Marine Ecology Research Centre in Lismore, New South Wales | College & University

Marine Ecology Research Centre

Locality: Lismore, New South Wales

Address: Military road 2480 Lismore, NSW, Australia

Website: https://www.scu.edu.au/marine-ecology-research-centre

Likes: 1987

Add/Update information

Reviews

Tags

• College & University

25.01.2022 The Whitsundays is piloting a tourism-led restoration of the Great Barrier Reef, working alongside Southern Cross University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science to scale-up Coral IVF. Read full article here: https://www.scu.edu.au//whitsundays-tourism-industry-onboa

25.01.2022 Please attend....Free e-certificate !!! Register here http://bit.ly/MICMST2regform

20.01.2022 NEW research from Southern Cross University has highlighted the importance of managing the potential impacts of pesticide run-off in areas of intensive coastal ...agriculture. Researchers from the University's #NationalMarineScienceCentre have demonstrated that imidacloprid, a neonicotinoid insecticide, can impact the feeding behaviour of prawns in a laboratory environment, leading to nutritional deficiency and reduced flesh quality. "The sobering thing with this study is that it shows that the exposure of prawns to high concentrations of neonicotinoids can have such a significant impact," said lead author and PhD candidate Peter Butcherine whose study focused on adult black tiger prawns. "If they are not well managed, these chemicals have the potential to affect the productivity and sustainability of cultured and capture prawn fisheries." Read full story online The Coffs Coast Advocate (subscribers only) https://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au//fisheries/4082559/ Photo credit Coffs Advocate, showing lead author Peter Butcherine, with Supervisor and National Marine Science Centre Director, Professor Kirsten Benkendorff

17.01.2022 check out our new paper on effect of rock type thermal properties.

12.01.2022 Recent publication including researcher from Marine Ecology Research Centre

04.01.2022 The longer study on Australian humpback dolphins (Sousa sahulensis) in Australia help to better understand the population dynamics of this threatened species in the Great Barrier Reef region. The paper is freely downloadable here: https://www.sciencedirect.com//artic/pii/S2351989420307447

01.01.2022 More on our pesticide work highlighting research by MERC PhD student Peter Butcherine (prawns), Endurance Ewere (oysters) and Dylan Laicher-Edwards (detection in Hearns estuary)