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Christopher E. Cornwall is affiliated with Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as Environmental Science, with particular specialization in Oceanography and Ecology.

The scientist's main areas of study include coral and marine ecosystems, marine and coastal plant biology, and the effects and responses related to ocean acidification. Additional topics encompass marine biology and ecology research, marine and fisheries research, marine bivalve and aquaculture studies, and cephalopods within marine biology.

Recent publications authored by Christopher E. Cornwall include:

  • Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • A coralline alga gains tolerance to ocean acidification over multiple generations of exposure, 2020, Nature Climate Change
  • Crustose coralline algae can contribute more than corals to coral reef carbonate production, 2023, Communications Earth & Environment
  • Understanding coralline algal responses to ocean acidification: Meta-analysis and synthesis, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • Corals at the edge of environmental limits: A new conceptual framework to re-define marginal and extreme coral communities, 2023, The Science of The Total Environment

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Cornwall include Steeve Comeau, Erik C. Krieger, Malcolm T. McCulloch, Verena Schoepf, and Wendy A. Nelson.

The scientist often publishes research in a range of journals and venues, notably:

  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Global Change Biology
  • Phycologia
  • Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • Diversity of carbon use strategies in a kelp forest community: implications for a high CO2 ocean

    C. D. Hepburn;D. W. Pritchard;C. E. Cornwall;R. J. McLEOD

  • Diurnal fluctuations in seawater pH influence the response of a calcifying macroalga to ocean acidification

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher D. Hepburn;Christina M. McGraw;Kim I. Currie

  • Global declines in coral reef calcium carbonate production under ocean acidification and warming

    Christopher E Cornwall;Christopher E Cornwall;Christopher E Cornwall;Steeve Comeau;Steeve Comeau;Steeve Comeau;Niklas A Kornder;Niklas A Kornder;Chris T Perry

  • Experimental design in ocean acidification research: problems and solutions

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher E. Cornwall;Catriona L. Hurd

  • Biological responses to environmental heterogeneity under future ocean conditions.

    Philip W. Boyd;Philip W. Boyd;Christopher E. Cornwall;Andrew Davison;Scott C. Doney

  • CARBON-USE STRATEGIES IN MACROALGAE: DIFFERENTIAL RESPONSES TO LOWERED PH AND IMPLICATIONS FOR OCEAN ACIDIFICATION(1).

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher D. Hepburn;Daniel Pritchard;Kim I. Currie

  • Physiological responses of a Southern Ocean diatom to complex future ocean conditions

    P.W. Boyd;P.W. Boyd;P.W. Dillingham;C.M. Mcgraw;C.M. Mcgraw;E.A. Armstrong

  • Marine heatwave causes unprecedented regional mass bleaching of thermally resistant corals in northwestern Australia.

    Morane Le Nohaïc;Claire L. Ross;Christopher E. Cornwall;Steeve Comeau

  • Metabolically induced pH fluctuations by some coastal calcifiers exceed projected 22nd century ocean acidification: a mechanism for differential susceptibility?

    Catriona L. Hurd;Christopher E. Cornwall;Kim Currie;Christopher D. Hepburn

  • Inorganic carbon physiology underpins macroalgal responses to elevated CO2

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Andrew T. Revill;Jason M. Hall-Spencer;Jason M. Hall-Spencer;Marco Milazzo

  • Macroalgal responses to ocean acidification depend on nutrient and light levels

    Paula S M Celis-Plá;Paula S M Celis-Plá;Jason M Hall-Spencer;Paulo Antunes Horta;Marco Milazzo

  • Diffusion Boundary Layers Ameliorate the Negative Effects of Ocean Acidification on the Temperate Coralline Macroalga Arthrocardia corymbosa

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Philip W. Boyd;Christina M. McGraw;Christopher D. Hepburn

  • The Role of Natural Variability in Shaping the Response of Coral Reef Organisms to Climate Change

    Emily B. Rivest;Steeve Comeau;Christopher E. Cornwall

  • Coralline algae elevate pH at the site of calcification under ocean acidification.

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Steeve Comeau;Malcolm T. McCulloch

  • Ocean acidification reverses the positive effects of seawater pH fluctuations on growth and photosynthesis of the habitat-forming kelp, Ecklonia radiata

    Damon Britton;Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher E. Cornwall;Andrew T. Revill;Catriona L. Hurd

  • Concentration boundary layers around complex assemblages of macroalgae: Implications for the effects of ocean acidification on understory coralline algae

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher D. Hepburn;Conrad A. Pilditch;Catriona L. Hurd

  • High prevalence of diffusive uptake of CO2 by macroalgae in a temperate subtidal ecosystem.

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher E. Cornwall;Andrew T. Revill;Catriona L. Hurd

  • Impacts of ocean warming on coralline algal calcification: Meta-analysis, knowledge gaps, and key recommendations for future research

    Christopher E. Cornwall;Christopher E. Cornwall;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido;Steeve Comeau;Steeve Comeau

  • Saturating light and not increased carbon dioxide under ocean acidification drives photosynthesis and growth in Ulva rigida (Chlorophyta)

    Ralf Rautenberger;Pamela A. Fernández;Martina Strittmatter;Svenja Heesch

  • Resistance of corals and coralline algae to ocean acidification: physiological control of calcification under natural pH variability

    Christopher Cornwall;Steeve Comeau;Thomas DeCarlo;Thomas DeCarlo;Billy Moore

Frequent Co-Authors

Catriona L. Hurd
Catriona L. Hurd University of Tasmania
Steeve Comeau
Steeve Comeau Villefranche Oceanographic Laboratory
Malcolm T. McCulloch
Malcolm T. McCulloch University of Western Australia
Philip W. Boyd
Philip W. Boyd University of Tasmania
Jason M. Hall-Spencer
Jason M. Hall-Spencer Plymouth University
Ryan J. Lowe
Ryan J. Lowe University of Western Australia
Keith A. Hunter
Keith A. Hunter University of Otago
John A. Raven
John A. Raven University of Dundee
Marco Milazzo
Marco Milazzo University of Palermo
Michael Y. Roleda
Michael Y. Roleda University of the Philippines Diliman

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