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

Genetic audit of Cygnet Bay Pearls’ Akoya oyster broodstock (Old ID 27738)

Dean Jerry

01 Jul 2022 - 30 Jun 2023

This Project will examine genetic diversity in Cygnet Bay’s current Akoya oyster breeding population...

NQBP and JCU Research and Monitoring Partnership – Ambient Marine Water Quality Studies. (Old ID 27000)

Nathan Waltham

11 Sep 2020 - 10 Sep 2025

Ports are essential for economic trade and prosperity, and vital for the day-to-day function of mode...

Coastal wetland restoration techniques and evaluation ready for up-scaling (Old ID 26542)

Nathan Waltham

12 Jun 2019 - 31 Jul 2022

First component examines how fish move around floodplains that are impacted following land use conve...

NESP 3.8 Carbon abatement & biodiversity enhancements through controlling feral ungulate disturbance in wetlands. (Old ID 28970)

Nathan Waltham

01 Jan 2023 - 20 Dec 2025

Ungulates (pigs, buffalo, cattle) damage the landscape in northern Australia. This impact is particu...

ARC Research Hub for advanced breeding to transform prawn aquaculture (Old ID 21529)

Dean Jerry

01 Jan 2015 - 31 Dec 2020

Project Seadragon will establish the world's largest black tiger prawn farm, significantly boosting ...

IUCN Situation Analysis – Asian Coastal Wetlands (Old ID 27372)

Nicholas Murray

11 Oct 2021 - 31 May 2022

The Yellow Sea ecosystem of intertidal wetlands, associated habitats and the biodiversity that depen...

Viral load in APF prawn stocks (Old ID 23597)

Dean Jerry

07 Aug 2017 - 06 Aug 2018

This project will test viral load in new broodstock brought into Aussie Prawn Farms so they can iden...

Connectivity in pinnacle reef fishes (Old ID 26726)

Benjamin Cresswell

01 Jan 2020 - 31 Mar 2023

My project focuses on distributions and movements of predator fish species across a range of coastal...

Taxonomic assessment of corals in the Australian Indian Ocean Territory (Old ID 28958)

Tom Bridge

08 Mar 2023 - 30 May 2024

Document the species richness of the coral fauna of Christmas and Cocos (Keeling) islands (Australia...

Genetic audit of Harvest Road’s Akoya oyster (Pinctada fucata) broodstock and phenotypic assessment of existing cohorts relevant to the requirements of a selection program (Old ID 29001)

Dave Jones

29 May 2023 - 28 May 2024

Harvest Road Oceans Pty Ltd wants to undertake a genetic audit of potential broodstock for use in a ...

The contribution of small individuals to density-body size relationships: examination of energetic equivalence in reef fishes

2004
Springer
Researchers:David Bellwood

Electrophoretic evidence for the presence of Tandanus tandanus (Pisces: Plotosidae) immediately north and south of the Hunter River, New South Wales

Local phylogenetic divergence and global evolutionary convergence of skull function in reef fishes of the family Labridae

2005
Royal Society Publishing
Researchers:David Bellwood

Wave energy and swimming performance shape coral reef fish assemblages

2005
Royal Society Publishing
Researchers:David Bellwood

Hopping hotspots: global shifts in marine biodiversity

2008
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Researchers:David Bellwood

Aspects of biology and ecological functioning of coral reefs in Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

2008
Springer
Researchers:Eric Wolanski

Feeding in Mesozoic fishes: a functional perspective

2004
Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil
Researchers:David Bellwood

Case study: trends in blue shark abundance in the western north Atlantic as determined by a fishery-independent survey

2008
Blackwell Publishing
Researchers:Colin Simpfendorfer

Oceanography

2008
CSIRO Publishing
Researchers:Eric Wolanski

Population genetics and stock improvement

2008
Elsevier
Researchers:Dean Jerry

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