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Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) this week received two prestigious awards for their interdisciplinary work on solving environmental problems. The Aus
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
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🚨New paper underscores the need to better understand the physiology of endangered giant clams to steer conservation efforts effectively and protect this iconic species during a time of rapid ecological change 🌏
This paper is authored by Dr. Sue-Ann Watson, Senior Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies - Coral CoE and Senior Curator of Marine invertebrates at the Museum of Tropical Queensland, and Dr. Mei Lin Neo, Senior Research Fellow at the National University of Singapore.
🔗https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coab082
#climatechange #clams #marinescience #coralreefs #CoralCoE
That whole area just looks so beautiful
Peter Doll did you read this? Clams! 😍
ICYMI New study shows that gills develop faster in reef fishes that in any other fish studied to date. Gills are fully formed & functional before the embryos even hatch!
Nice work Teish Prescott! #CoralCoE #RummerLab
🔗 doi.org/10.1242/jeb.242364
Our scientists recently returned from a research expedition to survey coral reefs across the Coral Sea Marine Park, in a joint initiative with Australian Marine Parks. We look forward to continue this important work. Stay tuned for future updates!
Yesterday we bid farewell to Distinguished Professor Terry Hughes, who retired after a remarkable career. Prof. Hughes joined JCU: James Cook University, Australia in 1990, and for 15 years he was the Director of #CoralCoE. Under his leadership, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies - Coral CoE emerged as the leading research hub for coral reef science. During Prof. Hughes' tenure as our Centre's Director, more than 500 PhD students have successfully graduated and he has contributed to build an extensive network of coral reef scientists around the globe. We have no doubt that Prof. Hughes will continue to use his scientific expertise to help inform the management of coral reefs and we wish him well in his retirement. We'll miss you Terry!
We wish you the best for your retirement Professor Hughes! :)
Best wishes Terry
Bravo Terry!
He will be missed!!
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🔊TUNE IN to our upcoming “Reef Matters” seminar by Dr. Jennifer Donelson from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies - Coral CoE at James Cook University Townsville on 1 December at 12 pm AEDT (NSW) or 11 am AEST (QLD).
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Dr. Donelson will present a Zoom seminar titled “Thermal plasticity of marine fish across generations”. Link is provided below.
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Scientists from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies (Coral CoE) this week received two prestigious awards for their interdisciplinary work on solving environmental problems. The Aus
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The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies undertakes world-best integrated research for sustainable use and management of coral reefs. Funded in July 2005 under the Australian Research Council (ARC) Centres of Excellence program, this prestigious research centre is headquartered at James Cook University, in Townsville. The ARC Centre is a partnership of James Cook University (JCU), the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), The Australian National University (ANU), the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), The University of Queensland (UQ) and The University of Western Australia (UWA). The ARC Centre of Excellence cements Australia’s leading contribution to coral reef sciences, and fosters stronger collaborative links between the major partners and 24 other leading institutions in nine countries. According to ISI Essential Science Indicators, four of the ARC Centre’s major research partners rank in the top 20 institutions world-wide for citations for coral reef science with JCU ranking 1st (among 1644 institutions in 103 countries). Collectively, the ARC Centre creates the world’s largest concentration of coral reef scientists. The Centre Director is Professor Graeme Cumming. Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg (UQ) and Professor Malcolm McCulloch (UWA) are the Deputy Directors. The ARC Centre of Excellence focuses on 3 research programs, each one under the stewardship of Program Leaders from James Cook University, The University of Western Australia and The University of Queensland.
The Centre of Excellence takes a leading role in multi-national research programs. It is the largest single institutional contributor to the Global Coral Reef Targeted Research Program, funded by The World Bank, and is an Institutional Member of the Resilience Alliance. The Centre of Excellence has strong links to the Census of Marine Life project, and to coral reef management agencies worldwide, particularly the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority in Townsville.
The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies acknowledges that Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are the original inhabitants and traditional custodians of this continent and that they have unique cultural and spiritual relationships to the land and waters. At our James Cook University headquarters, we acknowledge the Bindal and Wulgurukaba peoples and pay our respects to Elders past and present. The ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies is committed to working towards the achievement of genuine and sustainable reconciliation between Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the wider community.
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ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au