Tuesday, 9th August
Australian Marine Sciences Association 2022
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Speakers
Registration desk open
8:00AM - 6:00PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Foyer
Welcome by Morgan Pratchett - Chair of AMSA 2022 Scientific Committee & President of North Queensland AMSA Branch
8:45AM - 8:55AM
Tuesday, 9th August
Grand Ballroom
Address from our Platinum Sponsor JCU
8:55AM - 9:00AM
Tuesday, 9th August
Grand Ballroom
Change Plenary: Prof Catherine Lovelock
9:00AM - 9:45AM
Tuesday, 9th August
Grand Ballroom
Chair: Morgan Pratchett
A role for blue carbon in conservation and restoration of coastal wetlands
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Catherine Lovelock
Connections Plenary: Professor Jan Strugnell
9:45AM - 10:30AM
Tuesday, 9th August
Grand Ballroom
Chair: Paul York
Genomics for exploring change and connections through space and time
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Jan Strugnell
Morning Tea
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Tuesday, 9th August
Restoring coastal and marine ecosystems in a changing world (4)
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Kuranda (Ground Floor)
Chair: Nathan Waltham
Saltmarsh and Mangrove Dieback After a Hypersaline Brine Pollution Event: Evidence of Impacts and Recovery
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Alice Jones
Assessing blue carbon revegetation and soil carbon recovery after restoration using a space-for-time approach
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Stacey Trevathan-Tackett
Rubble in Focus: Establishing a baseline and examining characteristics of unconsolidated reef rubble substrates across the Great Barrier Reef
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Tanya Dodgen
Urchin roe Quality, morphology and diet vary with depth and distance from kelp
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Amelia J Caley
Adult mangrove roots facilitate juvenile establishment
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Jack W Hill
Social vs. Nature: How do marine citizen science experiences to promote stewardship actions?
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Emma Church
The functioning of marine ecosystems in a changing world (4)
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Mossman (Ground Floor)
Chair: Sterling Tebbett
Benthic habitat composition affects parasite communities of a common coral reef fish,
Pomacentrus wardi
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Katie Motson
Predicting Responses of Geo-ecological Carbonate Reef Systems to Climate Change: A Conceptual Model and Review
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Nicola Browne
Reef to island sediment connections within an inshore turbid coral reef island system of the eastern Indian Ocean
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Josh L Bonesso
Daily Timing of Low Tide Drives Seasonality in Intertidal Emersion Mortality Risk
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Jo Buckee
Resilience indicator for inshore seagrass habitats of the Great Barrier Reef
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Catherine Collier
Do Sub Lethal Temperatures Impact Seagrass Resiliency to Future Stress Events?
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Tom Moir
Effects of environmental change on marine organisms (4)
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Bluewater II (Level 1)
Chair: Jennifer Donelson
Tracking impacts to the endangered seagrass
Posidonia australis
in NSW estuaries
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Tim M Glasby
Flooding drives broad-scale, stepwise decline in seagrass distribution in Noosa River Estuary
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Simon J Walker
Predicting resilience of seagrass ecosystems to anthropogenic and climate change pressures
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Kathryn McMahon
Slow Natural Recovery of Colonising Seagrasses
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Kieryn Kilminster
Anthropogenic Implications on Juvenile Sea Turtles and Meeting the Challenges of Coastal and Marine Ecosystem Management in Urbanised Areas
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Siobhan Houlihan
Green turtles: habitat use and habitat change
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Mark Hamann
Anthropogenic impacts on seascape ecological connectivity (1)
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Bluewater I (Level 1)
Chair: Dianne McLean
KEYNOTE: Local-scale connections and larval competency strongly influence metapopulation dynamics within impacted seascapes
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Eric A Treml
The influence of offshore oil and gas structures in Australia's marine estate
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Dianne McLean
Impacts of offshore marine petroleum seismic surveys on marine fauna - lessons in physics, biology and human nature.
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Robert McCauley
The role of oil and gas structures on the metapopulation dynamics of tropical reef species.
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Julia C Sobol
Marine ecology of oil and gas structures in the Gippsland Basin, Australia, and their value to local fisheries
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Tiffany Sih
Integrating assessment and governance of the marine environment across dimensions (1)
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Rosser (Level 1)
Chairs: Cass Hunter & Rowan Trebilco
Sponsored by:
Integrated national assessment of the state the marine environment: progress and needs
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Rowan Trebilco
Building national environmental reporting with integrity for Indigenous knowledge systems
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Mibu Fischer
Enhancing Integration: the role of Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System in understanding our future oceans
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Michelle Heupel
Delivering Integrated Ecosystem Assessments in Australia
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Alan Jordan
Lore, law & lawyers: integrating knowledge and skills to strengthen Indigenous partnerships
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Libby Evans-Illidge
Pijal manpa:
reflections on shared responsibility in two-way science
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Karajarri Rangers
Ecology, behaviour of gelatinous zooplankton in a changing ocean (1)
11:00AM - 12:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Boardroom II (Level 2)
Chairs: Michael Kingsford & Jamie Seymour
Alatina alata husbandry – Jellies are my jam
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Sally Turner
Environmental drivers of the occurrence and abundance of the Irukandji jellyfish (Carukia barnesi)
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jamie seymour
A Forensic Approach to Detecting Deadly Box Jellyfish
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Scott J Morrissey
Hiding in plain sight… Does the answer to feeding box jellyfish lie in their visual ecology?
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Emily O'Hara
Drifting Dynamics of the Bluebottle (
Physalia physalis
)
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Daniel Lee
Morphology and Life Cycle of the Genus
Nausithoe
(Coronatae, Scyphozoa)
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Clarissa G. Molinari
Lunch
12:30PM - 1:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Restoring coastal and marine ecosystems in a changing world (5)
1:30PM - 3:15PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Kuranda (Ground Floor)
Chair: Nathan Waltham
Importance of Mangrove Plantations for Climate Change Mitigation in Bangladesh
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Mohammad Main Uddin
Restorative aquaculture of seaweeds to address social, economic and environmental challenges
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Alexandra H Campbell
Environmentally Friendly Moorings (EFMs) and their Environmental, Engineering and Social Economic Performance
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Tim P Lynch
Net Ecosystem Production Of Restored Kelp Patches
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Victor Shelamoff
Ecosystem restoration by small-scale fisheries and aquaculture communities
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Naomi M Gardiner
The functioning of marine ecosystems in a changing world (5)
1:30PM - 3:15PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Mossman (Ground Floor)
Chair: David Bellwood
Metocean drivers of turbidity in the Exmouth Gulf: Implications for benthic habitats under climate change
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Paula J Cartwright
Influence of Oyster Reefs on the Biodiversity and Function of Surrounding Sediments in New South Wales Estuaries
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Hannah E. Wesley
Functional ecology of marine macrobenthic communities in soft sediments of southern Australia
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Sabine Dittmann
Does replacement of kelp by solitary ascidians on subtropical reefs lead to significant shift in greenhouse gas dynamics?
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Adriana Verges
Seabird Foraging Responses to Climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef
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Nicholas James
The management of impacts from artificial light on marine and coastal species and ecosystems
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Karen Arthur
Effects of environmental change on marine organisms (5)
1:30PM - 3:15PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Bluewater II (Level 1)
Chair: Will Figueira
Stock-wide assessment of climate change vulnerability at flatback turtle (
Natator depressus)
nesting sites in the Pilbara region of Western Australia
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Malindi Gammon
The importance of rainfall in modulating hatchling sex-ratios and determining breeding sex-ratios of sea turtle populations in a warming climate
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Melissa N Staines
The influenced of food availability on the capacity for thermal plasticity in a coral reef fish
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Jennifer Donelson
Can Seagrass Modify the Effects of Ocean Acidification on Oysters?
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Natasha Garner
Why are syngnathids not in
Caulerpa taxifolia
beds?
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Dana D Burfeind
Territoriality and Condition of Chevron Butterflyfish (
Chaetodon trifascialis
) with Varying Coral Cover on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia
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Cassandra Thompson
Temperature drives fish gut dysbiosis and increased loads of potentially pathogenic
Vibrio
species
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Alessandra L Suzzi
Anthropogenic impacts on seascape ecological connectivity (2)
1:30PM - 3:15PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Bluewater I (Level 1)
Chair: Paul Thomson
Acoustic Telemetry Reveals Megafauna Interactions with Oil and Gas Infrastructure
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Paul Thomson
Don’t go breaking apart: Does urbanisation and marine infrastructure impact fragmentation of seagrass (
Posidonia australis
) meadows?
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Daniel Swadling
Models of Intermediate Complexity (MICE) to help quantify anthropogenic impacts on ecological connectivity in marine systems.
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Laura K Blamey
Cumulative impacts on seagrass dispersal and connectivity in the Torres Strait
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Alana Grech
Using Hydrodynamic Particle Tracking and Connectivity Analysis as a Tool for Low-Risk Seaweed Aquaculture/IMTA Site Selection
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Tormey Reimer
Quantifying multi-scaled impacts and drivers of fish assemblages in coastal ecosystems
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Lucy Goodridge Gaines
Cumulative threat assessment predicts the recovery and loss of an endangered population of seagrass
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Matt Rees
Integrating assessment and governance of the marine environment across dimensions (2)
1:30PM - 3:15PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Rosser (Level 1)
Chairs: Rowan Trebilco & Mibu Fischer
Sponsored by:
Why defining Indigenous Cultural Mapping for Sea Country matters
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Redbird Ferguson
and
Gudju Gudju Fourmile
What’s new? Science priorities for the Australian Marine Parks
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David Logan
Reef Integrated Monitoring and Reporting Program: vision, progress and implementation
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Chloe Schauble
Valuing ecosystem services in complex coastal settings: A hybrid framework
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Anthea Coggan
Ocean Accounting for sustainable development: Integrating marine data into decision making using natural capital accounts at different scales (case studies from Fiji and Australia)
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Jordan D Gacutan
Towards Integrated Human Dimensions Monitoring for the Great Barrier Reef: Co-design and Implementation of Social Surveys for Regional Report Cards
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Matt Curnock
Why early engagement will help lay the foundation for enduring relationships with Indigenous communities
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Alby Marsh
A data-driven approach for cumulative impact assessment on marine protected areas
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Laura L Griffiths
Ecology, behaviour of gelatinous zooplankton in a changing ocean (2)
1:30PM - 3:15PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Boardroom II (Level 2)
Chair: Kylie Pitt
Upside-down Jellyfish as a Model Organism for Biomonitoring Contaminants of Emerging Concern (CECs)
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Madeline R McKenzie
Convergent Oceanographic Slicks as Potential Habitat for Jellyfishes
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Jessica Strickland
Population dynamics of the invasive upside-down jellyfish (
Cassiopea
sp.) in Lake Macquarie: seasonality and distribution
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Claire Rowe
Why is the blue blubber jellyfish not always blue? Unravelling polychromatism in
Catostylus mosaicus
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Jonathan W. Lawley
Parasites Highlight the Importance of Gelatinous Zooplankton as Prey for Fishes
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Kylie A Pitt
Parasitoid? New species of sea anemone
Peachia
on the jellyfish
Chrysaora kynthia
(Scyphozoa) in Australian waters and its parasitic descriptors.
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Pablo E. Diaz
Plankton Stoichiometry and Reef Fish Productivity
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James Gahan
Advancements in Cubozoan Husbandry
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Robert Courtney
Afternoon Tea
3:15PM - 3:45PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Discovering Australia’s seaweeds; physiology, ecology and applications
3:45PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Kuranda (Ground Floor)
Chairs: Reina Veenhof & Jakop Schwoerbel
Ecology of Kelp Gametophytes: Grazing in a Warming Ocean
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Reina J Veenhof
Kelp blue carbon flux and fate on the Great Southern Reef
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Taylor Simpkins
Seasonal reproduction of the kelp species
Lessonia
corrugata
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Allyson Nardelli
Kelp Nursery Optimisation: Density-Dependent Effects in Early Life-Cycle Stages of
Ecklonia radiata
(Laminariales)
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Jakop Schwoerbel
Seascape genomics and selection of the kelp Ecklonia radiata in a global warming hot-spot
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Antoine Minne
A comparison of farming and drying methods for the red seaweed
Kappaphycus alvarezii 'tambalang'
and contributing factors that affects its growth in Galoa Island, Kadavu, Fiji.
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Albert J Whippy
Vulnerability of seafood to climate change
3:45PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Mossman (Ground Floor)
Chairs: Curtis Champion & Karen Wild-Allen
The nutritional quality of seafood in a changing climate
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Tanika C Shalders
Seafood availability and quality across pelagic and estuarine systems under climate change
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Curtis Champion
Seasonal and Interannual Variation in Nutrient Supply to a Coastal Ecosystem with Salmon Aquaculture
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Karen wild-allen
Forecasting Swordfish Quality for Dynamic Industry Adaptation
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Jessica A Bolin
Climate change alters the microbiome of the Sydney rock oyster dependent on genotype and metabolism
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Elliot Scanes
Edible Oysters in a Changing Ocean
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Elliot Scanes
Exploring spatial and temporal variability in marine heatwaves in the context of the seafood sector.
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Moninya Roughan
Effects of environmental change on marine organisms (6)
3:45PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Bluewater II (Level 1)
Chair: Deborah Burn
Water temperature affects somatic growth and otolith isotope incorporation in sand whiting (
Sillago ciliata
)
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Melissa Tan
Using regional oceanographic drivers to help predict and explain tuna availability
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Jason Hartog
Breeding Resilience in Oysters in a Changing Ocean
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Laura M Parker
Adaptation to Low pH Does Not Affect the Thermal Tolerance of the Sea Urchin
Arbacia lixula
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Shawna A Foo
Impacts of severe flooding on kelp health and recovery
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Tom R Davis
Climate change threatens unique evolutionary diversity in Australian kelp refugia
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Matt Nimbs
Synergistic effect of increasing temperature and CO
2
on hatching success of Antarctic krill embryos
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So Kawaguchi
Anthropogenic impacts on seascape ecological connectivity (3)
3:45PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Bluewater I (Level 1)
Chair: Dianne McLean
How Effective are Australian Marine Parks at protecting EPBC listed species?
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Thea Fraser
Identifying Invasive Species Management Opportunities in New Zealand's Recreational Vessel Network
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Kyle Hilliam
Quantifying the temporal variation of vessel-driven marine biosecurity risk in New Zealand
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Simone L Stevenson
SA EPA Ambient Monitoring Program: South East 2021
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Natan NN Noel
Catadromy has benefits – why isn’t everyone doing it?
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Susannah M Leahy
Dispersal of the Pesticide Diuron in the Great Barrier Reef
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Jennifer Skerratt
Integrating assessment and governance of the marine environment across dimensions (3)
3:45PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Rosser (Level 1)
Chairs: Mibu Fischer & Cass Hunter
Sponsored by:
A Global View of Fisheries Governance: Strengths, Opportunities for Improvement and Lessons Learnt
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Jem Turner
Cross-cultural Approach to Coastal and Marine Protected Area Design in south-eastern Sydney
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Kataya Barrett
Advancing understanding of the human dimensions of waterways in the Wet Tropics Region.
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James A Donaldson
The power of data for integrated marine management of Port Phillip Bay
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Regan East
The Global Fishing Index: An interdisciplinary approach to assessing the sustainability of the world’s marine fisheries
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Alex McLennan
Defining seagrass habitat and community diversity in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon
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Rob G Coles
Aquatic Ecosystem Condition Reporting: the value of ambient monitoring
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Warwick Noble
What to research, why and where: research-management prioritisation for the Greater Sydney Region
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Nathan Knott
Aquaculture genetics and adaptation
3:45PM - 5:30PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Boardroom II (Level 2)
Chairs: Roy Barkan & Jarrod Guppy
Struggling or adapting? Creating biomarkers to understand Chinook salmon physiological responses to climate change.
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Roberta RM Marcoli
Integration of Multiple ‘Omic’ Resources Improves the Black Tiger Prawn (
Penaeus monodon
) Population-specific and Reference Genome Assemblies.
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Jarrod L Guppy
Investigating the Immune Control of Herpesvirus Infection in Marine Molluscs
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Jacinta R Agius
Transcriptomic analysis and time to hatch visual prediction of embryo development in the ornate spiny lobster
Panulirus ornatus
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Courtney L Lewis
Transcriptomic response to heat-stress in abalone - a meta-analysis
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Roy Barkan
CrustyBase: an Interactive Web Database for Crustacean Transcriptome Experiments
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Cameron J Hyde
Adipokinetic Hormone/Corazonin-like Peptide (ACP) in the Ornate Spiny Lobster,
Panulirus ornatus
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Susan Glendinning
Student Night
7:00PM - 10:00PM
Tuesday, 9th August
Sponsored by:
Venue:
Rattle n Hum, Cairns Esplanade
*Function accessible to students and mentors only*
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