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
PhD Graduate
I am currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. I utilize molecular techniques to investigate cryptic biodiversity on coral reefs.
PhD, James Cook University (2015)
James Cook University
Brandl SJ, JM Casey, N Knowlton, and JE Duffy (2017) Marine dock pilings foster diverse, native cryptobenthic fish assemblages across bioregions. Ecology and Evolution
Casey, JM, AH Baird, SJ Brandl, MO Hoogenboom, JR Rizzari, AJ Frisch, CE Mirbach, and SR Connolly (2016) A test of trophic cascade theory: fish and benthic assemblages across a predator density gradient on coral reefs. Oecologia 183: 161-175.
Casey, JM, SR Connolly, and TD Ainsworth (2015) Coral transplantation triggers shift in microbiome and promotion of coral disease associated potential pathogens. Scientific Reports 5: 11903.
Casey, JM, JH Choat, and SR Connolly (2015) Coupled dynamics of territorial damselfishes and juvenile corals on the reef crest.Coral Reefs 34: 1-11.
Casey, JM, TD Ainsworth, JH Choat and SR Connolly (2014) Farming behaviour of reef fishes increases the prevalence of coral disease associated microbes and black band disease. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 281: 20141032.
Casey, JM, ME Wilson, N Hollingshead and DG Haskell (2010) The effects of exurbanization on bird and macroinvertebrate communities in deciduous forests on the Cumberland Plateau, Tennessee. International Journal of Ecology 2009: 539417.
Casey, JM (2015) The role of territorial grazers in coral reef trophic dynamics from microbes to apex predators. PhD Thesis, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. 200 pp.
Casey, JM (2009) Effects of exurbanization on avian and macroinvertebrate diversity in Sewanee, Tennessee. Honors Thesis, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, USA. 21 pp.
Casey, JM (2009) Ecofeminismo: El valor intrínseco de la naturaleza y de la mujer en Me llamo Rigoberta Menchú y La mujer habitada. Honors Thesis, Sewanee: The University of the South, Sewanee, USA. 40 pp.
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