Wing Chan

Adaptive responses of free-living and symbiotic microalgae to simulated future ocean conditions

Wing Yan Chan, John G Oakeshott, Patrick Buerger, Owain R Edwards, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  GLOBAL CHANGE BIOLOGY

Marine microalgae are a diverse group of microscopic eukaryotic and prokaryotic organisms capable of photosynthesis. They are impo..

Maternal effects in gene expression of interspecific coral hybrids

Wing Yan Chan, Jessica Chung, Lesa M Peplow, Ary A Hoffmann, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2021  |  Molecular Ecology

Maternal effects have been well documented for offspring morphology and life history traits in plants and terrestrial animals, yet..

The Aichi Biodiversity Targets: achievements for marine conservation and priorities beyond 2020.

Hannah Carr, Marina Abas, Loubna Boutahar, Olivia N Caretti, Wing Yan Chan, Abbie SA Chapman, Sarah N de Mendonça, Abigail Engleman, Filippo Ferrario, Kayelyn R Simmons, Jana Verdura, Anna Zivian

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  4th World Conference on Marine Biodiversity Collection

In 2010 the Conference of the Parties (COP) for the Convention on Biological Diversity revised and updated a Strategic Plan for Bi..

Hybridization as a conservation management tool

Wing Yan Chan, Ary A Hoffmann, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2019  |  CONSERVATION LETTERS

The recent extensive loss of biodiversity raises the question of whether organisms will adapt in time to survive the current era o..

The roles of age, parentage and environment on bacterial and algal endosymbiont communities in Acropora corals

Wing Yan Chan, Lesa M Peplow, Patricia Menendez, Ary A Hoffmann, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2019  |  MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The bacterial and microalgal endosymbiont (Symbiodiniaceae spp.) communities associated with corals have important roles in their ..

Interspecific gamete compatibility and hybrid larval fitness in reef-building corals: Implications for coral reef restoration

Wing Yan Chan, Lesa M Peplow, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2019  |  SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

Climate warming is a major cause of the global decline of coral reefs. Active reef restoration, although still in its infancy, is ..

Interspecific Hybridization May Provide Novel Opportunities for Coral Reef Restoration

Wing Yan Chan, Lesa M Peplow, Patricia Menendez, Ary A Hoffmann, Madeleine JH van Oppen

Journal article  |  2018  |  FRONTIERS IN MARINE SCIENCE

Climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances have created an era characterized by the inability of most ecosystems to maint..

Interspecific hybridization as a tool for enhancing climate resilience of reef-building corals

Wing Yan Chan

Thesis / Dissertation  |  2018

The world’s coral reefs are facing unprecedented changes in temperature and carbonate chemistry caused by the increasing concentra..

Calcification responses to diurnal variation in seawater carbonate chemistry by the coral Acropora formosa

WY Chan, SM Eggins

Journal article  |  2017  |  Coral Reefs

Significant diurnal variation in seawater carbonate chemistry occurs naturally in many coral reef environments, yet little is know..

Shifting paradigms in restoration of the world's coral reefs

Madeleine JH Van Oppen, Ruth D Gates, Linda L Blackall, Neal Cantin, Leela J Chakravarti, Wing Y Chan, Craig Cormick, Angela Crean, Katarina Damjanovic, Hannah Epstein, Peter L Harrison, Thomas A Jones, Margaret Miller, Rachel J Pears, Lesa M Peplow, David A Raftos, Britta Schaffelke, Kristen Stewart, Gergely Torda, David Wachenfeld, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  Global Change Biology

Many ecosystems around the world are rapidly deteriorating due to both local and global pressures, and perhaps none so precipitous..