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Sven Uthicke is affiliated with the Australian Institute of Marine Science in Australia, focusing on research within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences. Their work spans several subfields including ecology, oceanography, global and planetary change, molecular biology, and nature and landscape conservation.

The main topics addressed in Uthicke's research include coral and marine ecosystems studies, marine and fisheries research, marine and coastal plant biology, ocean acidification effects and responses, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, identification and quantification in food, and marine bivalve and aquaculture studies.

Uthicke has contributed extensively to scientific literature with numerous publications. Key recent papers include:

  • Cross-generational effects of climate change on the microbiome of a photosynthetic sponge, 2020, Environmental Microbiology
  • Knowledge Gaps in the Biology, Ecology, and Management of the Pacific Crown-of-Thorns Sea Star Acanthaster sp. on Australia's Great Barrier Reef, 2021, Biological Bulletin
  • Reef state and performance as indicators of cumulative impacts on coral reefs, 2021, Ecological Indicators
  • Quantifying shedding and degradation rates of environmental DNA (eDNA) from Pacific crown-of-thorns seastar (Acanthaster cf. solaris), 2021, Marine Biology
  • Sensitive environmental DNA detection via lateral flow assay (dipstick)-A case study on corallivorous crown-of-thorns sea star (Acanthaster cf. solaris) detection, 2020, Environmental DNA

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Uthicke include:

  • Frances Patel
  • Morgan S. Pratchett
  • Peter C. Doll
  • Jason Doyle
  • Ciemon F. Caballes

Research findings by Uthicke are published primarily in venues such as Coral Reefs, Marine Biology, The Science of The Total Environment, Biological Bulletin, and Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Best Publications

  • Losers and winners in coral reefs acclimatized to elevated carbon dioxide concentrations

    Katharina E. Fabricius;Chris Langdon;Sven Uthicke;Craig Humphrey

  • Changes in coral-associated microbial communities during a bleaching event

    David Bourne;Yuki Iida;Sven Uthicke;Carolyn Smith-Keune;Carolyn Smith-Keune

  • Sea cucumber fisheries: global analysis of stocks, management measures and drivers of overfishing

    Steven W Purcell;Annie Mercier;Chantal Conand;Jean-François Hamel

  • A boom–bust phylum? Ecological and evolutionary consequences of density variations in echinoderms

    Sven Uthicke;Britta Schaffelke;Maria Byrne

  • Natural volcanic CO2 seeps reveal future trajectories for host-microbial associations in corals and sponges.

    Kathleen M Morrow;David G Bourne;Craig Humphrey;Emmanuelle S Botté

  • Advances in sea cucumber aquaculture and management

    Alessandro Lovatelli;Chantal Conand;Steven W Purcell;Sven Uthicke

  • Ecological effects of ocean acidification and habitat complexity on reef-associated macroinvertebrate communities

    K. E. Fabricius;G. De'ath;S. Noonan;S. Uthicke

  • Sediment bioturbation and impact of feeding activity of Holothuria (Halodeima) atra and Stichopus chloronotus, two sediment feeding holothurians, at Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef

    S. Uthicke

  • Thirty Years of Research on Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (1986–2016): Scientific Advances and Emerging Opportunities

    Morgan S. Pratchett;Ciemon F. Caballes;Jennifer C. Wilmes;Samuel Matthews

  • Slow Growth and Lack of Recovery in Overfished Holothurians on the Great Barrier Reef: Evidence from DNA Fingerprints and Repeated Large-Scale Surveys

    S. Uthicke;D. Welch;J.A.H. Benzie

  • Nutrient regeneration by abundant coral reef holothurians

    Sven Uthicke

  • Sea cucumbers. A global review of fisheries and trade

    Verónica Toral-Granda;Alessandro Lovatelli;Marcelo Vasconcellos;Chantal Conand

  • Gene flow and population history in high dispersal marine invertebrates: mitochondrial DNA analysis of Holothuria nobilis (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) populations from the Indo-Pacific

    S. Uthicke;J. A. H. Benzie

  • Population status, fisheries and trade of sea cucumbers in the Western Central Pacific

    Jeff Kinch;Steven W Purcell;Sven Uthicke;Kim Friedman

  • Ocean acidification reduces induction of coral settlement by crustose coralline algae.

    Nicole S Webster;Sven Uthicke;Emanuelle S Botté;Florita Flores

  • The stunting effect of a high CO2 ocean on calcification and development in sea urchin larvae a synthesis from the tropics to the poles

    Maria Byrne;Miles Lamare;David Winter;Symon A. Dworjanyn

  • Coral reef invertebrate microbiomes correlate with the presence of photosymbionts.

    David G. Bourne;Paul G. Dennis;Sven Uthicke;Rochelle M. Soo;Rochelle M. Soo

  • Ecological Roles of Exploited Sea Cucumbers

    Steven W Purcell;Chantal Conand;Sven Uthicke;Maria Byrne

  • Sediment patch selectivity in tropical sea cucumbers (Holothurioidea: Aspidochirotida) analysed with multiple choice experiments

    S Uthicke;R Karez

  • Effects of ocean acidification on microbial community composition of, and oxygen fluxes through, biofilms from the Great Barrier Reef

    Verena Witt;Verena Witt;Christian Wild;Kenneth R. N. Anthony;Guillermo Diaz-Pulido

  • Gradients in water column nutrients, sediment parameters, irradiance and coral reef development in the Whitsunday Region, central Great Barrier Reef

    Timothy F. Cooper;Timothy F. Cooper;Sven Uthicke;Craig Humphrey;Katharina E. Fabricius

  • Ecological Impacts of Toxic Chemicals

    Francisco Sánchez-Bayo;Paul J. van den Brink;Reinier M. Mann;María Jesús Belzunce

Frequent Co-Authors

Maria Byrne
Maria Byrne University of Sydney
Katharina Fabricius
Katharina Fabricius Australian Institute of Marine Science
Miles D. Lamare
Miles D. Lamare University of Otago
Andrew P. Negri
Andrew P. Negri Australian Institute of Marine Science
Nicole S. Webster
Nicole S. Webster University of Queensland
Britta Schaffelke
Britta Schaffelke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Christian Wild
Christian Wild University of Bremen
Glenn De'ath
Glenn De'ath Australian Institute of Marine Science
John M. Pandolfi
John M. Pandolfi University of Queensland

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