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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 effect of high CO2 preloading and Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the shelf-life of Atlantic salmon fillets
Assessing the impacts of husbandry techniques on the physiology and performance of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) broodstock
Biodiversity patterns of marine infauna on the Antarctic shelf
Can engaging with the community really inform science or is it just hand waving?
Can You Really Trust a Model? Help Us Find Out
Comparative ecophysiology of Australian Alexandrium tamarense strains
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.
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
Effect of ecological and physiological factors on heavy metal uptake mechanisms in key estuarine species
Examining the Environmental Pros and Cons of Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)
Factors affecting the post-mortem analysis of mucosal surfaces
Genetic diversity of bloom populations of Alexandrium tamarense
I Spy!! – Using Time Lapse photography to Inform Environmental Management
Indirect impacts of the range–extending sea urchin, Centrostephanus rogersii: a socioeconomic assessment
Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture – Testing the Theory in Tasmania
Large salmon nutrition and performance
Low-cost microscopic imaging for phytoplankton monitoring
Mast cells – Fixation/staining optimization for distribution and function in teleost gills
Measuring the energy content of zooplankton preyfield to refine a bioenergetics model of Adelie penguins in East Antarctica
Mechanisms of nutrient uptake by Tasmanian seaweeds
Messing With Reality: Testing Heavy Metal Management Scenarios For The Derwent Using Mesocosms
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
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
Satellite-based remote sensing and estimation of cyanobacterial blooms in Tasmanian lakes
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.
Subantarctic response to rapid climate change: A paleo perspective
Taxonomic diversity of toxic dinoflagellate microbiomes (MB)
The spawning behaviour of Spotted Handfish in the Derwent Estuary
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
What’s the big deal with big fish?

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Current Honours and Masters Projects

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50 projects

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 effect of high CO2 preloading and Modified Atmosphere Packaging on the shelf-life of Atlantic salmon fillets

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

Biodiversity patterns of marine infauna on the Antarctic shelf

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

Can You Really Trust a Model? Help Us Find Out

Comparative ecophysiology of Australian Alexandrium tamarense strains

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.

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

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

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

Factors affecting the post-mortem analysis of mucosal surfaces

Genetic diversity of bloom populations of Alexandrium tamarense

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

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

Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture – Testing the Theory in Tasmania

Large salmon nutrition and performance

Low-cost microscopic imaging for phytoplankton monitoring

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

Measuring the energy content of zooplankton preyfield to refine a bioenergetics model of Adelie penguins in East Antarctica

Mechanisms of nutrient uptake by Tasmanian seaweeds

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

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

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

Satellite-based remote sensing and estimation of cyanobacterial blooms in Tasmanian lakes

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.

Subantarctic response to rapid climate change: A paleo perspective

Taxonomic diversity of toxic dinoflagellate microbiomes (MB)

The spawning behaviour of Spotted Handfish in the Derwent Estuary

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

What’s the big deal with big fish?

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