Siboni, Nachshon, Abrego, David, Puill-Stephan, Eneour, King, William L., Bourne, David G., Raina, Jean-Baptiste, Seymour, Justin R., and Harder, Tilmann (2020) Crustose coralline algae that promote coral larval settlement harbor distinct surface bacterial communities. Coral Reefs, 39 (6). pp. 1703-1713.

Aeby, Greta Smith, Howells, Emily, Work, Thierry, Abrego, David, Williams, Gareth J., Wedding, Lisa M., Caldwell, Jamie M., Moritsch, Monica, and Burt, John A. (2020) Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors. Coral Reefs, 39. pp. 829-846.

Fabricius, Katharina E., Noonan, Sam H.C., Abrego, David, Harrington, Lindsay, and De'Ath, Glenn (2017) Low recruitment due to altered settlement substrata as primary constraint for coral communities under ocean acidification. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 284 (1862).

Pollock, F. Joseph, Katz, Sefano M., van de Water, Jeroen A.J.M., Davies, Sarah W., Hein, Margaux, Torda, Gergely, Matz, Mikhail V., Beltran, Victor H., Buerger, Patrick, Puill-Stephan, Eneour, Abrego, David, Bourne, David G., and Willis, Bette L. (2017) Coral larvae for restoration and research: a large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis. PeerJ, 5. e3732.

Raina, Jean-Baptiste, Tapiolas, Dianne M., Foret, Sylvain, Lutz, Adrian, Abrego, David, Ceh, Janja, Seneca, Francois O., Clode, Peta L., Bourne, David G., Willis, Bette L., and Motti, Cherie A. (2013) DMSP biosynthesis by an animal and its role in coral thermal stress response. Nature, 502 (7473). pp. 677-691.

Puill-Stephan, E., Willis, B.L., Abrego, D., Raina, J-B., and van Oppen, M.J.H. (2012) Allorecognition maturation in the broadcast-spawning coral Acropora millepora. Coral Reefs, 31 (4). pp. 1019-1028.

Flores, Florita, Hoogenboom, Mia O., Smith, Luke D., Cooper, Timothy F., Abrego, David, and Negri, Andrew P. (2012) Chronic exposure of corals to fine sediments: lethal and sub-lethal impacts. PLoS ONE, 7 (5). e37795. pp. 1-12.

Abrego, David, Willis, Bette L., and van Oppen, Madeleine J.H. (2012) Impact of light and temperature on the uptake of algal symbionts by coral juveniles. PLoS ONE, 7 (11). e50311. pp. 1-9.

Bay, Line Kolind, Cumbo, Vivian Ruth, Abrego, David, Kool, Johnathan Travis, Ainsworth, Tracy Danielle, and Willis, Bette Lynn (2011) Infection dynamics vary between Symbiodinium types and cell surface treatments during establishment of endosymbiosis with coral larvae. Diversity, 3 (3). pp. 356-374.

Abrego, David A., van Oppen, Madeleine J.H., and Willis, Bette L. (2009) Onset of algal endosymbiont specificity varies among closely related species of Acropora corals during early ontogeny. Molecular Ecology, 18 (16). pp. 3532-3543.

Meyer, Eli, Aglyamova, Galina V., Wang, Shi, Buchanan-Carter, Jade, Abrego, David, Colbourne, John K., Willis, Bette L., and Matz, Mikhail V. (2009) Sequencing and de novo analysis of a coral larval transcriptome using 454 GSFlx. BMC Genomics, 10 (219). pp. 1-18.

Meyer, Eli, Davies, Sarah, Wang, Shi, Willis, Bette L., Abrego, David, Juenger, Thomas E., and Matz, Mikhail V. (2009) Genetic variation in responses to a settlement cue and elevated temperature in the reef-building coral Acropora millepora. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 392. pp. 81-92.

Abrego, David, van Oppen, Madeleine J.H., and Willis, Bette L. (2009) Highly infectious symbiont dominates initial uptake in coral juveniles. Molecular Ecology, 18. pp. 3518-3531.

Abrego, David, Ulstrup, Karin E., Willis, Bette L., and van Oppen, Madeleine J.H. (2008) Species-specific interactions between algal endosymbionts and coral hosts define their bleaching response to heat and light stress. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 275 (1648). pp. 2273-2282.

Abrego, David (2008) Temporal and environmental influences on the early establishment and maintenance of coral-symbiodinium symbioses. PhD thesis, James Cook University.