Ms Joanna Browne

B Science (Advanced) (Hons)

Contact details for Ms Joanna Browne jbrowne@museum.vic.gov.au

Thesis
Gelatinous plankton and their symbionts in Eastern Australia
Description
The overall objective of this project is to assess the importance of gelatinous zooplankton for associated juvenile fishes and invertebrates using a combination of mensurative, observational and manipulative experiments in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria and Lizard Island, Queensland.
Supervisor
Dr Kylie Pitt
Associate Professor Rod Connolly
Dr Mark Norman

Research expertise

  • Zooplankton identification
  • Phytoplankton identification
  • Ecology and biology of gelatinous zooplankton

Publications

  • Browne JB, Kingsord MJ. (2005) A commensal relationship between the scyphozoan Catostylus mosaicus and the copepd Paramacrochiron mosaicus. Marine Biology. 146:1157-1168

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