
Eight habitats, 38 threats & 55 experts
Our new paper "Eight habitats, 38 threats and 55 experts: Assessing ecological risk in a multi-use marine region" is just out in PLoS ONE...

Metabolic performance and critical swimming speed in King George whiting
A fish’s activities are dependent on their metabolic performance and ability to move, which are influenced by temperature. Rising ocean...

Surveying experts to assess threats to marine species
Our latest research into anthropogenic threats affecting marine-associated fauna in Spencer Gulf (South Australia) has just been...

Cephalopods on the rise as oceans change
Oceans are changing and they are changing fast. As human activities continue to alter our marine environment it begs us to question what...

Marine students graduate
Congratulations to all those students who graduated over the past week or so. The Gillanders Aquatic Ecology lab had one PhD graduate, Dr...

March & April 2017 news update
The University is abuzz again with a new intake of undergraduate students, and we’re back into the swing of lectures. This semester I’m...

Freshwater ecology camp to Calperun Station
Third year Freshwater Ecology students participated in a field camp to Calperun Station near Renmark in South Australia, approximately...

Australian brushtail possums in New Zealand
Earlier this year I returned from hiking and cycling in New Zealand where there is currently a concerted effort underway to eradicate the...
February 2016 news update
After a refreshing break we are back on board for 2017! Several lots of congratulations are in order – First, congratulations to Aoife...

Ba/Ca in cockle shells can be used as a salinity proxy
Our research focused on whether trace elements in Goolwa cockle shells (Donax deltoides) could be used as an environmental proxy. If so,...