Marine Biology & Aquaculture

Colin Simpfendorfer

Colin Simpfendorfer

David Bellwood

David Bellwood

Jin Lim

Jin Lim

Alastair Birtles

Alastair Birtles

Orpha Bellwood

Orpha Bellwood

Garry Russ

Garry Russ

Reniel Cabral

Reniel Cabral

Morgan Pratchett

Morgan Pratchett

Sally Lau

Sally Lau

Sue-Ann Watson

Sue-Ann Watson

Biodiversity of the reef-building corals of Ningaloo Reef and the Indian Ocean
Peter Cowman
01 Jan 2023 - 01 Dec 2024
grant
Taxonomy of the reef-building corals of Lizard Island
Peter Cowman
01 Jan 2022 - 01 Dec 2023
grant
Assessing distributions, fragmentation and weed impacts for threatened skinks, Lerista and Austroablepharus
Peter Cowman
01 May 2023 - 01 Sep 2025
grant
Collaborative Research: Snapshots from the ancient Indo-Pacific: remarkable Eocene fish faunas and their Implications for the origin of a modern marine biodiversity hotspot
Peter Cowman
01 Sep 2020 - 31 Aug 2023
grant
European Space Agency (ESA) World Ecosystem Extent Dynamics Project
Nicholas Murray
01 Apr 2024 - 31 Mar 2027
The European Space Agency (ESA) aims to pioneer a new novel application to support international pol...
Wildlife Conservation Society Community Fisheries Program
Patrick Smallhorn-West
10 Sep 2024 - 31 Dec 2028
The objective of this project is to advance the Wildlife Conservation Societies Community Fisheries ...
Water security for Northern Australian - Implementation Phase (Old ID 28971)
Nathan Waltham
30 Jan 2023 - 30 Jun 2026
This Water Security for Northern Australia program has identified 4 key focal nodes where pressure f...
Systematics, biogeography, and evolutionary history of black corals. (Old ID 26866)
Tom Bridge
01 May 2020 - 31 May 2021
This proposed research project has two main aims within the study site Heron Island, Great Barrier R...
Determining the role of a novel gene in liver cancer. (Old ID 27055)
Ludwig Lopata
01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
Liver cancer incidence is increasing dramatically in Australia. Through a genetic screen we have fou...
Development of advanced reproductive techniques to characterize infertility in Barramundi (Old ID 23111)
Jarrod Guppy
17 Jan 2017 - 16 Jan 2020
Since the 1980's, the $45 million barramundi aquaculture industry has stagnated due to a lack of dev...

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