Best Paper Award
Description: To the authors of the best scientific paper published in Coral Reefs for the calendar year, as determined by the journal’s editors.
Level of experience needed: N/A
ICRS Membership requirement: None
ICRS Service requirement: None
Frequency of award: Annual
Number of awards: 1 per year
Recognition: Certificate, a glass trophy, and a cash prize of €1,000 from Springer
Due date for applications: 15th February
Nomination process: Determined by vote of the editorial board of Coral Reefs
Past Awardees
2023: Travaglione,R Evans, M Moustaka, M Cuttler, DP Thomson, J Tweedley, and S. Wilson Scleractinian corals rely on heterotrophy in highly turbid environments. Coral Reefs, Volume 42: 997–1010
2022: MC Buckingham, C D’Angelo, TB Chalk, GL Foster, KG Johnson, Z Connelly, C Olla, M Saeed, and J Wiedenmann Impact of nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) enrichment and skewed N:P stoichiometry on the skeletal formation and microstructure of symbiotic reef corals. Coral Reefs, Volume 41: 1147–1159
2021: OM Williamson, CE Allen, DE Williams, MW Johnson, MW Miller, AC Baker Neighboring colonies influence uptake of thermotolerant endosymbionts in threatened Caribbean coral recruits. Coral Reefs, Volume 40: 867-879
2020: GM Nicholson and KD Clements Resolving resource partitioning in parrotfishes (Scarini) using microhistology of feeding substrata. Coral Reefs, Volume 39: 1313–1327
2019: HR Nelson and AH Altieri Oxygen: the universal currency on coral reefs. Coral Reefs, Volume 38, 177-198
2018: R Cunning, RN Silverstein, AC Baker Symbiont shuffling linked to differential photochemical dynamics of Symbiodinium in three Caribbean reef corals.Coral Reefs, Volume 37: 145–152
2017: DM de Bakker, FC van Duyl, RPM Bak, MM Nugues, G Nieuwland, EH Meesters 40 Years of benthic community change on the Caribbean reefs of Curaçao and Bonaire: the rise of slimy cyanobacterial mats.Coral Reefs, Volume 36: 355-367
2016: DM Holstein, CB Paris, AC Vaz, TB Smith Modeling vertical coral connectivity and mesophotic refugia.Coral Reefs, Volume 35: 23-37
2016: AJ Frisch, M Ireland, JR Rizzari, OM Lönnstedt, KA Magnenat, CE Mirbach, JA Hobbs Reassessing the trophic role of reef sharks as apex predators on coral reefs.Coral Reefs, Volume 35: 459-472
2015: R Cunning, P Gillette, T Capo, K Galvez, AC Baker Growth tradeoffs associated with thermotolerant symbionts in the coral Pocillopora damicornis are lost in warmer oceans.Coral Reefs, Volume 34: 155-160
2014: SA Wooldridge Differential thermal bleaching susceptibilities amongst coral taxa: re-posing the role of the host.Coral Reefs, Volume 33: 15-27
2013: EM Graham, AH Baird, SR Connolly, MA Sewell, BL Willis Rapid declines in metabolism explain extended coral larval longevity.Coral Reefs, Volume 32: 539-549
2012: S Agostini, Y Suzuki, T Higuchi, BE Casareto, K Yoshinaga, Y Nakano, H Fujimura Biological and chemical characteristics of the coral gastric cavity.Coral Reefs, Volume 31: 147-156
2011: HPA Sweatman, S Delean, C Syms Assessing loss of coral cover on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef over two decades, with implications for longer-term trends. Coral Reefs, Volume 30: 521-531
2010: KE Fabricius, K Okaji and G De’ath Three lines of evidence to link outbreaks of the crown-of-thorns seastar Acanthaster planci to the release of larval food limitation. Coral Reefs, Volume 29: 593-605
2009: SK Wilson, AM Dolman, AJ Cheal, MJ Emslie, MS Pratchett, HPA Sweatman Maintenance of fish diversity on disturbed coral reefs. Coral Reefs, Volume 28: 3-14
2008: JEN Veron Mass extinctions and ocean acidification: biological constraints on geological dilemmas. Coral Reefs, Volume 27: 459-472
2007: JC Mieog, MJH van Oppen, NE Cantin, WT Stam, JL Olsen Real-time PCR reveals a high incidence of Symbiodinium clade D at low levels in four scleractinian corals across the Great Barrier Reef: implications for symbiont shuffling. Coral Reefs, Volume 26: 449-457
2006: M Sheaves Is the timing of spawning in sparid fishes a response to sea temperature regimes? Coral Reefs, Volume 25: 655-669
2005: A Tribollet, S Golubic Cross-shelf differences in the pattern and pace of bioerosion of experimental carbonates exposed for 3 years on the northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Coral Reefs, Volume 24:422-434
2004: L Penland, J Kloulechad, D Idip, R van Woesik Coral Spawning in the western Pacific Ocean is related to solar insolation. Coral Reefs, Volume 23: 133-140
2003: JM Guinotte, RW Buddemeier, and JA Kleypas Future coral reef habitat marginality: temporal and spatial effects of climate change in the Pacific basin. Coral Reefs, Volume 22: 551-558
2002: PL Munday Does habitat availability determine geographical-scale abundances of coral-dwelling fishes? Coral Reefs, Volume 21: 105-116
2001: WK Fitt, BE Brown, ME Warner, and RP Dunne Coral bleaching: interpretation of thermal tolerance limits and thermal thresholds in tropical corals. Coral Reefs, Volume 20: 51-65
2000: KRN Anthony Enhanced particle-feeding capacity of corals on turbid reefs (Great Barrier Reef, Australia) Coral Reefs, Volume 19: 59-67
1999: AG Grottoli & GM Wellington Morphology of coral desmocytes, cells that anchor the calicoblastic epithelium to the skeleton Coral Reefs, Volume 18: 29-41
1998: G Russ & A Alcala Natural fishing experiments in marine reserves 1983 – 1993: roles of life history and fishing intensity in family responses Coral Reefs, Volume 17: 399–416
1997: L Muscatine, E Tambutte, & D Allemand Stable isotopic signature of El Niño-Southern Oscillation events in eastern tropical Pacific reef corals Coral Reefs, Volume 16: 205–213
1995: GM Wellington, RB Dunbar Stable isotopic signature of El Niño-Southern Oscillation events in eastern tropical Pacific reef corals Coral Reefs, Volume 14: 5–25
1994: WS Hantoro, PA Pirazzoli, C Jouanni, H Faure, CT Hoang, U Radtke, Causse, M Borel Best, R Lafont, S Bieda, & K Lambeck G Quaternary uplifted coral reef terraces on Alor Island, East Indonesia Coral Reefs, Volume 13: 215–223
1993: PW Glynn Coral reef bleaching: ecological perspectives Coral Reefs, Volume 12: 1–17
1992: TP Scoffin Taphonomy of coral reefs: a review Coral Reefs, Volume 11: 57-77
1991: CW Wheeler & P Aharon Mid-oceanic carbonate platforms as oceanic dipsticks: examples from the Pacific Coral Reefs, Volume 10: 101–114
1990: G Paulay & LR McEdward A simulation model of island reef morphology: the effects of sea level fluctuations, growth, subsidence and erosion Coral Reefs, Volume 9: 51–62
1990: PW Glynn & L D’Croz Experimental evidence for high temperature stress as the cause of El Niño-coincident coral mortality Coral Reefs, Volume 8: 181–191
1988: PA Pirazzoli, LF Montaggioni, B Salvat, & G Faure Late Holocene sea level indicators from twelve atolls in the central and eastern Tuamotus (Pacific Ocean) Coral Reefs, Volume 7: 57–68
1987: TJ Done Simulation of the effects of Acanthaster planci on the population structure of massive corals in the genus Porites: evidence of population resilience? Coral Reefs, Volume 6: 75–90
