CRC Reef Student Associates
CRC Reef Student Associates are postgraduate students who receive
research funding from CRC
Reef, or are supervised by CRC Reef researchers.
Every year CRC Reef awards Augmentative
Research Grants, and recipients of this award also become
Student Associates for the duration of their candidature.
Information
on the student projects that won this year's Augmentative Reseach
Grants
|
| A Abdulla |
PhD |
Predator-prey dynamics in coral reef fish. |
| J Ackerman |
PhD |
Demography of reef fishes. |
| N Aragones |
PhD |
Techniques for the restoration of tropical seagrass
beds. |
| R Arthur |
PhD |
Reef recovery from large-scale disturbance in
the Lakshadweep Islands. |
| J Aumend |
PhD |
Trace element analysis of otoliths as a technique
for identifying the coastal nursery grounds of tropical snapper
(Lutjanus spp.) from the GBR. |
| A Ballagh |
Hons |
Determination of growth trends in Queensland
east coast Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus commerson using
otolith back-calculations. |
| L Bay |
PhD |
Local thermal adaptation and the evolution of
species' borders in coral reef fishes. |
| C Birrell |
MSc |
Influence of algae and terrestrial runoff on
larval settlement and juvenile survival of corals on disturbed
reefs. |
| M Boyle |
PhD |
The ecology and migrations of post-hatchling
sea turtles in Australia. |
| S Busilacchi |
PhD |
Assessment of the effectiveness of Minimum Legal
Size in managing a multi-sector fishery, the Eastern Torres Strait
reef line fishery case. |
| D Ceccarelli |
PhD |
Effects of territorial herbivorous damselfish
on coral reef benthic communities. |
| C Clarke |
MSc |
The ecology of feeding in sea hares. Are sea
hares an appropriate agent for the control of algal resources? |
| M Depczynski |
PhD |
The functional role of cryptobenthic reef fishes
in coral reef ecosystems. |
| M Devlin |
PhD |
Temporal and spatial dynamics of a wet tropics
flood plume and the effects on inshore coral reef biota. |
| G Dunshea |
Hons |
Molecular age estimation in the sirenian Dugong
dugon: applicable tool or genetic curiosity? |
| P Ettinger-Epstein |
PhD |
Examination of the chemical ecology and commercial
viability (biopharmaceutical) of selected GBR sponge species. |
| R Evans |
MSc |
Effect of GBRMP zoning on the reproductive potential
of reef fishes. |
| L-A Gershwin |
PhD |
Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Cubozoa of Australia. |
| G Ghitarina |
PhD |
Rapid determination of environmental stress in
aquatic ecosystems. |
| J Guenther |
Hons |
The effect of surface microtopography of Pinctada
and Pteria species on the settlement of fouling organisms. |
| J Guinotte |
PhD |
Projected climate change and potential effects
on suitable coral reef habitat for the GBR. |
| T Hancock |
PhD |
Clustering and pattern recognition using classification
and regression trees. |
| L Harrington |
PhD |
Ecology of crustose coralline algae: interactions
with scleractinian corals and responses to environmental conditions. |
| J Hasling |
MTourism |
Take a closer look: designing effective interpretation
for the dwarf minke whale industry. |
| D Hawthorn |
MTourism |
Exploring the practical application of sustainability
indicators for nature-based tour operators. |
| J-P Hobbs |
PhD |
Regional scale analysis of processes regulating
the abundance and diversity of fishes on the Great Barrier Reef. |
| S Kininmonth |
PhD |
Connectivity modelling of the coral reef ecosystem. |
| E Laman-Trip |
MSc |
An age-based analysis of sexual size dimorphism
in surgeonfishes (Acanthuridae, Perciformes) from the Indo-Pacific
region. |
| D Louden |
MSc |
The effect of depth on the survival feeding biology,
growth and morphology of Ireinia sp (Porifera, Demospongia)
and the implications for aquaculture. |
| J McConochie |
MEng |
Numerical modelling of synthetic cyclone generated
waves in the GBR Region. |
| J Madin |
PhD |
The structural integrity and spatial distribution
of corals in the hydrodynamic reef environment. |
| J Mellors |
PhD |
Effects of nutrients on inshore seagrass beds. |
| M Myers |
PhD |
A comparison of ReefCheck methods with other
methods for monitoring coral reefs. |
| M Page |
PhD |
Late Quaternary evolution of the north Queensland
continental margin. |
| G Parra |
PhD |
Ecology and conservation biology of Irrawaddy,
Orcaella brevirostris, and Indo-Pacific humpback, Sousa
chinensis, dolphins at the Central Section of the GBRMP. |
| D Peck |
PhD |
Foraging behaviour and genetic divergence in
a tropical procellariiform, the wedge-tailed shearwater. |
| A Pritchard |
PhD |
Restructuring of the Torres Strait fisheries
management institutional framework to integrate islanders to participate
in management of Torres Strait fisheries resources. |
| M Puotinen |
PhD |
Tropical cyclone impacts on coral reefs: modelling
the disturbance regime in the GBR Region. |
| Z Richards |
PhD |
An investigation of the relative vulnerability
of rare versus common corals to factors threatening the GBR. |
| W Robbins |
PhD |
Growth, demography and genetic stock structure
of Queensland reef sharks. |
| J Ryan |
Hons |
Evaluation of the pontoon mooring design guidelines. |
| A Scardino |
PhD |
Surface technologies modelled from nature. |
| G Sjursaether |
MTourism |
Involving tourism operators in the ecologically
sustainable management of their industry: developing a sighting
network for the GBR minke whale ecotourism industry. |
| E Slaughter |
Hons |
Federal and State Government exploitation of
GBR Islands between 1830 and 1950. |
| J Sofonia |
MSc |
Effects of sediment characteristics on stress
responses in corals. |
| C Steinberg |
PhD |
Modelling the Southern Great Barrier Reef; circulation
and implications for biological systems. |
| M Taverner |
MTourism |
Understanding visitor perceptions of threatening
wildlife in north Queensland. |
| N Tonkin |
Hons |
Ghost ports and harbours. |
| J True |
PhD |
Massive scleractinian corals as indicators of
short-term environmental change. |
| T Vintges |
MTourism |
Involving tourism operators in the sustainable
management of their industry towards a better understanding of
the minke whale behaviour during swim encounters. |
| C Vollhardt |
MSc |
The effects of the herbicide diuron on corals. |
| C Ware |
PhD |
An examination of the travel patterns, trip-planning
strategies, and attraction hierarchy characteristics of visitors
to the Cairns region. |
