I am a multi-disciplinary marine scientist, applying diverse skills across geospatial science (GIS), reef ecology and reef/island geomorphology, to address complex questions in reef-associated ecosystems and biota across local, regional and ocean-basin scales.
My post-doctoral research fellowship at AIMS involves working within the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI) – a capacity building partnership between AIMS and the National Centre for Coastal Research (NCCR), India, to tackle basin-scale questions related to the impact of marine pollution (e.g. fisheries-based debris, plastics) and climate change on Indian Ocean ecosystems (coral reefs, mangroves) and biota (marine turtles).
Prior to AIMS, I held a Post-doctoral Research Associate position within the UWA School of Earth and Oceans, working on several projects including: temperate coral afforestation potential, marine vertebrate biodiversity assessment using eDNA (in Exmouth Gulf), and the assessment of nutrient dynamics within remote oceanic atoll reefs (Mermaid and Ashmore Reefs).
- Bonesso, J.L., Leggat, W. & Ainsworth T.D. (2017) Exposure to elevated sea-surface temperatures below the bleaching threshold impairs coral recovery and regeneration following injury. PeerJ 5:e3719. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3719
- Bonesso, J.L., Cuttler, M.V., Browne, N., Hacker, J. & O’Leary M. (2020) Assessing Reef Island Sensitivity Based on LiDAR-Derived Morphometric Indicators. Remote Sensing, 12(8), 3033. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12183033
- Bonesso, J.L., Browne, N., Murley, M., Dee, S., Cuttler, M.V., Paumard, V., Benson, D. & O’Leary M. (2022) Reef to island sediment connections within an inshore turbid reef island system of the eastern Indian Ocean. Sedimentary Geology, 436, 106177. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2022.106177
- Bonesso, J.L., Cuttler, M.V., Browne, N., Mather, C., Paumard, V., Hillcock, W., Callow, N. & O’Leary M. (2023) Reef island evolution in turbid-water coral reef province of the Indo-Pacific. The Depositional Record, 00,1-14. https://doi.org/10.1002/dep2.242
- Browne, N., Cuttler, M.V., Moon, K., Morgan, K,….Bonesso, J.L….(2021) Predicting responses of geo-ecological carbonate reef systems to climate change: a conceptual model and review. Oceanography and Marine Biology, 59(59), 229-370. https://doi.org/10.1201/9781003138846-4
- Dee, S., Zweifler, A., Cuttler, M., Nilsen, J., Bonesso, J., O'Leary, M., & Browne, N. K. (2024). The application of carbonate and sediment budgets to assess the stability of marginal reef systems. Marine Geology, 473, 107324.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2024.107324
