Thursday, 11th August Australian Marine Sciences Association 2022

• Connecting estuarine research and managers - Peter Scanes

• When is plankton not plankton? - Michael Kingsford

• Environmental drivers of post-settlement mortality in seeded corals : implications for restoration of inshore reefs   - Cathie A Page
• Demographic Drivers of Coral Population Persistence: An Integral Projection Modelling Approach - Kevin R Bairos-Novak
• Population and clonal structure of Acropora hyacinthus amongst Great Barrier Reef sites to inform coral propagation practices - Lorna Howlett
• Midday is better than all day: Optimising deployment strategies for rapid settlement of Acropora tenuis larvae for coral reef restoration   - Kerry A. Cameron
• Phenotypic signatures of temperature tolerance in corals on the Great Barrier Reef    - Michael Wooster
• Beyond growth and survival measurements: integrating multiple traits to inform ecosystem service value of corals propagated for restoration on the Great Barrier Reef - Carmela Isabel Nunez Lendo

• KEYNOTE: Saltwater Song Lines and the Deep History of Sea Country - Michael O'Leary
• Establishing Baselines: Multibeam surveys, towed video and underwater landforms for understanding benthic biodiversity over the inner-shelf in Australia’s Hunter Marine Park - Tim Ingleton
• A two-part seabed geomorphology mapping scheme for multidisciplinary and multiscalar applications - Rachel A Nanson
• A panoramic drop camera provides new insights for mapping habitats across submerged ancient coastlines - Tim Langlois
• Semi-automated GIS Tools for Mapping Seabed Morphology - Zhi Huang

• KEYNOTE: Global conservation of marine megafauna through global collaboration and innovative analyses - Ana M. M. Sequeira
• Demographic and phylogeographic history of the largest extant animal: the blue whale - Gabrielle Genty
• Agent-based Modelling of Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) Migration: Efforts to Understand a Response to Climate Change - Jasper de Bie
• Do fatter whales migrate earlier? Body condition and migration timing of east Australian humpback whales - Grace Russell
• In search of sex for dwarf minke whales - Marissa J. Hutchings
• Mortality event due to suspected freshwater skin disease outbreak in the Burrunan dolphin (Tursiops australis), Gippsland lakes, Victoria, Australia - Kate Robb

• Should we be concerned about desalination impacts to reef ecosystems? - Brendan P Kelaher
• Assessment of sediment quality on NSW waterways 1, 6, and 12 months after the 2019-2020 Australian Black Summer Bushfires - Thayanne Barros
• The application of carbonate and sediment budgets to assess the stability of turbid reef systems - Shannon Dee
• Facilitation of expatriating coral-reef fishes into temperate SE Australian waters by range-expanding branching corals   - David J Booth
• Biomass and turnover of Australian aquarium corals: securing the sustainability of scleractinian corals targeted for wild harvest - Kai I. Pacey
• Carbon and oyster aquaculture in Vietnam: What are the opportunities for Australia? - Sarah Ugalde

• Coastal cities: monitoring and managing urban impacts below the waterline with environmental genomics - Katherine Dafforn
• Detecting cryptic populations of sea snakes using eDNA - Amelia R Pointon
• The effectiveness of eDNA as a monitoring tool for infauna present in the intertidal zone of a sub-tropical coastal habitat in Western Australia - Harrison A Carmody
• Comparative assessment of eDNA metabarcoding and longline deployments for elasmobranch surveying in the Kimberley Marine Park, Western Australia. - Katrina M West
• DNA Metabarcoding Provides Insight into the Spatio-temporal Distribution of Echinoderm Larvae on the Great Barrier Reef - Ilha Byrne
• A 400-year ancient environmental DNA macroalgae record of two inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia - Karin L Zwiep
• Using eDNA to Inform Restoration of a Functionally Extinct Oyster (Ostrea angasi) - Allyson O'Brien

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

AGM in Kuranda Room from 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM.

• Mars Reef Stars rapidly increase coral cover on unconsolidated coral rubble beds on the Great Barrier Reef - Eric E Fisher
• Photogrammetry takes stock of the abundance and prevalence of common coral taxa in the GBR and Torres Strait to inform restoration interventions - Renata Ferrari
• 2D Orthomosaics and 3D models inform on size, location and spacing of abundant corals of the Great Barrier Reef - Marine Alice Anna Lechene
• Can a mechanistic ROS-based model predict bleaching stress in a coral tank experiment? - Sophia Ellis
• Extreme weather events mediate the capacity of reef building corals to adapt to increasing temperature - Thomas Richards
• Saving a soft coral: Rehabilitation research and new discoveries about an endangered temperate coral species - Meryl F Larkin
• Can we control the brightness of low marine clouds to mitigate coral bleaching? - Daniel P Harrison
• Saltwater Fog Generation Demonstrates Potential as a Coral Bleaching Intervention - Joel Alroe

• Re-discovering Southern Ocean polychaete reefs through photogrammetry: Integrating structural complexity metrics into Antarctic benthic surveys - Juan Montes
• Locally Varying Classification Performance for Spatial Benthic Habitat Models in the Arafura Marine Park, Northern Australia - Marji Puotinen
• Using joint species distribution models to explore variability in temperate mesophotic reef fish community structure in the Hunter Marine Park - Joel Williams
• Underwater Imagery Reveals a Unique Biodiversity Asset in the Beagle Marine Park - Jacquomo Monk
• Acquisition and application of seafloor mapping data along the Victorian coast     - Mary A Young
• Monitoring the Victorian coast - Nathan Quadros
• GMRT-AusSeabed: Custom bathymetry compilations to underpin marine science - Joshua Sixsmith

• Assessing the significance of Jervis Bay for humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) mother-calf groups during their southern migration - Alex Jones
• Humpback Whales in a Changing Environment: Behavioural Adaptations During Migration - Sarah McCulloch
• Tracking whales with cargo tags - GPS/GSM suction cup tags on migrating humpback whales - Olaf Meynecke
• Environmental drivers of fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) 20 Hz acoustic presence in Eastern Antarctic waters - Meghan Aulich
• Movement and connectivity of marine predators within remote coral reef systems - Luciana C Ferreira
• Testing the Waters: Context-Dependence of Movement Behaviour in Marine Predators – the Bull Shark (Carcharhinus leucas) as a Model Organism - Nicolas Lubitz
• Health Evaluation of a Declining Population of Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus Pusillus Doriferus) During Peak and Off-Peak Human Visitation - Jessalyn J Taylor

• Drivers of Benthic Light Variability Within the Great Barrier Reef Shelf Region - Marites M Canto
• Enhancing coastal fisheries in NSW: More than just adding structure or fish to the water, how ecological understanding and combined monitoring approaches can help optimise outcomes - Alistair Becker
• Maintaining robust food-web interpretations in non-lethal sampling of the lobster Sagmariasus verreauxi - Jeremy K Day
• Composition and biometry of cnidae within a small colonial sea anemone (Family: Actiniidae).       - Katrina L Kaposi
• Likely Ecological and Environmental Factors Driving Species Differences in Stonefish (Synanceia spp.) Ichthyocrinotoxins - Danica Lennox-Bulow
• Dynamic colour change as a signalling mechanism in bluelined goatfish (Upeneichthys lineatus) - Louise Tosetto
• Population viability analysis to explore sources for demographic rescue of the imperiled East Pacific leatherback sea turtle - Anna A Ortega
• A whole new ocean venture - Jennie G Gilbert

• KEYNOTE: How 30 years of Strategic Monitoring in Tropical Ports has Facilitated Industry and Protected Seagrass Habitats – From new Management Tools to Developing Meadow-scale Seagrass Restoration - Michael A Rasheed
• Embedding emerging monitoring techniques in capital dredge monitoring - Tom Sullivan
• Cairns Shipping Development Project – a complex project that adopted science management and partnerships to ensure a successful marine environmental outcome - Adam Fletcher
• Shipping, anchor scour and the defaunation of rocky reefs - Allison Broad
• Capacity for Cairns Harbour seagrass seed banks to fuel recovery following large-scale declines. - Skye McKenna
• Turtle foraging behaviour in seagrass meadows of a sub-tropical port in the GBRWHA - Chris van de Wetering

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

• Boosting Reef Health Through Removal of Macroalgae - Hillary A Smith
• Assessing the vulnerability of the GBR to coral rubble generation from physical forcing and pre-conditioning factors: a GIS approach - Julio Salcedo-Castro
• Developing Diets for Aquaculture Production of Corals - Lone Hoj
• Optimizing Facility Location and Sizing for Coral Aquaculture Production - Ryu Lippmann

• KEYNOTE: What's the difference between a habitat and a biotope? The application of habitat classification in functional ecology and envrionmental management. - Garnet Hooper
• Mapping the Gaps - Seabed 2030 in Action - Kevin MACKAY
• National Areas of Interest for Seabed Mapping and Biodiversity Characterisation: Building a Shared View for Australia - Scott Nichol
• The Hydroscheme Industry Partnership Program (HIPP): Connecting national seabed data to scientists - Nigel Townsend

• Continental-scale acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal new insights into shark stock structure - Colin A Simpfendorfer
• Implications of Escherichia coli community diversity in free-ranging Australian pinniped pups - Mariel Fulham
• Marine Turtle movements help identify sensitive habitats and assess connectivity between Marine Park Networks and Indigenous Sea Countries across Northern Australia - Vinay Udyawer
• Climate Change will affect The Movements and Habitat Connectivity of Dugongs and Manatees - Helene Marsh
• The role of marine mega-herbivores in tropical seagrass dispersal - Samantha J Tol
• Topical ivermectin treatment improves pup survival in endangered Australian sea lions - Rachael Gray
• Bins on Boats: improving vessel waste practices to reduce marine mammal entanglement - Rebecca McIntosh
• First Insight into the Three-dimensional Diving Behaviour of Dugongs (Dugong dugon) Using Multi-sensor tags - Renae N Lambourne

• Roles of depth, current speed and substratum in determining the structure of gorgonian assemblages on a coral reef - Marta Panero
• Effects of simulated megaherbivore grazing on Zostera muelleri flowering - Megan Saunders
• Megaherbivory is a major force driving seagrass structure on the Great Barrier Reef - Timothy M Smith
• Marine plant dispersal and connectivity measures differ in their sensitivity to biophysical model parameters - Jodie Schlaefer
• Towards a 2025 national ocean literacy strategy: current status and future needs in primary education - Catia Freitas
• Diversity and turnover trends across 3,000 years of coral reef development - Timothy Staples
• Black soldier fly as a protein alternative in aquaculture - Isobel Sewell

• Lessons Learnt From Real-World Application of Complex Regulatory Approvals - Tristram Coffin
• Using Network Analysis to Quantify the Spread of Non-Indigenous Species via Maritime Vessel Networks. - Cal CLF Faubel
• Marine biosecurity monitoring – a case study ‘Finding and managing White Colonial Sea Squirt using eDNA’ - Alana O'Brien
• Resilience of soft sediment communities to placement of maintenance dredge material - Anna Boden

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

Cairns Convention Centre