Coral Reef Algae Lab

Coral Reef Algae Research Lab. Led by Dr. Diaz-Pulido, our research team is interested in research questions related to tropical marine algae and coral reefs!

[SeaSim @SeaSim_AIMS]

🧫What do baby Crown-of-Thorns Sea stars (CoTS) eat?
Before becoming aggressive coral eaters, CoTS spend ~5–6 months post-settlement grazing algae.
Researchers at @aims_gov_au + @jcu found they grow 38× faster on one CCA: Melyvonnea cf. madagascariensis🔗https://t.co/diPkkQ4EAm

[13th International Phycological Congress @IPC_2025]

🌍🚀 Registration is now open for the 13th International Phycological Congress!

👉 Secure your spot: https://t.co/zGFRuhlVIL

Before paying, please be reminded that your registration will be INVALID without pertinent verifications.

#Phycology #Seaweed #Microalgae

[Australian Institute of Marine Science @aims_gov_au]

We’ve just doubled our capacity to accelerate tropical marine research with this week’s opening of our $42.7 million @SeaSim_AIMS expansion by @tanya_plibersek.

More: https://t.co/4Mg63LS9o6

[SeaSim @SeaSim_AIMS]

Did you know that SeaSim's facility holds a whopping 3.5 million litres of seawater? That's enough to fill about 1.5 Olympic-sized swimming pools!

Dive into the world of marine research with us at SeaSim. 🌊 #FunFactFriday #MarineScience

[jenny.fong @jenjennyfong]

Our new paper just published in Coral Reefs compared the effectiveness of different material types and surface roughness of settlement tiles on promoting coral larval settlement and spat survivorship. 1/
https://t.co/Wx4oIO6kkU
@Reef_Algae_Lab @aims_gov_au @SeaSim_AIMS

[SeaSim @SeaSim_AIMS]

🌊🪸 Our aquarists from @aims_gov_au have successfully induced #coralspawning "out-of-season" for 3 years in a row, culturing > 2.2million larvae. This research increases chances to study coral life cycles & enhance reef resilience. 🔗https://t.co/hhEOvjWayT

[CORALINA @coralina_sai]

Recordamos a la comunidad del Archipiélago que este fenómeno natural de las algas de zargazo, se registra cada año en las islas y el Caribe. Conoce detalles en la siguiente nota:
https://t.co/FvttMJSfJg

[Bryce Stewart @BD_Stew]

This is an extraordinary find. The blue carbon benefits are one thing, but the #biodiversity that a maerl bed this size must support is even more significant. I hope its future protection is assured.
'Cornwall researchers discover huge ancient seaweed bed' https://t.co/V9Ryl779Fj

[NOAA Coral Program @NOAACoral]

👏 Shoutout to an unsung coral reef architect - crustose coralline algae! This bubblegum pink crusty algae cements reefs, prevents fleshy algae growth, and offers vital habitat for baby corals! Now that's a #coralhero
https://t.co/Aj9Z6xdUwe

[Australian Institute of Marine Science @aims_gov_au]

We're recruiting for lots of positions across all our sites!

In health safety & environment, Government relations, Indigenous knowledge broker, operations, supply & procurement, finance, ecology & science.

Check out the opportunities ▶️ https://t.co/Q6QFdOmfmz

[Coral Reef Algae Lab @Reef_Algae_Lab]

Delighted to share our new study uncovering the diversity of crustose coralline algae from the Great Barrier Reef #GBR, Coral Sea and Lord Howe Island. https://t.co/fFfBHA9TAU

[Journal of Phycology @JPhycology]

#JPhycol
Vol 59 Issue 5
Pulecio-Plaza et al. (2023)
Seasonal upwelling conditions promote growth and calcification in reef-building coralline algae https://t.co/VI1TyOOYqu
@wileyplantsci @WileyEcolEvol @PSAAlgae

[Coral Reef Algae Lab @Reef_Algae_Lab]

@heatshok @jenjennyfong Townsville, QLD, at the AIMS -SeaSim facilities.

[Cathie Page @DrCathiePage]

This year we have placed tiles at 15 sites across Woppaburra sea Country. I'm interested to see whether the macro-algae dominated sites are receiving low inputs of coral larvae ? 🪸

Read more about the project below:

[jenny.fong @jenjennyfong]

First spawn of the summer goes to.. Acropora millepora! We got >2 million eggs last night 🤩 #coralspawning

[Marine Ecology Progress Series (MEPS) @MEPS_IR]

This study indicates that calcified #CorallineAlgae is not as #calorically poor as previously thought, indicating that another mechanism must be responsible for the preference of fleshy macroalgae over coralline algae by many marine herbivores!
https://t.co/bcEgglS7Az
@habanereo

[Lennart Bach @bach_lennart]

Paine et al. show that seaweed farming (with Macrocystis) for CO2 sequestration (#OceanAfforestation) requires much more iron nutrients than available in the open ocean. Thus, offshore Ocean Afforestation would potentially require Ocean Iron Fertilization

https://t.co/s4uae9kxaV

[Coral Reef Algae Lab @Reef_Algae_Lab]

Congratulations @_elliepaine @CatrionaHurd! fantastic work!

[IMAS @IMASUTAS]

Growing seaweed in the open ocean is seen as a viable way to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. But a new IMAS PhD study reveals the ocean's iron levels are too low to sustain seaweed growth–a fact scientists say should be part of the ocean afforest'n debate: https://t.co/u56g2ieeQo

[Coral Reef Algae Lab @Reef_Algae_Lab]

@AnaPalacio_C @PNASNews Felicitaciones Ana!

[Prof. Dr. Carlos López @oikossokio]

RLimnologia: RT @MicroscopePicsx: Tardigrade enjoying some volvox algae https://t.co/BMGtkA5ekA