17: 1798–1808. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., Gouezo, M., Tilbrook, B., Dove, S. & Anthony, K.R.N. 2011. High CO2 enhances the competitive strength of seaweeds over corals. Ecology Letters 14: 156-162. Download

• Eakin, C.M. & 59 authors including Diaz-Pulido. 2010. Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005. PLoS ONE 5: e13969. Download

• Venera-Ponton, D.E., Diaz-Pulido, G., Rodriguez-Lanetty, M. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2010. Presence of Symbiodinium spp. in macroalgal microhabitats from the southern Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 29: 1049-1060. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., Harii, S., McCook, L.J. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2010. The impact of benthic algae on the settlement of a reef-building coral. Coral Reefs 29: 203-208. Download

• Florez-Leiva, L., Rangel-Campo, A., Diaz-Ruiz, M., Venera-Ponton, D.E. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2010. Effects of sedimentation on the recruitment of the macroalgae Dictyota spp. and Lobophora variegata: an experimental study in the Tayrona National Natural Park, Colombian Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research (Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras) 39: 41-56. (In Spanish). Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., McCook, L.J., Dove, S., Berkelmans, R., Roff, J., Kline, D.I., Weeks, S., Evans, R.D., Williamson, D.H. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2009. Doom and boom on a resilient reef: Climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recovery. PLoS ONE 4: e5239. Download

• Anthony, K.R.N., Kline, D.I., Diaz-Pulido, G., Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2008. Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105: 17442-17446. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2008. Macroalgae (Seaweeds). In: State of the Great Barrier Reef On-line (Ed. by Chin, A.), pp. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. 2008. Macroalgae. In: The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management (Ed. by Hutchings, P., Kingsford, M. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O.), pp. 145-155. CSIRO Publishing, Springer, Collingwood, Australia. Download

• Rodríguez-Ramírez, A., Bastidas, C., Rodríguez, S., Leăo, Z., Kikuchi, R., Oliveira, M., Gil, D.,  Garzón-Ferreira, J., Reyes-Nivia, M.C., Navas-Camacho, R., Santodomingo, N., Diaz-Pulido, G., Venera-Ponton, D.E., Florez-Leiva, L., Rangel-Campo, A., Orozco, C., Márquez, J.C.Z.S., López-Victoria, M., Sánchez, J.A. & Hurtado, M.C. 2008. The effects of coral bleaching in southern tropical America: Brazil, Colombia, and Venezuela. In: Status of Caribbean Coral Reefs after Bleaching and Hurricanes in 2005 (Ed. by Wilkinson, C. & Souter, D.), pp. 105-114. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network, and Reef and Rainforest Research Centre, Townsville. Download

•  Birrell, C.L., McCook, L.J., Willis, B.L. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2008. Effects of benthic algae on the replenishment of corals and the implications for the resilience of coral reefs. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 46: 25-64. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., Chin, A., Davidson, J. & McCook, L.J. 2007. Cyclone promotes rapid colonisation of benthic diatoms in the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 26: 787-787. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., McCook, L.J., Larkum, A.W.D., Lotze, H.K., Raven, J.A., Schaffelke, B., Smith, J.E. & Steneck, R.S. 2007. Vulnerability of macroalgae of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef (Ed. by Johnson, J.E. & Marshall, P.A.), pp. 153-192. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority & Australian Greenhouse Office, Townsville. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., Villamil, L. & Almanza, V. 2007. Herbivory effects on the morphology of the brown alga Padina boergesenii (Phaeophyta). Phycologia 46: 131-136. Download

• García, C.B. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2006. Dynamics of a macroalgal rocky intertidal community in the Colombian Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research 35: 7-18. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2005. Effects of nutrient enhancement of the fecundity of a coral reef macroalga. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 317: 13-24. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G., Sánchez, J.A., Zea, S., Díaz, J.M. & Garzón-Ferreira, J. 2004. Patterns of spatial distribution of benthic communities in continental and oceanic coral reefs of the Colombian Caribbean. Journal of the Colombian Academy of Sciences 28: 337-347. (In Spanish). Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2004. Effects of live coral, epilithic algal communities and substrate type on algal recruitment. Coral Reefs 23: 225-233. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & Diaz-Ruiz, M. 2003. Diversity of benthic marine algae of the Colombian Atlantic. Biota Colombiana 4: 203-246. Download

• Davis, T.A., Llanes, F., Volesky, B., Diaz-Pulido, G., McCook, L.J. & Mucci, A. 2003. A 1H-NMR study of Na-alginates extracted from Sargassum spp. in relation to metal biosorption. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology 110: 75-90. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2003. Relative roles of herbivory and nutrients in the recruitment of coral reef seaweeds. Ecology 84: 2026-2033. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. 2002. Microbial degradation of the crustose alga Peyssonnelia spp. on reefs of the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali 1: 1257-1260. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2002. The fate of bleached corals: patterns and dynamics of algal recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 232: 115-128. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & Garzón-Ferreira, J. 2002. Seasonality in algal assemblages on upwelling-influenced coral reefs in the Colombian Caribbean. Botanica Marina 45: 284–292. Download

• McCook, L.J., Jompa, J. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2001. Competition between corals and algae on coral reefs: a review of evidence and mechanisms. Coral Reefs 19: 400-417. Download

• Díaz, J.M., Diaz-Pulido, G. & Sánchez, J.A. 2000. Distribution and structure of the southernmost Caribbean coral reefs: Golfo de Urabá, Colombia. Scientia Marina 64: 327-336. Download

• Navas, G.R., Moreno-Forero, S.K., Solano, O.D. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 1998. Epilithic reef assemblages of dead coral Acropora palmata, Rosario Islands, Colombian Caribbean. Caribbean Journal of Science 34: 58-66. (In Spanish). Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & Bula-Meyer, G. 1997. Marine algae from oceanic atolls in the South western Caribbean (Albuquerque Cays, Courtown Cays, Serrana Bank, and Roncador Bank). Atoll Research Bulletin 448: 1-18. Download

• Diaz-Pulido, G. & Díaz, J.M. 1997. Algal assemblages in lagoonal reefs of Caribbean oceanic atolls. Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 1: 827-832. Download

• CARICOMP: Zieman, J., Penchaszadeh, P., Ramírez, J.R., Perez, D., Bone, D., Herrera-Silveira, J., Sánchez-Arguelles, R.D., Zuniza, D., Martínez, B., Bonair, K., Alcolado, P., Laydoo, R., García, J.R., Garzón-Ferreira, J., Diaz-Pulido, G., Gayle, P., Gerace, D.T., Smith, G., Oxenford, H., Parker, C., Pors, L.P.J.J., Nagelkerken, J.A., Van Tussenbroek, B., Smith, S.R., Varela, R., Koltes, K. & Tschirky, J. 1997. Variation in ecological parameters of Thalassia testudinum across the CARICOMP network. Proceedings of the Eighth International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 663-668. Download

• Díaz, J.M., Diaz-Pulido, G., Garzón-Ferreira, J., Geister, J., Sánchez, J.A. & Zea, S. 1996. Atlas of Coral Reefs from the Colombian Caribbean. I. Oceanic Reef Complexes. Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras INVEMAR, Serie de Publicaciones Especiales 2: 1-83. (In Spanish)

• Díaz, J.M., Sánchez, J.A. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 1996. Geomorphology and recent coral reef formations of Isla Fuerte & Bajo Bushnell, Colombian Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research 25: 87-105. (In Spanish)

• Bula-Meyer, G. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 1995. Macroalgae from the Banco de las Animas and new records for the Colombian Caribbean. Boletín de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras 24: 173-183. (In Spanish)

• Bula-Meyer, G. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 1995. Antithamnion percurrens Dawson (Ceramiaceae, Rhodophyta) in the Caribbean: a new record for the Atlantic Ocean and phytogeographic remarks. Caribbean Journal of Science 31: 25-29. (In Spanish)