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October 1, 2019

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ACE water sampler: sample processing, analysis and interpretation of Southern Ocean Time Series trace element data

Alternative impact indicators – Sound, light, taste and smell, how can these be used in marine condition assessments

Aquaculture Nutrition

Are artificial spawning substrates the key to enhancing populations of the endangered Spotted Handfish in the Derwent estuary?

Assessing the 'Lost Atlantis' between Australia and Antarctica – subsidence and role in paleo-oceanographic re-organisations

Assessing the impact of seismic surveys on invertebrate mechanosensory organs

Assessing the impacts of husbandry techniques on the physiology and performance of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) broodstock

Auto-fluorescent signatures of phytoplankton for rapid classification and assessment of physiological status

Can engaging with the community really inform science or is it just hand waving?

Can You Really Trust a Model? Help Us Find Out

Chronic toxicity of the diatom Rhizosolenia amaralis and its role in bitter mussel syndrome

Classifying Southern Ocean clouds using machine learning

Comparison of gut morphology in fresh water and sea water grown chinook salmon

Conservation of Spotted handfish

Current Honours and Masters Projects

Daily-ageing of Gambusia holbrooki, a short-lived pest fish, using novel molecular tools.

Degradation behaviour of plastic consumer products in commercial compost

Degradation behaviour of plastic consumer products in commercial compost

Demographics of recreational fishing participation – understanding the past and looking to the future

Developing biomarkers of salmon farming: tracing feeds in the environment

Digestive system development in the tropical rock lobster, Panulirus ornatus and the slipper lobster, Thenus australiensis from late-stage phyllosoma to juvenile

Diversity and structure of dinoflagellate microbiomes

Effect of ecological and physiological factors on heavy metal uptake mechanisms in key estuarine species

Evaluating productivity proxies in Antarctic margin sediments

Examining the Environmental Pros and Cons of Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)

Examining the reproductive patterns of natural kelp populations for aquaculture and restoration using environmental DNA

Exploring lost microcontinents in the Southern Ocean

Factors affecting the post-mortem analysis of mucosal surfaces

Human impacts threaten native kelps: What can be done?

I Spy!! – Using Time Lapse photography to Inform Environmental Management

If, when and how natural sex ratio bias occurs in Gambusia holbrooki?: consequences for management of pest populations

Impacts of sea surface temperature on Patagonian Toothfish cohorts

Indirect impacts of the range–extending sea urchin, Centrostephanus rogersii: a socioeconomic assessment

Ingestion of microplastics by Tasmanian shorebirds

Integrated aquaculture of tropical seaweeds and lobsters

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture – Testing the Theory in Tasmania

Investigating waste streams in recirculating aquaculture systems and potential utilisation of waste

Large salmon nutrition and performance

Mast cells – Fixation/staining optimization for distribution and function in teleost gills

Mechanisms of nutrient uptake by Tasmanian seaweeds

Messing With Reality: Testing Heavy Metal Management Scenarios For The Derwent Using Mesocosms

Modelling coral reefs to understand nutrient potential from reef fisheries

Monitoring seagrass beds using drone mapping

Orange is the new Red – Evaluating a Colorimetric Indicator for Mercury Pollution

Physical Oceanography/Climate

Plastics in the mud: Evaluating the extent of microplastic contamination in sediments of the Derwent Estuary

Population growth and age dynamics of the overgrazing sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma

Primary host-pathogen interactions of amoebic gill disease in Atlantic salmon

Quantifying elemental content in Southern Ocean salps

Regional contrasts in Tasmanian cross-shelf fish assemblages recorded from baited-underwater-video surveys

Relationships between seabed complexity and the distribution of key biota

Reproductive dynamics of the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma: implications for roe harvest and kelp bed overgrazing

Responses of seaweeds (macroalgae) to ocean acidification

Responses of seaweeds to the interactive effects of nitrogen supply and ocean acidification

Seaweed Aquaculture: managing biofouling

Sediment recovery – A quantitative assessment of how faunal activity influences recovery response in Macquarie Harbour and analysis of key risk factors.

Southern Ocean physical oceanography

Subantarctic response to rapid climate change: A paleo perspective

The spawning behaviour of Spotted Handfish in the Derwent Estuary

Thermal physiology of Bay lobster (Thenus australiensis); defining temperature optimum and tolerance throughout juvenile ontogeny

Towards genetic control of Asterias amurensis: In search for a molecular enabler

Two decades of recreational licensing – what has changed and why?

Using Electrolysed Oxidising (EO) water as a pre-treatment sanitiser for chilled fish stored on ice

Utilising towed-video contrasts in/out of offshore marine parks to assess the possible impacts of trawling on benthic invertebrate assemblages

Utility of ROV’s (remote operated vehicles) for surveying reef fish assemblages below diving depths

Validating a new proxy for iron fertilization in the Southern Ocean

What’s the big deal with big fish?

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