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Overview

Ross J. Jones is affiliated with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with key interests spanning ecology, oceanography, and global and planetary change.

The main topics of their work include:

  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Environmental toxicology and ecotoxicology
  • Ocean acidification effects and responses
  • Marine biology and ecology research
  • Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics

The recent scholarly output features a number of papers, highlighting their engagement with coral reef ecology and environmental impacts on marine systems. Selected publications are:

  • Responses of corals to chronic turbidity, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • The effects of ultraviolet radiation and climate on oil toxicity to coral reef organisms - A review, 2020, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Assessing the risk of light reduction from natural sediment resuspension events and dredging activities in an inshore turbid reef environment, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Impacts of water quality on Acropora coral settlement: The relative importance of substrate quality and light, 2021, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Derivation of toxicity thresholds for gas condensate oils protective of tropical species using experimental and modelling approaches, 2021, Marine Pollution Bulletin

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Ross J. Jones include Heidi M. Luter, Rebecca Fisher, Andrew P. Negri, Gerard F. Ricardo, and Mari-Carmen Pineda. Their partnerships reflect ongoing work in marine pollution, coral ecology, and environmental toxicology.

Jones's research has appeared frequently in specific publication venues, illustrating their engagement within particular academic communities. These journals include:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Journal of Visualized Experiments

Best Publications

  • Temperature-induced bleaching of corals begins with impairment of the CO2 fixation mechanism in zooxanthellae

    R. J. Jones;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;A. W. D. Larkum;U. Schreiber

  • Caribbean corals in crisis: record thermal stress, bleaching, and mortality in 2005.

    C. Mark Eakin;Jessica A. Morgan;Scott F. Heron;Scott F. Heron;Tyler B. Smith

  • Photoinhibition and photoprotection in symbiotic dinoflagellates from reef-building corals

    Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Ross J. Jones

  • Regulation and control of intracellular algae (= zooxanthellae) in hard corals

    Ross J. Jones;D. Yellowlees

  • Diurnal changes in the photochemical efficiency of the symbiotic dinoflagellates (Dinophyceae) of corals: photoprotection, photoinactivation and the relationship to coral bleaching

    R.J. Jones;O. Hoegh-Guldberg

  • Zooxanthellae loss as a bioassay for assessing stress in corals

    RJ Jones

  • PHYTOTOXICITY OF PHOTOSYSTEM II (PSII) HERBICIDES TO CORAL

    Ross J. Jones;Ailsa P. Kerswell

  • Effects of herbicides diuron and atrazine on corals of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

    Ross J. Jones;Jochen Muller;David Haynes;Ulrich Schreiber

  • The ecotoxicological effects of Photosystem II herbicides on corals.

    Ross Jones

  • Changes in quantum efficiency of Photosystem II of symbiotic dinoflagellates of corals after heat stress, and of bleached corals sampled after the 1998 Great Barrier Reef mass bleaching event

    Ross J. Jones;Selina Ward;Affendi Yang Amri;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

  • Assessing the impacts of sediments from dredging on corals.

    Ross Jones;Pia Bessell-Browne;Rebecca Fisher;Wojciech Klonowski

  • Dynamics of a temperature-related coral disease outbreak

    Ross J. Jones;Jocelyn Bowyer;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg;Linda L. Blackall

  • Effects of the herbicide diuron on the early life history stages of coral.

    Andrew P Negri;Claudia Vollhardt;Craig Humphrey;Andrew J Heyward

  • Effects of sediments on the reproductive cycle of corals

    Ross Jones;Ross Jones;Gerard Ricardo;A.P. Negri

  • PAM Chlorophyll Fluorometry: a New in situ Technique for Stress Assessment in Scleractinian Corals, used to Examine the Effects of Cyanide from Cyanide Fishing

    R.J. Jones;T. Kildea;O. Hoegh-guldberg

  • Impacts of turbidity on corals: The relative importance of light limitation and suspended sediments

    Pia Bessell-Browne;Andrew P. Negri;Rebecca Fisher;Peta L. Clode

  • Cell death and degeneration in the symbiotic dinoflagellates of the coral Stylophora pistillata during bleaching

    Daniel J. Franklin;O. Hoegh-Guldberg;R.J. Jones;John A. Berges

  • Geographic differences in vertical connectivity in the Caribbean coral Montastraea cavernosa despite high levels of horizontal connectivity at shallow depths.

    Xaymara M. Serrano;I. B. Baums;K. O'Reilly;T. B. Smith

  • Changes in zooxanthellar densities and chlorophyll concentrations in corals during and after a bleaching event

    R.J. Jones

  • Effects of cyanide on coral photosynthesis : Implications for identifying the cause of coral bleaching and for assessing the environmental effects of cyanide fishing

    Ross J. Jones;Ove Hoegh-Guldberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Rebecca Fisher
Rebecca Fisher Australian Institute of Marine Science
Andrew P. Negri
Andrew P. Negri Australian Institute of Marine Science
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg University of Queensland
Nicole S. Webster
Nicole S. Webster University of Queensland
Peter V. Ridd
Peter V. Ridd James Cook University
Britta Schaffelke
Britta Schaffelke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Michael Rasheed
Michael Rasheed James Cook University
Andrew Heyward
Andrew Heyward Australian Institute of Marine Science
Tyler B. Smith
Tyler B. Smith University of the Virgin Islands
Jon Brodie
Jon Brodie James Cook University

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