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This project will focus on two common but morphologically distinct ascidians which occupy different rocky reef environments: the intertidal/ subtidal Pyura praeputialis (also called Cunjevoi) and the subtidal Pyura spinifera (also called Sea tulip).Ìý

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýProfessor Adriana Vergés and Professor Torsten Thomas

The project aims to determine the seasonal changes in the coral microbiome and the influence of thermal stress events on microbial community structure.

Supervisor: A/Prof. Tracy Ainsworth

This is part of a Fisheries R&D Corporation (FRDC) project investigating the portunid crab fisheries in NSW.

Supervisor: Prof. Iain Suthers

In this project you will use experimental ecology to investigate where roots from the seagrass Zostera muelleri get their microbes from – sediments or other plants.

Supervisor: Prof. Paul GribbenÌýand A/Prof Ziggy Marzinelli

This project will demonstrate the feasibility of collecting baseline subsurface water temperature data with Tiwi using cost-effective technology.

³§³Ü±è±ð°ù±¹¾±²õ´Ç°ù:ÌýProf. Moninya Roughan

Improving future safety and educational intervention in order to save lives.

Supervisor: Professor Rob Brander

This project aims to investigate how bacteria can improve the growth, health and environmental adaptation of marine seaweeds (macroalgae).

Supervisor: A/Prof. Suhelen Egan

We use observational and molecular methods to investigate the interplay between bacterial virulence and environmental factors, such as temperature, light and nutrients, and natural bacterial inhibitors to understand the development and impact of disease on seaweeds.

Supervisor: A/Prof. Suhelen Egan

Many Australians have had a painful bluebottle sting when swimming at the beach, yet little is known about the oceanographic conditions that bring bluebottles to our shores.

Supervisors: Prof Alistair Poore (BEES), Dr Amandine Schaeffer (School of Mathematics and Statistics), Dr Jaz Lawes (Surf Life Saving Australia)

To investigate how eco-engineering interventions, such as Living Seawalls, can mitigate impacts on population of key species.

Supervisor(s): Mariana Mayer-Pinto

To investigate how eco-engineering interventions, such as the Living Seawalls, can mitigate the biodiversity impacts of seawalls, through changes in species interactions.

Supervisor(s): Mariana Mayer-Pinto

This project leads theÌýPosidonia australisÌýrestoration projects in Sydney andÌýnearby locations.Ìý

Supervisors:ÌýProf Adriana Vergés, Erin McCosker

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Identify relationships between physical characteristics and visitor understanding in relation to physical hazards in National Parks in NSW.

Supervisor: Professor Rob Brander

Evaluate the effectiveness of the ‘Rip-Eye’ app and other methods in improving rip current identification by the public.

Supervisor: Professor Rob Brander

In some parts of eastern Australia and around the world, we have found that as kelp forests disappear they are being replaced by filter-feeding invertebrates like ascidians or sponges.

Supervisor:ÌýProf. Torsten Thomas (91É«ÇéƬ), Prof. Adriana Vergés (91É«ÇéƬ) and collaborators

In this project, we aim to assess heat tolerance of different populations of the endangered seagrass Posidonia australis to help guide the selection of donor material for current and future restoration projects.

Supervisors:ÌýProfessor Adriana Vergés and Dr. Giulia Ferretto

This project will investigate how hydrodynamic conditions influence restoration outcomes of endangered seagrass Posidonia australisÌýto improve site selection and optimise restoration methods.

Supervisors:ÌýProfessor Adriana Vergés, Dr. Giulia Ferretto and Professor William Glamore.

The project will combine field sampling with laboratory analyses to reconstruct the history of seagrass meadows and quantify carbon accumulation.

Supervisors:ÌýProfessor Adriana Vergés, Dr. Giulia Ferretto andÌýcollaborators at ANSTO.