Publications

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

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 22: 2702-2714

Howells E, Ketchum R,  Bauman A,  Mustafa Y, Watkins K, Burt J (2016) Species-specific trends in the reproductive output of corals across environmental gradients and bleaching histories. Marine Pollution Bulletin: 105: 532-529

Jin Y, Lundgren P, Lutz A, Raina JB, 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

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

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

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. Scientific Reports 4: 7484

Baird A, Abrego D, Howells E, Cumbo V (2014) The reproductive season of Acropora in Socotra, Yemen. F1000 Research 3

Howells E, Berkelmans R, van Oppen M, Willis B, Bay L (2013) Historical thermal regimes define limits to coral acclimatisation. Ecology 94: 1078-1088

Howells E, Willis B, Bay L, van Oppen M (2013) Spatial and temporal genetic structure of Symbiodinium populations within a common reef-building coral on the central Great Barrier Reef. Molecular Ecology 22: 3693-3708

Howells E, Beltran V, Larsen N, Bay L, Willis B, van Oppen M (2012) Coral thermal tolerance shaped by local adaptation of photosymbionts. Nature Climate Change 2: 116-120

van Oppen M, Souter P, Howells E, Heyward A, Berkelmans R (2011) Novel genetic diversity through somatic mutations: fuel for adaptation of reef corals? Diversity 3: 405-423

Howells E, van Oppen M, Wills B (2009) High genetic differentiation and cross-shelf patterns of genetic diversity among Great Barrier Reef populations of Symbiodinium. Coral Reefs 28: 215-222

Bay L, Howells E, van Oppen M (2009) Isolation, characterisation and cross amplification of thirteen microsatellite loci for coral endosymbiotic dinoflagellates (Symbiodinium clade C). Conservation Genetics Resources 1: 199-203