Aquatic Processes Group - Coastal Oceanography Team
Members
Martina Doblin - Team leader
Mark Baird - Senior research fellow
Jason Everett - IMOS post-doctoral fellow
Christel Hassler - UTS Chancellors post-doctoral fellow
Olivier Laczka - UTS Chancellors post-doctoral fellow
Katherina Petrou - UTS Chancellors post-doctoral fellow
Jim Franklin - Research fellow
Peter Ralph - C3 Director
Ying Hong - PhD candidate
Charlotte Robinson - PhD candidate
Jennifer Clark - PhD candidate
Kirralee Baker - Honours student
James Tomlinson - Honours student
Lyndal Butler - student
Objectives
Our research objectives are to understand the distribution, diversity and functioning of micro- and macro-algae in coastal systems, within the dynamic context of the ocean.
Research focus
We are working across multiple scales to investigate:
• The role of microalgae in biogeochemical cycles (carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, silica, iron);
• Processes affecting the abundance of harmful algae and their ecosystem impacts, including novel methods of detection;
• Underwater light quantity and quality and how this influences primary producers and satellite detection of biogeochemical parameters (broadly referred to as bio-optics)
• Physiological, genetic, and ecological factors that determine how algae will respond to a changing climate.
Professional Links and Collaborations
Integrated Marine Observing System (opens an external site)
Marine National Facility (opens an external site)
Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster
CSIRO Land and Water - Environmental Earth Observation Group (opens an external site)
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research - Wealth from Oceans Flagship (opens an external site)
