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Marine Biology / Aquaculture
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The Flinders University Marine Biology/Aquaculture Research
Cluster within the School of Biological Sciences has a strong focus on enhancing
understanding and promoting management and sustainable use of the aquatic
environment with a primary emphasis on the South Australian coastal environment.
The group currently consists of 11 researchers, 6 post doctoral fellows, 36
postgraduate students, 23 Honours students and 13 research assistants.
Expertise and research activities range from
bacterioplankton, over invertebrates and fish to cetaceans. Active research
areas in marine biology and aquaculture span the spectrum from coastal food
webs, population and community ecology, over plankton dynamics through to seagrass
and mangrove
 ecosystems. The mix of disciplines consists of estuarine, benthic
and microbial ecology, taxonomy, invasive species, marine macroecology, natural
products and biological chemistry, coastal oceanography, plankton biology,
aquatic animal health, aquaculture systems and genetics in aquaculture.
The whole team has a very noteworthy international
background (being born across 4 continents), with broad experience (working on 7
continents) and widely published. The
Lincoln Marine Science
Centre at Port Lincoln is a facility shared between Spencer TAFE, Flinders
University and SARDI and hosts much of this research.
Capabilities in the following areas:
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Marine macroecology
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Pelagic ecology & biological oceanography
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Coastal ecosystems
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Benthic population and community ecology
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Biological and chemical diversity of marine molluscs
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Marine invertebrate life history
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Invasive species
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Applied fish genetics
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Aquaculture system design & monitoring
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Aquatic animal feed and nutrition
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Aquaculture in developing communities
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Seafood post-harvest handling & quality
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Aquatic animal health & physiology
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Aquaculture environment and waste management
Cluster Members
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Aquatic animal health, intensive aquaculture, aquatic
animal physiology
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Live transport in aquaculture
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Molluscan aquaculture
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Disease pathophysiology
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New & novel treatment efficacy
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Nitrogen cycling in recirculation systems
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Molluscan biodiversity, chemical ecology and life
history
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Marine bioprospecting for antibiotics, antifoulants and
potential cancer treatments
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Invertebrate immunology and the impacts of aquaculture
on animal health
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Fish physiology and biochemistry
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The application of antioxidants on flesh quality
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Seafood product quality
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Seafood product development and value adding
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Aquaculture husbandry and its effect on flesh quality
and production
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Ecology of benthic organisms and communities in
soft-sediment coastal environments, including mudflats, mangroves and salt
marshes
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Experimental analysis of species interactions in
benthic communities
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Effects of anthropogenic disturbances and invasive
species on benthic communities
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Biogeographic comparison of benthic biodiversity
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Ecology of natural habitats in coastal environments.
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Assessment of human impacts (such as water pollution,
recreation and harvesting resources) on assemblages of organisms ranging
from algae to cetaceans
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Studies of foodwebs in several marine and estuarine
ecosystems
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Whether upwelling can affect intertidal assemblages,
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The influences of groundwater upon nearshore coastal
ecosystems
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The efficient design of ecological monitoring via use
of bioindicators of ecosystem health
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Impact of climate change on plankton populations
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Spatio-temporal variability of plankton assemblages
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Effect of salinity gradients on diatoms nanostructure
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Physical-Biological interactions
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Domestication, genetic management
and improvement in fish
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Sex determination and control in
aquaculture species
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Inland aquaculture & aquaculture in
development
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Invasive fish species, conservation
genetics and gene banking
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Marine ornamental finfish &
herbivorous fish in aquaculture
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Organic aquaculture
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Ecology of marine zooplankton and phytoplankton
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The roles of water viscosity and turbulence on the
feeding and swimming performance of zooplankton
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The roles of fluid mechanics in the evolution of
biological structures
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Marine microbial ecology and biological oceanography
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Motility and migration of phytoplankton and bacteria
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Techniques for making predictive analyses from time
series data and population distributions, as well as relating changes to
physical oceanographic conditions
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Aquaculture feed and nutrition
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Aquaculture waste and environment management
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Aquaculture production and systems
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Stress management of oyster in aquaculture farms
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Feeding ecology and physiology of finfish and crayfish
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Nutrient requirements in algal culture
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Ecology of algae and zooplankton
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Renewable energy and bio-products in microalgae
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Antioxidant characteristics of tuna flesh
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Biochemistry of aquaculture husbandry practices
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Human health benefits of seafood
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Preservation of omega-3 fatty acids in fish feeds and
seafood
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The application of natural antioxidants (e.g. plant
extracts) in aquaculture
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Interactions between dietary and cellular antioxidants
and antioxidant enzymes in fish
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Multiscale analysis of intermittency
in biophysical patterns and processes in space and time
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Turbulence effects on plankton
behavior, distribution and productivity
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Three-dimensional distributions and
couplings between virus, bacteria, phytoplankton and zooplankton populations
at microscale
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Microscale distribution of
intertidal organic matter, bacteria, microphytobenthos and meifauna
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Modeling of the bottom-up effects of
microscale patterns and processes on large scale fluxes
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Plankton behavior, including motile
bacteria, motile phytoplankton and zooplankton
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Space-time plankton dynamics of
Phaeocystis-dominated ecosystems
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Plankton rheology
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Effects of climate change on pelagic
ecosystems structure and function
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Marine mammals population dynamics
and behavior
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