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Overview

James R. Guest is affiliated with Newcastle University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a particular concentration on coral and marine ecosystems.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Environmental Science
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Within these broader disciplines, they specialize in several subfields such as:

  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Oceanography
  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law

The central topics of their work encompass:

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

James R. Guest has published papers in multiple academic venues. The most frequent publication venues include:

  • Coral Reefs
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications
  • Current Biology
  • Invertebrate Reproduction & Development

Notable recent publications by James R. Guest include:

  • "Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database," 2021, Scientific Data
  • "An Experimental Framework for Selectively Breeding Corals for Assisted Evolution," 2021, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Within-population variability in coral heat tolerance indicates climate adaptation potential," 2022, Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
  • "Photogrammetry as a tool to improve ecosystem restoration," 2021, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Liam Lachs
  • Alasdair J. Edwards
  • Adriana Humanes
  • John C. Bythell
  • Yimnang Golbuu

Best Publications

  • Systematic and Biogeographical Patterns in the Reproductive Biology of Scleractinian Corals

    Andrew H. Baird;James R. Guest;Bette L. Willis

  • Contrasting patterns of coral bleaching susceptibility in 2010 suggest an adaptive response to thermal stress.

    James R. Guest;Andrew H. Baird;Jeffrey A. Maynard;Efin Muttaqin

  • Social–environmental drivers inform strategic management of coral reefs in the Anthropocene

    Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Emily S Darling;Tim R McClanahan;Joseph Maina;Georgina G Gurney

  • Closing the circle: is it feasible to rehabilitate reefs with sexually propagated corals?

    J.R. Guest;J.R. Guest;J.R. Guest;M.V.B. Baria;M.V.B. Baria;E.D. Gomez;Andrew Heyward

  • 27 years of benthic and coral community dynamics on turbid, highly urbanised reefs off Singapore.

    J R Guest;K Tun;J Low;A Vergés

  • Coral community response to bleaching on a highly disturbed reef.

    James R Guest;James R Guest;J Low;K Tun;Bryan Wilson

  • Resilience of coral-associated bacterial communities exposed to fish farm effluent.

    Melissa Garren;Laurie Raymundo;James Guest;C. Drew Harvell

  • New Seeding Approach Reduces Costs and Time to Outplant Sexually Propagated Corals for Reef Restoration

    Valérie F. Chamberland;Dirk Petersen;James R. Guest;Udo Petersen

  • Coral mass spawning predicted by rapid seasonal rise in ocean temperature

    Sally A. Keith;Sally A. Keith;Jeffrey A. Maynard;Jeffrey A. Maynard;Alasdair J. Edwards;James R. Guest

  • Seasonal reproduction in equatorial reef corals

    J. R. Guest;A. H. Baird;B. P.L. Goh;L. M. Chou

  • Reproductive seasonality in an equatorial assemblage of scleractinian corals

    J. R. Guest;Æ A. H. Baird;B. P. L. Goh;L. M. Chou

  • Histopathological methods for the investigation of microbial communities associated with disease lesions in reef corals.

    J.C. Bythell;M.R. Barer;R.P. Cooney;J.R. Guest

  • Inducing broadcast coral spawning ex situ: Closed system mesocosm design and husbandry protocol.

    Jamie Craggs;Jamie Craggs;James R. Guest;Michelle Davis;Jeremy Simmons

  • Direct seeding of mass-cultured coral larvae is not an effective option for reef rehabilitation

    Alasdair J. Edwards;James R. Guest;Andrew J. Heyward;Ronald D. Villanueva

  • Caging enhances post-settlement survival of juveniles of the scleractinian coral Acropora tenuis

    Maria Vanessa B. Baria;James R. Guest;Alasdair J. Edwards;Porfirio M. Aliño

  • How Quickly do Fragments of Coral “Self-Attach” after Transplantation?

    James R. Guest;Rommi M. Dizon;Alasdair J. Edwards;Chiara Franco

  • Emergent increase in coral thermal tolerance reduces mass bleaching under climate change

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  • Within-population variability in coral heat tolerance indicates climate adaptation potential

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  • Multispecific, synchronous coral spawning in Singapore

    J. Guest;A. Baird;B. Goh;L. Chou

  • Spawning of Three-Year-Old Acropora Millepora Corals Reared from Larvae in Northwestern Philippines

    Maria Vanessa B. Baria;Dexter W. dela Cruz;Ronald D. Villanueva;James R. Guest

  • One in four citations in marine biology papers is inappropriate

    Peter A. Todd;James R. Guest;Junxiu Lu;Loke Ming Chou

  • A framework for identifying and characterising coral reef “oases” against a backdrop of degradation

    James R. Guest;Peter J. Edmunds;Ruth D. Gates;Ilsa B. Kuffner

Frequent Co-Authors

Alasdair J. Edwards
Alasdair J. Edwards Newcastle University
Loke Ming Chou
Loke Ming Chou National University of Singapore
Andrew H. Baird
Andrew H. Baird James Cook University
Peter D. Steinberg
Peter D. Steinberg University of New South Wales
Peter A. Todd
Peter A. Todd National University of Singapore
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
Andrew Heyward
Andrew Heyward Australian Institute of Marine Science
John C. Bythell
John C. Bythell Newcastle University
William J. Skirving
William J. Skirving National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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