Christopher Doropoulos

This study optimises fertilisation kinetics models for two Acropora coral species using experimental data to improve predictions of reproductive success and inform reef management.

This study examines how wind-driven hydrodynamics affect coral fertilization and larval development, finding that increased wind speeds reduce fertilization success and embryo viability.

The paper introduces larval seedboxes as a tool to enhance coral reef restoration by enabling scalable larval seeding through tidal dispersal.

The paper investigates reproductive strategies in Platygyra daedalea, finding high spawning asynchrony, self-fertilization, and genetic subpopulations, suggesting limited cross-fertilization and potential reproductive assurance through selfing.

This study shows that coral fertilization success depends on proximity and current alignment, with reproductive isolation threatening degraded reef populations.

This study develops a 3D reef-scale dispersal model to predict larval dispersal patterns and optimize coral restoration efforts by identifying optimal collection and deployment times and locations.

This study examines how short periods of slack currents affect coral larval settlement and long-term recruitment, finding that retention increases initial settlement but not long-term survival.

The paper develops C[~]scape, a metacommunity model for coral reefs that incorporates within-reef variability to improve predictions of coral cover dynamics.