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ManagementMargaux Hein
PhD candidate
Msc. Marine Biology. James Cook University 2014
James Cook University
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 candidate
Msc. Marine Biology. James Cook University 2014
James Cook University
Margaux grew up in Monaco playing basketball, skiing in the Alps, and eating croissants. She graduated with a Bachelor of Honours from the University of Queensland in 2010 after spending a year researching dung beetles’ responses to fragmentation in North Queensland’s rainforests. She then volunteered on various marine conservation programs in South Africa (Oceans Research), and Thailand (NHRCP) and decided to come back to Australia to study Marine Biology. She completed her MSc at JCU in 2014 with a project looking at the “Effects of newly implemented marine protected areas on coral health and diversity in Koh Tao, Thailand”. She is now doing a PhD looking at the potential long-term socio-ecological benefits of active coral restoration and applications to the Great Barrier Reef.
Project title:
Characterising the effectiveness of coral restoration to build reef resilience: A socio-ecological perspective
Project description:
The project investigates if coral restoration projects can re-establish a functioning reef ecosystem delivering the ecological and socio-economic goods and services of a healthy coral reef. To do so, Margaux is surveying well-established coral restoration projects in Thailand (NHRCP), the Maldives (Reefscapers), Florida (Coral Restoration Foundation), and the Caribbean (The Nature Conservancy) using indicators of ecological, as well as socio-cultural and economic successes.
Another component of her research will involve consultation with coral reef managers at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority to discuss the relevance of active intervention for managing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
The results of her research will be used to produce a globally applicable b
est-practice guide to evaluate coral restoration effectiveness from a socio-ecological perspective. The guide will summarise the potential benefits of coral restoration, and the challenges to both reef managers and scientists in using reef restoration as a tool to secure and enhance the sustainable provision of reef ecosystem services.
Supervisors:
Principal supervisor: Dr Alastair Birtles
Secondary supervisors: Professor Bette Willis,
Dr Roger Beeden (GBRMPA), Dr Naomi Gardiner,
and Dr Nadine Marshall (CSIRO)
Publication list:
Hein MY, Birtles A, Willis BL, Gardiner N, Beeden R, Marshall NA (2019) Coral restoration: Socio-ecological perspectives of benefits and limitations. Biological Conservation 229:14-25
Boström-Einarsson L, Ceccarelli D, Babcock RC, Bayraktarov E, Cook N, Harrison P, Hein M, Shaver E, Smith A, Stewart-Sinclair P.J, Vardi T, McLeod IM (2018) Coral restoration in a changing world – A global synthesis of methods and techniques – A report for the Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, Subproject 1a – Review of existing technologies/pilots and new initiatives. 85pp.
Hein MY, Couture F, Scott CM (2018) Ecotourism and coral restoration: case studies from Thailand and the Maldives. In “Coral Reefs: Tourism, Conservation and Management”. 1st Edition Edited by Bruce Prideauxand Anja Pabel
Hein MY, Willis BL, Beeden R, Birtles A (2017) The need for broader ecological and socioeconomic tools to evaluate the effectiveness of coral restoration programs: Socioecological effectiveness of coral restoration revisited. Restoration Ecology doi: 10.1111/rec.12580
Hein MY, Lamb JB, Scott CM, Willis BL (2014) Assessing baseline levels of coral health in a newly established marine protected area in a global scuba diving hotspot DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2014.11.008
Lamb JB, Van de Water JAJM, Bourne DG, Altier C, Hein MY, Fiorenza EA, Abu N, Jompa J, Harvell DC (2017) Seagrass ecosystem reduce exposure to bacterial pathogens of human, fishes and invertebrates. Science 355:731-733 DOI: 10.1126/science.aal1956
Pollock FJ, Katz SM, van de Water JAJM, Davies SW, Hein MY, Torda G, Matz MV, Beltran VH, Bürger P, Pulli-Sephan E, Abrego D, Bourne DG, Willis BL (2017) Coral larvae for restoration and research: A large-scale method for rearing Acropora millepora larvae, inducing settlement, and establishing symbiosis Peerj.3732
Scott CM, Mehrotra R, Hein MY, Moerland MS, Hoeksema BW (2017) Population dynamics of corallivores (Drupella and Acanthaster) on coral reefs of Koh Tao, a diving destination in the Gulf of Thailand. Raffles Bulletin of Biology 65:68-79
Awards and Grants:
Selected media:
Researchgate profile: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Margaux_Hein
Twitter: @MargauxHein
Appearance on French National TV news: Talking about bleaching
Newsletter article: http://www.newheavendiveschool.com/articles/volunteers-words-margaux/
Presentation at the GBR Restoration Symposium in Cairns- July 2018: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6CBWH7VGP4
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Partner Research Institutions
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