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Morgan Pratchett

Projects

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Biography

Prof Morgan Pratchett is a marine conservation ecologist with extensive knowledge of coral reef ecosystems. His current research focuses on major disturbances that contribute to widespread declines in the abundance of hard corals, and corresponding changes in the structure and function of coral reef ecosystems.

Research

Projects
Coral bleaching assessment 2024 in northern Great Barrier Reef
01 Mar 2024 - 01 May 2024
Coral reef monitoring, research and community engagement in the IOT Marine Parks. (Old ID 27923)
23 Mar 2023 - 30 May 2025
Localised status assessment for specialty coral harvest species in the Great Barrier Reef (Old ID 27915)
10 Feb 2023 - 31 Jul 2024
Spatiotemporal variation in settlement rates of crown-of-thorns starfish on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef: critical research to underpin understanding and management of impending population irruptions (Old ID 27784)
24 Aug 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
Quantifying predation rates on CoTS relative to fisheries management zones and corresponding differences in abundance of putative predators (Old ID 27504)
01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
In situ feeding rates of crown-of-thorns starfish and fate of prey corals (Old ID 27494)
01 Jan 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
COTS Monitoring Design: sample design for science and management decisions (Old ID 27510)
01 Jan 2022 - 30 Jun 2023
COTS Monitoring Design: sample design for science and management decisions (Old ID 27508)
30 Nov 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
CCIP-M-01 – Project management (Old ID 27506)
01 Nov 2021 - 30 Jun 2024
Pre-outbreak monitoring of the density, distribution and size-structure of crown-of-thorns starfish (CoTS) in the Great Barrier Reef (Old ID 27501)
01 Jan 2021 - 01 Jun 2024
Crown-of-thorns starfish control innovation program – Feasibility and Design Phase (Phase 1) (Old ID 27217)
01 Oct 2020 - 30 Jun 2021
Effective sampling of Acanthaster cf. solaris to provide early-warning of new and renewed outbreaks (Old ID 26779)
01 Jun 2020 - 31 May 2022
Innovations in COTS Control on the Great Barrier Reef (Old ID 26958)
01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2020
Coral Sea - Coral Reef Health Multi Year Project (Old ID 26516)
27 May 2019 - 30 Jun 2021
Distribution, abundance and reproductive behaviour of non-outbreak populations of Acanthaster cf. solaris (Old ID 26198)
15 Feb 2019 - 31 Dec 2019
Coral Reef Health in the Coral Sea Marine Park (Old ID 24771)
05 Mar 2018 - 05 Jul 2020
Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Shallow Reef Monitoring 2018 (Old ID 24815)
24 Feb 2018 - 10 Dec 2018
Crown-of-thorns starfish: surveillance and life history (Old ID 24993)
01 Jan 2018 - 10 Sep 2020
Research to support sustainable coral harvesting by Australian aquarium industry (Old ID 23641)
13 Jul 2017 - 12 Jul 2018
Early detection of outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Old ID 23454)
01 Jul 2017 - 31 Dec 2018
Microhabitat preferences and post-settlement demography for juvenile crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS) (Old ID 23243)
13 Mar 2017 - 17 Apr 2018
Implementation of the Crown of Thorn Starfish research strategy: regional strategies (Old ID 23135)
01 Jan 2017 - 10 Jun 2020
The impact of increasing ocean temperatures on the movement and behaviour of the iconic Indo-Pacific fisheries species, coral trout (Old ID 22898)
01 Jan 2017 - 30 Sep 2019
Abundance, Species Identify and Resilience of Inshore Corals in the Dampier Archipelago (Old ID 23051)
13 Oct 2016 - 29 Nov 2019
Fine-scale movement and diurnal changes in detectability of crown-of-thorns starfish (Old ID 22868)
30 Sep 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
Settlement collectors as an early warning system for outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish (Old ID 22846)
12 Jul 2016 - 30 Jun 2017
Integrated pest management of Crown of Thorns Starfish (Old ID 22525)
01 Jan 2016 - 01 Dec 2018
Establishing baselines and assessing vulnerability of commercially harvested corals across northern Australia (Old ID 22174)
04 Jun 2015 - 01 Jul 2020
Towards Solving COTS on the GBR Through Integrated Pest Management (Old ID 21943)
18 Dec 2014 - 30 Dec 2016