Contact our project leads for more information about these highlighted projects and the other work we do within this node.
Monitoring catchment and water quality
We are using environmental proxies (trace elements) for water quality from corals and other carbonates to monitor the types and distribution of runoff as it affects water quality along the coast.
Project leads: Gregory Webb, Jian-xin Zhao, Narottam Saha
Toxic algal blooms in Moreton Bay
We are developing a Bayesian-based spatial model for assessment of land-based and water quality drivers of bloom commencement for Lyngbya majuscula blooms.
Project leads: Abdullateef Al Saeed, David Pullar, Ron Johnstone
SEACHANGE: 6000 years of coastal change
Using eDNA and geochemical tools on sediments, shells and bones, the SEACHANGE project aims to determine the pre-Anthropocene condition of the oceans.
Project leads: Kevin Welsh, Helen Bostock
Evidence of past storms and tsunamis
We identify palaeo-tsunami and storm deposits to record past extreme coastal events to improve our understanding of the return intervals or variability of coastal hazard events.
Project lead: Annie Lau
Phytoplankton dynamics in Moreton Bay
We are using dynamic systems-based methodologies to assess the long-term dynamics and primary influences on phytoplankton communities in Moreton Bay between 2005 and 2018.
Project leads: Irene Okeyo, Ron Johnstone, Russell Richards
Hydrodynamics in the Mary River Estuary
We are measuring and modelling benthic sediments to assess the potential for contaminants from the Mary River catchment to impact on habitats within the Great Sandy Straights ecosystem.
Project leads: Ron Johnstone, Dan Harris
Water quality sensor network in Moreton Bay
The establishment of an ad-hoc multi-tiered sensor network to monitor water quality within Moreton Bay and in priority water bodies on North Stradbroke Island.
Project leads: Ron Johnstone, Kevin Townsend, Helen Bostock
