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

Protection, Restoration and Management of Seagrass and Saltmarsh Ecosystems of India
Alexandra Carter
27 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2027
This project is about restoration, protection and management of seagrass and saltmarsh ecosystems fr...
How are stingray communities distributed across tropical intertidal sandflats and which environmental factors influence their habitat use? (Old ID 27358)
Jaelen Myers
01 Jul 2021 - 15 Mar 2025
Stingrays are important meso-predators in coastal habitats around the world that impact biotic commu...
Seagrass Mapping in West Cape York
Alexandra Carter
11 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
This project will address critical gaps in habitat information by supporting the mapping of intertid...
Seagrass Mapping in West Cape York
Alexandra Carter
11 Jun 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
This project will address critical gaps in habitat information by supporting the mapping of intertid...
Mandubarra Healing Country Seagrass Program (Old ID 27873)
Paul York
14 Sep 2022 - 31 Aug 2023
JCU will co-design and implement a habitat mapping program with Mandubarra Land and Sea Rangers on t...
Using new technologies to assess the health, connectivity and movements of dugongs in northern Australia (Old ID 30031)
Christophe Cleguer
15 Jun 2023 - 30 Jun 2025
In this study we propose to: Activity 1. Dugong genomic work i.e., facilitate the collection of dugo...
Supporting Community Climate Action for Mangrove Resilience
Adam Canning
10 Sep 2025 - 30 Sep 2025
Earthwatch Australia wishes to engage TropWater staff at JCU to provide specialist remote sensing s...
NESP Project 5.11 Water quality trends analysis at key GBR basins (sediment and DIN)
Zoe Bainbridge
01 Jul 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
Despite considerable government investment in Great Barrier Reef catchment area (GBRCA) water qualit...
Project 2016002 - Protecting our chemicals for the future through accelerated adoption of best management practice (Old ID 23149)
Aaron Davis
01 Nov 2016 - 01 Aug 2019
A collaborative project with Sugar Research Australia to identify appropriate management strategies ...
Testing and implementation of the water quality metric for the 2017 and 2018 reef report cards (Old ID 23409)
Stephen Lewis
01 Jan 2017 - 10 Dec 2017
Report cards are used at various levels to summarise and communicate complex information on GBR heal...

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