Deputy Director, Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research, and Associate Dean of Research, Edith Cowan University
I have three main streams of research in coastal biology and ecology largely focusing on seagrass ecosystems. I use a variety of tools and methods such as ‘manipulated’ and ‘observational’ field and laboratory studies using ‘eco-physiological’ and ‘molecular’ tools.
1. Human impacts in coastal ecosystems
Largely focusing on impacts through light reduction, climate change, and dredging
How do plants respond to different stressors (developing sub-lethal indicators)?
What levels of stress can they cope with?
What are the consequences of disturbance?
2. Seagrass-grazing interactions
How much is consumed?
How do plants cope with grazing?
3. Seagrass evolution and taxonomy
What are the evolutionary relationships in seagrasses, particularly Posidonia and Halophila?
Most data lives in the cloud. What if it lived under the sea?
Oct 27, 2023 14:56 pm UTC| Technology
Where is the text youre reading, right now? In one sense, it lives on the internet or in the cloud, just like your favourite social media platform or the TV show you might stream tonight. But in a physical sense, its...
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