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B.Sc. from Galway University, Ireland, and Ph.D. from
University of Victoria, Canada. At the Smithsonian Institution she investigated Caribbean echinoderms and
returned to Ireland working on sea urchin aquaculture
and fisheries. Her research on life history evolution
uses Australian echinoderms with divergent life histories to investigate the role of evolution of development
in generating larval diversity and speciation in the sea.
Maria is Director of One Tree Island Research Station,
southern Great Barrier Reef. She has published over
130 refereed articles and book chapters.
J. H. CHOAT
Howard Choat is an Adjunct Professor of Marine
Biology at James Cook University and has worked
extensively on coral reef fishes over the Indian, Pacific,
and Atlantic Oceans.
B. C. CONGDON
Brad Congdon is a Reader in Ecology at James Cook
University, Cairns. He is a field ecologist with a special
interest in seabird conservation and evolution and over
25 years experience working with seabirds both in
Australia and overseas. His research group has recently
demonstrated that seabirds are sensitive indicators of
multiple, previously indistinguishable, climate change
impacts at upper trophic levels and were the first to
clearly establish rising sea-surface temperatures as a
major conservation issue for seabirds of the GBR.
J. DAY
Jon Day is currently the Director, Outlook Report
Taskforce, within GBRMPA. He has been closely associated with the Great Barrier Reef for 22 years, having worked initially in the park management and
planning sections in GBRMPA. Jon was responsible
for commencing and co-ordinating the Representative
Areas Program, the major rezoning program undertaken for the Marine Park, between 1998–2003. This
marine planning approach is widely considered as
‘world’s best practice’, and has received eleven national and international awards, including the Banksia
and Eureka Awards, and the UNESCO/MAB Environmental Prize (2005 Sultan Qaboos Prize for
Environmental Preservation).
G. DIAZ-PULIDO
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido grew up in Colombia. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) in Marine Biology in Colombia
in 1995 and his Ph.D. in Marine Botany at James Cook
University in 2002. He has done pioneering work on
the ecology and diversity of reef algae from the Caribbean Sea and the Great Barrier Reef. His current research focuses on the dynamics of algae after coral
disturbances, coral-algal interactions, and impacts of
climate change on macroalgae. He is associated with
the Universidad del Magdalena in Colombia and is
currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine
Studies at the University of Queensland.
P. J. DOHERTY
Peter Doherty, currently Research Director of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), gained his
Ph.D. in 1980 by describing the population dynamics of
damselfishes at One Tree Island. In 1989 he joined AIMS
and led a research group in tropical fisheries ecology. In
1998, he joined the Co-operative Research Centre for
the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. One of his
achievements was to facilitate the $9 million research
collaboration known as the ‘GBR Seabed Biodiversity
Project’. His fondest memories are more than 100 days
spent at sea on the RV Lady Basten working the back
deck from midnight to midday.
S. DOVE
Sophie Dove obtained an undergraduate degree in
Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of
Edinburgh, and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the
University of Sydney. She is presently a Senior Lecturer
at the Centre for Marine Studies at the University of
Queensland. Her research interests predominantly lie in
the area of dinoflagellate-coral symbiosis, especially with
regard to their photobiology, clonal nature, and their ability to deposit calcium carbonate. The goal of this research
is to understand how these basic features of scleractinian
corals respond to the environmental change inclusive of
anomalous atmospheric CO 2 concentrations.
N. C. DUKE
Norm Duke is a Mangrove Ecologist of more than
30 years standing, specialising in mangrove floristics,
Author Biographies
B.Sc. from Galway University, Ireland, and Ph.D. from
University of Victoria, Canada. At the Smithsonian Institution she investigated Caribbean echinoderms and
returned to Ireland working on sea urchin aquaculture
and fisheries. Her research on life history evolution
uses Australian echinoderms with divergent life histories to investigate the role of evolution of development
in generating larval diversity and speciation in the sea.
Maria is Director of One Tree Island Research Station,
southern Great Barrier Reef. She has published over
130 refereed articles and book chapters.
J. H. CHOAT
Howard Choat is an Adjunct Professor of Marine
Biology at James Cook University and has worked
extensively on coral reef fishes over the Indian, Pacific,
and Atlantic Oceans.
B. C. CONGDON
Brad Congdon is a Reader in Ecology at James Cook
University, Cairns. He is a field ecologist with a special
interest in seabird conservation and evolution and over
25 years experience working with seabirds both in
Australia and overseas. His research group has recently
demonstrated that seabirds are sensitive indicators of
multiple, previously indistinguishable, climate change
impacts at upper trophic levels and were the first to
clearly establish rising sea-surface temperatures as a
major conservation issue for seabirds of the GBR.
J. DAY
Jon Day is currently the Director, Outlook Report
Taskforce, within GBRMPA. He has been closely associated with the Great Barrier Reef for 22 years, having worked initially in the park management and
planning sections in GBRMPA. Jon was responsible
for commencing and co-ordinating the Representative
Areas Program, the major rezoning program undertaken for the Marine Park, between 1998–2003. This
marine planning approach is widely considered as
‘world’s best practice’, and has received eleven national and international awards, including the Banksia
and Eureka Awards, and the UNESCO/MAB Environmental Prize (2005 Sultan Qaboos Prize for
Environmental Preservation).
G. DIAZ-PULIDO
Guillermo Diaz-Pulido grew up in Colombia. He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) in Marine Biology in Colombia
in 1995 and his Ph.D. in Marine Botany at James Cook
University in 2002. He has done pioneering work on
the ecology and diversity of reef algae from the Caribbean Sea and the Great Barrier Reef. His current research focuses on the dynamics of algae after coral
disturbances, coral-algal interactions, and impacts of
climate change on macroalgae. He is associated with
the Universidad del Magdalena in Colombia and is
currently a Research Fellow at the Centre for Marine
Studies at the University of Queensland.
P. J. DOHERTY
Peter Doherty, currently Research Director of the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), gained his
Ph.D. in 1980 by describing the population dynamics of
damselfishes at One Tree Island. In 1989 he joined AIMS
and led a research group in tropical fisheries ecology. In
1998, he joined the Co-operative Research Centre for
the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. One of his
achievements was to facilitate the $9 million research
collaboration known as the ‘GBR Seabed Biodiversity
Project’. His fondest memories are more than 100 days
spent at sea on the RV Lady Basten working the back
deck from midnight to midday.
S. DOVE
Sophie Dove obtained an undergraduate degree in
Mathematics and Philosophy from the University of
Edinburgh, and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the
University of Sydney. She is presently a Senior Lecturer
at the Centre for Marine Studies at the University of
Queensland. Her research interests predominantly lie in
the area of dinoflagellate-coral symbiosis, especially with
regard to their photobiology, clonal nature, and their ability to deposit calcium carbonate. The goal of this research
is to understand how these basic features of scleractinian
corals respond to the environmental change inclusive of
anomalous atmospheric CO 2 concentrations.
N. C. DUKE
Norm Duke is a Mangrove Ecologist of more than
30 years standing, specialising in mangrove floristics,
Author Biographies