Postdoctoral research fellows
Dr Rebecca Holt
Postdoctoral Fellow on Australian Research Council Discovery project How connectivity affects ecosystem resilience. 
Dr Ryan Dunn
Biogeochemistry of estuaries Seagrass ecology and restoration |
Dr Chantal Huijbers
Biodiversity and Climate Change Virtual Laboratory, adjunct in Coast and Estuaries, Australian Rivers Institute. Movement and sensory ecology of fish in coastal marine habitats: mangrove-seagrass-coral reef systems Cross-ecosystem carbon dynamics and the effects of urbanisation 
Dr Andrew Olds
(adjunct Griffith University, faculty at University of Sunshine Coast) Ecological connectivity and function of marine reserves: mangrove-seagrass-coral reef systems Cross-ecosystem carbon dynamics and the role of fish |
Research officer
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Kris Jinks
Promoting ecosystem resilience through connectivity Valuing deep-water seagrass ecosystems - analysis of their role in food webs Carbon connectivity |
PhD students
Sarah Engelhard
Connectivity in marine ecosystems: network analysis of fish-habitat interactions 
Tyson Martin
Connectivity in coral reef ecosystems: fish as mobile links (see Tyson's work with Maria Beger in the Marshall Islands, Pacific Ocean) 
Dale Bryan-Brown Marine connectivity and dispersal in habitat-forming species |
Ryan Pearson
Developing marine turtle stressor-impact models: assessing population connectivity and vulnerability using multiple methods including stable isotope and network analyses 
Chris Beattie Ecology and behaviour of mud crabs in marine reserves: individual-based modelling 
Kris Jinks
Promoting ecosystem resilience through connectivity, valuing deep-water seagrass ecosystems - analysis of their role in food webs, Carbon connectivity |
Past PhD students
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Jean Davis
Paul Maxwell Andrew Olds Melissa Duggan Jodie Haig Karen Lee Tim Smith Peter Macreadie Nathan Waltham Ruth Young James Webley Michael Brickhill Joanne Oakes Jane Jelbart Andrew Melville Michaela Guest Tim Stevens Mark Breitfuss Frank Coman Elizabeth Clouston Eri Takahashi |
Trophic connectivity among tropical coastal habitats and implications for reserves
Ecological resilience theory: application and testing in seagrass ecosystems Seascape ecology & conservation: connectivity & reserves in the western Pacific Effects of freshwater flow on carbon pathways and ecology of tropical estuaries Historical connectivity of seagrass fauna under changing climate using genetics Stable isotope enrichment and mathematical modelling of estuarine food webs Seagrass patch dynamics and their role in structuring fish communities (via U Melb) Ecological effects of seagrass fragmentation on fish (via U Melb) Ecology and contaminants of fish in artificial waterways (canals) Effects of urbanisation on ecological services in coastal wetlands and estuaries The role of scavenging and ecology of larval and juvenile mud crabs Artificial fish habitat enhancement in estuaries and created canals Role of microalgae in mangrove food webs using stable isotope enrichment Seagrass patch dynamics & connectivity with mangroves: effects on fish (via UWS) Isotope analysis of saltmarsh, mangrove and seagrass in fish nutrition Carbon dynamics in mangroves, saltmarsh & seagrass habitats using isotopes Design and implementation of representative marine reserves Impact of mosquito control on saltmarsh geomorphology, fauna and flora Role of zooplankton in nutrition of prawn aquaculture ponds Economic and ecological valuation of ecological services from coastal wetlands Biology and ecology of double-ended pipefish (Syngnathidae) |
Current/recent Honours students
Sophie Doell
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Alana Johnson
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