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Christopher Doropoulos is affiliated with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant emphasis on Ecology, Global and Planetary Change, Oceanography, Nature and Landscape Conservation, and aspects of Management, Monitoring, Policy, and Law.

Their work covers a range of topics mainly related to marine and coastal environments. These include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
  • Marine animal studies overview

Christopher Doropoulos has published extensively, including notable papers such as:

  • "Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration," 2020, Current Biology
  • "Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years," 2022, PLoS ONE
  • "An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database," 2021, Scientific Data
  • "Using Propagules to Restore Coastal Marine Ecosystems," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Coral rubble dynamics in the Anthropocene and implications for reef recovery," 2022, Limnology and Oceanography

Frequent co-authors in their research collaborations include:

  • Peter J. Mumby
  • Peter L. Harrison
  • Marine Gouezo
  • Damian P. Thomson
  • Russell C. Babcock

Their publications often appear in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Ecology, Ecological Applications, Coral Reefs, and Restoration Ecology.

Christopher Doropoulos' contributions to the scientific community span various aspects of marine ecosystem science, with a comprehensive focus on restoration, adaptation, and the dynamics of coral reefs and coastal environments. Their collaborations and publication venues reflect an active engagement in advancing understanding in these fields through interdisciplinary and data-driven approaches.

Best Publications

  • Long-term empirical evidence of ocean warming leading to tropicalization of fish communities, increased herbivory, and loss of kelp

    Adriana Vergés;Christopher Doropoulos;Hamish A. Malcolm;Mathew Skye

  • The Ecological Role of Sharks on Coral Reefs

    George Roff;Christopher Doropoulos;Alice Rogers;Yves-Marie Bozec

  • Ocean acidification reduces coral recruitment by disrupting intimate larval‐algal settlement interactions

    Christopher Doropoulos;Selina Ward;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

  • Characterizing the ecological trade‐offs throughout the early ontogeny of coral recruitment

    Christopher Doropoulos;George Roff;Yves-Marie Bozec;Mirta Zupan

  • Global mismatch of policy and research on drivers of biodiversity loss.

    Tessa Mazor;Christopher Doropoulos;Florian Schwarzmueller;Daniel W. Gladish

  • Bright Spots in Coastal Marine Ecosystem Restoration.

    Megan I. Saunders;Megan I. Saunders;Megan I. Saunders;Christopher Doropoulos;Elisa Bayraktarov;Elisa Bayraktarov;Elisa Bayraktarov;Russell C. Babcock

  • Linking demographic processes of juvenile corals to benthic recovery trajectories in two common reef habitats.

    Christopher Doropoulos;Selina Ward;George Roff;Manuel González-Rivero

  • Spatial Patterns in Herbivory on a Coral Reef Are Influenced by Structural Complexity but Not by Algal Traits

    Adriana Vergés;Mathew A. Vanderklift;Mathew A. Vanderklift;Christopher Doropoulos;Glenn A. Hyndes

  • Drivers of recovery and reassembly of coral reef communities

    Marine Gouezo;Yimnang Golbuu;Katharina Fabricius;Dawnette Olsudong

  • Interactions among chronic and acute impacts on coral recruits: the importance of size-escape thresholds.

    Christopher Doropoulos;Selina Ward;Alyssa Marshell;Alyssa Marshell;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido

  • Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years

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  • Coralline algal metabolites induce settlement and mediate the inductive effect of epiphytic microbes on coral larvae.

    Luis A. Gómez-Lemos;Christopher Doropoulos;Elisa Bayraktarov;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido

  • An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database.

    Andrew H. Baird;James R. Guest;Alasdair J. Edwards;Andrew G. Bauman

  • Coral rubble dynamics in the Anthropocene and implications for reef recovery

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  • Density-dependent coral recruitment displays divergent responses during distinct early life-history stages.

    Christopher Doropoulos;Nicolas R. Evensen;Luis A. Gómez-Lemos;Russell C. Babcock

  • Global disparity in the ecological benefits of reducing carbon emissions for coral reefs

    Juan Carlos Ortiz;Yves-Marie Bozec;Nicholas H. Wolff;Christopher Doropoulos

  • High CO2 reduces the settlement of a spawning coral on three common species of crustose coralline algae

    Christopher Doropoulos;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido

  • Using Propagules to Restore Coastal Marine Ecosystems

    Mathew A. Vanderklift;Christopher Doropoulos;Daniel Gorman;Inês Leal;Inês Leal

  • Optimizing industrial‐scale coral reef restoration: comparing harvesting wild coral spawn slicks and transplanting gravid adult colonies

    Christopher Doropoulos;Jesper Elzinga;Remment ter Hofstede;Mark van Koningsveld

  • Reef-scale failure of coral settlement following typhoon disturbance and macroalgal bloom in Palau, Western Pacific

    Christopher Doropoulos;George Roff;Mirta Zupan;Victor Nestor

  • Sensitivity of coral recruitment to subtle shifts in early community succession.

    Christopher Doropoulos;Christopher Doropoulos;George Roff;Mart-Simone Visser;Peter J Mumby

  • Phase shift facilitation following cyclone disturbance on coral reefs.

    George Roff;Christopher Doropoulos;Mirta Zupan;Alice Rogers;Alice Rogers

Frequent Co-Authors

Peter J. Mumby
Peter J. Mumby University of Queensland
George Roff
George Roff University of Queensland
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido Griffith University
Russell C. Babcock
Russell C. Babcock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Yves-Marie Bozec
Yves-Marie Bozec University of Queensland
Peter Harrison
Peter Harrison Southern Cross University
Mathew A. Vanderklift
Mathew A. Vanderklift Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Katharina Fabricius
Katharina Fabricius Australian Institute of Marine Science
Adriana Vergés
Adriana Vergés University of New South Wales
Glenn A. Hyndes
Glenn A. Hyndes Edith Cowan University

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