This research theme provides critical knowledge needed to support the sustainable use of our coastal and estuarine ecosystems. We are applying innovative ecological, biogeochemical and modelling approaches and techniques to quantify ecosystem processes and dynamics.
A particular emphasis of this theme is to understand the impact of urbanisation on coastal and estuarine ecosystems.
PhD Hot Topics
- Carbon in coastal wetlands
- Tracking fish movements among coastal habitats
- Resilience in coastal ecosystems
- Movement and feeding ecology of the esturay sting ray (Dasyatis fluviorum)
- Ecology of the gamful algae, Lungbya majuscula in Moreton Bay
- Sea Level Rise at a local scale: Will the saltwater mosquitoes survive?
- Sea Level Rise in a Large Subtropical Estuary
- Productivity in Saltflats of the Dry Subtropics
- Importance of floodplain and estuarine subsidies for growth and reproduction of riverine fish species
Related Projects
The following list includes some of our current and past projects related to the Coastal and estuarine ecosystem processes research theme:
- Influence of Marine Protected Areas on ecosystem resilience and ecological processes
- Managing for seagrass resilience
- Humans in the ecosystem: avoiding the "take-back" effect when restoring degraded estuaries
- Climate change responses and adaptation pathways in Australian coastal ecosystems
- Food web ecology and fish diets in Intermittently Closed and Open Lakes and Lagoons
- Fish in, Mozzies out
- Gold Coast Mud Crab Counter
- Carbon dynamics and fish production in peri-urban estuaries
- Response of soft sediment environments and assemblages to the cessation of trawling in Moreton Bay
- Effect of urban inputs and freshwater flow on estuarine ecosystem health and productivity
- Phytoplankton Community Dynamics in a Sub Tropical Coastal Ecosystem
- The fall of jellies: Quantifying jellyfish bloom detritus deposition on the seafloor and its effects on pelagic and benthic ecosystems
- Global Expansion of Jellyfish Blooms: magnitude, causes and consequences. 2010-2012
- Improving water quality in southeast Queensland reservoirs