Patrick Smallhorn-West

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

I am working in collaboration with the Ministry of Fisheries in the Kingdom of Tonga to provide a national assessment of the current state of their coral reefs, as well as of the impact of their MPA network. In addition my research focuses on developing novel techniques for assessing MPA impact, or the actual difference conservation can make, which incorporates accounting for confounding factors and moves beyond traditional approaches. The project is supervised by Geoff Jones, Tom Bridge, Bob Pressey and Georgina Gurney.

James Cook University

patrick.smallhornwest@my.jcu.edu.au

0481709936

Media Releases

18 Feb 2020

Coral disease risk factors revealed

Researchers have identified key factors that increase the risk of diseases that threaten coral reefs – and their work could one day be used to predict and manage future outbreaks. “Reducing disea

05 Feb 2020

Prestigious award for reef sentinel

Prof Terry Hughes, Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University, was awarded with the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Ecology and Conservati

22 Jan 2020

‘Treasure trove’ of new discoveries highlights gaps in coral knowledge

Scientists discovered dozens of new coral species on a recent voyage along the length of the Great Barrier Reef. A team of scientists completed a 21-day trip from the Capricorn Bunkers off Gladston

21 Jan 2020

Coral ‘helper’ stays robust under ocean acidification

Scientists say a type of algae crucial to the survival of coral reefs may be able to resist the impacts of ocean acidification caused by climate change. In a world-first, the team—including resea

Seminars

20 Mar

Science and The Media Seminar

Who: Julian Cribb Where: JCU HY002, UQ CMS Meeting Room When: Monday 20 March 2006, 11.00am-12.00pm

13 Oct

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 student

23 Apr

Molecular identification of Acropora corals: a powerful tool for ecology and evolution

Who: Go Suzuki, Kyoto University Where: ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, James Cook University, Townsville with video link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane When: 1.00pm Monday 23

26 Apr

Coral dicussion group

Who: Lead by Meir Sussman Where: ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville with video link to Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane When: 4.00pm, Thursday 26 April 2007

01 May

Governance and ecosystem management of coastal and marine systems: Defining the research agenda for the Stockholm Resilience Centre

Dr. Frank Thomalla is a Research Fellow at the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) where he leads the Stockholm-based group of the “Risk, Livelihoods and Vulnerability Programme” and at the re

04 May

Modeling the evolution of bleaching resistance in corals

Dr Troy Day is a theoretical evolutionary ecologist at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada (http://www.mast.queensu.ca/~tday/index.html). His primary research interests are in the evolution of in

10 May

Coral discussion group: How should we define thermal tolerance?

Who: Lead by Dr Sophie Dove Where: Video link ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville and Centre for Marine Studies, UQ, Brisbane When: 4.00pm, Thursday 10 May 2007

14 May

Society and environment discussion group: Resilience of Social-Ecological Systems

Who: Lead by Professor Terry Hughes Where: Video link ARC Centre of Excellence Conference Room, JCU, Townsville and JCU Cairns, Room B1.108 When: 12.00pm, Monday 14 May 2007