Marine Biology & Aquaculture

Water Quality, eDNA and NRM Management Directions (Old ID 26264)
Nathan Waltham
04 Dec 2018 - 30 Jun 2022
Water quality and the threat of invasive species continue to exist in the Torres Straits. This proje...
Direct age determination with validation for commercially important Australian lobster and crab species (western, eastern, southern and ornate rock lobster, and crystal, Tasmanian giant and mud crab) (Old ID 21354)
Clive Jones
01 Jul 2014 - 30 Jun 2016
Age information for commercially important crustaceans is necessary for calculating growth, mortalit...
Jaragun Wetland Restoration (Old ID 27070)
Nathan Waltham
30 Nov 2020 - 30 Nov 2021
A small wetland will be targeted for weed removal and replanting along Babinda Creek in this project...
PNG & Pacific Island Nations Feeds Review. (Old ID 27717)
Leo Nankervis
24 Jun 2022 - 31 Oct 2023
Review the barriers to expansion of tilapia aquaculture for development in PNG, Solomon Islands and ...
Reconstructing past grounded ice extent over time around Wilkes Land margin, East Antarctica, using animal genomes (Old ID 27730)
Sally Lau
01 Jun 2022 - 31 Dec 2023
The marine-based margins of the Antarctic Ice Sheet are vulnerable to collapse based on current traj...
Coral Reef Health in the Coral Sea Marine Park (Old ID 24771)
Morgan Pratchett
05 Mar 2018 - 05 Jul 2020
A number of coral reefs occur in the Australian Marine Parks estate, particularly within the Coral S...
Lobster Aquaculture Groote Eylandt Phase 2A - Nursery (Old ID 27401)
Clive Jones
01 Oct 2021 - 30 Apr 2022
This project is part of a research and development program to establish tropical rock lobster aquacu...
The relative contribution of gleaning to Tonga's inshore fishery
Patrick Smallhorn-West
15 Mar 2024 - 12 May 2025
The services to be provided are, as part of a team detailed in C.A.5 Specified Personnel and C.A.6 S...
Novel reproductive approaches to de-risk and transform barramundi breeding (Old ID 31145)
Jarrod Guppy
01 May 2024 - 16 Sep 2027
Demand for Australian seafood outstrips supply. Farming of the iconic Australian barramundi is poise...
Jaragun wetland restoration research
Nathan Waltham
21 Apr 2024 - 27 Feb 2026
Complete wetland research with Jaragun in wet tropics, including oyster and freshwater ecology resea...

Coral bleaching, reef fish community phase shifts and the resilience of coral reefs

Regional-scale assembly rules and biodiversity of coral reefs

Confronting the coral reef crisis

Influence of age and moderate-intensity exercise training on heart rate variability in young and mature adults

Influence of intensive cycling training on heart rate variability during rest and exercise

Selection for faster growth in the freshwater crayfish Cherax destructor

Parentage determination of Kuruma prawn shrimp Penaeus (Marsupenaeus) japonicus using microsatellite markers

Phylogenetic relationships of Australian members of the family Percichthyidae inferred from mitochondrial 12S rRNA sequence data

Phylogeography of the freshwater crayfish Cherax destructor Clark (Parastacidae) in inland Australia: historical fragmentation and recent range expansion

Larval growth history determines juvenile growth and survival in a tropical marine fish

Title: JCU reef scientist goes global after plumbing the depths, Townsville Bulletin
Reseracher: Gemma Galbraith (AIMS@JCU Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reef Connectivity)
Start Date: 10 Nov 2024
Title: Deep dive: How I use robots to survey coral reefs, Nature
Reseracher: Gemma Galbraith (AIMS@JCU Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Reef Connectivity)
Start Date: 31 Mar 2025
Title: Wet Tropics Management Authority - Scientific Advisory Committee
Reseracher: Nathan Waltham (Associate Professor, Blue Carbon)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Aquaculture without Frontiers (AwF), Australia
Reseracher: Simon Das (Research Fellow - Grouper Nutrition)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2027
Title: Australian Coral Reef Society
Reseracher: Morgan Pratchett (Professor, Marine Biology & Aquaculture)
Title: International Coral Reef Society
Reseracher: Morgan Pratchett (Professor, Marine Biology & Aquaculture)
Title: BSc Ecology, University of Cape Town
Reseracher: Mark Cyrus (Senior Lecturer Aquaculture Macroalgae)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2004
End Date: 01 Jan 2006
Title: BSc Honours, University of Cape Town
Reseracher: Mark Cyrus (Senior Lecturer Aquaculture Macroalgae)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2007
End Date: 01 Jan 2007
Title: PhD, James Cook University
Reseracher: Leo Nankervis (Associate Professor, Aquaculture)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2002
End Date: 01 Jan 2005
Title: BSc(Hons), James Cook University
Reseracher: Leo Nankervis (Associate Professor, Aquaculture)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1996
End Date: 01 Jan 1999