Griffith University

BSc (Hons), PhD

Lecturer, Griffith School of Environment

Research Member: Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Dr Guillermo Diaz-Pulido

Research Expertise

• Ecological and physiological processes involved in benthic algal blooms on coral reefs, including herbivory, nutrient enhancement, coral disturbances and algal recruitment.
• Impacts of global climate change on coral reef ecosystems, in particular the effects of increased CO2, ocean acidification and warming on benthic algae, coral-algal interactions and reef processes.
• Roles of benthic algae in coral reef recovery and resilience.
• Broad interest in population and community ecology of benthic algae (seaweeds), particularly in the context of reef degradation.
• Identification and taxonomy of benthic algae
  

Selected Publications

• Diaz-Pulido, G., Harii S, McCook, L.J. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2009. The impact of benthic algae on the settlement of a reef-building coral. Coral Reefs. DOI 10.1007/s00338-009-0573-x
• Diaz-Pulido, G, McCook, LJ, Dove. S., Berkelmans, R., Roff, G., Kline, D.I., Weeks, S., Evans, R.D., Williamson, D.H. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2009. Doom and boom on a resilient reef: Climate change, algal overgrowth and coral recovery. PLoS ONE, 4: e5239.
• Anthony, K.R.N., Kline, D.I., Diaz-Pulido, G., Dove, S. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. 2008. Ocean acidification causes bleaching and productivity loss in coral reef builders. Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Science of USA, 105 (45): 17442–17446.
• Diaz-Pulido G. 2008. Macroalgae. In: Hutchings, P., Kingsford, M.J. & Hoegh-Guldberg, O. (Eds) The Great Barrier Reef Biology, Environment and Management. Australian Coral Reef Society, CSIRO Publishing. pp 146-156. ISBN 978 1 4020 89497.
• Birrell, C.L., McCook, L.J., Willis, B. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2008. Effects of benthic algae on the replenishment of corals and the implications for the resilience of coral reefs. Oceanography & Marine Biology Annual Review, 46: 25-64.
• Diaz-Pulido, G., Chin, A., Davidson, J. & McCook, L.J. 2007. Cyclone promotes rapid colonisation of benthic diatoms in the Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs, 26: 787-787.
• Diaz-Pulido, G., McCook, L.J., Larkum, A.W.D., Lotze, H.K., Raven, J.A., Schaffelke, B., Smith, J. & Steneck, R.S. 2007. Vulnerability of macroalgae of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In: Johnson, J. & Marshall, P. (Eds). Climate change and the Great Barrier Reef. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority & The Australian Greenhouse Office.  Pp 151-192.
• Diaz-Pulido, G., Villamil, L. & Almanza, V. 2007. Herbivory effects on the morphology of the brown alga Padina boergesenii (Phaeophyta). Phycologia, 46(2): 131-136.
• García, C.B. & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2006. Dynamics of a macroalgal rocky intertidal community in the Colombian Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine and Coastal Research, 35: 7-18. ISSN 0122-9761.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2005. Effects of nutrient enhancement of the fecundity of a coral reef macroalga. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 317 (1): 13-24.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2004. Effects of live coral, epilithic algal communities and substrate type on algal recruitment. Coral Reefs, 23(2): 225-233.
• Diaz-Pulido, G., & Díaz-Ruíz, M. 2003. Diversity of benthic marine algae of the Colombian Atlantic. Biota Colombiana, 5(1): 203-246. ISSN 0124 5276.
• Davis, T.A., Llanes, F., Volesky, B., Diaz-Pulido, G., McCook, L.J. & Mucci, A. 2003. A 1H-NMR study of Na-alginates extracted from Sargassum spp. in relation to metal biosorption. Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology, 110: 75-90.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2003. Relative roles of herbivory and nutrients in the recruitment of coral reef seaweeds. Ecology, 84 (8): 2026-2033.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. 2002. Microbial degradation of the crustose alga Peyssonnelia spp. on reefs of the Caribbean and Great Barrier Reef. Proceedings of the Ninth International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, 2:1257-1260.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. & McCook, L.J. 2002. The fate of bleached corals: patterns and dynamics of algal recruitment. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 232: 115-128.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. & Garzón-Ferreira, J. 2002. Seasonality in algal assemblages on upwelling-influenced coral reefs in the Colombian Caribbean. Botanica Marina, 45 (3): 284–292.
• McCook, L.J., J. Jompa & Diaz-Pulido, G. 2001. Competition between corals and algae on coral reefs: A review of evidence and mechanisms. Coral Reefs, 19: 400-417.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. & Bula-Meyer, G. 1997. Marine algae from oceanic atolls in the Southwestern Caribbean (Albuquerque Cays, Courtown Cays, Serrana Bank, and Roncador Bank). Atoll Research Bulletin, 448: 1-18.
• Diaz-Pulido, G. & Díaz, J.M. 1997. Algal assemblages in lagoonal reefs of Caribbean Oceanic Atolls. Proceedings 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama, 1: 827-832.