Events
Coral Triangle Initiative Townsville Workshop
- 10-14 November 2008, Townsville
- Workshop information
- Draft Background Papers
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
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
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
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
