Department of Ocean Science, HKUST
🎉 Congratulations 🎉 to lab member Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales on being awarded a 2024/25 Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue working with us for the next three years.  Gonzalo Pérez-Rosales, Postdoctoral Scholar Fellowship: Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (PDFS), Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong | Click for More →
Hidden heatwaves and severe coral bleaching linked to mesoscale eddies and thermocline dynamics Alex S.J. Wyatt1*, James J. Leichter2, Libe Washburn3,4, Li Kui3, Peter J. Edmunds5, Scott C. Burgess6 1Department of Ocean Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, | Click for More →
Progress and Direction in the Use of Stable Isotopes to Understand Complex Coral Reef Ecosystems: A Review C. Skinner1, M.R.D. Cobain2,3, Y. Zhu2,4, A.S.J. Wyatt1, N.V.C. Polunin2 1Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), | Click for More →
Dr Wyatt has been awarded a General Research Fund (GRF) grant by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong to explore diet variations in valuable marine species using tissue isotope analyses. Title: Individual- and species-level feeding specialisations and resource dependencies of valuable marine species | Click for More →
An opening is available for one or more outstanding postdoctoral researchers wishing to continue their research on coral reef ecology or oceanography, or isotope ecology, focusing on efforts to enhance understanding and stewardship of marine ecosystems and associated species. The successful candidate will be a | Click for More →
An opening is available for an outstanding postdoctoral researcher wishing to continue their research on marine biogeochemistry and trophic ecology in collaboration with Dr Alex S.J. Wyatt and the Oceanographic Ecology Laboratory. The successful candidate will join the Department of Ocean Science at The Hong Kong University | Click for More →
Hidden Differences in Bleaching Among Cryptic Coral Species Scott C. Burgess1, Erika C. Johnston1, Alex S.J. Wyatt2, James J. Leichter3, Peter J. Edmunds4 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. 2Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine | Click for More →
Niche differences in co-occurring cryptic coral species (Pocillopora spp.) Erika C. Johnston1, Alex S.J. Wyatt2, James J. Leichter3, Scott C. Burgess1 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. 2Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of the Southern Marine Science and | Click for More →
Response diversity in corals: hidden differences in bleaching mortality among cryptic Pocillopora species Scott C. Burgess1, Erika C. Johnston1, Alex S.J. Wyatt2, James J. Leichter3, Peter J. Edmunds4 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. 2Department of Ocean Science and Hong Kong Branch of | Click for More →
Dr Wyatt has been awarded an Early Career Scheme (ECS) grant by the Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong to continue his exploration of internal waves over coral reefs, focusing on how internal-wave exposure influences the ecological structure and function of several of the | Click for More →
