Events

PhD Exit Seminar

• Social and economic determinants of exploitation and management of coral reef resources in Solomon Islands
• Tom Brewer, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• 12.00pm Friday 3 February 2012
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (Building 32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Initiate change: a social network perspective on transformations in social-ecological systems
• Orjan Bodin, Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University, Sweden
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 2 February 2012
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (Building 32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Introduction to The WorldFish Center and a taste of its research-in-development projects
• David Mills, Natural Resource Management, The WorldFish Center and Kirsten Abernethy, Policy, Economics and Social science, The WorldFish Center
• 4.00pm - 5.00pm, Tuesday 31 January 2012. To be followed by drinks and nibbles
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (Building 32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• The teleosts, a mesozoic success story
• David Randall, Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Wednesday 25 January 2012
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (Building 32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Coral vision: evidence for an opsin-based photosensory system in coral planulae
• Dr. Benjamin Mason
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 1 December 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (Building 32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Caribbean corals aren’t recruiting: A mismatch between larvae and settlement cues?
• Sarah Davies, PhD candidate, The University of Texas, Austin, USA
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Monday 7 November 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (Building 32), JCU
• Details

PhD Exit Seminar

• The effects of ocean acidification and warming on the early life history stages of spawning corals Acropora sp.
• Miin Chua
• 10.00am - 11.00am, Friday, October 28 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

ARC Centre of Excellence National Symposium 2011

Science in 3 Minutes Presentation

Seminar

• Ocean acidification: should we view it as a trend, threshold or tipping point?
• Dr. Benjamin McNeil, Senior Fellow, Climate Change Research Centre, University of New South Wales
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 13 October 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Coral Reef Genomics in the Red Sea
• Dr. Christian Voolstra, Assistant Professor of Marine Science, Red Sea Research Centre, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Monday 10 October 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Specificity, Flexibility and Diversity in Cnidarian Dinoflagellate Symbiosis - What Does it All Mean?
• Dr. Ruth Gates, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 6 October 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Marine wilderness reference points and management of exploited seascapes
• Dr Nick Graham, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Tuesday 27 September 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Is ocean acidification a threat to marine fishes?
• Professor Philip Munday, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies and the School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 22 September 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Governing fisheries for food security
• Eddie Allison, WorldFish Center
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Monday 19 September 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

 

2011 ARC Centre of Excellence Student Mentoring Day

• Friday 26 August 2011
• Novotel Twin Waters Resort, Sunshine Coast, Queensland
• in collaboration with the Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) Conference 26 to 28 August 2011
• No charge for students attending ACRS Conference
• Program
• Registration and additional information for ACRS meeting

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Assessment of scale dependent function in reef fish: Application to the evaluation of coral reef resilience
• Kirsty Nash
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 18 August 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

PhD Exit Seminar

• Geographic variation in the ecology of coral-feeding butterflyfishes and resilience to large scale disturbances
• Rebecca Lawton
• 9.30am - 10.30am, Tuesday 16 August 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Telomere regulation: From Cell to Tissue Homeostasis
• Eric Gilson, University of Nice, France
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Friday 5 August 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU

Seminar

• Impact of global change on genetic connectivity: concepts and applications
• Stephanie Manel, University of Marseille
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 28 July 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU, videolinked to GCI Meeting room on level 7, Gehrmann Labs (Building 60), UQ, Brisbane
• Details

PhD Exit Seminar

• Effects of chronic fish predation on reef building corals
• Andrew Cole
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Tuesday 26 July 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Contribution of climate change to degradation and loss of critical fish habitats in Australian marine and freshwater environments
• Dr. Morgan Pratchett, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 21 July 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU, videolinked to GCI Meeting room on level 7, Gehrmann Labs (Building 60), UQ, Brisbane
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Alternative states and the processes influencing differential recovery of coral reef habitats in the Seychelles
• Karen Chong-Seng
• 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Wednesday 20 July 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• 4000 "hypothetical" genes. Now what? A crossroad of experimentation and computation
• Olivier Lucas, University of South Florida, USA
• 10.00am - 11.00am, Wednesday 20 July 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Molecular and physiological studies of inorganic carbon utilization in the Scleractinian coral Stylophora pistillata (Esper, 1797).
• Anthony Bertucci, Centre Scientifique de Monaco
• 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Tuesday 19 July 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Talk by Prof. Terry Hughes At Wageningen University

Caution 335mb video file

If you are unable to see the video you may need the Quicktime plugin

 

Seminar

• The Census of Marine Life and beyond: life in a changing ocean
• Dr. Paul V.R. Snelgrove, Ocean Sciences Centre and Biology Department, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada
• Seminar: 10.00am - 11.00am, Tuesday 28 June 2011
• Room 101, Faculty of Science and Engineering Building 17, JCU
• Workshop: 11.15am-1.00pm, Tuesday 28 June 2011
• Ground floor conference room, ATSIP building 145, JCU
• Flyer
• Abstract

Seminar

• Functional connectivity of snapper in a Red Sea coral reef seascape
• Kelton McMahon, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (USA) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia)
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 16 June 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Integrating terrestrial and marine land values and ongoing loss of native vegetation in land-sea conservation planning
• Jorge Alvarez Romero, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 9 June 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

PhD Pre-completion Seminar

• Planning for action: Bridging the gap between regional scale conservation planning and local implementation
• Morena Mills, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 2.00pm - 3.00pm, Thursday 2 June 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Causes and consequences of among-individual variation in metabolism
• Mia Hoogenboom, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 26 May 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Virginia Chadwick Awards seminar
• Vanessa Adams, Joe Pollock, Yui Sato. Student award recipients 2010, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 3.30pm - 5.00pm, Friday 20 May 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU, video linked to Meeting room, level 7, Gehrmann Labs (Building 60), UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Scale, stock-recruitment dynamics and degradation of corals on the GBR
• Terry Hughes, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 19 May 2011
• Marine and Tropical Biology Building 1, Room 001 (DB23-001)
• Details

Seminar

• Corals in a changing climate
• Line Bay, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 12 May 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU, video linked to Meeting room, level 7, Gehrmann Labs (Building 60), UQ
• Details

Seminar

• The genetics of survival: DNA, corals and climate change
• Petra Souter, AIMS
• 10.00am - 11.00am, Friday 29 April 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building (DB32), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Reconciling biodiversity conservation and marine capture fisheries production
• Keith Brander
• 4.00pm - 5.00pm, Wednesday 20 April 2011
• DA09-001, JCU, Townsville video linked to A21-001, JCU, Cairns
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Morphological and Molecular Systematics of Scleractinian Corals (Cnidaria, Anthozoa), with Emphasis on Deep-water Species
• Marcelo Kitahara , James Cook University
• 3.00pm, Friday 15 April 2011
• DB021-003, James Cook University

Seminar

• Potential collaborations in dynamic conservation planning and scenario-based conservation
• Piero Visconti , ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 14 April 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Evolving the Biodiversity-Ecosystem-Functioning Relationship
• Nicolas Mouquet , Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution (CNRS) Université de Montpellier II, France
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Friday 8 April 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• The trophic theory of island biogeography and the species-area relationship for reef fish assemblages
• David Mouillot, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 11.00am - 12.00pm, Thursday 7 April 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference, DB44, JCU
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Scaling up MPAs: the role of coordination of initiatives and inter-institutional collaborations in the Philippines
• Vera Horigue, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 3.00pm - 4.00pm, Thursday 24 March 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Towards effective protected areas: the imperative of linking regional-scale design and local-scale action
• Bob Pressey, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 4.00pm, Wednesday 23 March 2011
• Townsville (DA09:001) video-linked to Cairns (A21:001)

Seminar

• Where do regional and local conservation actions meet? Modelling the differences between local implementation and regional conservation planning in Fiji
• Morena Mills, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 17 March 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Methane, Macrofauna and Dancing Crabs: Microbial-metazoan interactions at Pacific Ocean Cold Seeps
• Dr Andrew Thurber , Florida International University
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Friday 11 March 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Towards social-ecological resilience in natural resource governance: issues of power, diversity, and scale
• Kristen Weiss, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 10 March 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Elemental concentration and Isotopic composition of biogenic carbonate (Foraminifera and Corals): proxies calibrations and applications
• Dr Delphine Dissard, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, University of Western Australia
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Tuesday 8 March 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

2011 ARC Centre of Excellence Boden Conference

• Genome Biology of Corals and their Relatives
• Sunday 6 March - Wednesday 9 March 2011
• Peppers Blue on Blue Resort, Magnetic Island
• Program
• Group photo

Exit Seminar

• Incorporating economic factors into systematic conservation planning
• Vanessa Adams, Ph.D. student
• 2.00pm, Wednesday 2 March 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32).
• Details

Seminar

• Coral reef resilience in a changing climate
• Professor Peter Mumby, Marine Spatial Ecology Lab, University of Queensland
• 12.00pm - 1.00pm, Thursday 24 February 2011
• Padua Theatre, School of Medicine (DB40), James Cook University
• Details

Seminar

• Conservation in a human-dominated world
• Richard Fuller, University of Queensland and CSIRO
• 1.00pm - 2.00pm, Thursday 17 February 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Exit Seminar

• Addressing new challenges in dynamic conservation planning
• Piero Visconti, Ph.D. student
• 10.00am, Monday 14 February 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32).
• Details

Exit Seminar

• Systematic conservation planning for fresh waters
• Stephanie Januchowski-Hartley, Ph.D. student
• 10.00am, Monday 7 February 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32).
• Details

Seminar

• Oxygen- and capacity-limitation of thermal tolerance: a matrix for understanding climate-related stressor effects in marine ecosystems
• Hans-O. Portner, Professor and Head of the Division of Integrative Ecophysiology, Alfred Wegener Institute for Marine and Polar Research, Bremerhaven, Germany
• 4.00pm, Tuesday 25 January 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

On-line talk

• Climate Change Impacts on Ocean Ecosystems in the 21st Century
• Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Wednesday 19 January 2011
• 2011 NCSE conference in Washington, DC "Our Changing Oceans"
• Details

Seminar

• Host-Microbe-Environment Interactions on Coral Reefs
• Dr Tracy Ainsworth, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 11.00am, Thursday 13 January 2011
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Interacting physiological processes in fish and adaptation to environmental in environmental change
• Dr Jodie Rummer, City University of Hong Kong, University of British Columbia
• 12.00pm, Thursday 16 December 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Coral immunity and persistence in a changing climate
• Caroline V. Palmer, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 9.30am, Thursday 9 December 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• Conservation and management of rock-dwelling reptiles in the Sydney region
• Dr. David Pike, University of Sydney
• 10.00am, Tuesday 7 December 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• Details

Seminar

• The role of social and ecological networks in natural resource governance: What relational patterns make a difference?
• Dr. Orjan Bodin, Stockholm Resilience Centre
• 10.00am, Friday 10 December 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

Exit Seminar

• The resilience of coral reef tourism to climate change and crises
• Duan Biggs, Ph.D. student
• 12.00pm, Tuesday 7 December 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32).
• Details

Seminar

• Population connectivity and phylogeography of neon damselfish (Pomacentrus coelestis)
• Shang-Yin Vanson Liu, National Taiwan University, Institute of Oceanography
• 12.00pm, Tuesday 16 November 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Fear of fishers: anti-predator behaviour of coral reef fish and relevance to fisheries management and conservation
• Fraser Januchowski-Hartley, PhD candidate
• 2.00pm, Wednesday 10 November 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32).
• Details

Seminar

• The value of time-series data to track climate-driven changes to intertidal systems & provide policy-relevant evidence & advice
• Dr Nova Mieszkowska, Inaugural Visiting Fellow - National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32)
• 12.00pm, Thursday 21 October 2010
• Light lunch will be provided following the seminar
• Please register your attendance
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Reefs on the Edge: Coral biogeography and larval ecology in a warming ocean
• Erika Woolsey, PhD candidate
• 10.00am, Monday 18 October 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB32).
• Details

Seminar

• Does dimethyl sulphide (DMS) protect dinoflagellate symbionts (Symbiodinium sp.) from oxidative stress?
• Michael Steinke, University of Essex, Department of Biological Sciences, Coral Reef Research Unit
• 3.00pm, Friday 15 October 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

Seminar

• Testing models of coastal connectivity in the Southern California Bight
• Professor Robert Warner, University of California – Santa Barbara
• 4.00pm, Wednesday 13 October 2010
• Townsville DB017-101, Video linked to Cairns A21.001
• Details

Public Lecture

• Fish in hot water: How will climate change affect coral reef fishes?
• Inaugural professorial lecture
• Professor Philip Munday
• 5.30pm, Tuesday 12 October 2010
• The Raffles Room, Southbank Hotel and Convention Centre, Palmer Street, South Townsville
• RSVP 5 October: Rosemarie.vasiljuk@jcu.edu.au
• Tropical reef fish already live in warm water, but how will they be affected by global warming and ocean acidification? In this seminar I will outline the potential impacts that climate change will have on reef fish communities and summarize research being conducted in my laboratory to predict the effects of increasing water temperature and reduced ocean pH on tropical fishes. There is some bad news, some good news, and unexpected outcomes that indicate climate change will deliver ecological surprises that we are yet to consider.

ARC Centre of Excellence National Symposium 2010

Seminar

• Modelling growth and form in scleractinian corals
• Jaap A. Kaandorp, Section Computational Science, University of Amsterdam
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 30 September 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Social Institutions and Commodity Chain Fisheries
• Dr Mike Fabinyi, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 23 September 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

2010 ARC Centre of Excellence Student Mentoring Day

• Friday 10 September 2010
• National Marine Science Centre, Coffs Harbour, NSW
• in collaboration with the Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) Conference 11-12 September 2010
• No charge for students attending ACRS Conference
• Program
• Registration and additional information for ACRS meeting

Seminar

• Bounding the system - traditional use and management of marine resources on an isolated Pacific Island
• Dr Simon Foale, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 3.00pm-5.00pm, Friday 10 September 2010
• Cairns A21.001, Townsville DA3-002, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• The plan of the day: managing the dynamic transition from regional-scale conservation design to local-scale conservation action
• Professor Bob Pressey, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 2.00pm-3.00pm, Thursday 2 September 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Resilience and Vulnerability in Property Rights Systems
• Daniel Fitzpatrick, Australian National University College of Law
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Monday 23 August 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Adaptive co-management of marine social-ecological systems
• Louisa Evans, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 19 August 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Constraints on species responses to environmental change and its impact on higher levels of biodiversity
• Sally A. Keith, Centre for Conservation Ecology and Environmental Change, Bournemouth University, UK
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Tuesday 17 August 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Public Lecture

• Are coral reefs under threat? What the science actually shows - and doesn't show
• Inaugural professorial lecture
• Professor Sean Connolly
• 5.30pm, Monday 16 August 2010
• The Raffles Room, Southbank Hotel and Convention Centre, Palmer Street, South Townsville
• RSVP 6 August: Rosemarie.vasiljuk@jcu.edu.au
• The popular media has become infatuated with a small number of self-styled "contrarian" scientists who challenge the scientific consensus relevant to public policy issues, such as effects of climate change on coral reefs. In this lecture, I will present and explain the evidence for adverse human impacts on coral reefs, with a particular focus on the role played by mathematical and computer models in such assessments.

Seminar

• Adapting to Climate Change at Multiple Governance Levels
• Pedro Fidelman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 12 August 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Talk series

• Virginia Chadwick reef talk series, Australian Festival of Chamber Music
• Wednesday, 4th August: Sharks, Sirenians, Salties, Seabirds and Satellites
• Thursday, 5th August: Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: Evidence and Consequences
• Friday, 6th August: The Beauty of Coral Reefs in Music, Images and Words
• Saturday, 7th August: Virginia Chadwick and the Great Barrier Reef: Her Perpetual Legacy: details
• All talks 6.45pm, C2, Townsville Civic Theatre
• Tickets to each talk cost $10 per person (aged/invalid pension card holders and children under the age of 12 are free)

Seminar

• The whole is greater than the sum of its parts - investigating the cumulative effect of ocean acidification on early life history stages of Caribbean reef-building corals
• Rebecca Albright, University of Miami, USA
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 29 July 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Ocean acidification – What is the evidence for it and how do we measure the response of coral reefs to it?
• Chris Langdon, University of Miami, USA
• 11.00am-12.00pm, Thursday 29 July 2010
• Sir George Fisher Building (DB32) Conference Room 114, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Contribution of benthic biodiversity to ecosystem process and functioning
• Dr Martin Solan, University of Aberdeen, UK
• 4.00pm-5.00pm, Monday 26 July 2010
• DB.017 Room 101 Townsville videolinked to A21.001 Cairns, JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Do no-take marine reserves work? Population dynamics, connectivity and response to climate change
• David H. Williamson, ARC Centre of Excellence, James Cook University
• 9.00am-10.00am, Monday 19 July 2010
• New ARC CoE Conference Room, Sir George Fisher building (DB32, room 114), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Qualitative Modelling of Complex Systems
• Jeffrey Dambacher, CSIRO Mathematics, Informatics and Statistics, Hobart, Tasmania
• 2.00pm-3.00pm, Tuesday 6 July 2010
• New ARC CoE Conference Room, Sir George Fisher building (DB32, room 114), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Losing Nemo: The consequences of co-dependence, bleaching and over-fishing on an iconic symbiont
• Ashley Frisch, Ecosystem Conservation and Sustainable Use Group, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Friday 2 July 2010
• New ARC CoE Conference Room, Sir George Fisher building (DB32, room 114), JCU
• Ashley will outline his current and future research interests including studies of anemone-anemone fish symbioses and the ecological importance of apex predators on coral reefs.

Seminar

• Vulnerability of sea turtles to climate change
• Mariana Fuentes, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville
• 9.00am-10.00am, Friday 2 July 2010
• New ARC CoE Conference Room, Sir George Fisher building (DB32, room 114), JCU
• Details

Seminar

• Differential expression of three galaxin-related genes during settlement and metamorphosis in the scleractinian coral Acropora millepora
• Alejandro Reyes-Bermudez, ARC Centre of Excellence, James Cook University
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 1 July 2010
• New ARC CoE Conference Room, Sir George Fisher building (DB32, room 114), JCU
• Details

PhD Pre-Completion Seminar

• Developing marine protected area networks in the Philippines: reconciling regional-scale planning with community-based implementation
• Rebecca Weeks
• 10.15am Thursday 24 June, DA9-002 (Townsville) and A21.002 (Cairns via videolink)

Public Lecture

• Fish in hot water: How will climate change affect coral reef fishes?
• Inaugural professorial lecture
• Professor Philip Munday
• 5.30pm, Monday 28 June 2010
• The Raffles Room, Southbank Hotel and Convention Centre, Palmer Street, South Townsville
• Details

Seminar

• Coral reefs and climate change: Impacts, management responses, and planning for an uncertain future
• Jeffrey Maynard - Australian Centre of Excellence for Environmental Risk Analysis, School of Botany, University of Melbourne & Maynard Marine Consulting, Inc.
• 9.00am-10.00am, Thursday 17 June 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)

Seminar

• Phenotypic plasticity: A central theme for biodiversity and climate change research
• Stefan Walker - Research Fellow, JCU Singapore; Lecturer, JCU Australia
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Tuesday 15 June 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Resilience and spatial responses of coral reef ecosystems to climate change and associated stressors
• Stephen Ban, PhD candidate
• 11.00am, Monday 7 June 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room 114, Sir George Fisher Building, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Steering coral reefs toward healthier states
• Magnus Nystrsom, Department of Systems Ecology and Stockholm Resilience Centre, Stockholm University
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 20 May 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Differential bleaching susceptibility within and among scleractinian corals
• Dominique McCowan, PhD candidate
• Tuesday 18 May 2010 3.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Spatial and Temporal variation in growth, reproduction and condition in Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef
• Chung Hong (James) Tan, PhD Candidate
• Tuesday 27 April 2010 3.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• The naked coral hypothesis revisited: Are corallimorphs really corals that have lost their skeletons?
• Profesor Chaolun (Allen) Chen, Academia Sinica Taiwan
• 1.00pm-2.00pm, Wednesday 21 April 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)

Seminar

• Coastal/Marine SDI - now more important than ever!
• Roger Longhorn, Chair of the Global Spatial Data Infrastructure Association’s Legal and Socioeconomic Committee and Information Policy Advisor to EUCC
• 1.00pm-2.00pm, Monday 19 April 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

Workshop

• Marine/Coastal Spatial Data Infrastructures (SDI) Best Practice
• Roger Longhorn, Info-Dynamics Research Associates Ltd
• 8:30 to 17:00 hrs., Tuesday 20 April, 2010
• University Halls, Raintree Room, James Cook University, Townsville
• Details

Public Lecture

• SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: SCEPTICISM OR DENIAL?
• Professor Malcolm McCulloch, Western Australian Premier's Fellow, School of Earth and Environment, University of Western Australia Deputy Director, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 5.00pm-6.00pm, Wednesday 8 April 2010. Refreshments will be served from 4.30pm
• DB25-002 (Nursing Sciences), James Cook University, Townsville
• Details

Seminar

• Marine Conservation under Changing Conditions - Challenges in Oceans Conservation and Management in Canada
• Sabine Jessen, PhD Student, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 1 April 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Level 7 Gehrmann Bldg (60)
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• The Contribution of Locally-Managed Marine Areas to Food Security of Solomon Islands
• Philippa Cohen, PhD Candidate
• Tuesday 16 March 2010 1.00pm-2.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Follow that smell! Investigating the sensory ecology of fish aggregations
• Jennifer DeBose, Smithsonian Marine Station at Fort Pierce, in Florida (USA)
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 11 March 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Level 7 Gehrmann Bldg (60)
• Details

Seminar

• Some like it hot
• Dr. Steve Simpson, University of Bristol, UK
• 4.00pm-5.00pm, Wednesday 10 March 2010
• JCU Townsville DA009-002 and video-linked to Cairns B1.107
• Details

Seminar

• Spatial Resilience as a two-edged sword: Egbert van Nes
• Hypotheses about spatial patterning in coral ecosystems: Ingrid van de Leemput
• Egbert van Nes and Ingrid van de Leemput, Wageningen University, Netherlands
• 10.00am-12.00pm, Tuesday 9 March 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).

RADIO NATIONAL SCIENCE SHOW

• Thanks for all the fish
• Saturday 28 February, 12.05pm & Monday 1 March, 7.05pm
• A team from Northern Queensland announce their finding that 'no fish zones' on the Great Barrier Reef have led to a doubling of fish populations
• details

Seminar

• The Value of Mental Models for Effective Conservation Planning
• Duan Biggs, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• 12.00pm-1.00pm, Thursday 11 February 2010
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Level 7 Gehrmann Bldg (60)
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• The role of live coral in moderating key ecological processes for coral reef fishes
• Darren Coker, PhD Candidate
• Thursday 14 January 2010 2.00pm-4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Pathogenesis in Acanthaster planci: the role of bacterial infections in ending outbreaks
• Jairo Rivera Posada, PhD Candidate
• Friday 11 December 3.00pm-5.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Effects of Viruses on Coral Fitness
• Rebecca Vega Thurber, Marine Science Division, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, USA
• Wednesday 9 December 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Level 7 Gehrmann Bldg (60)
• Details

Seminar

• Indigenous cultural heritage and systematic conservation planning: a symbiosis?
• Mal Ridges - Regional Assessment Unit, Culture & Heritage Division, Dept. Environment, Climate Change & Water
• Wednesday 2 December 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Level 7 Gehrmann Bldg (60)
• Details

Seminar

• Challenges to the Governance of Complex Marine Commons
• Pedro Fidelman, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Thursday 26 November 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Glowing pigments of reef corals as indicators of environmental stress?
• Joerg Wiedenmann, National Oceanography Centre, Southampton, UK
• Friday 20 November 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Climatic forcing of growth and metabolism in coral reef communities: examples from Hawaii and Ningaloo
• Jim Falter, University of Western Australia
• Thursday 12 November 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Advancing marine conservation planning: from socioeconomic considerations to patch dynamics
• Dr Natalie Ban
• Wednesay 4 November 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Governing marine social-ecological systems: institutions, knowledge and resilience
• Dr Louisa Evans
• Friday 30 October 9.00am-10.00am
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044).
• Details

Seminar

• A Unified Effectiveness Framework (UEF) toward strengthening the theory & practice of coral reef governance
• Dr Heidi Schuttenberg
• Thursday 29 October 9.00am-10.00am
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044).
• Details

Seminar

• Colony size dependence in social conflicts and the underlying self-organization dynamics in ants
• Prof Kazuki Tsuji
• Thursday 29 October 1.00pm-2.00pm
• James Cook University, Townsville NS 002 (TSV) and B1-031 (CNS)
• Details

Seminar

• Effects of polyandry on male phenotypic diversity
• Miguel Barbosa, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Wednesday 28 October 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044).
• Details

Seminar

• Current and Future Research in the Philippines: the Live Reef Fish Trade and Tourism-Fishing Interactions
• Dr Michael Fabinyi
• Thursday 15 October 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB044).
• Details

Seminar

• A mismatch of scales: challenges in planning for implementation of marine protected areas in the Coral Triangle
• Morena Mills, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Wednesday 7 October 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

2009 ARC Centre of Excellence Student Mentoring Day

• Monday 28 September 2009
• Darwin, Northern Territory
• in collaboration with the Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) Conference 25-27 September 2009
• No charge for students attending ACRS Conference
• Program
• Presenters
• Registration and additional information for ACRS meeting

Seminar

• Declining opportunities in the live reef fish for food trade in the Philippines
• Mike Fabinyi, School of Social Sciences, University of Queensland
• Wednesday 23 September 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Mechanisms of CO2 tolerance in fish; why are some species so much more tolerant than others?
• Dr Colin J. Brauner. Department Zoology, University of British Columbia
• Monday 21st September at 1:00-1:50 PM
• Townsville DB025-002 (ground floor Nursing Sciences Bld) and video-linked to Cairns B1.031
• Details

Exit Seminar

• The molecular stress response in a model scleractinian coral: Acropora millepora
• Francois Seneca, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, JCU Townsville
• Monday 7th September - 4 pm
• Room Ch003, first floor of the Molecular Science building, JCU, Townsville

Seminar

• Planning from the land to the sea: an integrated operational framework
• Jorge Alvarez-Romero, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• Wednesday 9 September 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Physical forcing of alternate stable states on coral reefs
• Chris Fulton, Research School of Biology, the Australian National University
• Thursday 3 September 3.00pm-4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• Effects of increased acidification on early life history stages of corals
• Chia-Miin Chua, PhD candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Friday 28 August 2009, 2.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)

Seminar

• First Things First: A method for prioritizing aquatic invasive plant management
• Stephanie Januchowski, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, JCU
• Wednesday 26 August 12.00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Mountain Climbing Marine Fishes: Freshwater Fishes Diversity, Abundance and Distribution of the Pacific Island Nation
• David Boseto, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, Texas, USA
• Wednesday 19 August 2.00pm-3.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

Seminar

• Can science drive ocean policy?
• Dr Chad English, Communication Partnership for Science and the Sea
• Thursday 13 August 11:00am-12.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• The interplay between economic values and societal settings in coral reef governance
• Christina Hicks, PhD candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Wednesday 12 August 2009, 4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

PhD Confirmation Seminar

• How well do divergent sociological theories explain coral reef resource condition, and how does this impact upon the way societies utilize and manage resources?
• Tom Brewer, PhD candidate, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Wednesday 12 August 2009, 3.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

ARC Centre of Excellence National Symposium

Seminar

• Plant Biology and Conservation in the Pacific Islands - personal experiences
• Gunnar Keppel, School for Field Studies, Centre for Rainforest Studies, Queensland
• Monday 27 July 10:00am-11.00am
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44)
• Details

Seminar

• Biocomplexity in marine fish, the roles of demography, environment and gene flow: Atlantic herring and Atlantic salmon as case studies
• Daniel Ruzzante, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
• Monday 6 July 11:00am-12.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44) video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• An exploration of relationships among fishery management, food security and the Millennium Development Goals in Melanesia
• Simon Foale
• Thursday 25 June 12:00pm-1.00pm
• Cairns - B1.107, Townsville - DA009-001
• Details

Seminar

• Habitat vulnerability in conservation planning. When does it matter and how much?
• Piero Visconti
• Wednesday 1 July 12:00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44) video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Social-ecological traps in coral reef fisheries
• Joshua Cinner
• Wednesday 24 June 12:00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Marine opportunity costs: a method for calculating opportunity costs to multiple stakeholder groups
• Vanessa Adams
• Wednesday 17 June 12:00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Workshop

• Progress towards Spatial Data Infrastructures in 2009
• Presented by: Roger Longhorn, Info-Dynamics Research Associates Ltd
• Friday 3 July, 2009, 8:30 to 5:00 PM
• University Halls, Raintree Room, James Cook University, Townsville
• Details

Seminar

• Western Indian Ocean coral reefs: Temporal changes in regional coral cover
• Mebrahtu Ateweberhan, University of Warwick, UK and Wildlife Conservation Society, Mombasa, Kenya
• Wednesday 27 May 12:00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Integrative approaches to the study of the coral holobiont
• Dr. Monica Medina, Assistant Professor, University of California
• Monday 25 May 4:00pm-5.00pm
• CH003, Small lecture theatre, Molecular Sciences Bldg, JCU.
• Details

Seminar

• Achieving coral-reef fisheries management: fish community, life-history and species specific responses
• Christina Hicks, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• Wednesday 20 May 12:00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Spatial Displacement of Recreational Fishing Effort post-2004 Rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
• Debora De Freitas, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• Wednesday 13 May 12:00pm-1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Coastal Marine Animals in High CO2, Acidified Oceans: Impacts on Early Development, Growth and Reproduction
• Professor Atsushi Ishimatsu (presenting), H. Kurihara, R. Yin, and T. Asai. Nagasaki University
• Wednesday 6 May 12:00pm-1.00pm
• DA009-001, JCU, Townsville. Video-links to B1.108, JCU, Cairns, and Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• Cross-system threats and competing values in coastal and marine conservation planning: an integrated land-sea approach to prioritize conservation actions in the Gulf of California
• Jorge Alvarez Romero, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• Friday 1 May 12:00m- 1.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• Incorporating economic factors into systematic conservation planning
• Vanessa Adams, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• Friday 1 May 1:00m- 2.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Land-based stressors and climate change: from the reefs of the Caribbean to the Great Barrier Reef
• Dr Jennie Mallela
• Friday 1 May 10:00am
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• Addressing new challenges in dynamic conservation planning
• Piero Visconti, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• Thursday 30 April 4:00m- 5.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• The challenge of regional scale systematic conservation planning for local scale implementation in Pacific Island nations
• Morena Mills, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University
• Thursday 30 April 3:00m- 4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44).
• Details

Seminar

• Reef recovery in the wake of the Indian Ocean Tsunami
• Dr Andrew Baird
• Wednesday 22 April 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Connectivity and Genetic Structure in Coral Reef Ecosystems: Modeling and Analysis
• Dr Johnathan Kool
• Wednesday 15 April 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Repetitive sex change in a mushroom stony coral
• Professor Yossi Loya, Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University, Israel
• Wednesday 8 April 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Public Forum

• Queensland Fellows of the Australian Academy of Science
• Public Forum
• Friday 20 March 2009, 5:00pm
• Rydges Southbank Convention Centre, Palmer Street, South Townsville
• Details

Seminar

• Global warming, ocean acidification and the future for marine fishes
• Dr Philip Munday
• Tuesday 24 March 12:00pm
• Townsville DA009-002 (building near Rococo's) and video- linked to Cairns A21.002
• Details

Seminar

• The mismeasure of conservation: how much difference do we really make?
• Professor Bob Pressey
• Wednesday 18 March 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Hierarchy, Belief, and the Structure of Reef Ecosystems
• Dr M. Aaron MacNeil - Australian Institute of Marine Science
• Wednesday 11 March 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Lecture

• Coral genomics and animal evolution: the state-of-play and prospect before us
• Inaugural professorial lecture
• Professor David Miller
• Thursday 12 March 2009, 5:00pm
• Rydges Southbank Convention Centre, Palmer Street, South Townsville
• Details

Seminar

• An axiomatic theory of target-based site prioritization produces a simple and effective new index
• Dr. Steven Phillips
• Monday 2 March 2:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• The Future on the Great Barrier Reef
• Dr. John "Charlie" E.N Veron
• Monday 23 February 12:00pm
• Nursing Auditorium 1 (NS001 [DB025-001]), James Cook University
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• Geographic variation in the ecology of butterflyfishes and resilience to large scale disturbances
• Rebecca Lawton
• Tuesday 3 February 2009, 2:30pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• The effect of chronic fish predation on reef-building corals
• Andrew Cole
• Monday 2 February 2009, 11:00am
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• The Bismarck Sustainable Development Plan - Planning for change in Papua New Guinea
• Dr. Geoff Lipsett-Moore, Director of Conservation Strategies, Pacific Island Countries, The Nature Conservancy Indo-Pacific Resource Centre
• Tuesday 3 February 9:30am
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• Resilience of coral endosymbionts to climate change: a genetic-based assessment of acclimation and adaptation potential in Symbiodinum
• Emily Howells
• Thursday 11 December, 4:00pm
• Townsville DA9-002 (HY002) and Cairns via videoconference A21-002

Seminar

• Chemical variation in biogenic carbonates: tracking mobile organisms and water mass properties
• Dr Benjamin Walther, Australian National University
• Tuesday 9 December 3:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Entrained and non-entrained regulation of coral spawning behaviour
• Professor Peter D. Vize, University of Calgary
• Monday 1 December 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Act local, think global: Human dimensions in participatory natural resource management and policy
• Dr Kostas Alexandridis, Sustainable Ecosystems, CSIRO
• Thursday 20 November, 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Algal-invertebrate symbioses: the biological constraints of living in a highly variable redox environment
• Prof Roberto Iglesias-Prieto, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
• Monday 10 November, 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Coral Triangle Initiative Townsville Workshop

• 10-14 November 2008, Townsville
• Workshop information
• Draft Background Papers

Lecture

• Homage to the humble coral polyp: What chance for survival in an era of climate change?
• Inaugural professorial lecture
• Professor Bette Willis
• Thursday 30 October, 5:30pm
• Raffles Function Room, Southbank Hotel and Convention Centre, Palmer Street
• Details

Seminar

• Climate change and degradation of coastal marine habitats
• Dr Morgan Pratchett, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• MDG Awareness Seminar Series
• Tuesday 21 October, 12:10pm
• JCU Townsville DA009-002, JCU Cairns A21-001
• Details

Seminar

• Beyond Hysteresis: Meta-thresholds and mirage regimes in social and ecological systems
• Dr Toby Elmhirst, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Monday 20 October, 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

PhD confirmation Seminar

• Freshwater Conservation Planning in the Wet Tropics Bioregion
• Stephanie Januchowski
• Friday 17 October, 4:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ and CSIRO Atherton
• Details

Seminar

• Cruising the Southwest Pacific: a year in the life of a pumice
• Dr Scott Bryan, Centre for Earth and Environmental Science Research (CEESR) Kingston University United Kingdom Sustainable Minerals Institute, The University of Queensland
• Monday 13 October, 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Dive tourism, fishing and marine protected areas in the Calamianes Islands, Philippines
• Mike Fabinyi
• Thursday 9 October, 1:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Freshwater Conservation Planning in the Wet Tropics Bioregion
• Stephanie Januchowski
• Monday 6 October, 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Seminar

• Conservation planning with dynamic threats: the role of spatial design and priority setting for species persistence
• Piero Visconti
• Monday 29 September, 12:15 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (DB44). Video-link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ
• Details

Workshop

• Genomics of lower animals workshop
• 16-19 September 2008
• Sponsored by The ARC Centre of Excellence Program 4 with the support of the ARC Network for Genes and Environment in Development (NGED)
• Heron Island Research Station
• Report

Seminar

• Conservation genetics and the resilience of reef building corals
• Dr Madeleine van Oppen, AIMS
• Tuesday 16 September, 1:00 pm
• Townsville NS002 (ground floor Nursing Sciences Bld) and Cairns B1031
• Details

Seminar

• The quest to find the canary for the coral reef mine: Detecting changes in the demographic parameters of coral populations in response to thermal stress on Heron Island Reef
• Juan Carlos Ortiz, University of Queensland
• Monday 8 September, 2:00 pm
• Videolink UQ: Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room to JCU:ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room
• Details

Seminar

• Social Networks for Coastal Conservation
• Ken Vance-Borland, Executive Director, The Conservation Planning Institute Corvallis, Oregon. Spatial analyst, Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon
• Wednesday 3 September, 10:00 am
• JCU Townsville: Room DB025-001 (Nursing Sciences Lecture room)
  JCU Cairns: Room A21.001
  UQ: Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room
• Details

Seminar

• The Other Coral Reef Problem: Charles Darwin and the Romance of Coral Reefs
• Dr Kathryn Ferguson
• Monday 1 September, 12:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Seminar

• Fiji Seascape Project: An Ecosystem-Based Approach for Managing Tropical Coastal Ecosystems
• Dr Stacy Jupiter and Sanivalati Navuku
• Tuesday 26 August, 4:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Seminar

• Mass spawn or mass delusion: spawning synchrony in scleractinian corals
• Dr Rebecca Vega Thurber, Florida International University
• Monday 25 August, 1:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Seminar

• Stressor Induced Metabolic Shifts Drive Pathogenesis in the Coral Microbiome
• Dr Andrew Baird, James Cook University
• Monday 18 August, 12:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Seminar

• Apoptotic pathways associated with coral stress responses, bleaching and disease
• Dr Tracy Ainsworth, James Cook University
• Monday 11 August, 12:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Seminar

• Exploitation and habitat degradation as agents of change within coral reef fish communities
• Dr Shaun Wilson, James Cook University
• Monday 4 August, 12:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Radio Program series

• Why reefs matter: ABC Radio National: 24 July 2008
  Interviews and discussions with Centre members at the International Coral Reef Symposium presented as a four part radio feature:
  
• Can corals adapt to global warming?
• Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg: Climate change 'killing' coral reefs (audio)
• Prof Terry Hughes: Award winning scientist says reefs 'not doomed' (audio)
• Caught on film - the best approaches to saving reefs
• Dr David Wachenfeld: Cutting edge science meets traditional knowledge- on the Mat (audio)
• Dr David Wachenfeld: Indigenous knowledge fills in gaps for scientists (audio)

Seminar

• Unveiling a coral species abundance distribution
• Dr Maria Dornelas, James Cook University
• Monday 28 July, 12:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Seminar

• Storm-mediated changes to coral reef assemblage structure
• Dr Joshua S. Madin, Macquarie University
• Monday 26 May, 12:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Seminar

• The threat of punishment enforces peaceful cooperation and stabilizes queues in a coral reef fish
• Dr Marian Wong, McMaster University Canada. (Winner of an ARC CoE "Best Student Paper" for 2007)
• Wednesday 21 May, 3:30 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU (video-linked to UQ)
• Details

Webinars

Seminar

• Acidification negatively affects dinoflagellate aymbionts hosted within reef building corals: Alicia Crawley
• Millennial-scale episodes of reef accretion and degradation determined by U-series dating of coral death assemblages in Moreton Bay, SE Queensland, Australia: Matthew Lybolt, UQ
• Wednesday 21 May, 2:30 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

Seminar

• Recreational fishers' perceptions of the costs and benefits of the 2004 Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Zoning Plan
• Stephen Sutton, James Cook University
• Wednesday 7 May, 12:00 pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room

Seminar

• Assessing resilience of regions: Challenges and emergent lessons in the Great Barrier Reef
• Erin Bohensky and Samantha Stone-Jovicich, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems
• Tuesday 8th April 12:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, JCU.
• Details

Lecture

• Connecting the dots: an emerging picture of how marine protected areas work
• Inaugural professorial lecture
• Professor Geoffrey Jones
• Thursday 3 April, 5:30pm
• Raffles Function Room, Southbank Hotel and Convention Centre, Palmer Street
• Details

Seminar

• Climate Change, Vulnerability and the Resilience of Tourism-driven Systems across scales
• PhD Confirmation Seminar
• Duann Biggs, Postgraduate student
• Thursday 13 March, 10:30am
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room
• Details

Debate

• BBVA, Madrid: Scale, causes and consequences of global loss of coastal habitats
• Loss of coral reefs in tropical oceans
• Terry Hughes
• October 2007

 

Seminar

• Recipe for killing a coral reef
• Climate Change Down Under Seminar series at Queensland Museum
• Terry Hughes
• 1 September 2007

 

Seminar

• Indirect effects of social behaviour on offspring variability and selection
• Mark I. McCormick
• Tuesday 4th December, 12:00pm
• HY001/DA9-001 (Townsville) and A21.002 (Cairns)

 

Seminar

• Cellular conversations between cnidarian hosts and dinoflagellate symbionts use a common language
• Simon Dunn, Postdoctoral Fellow
• Thursday 22nd November, 4:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

 

Seminar

• Commonness, rarity, and biodiversity on Indo-Pacific coral reefs
• A/Professor Sean Connolly
• Thursday 22nd November, 12:00pm
• HY001/DA9-001 (Townsville) and A21.001 (Cairns)

 

Seminar

• Physiological models of niche dimensions for reef-building corals
• Mia Hoogenboom
• Wednesday 21st November, 3:30pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room

 

Seminar

• Maintenance of Scleractinian coral populations on small isolated Pacific reefs (Society archipelago, French Polynesia).
• Lucie Penin, Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow
• Wednesday 15th November, 4:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

 

Seminar

• Co-management of benthic resources in Chile: towards integrating management and conservation
• Dr Stefan Gelcich, Universidad Catolica de Chile
• Monday 12th November, 12.00 noon
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room
• Details

Seminar

• Does reef substratum composition influence benthic carnivorous fishes' activity and distribution?
• João Paulo Krajewski, Visiting PhD student
• Wednesday 8th November, 4:00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

 

ARC Centre of Excellence National Public Forum

2007 ARC Centre of Excellence Student Mentoring Day

• Friday 12 October 2007
• Fremantle, Western Australia
• in collaboration with the Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) Conference 9-11 October
• No charge for students attending ACRS Conference
• Program
• Registration and additional information
• Student prizes and travel awards

International Debate: Madrid

• Global loss of coastal habitats: Magnitude, cause and consequences
• Wednesday 10th October, 4.00pm
• BBVA Auditorium, Madrid
• Details (in Spanish)

Seminar

• Hermaphroditism in groupers and other Fishes
• Min Liu, PhD, The Swire Institute of Marine Science, University of Hong Kong
• Wednesday 19th September, 11.00am-12.30pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

 

Ecology Discussion Group

• Introduction to The Indo-Pacific Coral Finder
• Russell Kelley
• Thursday 13th September, 4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room
• Details

 

Seminar

• Resilience Management
• Dr John Wolfenden, Senior Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Agriculture and Law, University of New England
• Wednesday 12th September, 11.00am-12.30pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

International Seminar

• Gilded traps, phase-shifts and fisheries
• The Stockholm Seminars: Sustainable Frontiers in Science and Policy
• Professor Terry Hughes, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Thursday 6th September
• Beijer Hall, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Lilla Frescativägen 4, Stockholm
• Abstract
• Video presentation

 

Seminar

• Functional Association by Response Overlap (FARO)
• Dr. H. Bjorn Nielsen, Danish Technical University
• Thursday 6th September, 4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

 

Coral Discussion Group

• Genetic Connectivity of scleractinian corals in the Okinawa, Southern Japan
• Dr Akira Nishikawa, Japan Society for Promotion of Science
• Thursday 30th August, 4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

 

Seminar

• Symmetry in Sympatry: Adaptive Radiation as Pattern Formation in Phenotype Space
• Dr Toby Elmhirst, ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
• Tuesday 28th August, 2.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

 

Seminar

• Computational modelling of corals: from genes to colony
• A/Prof Jaap A. Kaandorp, University of Amsterdam
• Wednesday 22nd August, 3.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

Seminar

• Developing socio-economic indicators for GBR and inshore fisheries in Queensland
• Dr Renae Tobin, Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, JCU
• Monday 6th August, 12.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

Coral Discussion Group

• Examining the Genetic Basis of Coral Morphospecies: A Microarray-Based Approach
• Jason Ladner, Ph D Student, Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University
• 4.00pm, Thursday 9 August 2007
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ
• Details

Coral Discussion Group

• The role of volunteers in coral reef research
• Roger Beeden, Marketing & Communications Manager, Reef Check Australia
• 4.00pm, Thursday 19 July 2007
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville

 

Seminar

• Influence of prey body characteristics and performance on predator selection
• Tom Holmes
• Thursday 28th June 2007, 4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ.
• Details

Seminar

• The Ecology & Biology of Coral Disease on the Great Barrier Reef
• Cathie Page
• Thursday 28th June 2007, 10.00am
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room.
• Details

Seminar

• Mental Models in Community-based Conservation Projects
• Duan Biggs
• Friday 22nd June, 1.00pm - 1.30pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room
• Details

Seminar

• Setting Climate Change Targets to Protect the Great Barrier Reef
• Chris McGrath, Barrister-at-Law, Brisbane
• Wednesday 20 June, 12.30pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room
• Details

Coral Discussion Group

• Genetic Connectivity of scleractinian corals in the Okinawa, Southern Japan
• Dr Akira Nishikawa
• 4.00pm, Thursday 7 June 2007
• Video link ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville and Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane

Coral Discussion Group

• Should rare Indo-Pacific corals be included on the Endangered Species List?
• Lead by Zoe Richards
• 4.00pm, Thursday 24 May 2007
• Video link ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville and Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane

Seminar

• Turtle Magic & other Mysteries
• Dr Susan McIntyre-Tamwoy
• Thursday 24th May, 3.00pm
• JCU, Cairns B1.108 & JCU, Townsville HY.001
• Details

Seminar

• Habitat selection at settlement and post-settlement dynamics in coral reef fish assemblages of New Caledonia lagoon
• Camille Mellin, PhD Student, Institut de Recherche pour le Developpement (IRD), New Caledonia.
• Thursday 17th May, 4.00pm
• ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies Conference Room, JCU. Video linked to Centre for Marine Studies Conference Room, UQ
• Details

Society and Environment Discussion Group

• Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems
• Lead by Professor Terry Hughes
• 12.00pm, Monday 14 May 2007
• Video link ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville and JCU Cairns, Room B1.108

Workshop

• Mackay ARC Linkage Grant Final Workshop
• Led by Prof. Ove Hoegh-Guldberg, Prof. Malcolm McCulloch, Dr. Stacy Jupiter and Guy Marion
• 8:30 am - 5 pm, Friday 1 June 2007
• Mackay Botanic Gardens
• Open to public. RSVP to Stacy Jupiter (stacy.jupiter@anu.edu.au) by 15 May
• Details

Coral Discussion Group

• How should we define thermal tolerance?
• Lead by Dr Sophie Dove
• 4.00pm, Thursday 10 May 2007
• Video link ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville and Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane

Seminar

• Modeling the Evolution of Bleaching Resistance in Corals
• Dr Troy Day, Queens University, Kingston, Canada
• 11.00am, Friday 4th May
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, James Cook University, Townsville with video link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane
• Details

Seminar

• Governance and ecosystem management of coastal and marine systems: Defining the research agenda for the Stockholm Resilience Centre
• Dr Frank Thomalla, Stockholm Resilience Centre
• 2.00pm Tuesday 1 May 2007
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, James Cook University, Townsville with video link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane
• Details

Coral Discussion Group

• Lead by Meir Sussman
• 4.00pm, Thursday 26 April 2007
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville with video link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane

Seminar

• Molecular identification of Acropora corals: a powerful tool for ecology and evolution
• Go Suzuki, Kyoto University
• 1.00pm Monday 23 April 2007
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, James Cook University, Townsville with video link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane

Mentoring Workshop: Writing a 2007 ARC Proposal

• Townsville
• 8.30am-5.00pm, Wednesday 24 January 2007
• ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room
• Brisbane
• 8.30am-5.00pm, Monday 29 January 2007
• Centre for Marine Studies
• Morning and afternoon teas and lunch will be provided
• Register your interest in attending with Roslyn Burgess: Roslyn.Burgess@jcu.edu.au or phone 07 4781 6748

ARC Centre of Excellence Public Symposium

• Thursday 19 October 2006 - Friday 20 October 2006
• Jupiters Hotel, Townsville, Queensland
• Public Forum. Host: Dr Karl (Kruszelnicki) 5.00pm-7.00pm, Friday 20 October, Museum of Tropical Queensland. Followed by refreshments
• Public Symposium details
• No charge for attendance
• All welcome
• Registration for Friday's public forum is not essential. However, for numbers, we would be grateful if you would register your interest in attending with Louise Taylor: info@coralcoe.org.au or phone 07 47814000

The Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowships Program

The Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowships Program provides financial support for field-intensive coral reef research at Lizard Island Research Station on the Great Barrier Reef by outstanding PhD students from any university.

The Australian Museum is pleased to announce that two Fellowships will be offered in 2007, each of up to three years' duration. The Ian Potter Doctoral Fellowship at Lizard Island is funded by The Ian Potter Foundation. The other Lizard Island Doctoral Fellowship is funded by the Lizard Island Reef Research Foundation.

Preliminary applications are now invited for the 2007 Fellowships.  The closing date is 13 October 2006.

Further information and the preliminary application form are at http://www.lizardisland.net.au/research/doctoral_fellowships.htm
Dr Anne Hoggett & Dr Lyle Vail, Directors
Lizard Island Research Station
PMB 37, Cairns QLD 4870, Australia
Phone: + 61 (0)7 4060 3977
Fax: + 61 (0)7 4060 3055
lizard@austmus.gov.au
www.lizardisland.net.au

ARC Centre of Excellence Student Mentoring Day

• Monday 21 August 2006
• Mission Beach, Queensland
• in collaboration with the Australian Coral Reef Society (ACRS) Conference 18-20 August
• No charge for students attending ACRS Conference
• Program details
• Registration and additional information
• Student prizes information
• Undersea Explorer Student Award

East African Coral Disease Workshop

• Monday 3 April to Friday 7 April 2006
• Zanzibar, Africa
• co-sponsored by the ARC Centre of Excellence

Resilience Alliance Reserves in Regions Workshop

• Monday 20 March to Friday 24 March 2006
• Venue: ARC Centre of Excellence, Townsville

Science and The Media Seminar

Presenter: Julian Cribb

• 11.00am-12.00pm
• Monday 20 March 2006
• Venue: JCU HY002, UQ CMS Meeting Room

Great Barrier Reef History Workshop

• Thursday 2 February to Friday 3 February 2006
• Venue: ARC Centre of Excellence, Townsville