Wednesday, 10th August Australian Marine Sciences Association 2022

• Breaking the Rules: Creating societal movement through co-design to reform systems and structures under regimes governing the Great Barrier Reef - Liz Wren

• Science to inform coral seeding: lessons learnt from five field trials on the Great Barrier Reef - Carly Randall

• Building tangible coral restoration via the “ten golden rules” – mapping the evolution of the Great Barrier Reef’s Coral Nurture Program - David J Suggett
• Exploring international regulatory models, and adaptive governance landscapes for Reef interventions - Maxine Newlands
• Quantifying natural ecological processes to guide, predict and assess the effectiveness of reef restoration - Katharina Fabricius
• Lessons Learned from Multiple in-situ Reef Restoration Projects in the Great Barrier Reef  - Nathan Cook
• The value of guided reef restoration and adaptation - Ken Anthony

• Key knowledge gaps in crown-of-thorns starfish research on the Great Barrier Reef: Recent advances and a roadmap for future research - Ciemon Caballes
• Identifying Cryptic Predators of Juvenile Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS) - Amelia A Desbiens
• Effects of ocean warming on pacific crown‐of‐thorns starfish (Acanthaster cf. solaris)  - Bethan J Lang
• A ubiquitous subcuticular bacterial symbiont of the coral predator, crown-of-thorns starfish - Nina Yasuda
• Selectivity Matters: Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Settlement Preferences and Their Ecological Implications - Peter C Doll
• An investigation of semiochemicals responsible for attraction, feeding and aggregation behaviours in the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (Acanthaster planci) - Adam Hillberg

• A Comparison of UVC, Stereo-BRUVs, Stereo-DOVs, and Stereo-ROVs for Sampling Shallow Water Reef Fishes - Sarah A Jessop
• What Can Ocean Glider Observations of the Water Column on the Great Barrier Reef  Tell Us About Coral Bleaching Events?  - Dennis J Stanley
• Optimising sampling of fish assemblages on intertidal oyster reefs using remote underwater video   - Katie Erickson
• Australian Autonomous platforms powered by 3 forms of renewable energy approved by Australian Maritime Safety Authority operate in EEZ   - Robert Dane
• Connectivity in tropical seascapes: An eco-hydrological perspective - Cecile Vulliet
• Transitioning from observer surveys to aerial imagery surveys to monitor dugongs in the southern Great Barrier Reef - Christophe Cleguer
• Does an overabundance of prey influence the fine-scale movement of rays: drone-based tracking of rays in estuarine systems  - Molly Grew

• Transnational plastics: An Australian case for global action - Ronen Galaiduk
• Stormwater - the #1 source of marine debris that (almost) no-one is talking about - Brad Dalrymple
• Marine debris in the Coral Sea Marine Park – what, where, and how we are dealing with it - John Prichard
• Marine debris in NSW: Threat assessment and catchment to sea monitoring of litter, coastal and marine debris. - Edwina Foulsham
• Plastic gear loss estimates from a major Australian fishery - Katrina Bornt
• Simulating buouyant debris: An overview - Charitha Pattiaratchi

• KEYNOTE: Gut microbial communities of marine fishes reflect ecological settings and species boundaries - Megan J Huggett
• Genomes of the dinoflagellate Effrenium voratum reveal hallmarks of ancestral free-living Symbiodiniaceae - Sarah Shah
• Serendipity of the incidental tourist: whole genome duplication in an algal symbiont confers thermal tolerance to coral  - Katherine E Dougan
• Enhancing the thermal tolerance of adult corals with heat-evolved photosymbionts (Symbiodiniaceae) - Matthew R Nitschke
• Spatial distribution of Symbiodiniaceae communities across the Great Barrier Reef in two species of Pocilloporids - Josephine JV Nielsen

Session held at Hilton Cairns (34 Esplanade, Cairns). Invite only.

• Reef Song: an ecosystem-based approach to enhancing reef resilience and restoration - Rohan Brooker
• Cost-effectiveness of Tourism-led Coral Propagation at Scale on the Great Barrier Reef. - Rachael I Scott
• Indigenous engagement in Reef Restoration and Adaptation research. - Libby Evans-Illidge
• The Reef Joint Field Management Program - Engagement in Reef Rehabilitation Management Actions on the Great Barrier Reef. - Neil A Mattocks
• Efficacy and implementation of coral restoration and rehabilitation as a socio-ecological management tool for coral reefs in the tropical Pacific region   - Mildred Kelokelo
• Advancing algal symbiont experimental evolution efforts to improve coral thermal bleaching resilience - Hugo J Scharfenstein
• Experimental evolution of microalgal symbionts improves adult coral bleaching tolerance - Wing Yan Chan
• Scaling up Coral Larval Production in Reef Pools for Increasing Settlement and Recruitment Success - Peter L Harrison

• Purification and identification of saponins produced by Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - Stuart J Smith
• Deployment of semiochemical biocontrol agents to manage Crown-of-Thorns Starfish (CoTS) populations - Cherie A Motti
• Applying genetic larval quantification to improve understanding of Acanthaster cf. solaris (Crown-of-Thorns Seastar) outbreaks - Sven Uthicke
• Fine Scale Genetic Diversity of Crown-of-Thorns Sea Stars on the Great Barrier Reef - Samantha Howitt
• A Novel Secreted Gene Family in Crown-of-Thorns Starfish - Marie Morin
• Telomere Dynamics in Crown-of-thorns Seastar: an Age Indicator? - Sarah Lok Ting Kwong
• Characterising the Diets of an Invasive Marine Predator through DNA Metabarcoding - Morgan R Ellis
• Optimal information gathering in complex marine ecosystems when invasion risk is high - Kate J Helmstedt

• Putting sea cucumbers on the map: projected holothurian bioturbation rates on a coral reef scale - Jane E Williamson
• What can Drones Teach us About Stingray Behavioural Ecology? - Jaelen N Myers
• Barriers to the use of Drones in Conservation; Results from a Survey of Environmental Professionals  - Sophie Walker
• Revealing large-bodied fish use of critical estuarine habitat, using an imaging sonar. - Mark A Bennett
• Advancing isotopic technologies to universally trace the movement and provenance of marine animals  - Zoe Doubleday
• Australia Saltmarsh Map; A National Dataset of Saltmarsh Distributions to Support the Blue Carbon Method - Alejandro Navarro
• Updates, Innovations, And Analysis Of The Australian And Global Coral Reef Habitat Maps. - Nicholas Murray
• Sentinel-2 analysis ready data for coastline monitoring – is sub-meter accuracy possible? - Nicolas Pucino

• A macro effort for microplastics. Establishing a baseline dataset for microplastics in NSW Estuaries. - Samantha K Lynch
• Plastic distraction or pathway for action? Plastic messaging, climate change, and the Great Barrier Reef - Yolanda Waters
• Using blood gas and biochemical parameters to establish health assessments in marine turtles exposed to marine debris. - Caitlin Smith
• Assessing the impacts of plastic and ocean climate change on seagrass and kelp decomposition - Sebastian Litchfield
• Efficacy of Chemical Digestion Methods on Dense Zooplankton Samples - Elise M Tuuri
• Where does the plastic go? Microplastic loading in seagrass. - Angela Capper
• Understanding plasticiser leaching from microplastics - Alexandra Gulizia
• Trophic transfer of microplastics and the influence of plasticiser, bis(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate, DEHP  - Michaela E Miller
• Chemical characterisation of degraded polypropylene, polyethylene, and polystyrene microplastic samples - Tania Alajo

• A Mechanistic Model of the Free-living and in Hospite Phases of Zooxanthellae During a Mass Bleach Event on the Great Barrier Reef - Mark E Baird
• Deciphering the role of tissue-associated Endozoicomonadaceae aggregates in the coral Pocillopora acuta - Madeleine JH van Oppen
• Differential generation of reactive oxygen species facilitates successful maintenance of bacterial symbionts within a marine sponge - Olivia H Hewitt
• Biofilm changes under climate change, a regulator of species range dynamics? - Christopher Cooney
• Understanding Causation in Host-Microbiome Interactions - Alexander H McGrath
• Effects of Age and Climate Treatments on the Microbiome of a Tropical Urchin Across Generations - Emma Marangon
• Distribution and Function of Bacterial Aggregates Within Tissues of the Coral Acropora loripes - Cecilie Ravn Gotze
• A Marine Sponge Uses Innate Immunity to Rapidly Discriminate Between Symbiont and Non-symbiont Bacteria - Bin Yang

Session held at Hilton Cairns (34 Esplanade, Cairns). Invite only.

• Field-Validating Coral Larval Connectivity Models To Inform Spatial Planning For Reef Restoration - Robert A. B. Mason
• Colouring coral larvae for tracking mass larval deployments for reef restoration - Christopher Doropoulos
• Interspecific hybridisation as a tool for reef restoration - Annika M Lamb
• Size matters: microherbivores improve survival and growth of coral recruits - Rachel Neil
• Impacts of Natural Recruitment and Asexual Propagation on Coral Population Size Structure - Christine D Roper
• Feeding coral larvae increases settlement and early post-settlement survival - Colleen Rodd
• Working with Nature: Evaluating How Fish Influence Nursery-Based Coral Propagation on the Great Barrier Reef - Gemma Gillette
• Impacts of nursery-based propagation and out-planting on coral-associated bacterial communities - Paige Strudwick
• Field Trials of Coral Reef Bags to Stabilise Coral Rubble in-situ and Enhance Recruitment on Pinnacle and Bait Reefs (Great Barrier Reef, Australia)   - Conor Jones

• Utilising a Novel Technique to Effectively Sample Low-Density Populations of Crown of Thorns Starfish - Josie F Chandler
• Ensemble modelling of Crown of Thorns Starfish larval dispersal on the Great Barrier Reef. - Severine M Choukroun
• Multispecies models for pest management: MICE to inform CoTS control - Jacob Rogers
• Multi-criteria reef prioritisation and emerging innovations in the COTS Control Program. - Samuel Matthews
• Innovative Decision Making to Guide Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Control on the Great Barrier Reef - Cameron Fletcher
• Crown-of-Thorns Starfish management to achieve Reef 2050 goals for the Great Barrier Reef - Roger Beeden
• Controlling outbreaks of crown-of-thorns starfish to support the health and resilience of the Great Barrier Reef - David H Williamson
• Gravid Male and Female Crown-of-Thorns Starfish Differentially Express Pheromones and Neural Signalling Molecules - Mathias Jonsson

• Combining data from multiple technologies provide better insights for ocean management - Reniel B. Cabral
• A Protocol For Extracting Structural Metrics From 3D Reconstructions of Corals - Eoghan Aston
• The application of photogrammetry and 3D model reconstructions for coral reef surveys: a case study of Moreton Bay, QLD, Australia - Gal Eyal
• Linking temporal and spatial changes in water quality to oyster aquaculture using novel Remote Sensing technologies - Nathaniel Hess
• Crowd Sourcing Ocean Observations: a Low-cost, Wide-reaching Approach Using New Technology - Julie Jakoboski
• Characterisation and dispersion of particle emissions for Marine Cloud Brightening over the Great Barrier Reef - Diana Hernandez
• Development of technology required for field testing of marine cloud brightening on the Great Barrier Reef - Luke Harrsion
• Expanding Monitoring Capabilities: Development of a Continuous, Multi-year, Real-time, Unattended, Under-ice Measurement System   - Stefan Stimson

• Global Shark Population and Extinction Risk Trends - Cassie L Rigby
• Behaviours of Mesopredatory Coral Reef Fishes in Response to the Threat of Sharks and Humans  - Andrea Asunsolo Rivera
• Conservation stocking for a threatened marine species: Is it effective? - David Harasti
• Conservation of sea snakes in a rapidly changing marine environment - Shannon J Coppersmith
• Genomic Basis of Expanded Colour Sensitivity in Sea Snakes - Isaac H Rossetto
• Environmental determinants for the repeatability of behaviour in free-ranging elasmobranchs - Rachel J. Newsome
• Lasers and largetooth sawfish (Pristis pristis): Validating annual vertebral banding using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to improve the understanding of the environmental drivers of growth - Tegan Lee
• Safeguarding the threatened: the status of shallow reef species from temperate to tropical Australia - Olivia J Johnson
• Multi-species, multi-tissue toxicant analysis in marine mammals of Victoria, Australia - Chantel S Foord

• Best practice guidelines for Australian/New Zealand eDNA biomonitoring programs - Maarten De Brauwer
• A new marine genomics platform to aid research and conservation efforts - Madalyn Cooper
• Pilot Trials to Further Develop Passive eDNA Collections for use in Pelagic Marine Parks - Joseph DiBattista
• Using environmental DNA to reconstruct target and by-product catch composition for fisheries vessels - Madeline Green
• Implementing a Microbial Monitoring Observatory to Assess Reef Health – Moving From Descriptive to Predictive Science - Marko Terzin
• Differences in coral reef microhabitat community composition characterised by environmental DNA metabarcoding - Laurence Dugal
• Development and validation of qPCR assays for detection of exotic marine pest species - Kathryn Wiltshire

Session held at Hilton Cairns (34 Esplanade, Cairns). Invite only.

Panel discussion and networking event on Wednesday in Grand Ballroom (Pullman Cairns International)

Time: 6:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Including: cheese platters and drinks