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1 October, 2019

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Advancing our understanding of the impact of climate change on South-East Australian fisheries

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

Aquaculture Nutrition

Burial of calcium carbonate in deep sea sediments: Does it all add up?

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

CCAMLR: Conservation and Rational Use

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

Conservation of Spotted handfish

Conserving the live-bearing seastar (Parvulastra vivipara) through population studies and community engagement

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

Diving deeper: The influence of depth on the composition of algae communities in Storm Bay

Evaluating productivity proxies in Antarctic margin sediments

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

Factors affecting the post-mortem analysis of mucosal surfaces

High throughput Pacific oyster phenotyping using computer vision and machine learning

Identifying artificial reef characteristics that allow for the best chance of reef deployment success by employing data mining tools

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

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

Integrated aquaculture of tropical seaweeds and lobsters

Investigating the use of germ cell transplantation as an insurance tool for the conservation of the endangered Maugean Skate Zearaja maugeana

Large salmon nutrition and performance

Local government and coastal zone management in South East Tasmania

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

Mechanisms of nutrient uptake by Tasmanian seaweeds

Observer variability in measuring seabird biometrics

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

Relationships between seabed complexity and the distribution of key biota

Responses of seaweeds (macroalgae) to ocean acidification

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

Spatial and temporal trends in isotopic signatures in Antarctic and sub-Antarctic lakes

The Role of Antarctic Tourism in Citizen Science

The Role of Antarctic Tourism in Citizen Science

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

Use of remote operated vehicles for surveying deep cross shelf habitats and fish assemblages, including improved understanding of fish/habitat relationships

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

Using ship-based measurements and profiling floats to estimate net community production and air-sea CO2 flux from the Southern Indian Ocean

Validating a new proxy for iron fertilization in the Southern Ocean

Variability of upper-ocean vertical structure along 80°E and implications for nutrient supply and phytoplankton dynamics in the East Antarctic

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