Dr Alana Grech

Postdoctoral Fellow

Program 6: Conservation planning for a sustainable future

Alana Grech

 

Postdoctoral Fellow , James Cook University (2010- ); Research Associate, Fisheries Queensland / James Cook University (2008-2010); Research Associate, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University (2007-2008).

PhD, Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook Univeristy (March 2010)

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Research Interests



I am a postdoctoral fellow in Program 6 (Conservation Planning for a Sustainable Future) working with Professor Bob Pressey and Professor Helene Marsh. My research is on developing the appropriate tools to inform systematic conservation planning in the Sea Country of Torres Strait. Specifically, my research is focussed on: (1) the design of culturally-appropriate protocols for information sharing; (2) bringing together Traditional Knowledge and Western Science information in a way that supports a systematic approach to the design of marine strategies in Torres Strait; and (3) developing a new operational framework for conservation planning in the Sea Country of Indigenous Australians. I work closely with multiple State and Federal government agencies including the Torres Strait Regional Authority, Fisheries Queensland, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management and the Australian Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts.


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Grech, A. and Coles, R. 2011. Interactions between a penaeid shrimp trawl fishery, spatial closures for conservation and industry restructuring in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. PLoS ONE. 6(6): e21094.

Grech, A., Coles, R. and Marsh, H. 2011. A broad-scale assessment of the risk to coastal seagrasses from cumulative threats. Marine Policy. 35(5): 560 - 567.

Hamann, M., Grech, A., Wolanski, E. and Lambrechts, J. 2011. Modelling the fate of marine turtle hatchlings. Ecological Modelling. 222(8): 1515 - 1521.

Grech, A., Sheppard, J. and Marsh, H. 2011. Informing species conservation at multiple scales using data collected for marine mammal stock assessments. PLoS ONE. 6(3): e17993.

Coles, R., Grech, A., Rasheed, M., McKenzie, L., Unsworth, R. and Short, F. 2011. Seagrass ecology and threats in the Tropical Indo-Pacific bioregion. In Seagrass: Ecology, Uses and Threats eds. Pirog, R. Nova Publishers, New York, United States.

Grech, A. and Coles, R. 2010. An ecosystem-scale predictive model of coastal seagrass distribution. Aquatic Conservation. 20(4): 437 - 444.

Santana Garcon, J., Grech, A., Moloney, J. and Hamann, M. 2010. Relative Exposure Index: An important factor in sea turtle nesting distribution. Aquatic Conservation. 20(2): 140 - 149.

Grech, A., Marsh, H. and Coles, R. 2008. A spatial assessment of the risk to a mobile marine mammal from bycatch. Aquatic Conservation. 18(7): 1127 - 1139.

Dryden, J., Grech, A., Moloney, J., Hamann, M. 2008. Re-zoning of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area: does it afford greater protection for marine turtles? Wildlife Research. 35: 477 – 485.

Grech, A. and Marsh, H. 2008. Rapid assessment of risks to a mobile marine mammal in an ecosystem-scale marine protected area. Conservation Biology. 22(3): 711 - 720.

Grech, A. and Marsh, H. 2007. Prioritising areas for dugong conservation in a marine protected area using a spatially explicit population model. Applied GIS. 3(2): 1 - 14.

Lukoschek, V., Heatwole, H., Grech, A., Burns, G., and Marsh, H. 2007. Distribution of two species of marine snakes, Aipysurus laevis and Emydocephalus annulatus, in the southern Great Barrier Reef: metapopulation dynamics, marine protected areas and conservation. Coral Reefs. 26: 291 - 307.

Waycott, M., Collier, C., McMahon, K., Ralph, P., McKenzie, L., Udy, J., and Grech, A. 2007. Chapter 8 Vulnerability of seagrasses in the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. In Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef, eds. Johnson, J. and Marshal, P. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and Australian Greenhouse Office, Australia.