Tropical Water & Ecosystems

Emma Rehn

Emma Rehn

Damien Burrows

Damien Burrows

Barry Butler

Barry Butler

Maya Srinivasan

Maya Srinivasan

Adam Canning

Adam Canning

Cassandra James

Cassandra James

Carissa Reason

Carissa Reason

Caroline Petus

Caroline Petus

Paula Cartwright

Paula Cartwright

Christophe Cleguer

Christophe Cleguer

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

Mid-late Holocene sea-level variability in eastern Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Title: Ports North, Ports North supports an annual monitoring program conducted by James Cook University (JCU) in Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet, as well as at our other ports, such as Karumba, Mourilyan and Thursday Island. By using helicopters and underwater cameras on boats, the seagrass meadows are mapped and assessed for any changes.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2026
Title: Gladstone Ports Corporation, The purpose of the Long-term Maintenance Dredging Management Plan (LMDMP) is to address operational needs, environmental risks, monitoring and adaptive management actions specific to the Port of Gladstone whilst ensuring the ongoing sustainability of maintenance dredging within the port.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2009
End Date: 01 Jan 2030
Title: North Queensland Bulk Ports, Partnering with scientists at James Cook University (JCU), NQBP has been collecting data on seagrass growth around our port sites for more than 20 years. In addition to informing our own environmental activities and port operations, our data has contributed to advances in an international body of seagrass knowledge through JCU's academic research and regional report cards developed to help monitor the health of our waterways.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2014
End Date: 01 Jan 2030
Title: Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service contracted James Cook University to conduct surveys and research on the impacts to and resilience of seagrass in Great Sandy Marine Park. This important surveying and research help government understand the impacts to seagrass from the 2022 flooding events and its ability to recovery.
Reseracher: Carissa Reason (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2021
End Date: 01 Jan 2025
Title: Master of Science - Botany, James Cook University
Reseracher: Norm Duke (Senior Research Scientist)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1981
End Date: 01 Jan 1984
Title: Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University
Reseracher: Norm Duke (Senior Research Scientist)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1986
End Date: 01 Jan 1988
Title: Bachelor of Science with Honours, James Cook University
Reseracher: Norm Duke (Senior Research Scientist)
Start Date: 01 Jan 1973
End Date: 01 Jan 1973
Title: Editor of the SeDNAS PeerJ Hub
Reseracher: Cecilia Villacorta Rath (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2024
Title: Higher Degree By Research Committee
Reseracher: Jack Koci (Principal Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2022
End Date: 01 Jan 2023
Title: Conference co-chair
Reseracher: Sarah McDonald (Senior Research Officer)
Start Date: 01 Jan 2023
End Date: 01 Jan 2023