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Sue-Ann is an Associate Professor in the Marine Biology and Aquaculture team within the College of Science and Engineering at James Cook University and a Senior Scientist and Curator (Marine Invertebrates) for the Queensland Museum, based at the Queensland Museum Tropics in Townsville. Sue-Ann is appointed to the Species Technical Committee, Queensland to assess species at risk of extinction using the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List framework. She is President for the Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) North Queensland Branch and an Advisory Committee member for Invertebrates Australia.

Sue-Ann's role provides a partnership with the Queensland Museum, and she actively translates research knowledge to education and action through government and non-government agencies and communities. Examples include policy briefings, presentations to members of the Royal Family, museum exhibitions (physical and web-based), life-long learning, and national and international media outreach (TV, radio, online and in print).

Sue-Ann’s research focuses on the responses of marine organisms to change, both in space (along natural evolutionary gradients) and time (responses to environmental change). She is particularly interested in large scale evolutionary patterns and ecological trends in marine invertebrates and the effects of stressors such as ocean acidification, warming and water quality impacts including light availability (turbidity), nutrients and salinity on invertebrates, corals and fishes. Sue-Ann’s broad research interests include ecology, physiology, behavior, biogeography, biodiversity, and the potential for acclimation and adaptation to change in marine organisms.

Research organisms include: bivalve and gastropod molluscs (oysters, giant clams, jumping snails, cone snails, pteropods), crown-of-thorns starfish (COTS), hard and soft corals, crustaceans, sea urchins, fish (coral reef fish, kingfish, barramundi), brachiopods and sea cucumbers.

Research sites include: Australia, Singapore, French Polynesia, Antarctica, Arctic, UK, deep sea (Crozet Islands and North Atlantic abyssal plain), Falkland Islands and New Zealand.

Sue-Ann is originally from the UK and studied for a BSc (Hons) degree in Biology from the University of Nottingham and MSc in Oceanography from the National Oceanography Centre, University of Southampton. With the University of Southampton and British Antarctic Survey, Sue-Ann researched evolutionary trends across latitudinal gradients in marine invertebrates to determine how adaptive traits change along environmental gradients from the tropics to the poles for her PhD, in collaboration with the National University of Singapore, University of Melbourne and James Cook University.

PhD projects are available in my group and enquiries are welcome. Please submit a cover letter (1 page maximum) letter detailing your suitability and interest, academic transcript and a CV with contact details of two referees by email.

Sue-Ann's website

Coral Reef Studies website

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Example research

Smart growth: Marine snails know how to budget their housing costs

For nearly 50 years, researchers have been stumped as to why sea shells from warm tropical waters are comparatively larger than their cold-water relatives. Research, led by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) at James Cook University, suggests that it all comes down to ‘housing cost.’The paper “Latitudinal trends in shell production cost from the tropics to the poles” is published in the journal Science Advances.

http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/3/9/e1701362

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Thomas, Jodi T.; Huerlimann, Roger; Schunter, Celia; Watson, Sue-Ann; Munday, Philip L.; Ravasi, Tim...
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Manríquez, Patricio H.; González, Claudio P.; Jara, María Elisa; Watson, Sue-Ann; Torres, Rodrigo; D...
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Manríquez, Patricio H.; Jara, María Elisa; González, Claudio P.; Jeno, Katherine; Domenici, Paolo; W...
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Armstrong, Eric J.; Watson, Sue Ann; Stillman, Jonathon H.; Calosi, Piero (2022) 'Elevated temperatu. Scientific Repor, 12 . [DOI] ...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Neo, Mei Lin (2021) 'Conserving threatened species during rapid environmental chang. Conservation Physiology, 9 (1). [DOI] ...
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Campanyà-Llovet, Neus; Le Guitton, Marie; Watson, Sue-Ann (2021) 'Long-term and seasonal changes in . Deep-sea Research Part I: Oceano, 174 . [DOI] ...
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Uthicke, Sven; Patel, Francis; Petrik, Chelsea; Watson, Sue-Ann; Karelitz, Sam E.; Lamare, Miles D. ...
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Manríquez, Patricio H.; Jara, María Elisa; González, Claudio P.; Seguel, Mylene E.; Domenici, Paolo;...
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Thomas, Jodi T.; Spady, Blake L.; Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann (2021) 'The role of ligand-gate. Journal of Experiment, 224 (13). [DOI] ...
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Manríquez, Patricio H.; Gonzalez, Claudio P.; Seguel, Mylene; Garcia-Huidobro, M. Roberto; Lohrmann,...
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Wolfe, Kennedy; Anthony, Ken; Babcock, Russell C.; Bay, Line; Bourne, David G.; Burrows, Damien; Byr...
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Bouyoucos, Ian A.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Planes, Serge; Simpfendorfer, Colin A.; Schwieterman, Gail D.; W...
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Thomas, Jodi T.; Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann (2020) 'Toward a mechanistic understanding of ma. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 . [DOI] ...
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Horwitz, Rael; Norin, Tommy; Watson, Sue-Ann; Pistevos, Jennifer C.A.; Beldade, Ricardo; Hacquart, S...
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Jarrold, Michael D.; Welch, Megan J.; McMahon, Shannon J.; McArley, Tristan; Allan, Bridie J.M.; Wat...
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Munday, Philip L.; Dixson, Danielle; Welch, Megan J.; Chivers, Douglas P.; Domenici, Paolo; Grosell,...
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Spady, Blake L.; Watson, Sue-Ann (2020) 'Bigfin reef squid demonstrate capacity for conditional disc. PeerJ, 8 . [DOI] ...
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Spady, Blake L.; Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann (2020) 'Elevated seawater pCO(2) affects reprodu. Marine Environmental Research, 153 . [DOI] ...
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Hannan, Kelly D.; Miller, Gabrielle M.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Rummer, Jodie L.; Fabricius, Katharina; Mun...
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Spady, Blake L.; Nay, Tiffany J.; Rummer, Jodie L.; Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann (2019) 'Aerob. Con, 7...
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McCormick, Mark I.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Simpson, Stephen D.; Allan, Bridie J.M. (2018) 'Effect of eleva. 285 (1875). ...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Allan, Bridie J.M; McQueen, David E.; Nicol, Simon; Parsons, Darren M.; Pether, Ste...
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Spady, Blake L.; Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann (2018) 'Predatory strategies and behaviours in c. Global Change Biology, 24 (6):2585-2596. [DOI] ...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Morley, Simon A.; Peck, Lloyd S. (2017) 'Latitudinal trends in shell production cos. Science Advances, 3 (9):1-8. [DOI] ...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Fields, Jennifer B.; Munday, Philip L. (2017) 'Ocean acidification alters predator . Biology Letters, 13 :1-5. [DOI] ...
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Allen, Jonathan D.; Schrage, Kharis R.; Foo, Shawna A.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Byrne, Maria (2017) 'The ef. Dive, 9 ...
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Ferrari, Maud C.O.; McCormick, Mark I.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Meekan, Mark G.; Munday, Philip L.; Chivers...
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Allan, Bridie J.M.; Domenici, Paolo; Watson, Sue Ann; Munday, Philip L.; McCormick, Mark I. (2017) '....
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Wessels, Wiebke; Sprungala, Susanne; Watson, Sue-Ann; Miller, David J.; Bourne, David G. (2017) 'The. F,...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Fabricius, Katharina E.; Munday, Philip L. (2017) 'Quantifying pCO₂ in biological o. PLoS ONE, 12 (9):1-16. [DOI] ...
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Torda, Gergely; Donelson, Jennifer M.; Aranda, Manuel; Barshis, Daniel J.; Bay, Line; Berumen, Micha...
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Heinrich, Dennis D.U.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Rummer, Jodie L.; Brandl, Simon J.; Simpfendorfer, Colin A.;...
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Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Parsons, Darren M.; King, Alicia; Barr, Neill G.; McLeod, Ian M....
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Nadler, Lauren E.; Killen, Shaun S.; McCormick, Mark I.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Munday, Philip L. (2016) '....
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Moya, Aurelie; Howes, Ella L.; Lacoue-Labarthe, Thomas; Foret, Sylvain; Hanna, Bishoy; Medina, Mónic...
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Munday, Philip L.; Welch, Megan J.; Allan, Bridie J.M.; Watson, Sue-Ann; McMahon, Shannon J.; McCorm...
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Watson, Sue-Ann (2015) 'Giant clams and rising CO2: light may ameliorate effects of ocean acidificat. PLoS ONE, 10 (6):1-18. [DOI] ...
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Brien, H.V.; Watson, S.-A.; Hoogenboom, M.O. (2015) 'Presence of competitors influences photosynthes. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73 (3):659-669. [DOI] ...
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Lefevre, Sjannie; Watson, Sue-Ann; Munday, Philip L.; Nilsson, Göran E. (2015) 'Will jumping snails . Journal of Experim, 218 (19):2991-30...
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Rossi, Tullio; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Simpson, Stephen D.; Pistevos, Jennifer C.A.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Mer...
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Ferrari, Maud C.O.; Munday, Philip L.; Rummer, Jodie L.; McCormick, Mark I.; Corkill, Katherine; Wat...
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Welch, Megan J.; Welsh, Justin Q.; Watson, Sue-Ann; McCormick, Mark I.; Munday, Philip (2014) 'Effec. Nat, 4...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Lefevre, Sjannie; McCormick, Mark I.; Domenici, Paolo; Nilsson, Göran E.; Munday, P...
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Chung, Wen-Sung; Marshall, N. Justin; Watson, Sue-Ann; Munday, Philip L.; Nilsson, Göran E. (2014) '....
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Morley, Simon A.; Bates, Amanda E.; Clark, Melody S.; Day, Robert W.; Lamare, Miles...
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Heinrich, Dennis D.U.; Rummer, Jodie L.; Morash, Andrea J.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Simpfendorfer, Colin; H...
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Chivers, Douglas P.; McCormick, Mark I.; Nilsson, Göran E.; Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Meek...
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Spady, Blake L.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Chase, Tory J.; Munday, Philip L. (2014) 'Projected near-future CO. Biology Open, 3 (11):1063-1070. [ ...
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Chivers, Douglas P.; Ramasamy, Ryan A.; McCormick, Mark I.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Siebeck, Ulrike E.; Fer...
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Domenici, Paolo; Allan, Bridie J.M.; Watson, Sue-Ann; McCormick, Mark I.; Munday, Philip L. (2014) '....
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Allan, Bridie J.M.; Domenici, Paolo; McCormick, Mark I.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Munday, Philip L. (2013) '....
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Rummer, Jodie L.; Stecyk, Jonathan A.W.; Couturier, Christine; Watson, Sue-Ann; Nilsson, Göran E.; M...
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McCormick, Mark I.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Munday, Philip L. (2013) 'Ocean acidification reverses competit. Scientific Reports, 3 :1-6. [DOI] ...
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Miller, Gabrielle M.; Watson, Sue-Ann; McCormick, Mark I.; Munday, Philip L. (2013) 'Increased CO₂ s. Global Change, 19 (10):303...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Peck, Lloyd S.; Tyler, Paul A.; Southgate, Paul C.; Tan, Koh Siang; Day, Robert W.;...
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Nilsson, Göran; Dixson, Danielle L.; Domenici, Paolo; McCormick, Mark I.; Sørensen, Christina; Watso...
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Miller, Gabrielle M.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Donelson, Jennifer M.; McCormick, Mark I.; Munday, Philip L. ...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Southgate, Paul C.; Miller, Gabrielle M.; Moorhead, Jonathan A.; Knauer, Jens (2012...
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Munday, Philip L.; McCormick, Mark I.; Meekan, Mark; Dixson, Danielle L.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Chivers, ...
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Watson, Sue-Ann; Southgate, Paul C.; Tyler, Paul A.; Peck, Lloyd (2009) 'Early larval development of. Journal of Shellfish Rese, 28 (3):431-437. ...
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Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Chung, Wen-Sung; Marshall, N. Justin; Nilsson, Göran (2014) 'Res Jo, ...
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Munday, Philip L; Dixson, Danielle L.; Welch, Megan J.; Chivers, Douglas P.; Domenici, Paolo; Grosel...
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