Tropical Water & Ecosystems

Alexandra Carter

Alexandra Carter

Michael Rasheed

Michael Rasheed

Ian McLeod

Ian McLeod

Paul York

Paul York

Melanie Hamel

Melanie Hamel

Cecilia Villacorta Rath

Cecilia Villacorta Rath

Severine Choukroun

Severine Choukroun

Shelley Templeman

Shelley Templeman

Michelle Devlin

Michelle Devlin

Skye McKenna

Skye McKenna

Review of water quality monitoring and evaluation for DIN-focused projects. (Old ID 27773)
Stephen Lewis
20 Jun 2022 - 31 Aug 2025
Our team will coordinate and provide technical support across all the Reef Trust Partnership (RTP) d...
CSIRO - Reef Trust Technical Support (2023061315) (Old ID 30052)
Zoe Bainbridge
12 May 2023 - 30 Aug 2024
The Landscape Repair Program is designed to build on the outcomes of the Reef Trust Phase IV investm...
2022 Scientific Consensus Statement / Review of Water Quality Targets Projects (Old ID 27867)
Zoe Bainbridge
06 Dec 2022 - 30 Jun 2026
Project Part A: Lead authors selected to deliver synthesis of evidence for assigned questions formin...
Seagrass Growth and Diversity: Attributes of a Resilient GBR (Old ID 21848)
Catherine Collier
01 Jul 2014 - 31 Aug 2016
The 'Growth' attribute will be carried into Phase II for pilot-scale testing and incorporation into ...
2015 Woodcutters REMP (Old ID 22095)
Shelley Templeman
01 Mar 2015 - 31 Dec 2019
Development, implementation and reporting of the first stage of a receiving environment monitoring p...
Quantifying the value of Blue Carbon: Case Study Torres Strait (Old ID 27295)
Alexandra Carter
25 Jun 2021 - 31 Mar 2022
Torres Strait seagrass mapping synthesis and blue carbon presentation.
Seagrass seed dispersal by marine mega-herbivores: Dugongs (Dugong dugon) & green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) (Old ID 21639)
Samantha Tol
02 Mar 2014 - 31 May 2017
This project will investigate the dispersal mechanisms of tropical seagrasses and determine which me...
Underpinning the repair and conservation of Australia's threatened coastal-marine habitats - Phase 2 (Old ID 22735)
Ian McLeod
01 Jan 2016 - 01 Jan 2018
The primary objective of this project is to provide essential research to underpin restoration effor...
Gladstone Healthy Harbour Partnership Seagrass Report Card Proposal: Project ISP011 (Old ID 29016)
Tim Smith
13 Jun 2023 - 30 Sep 2026
This project will produce annual scores and report on the condition of seagrass in the Gladstone Har...
Sources, transformations and fate of particulate and dissolved organic carbon-implications for the GBR (Old ID 25001)
Stephen Lewis
01 Jan 2018 - 30 Sep 2018
Organic carbon has traditionally been poorly studied in marine systems, but recent studies suggest t...

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