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

22 Jan 2019

Corals light the way to a healthy partnership

Corals know how to attract good company. New research finds that corals emit an enticing fluorescent green light that attracts the mobile microalgae, known as Symbiodinium, that are critical to the e

21 Dec 2018

Murky water keeps fish on edge

A study led by researchers at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University found fish become anxious and more cautious when water quality is degraded by sediment, an e

13 Dec 2018

Fifty years of decline in Queensland’s coastal sharks

Queensland’s coastal shark numbers are continuing a 50-year decline, in sharp contradiction of suggestions of ‘exploding’ shark populations, according to an analysis of Queensland Shark Control

11 Dec 2018

A glimmer of hope for the world’s coral reefs

The future of the world’s coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalate. However, according to a study published today in Nature Climate Change, the response of the

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