Publications

Selected Publications:

Baker AC, Glynn PW, Riegl B (in press) Climate change and coral reef bleaching: An ecological assessment of long-term impacts, recovery trends and future outlook. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Van Oppen MJH, Baker AC, Coffroth MA, Willis BL (2008) Bleaching resistance and the role of algal endosymbionts. In: Coral bleaching: Patterns, processes, causes and consequences (Lough JM &Van Oppen MJH, eds.), Springer Ecological Studies, New York, Berlin

Smith LW, Wirshing HH, Baker AC, Birkeland C (2008) High flow correlates with increased skeletal growth in a reciprocal transplant experiment of the coral Pocillopora eydouxi. Pacific Science 62(1): 57-69

Starger CJ, Yeoh SSR, Dai C-F, Baker AC, DeSalle R (2008) Ten polymorphic STR loci in the cosmopolitan reef coral, Pocillopora damicornis. Molecular Ecology Resources 8: 619-621

Pochon X, Garcia-Cuetos L, Baker AC, Castella E, Pawlowski J (2007) One-year survey of a single Micronesian reef reveals extraordinarily rich diversity of Symbiodinium types in soritid foraminifera. Coral Reefs 26: 867-882

Baker AC, Romanski AM (2007) Multiple symbiotic partnerships are common in scleractinian corals but not octocorals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 335: 237-242

McClanahan TR, Baker AC, Ateweberhan M, Maina J, Moothien-Pillay KR (2005) Refining coral bleaching experiments and models through reiterative field studies. Marine Ecology Progress Series 305: 301-303 [pdf]

Drohan AF, Thoney DA, Baker AC (2005) Synergistic effect of high temperature and ultraviolet-B radiation on the gorgonian coral Eunicea tourneforti (Alcyonaria: Gorgonacea: Plexauridae). Bulletin of Marine Science 77(2): 257-266 [pdf]

Baker AC, Jones SH IV, Lee TS (2005) Symbiont diversity in Arabian corals and its relation to patterns of contemporary and historical environmental stress. In: Proceedings of an international symposium on the extent and impact of coral bleaching in the Arabian region (Abuzinada AH, Jouberte E & Krupp F, eds.), National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, pp. 24-36

Baker AC, Starger CJ, McClanahan TR, Glynn PW (2004) Corals’ adaptive response to climate change. Nature 430: 741 [pdf]

Baker AC (2004) Diversity, distribution and ecology of Symbiodinium on coral reefs and its relationship to bleaching resistance and resilience. In: Coral Health and Disease (Rosenberg E & Loya Y, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, pp. 177-194

Buddemeier RW, Baker AC, Fautin DG, Jacobs JR (2004) The adaptive hypothesis of bleaching. In: Coral Health and Disease (Rosenberg E & Loya Y, eds.), Springer-Verlag, New York, Berlin, pp. 427-444 [pdf]

Baker AC (2003) Flexibility and specificity in coral-algal symbiosis: Diversity, ecology and biogeography of Symbiodinium. Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 34: 661-689 [pdf]

McClanahan, TR, Sala E, Stickels P, Cokos BA, Baker AC, Starger CJ, Jones S (2003) Interaction between nutrients and herbivory in controlling algal communities and coral condition on Glover's Reef, Belize. Marine Ecology Progress Series 261: 135-147 [pdf]

Baker AC (2002) Is bleaching really adaptive? — reply to Hoegh-Guldberg et al. Nature 415: 601-602 [pdf]

Glynn PW, Maté Touri—o J, Baker AC, Calder—n MO (2001) Coral bleaching and mortality in Panamá and Ecuador during the 1997-1998 El Ni—o-Southern Oscillation event: spatial/temporal patterns and comparisons with the 1982-1983 event. Bulletin of Marine Science 69(1): 79-110

Baker AC (2001) Reef corals bleach to survive change. Nature 411: 765-766 [pdf]

Lirman D, Glynn PW, Baker AC, Leyte Morales GE (2001) Combined effects of three sequential storms on the Huatulco coral reef tract, Mexico. Bulletin of Marine Science 69(1): 267-278

Glynn PW, Lirman D, Baker AC, Leyte Morales GE (1998) First documented hurricane strikes on eastern Pacific coral reefs reveal only slight damage. Coral Reefs 17: 368

Rowan R, Knowlton N, Baker AC, Jara J (1997) Landscape ecology of algal symbiont communities explains variation in episodes of coral bleaching. Nature 388: 265-269

Baker AC, Rowan R, Knowlton N (1997) Symbiosis ecology of two Caribbean acroporid corals. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 2: 1295-1300

Baker AC, Rowan R (1997) Diversity of symbiotic dinoflagellates (zooxanthellae) in scleractinian corals of the Caribbean and eastern Pacific. Proceedings of the 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 2: 1301-1305

Peck LS, Baker AC, Conway LZ (1996) Strontium labelling of the shell of the Antarctic limpet Nacella concinna (Strebel, 1908). Journal of Molluskan Studies 62: 315-325

Selected reports, commentaries, dissertations and popular articles:

Baker AC (2006) Coral bleaching as an exaptation that can promote rapid and beneficial change in algal symbiont communities. In: Understanding the stress response of corals and Symbiodinium in a rapidly changing environment (Hoegh-Guldberg O, ed.) Global Environment Facility CRTR Report, pp. 48-50

Romanski AM, Baker AC (2006) Symbiodinium ITS-2 sequences: inter- or intra-specific data? Implications for the detection of ecological and biogeographic patterns. In: Understanding the stress response of corals and Symbiodinium in a rapidly changing environment (Hoegh-Guldberg O, ed.) Global Environment Facility CRTR Report, pp. 60-62

Naeem S, Baker AC (2005) Paradise sustained. Nature 433: 370-371 (News and Views)

Baker AC (2001) Coral survival in the reef aquarium. Aquatica 15(5): 5-14

Baker AC (1999) Symbiosis ecology of reef-building corals. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Miami, 120pp. [pdf]

Baker AC (1995) Solar UV-A inhibition of planula larvae in the reef-building coral Pocillopora damicornis. In: Gulko D, Jokiel PL (eds.) Ultraviolet radiation and coral reefs. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology Technical Report 41: UNIHI-SEA GRANT CR-95-03 pp 149-163