Tropical Water & Ecosystems

Scott Morrissey

Scott Morrissey

Tim Smith

Tim Smith

Alejandro Navarro Otero

Alejandro Navarro Otero

Jack Koci

Jack Koci

Sarah McDonald

Sarah McDonald

Emily Webster

Emily Webster

Abbi Scott

Abbi Scott

Catherine Collier

Catherine Collier

Rob Coles

Rob Coles

Aaron Davis

Aaron Davis

Deriving ecologically relevant load targets to meet desire ecosystem condition for the Great Barrier Reef: a case study for seagrass meadows in the Burdekin region (Old ID 23153)
Catherine Collier
01 Jan 2017 - 30 Mar 2020
This project will derive ecologically relevant targets (ERTs) for water quality and sediment loads b...
Environmental Water Knowledge and Research: Vegetation theme (Old ID 22787)
Cassandra James
31 May 2016 - 30 May 2019
The Environmental Water Knowledge and Research Project is a five year, $10 million project to improv...
Mapping of Hervey Bay and Great Sandy Straits seagrass meadows post floods (Old ID 27628)
Michael Rasheed
29 Apr 2022 - 29 May 2026
This project will map seagrass meadows across Hervey Bay and collect data on intertidal seagrass hab...
NQBP and JCU Research and Monitoring Partnership – Seagrass and Coral Studies. (Old ID 27001)
Michael Rasheed
11 Sep 2020 - 31 Dec 2027
This project conducts the long term annual monitoring of seagrasses and corals in Mackay, Hay Point ...
Operation Lumut (seagrass) Rescue: taking action to restore and monitor seagrass in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands Marine Park (Old ID 29027)
Michael Rasheed
01 Apr 2023 - 30 Jun 2025
This project brings together local knowledge and ecological expertise to develop a robust, restorati...
Engaging with farmers and demonstrating water quality outcomes to create confidence in on-farm decision-making ("Project 25") (Old ID 22544)
Aaron Davis
01 Jan 2016 - 10 Dec 2018
Recent global experiences suggest that spatially identifying and prioritizing landscape ‘hotspots’ o...
Deriving ecologically relevant targets to meet desired ecosystem condition for the Great Barrier Reef: a case study for seagrass meadows in the Burdekin region (Old ID 26473)
Catherine Collier
01 Jan 2019 - 10 Dec 2020
This project will derive ecologically relevant targets (ERTs) for water quality and sediment loads f...
Characterising Mary River flood sediment deposited in Hervey Bay. (Old ID 27627)
Zoe Bainbridge
29 Apr 2022 - 30 Jun 2022
Analysis of recently deposited sediments in seagrass meadows offshore from the Mary River.
Fire and Environmental Change in Northern Australia during the Late Holocene (Old ID 23372)
Emma Rehn
01 Jul 2017 - 30 Jun 2019
This project addresses the lack of palaeoenvironmental and palaeofire records available for northern...
2017 Eastern Cape York Shoreline Environmental Surveys (Old ID 23402)
Norm Duke
07 Apr 2017 - 22 Dec 2017
The aim of this project is to conduct shoreline surveys along Australia's east coast from Cairns to ...

Tropical seagrass meadows modify seawater carbon chemistry: implications for coral reefs impacted by ocean acidification

Distinction between effective pattern-based and selection-based biodiversity surrogates is essential: caveats for managers

An endemic mangrove species, Avicennia integra sp. nov. (Avicenniaceae), in northern Australia

Ecological versatility and its importance for the distribution and abundance of coral reef wrasses

Terrestrial pollutant runoff to the Great Barrier Reef: an update of issues, priorities and management responses

  • 2012
  • Elsevier
  • Researchers:Eric WolanskiStephen LewisZoe BainbridgeAaron Davis

Fine sediment and nutrient dynamics related to particle size and floc formation in a Burdekin River flood plume, Australia

  • 2012
  • Elsevier
  • Researchers:Zoe BainbridgeEric WolanskiStephen Lewis

An assessment of residence times of land-sourced contaminants in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon and the implications for management and reef recovery

  • 2012
  • Elsevier
  • Researchers:Eric WolanskiStephen LewisZoe Bainbridge

Mapping the pollutants in surface riverine flood plume waters in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia

Compromises between international habitat conservation guidelines and small-scale fisheries in Pacific island countries

Habitats as surrogates of taxonomic and functional fish assemblages in coral reef ecosystems: a critical analysis of factors driving effectiveness

Title: Supervising Scientist Branch (SSB), DCCEEW
Reseracher: Sarah McDonald (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Editorial Board Journal of Environmental Radioactivity
Reseracher: Sarah McDonald (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: Editorial Board Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Reseracher: Sarah McDonald (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: Editorial Board Chemosphere
Reseracher: Sarah McDonald (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: Ellison Movie Screening Panel participant
Reseracher: Tim Smith (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2026
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Title: PhD, James Cook University
Reseracher: Melanie Hamel (Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2011
End Date: 01 Jan 2015
Title: MSc, University of South Paris 11
Reseracher: Melanie Hamel (Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2005
End Date: 01 Jan 2007
Title: Committee member - Organising committee member of the Australian Marine Science Association, Cairns Conference
Reseracher: Skye McKenna (Principal Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: Presenter - Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference 2022
Reseracher: Skye McKenna (Principal Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
End Date: 01 Jan 2022
Title: Co-presenter - Reef Resilience Symposium
Reseracher: Skye McKenna (Principal Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
End Date: 01 Jan 2024