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biogeography, genetics, climate change ecology, vegetation mapping, plant-animal relationships, pollution
and habitat restoration. As Principal Research Fellow
he currently leads an active research and teaching
group on marine tidal wetlands at the University of
Queensland Centre for Marine Studies. With his detailed knowledge and understanding of tidal wetland
processes he regularly advises on effective management and mitigation of disturbed and damaged ecosystems. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed
articles and technical reports, including his recent
authoritative popular book ‘Australia’s Mangroves’.
K. FABRICIUS
Katharina Fabricius is a coral reef ecologist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. She has worked on
coral reefs around the world since 1988. Her main research interest is to better understand the roles of environmental conditions and disturbances, including
changing water quality, for the biodiversity of nearshore coral reefs. Katharina was awarded a Ph.D. in
1995 for her work on octocoral ecology, and presently
holds the position of a Principal Research Scientist. She
has published over 70 journal articles, book chapters,
and a book on Indo-Pacific octocorals, jointly produced
with Phil Alderslade.
L. GERSHWIN
Lisa-ann Gershwin, National Marine Stinger Advisor,
is an international authority on medusae and ctenophores. Her research interests are primarily on taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and biodiversity, with
recent work on the prediction of the presence of marine
stingers and prevention and treatment of their stings.
She has worked on medusae and ctenophores around
the world since 1992, with particular focus on Australian species since 1998. While working in Australia she
has collected many thousands of specimens, with at
least 151 species new to science, including 14 new genera and four new families.
D. P. GORDON
Dennis Gordon FLS has been studying bryozoans for
40 years. He is a past President of the International Bryozoology Association and a Principal Scientist at the
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
(NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand.
H. HEATWOLE
Harold Heatwole is an ecologist and herpetologist,
who in the past 47 years successively held academic
posts at the University of Puerto Rico, University of
New England, and North Carolina State University.
His main research interests are sea snakes, island ecology, ants and tardigrades.
He is the author of over 300 scientific articles and 11
books. He also produces videos for educational purposes. He holds a D.Sc. and Ph.D’s in Zoology and
Botany. The last dealt with vegetation dynamics on the
small cays of the Great Barrier Reef. He is a Fellow of
the Explorer’s Club.
K. HEIMANN
Kirsten Heimann is a phycologist in the School of
Marine and Tropical Biology at James Cook University
(JCU) and has 20 years experience in this research
area. She established the North Queensland Algal
Identification/Culturing Facility (NQAIF) within the
School of Marine and Tropical Biology. The research
facility has established tropical microalgal cultures
from the Great Barrier Reef, thereby creating the first
systematic microalgal record for the region. She is especially interested in algal bloom development, the
impact of phosphate/nitrate eutrophication on, for
example, dinoflagellate/diatom reproduction dynamics/levels of toxicity, determinants of invasiveness,
and the use of microalgae as indicators of water
quality.
O. HOEGH-GULDBERG
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is Director of the Centre for
Marine Studies at the University of Queensland.
After completing his B.Sc. (Hons) Ove travelled to the
United States to complete his Ph.D. After postdoctoral
work and lectureship Ove returned to Sydney in 1992.
In 2000 he moved to the University of Queensland
where he leads a group focused on the physiological
ecology of coral reefs, particularly regarding global
warming and ocean acidification. He has produced over
120 peer reviewed scientific articles and runs the blog:
Author Biographies
biogeography, genetics, climate change ecology, vegetation mapping, plant-animal relationships, pollution
and habitat restoration. As Principal Research Fellow
he currently leads an active research and teaching
group on marine tidal wetlands at the University of
Queensland Centre for Marine Studies. With his detailed knowledge and understanding of tidal wetland
processes he regularly advises on effective management and mitigation of disturbed and damaged ecosystems. He has published more than 130 peer-reviewed
articles and technical reports, including his recent
authoritative popular book ‘Australia’s Mangroves’.
K. FABRICIUS
Katharina Fabricius is a coral reef ecologist at the Australian Institute of Marine Science. She has worked on
coral reefs around the world since 1988. Her main research interest is to better understand the roles of environmental conditions and disturbances, including
changing water quality, for the biodiversity of nearshore coral reefs. Katharina was awarded a Ph.D. in
1995 for her work on octocoral ecology, and presently
holds the position of a Principal Research Scientist. She
has published over 70 journal articles, book chapters,
and a book on Indo-Pacific octocorals, jointly produced
with Phil Alderslade.
L. GERSHWIN
Lisa-ann Gershwin, National Marine Stinger Advisor,
is an international authority on medusae and ctenophores. Her research interests are primarily on taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, and biodiversity, with
recent work on the prediction of the presence of marine
stingers and prevention and treatment of their stings.
She has worked on medusae and ctenophores around
the world since 1992, with particular focus on Australian species since 1998. While working in Australia she
has collected many thousands of specimens, with at
least 151 species new to science, including 14 new genera and four new families.
D. P. GORDON
Dennis Gordon FLS has been studying bryozoans for
40 years. He is a past President of the International Bryozoology Association and a Principal Scientist at the
National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research
(NIWA), Wellington, New Zealand.
H. HEATWOLE
Harold Heatwole is an ecologist and herpetologist,
who in the past 47 years successively held academic
posts at the University of Puerto Rico, University of
New England, and North Carolina State University.
His main research interests are sea snakes, island ecology, ants and tardigrades.
He is the author of over 300 scientific articles and 11
books. He also produces videos for educational purposes. He holds a D.Sc. and Ph.D’s in Zoology and
Botany. The last dealt with vegetation dynamics on the
small cays of the Great Barrier Reef. He is a Fellow of
the Explorer’s Club.
K. HEIMANN
Kirsten Heimann is a phycologist in the School of
Marine and Tropical Biology at James Cook University
(JCU) and has 20 years experience in this research
area. She established the North Queensland Algal
Identification/Culturing Facility (NQAIF) within the
School of Marine and Tropical Biology. The research
facility has established tropical microalgal cultures
from the Great Barrier Reef, thereby creating the first
systematic microalgal record for the region. She is especially interested in algal bloom development, the
impact of phosphate/nitrate eutrophication on, for
example, dinoflagellate/diatom reproduction dynamics/levels of toxicity, determinants of invasiveness,
and the use of microalgae as indicators of water
quality.
O. HOEGH-GULDBERG
Ove Hoegh-Guldberg is Director of the Centre for
Marine Studies at the University of Queensland.
After completing his B.Sc. (Hons) Ove travelled to the
United States to complete his Ph.D. After postdoctoral
work and lectureship Ove returned to Sydney in 1992.
In 2000 he moved to the University of Queensland
where he leads a group focused on the physiological
ecology of coral reefs, particularly regarding global
warming and ocean acidification. He has produced over
120 peer reviewed scientific articles and runs the blog:
Author Biographies