Recent publications
Robinson LA, Turner IJ, Sweet MJ 2018 The use of gamification in the teaching of disease epidemics and pandemics. FEMS Microbiology Letters 365 (11), fny111
Craggs J, Sweet MJ et al. 2018 Maintaining natural spawning timing in Acropora corals following long distance inter-continental transportation. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research 6 (2)
Cook J, Sweet MJ et al. 2018 Topographic shading influences cryoconite morphodyanamics and carbon exchange. Arctic, Antarctic and Alpine Research 50 (1), e1414463
Davy-Bowker L, Sweet MJ et al. 2018 Rediscovery of the critically endangered 'scarce yellow sally stonefly' Isogenus nubecula in the UK after a 22 year period of abscence. Zootaxa 4394 (2), 295-300
Blockley A, Sweet MJ et al. 2017 Symbiotic microbes from marine invertebrates: driving a new era of natural product drug discovery. Diversity 9 (4)
Grimsditch G, Sweet MJ et al. 2017 Variation in size frequency distribution of coral populations under different fishing pressures in two contrasting locations in the Indian Ocean. Marine Environmental Research 131, 146-155
Johan O, Budianto A, Sweet MJ 2017 'Yellow Syndrome' in scleractinian corals throughout Bintain District, Kepulauan Riau Province, Indonesia. Indonesia Aquaculture Journal 12(1) 37-42
Craggs J, Sweet MJ et al. 2017 Inducing broadcast coral spawning ex -situ: closed system mesocosm design and husbandry protocol. Ecology and Evolutions DOI:10.1002/ece3.3538
Moritz C, Sweet MJ et al. 2017 The "resort effect": Can tourist islands act as refuges for coral reef species? Biodiversity Research DOI:10.1111/ddi.12627
Rowe G, Sweet MJ, Beebee T 2017 An introduction to Molecular Ecology. Oxford University Press
Pisapia C, Sweet MJ et al. 2017 Baseline assessment of coral reefs on North Ari Atoll, Maldives. IUCN Technical Report
Sweet MJ et al. 2017 Designer reefs and coral probiotics: great concepts but are they good practice? Biodiversity 1-4
Sweet MJ et al. 2017 Evidence for rapid, tide related shifts in the microbiome of the coral Coelastrea aspera. Coral Reefs
Sweet MJ, Bulling M 2017 On the importance of the microbiome and pathobiome in coral health and disease. Frontiers in Marine Sciences https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2017.00009
Sweet MJ, Bythell JC 2016 The role of viruses in coral health and disease. Journal of Invertebrate Biology http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jip.2016.12.005
Sweet MJ,Brown B 2016Coral responses to anthropogenic stress in the twenty-first century: an ecophysiological perspective. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 54: 271-314
Ponti, M, Sweet MJ et al. 2016 Baseline reef health surveys at Bangka Island (North Sulawesi, Indonesia) reveal new threats. PEERJ e2614https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2614
Lerebours, A, Sweet MJ et al. 2016 Molecular changes in skin pigmented lesions of the coral trout Plectropomus leopardus. Marine Environmental Research 120: 130-135.
Stelfox M, Sweet MJ et al. 2016 A review of ghost gear entanglement amongst marine mammals, reptiles and elasmobranchs. Marine Pollution Bulletin doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.034
Cook J, Sweet MJ et al. 2016 Metabolome-mediated biocryomorphic evolution promotes carbon fixation in Greenlandic cryoconite holes. Environmental Microbiology doi: 10.1111/1462-2920.13349
Sweet MJ et al. 2016 New disease outbreak affects two dominant sea urchin species associated with Australian temperate reefs. Marine Ecological Progress Series 551 doi: 10.3354/meps11750
Johan O, Sweet MJ et al. 2016 Prevalence and Incidence of Black Band Disease of Scleractinian Corals in the Kepulauan Seribu Region of Indonesia. Diversity 8, 11.
Sweet MJ, et al. 2016 Juvenile “black teatfish” in Maldives. SPC Beche-de-mer Information Bulletin #36
Chandler JF, Sweet MJ, et al. 2016 Influence of Resource Availability on the Foraging Strategies of the Triangle Butterflyfish Chaetodon triangulum in the Maldives. PloS one: e0151923.
Croquer, A, Sweet MJ et al. 2016 Is Acropora palmata recovering? A case study in Los Roques National Park, Venezula. PEERJ, DOI 10.7717/peerj.1539
Williams AD, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 Age-Related Shifts in Bacterial Diversity in a Reef Coral. PloS one, 10(12).
Miller J, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 Baseline coral disease surveys within three marine parks in Sabah, Borneo. PeerJ, 3:e1391
Sweet MJ, Singleton I 2015 Soil contamination with silver nanoparticles reduces Bishop pine growth and ectomycorrhizal diversity on pine roots. Journal of Nanoparticle Research 14 (448)
Johan O, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 The distribution and abundance of black band disease and white syndrome in Kepulauan Seribu, Indonesia. HAYATI Journal of Biosciences.
Hind E, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 Fostering effective international collaboration for marine science in small island states. Front. Mar. Sci. (2015
Pisapia C, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 Geographically conserved rates of background mortality among common reef-building corals in Lhaviyani Atoll, Maldives versus northern Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Marine Biology 162.8 (2015): 1579-1586.
Sere MG, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 Identification of a bacterial pathogen associated with Porites white patch syndrome in the Western Indian Ocean. Molecular Ecology 24(17) 4570-4581
Sweet MJ, Bateman K 2015 Diseases in marine invertebrates associated with mariculture and commercial fisheries. Journal of Sea Research doi:10.1016/j.seares.2015.06.016
Sweet MJ, Sere M 2015 Ciliate Communities Consistently Associated with Coral Diseases. Journal of Sea Research doi:10.1016/j.seares.2015.06.008
Sweet MJ, Bythell JC 2015 White Syndrome in Acropora muricata: Non-specific bacterial infection and ciliate histophagy Molecular Ecology 24(5) 1150-1159
Smith D, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 Microbial communities associated with healthy and white syndrome-affected Echinopora lamellose in aquaria and experimental treatment with the antibiotic ampicillin. PLoS one 10(3): e0121780
Sweet MJ, et al. 2015 A novel sponge disease caused by a consortium of micro-organisms. Coral Reefs 1-13
Brown BE, Sweet MJ et al. 2015 Decadal environmental ‘memory’ in a reef coral? Marine Biology DOI: 10.1007/s00227-014-2596-2
Johan, O, Sweet MJ et al. 2014 Microbial community of black band diseased Montipora sp. colonies at Seribu islands, Indonesia. Indonesian Aquaculture Journal 9(2), 1-11
Sweet MJ et al. 2014 Experimental antibiotic treatment identifies potential pathogens of white band disease in the endangered Caribbean coral Acropora cervicornis Proc Roy Soc B vol. 281 no. 1788 20140094
Smith D, Sweet MJ et al. 2014 A novel investigation of a blister-like syndrome in aquarium Echinopora lamellosa PLoS one 9(5), [e97018].
Sweet MJ et al. 2013 Algae as reservoirs for coral pathogens. PLOS One 8(7): e69717
Scriven L, Sweet MJ, Port G 2013 Flower Density Is More Important Than Habitat Type for Increasing Flower Visiting Insect Diversity. International Journal of Ecology
Sweet MJ et al. 2013 Assessment of the microbial communities associated with ‘White Syndrome’ in Aquarium corals. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research. 1(1) 20-27
Sweet MJ et al. 2013 Characterisation of the bacterial and fungal communities associated with different lesion sizes of Dark Spot Syndrome occurring in the coral Stephanocoenia intersepta. PLoS one 8(4): e62580
Sweet MJ 2013 Symbiodinium diversity within Acropora muricata micro-compartments and those available within the surrounding environment. Marine Ecology DOI: 10.1111/maec.12092
Sweet MJ et al. 2013 Changes in microbial diversity associated with two coral species recovering from a stressed state in a public aquarium system. Journal of Zoo and Aquarium Research. 1(2) 52- 60
Sheridan S, Sweet MJ, et al. 2013 Diseases in coral aquaculture: causes, implications and preventions. Aquaculture. 396-399: 124-135
Croquer A, Sweet MJ et al. 2012 Bacterial assemblage shifts from healthy to yellow band disease states in the dominant reef coral Montastraea faveolata. Environmental Microbiology Reports 5(1) 90-96
Sweet MJ et al. 2012 Microsatellites for microbiologists. In: Gadd, G, ed. Advances in Applied Microbiology: 81, 169-207
Sweet MJ et al. 2012 Metal based nanoparticles; size, function and areas for advancement in applied microbiology. In: Gadd, G, ed. Advances in Applied Microbiology: 80:113-142 - 22794146
Caven, D.J. Sweet, MJ et al. 2012 A comparative study of aggression and spatial differences between two populations of Pagurus bernhardus Journal of Young Investigators: 24(3), 1-13 (NA)
Sweet MJ et al. 2012 Evidence of melanoma in the coral trout Plectropomus leopardus in the Indo Pacific PLoS one: 7(8):e41989
Sweet MJ, Bythell JC. 2012 Ciliate and bacterial communities associated with White Syndrome and Brown Band Disease in reef building corals Environmental Microbiology: 14(8):2184-99.
Sweet MJ, Singleton I. 2011 Silver Nanoparticles: A Microbial Perspective. In Advances in Applied Microbiology: Edition 1 chapter 5 ISBN: 978-0-12-3887044-5
Sweet MJ et al. 2011 Bacterial assemblages differ between compartments within the coral holobiont. Coral Reefs: 30(1), 39-52
Sweet MJ et al. 2011 Development of bacterial biofilms on artificial corals in comparison to surface-associated microbes of hard corals. PLoS one: 6(6), e21195
Sweet MJ et al. 2011 Dynamics of bacterial community development in the reef coral Acropora muricata following experimental antibiotic treatment. Coral Reefs: 30(4), 1121-1133
Sweet MJ etal. 2011 Coral diseases in aquaria and in nature. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK
Sweet MJ et al. 2010 Temporal and Spatial Patterns in Waterborne Bacterial Communities of an Island Reef System. Aquatic Microbial Ecology: 61(1), 1-11