Marine Biology & Aquaculture

Tom Lloyd

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Ecosystems
tom.lloyd@jcu.edu.au

Alys Young

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Global Ecosystems
alys.young@jcu.edu.au

William Arlidge

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Community-Based Fisheries Co-Management
william.arlidge@jcu.edu.au

Anna Wilson

Senior Research Worker
anna.wilson@jcu.edu.au

Kelly Condon

Senior Lecturer, Aquaculture (Aquatic Animal Health)
kelly.condon@jcu.edu.au

Graeme Cumming

Adjunct Professor
graeme.cumming@jcu.edu.au

Takahiro Shimada

Adjunct Senior Research Fellow
takahiro.shimada@jcu.edu.au

Peter Doll

Research Fellow, Coral Reef Health Assessments
peter.doll@jcu.edu.au

Michela Mitchell

Casual Research Assistant
michela.mitchell@jcu.edu.au

Jan Strugnell

Professor, Promotional Chair
jan.strugnell@jcu.edu.au

Wuthathi River to reef baselines and monitoring framework

Nathan Waltham

02 May 2025 - 30 Apr 2026

Wuthathi Aboriginal Corporation would like to engage TropWATER JCU to assist with the implementation...

ACIAR PCAARRD Shrimp genomics for health

Dave Jones

01 Jan 2026 - 30 Apr 2026

Multi-disciplinary programmatic research approach that focuses on developing the necessary tools and...

Project 5.4 – Innovations To Support Crown-Of-Thorns Starfish Control and the Resilience of the Great Barrier Reef

Peter Doll

01 Feb 2025 - 20 Nov 2026

The Great Barrier Reef (GBR) faces increasing threats from climate-induced mass bleaching, cyclones,...

IkanAdapt - Securing Timor-Leste’s Fisheries for Sustainability and Ecological Resilience

Reniel Cabral

01 Mar 2025 - 15 Mar 2027

JCU's Centre for Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture is to be engaged by WorldFISH under the auspice...

IkanAdapt - Securing Timor-Leste’s Fisheries for Sustainability and Ecological Resilience

Naomi Gardiner

01 Mar 2025 - 15 Mar 2027

JCU's Centre for Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture is to be engaged by WorldFISH under the auspice...

IkanAdapt - Securing Timor-Leste’s Fisheries for Sustainability and Ecological Resilience

Nathan Waltham

01 Mar 2025 - 15 Mar 2027

JCU's Centre for Sustainable Fisheries & Aquaculture is to be engaged by WorldFISH under the auspice...

Living Water RUIC: Crayfeed

Leo Nankervis

15 Jun 2025 - 01 Feb 2026

The redclaw crayfish industry is positioned for growth since the hatchery supply has recently been d...

Living Water RUIC: Crayfeed

Leo Nankervis

15 Jun 2025 - 01 Feb 2026

The redclaw crayfish industry is positioned for growth since the hatchery supply has recently been d...

Living Water RUIC: Crayfeed

Simon Das

15 Jun 2025 - 01 Feb 2026

The redclaw crayfish industry is positioned for growth since the hatchery supply has recently been d...

Protection, Restoration and Management of Seagrass and Saltmarsh Ecosystems of India

Nathan Waltham

27 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2027

This project is about restoration, protection and management of seagrass and saltmarsh ecosystems fr...

Morphological structure in a reef fish assemblage

2009
Springer
Researchers:David Bellwood

Estimating ecosystem function: contrasting roles of closely related herbivorous rabbitfishes (Siganidae) on coral reefs

2009
Inter-Research
Researchers:Andrew HoeyDavid Bellwood

Dynamics of parrotfish grazing scars

2009
Springer
Researchers:David Bellwood

Endemism and evolution in the Coral Triangle: a call for clarity

2009
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:David Bellwood

Cross-shelf benthic community structure on the Great Barrier Reef: relationships between macroalgal cover and herbivore biomass

2009
Inter-Research
Researchers:Andrew HoeyDavid Bellwood

Implications of recreational fishing for elasmobranch conservation in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

2010
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Colin Simpfendorfer

Trigonodon oweni and Asima jugleri are different parts of the same species Trigonodon jugleri, a Chiseltooth Wrasse for the Lower and Middle Miocene in Central Europe (Osteichthyes, Labridae, Trigonodontinae)

2004
Der Verlag des Naturhistorischen Museums
Researchers:David Bellwood

Family by environment interactions in shell size of 43-day old silver-lip pearl oyster (Pinctada maxima), five families reared under different nursery conditions

2008
Elsevier
Researchers:Dean Jerry

Low genetic variability within and among populations of the brooding sponge Rhopaloeides odorabile on the central Great Barrier Reef

2008
Inter-Research
Researchers:Dean Jerry

Movement and distribution of young bull sharks Carcharhinus leucas in a variable estuarine environment

2008
Inter-Research
Researchers:Colin Simpfendorfer

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