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Tom (Thomas) Bridge


Tom (Thomas) Bridge


&  ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University






Research interests

I am a Research Fellow studying depth-related patterns in coral reef biodiversity and structural complexity. My research uses new technologies to investigate biodiversity of mesophotic coral reef ecosystems, the ecological relationship between deep reefs and their shallow-water counterparts, and their potential to act as refugia for corals and associated species from stressors associated with climate change and other human impacts.

Publications

  Please note that only publications relevant to mesophotic reefs are indexed.

The first record of Hippocampus denise (Syngnathidae) from Australia | article
Foster R, Bridge TCL, Bongaerts P (2012)
Aqua Int J Ichthyol 18:55-57
Cyclone damage at mesophotic depths on Myrmidon Reef (GBR) | article
Bongaerts P, Muir P, Englebert N, Bridge TCL, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2013)
Coral Reefs 32:935

Diversity of Scleractinia and Octocorallia in the mesophotic zone of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia | article
Bridge TCL, Fabricius KE, Bongaerts P, Wallace CC, Muir PR, Done TJ, Webster JM (2012)
Coral Reefs 31:179-189

Topography, substratum and benthic macrofaunal relationships on a tropical mesophotic shelf margin, central Great Barrier Reef, Australia | article
Bridge TCL, Done TJ, Beaman RJ, Friedman A, Williams SB, Pizarro O, Webster JM (2011)
Coral Reefs 30:143-153

Mesophotic coral ecosystems on the walls of Coral Sea atolls | article
Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Kline DI, Muir PR, Wallace CC, Beaman RJ, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2011)
Coral Reefs 30:335

From corals to canyons: The Great Barrier Reef Margin | article
Webster JM, Beaman RJ, Bridge T, Davies PJ, Byrne M, Williams S, Manning P, Pizarro O, Thornborough K, Woolsey E, Thomas A, Tudhope S (2008)
Eos Trans A G U 89:217-218

Submerged banks in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia, greatly increase available coral reef habitat | article
Harris PT, Bridge TCL, Beaman RJ, Webster JM, Nichol SL, Brooke BP (2012)
ICES J Mar Sci 70:284-293

Variability in mesophotic coral reef communities along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia | article
Bridge TCL, Done TJ, Friedman A, Beaman RJ, Williams SB, Pizarro O, Webster JM (2011)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 428:63-75

Symbiodinium diversity in mesophotic coral communities on the Great Barrier Reef: a first assessment | article
Bongaerts P, Sampayo EM, Bridge TCL, Ridgway T, Vermeulen F, Englebert N, Webster JM, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2011)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 439:117-126

Call to protect all coral reefs | article
Bridge TC, Hughes TP, Guinotte JM, Bongaerts P (2013)
Nat Clim Chang 3:528-530

Predicting the Location and Spatial Extent of Submerged Coral Reef Habitat in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Australia | article
Bridge T, Beaman R, Done T, Webster J (2012)
PLoS ONE 7:e48203

Implications of Sponge Biodiversity Patterns for the Management of a Marine Reserve in Northern Australia | article
Przeslawski R, Alvarez B, Kool J, Bridge T, Caley MJ, Nichol S (2015)
PLoS ONE 10:e0141813

The coral core microbiome identifies rare bacterial taxa as ubiquitous endosymbionts | article
Ainsworth TD, Krause L, Bridge T, Torda G, Raina J-B, Zakrzewski M, Gates RD, Padilla-Gamiño JL, Spalding HL, Smith C, Woolsey ES, Bourne DG, Bongaerts P, Hoegh-Guldberg O, Leggat W (2015)
ISME J 9:2261-2274

Diverse Staghorn Coral Fauna on the Mesophotic Reefs of North-East Australia | article
Muir P, Wallace C, Bridge TCL, Bongaerts P (2015)
PLoS ONE 10:e0117933

Abundance and diversity of anemonefishes and their host sea anemones at two mesophotic sites on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia | article
Bridge T, Scott A, Steinberg D (2012)
Coral Reefs 31:1057-1062

Ecological and morphological traits predict depth-generalist fishes on coral reefs | article
Bridge TCL, Luiz OJ, Coleman RR, Kane CN, Kosaki RK (2016)
Proc R Soc B

Depth, bay position and habitat structure as determinants of coral reef fish distributions: Are deep reefs a potential refuge? | article
MacDonald C, Bridge TCL, Jones GP (2016)
Mar Ecol Prog Ser 561:217-231

To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? | review
Laverick JH, Andradi-Brown DA, Exton DA, Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Lesser MP, Pyle RL, Slattery M, Wagner D, Rogers AD (2016)
Environ Evid 5:1-8

Habitats and Benthos at Hydrographers Passage, Great Barrier Reef, Australia | article
Beaman RJ, Bridge T, Done T, Webster JM, Williams S, Pizarro O (2011)
Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat

Spatial patterns in the distribution of benthic assemblages across a large depth gradient in the Coral Sea, Australia | article
Beaman RJ, Bridge TC, Lüter C, Reitner J, Wörheide G (2016)
Marine Biodiversity 46:795-808

To what extent do mesophotic coral ecosystems and shallow reefs share species of conservation interest? A systematic review | review
Laverick JH, Piango S, Andradi‑Brown DA, Exton DA, Bongaerts P, Bridge TCL, Lesser MP, Pyle RL, Slattery M, Wagner D, Rogers AD (2018)
Environ Evid

Mesophotic coral reef ecosystems in the Great Barrier Reef world heritage area: their potential distribution and possible role as refugia from dist... | report
Bridge T, Guinotte J (2012)
Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
Deep-Reef Fish Communities of the Great Barrier Reef Shelf-Break: Trophic Structure and Habitat Associations | article
Sih TL, Daniell JJ, Bridge TCL, Beaman RJ, Cappo M, Kingsford MJ (2019)
Diversity

Spatial variability in benthic assemblage composition in shallow and upper mesophotic coral ecosystems in the Philippines | article
Dumalagan EE, Cabaitan PC, Bridge TCL, Go KT, Quimpo TJR, Olavides RDD, Munar JC, Villanoy CL, Siringan FP (2019)
Mar Environ Res

Morphological and molecular description of a new genus and species of black coral (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Hexacorallia: Antipatharia: Antipathidae: Bl... | article
Horowitz J, Brugler MR, Bridge TCL, Cowman PF (2020)
Zootaxa 4821:553–569

The Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea | chapter
Bridge TCL, Beaman RJ, Bongaerts P, Muir PR, Ekins M, Sih T (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Octocorals of the Indo-Pacific | chapter
Benayahu Y, Bridge TCL, Colin PL, Liberman R, McFadden CS, Pizarro O, Schleyer MH, Shoham E, Reijnen BT, Weis M, Tanaka J (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems, Coral Reefs of the World () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
Key questions for research and conservation of mesophotic coral ecosystems and temperate mesophotic ecosystems | chapter
Turner JA, Andradi-Brown DA, Gori A, Bongaerts P, Burdett HL, Ferrier-Pagès C, Voolstra CR, Weinstein DK, Bridge TCL, Costantini F, Gress E, Laverick J, Loya Y, Goodbody-Gringley G, Rossi S, Taylor ML, Viladrich N, Voss JD, Williams J, Woodall LC, Eyal G (2019)
in: Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems () by Loya Y, Puglise KA, Bridge TCL
The Great Barrier Reef outer-shelf | chapter
Bridge TCL, Webster JM, Sih TL, Bongaerts P (2019)
in: The Great Barrier Reef () by Hutchings P, Kingsford M, Hoegh-Guldberg O
five new species of black coral (anthozoa; antipatharia) from the great barrier reef and coral sea, australia | article
Horowitz J, Opresko D, Molodtsova TN, Beaman RJ, Cowman PF, Bridge TCL (2022)
Zootaxa 5213:1-35

resolving the depth zonation paradox in reef-building corals | article
Roberts TE, Bridge TCL, Caley MJ, Madin JS, Baird AH (2019)
Ecology 100:e02761

Benthic communities of the lower mesophotic zone on One Tree shelf edge, southern Great Barrier Reef, Australia | article
Wright RM, Beaman RJ, Daniell J, Bridge TCL, Pall J, Webster JM (2023)
Mar Freshw Res 74:1178-1192

Mesophotic Coral Ecosystems - A lifeboat for coral reefs? | report
Andradi-Brown D, Laverick J, Bejarano I, Bridge T, Colin PL, Eyal G, Jones R, Kahng S, Reed J, Smith T, Spalding HL, Wood E (2016)

Research keywords
Research platform experience
  SCUBA (open-circuit or unspecified)
  Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV)
  Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)
  Sonar / Multibeam
  Drop / Towed Video
  Baited Remote Underwater Video (BRUV)
Research summary (from publications)