Tropical Water & Ecosystems

Scott Morrissey

Research Officer
scott.morrissey@jcu.edu.au

Tim Smith

Senior Research Officer
tim.smith2@jcu.edu.au

Alejandro Navarro Otero

Casual Research Worker
alejandro.navarrootero@jcu.edu.au

Jack Koci

Principal Research Officer
jack.koci1@jcu.edu.au

Sarah McDonald

Senior Research Officer
sarah.mcdonald@jcu.edu.au

Emily Webster

Research Officer
emily.webster1@jcu.edu.au

Abbi Scott

Senior Research Officer
abbi.scott1@jcu.edu.au

Catherine Collier

Principal Research Officer
catherine.collier@jcu.edu.au

Rob Coles

Principal Research Scientist
rob.coles@jcu.edu.au

Aaron Davis

Principal Research Officer
aaron.davis@jcu.edu.au

Benthic Mapping with Traditional Owners and Wellesley Islands Rangers in the Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park

Catherine Collier

07 Jun 2024 - 28 Oct 2026

There is little recent information on benthic habitats in the Gulf of Carpentaria Marine Park (GOCMP...

NESP 4.6: Developing Traditional Owner community-led dugong monitoring in the Kimberley region

Christophe Cleguer

01 Feb 2024 - 11 Dec 2026

keystone species with considerable ecological and cultural value across northern Australia. In the ...

NESP 4.11: Scaling-up long-term seagrass restoration in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands

Michael Rasheed

05 Feb 2024 - 04 Jan 2027

There is an urgent community-driven need to develop appropriate seagrass restoration approaches at s...

Development of mangrove indicators for the 2024 Gladstone Harbour Report Card

Norm Duke

10 Jun 2024 - 30 Aug 2024

This 2024 program extends on those in 2018 & 2019 (Shultz et al. 2019, 2020). As before, a wide rang...

Integrating Ecological, Social, and Cultural Values of the Coastal Waters of Roebuck Bay

Christophe Cleguer

21 Mar 2023 - 31 Mar 2027

Integrating Ecological, Social and Cultural Values of the Coastal Waters of Roebuck Bay. JCU researc...

Tropical Seagrass Management Project (Stage 1)

Alexandra Carter

19 Jul 2024 - 30 Dec 2030

This project will design Management Plans at three priority sites across the Wet Tropics, Dry Tropic...

Seagrass Restoration Opportunities in the Russell-Mulgrave Basin & Mutcharoo Inlet

Michael Rasheed

28 Jun 2024 - 09 Jan 2026

Conduct seagrass assessments and identify restoration opportunities in the Russell Mulgrave / Wanjur...

Tiwi Islands seagrass surveys and development of ranger-led monitoring program

Catherine Collier

01 Mar 2024 - 30 Jun 2027

Tiwi People aspire for a healthy, managed Sea Country and to establish an integrated Marine IPA (MIP...

Exploring eDNA methods for an ornamental snake detection

Cecilia Villacorta Rath

24 Jun 2024 - 31 Oct 2024

This project aims to develop and validate an environmental DNA assay targeting the ornamental snake,...

Queensland Smithsonian Fellowships Grant Program

Cecilia Villacorta Rath

01 Aug 2024 - 31 Jul 2025

This project, carried out in collaboration with the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI), ...

Coral decline threatens fish biodiversity in marine reserves

2004
National Academy of Sciences
Researchers:Maya Srinivasan

Mid-late Holocene sea-level variability in eastern Australia

2008
Wiley-Blackwell
Researchers:Stephen Lewis

Recruitment in time and space: the dynamics and distributions of reef fish populations on a low latitude coral reef

2006
Researchers:Maya Srinivasan

Patterns in tropical seagrass photosynthesis in relation to light, depth and habitat

2007
Elsevier
Researchers:Len McKenzie

Niche shifts and local competition between two coral reef fishes at their geographic boundary

2007
CSIRO
Researchers:Maya Srinivasan

A multi-trace element coral record of land-use changes in the Burdekin River catchment, NE Australia

2007
Elsevier
Researchers:Stephen Lewis

Assessment of the water quality and ecosystem health of the Great Barrier Reef (Australia): conceptual models

2007
Springer
Researchers:Zoe Bainbridge

Chlorophyll fluorescence measures of seagrasses Halophila ovalis and Zostera capricorni reveal differences in response to experimental shading

2007
Springer
Researchers:Len McKenzie

Sediment and nutrient exports for the Burdekin River catchment, north Queensland: a comparison of monitoring and modelling data

2007
Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
Researchers:Zoe BainbridgeStephen Lewis

A review of load tools available for calculating pollutant exports to the Great Barrier Reef lagoon: a case study of varying catchment areas

2007
Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
Researchers:Stephen LewisZoe Bainbridge

Title: Casual academic, Australian Catholic University

Reseracher: Paul York (Principal Research Officer)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2010

End Date: 01 Jan 2013

Title: Marine Park Ranger, Batemans Marine Park NSW

Reseracher: Paul York (Principal Research Officer)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2009

End Date: 01 Jan 2009

Title: Research assistant, University of Technology Sydney

Reseracher: Paul York (Principal Research Officer)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2004

End Date: 01 Jan 2007

Title: Co Director, JCU & North Qld Bulk Ports Research and Monitoring Parnership

Reseracher: Michael Rasheed (Principal Research Scientist)

Start Date: 01 Jan 2016

Title: Southern Mackay water quality, Channel 7, Channel 9

Reseracher: Paula Cartwright (Senior Research Officer)

Start Date: 11 Jun 2026

Title: Poster Presentation at the Asia Ocenia Geoscience Society Conference 2025