Publications

New Book: A Natural History of the Emirates

Editor: John A. Burt

Provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the nature and environment of the Emirates. Includes contributions from over 20 leading experts on UAE ecosystems and biota. Explores the challenges of human-environment interactions in a rapidly developing nation. This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access.

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2024 Publications

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Last updated 2024 September.

Burt, John A., Juan Pablo Torres-Florez, Mattie Rodrigue, Cassidy Nelson, and Mika Chance. 2024. "First Record of Bramble Sharks, Echinorhinus brucus (Echinorhiniformes, Echinorhinidae), in the United Arab Emirates" Diversity 16, no. 10: 614. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16100614

Bento, R., Pentti, R., & Burt, J. A. (2024). Abu Dhabi coral reef composition and live coral cover for July 2024. Report to the Environment Agency-Abu Dhabi, UAE. pp. 1-5.

Burt, J. A. (2024). From Phoenix to Sisyphus: Climate change impacts and intervention strategies for Arabian Gulf coral reefs. Journal of Coastal Research, 113, 837-843. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI113-165.1

Cavalcante, G. H., Vieira, F., Bento, R., Bartholomew, A., & Burt, J. A. (2024). Oceanographic variability in Sir Bu Nair Island (Arabian/Persian Gulf) based on in situ observations. Journal of Coastal Research, 113, 410-414. https://doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI113-081.1

Mohan, M., Dutta Roy, A., Montenegro, J. F., Watt, M. S., Burt, J. A., Shapiro, A., Ouerfelli, D., Daniel, R., de-Miguel, S., Ali, T., Ortega Pardo, M., Al Sayah, M., Aboobacker, V. M., El Beyrouthy, N., Reef, R., Adrah, E., AlMealla, R., Pitumpe Arachchige, P. S., Selvam, P., Wan Mohd Jaafar, W. S., Sujud, L., Bahzad, J., Alawatte, I., Hussein, S., López-Martínez, C., Sidik, F., Nithyanandan, M., Abdullah, M., Al-Khalid, M., Abulibdeh, A., & Cardil, A. (2024). Mangrove forest regeneration age map and drivers of restoration success in Gulf Cooperation Council countries from satellite imagery. Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment, 36, 101345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsase.2024.101345

Pentti, R., Rivoira, B., Amin, S., Burt, J. A., & Paparella, F. (2024). Probing the depths: NYU Abu Dhabi collaborates with OceanX for marine research on the UAE’s coasts. Divers for the Environment, 20(1), 72-77. https://issuu.com/allylandes/docs/eda_march_issue_2024_issuu/72

Dahy B, Al-Memari M, Al-Gergawi A and Burt JA (2024) Remote sensing of 50 years of coastal urbanization and environmental change in the Arabian Gulf: a systematic review. Front. Remote Sens. https://doi.org/10.3389/frsen.2024.1422910

Moussa, Lara G., Midhun Mohan, Nicola Burmeister, Shalini A. L. King, John A. Burt, Stefanie M. Rog, Michael S. Watt, Susantha Udagedara, Lara Sujud, Jorge F. Montenegro, and et al. 2024. "Mangrove Ecotourism Along the Coasts of the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review" Land 13, no. 9: 1351. https://doi.org/10.3390/land13091351

Firth, L., Bone J., Bartholomew A., Bishop M., Bugnot A., Bulleri F., Chee SY, Burt, JA, et al. "Coastal Greening of Grey Infrastructure: An Update on the State-of-the-Art." Maritime Engineering 177, no. 2 (2024): 35-67. https://doi.org/10.1680/jmaen.2023.003.

Burt, JA. "From Phoenix to Sisyphus: Climate Change Impacts and Intervention Strategies for Arabian Gulf Coral Reefs." Journal of Coastal Research 113 (2024). https://doi.org/10.2112/JCR-SI113-165.1.

Johansen, JL., Mitchell MD, Vaughan GO, Ripley DM, Shiels HA, Burt JA. "Impacts of Ocean Warming on Fish Size Reductions on the World’s Hottest Coral Reefs." Nature Communications 15, no. 1 (2024/07/01 2024): 5457. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-49459-8.

Aeby, G., Ben-Hamadou R., Burt JA, Padierna ML, Range P., Riegl B., Salimi M., Torquato P. "Coral Reefs in the World’s Warmest Sea: The Paradoxical Vulnerability of the World’s Most Robust Corals." Chap. 6 In Coral Reefs and Associated Marine Fauna around the Arabian Peninsula, edited by Rasul N. and Steward I., 60-76. London: CRC Press, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003321392-7

Dutta Roy, A., Pitumpe Arachchige PS, Watt MS, Kale A., Davies M., Eu Heng J., Daneil R., Burt, JA, et al. "Remote Sensing-Based Mangrove Blue Carbon Assessment in the Asia-Pacific: A Systematic Review." Science of The Total Environment 938 (2024): 173270. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.173270.

Reimer, JD, Peixoto RS, Davies SW, Traylor-Knowles N., Short ML, Cabral-Tena RA, Burt JA, et al. "The Fourth Global Coral Bleaching Event: Where Do We Go from Here?". Coral Reefs (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-024-02504-w.

LACHKAR, ZOUHAIR, Michael Mehari, Francesco Francesco Paparella, and John A. Burt. "Acceleration of warming, deoxygenation and acidification in the Arabian Gulf driven by weakening of summer winds." Authorea Preprints (2024). https://doi.org/10.22541/essoar.171405630.01001102/v1

Al-Yamani, FY., Burt JA, Goes JI, Jones B., Nagappa R., Murty VSN, Polikarpov I., et al. "Physical and Biogeochemical Characteristics of the Indian Ocean Marginal Seas." Chap. 16 In The Indian Ocean and Its Role in the Global Climate System, edited by Ummenhofer CC and Hood RR, 365-91. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-822698-8.00008-1

Ben-Hasan, A., Vahabnezhad A., Burt JA, Alrushaid T., Walters CJ. "Fishery Implications of Smaller Asymptotic Body Size: Insights from Fish in an Extreme Environment." Fisheries Research 271 (2024): 106918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106918.

Griffiths, MH, Wade CM, D’Agostino D., Berumen ML, Burt JA, DiBattista JD, Feary DA. "Phylogeography of a Commercially Important Reef Fish, Lutjanus Ehrenbergii, from the Coastal Waters of the Arabian Peninsula." Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2024). https://doi.org/10.1093/biolinnean/blad170.

Friis, G., Smith EG, Lovelock CE, Ortega A., Marshell A., Duarte CM, Burt JA. "Rapid Diversification of Grey Mangroves (Avicennia Marina) Driven by Geographic Isolation and Extreme Environmental Conditions in the Arabian Peninsula." Molecular Ecology (2024): e17260. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17260.

Al-Gergawi, A., Al-Memari M., Vaughan G., Burt JA. "The Growing Role of Women in Coral Reef Research in the Gulf Cooperation Council." Biological Conservation 289 (2024): 110411. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2023.110411.

2023 Publications

Rondon, Marcela, Ewane Basil Ewane, Meshal M. Abdullah, Michael S. Watt, Austin Blanton, Ammar Abulibdeh, John A. Burt et al. "Remote sensing-based assessment of mangrove ecosystems in the Gulf Cooperation Council countries: a systematic review." Frontiers in Marine Science (2023).

Paparella, Francesco, and John A. Burt. "Climate of the United Arab Emirates: Present, Past and Impacts on Life." In A Natural History of the Emirates, pp. 65-94. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Burt, John A. "Coral Reefs of the Emirates." In A Natural History of the Emirates, pp. 325-351. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Burt, John A., and Francesco Paparella. "The Marine Environment of the Emirates." In A Natural History of the Emirates, pp. 95-117. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Burt, John A., Noura Al-Mansoori, Ivonne Bejarano, Gary Brown, Oscar Campbell, Johannes Els, Gary R. Feulner et al. "The Emirates at 2050: Balancing Development and Environmental Stewardship." In A Natural History of the Emirates, pp. 735-748. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Burt, John A., Oscar Campbell, and Jacky Judas. "Cities as Ecosystems in the Emirates." In A Natural History of the Emirates, pp. 703-731. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Burt, John A. "A Natural History of the Emirates: An Introduction." In A Natural History of the Emirates, pp. 1-9. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2023.

Burt, John A., ed. A Natural History of the Emirates. Springer Nature, 2023.

Burt, John A. "The Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network (GCRMN): Values of a long-term partnership." (2023).

Vaughan, Grace O., Holly A. Shiels, and John A. Burt. "Seasonal variation in reef fish assemblages in the environmentally extreme southern Persian/Arabian Gulf." Coral Reefs 40, no. 2 (2021): 405-416.

Previous Publications

Paparella F, D’Agostino D, A. Burt J (2022) Long-term, basin-scale salinity impacts from desalination in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Scientific Reports 12:20549 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25167-5

Bartholomew A, Burt JA, Firth LB (2022) Artificial reefs in the Arabian Gulf: Benefits, challenges and recommendations for policy-makers. Regional Studies in Marine Science:102723 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2022.102723

Ketchum RN, Davidson PL, Smith EG, Wray GA, Burt JA, Ryan JF, Reitzel AM (2022) A chromosome-level genome assembly of the highly heterozygous sea urchin Echinometra sp. EZ reveals adaptation in the regulatory regions of stress response genes. Genome Biology and Evolution 14 https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evac144

Bouwmeester J, Ben-Hamadou R, Range P, Al Jamali F, Burt JA (2022) Spatial patterns of reef fishes and corals in the thermally extreme waters of Qatar. Frontiers in Marine Science 9 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.989841

Lachkar Z, Mehari M, Lévy M, Paparella F, Burt JA (2022) Recent expansion and intensification of hypoxia in the Arabian Gulf and its drivers. Frontiers in Marine Science 9 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2022.891378

Nelson DR, Chaiboonchoe A, Hazzouri KM, Khraiwesh B, Alzahmi A, Jaiswal A, Friis G, Burt JA, Amiri KMA, Salehi-Ashtiani K (2022) Tissue-specific transcriptomes outline halophyte adaptive strategies in the gray mangrove (Avicennia marina). Agronomy 12:2030 https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy12092030

Howells EJ, Hagedorn M, Van Oppen MJH, Burt JA (2022) Challenges of sperm cryopreservation in transferring heat adaptation of corals across ocean basins. PeerJ 10:e13395 https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13395

Smith EG, Hazzouri KM, Choi JY, Delaney P, Al-Kharafi M, Howells EJ, Aranda M, Burt JA (2022) Signatures of selection underpinning rapid coral adaptation to the world's warmest reefs. Science Advances 8:eabl7287 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abl7287
Lincoln S, Buckley P, Howes EL, Maltby KM, Pinnegar JK, Ali TS, Alosairi Y, Al-Ragum A, Baglee A, Balmes CO, Hamadou RB, Burt JA, Claereboudt M, Glavan J, Mamiit RJ, Naser HAA, Sedighi O, Shokri MR, Shuhaibar B, Wabnitz CCC, Le Quesne WJF (2021) A regional review of marine and coastal impacts of climate change on the ROPME Sea Area. Sustainability 13:13810 https://doi.org/10.3390/su132413810

Burt J, Range P, Claereboudt M, Al-Mealla R, Salimi P, Salimi M, Ben-Hamadou R, Bolouki M, Bouwmeester J, Taylor O, Wilson S (2021) Chapter 4. Status and trends of coral reefs of the ROPME Sea Area. In: Souter D, Planes S, Wicquart J, Logan M, Obura D, Staub F (eds) Status of Coral Reefs of the World: 2020. Global Coral Reef Monitoring Network & United Nations Environment Programme, Lausanne, Swizerland, pp1-13. https://gcrmn.net/wp- content/uploads/2021/10/Chapter-4.-Status-and-trends-of-coral-reefs-of-the-ROPME-Sea-Area.pdf

de Verneil A, Burt JA, Mitchell M, Paparella F (2021) Summer oxygen dynamics on a southern Arabian Gulf coral reef. Frontiers in Marine Science 8:1676 https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.781428

Burt J, Bartholomew A, Firth L (2021) Policy and management considerations for artificial reefs in the Arabian Gulf. Policy Paper No 51. Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi Foundation for Policy Research, UAE 1-31 https://f.hubspotusercontent10.net/hubfs/5081768/Policy%20Paper%2051.pdf

Le Quesne WJF, Fernand L, Ali TS, Andres O, Antonpoulou M, Burt JA, Dougherty WW, Edson PJ, El Kharraz J, Glavan J, Mamiit RJ, Reid KD, Sajwani A, Sheahan D (2021) Is the development of desalination compatible with sustainable development of the Arabian Gulf? Marine Pollution Bulletin 173:112940 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112940

Howells EJ, Abrego D, Liew YJ, Burt JA, Meyer E, Aranda M (2021) Enhancing the heat tolerance of reef-building corals to future warming. Science Advances 7:eabg6070 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abg6070

Torquato F, Bouwmeester J, Range P, Marshell A, Priest MA, Burt JA, Møller PR, Ben-Hamadou R (2021) Population genetic structure of a major reef-building coral species Acropora downingi in northeastern Arabian Peninsula. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021-02158-y

Melville-Rea H, Eayrs C, Anwahi N, Burt JA, Holland D, Samara F, Paparella F, Murshidi A, Al- Shehhi M, Holland D (2021) A roadmap for policy-relevant sea-level rise research in the United Arab Emirates. Frontiers in Marine Science. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2021.670089

Erftemeijer PLA, Cambridge ML, Price BA, Ito S, Yamamoto H, Agastian T, Burt JA (2021) Enhancing growth of mangrove seedlings in the environmentally extreme Arabian Gulf using treated sewage sludge. Marine Pollution Bulletin 170:112595 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112595

Ketchum RN, Smith EG, Vaughan GO, McParland D, Al-Mansoori N, Burt JA, Reitzel AM (2021) Unraveling the predictive role of temperature in the gut microbiota of the sea urchin Echinometra sp. EZ across spatial and temporal gradients. Molecular Ecology 30:3869– 3881. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15990

Mateos-Molina D, Ben Lamine E, Antonopoulou M, Burt JA, Das HS, Javed S, Judas J, Khan SB, Muzaffar SB, Pilcher N, Rodriguez-Zarate CJ, Taylor OJS, Giakoumi S (2021) Synthesis and evaluation of coastal and marine biodiversity spatial information in the United Arab Emirates for ecosystem-based management. Marine Pollution Bulletin 167:112319 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112319

Fanning LM, Al-Naimi MN, Range P, Ali A-SM, Bouwmeester J, Al-Jamali F, Burt JA, Ben- Hamadou R (2021) Applying the ecosystem services - EBM framework to sustainably manage Qatar's coral reefs and seagrass beds. Ocean & Coastal Management 205:1-16 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2021.105566

D’Agostino D, Burt JA, Santinelli V, Vaughan GO, Fowler AM, Reader T, Taylor BM, Hoey AS, Cavalcante GH, Bauman AG, Feary DA (2021) Growth impacts in a changing ocean: insights from two coral reef fishes in an extreme environment. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-021- 02061-6

Bouwmeester J, Riera R, Range P, Ben-Hamadou R, Samimi-Namin K, Burt JA (2021) Coral and Reef Fish Communities in the Thermally Extreme Persian/Arabian Gulf: Insights into Potential Climate Change Effects. In: Rossi S, Bramanti L (eds) Perspectives on the Marine Animal Forests of the World Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp63-86 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030- 57054-5_3

Friis G, Vizueta J, Smith EG, Nelson DR, Khraiwesh B, Qudeimat E, Salehi-Ashtiani K, Ortega A, Marshell A, Duarte CM, Burt JA (2021) A high-quality genome assembly and annotation of the gray mangrove, Avicennia marina. G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics 11 https://doi.org/10.1093/g3journal/jkaa025

Baird AH, Guest JR, Burt JA et al. (2021) An Indo-Pacific coral spawning database. Scientific Data 8:1-9 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00793-8

Burt J, Killilea M, Rademacher A (2021) Unexpected Nature? Proliferating Mangroves on the Coast of Abu Dhabi. In: Durr E, Keller R (eds) Urban Environments as Spaces of Living in Transformation: Position Papers Collection. Urban Environments Initiative, Rachel Carson Center, Munich, Germany, pp44-47 https://urbanenv.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PDF- Collection.pdf#page=45

Vaughan GO, Shiels HA, Burt JA (2021) Seasonal variation in reef fish assemblages in the environmentally extreme southern Persian/Arabian Gulf. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-02041-2
Mateos-Molina D, Antonopoulou M, Baldwin R, Bejarano I, Burt JA, Garcia-Charton JA, Al- Ghais SM, Walgamage J, Taylor OJS (2020) Applying an integrated approach to coastal marine habitat mapping in the north-western United Arab Emirates. Marine Environmental

Brandl SJ, Johansen JL, Casey JM, Tornabene L, Morais RA, Burt JA (2020) Extreme environmental conditions reduce coral reef fish biodiversity and productivity. Nature Communications 11:3832 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17731-2

Ketchum RN, Smith EG, DeBiasse MB, Vaughan GO, McParland D, Leach WB, Al-Mansoori N, Ryan JF, Burt JA, Reitzel AM (2020) Population genomic analyses of the sea urchin Echinometra sp. EZ across an extreme environmental gradient. Genome Biology and Evolution https://doi.org/10.1093/gbe/evaa150

Friis G, Burt JA (2020) Evolution of mangrove research in an extreme environment: Historical trends and future opportunities in Arabia. Ocean & Coastal Management 195:105288 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105288

D’Agostino D, Burt JA, Reader T, Vaughan GO, Chapman BB, Santinelli V, Cavalcante GH, Feary DA (2020) The influence of thermal extremes on coral reef fish behaviour in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Coral Reefs 39:733-744 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01847-z

Lamine EB, Mateos-Molina D, Antonopoulou M, Burt JA, Das HS, Javed S, Muzaffar S, Giakoumi S (2020) Identifying coastal and marine priority areas for conservation in the United Arab Emirates. Biodiversity and Conservation https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-02007-4

Howells E, Vaughan G, Work T, Burt J, Abrego D (2020) Annual outbreaks of coral disease coincide with extreme seasonal warming. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01946-2

Smith EG, Gurskaya A, Hume BCC, Voolstra CR, Todd PA, Bauman AG, Burt JA (2020) Low Symbiodiniaceae diversity in a turbid marginal reef environment. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01956-0

Burt JA, Camp EF, Enochs IC, Johansen JL, Morgan KM, Riegl B, Hoey AS (2020) Insights from extreme coral reefs in a changing world. Coral Reefs https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-020-01966-y

Valdor PF, Gómez AG, Steinberg P, Tanner E, Knights AM, Seitz RD, Airoldi L, Firth LB, Arvanitidis C, Ponti M, Chatzinikolaou E, Brooks PR, Crowe TP, Smith A, Méndez G, Ovejero A, Soares-Gomes A, Burt JA, MacLeod C, Juanes JA (2020) A global approach to mapping the environmental risk of harbours on aquatic systems. Marine Policy 119:104051 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2020.104051

Aeby GS, Howells E, Work T, Abrego D, Williams GJ, Wedding LM, Caldwell JM, Moritsch M, Burt JA (2020) Localized outbreaks of coral disease on Arabian reefs are linked to extreme temperatures and environmental stressors. Coral Reefs. 10.1007/s00338-020-01928-4

Howells EJ, Bauman AG, Vaughan GO, Hume BCC, Voolstra CR, Burt JA (2020) Corals in the hottest reefs in the world exhibit symbiont fidelity not flexibility. Molecular Ecology. 29:899-911. doi:10.1111/mec.15372

Liew YJ, Howells EJ, Wang X, Michell CT, Burt JA, Idaghdour Y, Aranda M (2020) Intergenerational epigenetic inheritance in reef-building corals. Nature Climate Change. doi:10.1038/s41558-019-0687-2
- 2019 Publications
  
  D’Agostino, Daniele, John A. Burt, Tom Reader, Grace O. Vaughan, Ben B. Chapman, Veronica Santinelli, Geórgenes H. Cavalcante, and David A. Feary. "The Influence of Thermal Extremes on Coral Reef Fish Behaviour in the Arabian/Persian Gulf." Coral Reefs (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00338-019-01847-z.
  
  Al-Mansoori, Noura, Dain McParland, Emily Howells, Andrew Bauman, and John A. Burt. "Coral Bioerosion on the Marginal Reefs of Northeastern Arabia." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management (2019): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2019.1677204.
  
  Hume, B. C. C., E. G. Smith, M. Ziegler, H. J. M. Warrington, J. A. Burt, T. C. LaJeunesse, J. Wiedenmann, and C.R. Voolstra. "Symportal: A Novel Analytical Framework and Platform for Coral Algal Symbiont Next-Generation Sequencing Its2 Profiling." Molecular Ecology Resources 19 (2019): 1063– 80. https://doi.org/doi:10.1111/1755-0998.13004.
  
  Burt, John A., and Andrew G. Bauman. "Suppressed Coral Settlement Following Mass Bleaching in the Southern Persian/Arabian Gulf." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management (2019): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1080/14634988.2019.1676024.
  
  Valdor, Paloma F., Aina G. Gómez, José A. Juanes, Camille Kerléguer, Peter Steinberg, Edwina Tanner, Catriona Macleod, John A. Burt, et al. "A Global Atlas of the Environmental Risk of Marinas on Water Quality." Marine Pollution Bulletin 149 (2019): 110661. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110661.
  
  Torquato, Felipe, Pedro Range, Radhouane Ben-Hamadou, Eva E. Sigsgaard, Philip F. Thomsen, Rodrigo Riera, Michael L. Berumen, et al. Consequences of marine barriers for genetic diversity of the coral‐specialist yellowbar angelfish from the Northwestern Indian Ocean. Ecol Evol. 2019; 00: 1– 12. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.5622
  
  Paparella, F., Xu, C., Vaughan, G. O., & Burt, J. A. (2019). Coral bleaching in the Persian/Arabian Gulf is modulated by summer winds. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, 205.
  
  Burt JA, Paparella F, Al-Mansoori N, Al-Mansoori A, Al-Jailani H (2019) "Causes and consequences of the 2017 coral bleaching event in the southern Persian/Arabian Gulf." Coral Reefs:DOI: 10.1007/s00338-00019-01767-y
  
  Buchanan, Jack R., Gina M. Ralph, Friedhelm Krupp, Heather Harwell, Mohamed Abdallah, Ebrahim Abdulqader, John Burt, et al. "Regional Extinction Risks for Marine Bony Fishes Occurring in the Persian/Arabian Gulf." Biological Conservation 230 (2019): 10-19.
  
  Burt, John A., Mary E. Killilea, and Suzanne Ciprut. "Coastal Urbanization and Environmental Change: Opportunities for Collaborative Education across a Global Network University." Regional Studies in Marine Science 26 (2019): 100501.
  
  Vaughan, G. O., Al-Mansoori, N., & Burt, J. (2019). The Arabian Gulf. In C. Sheppard (Ed.), World Seas: An Environmental Evaluation, second edition (Vol. 2, pp. 1-23). Amsterdam, NL: Elsevier Science.
  
  Burt, John A., and Aaron Bartholomew. "Towards More Sustainable Coastal Development in the Arabian Gulf: Opportunities for Ecological Engineering in an Urbanized Seascape." Marine Pollution Bulletin 142 (2019/05/01/ 2019): 93-102. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.03.024.
- 2018 Publications
  
  Ketchum, R. N., DeBiasse, M. B., Ryan, J. F., Burt, J. A., & Reitzel, A. M. (2018). The complete mitochondrial genome of the sea urchin, Echinometra sp. EZ. Mitochondrial DNA Part B, 3(2), 1225-1227. doi:10.1080/23802359.2018.1532335
  
  Ketchum, Remi N., Edward G. Smith, Grace O. Vaughan, Britney L. Phippen, Dain McParland, Noura Al-Mansoori, Tyler J. Carrier, John A. Burt, and Adam M. Reitzel. "DNA Extraction Method Plays a Significant Role When Defining Bacterial Community Composition in the Marine Invertebrate Echinometra mathaei." Frontiers in Marine Science 5, no. 255 (2018): doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00255.
  
  Kirk, N., Howells, E., Abrego, D., Burt, J., & Meyer, E. (2018). Genomic and transcriptomic signals of thermal tolerance in heat-tolerant corals (Platygyra daedalea) of the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Molecular Ecology, 27, 5180-5194. doi://10.1111/mec.14934
  
  Hume, Benjamin C. C., Cecilia D'Angelo, Edward G. Smith, Jamie R. Stevens, John A. Burt, and Jörg Wiedenmann. "Validation of the Binary Designation Symbiodinium thermophilum (Dinophyceae)." Journal of Phycology doi:10.1111/jpy.12764 (2018).
  
  Howells, Emily J., Glenn Dunshea, Dain McParland, Grace O. Vaughan, Scott F. Heron, Morgan S. Pratchett, John A. Burt, and Andrew G. Bauman. "Species-specific coral calcification responses to the extreme environment of the southern Persian Gulf." Frontiers in Marine Science 5 (2018): 56.
  
  Hume, Benjamin CC, Cecilia D'Angelo, John A. Burt, and Jörg Wiedenmann. "Fine-scale biogeographical boundary delineation and sub-population resolution in the Symbiodinium thermophilum coral symbiont group from the Persian/Arabian Gulf and Gulf of Oman." Frontiers in Marine Science (2018).
  
  Hoey, Andrew, Michael Berumen, Roberta Bonaldo, John Burt, David Feary, Carlos Ferriera, Sergio Floeter, and Yohei Nakamura. 2018. "The ecology of parrotfishes in marginal reef systems." In Biology of Parrotfishes, edited by Andrew Hoey and Roberta Bonaldo, 276-301. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press.
  
  Riegl, Bernhard, Matthew Johnston, Sam Purkis, Emily Howells, John Burt, Sascha CC Steiner, Charles RC Sheppard, and Andrew Bauman. "Population collapse dynamics in Acropora downingi, an Arabian/Persian Gulf ecosystem‐engineering coral, linked to rising temperature." Global change biology 24, no. 6 (2018): 2447-2462.
- Alhazeem, S. H., Burt, J. A., Alsaffar, A. H., Chen, W., & Al-Kandari, M. A. (2017). Long-Term Coral Community Stability in a Disturbed Marginal Reef in Kuwait. Journal of Water Resources and Ocean Science, 6(6), 85.
  
  Thornhill, D. J., Howells, E. J., Wham, D. C., Steury, T. D., & Santos, S. R. (2017). Population genetics of reef coral endosymbionts (Symbiodinium, Dinophyceae). Molecular Ecology.
  
  Smith, E. G., Ketchum, R. N., & Burt, J. A. (2017). Host specificity of Symbiodinium variants revealed by an ITS2 metahaplotype approach. The ISME Journal.
  
  Smith, Edward G., Cecilia D'angelo, Yoni Sharon, Dan Tchernov, and Joerg Wiedenmann. "Acclimatization of symbiotic corals to mesophotic light environments through wavelength transformation by fluorescent protein pigments." Proc. R. Soc. B 284, no. 1858 (2017): 20170320.
Hoey, A., Howells, E., Johansen, J., Hobbs, J.-P., Messmer, V., McCowan, D., Wilson, S., Pratchett, M. (2016) Recent advances in understanding the effects of climate change on coral reefs. Diversity 8:12

Gilmour, J., Underwood, J., Howells, E., Gates, E., Heyward, A. (2016) Biannual spawning and temporal reproductive isolation in Acropora corals. PLoS ONE 11: e0150916

Howells, E., Willis, B., Bay, L., van Oppen, M. (2016) Microsatellite allele sizes alone are insufficient to delineate species boundaries in Symbiodinium. Molecular Ecology 25: 2719-2723

Jin, Y., Lundgren, P., Lutz, A., Raina, J.B., Howells, E., Paley, A., Willis, B., van Oppen, M. (2016) Genetic markers for novel approaches in coral reef management and restoration. Science Advances 2: e1500842

Hume, B., Voolstra, C., Arif, C., D’Angelo, C., Burt, J., Wiedenmann, J. (2016). Ancestral genetic diversity associated with the rapid spread of stress-tolerant coral symbionts in response to Holocene climate change. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 113: 4416-4421.

Howells, E., Abrego, D., Meyer, E., Kirk, N., Burt, J. (2016). Host adaptation and unexpected symbiont partners enable reef-building corals to tolerate extreme temperatures. Global Change Biology. DOI: 10.1111/gcb.13250

Dawoud , S. Wiedenmann, J., D'Angelo, C., Baird, B., Pratchett, M.; Riegl, B., Burt, J. Petrov, P., Amos, C. (2016). Local bleaching thresholds established by remote sensing techniques vary among reefs with deviating bleaching patterns during the 2012 event in the Arabian/Persian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 105: 654-659.
Burt, J.A., Coles, S.L., Van Lavieren, H., Taylor, O., Looker, E., Samimi Namin, K., 2015. Oman's coral reefs: A unique ecosystem challenged by natural and man-related stresses and in need of conservation. Marine Pollution Bulletin, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.11.010

Bento, R., Hoey, A., Feary, D., Burt, J. (2015). The implications of recurrent disturbances within the world's hottest coral reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Buchanan, J., Krupp, F., Burt, J., Feary, D., Ralph, G., Carpenter, K. (2015). . Living on the edge: Vulnerability of coral-dependent fishes in the Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Cavalcante, G., Feary, D., Burt, J. (2015). The influence of extreme winds on coastal oceanography and its implications for coral population connectivity in the southern Arabian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Grizzle, R., Ward, K., AlShehhi, R., Burt, J. (2015). Current status of coral reefs in the United Arab Emirates: Distribution, extent, and community structure with implications for management. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Hoey, A., Feary, D., Burt, J., Vaughan, G., Pratchett, M., Berumen, M. (2015). Regional variation in the structure and function of parrotfishes on Arabian reefs. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Howells, E., Ketchum, R., Bauman, A., Mustafa, Y., Watkins, R., Burt, J. (2015). Species-specific trends in the reproductive output of corals across environmental gradients and bleaching histories. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Ketchum R., Dieng M., Vaughan G., Burt J., Idaghdour Y. (2015). "Levels of genetic diversity and taxonomic status of Epinephelus species in United Arab Emirates fish markets". Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Vaughan, G., Burt, J. (2015) The changing dynamics of coral reef science in Arabia. Marine Pollution Bulletin.

Burt, J., Smith, E., Warren, C., Dupont, J. (2015). An assessment of Qatar's coral communities in a regional context. Marine Pollution Bulletin. doi:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.09.025.

D'Angelo, C., Hume, B., Burt, J., Smith, E., Achterberg, E. P., & Wiedenmann, J. (2015). Local adaptation constrains the distribution potential of heat-tolerant Symbiodinium from the Persian/Arabian Gulf. ISME Journal. 1751-7362/15: 1-10.

Hume, B , D’Angelo, C, Smith, E, Stevens, J, Burt, J, Wiedenmann, J (2015). Symbiodinium thermophilus sp. nov., a thermotolerant symbiotic alga prevalent in corals of the world’s hottest sea, the Persian / Arabian Gulf. Nature's Scientific Reports. 5: 1-8.

Ross, Z., Burt, J. (2015) Unusual canopy architecture in the umbrella thorn acacia, Vachellia tortilis, in the United Arab Emirates. Journal of Arid Environments. 115: 62-65.

Coles, S., Looker, E., Burt, J. (2015). Twenty-year changes in coral near Muscat, Oman estimated from manta board tow observations. Marine Environmental Research. 103: 66-73

Bartholomew, A., Burt, J. (2015). Both decreasing interstructural space size and increasing total cover increase shrimp abundance on artificial structures deployed in a UAE seagrass bed. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 48(3): 213-220.
Howells. E, Abrego. D, Vaughan. G, Burt. J. (2014) Coral spawning in the Gulf of Oman and relationship to latitudinal variation in spawning season in the northwest Indian Ocean. Nature Scientific Reports. 4(7484):1-6.

Burt, J. (2014) The environmental costs of coastal urbanization in the Arabian Gulf. CITY: Analyses of urban trends, culture, theory, policy, action. 18: 760-770

Hume, B. C., D’Angelo, C., Cunnington, A., Smith, E. G., & Wiedenmann, J. (2014). The corallivorous flatworm Amakusaplana acroporae: an invasive species threat to coral reefs?. Coral Reefs. 33: 267-272.

Bauman A, Baird A, Burt J, Pratchett MS, Feary D (2014) Patterns of coral recruitment in an extreme environment: the southern Persian Gulf (Dubai, United Arab Emirates). Marine Ecology Progress Series 499:115-126

Burt J, van Lavieren H, Feary D (2014) Persian Gulf reefs: an important asset for climate science in urgent need of protection. Ocean Challenge. 20:49-56

Feary DA, Burt J, Bauman A, Al-Hazeem S, Abdel-Moati M, Al-Khalifa K, Anderson D, Amos C, Baker A, Bartholomew A, Bento R, Cavalcante G, Chen A, Coles S, Dabo K, Fowler A, George D, Grandcourt E, Hill R, John D, Jones D, Keshavmurthy S, Mahmoud H, Tapehu M, Mostafaviv P, Naser H, Pichon M, Purkis S, Riegl B, Samimi-Namin K, Sheppard C, Samiei J, Voolstra C, Wiedenmann J. Critical research needs for identifying future changes in Persian Gulf coral reef ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 72:406-416
Smith, E. G., D’Angelo, C., Salih, A., & Wiedenmann, J. (2013). Screening by coral green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like chromoproteins supports a role in photoprotection of zooxanthellae. Coral reefs. 32: 463-474.

Hume, B., D’Angelo, C., Burt, J., Baker, A., Riegl, B., Wiedenmann, J. (2013). Porites lobata from the Persian/Arabian Gulf as a model for heat-stress tolerant corals. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 72:313-322

Wiedenmann, J., D’Angelo, C., Smith, E. G., Hunt, A. N., Legiret, F. E., Postle, A. D., & Achterberg, E. P. (2013). Nutrient enrichment can increase the susceptibility of reef corals to bleaching. Nature Climate Change. 3:160-164.
Bauman A, Feary D, Heron S, Pratchett MS, Burt J (2012) Multiple environmental factors influence the spatial distribution and structure of reef communities in the northeastern Arabian Peninsula. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 72:302-312

Burt, J; Al-Khalifa, K. Khalaf, E; AlShuwaikh, B; Abdulwahab, A. (2012). The continuing decline of coral reefs in Bahrain. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 72:357-363

Burt, J., Feary, D., Cavalcante, G., Bauman, A., Usseglio, P., (2012). Urban breakwaters as reef fish habitat in the Persian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 72:342-350

Pratchett, M. Hoey, A. Feary, D. Bauman, A. Burt, J. Riegl, B. (2012). Functional composition of Chaetodon butterflyfishes at a peripheral and extreme coral reef location, the southern Persian Gulf. Marine Pollution Bulletin. 72:333-341

Burt, J., Bartholomew, A., Feary, D. (2012). The ecological role of man-made structures in the Gulf. In B. Riegl and S. Purkis. Coral Reefs of the Gulf. Springer, NL. Pp 171-186.

D’Angelo, C., E. Smith, F. Oswald, J. Burt, D. Tchernov, and J. Wiedenmann. (2012). Locally accelerated growth is part of the innate immune response and repair mechanisms in reef-building corals as detected by green fluorescent protein (GFP)-like pigments. Coral Reefs. 31:1045-1056

Feary, D.A., Burt, J.A., Cavalcante, G.H., Bauman, A.G. (2012). Extreme physical factors and the structure of Gulf communities. In: B. Riegl and S. Purkis. Coral Reefs of the Gulf. Springer, NL. Pp 163-170.
Burt, Al-Harthi, S., Al-Cibahy, A. (2011). Long-term impacts of bleaching events on the world's warmest reefs. Marine Environmental Research. 72: 225-229.

Feary, D., Burt, J., Bartholomew, A. (2011). Artificial marine habitats in the Arabian Gulf: A review of current use, benefits, and management implications. Ocean & Coastal Management. 54:742-749

van Lavieren, H., Burt, J., Feary, D., Cavalcante, G., Marquis, E., Benedetti, L., Trick, C., Kjerfve, B., Sale, P.F., (2011). Managing the growing impacts of development on fragile coastal and marine systems: Lessons from the Gulf. A Policy Report, United Nations University - Institute for Water, Environment, and Health. Hamilton, ON, Canada. Pp 1-83

Burt, J., Feary, D., Bauman, A., Usseglio, P., Cavalcante, G., Sale, P. (2011). Biogeographic patterns of reef fish community structure in the northeastern Arabian Peninsula. ICES Journal of Marine Science. 68: 1875-1883.

Hartle-Mougiou, K., D'Angelo, C., Smith, E.G., Burt, J., West, P., Wiedenmann, J. (2011). Diversity of zooxanthellae from corals and sea anemones after long-term aquarium culture. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. Accepted July 2011. DOI:10.1017/S0025315411001159.

Burt, J, Bartholomew, A, Sale, P (2011) Benthic development on large-scale artificial reefs: a comparison of communities among breakwaters of different age and natural reefs. Ecological Engineering. 37:191-198.

Sale, PF, Feary, D, Burt, JA, Bauman, A, Cavalcante, G, Drouillard, K, Kjerfve, B, Marquis, E, Trick, C, Usseglio, P, van Lavieren, H (2011) The growing need for sustainable ecological management of marine communities of the Persian Gulf. Ambio. 40: 4-17.

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