Leggat, William, Heron, Scott F., Fordyce, Alexander, Suggett, David J., and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2022) Experiment Degree Heating Week (eDHW) as a novel metric to reconcile and validate past and future global coral bleaching studies. Journal of Environmental Management, 301. 113919.

Kavazos, Christopher R.J., Ricci, Francesco, Leggat, William, Casey, Jordan, Choat, J. Howard, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2022) Intestinal Microbiome Richness of Coral Reef Damselfishes (Actinopterygii: Pomacentridae). Integrative Organismal Biology, 4 (1). obac026.

Page, C.E., Leggat, W., Heron, S.F., Fordyce, A.J., and Ainsworth, T.D. (2021) High flow conditions mediate damaging impacts of sub-lethal thermal stress on corals' endosymbiotic algae. Conservation Physiology, 9 (1). coab046.

Ainsworth, Tracy D., Leggat, William, Silliman, Brian R., Lantz, Coulson A., Bergman, Jessica L., Fordyce, Alexander J., Page, Charlotte E., Renzi, Juliana J., Morton, Joseph, Eakin, C. Mark, and Heron, Scott F. (2021) Rebuilding relationships on coral reefs: Coral bleaching knowledge-sharing to aid adaptation planning for reef users: Bleaching emergence on reefs demonstrates the need to consider reef scale and accessibility when preparing for, and responding to, coral bleaching. BioEssays, 43 (9). 2100048.

Gierz, Sarah, Ainsworth, Tracy D., and Leggat, William (2020) Diverse symbiont bleaching responses are evident from 2-degree heating week bleaching conditions as thermal stress intensifies in coral. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71 (9). pp. 1149-1160.

Fordyce, Alexander J., Ainsworth, Tracy D., Heron, Scott F., and Leggat, William (2019) Marine heatwave hotspots in coral reef environments: physical drivers, ecophysiological outcomes and impact upon structural complexity. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. 498.

Leggat, William P., Camp, Emma F., Suggett, David J., Heron, Scott F., Fordyce, Alexander J., Gardner, Stephanie, Deakin, Lachlan, Turner, Michael, Beeching, Levi J., Kuzhiumparambil, Unnikrishnan, Eakin, C. Mark, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2019) Rapid coral decay is associated with marine heatwave mortality events on reefs. Current Biology, 29 (16). pp. 2723-2730.

Page, Charlotte E., Leggat, William, Heron, Scott F., Choukroun, Severine M., Lloyd, Jon, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2019) Seeking resistance in coral reef ecosystems: the interplay of biophysical factors and bleaching resistance under a changing climate: the interplay of a reef's biophysical factors can mitigate the coral bleaching response. BioEssays, 41 (7). 1800226.

Robbins, Steven J., Singleton, Caitlin M., Chan, Cheong Xin, Messer, Lauren F., Geers, Aileen U., Ying, Hua, Baker, Alexander, Bell, Sara C., Morrow, Kathleen M., Ragan, Mark A., Miller, David J., Forêt, Sylvain, Voolstra, Christian R., Tyson, Gene W., Bourne, David G., Ball, Eldon, Beeden, Roger, Berumen, Michael, Aranda, Manuel, Ravasi, Timothy, Bongaerts, Pim, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Cooke, Ira, Leggat, Bill, Sprungala, Susanne, Fitzgerald, Anna, Shang, Catherine, Lundgren, Petra, Fyffe, Theresa, Rubino, Francesco, van Oppen, Madeleine, Weynberg, Karen, and Bells, Sara C. (2019) A genomic view of the reef-building coral Porites lutea and its microbial symbionts. Nature Microbiology, 4 (12). pp. 2090-2100.

Hernandez-Agreda, Alejandra, Leggat, William, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2019) A place for taxonomic profiling in the study of the coral prokaryotic microbiome. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 366 (6). fnz063.

Hernandez-Agreda, Alejandra, Leggat, William, Bongaerts, Pim, Herrera, Cesar, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2018) Rethinking the coral microbiome: simplicity exists within a diverse microbial biosphere. mBio, 9 (5).

Hernandez-Agreda, Alejandra, Leggat, William, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2018) A comparative analysis of microbial DNA preparation methods for use with massive and branching coral growth forms. Frontiers In Microbiology, 9. 2146.

Suggett, David J., Warner, Mark E., and Leggat, William (2017) Symbiotic dinoflagellate functional diversity mediates coral survival under ecological crisis. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 32 (10). pp. 735-745.

Gierz, Sarah, Forêt, Sylvain, and Leggat, William (2017) Transcriptomic analysis of thermally stressed Symbiodinium reveals differential expression of stress and metabolism genes. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8. 271. pp. 1-20.

Bonesso, Joshua Louis, Leggat, William, and Ainsworth, Tracy Danielle (2017) Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury. PeerJ, 5. e3719.

Pontasch, Stefanie, Fisher, Paul L., Krueger, Thomas, Dove, Sophie, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Leggat, William, and Davy, Simon K. (2017) Photoacclimatory and photoprotective responses to cold versus heat stress in high latitude reef corals. Journal of Phycology, 53 (2). pp. 308-321.

Prazeres, Martina, Ainsworth, Tracy, Roberts, T. Edward, Pandolfi, John M., and Leggat, William (2017) Symbiosis and microbiome flexibility in calcifying benthic foraminifera of the Great Barrier Reef. Microbiome, 5 (38).

Ainsworth, Tracy D., Heron, Scott F., Ortiz, Juan Carlos, Mumby, Peter J., Grech, Alana, Ogawa, Daisie, Eakin, C. Mark, and Leggat, William (2016) Climate change disables coral bleaching protection on the Great Barrier Reef. Science, 352 (6283). pp. 338-342.

Gierz, Sarah L., Gordon, Benjamin R., and Leggat, William (2016) Integral light-harvesting complex expression in Symbiodinium within the coral Acropora aspera under thermal stress. Scientific Reports, 6. 25081.

Hernandez-Agreda, Alejandra, Leggat, William, Bongaerts, Pim, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2016) The microbial signature provides insight into the mechanistic basis of coral success across reef habitats. mBio, 7 (4). e00560-16. pp. 1-10.

Krueger, Thomas, Hawkins, Thomas D., Becker, Susanne, Pontasch, Stefanie, Dove, Sophie, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Leggat, William, Fisher, Paul L., and Davy, Simon K. (2015) Differential coral bleaching-contrasting the activity and response of enzymatic antioxidants in symbiotic partners under thermal stress. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - Part A: Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 190. pp. 15-25.

van De Water, Jeroen A.J.M., Leggat, William, Bourne, David G., Van Oppen, Madeleine J.H., Willis, Bette L., and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2015) Elevated seawater temperatures have a limited impact on the coral immune response following physical damage. Hydrobiologia, 759 (1). pp. 201-214.

Ainsworth, T.D., Knack, B., Ukani, L., Seneca, F., Weiss, Y., and Leggat, W. (2015) In situ hybridisation detects pro-apoptotic gene expression of a Bcl-2 family member in white syndrome-affected coral. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 117 (2). pp. 155-163.

Veilleux, Heather D., Ryu, Taewoo, Donelson, Jennifer M., Van Herwerden, Lynne, Seridi, Loqmane, Ghosheh, Yanal, Berumen, Michael L., Leggat, William, Ravasi, Timothy, and Munday, Philip L. (2015) Molecular processes of transgenerational acclimation to a warming ocean. Nature Climate Change, 5. pp. 1074-1078.

Voolstra, Christian R., Miller, David J., Ragan, Mark A., Hoffmann, Ary A., Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Bourne, David G., Ball, Eldon E., Ying, Hua, Forêt, Sylvain, Takahashi, Shunichi, Weynberg, Karen D., Van Oppen, Madeleine J.H., Morrow, Kathleen, Chan, Cheong Xin, Rosic, Nedeljka, Leggat, William, Sprungala, Susanne, Imelfort, Michael, Tyson, Gene W., Kassahn, Karin S., Lundgren, Petra, Beeden, Roger J., Ravasi, Timothy, Berumen, Michael L., Abal, Eva, and Fyffe, Theresa (2015) The ReFuGe 2020 Consortium: using "omics" approaches to explore the adaptability and resilience of coral holobionts to environmental change. Frontiers in Marine Science, 2. 68. pp. 1-8.

Krueger, Thomas, Fisher, Paul L., Becker, Susanne, Pontasch, Stefanie, Dove, Sophie, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Leggat, William, and Davy, Simon K. (2015) Transcriptomic characterization of the enzymatic antioxidants FeSOD, MnSOD, APX and KatG in the dinoflagellate genus Symbiodinium. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 15. 48. pp. 1-20.

Ainsworth, Tracy D., Krause, Lutz, Bridge, Thomas, Torda, Gergely, Raina, Jean-Baptiste, Zakrzewski, Martha, Gates, Ruth D., Padilla-Gamino, Jacqueline L., Spalding, Heather L., Smith, Celia, Woolsey, Erika S., Bourne, David G., Bongaerts, Pim, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, and Leggat, Bill (2015) The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts. ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 9. pp. 2261-2274.

van de Water, A.J.M., Ainsworth, Tracy D., Leggat, William, Bourne, David G., Willis, Bette L., and Van Oppen, Madeleine J.H. (2015) The coral immune response facilitates protection against microbes during tissue regeneration. Molecular Ecology, 24 (13). pp. 3390-3404.

Krueger, Thomas, Becker, Susanne, Pontasch, Stefanie, Dove, Sophie, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Leggat, William, Fisher, Paul L., and Davy, Simon K. (2014) Antioxidant plasticity and thermal sensitivity in four types of Symbiodinium sp. Journal of Phycology, 50 (6). pp. 1035-1047.

Ogawa, D., Bobeszko, T., Ainsworth, T., and Leggat, W. (2013) The combined effects of temperature and CO₂ lead to altered gene expression in Acropora aspera. Coral Reefs, 32 (4). pp. 895-907.

Chua, Chia-Miin, Leggat, William, Moya, Aurelie, and Baird, Andrew H. (2013) Near-future reductions in pH will have no consistent ecological effects on the early life-history stages of reef corals. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 486. pp. 143-151.

Rosic, Nedeljka N., Leggat, William, Kaniewska, Paulina, Dove, Sophie, and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2013) New-old hemoglobin-like proteins of symbiotic dinoflagellates. Ecology and Evolution, 3 (4). pp. 822-834.

Chua, Chia-Miin, Leggat, William, Moya, Aurelie, and Baird, Andrew (2013) Temperature affects the early life history stages of corals more than near future ocean acidification. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 475. pp. 85-92.

Gordon, Benjamin R., Leggat, William, and Motti, Cherie A. (2013) Extraction protocol for nontargeted NMR and LC-MS metabolomics-based analysis of hard coral and their algal symbionts. In: Roessner, Ute, and Dias, Daniel Anthony, (eds.) Metabolomics Tools for Natural Product Discovery. Methods in Molecular Biology, 1055 . Humana Press, New York, NY, USA, pp. 129-147.

Chua, Chia-Miin, Schupp, Peter, Leggat, William, and Baird, Andrew (2012) Effects of ocean acidification on metamorphosis: brooding and spawning larvae. In: Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium. 8D_1. pp. 1-5. From: 12th International Coral Reef Symposium, 9-13 July 2012, Cairns, QLD, Australia.

Boldt, Lynda, Yellowlees, David, and Leggat, William (2012) Hyperdiversity of genes encoding integral light-harvesting proteins in the dinoflagellate Symbiodinium sp. PLoS ONE, 7 (10). e47456. pp. 1-13.

Ainsworth, T.D., Wasmund, K., Ukani, L., Seneca, F., Yellowlees, D., Miller, D., and Leggat, W. (2011) Defining the tipping point. A complex cellular life/death balance in corals in response to stress. Scientific Report, 1. 160. pp. 1-9.

Leggat, William, Seneca, Francois, Wasmund, Kenneth, Ukani, Lubna, Yellowlees, David, and Ainsworth, Tracy D. (2011) Differential responses of the coral host and their algal symbiont to thermal stress. PLoS ONE, 6 (10). e26687. pp. 1-11.

Leggat, William, Yellowlees, David, and Medina, Monica (2011) Recent progress in Symbiodinium transcriptomics. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 408 (1-2). pp. 120-125.

Kvennefors, E. Charlotte E., Leggat, William, Kerr, Caroline C., Ainsworth, Tracy D., Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, and Barnes, Andrew C. (2010) Analysis of evolutionarily conserved innate immune components in coral links immunity and symbiosis. Developmental and Comparative Immunology, 34 (11). pp. 1219-1229.

Boldt, L., Yellowlees, D., and Leggat, W. (2010) Measuring Symbiodinium sp. gene expression patterns with quantitative real-time PCR. In: Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium. pp. 118-122. From: 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, 7 - 11 July 2008, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

Gordon, Benjamin R., and Leggat, William (2010) Symbiodinium-invertebrate symbioses and the role of metabolomics. Marine Drugs, 8 (10). pp. 2546-2568.

Voolstra, Christian R., Sunagawa, Shinichi, Schwarz, Jodi A., Coffroth, Mary Alice, Yellowlees, Dave, Leggat, William, and Medina, Monica (2009) Evolutionary analysis of orthologous cDNA sequences from cultured and symbiotic dinoflagellate symbionts of reef-building corals (Dinophyceae: Symbiodinium). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part D: Genomics and Proteomics, 4 (2). pp. 67-74.

Reef, Ruth, Dunn, Simon, Levy, Oren, Dove, Sophie, Shemesh, Eli, Brickner, Itzchak, Leggat, William, and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2009) Photoreactivation is the main repair pathway for UV-induced DNA damage in coral planulae. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212. pp. 2760-2766.

Ainsworth, T.D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., and Leggat, W. (2008) Imaging the fluorescence of marine invertebrates and their associated flora. Journal of Microscopy, 232 (2). pp. 197-199.

Ainsworth, T.D., Hoegh-Guldberg, O., Heron, S.F., Skirving, W.J., and Leggat, W. (2008) Early cellular changes are indicators of pre-bleaching thermal stress in the coral host. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 364 (2). pp. 63-71.

Yellowlees, David, Rees, T. Alwyn V., and Leggat, William (2008) Metabolic interactions between algal symbionts and invertebrate hosts. Plant, Cell & Environment, 31 (5). pp. 679-694.

Middlebrook, Rachael, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, and Leggat, William (2008) The effect of thermal history on the susceptibility of reef-building corals to thermal stress. Journal of Experimental Biology, 211 (7). pp. 1050-1056.

Yellowlees, David, and Leggat, William (2008) Heat shock. Australasian Science, 29 (4). pp. 34-35.

Kvennefors, E. Charlotte E., Leggat, William, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Degnan, Bernard M., and Barnes, Andrew C. (2008) An ancient and variable mannose-binding lectin from the coral Acropora millepora binds both pathogens and symbionts. Developmental & Comparative Immunology, 32 (12). pp. 1582-1592.

Levy, O., Appelbaum, L., Leggat, W., Gothlif, Y., Hayward, D.C., Miller, D.J., and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2007) Light-responsive cryptochromes from a simple multicellular animal, the coral Acropora millepora. Science, 318 (5849). pp. 467-470.

Baird, Andrew H., Cumbo, Vivian R., Leggat, Bill, and Rodriguez-Lanetty, Mauricio (2007) Fidelity and flexibility in coral symbioses. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 347. pp. 307-309.

Leggat, William, Ainsworth, Tracy, Bythell, John, Dove, Sophie, Gates, Ruth, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Iglesias-Prieto, Roberto, and Yellowlees, David (2007) The hologenome theory disregards the coral holobiont. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 5. - .

Leggat, William, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, Dove, Sophie, and Yellowlees, David (2007) Analysis of an EST library from the dinoflagellate (Symbiodinium sp.) symbiont of reef-building corals. Journal of Phycology, 43 (5). pp. 1010-1021.

Yarden, Oded, Ainsworth, Tracy D., Roff, George, Leggat, William, Fine, Maoz, and Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove (2007) Increased prevalence of ubiquitous ascomycetes in an acropoid coral (Acropora formosa) exhibiting symptoms of brown band syndrome and skeletal eroding band. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 73 (8). pp. 2755-2757.

Leggat, W., Ainsworth, T.D., Dove, S., and Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (2006) Aerial exposure influences bleaching patterns. Coral Reefs, 25 (3). p. 452.

Edmunds, Peter J., Gates, Ruth D., Leggat, William, Hoegh-Guldberg, Ove, and Allen-Requa, Laurie (2005) The effect of temperature on the size and population density of dinoflagellates in larvae of the reef coral Porites astreoides. Invertebrate Biology, 124 (3). pp. 185-193.

Leggat, William, Dixon, Ross, Saleh, Said, and Yellowlees, David (2005) A novel carbonic anhydrase from the giant clam Tridacna gigas contains two carbonic anhydrase domains. FEBS journal, 272 (13). pp. 3297-3305.

Leggat, William, Whitney, Spencer, and Yellowlees, David (2004) Is coral bleaching due to the instability of the zooxanthellae dark reactions? Symbiosis, 37 (1-3). pp. 137-153.

Leggat, W., Buck, B.H., Grice, A., and Yellowlees, D. (2003) The impact of bleaching on the metabolic contribution of dinoflagellate symbionts to their giant clam host. Plant, Cell & Environment, 26 (12). pp. 1951-1961.

Leggat, William, Marendy, Elessa M., Baillie, Brett, Whitney, Spencer M., Ludwig, Martha, Badger, Murray R., and Yellowlees, David (2002) Dinoflagellate symbioses: strategies and adaptations for the acquisition and fixation of inorganic carbon. Functional Plant Biology, 29 (3). pp. 309-322.

Leggat, W.P., Rees, T.A.V., and Yellowlees, D. (2000) Meeting the photosynthetic demand for inorganic carbon in an alga-invertebrate association: preferential use of CO2 by symbionts in the giant clam Tridacna gigas. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 267 (1442). pp. 523-529.