Ellen Ariel
- ellen.ariel@jcu.edu.au
- Adjunct Professor
- Microbiology and Immunology
Projects
6
Publications
34
Awards
0
Biography
Dr Ellen Ariel is Associate Professor in the College of Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences with a special interest in Aquatic Animal Health.
Ellen has a background with the European Commission as Coordinator of the 25 National Reference Laboratories for Fish Diseases in the European Union. The overall focus was on biosecurity of aquatic animals, especially aquaculture, and standardizing and harmonizing diagnostic capacity across borders to prevent spread of disease and facilitate safe trade in live fish. She was also heavily involved in harnessing and delivering scientific advice to policy makers as well as assessing and advising research directions in the EU Aquatic Animal Disease sector.
Ellen’s interest in Aquatic Animal Health has influenced her undergraduate teaching is centered on diagnostic techniques for bacterial and viral diseases in aquaculture. Ellen’s team of higher degree research students, interns and placement students focus mostly on sea turtle health. Her expertise has been a conduit for membership on one international and three national boards concerned with biosecurity of aquaculture and wild aquatic species.
The Turtle Health Research Facility, The Caraplace, is housing the Turtles and the Team of volunteers and researchers. This group is active in creating awareness around turtle health via the media, PhD and Masters graduates, peer-reviewed publications and the release of turtle inhabitants back on the Great Barrier Reef.
Research
Projects
Tilapia Biocontrol Project. (Old ID 27262)
02 Nov 2020 - 31 Oct 2021
Tilapia Biocontrol Project. (Old ID 27044)
01 Jul 2020 - 31 Oct 2022
Metal concentrations in green turtles on the Great Barrier Reef (Old ID 26767)
28 Jan 2020 - 01 Apr 2021
Research Vessel for Shallow Water Capture (Old ID 23069)
11 Nov 2016 - 11 Nov 2017
Resistance to inundation in green turtle eggs (Old ID 21938)
01 Dec 2014 - 30 Nov 2017
Establishing Baseline Health Assessment Criteria for Green Turtles (Chelonia Mydas) (Old ID 22137)
01 Dec 2014 - 30 Nov 2018
Teaching
Teaching Interests
In response to Aquaculture industry needs, I created 2 subjects: MI2031/MI5003: Diagnosis of Bacterial Diseases in Aquaculture and MI3031/5031: Diagnosis of Viral Diseases in Aquaculture, and rolled them out for the first time in 2020. Post graduate research and placement students make up the biggest proportion of my teaching these days. Since 2018, I have completed 7 PhDs as primary advisor, 10 MSc minor projects, 15 professional placements, 5 internships and 38 veterinary students on rotation. I received the JCU Primary Advisor of the Year Award in 2019.
Research Advisor Accreditation
Advisor Type
Mentor
Research Advisor Accreditation
Role
Chair; Independent Academic
Output
Reptiles
2023
Jones, Karina; Ariel, Ellen (2023) Reptiles. Hoboken, New Jersey, USA: [Reference Material] [DOI]
Other Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Shum, Edith; Benham, Claudia; Jones, Karina; Ariel, Ellen (2023) 'Understanding people who volunteer with marine turtles: motives and values for engagement in conservation'. Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 28 (3):199-217. [DOI]
Okoh, God'spower Richard; Ariel, Ellen; Wirth, Wytamma; Whitmore, David; Horwood, Paul F. (2023) 'Molecular detection of novel herpesviruses and adenoviruses in two species of Australian freshwater turtles'. European Journal of Wildlife Research, 69 . [DOI]
Kophamel, Sara; Ward, Leigh C.; Mendez, Diana; Ariel, Ellen; Bell, Ian; Shum, Edith; Munns, Suzanne L. (2023) 'Adipose tissue estimation of foraging and nesting green turtles Chelonia mydas using bioelectrical impedance analysis'. Endangered Species Research, 51 :127-142. [DOI]
Okoh, God'spower Richard; Ariel, Ellen; Whitmore, David; Horwood, Paul F. (2023) 'Metagenomic and Molecular Detection of Novel Fecal Viruses in Free-Ranging Agile Wallabies'. EcoHealth, 20 :427-440. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Okoh, God'spower Richard; Lockhart, Michelle; Grimsey, Joanne; Whitmore, David; Ariel, Ellen; Butler, Jeff; Horwood, Paul F. (2023) 'Development of subfamily-based consensus PCR assays for the detection of human and animal herpesviruses'. European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 42 (6):741-746. [DOI]
Wirth, Wytamma; Forzan, Maria J.; Schwarzkopf, Lin; Ariel, Ellen (2023) 'Pathogenesis of Bohle iridovirus infection in Krefft's freshwater turtle hatchlings (Emydura macquarii krefftii)'. Veterinary Pathology, 60 (1):139-150. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Wilkinson, Adam; Ariel, Ellen; Van De Merwe, Jason; Brodie, Jon (2023) 'Green Turtle (Chelonia mydas) Blood and Scute Trace Element Concentrations in the Northern Great Barrier Reef'. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 42 (11):2375-2388. [DOI]
Diggins, Rebecca L.; Grimm, Jessica; Mendez, Diana; Jones, Karina; Hamann, Mark; Bell, Ian; Ariel, Ellen (2023) 'Confirmed feasibility of a satellite tracker attachment method on small juvenile hawksbill turtles Eretmochelys imbricata'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 704 :119-130. [DOI]
A Standardized Protocol for Measuring Bioelectrical Impedance in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas)
2023
Kophamel, Sara; Ward, Leigh C.; Ariel, Ellen; Mendez, Diana; O'Brien, Lauren M.; Burchell, Lauren; Munns, Suzanne L. (2023) 'A Standardized Protocol for Measuring Bioelectrical Impedance in Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas)'. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 96 (2):87-99. [DOI]
Diggins, R.; Burrie, R.; Ariel, E.; Ridley, J.; Olsen, J.; Schultz, S.; Pettett-Willmett, G.; Hemming, G.; Lloyd, J. (2022) 'A review of welfare indicators for sea turtles undergoing rehabilitation, with emphasis on environmental enrichment'. Animal Welfare, 31 (2):219-230. [DOI]
Jones, Karina; Limpus, Colin J.; Brodie, Jon; Jones, Rhondda; Read, Mark; Shum, Edith; Bell, Ian P.; Ariel, Ellen (2022) 'Spatial distribution of fibropapillomatosis in green turtles along the Queensland coast and an investigation into the influence of water quality on prevalence'. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (8). [DOI]
Kophamel, Sara; Ward, Leigh C.; Konovalov, Dmitry A.; Mendez, Diana; Ariel, Ellen; Cassidy, Nathan; Bell, Ian; Balastegui Martínez, María T.; Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) 'Field‐based adipose tissue quantification in sea turtles using bioelectrical impedance spectroscopy validated with CT scans and deep learning'. Ecology and Evolution, 12 . [DOI]
Sunarto, Agus; Grimm, Jessica; McColl, Kenneth A.; Ariel, Ellen; Krishnankutty Nair, Kiran; Corbeil, Serge; Hardaker, Talia; Tizard, Mark; Strive, Tanja; Holmes, Bonnie (2022) 'Bioprospecting for biological control agents for invasive tilapia in Australia'. Biological Control, 174 . [DOI]
Wilkinson, Adam; Ariel, Ellen; van de Merwe, Jason; Brodie, Jon (2022) 'Trace element concentrations in forage seagrass species of Chelonia mydas along the Great Barrier Reef'. PLoS ONE, 17 (6). [DOI]
Kophamel, Sara; Rudd, Donna; Ward, Leigh C.; Shum, Edith; Ariel, Ellen; Mendez, Diana; Starling, Jemma; Mellers, Renee; Burchell, Richard K.; Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) 'Haematological and biochemical reference intervals for wild green turtles (Chelonia mydas): a Bayesian approach for small sample sizes'. Conservation Physiology, 10 (1). [DOI]
Kophamel, Sara; Illing, Björn; Ariel, Ellen; Difalco, Morgan; Skerratt, Lee F.; Hamann, Mark; Ward, Leigh C.; Méndez, Diana; Munns, Suzanne L. (2022) 'Importance of health assessments for conservation in noncaptive wildlife'. Conservation Biology, 36 (1). [DOI]
González-Paredes, Daniel; Ariel, Ellen; David, Maria Florencia; Ferrando, Virginia; Marsh, Helene; Hamann, Mark (2021) 'Gastrointestinal transit times in juvenile green turtles: an approach for assessing digestive motility disorders'. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 544 . [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Drane, Kezia; Huerlimann, Roger; Power, Michelle; Whelan, Anna; Ariel, Ellen; Sheehan, Madoc; Kinobe, Robert (2021) 'Testudines as sentinels for monitoring the dissemination of antibiotic resistance in marine environments: an integrative review'. Antibiotics, 10 (7). [DOI]
Okoh, God'spower; Horwood, Paul F.; Whitmore, David; Ariel, Ellen (2021) 'Herpesviruses in reptiles'. Frontiers Veterinary Science, 8 . [DOI]
Parrish, Kate; Kirkland, Peter D.; Skerratt, Lee F.; Ariel, Ellen (2021) 'Nidoviruses in Reptiles: A Review'. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 8 . [DOI]
Mashkour, Narges; Jones, Karina; Wirth, Wytamma; Burgess, Graham; Ariel, Ellen (2021) 'The concurrent detection of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 and Chelonia mydas papillomavirus 1 in tumoured and non-tumoured green turtles'. Animals, 11 (3). [DOI]
Wirth, Wytamma; Lesbarrères, David; Ariel, Ellen (2021) 'Ten years of ranavirus research (2010–2019): an analysis of global research trends'. Facets, 6 :44-57. [DOI]
March, D.; Ariel, E.; Blyde, D.; Christidis, L.; Kelaher, B. P. (2021) 'Influence of exercise and fasting on blood parameters in juvenile green turtles (Chelonia mydas): implications for health assessments'. Comparative Exercise Physiology, 17 (2):181-187. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Jones, K.; Burgess, G.; Budd, A.M.; Huerlimann, R.; Mashkour, N.; Ariel, E. (2020) 'Molecular evidence for horizontal transmission of chelonid alphaherpesvirus 5 at green turtle (Chelonia mydas) foraging grounds in Queensland, Australia'. PLoS ONE, 15 (1). [DOI]
Mashkour, Narges; Jones, Karina; Kophamel, Sara; Hipolito, Teresa; Ahasan, Shamim; Walker, Grant; Jakob-Hoff, Richard; Whittaker, Maxine; Hamann, Mark; Bell, Ian; Elliman, Jennifer; Owens, Leigh; Saladin, Claire; Crespo-Picazo, Jose Luis; Gardner, Brett; Loganathan, Aswini Leela; Bowater, Rachel; Young, Erina; Robinson, David; Baverstock, Warren; Blyde, David; March, Duan; Eghbali, Maryam; Mohammadi, Maryam; Freggi, Daniela; Giliam, Jane; Hale, Mike; Nicolle, Nicholas; Spiby, Kevin; Wrobel, Daphne; Parga, Mariluz; Mobaraki, Asghar; Rajakaruna, Rupika; Hyland, Kevin P.; Read, Mark; Ariel, Ellen (2020) 'Disease risk analysis in sea turtles: a baseline study to inform conservation efforts'. PLoS ONE, 15 (10). [DOI]
March, D.T.; Marshall, K.; Swan, G.; Gerlach, T.; Smith, H.; Blyde, D.; Ariel, E.; Christidis, L.; Kelaher, B.P. (2020) 'The use of echocardiography as a health assessment tool in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas)'. Australian Veterinary Journal, 99 (1-2):46-54. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Ahasan, Mohammad Shamim; Waltzek, Thomas B.; Owens, Leigh; Ariel, Ellen (2020) 'Characterisation and comparison of the mucosa-associated bacterial communities across the gastrointestinal tract of stranded green turtles, Chelonia mydas'. AIMS Microbiology, 6 (4):361-378. [DOI]
Wirth, Wytamma; Elliott, Elizabeth; Rudd, Donna; Hayes, Linda; Maclaine, Alicia; Mashkour, Narges; Ahasan, Shamim; Gorm Dahl, Jakob; Drane, Kezia; Ariel, Ellen (2020) 'Cutaneous lesions in freshwater turtles (Emydura macquarii krefftii and Myuchelys latisternum) in a rainforest creek in North Queensland, Australia'. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 7 . [DOI]
Wirth, Wytamma; Ariel, Ellen (2020) 'Temperature-dependent infection of freshwater turtle hatchlings, Emydura macquarii krefftii, inoculated with a ranavirus isolate (Bohle iridovirus, Iridoviridae)'. Facets, 5 (1):821-830. [DOI]
Ban de Gouvea Pedroso, Silvia; Phalen, David N.; Terkildsen, Michael; Blyde, David; March, Duane T.; Gordon, Anita N.; Chapman, Phoebe A.; Mills, Paul C.; Owen, Helen; Gillett, Amber; Lloyd, Hannah B.; Ross, Geoffrey A.; Hall, Jane; Scott, Jennifer; Ariel, Ellen; Yang, Rongchang; Rose, Karrie A. (2020) 'Coccidiosis in green turtles (Chelonia Mydas) in Australia: pathogenesis, spatial and temporal distribution, and climate-related determinants of disease outbreaks'. Journal of Wildlife Diseases, 56 (2):359-371. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Maclaine, Alicia; Wirth, Wytamma T.; McKnight, Donald T.; Burgess, Graham W.; Ariel, Ellen (2020) 'Ranaviruses in captive and wild Australian lizards'. Facets, 5 (1):758-768. [DOI]
Okoh, God'spower Richard; Ariel, Ellen; Whitmore, David; Horwood, Paul F. (2023) 'Draft Genome Sequence of a Novel Adenovirus Recovered from the Metagenome of Agile Wallabies' Microbiology Resource Announcements, 12 (6) . [DOI]
Drane, Kezia; Huerlimann, Roger; Power, Michelle; Ariel, Ellen; Sheehan, Madoc; Kinobe, Robert (2021) 'Using Green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) as essential bio-indicators for monitoring antibiotic resistance in marine environments worldwide: a critical appraisal' FASEB Journal, 35 (S1) :03303-03303. [DOI]
Journal Contribution
ResearchOnline@JCU