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

Port of Bundaberg Spoil Ground Studies (Old ID 27015)
Tim Smith
12 Aug 2020 - 30 Apr 2022
Seagrass and Benthic habitat assessments of the Bundaberg spoil ground areas.
Port of Bundaberg Spoil Ground Studies (Old ID 27015)
Skye McKenna
12 Aug 2020 - 30 Apr 2022
Seagrass and Benthic habitat assessments of the Bundaberg spoil ground areas.
NESP 4.1: Coastal seagrass of the Gulf of Carpentaria: building knowledge and capacity as a foundation for long-term monitoring
Alexandra Carter
01 Feb 2024 - 11 Dec 2026
The Gulf of Carpentaria has globally significant seagrass habitat, supporting dugong, green turtle, ...
Southern Expansion of Mackay-Whitsunday Ambient Marine Monitoring Program. (Old ID 23603)
Paula Cartwright
03 Jul 2017 - 31 Jul 2027
TropWATER will provide seagrass assessment and water quality logging/chemistry services to assist re...
Green turtle satellite tracking data analysis and reporting (Old ID 26766)
Emily Webster
21 Feb 2020 - 01 Oct 2021
The project aims to understand (2) the patterns of habitat use and home range of foraging green turt...
Mapping Yanyuwa Sea Country - Intertidal (Old ID 27848)
Catherine Collier
25 Sep 2022 - 05 Dec 2022
This sub-project is a collaboration of specialists from James Cook University and Charles Darwin Uni...
Providing Analytical and Technical Support To The HWQMP And Related Projects (Old ID 22190)
Aaron Davis
01 Jul 2015 - 31 Oct 2016
This project is the continuation of the Herbert Water Quality Monitoring Program on a reduced scale ...
Boosting coral abundance on the Great Barrier Reef - Scaling up coral restoration using innovative Symbiodinium co-culture and mass larval supply on reefs (Old ID 25134)
Alexandra Carter
05 Jul 2018 - 28 Feb 2019
This project will supply millions of coral larvae and significantly increase the settlement and recr...
Mapping Yanyuwa Sea Country - Boat. (Old ID 27872)
Alexandra Carter
25 Sep 2022 - 15 Dec 2024
This project is a collaboration of specialists including the Yanyuwa Traditional Owners and li-Antha...
Synthesizing Three Decades of Seagrass Spatial Data from Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria (Old ID 27428)
Michael Rasheed
01 Sep 2021 - 10 Jun 2022
The Gulf of Carpentaria and Torres Strait have globally significant seagrass habitat that provide fo...

Key messages extracted from the Synthesis of Climate Change Issues and Impacts in the Wet Tropics NRM Cluster Region

Phylogeographic pattern of Rhizophora (Rhizophoraceae) reveals the importance of both vicariance and long-distance oceanic dispersal to modern mangrove distribution

Seagrass viviparous propagules as a potential long-distance dispersal mechanism

Contrasting recovery of shallow and deep water seagrass communities following climate associated losses in tropical north Queensland, Australia

  • 2014
  • Elsevier
  • Researchers:Michael RasheedSkye McKennaAlexandra Carter

Tropical dairy pasture yield and nitrogen cycling: effects of fertiliser rate and a nitrification inhibitor

Fish assemblages in subtropical rivers: low-flow hydrology dominates hydro-ecological relationships

Responses to flooding and drying in seedlings of a common Australian desert floodplain shrub: Muehlenbeckia florulenta Meisn. (tangled lignum)

Macrophytes as indicators of stream condition in the wet tropics region, Northern Queensland, Australia

Classification and comparison of natural and altered flow regimes to support an Australian trial of the Ecological Limits of Hydrologic Alteration framework

Approaches to providing and managing environmental flows in China

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