Tropical Water & Ecosystems

Emma Rehn

Emma Rehn

Damien Burrows

Damien Burrows

Barry Butler

Barry Butler

Maya Srinivasan

Maya Srinivasan

Adam Canning

Adam Canning

Cassandra James

Cassandra James

Carissa Reason

Carissa Reason

Caroline Petus

Caroline Petus

Paula Cartwright

Paula Cartwright

Christophe Cleguer

Christophe Cleguer

Ravenswood Gold Environmental Research, Monitoring & Investigations. (Old ID 26949)
Sarah McDonald
30 Jun 2020 - 31 Aug 2025
Environmental monitoring, research and assessment to meet regularity assessment requirements for aqu...
Cassowary Coast Green Nourishment (Seagrass) Program (Stage 1 – Feasibility)
Paul York
01 Aug 2024 - 30 Jun 2025
Working with Cassowary Coast Regional Council to study the feasibility of restoring coastal seagrass...
Building capacity of GMY rangers to participate in the management of their Sea Country – 2.0
Skye McKenna
01 Sep 2024 - 31 Jan 2026
This collaborative project between GMY (Gunggandji-Mandingalbay Yidinji Rangers) and JCU’s TropWATER...
Assessing seagrass distribution as habitat for dugong, turtle and fish on Mandubarra Sea Country
Paul York
01 May 2024 - 30 Nov 2025
The project will survey seagrass around the South Barnard Islands to complete habitat mapping within...
The Yunbenun Seagrass and Megafauna Monitoring Project
Skye McKenna
23 Sep 2024 - 30 Apr 2026
The Yunbenun Seagrass and Megafauna Monitoring Project will address knowledge gaps around seagrass a...
NQBP Ambient Water Quality Monitoring Program
Paula Cartwright
16 May 2022
I have been project manager of this program since 2022, managing the fieldwork, technical staff, dat...
Lower Herbert Fine Scale Monitoring
Aaron Davis
04 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
Fine scale monitoring program for water quality, developed in co-design with sugar industry
Lower Herbert Fine Scale Monitoring
Aaron Davis
04 Sep 2024 - 31 Aug 2027
Fine scale monitoring program for water quality, developed in co-design with sugar industry
Monitoring seagrass habitat of Yanyuwa Sea Country using Drones and Remote sensing
Alexandra Carter
01 May 2024 - 20 Dec 2024
The Yanyuwa people in the Gulf of Carpentaria are custodians of some of the most significant seagras...
Townsville City Council Saltmarsh Restoration
Sigit Deni Sasmito
30 Oct 2024 - 31 Mar 2026
Undertake saltmarsh restoration trials with Townsville City Council within their estate.

Coral decline threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves

Mid-late Holocene sea-level variability in eastern Australia

Recruitment in time and space: the dynamics and distributions of reef fish populations on a low latitude coral reef

  • 2006
  • Researchers:Maya Srinivasan

Patterns in tropical seagrass photosynthesis in relation to light, depth and habitat

Niche shifts and local competition between two coral reef fishes at their geographic boundary

A multi-trace element coral record of land-use changes in the Burdekin River catchment, NE Australia

Assessment of the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia): conceptual models

Chlorophyll fluorescence measures of seagrasses Halophila ovalis and Zostera capricorni reveal differences in response to experimental shading

Sediment and nutrient exports for the Burdekin River catchment, north Queensland: a comparison of monitoring and modelling data

A review of load tools available for calculating pollutant exports to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon: a case study of varying catchment areas

Title: Ports North, Ports North supports an annual monitoring program conducted by James Cook University (JCU) in Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet, as well as at our other ports, such as Karumba, Mourilyan and Thursday Island. By using helicopters and underwater cameras on boats, the seagrass meadows are mapped and assessed for any changes.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Title: Gladstone Ports Corporation, The purpose of the Long-term Maintenance Dredging Management Plan (LMDMP) is to address operational needs, environmental risks, monitoring and adaptive management actions specific to the Port of Gladstone whilst ensuring the ongoing sustainability of maintenance dredging within the port.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2030
Title: North Queensland Bulk Ports, Partnering with scientists at James Cook University (JCU), NQBP has been collecting data on seagrass growth around our port sites for more than 20 years. In addition to informing our own environmental activities and port operations, our data has contributed to advances in an international body of seagrass knowledge through JCU's academic research and regional report cards developed to help monitor the health of our waterways.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
End Date: 01 Jan 2030
Title: Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service contracted James Cook University to conduct surveys and research on the impacts to and resilience of seagrass in Great Sandy Marine Park. This important surveying and research help government understand the impacts to seagrass from the 2022 flooding events and its ability to recovery.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Master of Science - Botany, James Cook University
Reseracher: Norm Duke (Senior Research Scientist)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1981
End Date: 01 Jan 1984
Title: Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University
Reseracher: Norm Duke (Senior Research Scientist)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1986
End Date: 01 Jan 1988
Title: Bachelor of Science with Honours, James Cook University
Reseracher: Norm Duke (Senior Research Scientist)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1973
End Date: 01 Jan 1973
Title: Editor of the SeDNAS PeerJ Hub
Reseracher: Cecilia Villacorta Rath (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Higher Degree By Research Committee
Reseracher: Jack Koci (Principal Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Conference co-chair
Reseracher: Sarah McDonald (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2023