Marine Biology & Aquaculture

Tom Lloyd

Tom Lloyd

Alys Young

Alys Young

William Arlidge

William Arlidge

Anna Wilson

Anna Wilson

Kelly Condon

Kelly Condon

Graeme Cumming

Graeme Cumming

Takahiro Shimada

Takahiro Shimada

Peter Doll

Peter Doll

Michela Mitchell

Michela Mitchell

Jan Strugnell

Jan Strugnell

AEA Ignite - Gold Barramundi
Roberta Marcoli
11 Feb 2026 - 10 Jul 2027
CRISPR gene editing is changing global food production by providing new ways to improve growth, qual...
Scoping land use conversion options for high DIN risk, low-lying sugarcane areas in Burdekin and Mackay Whitsunday region (Old ID 26454)
Nathan Waltham
01 Jan 2019 - 01 Sep 2020
Water Quality Improvement Plans for most NRMs in the Great Barrier Reef catchments recognise that co...
AEA Ignite - Gold Barramundi
Jarrod Guppy
11 Feb 2026 - 10 Jul 2027
CRISPR gene editing is changing global food production by providing new ways to improve growth, qual...
Increasing efficiency and effectiveness of CoTS culling at low densities
Peter Doll
15 Oct 2025 - 26 Feb 2027
This study capitalises on the demonstrated utility of Scooter Assisted Large Area Diver-based (SALAD...
CoTS responses to elevated temperature and bleaching
Peter Doll
15 Oct 2025 - 26 Feb 2027
This study combines laboratory experiments and field surveys to assess how changing environmental an...
An investigation of multiple paternity in the endangered narrow sawfish, Anoxypristis cuspidata (Old ID 23312)
Jan Strugnell
28 Nov 2017 - 31 Dec 2018
This genetics-based project will investigate multiple paternity in the endangered narrow sawfish for...
Incorporating cyanobacteria into black solider fly waste diets as an effective bloom biomass cleanup strategy.
Leo Nankervis
20 Apr 2026 - 30 Nov 2026
This research will provide insights into the feasibility of using Townsville City Council cyanobacte...
Addressing key technical bottlenecks in the grouper supply chain in Vietnam (and Australia) through manufactured feed and hatchery developments that aim to improve SME sector profitability
Simon Das
01 Jun 2024 - 01 Dec 2027
Research Fellow
Circular economy and feed management approaches for inclusive and sustainable development of marine aquaculture in Vietnam
Simon Das
01 Jan 2024 - 31 Mar 2027
Research Fellow
Closing the life-cycle of high-value Lysmata debelius shrimp in captivity
Leo Nankervis
11 May 2026 - 10 May 2027
This project aims to enable captive breeding of the high-value ornamental shrimp Lysmata debelius, a...

Sea urchins, macroalgae and coral reef decline: a functional evaluation of an intact reef system, Ningaloo, Western Australia

Synergistic effects of habitat preference and gregarious behaviour on habitat use in coral reef cardinalfish

Modelling selective breeding in protandrous, batch-reared Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer, Bloch) using walkback selection

Thermal tolerance varies in tropical and sub-tropical populations of barramundi (Lates calcarifer) consistent with local adaptation

Population and family growth response to different rearing location, heritability estimates and genotype×environment interaction in the silver-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima)

Normalizing RT-qPCR data: are we getting the right answers? An appraisal of normalization approaches and internal reference genes from a case study in the Finfish Lates calcarifer

Xenografts and pearl production in two pearl oyster species, P. maxima and P. margaritifera: effect on pearl quality and a key to understanding genetic contribution

Functional innovations and morphological diversification in parrotfish

The effect of temperature on the incubation of eggs of the tropical rock lobster Panulirus ornatus

Variability in mesophotic coral reef communities along the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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