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Jo Dowdney
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Jo has been a Research Officer with CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research since graduating with a BSc from the University of Tasmania in 2004. During this period she has developed a special interest in the diversity, vulnerability and resilience of Australia’s marine habitats in waters from 100 - >4000m, in particular the deep Seamount invertebrate communities. She works in a small group at CMAR that utilise video and still image data obtained from towed camera systems, and recently the ‘Jason’, a remotely operated vehicle from Woods Hole Institute, and in the near future plans to explore the ways in which the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) can be used. This research has contributed to describing the aspects of habitat susceptibility to fishing for Australia’s fisheries, the Southeast MPA planning process, and the Census of Marine Life. Wealth from Oceans Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. Hobart TAS 7001, Australia. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dr Alistair Hobday completed a BSc (Hons) in Biological Science at Stanford University, a PhD in Biological Oceanography at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, and held a National Research Council Postgraduate Fellowship at the Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory in Monterey, California. He is presently a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. His research spans a range of topics, including spatial management and migration of large pelagic species, environmental influences on marine species, and the impacts of climate change on marine resources. He leads the Marine Climate Impacts area within the CSIRO Climate Adaptation National Research Flagship, and has been co-editor of two recent reports on the impacts of climate change on (i) fisheries and aquaculture, and (ii) Australian marine life. In addition to his climate research, Alistair has co-led the development of risk assessment methods for assessing the ecological sustainability of Australia’s fisheries. He is a member of the steering committee for the international GLOBEC program CLIOTOP (Climate Impacts on Top Ocean Predators). Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. Hobart TAS 7001, Australia. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Professor Terry Hughes is Centre Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. His latest research focuses on the broader evaluation of the linkages between coral reef ecosystems, the goods and services they provide to people, and the welfare of human societies. Terry is Program Leader of ‘Resilience of linked Social-Ecological Systems’, which is directed toward providing new solutions to managing resilience and coping with change, uncertainty, risk, and surprise in complex social-ecological systems. The objective is to improve the governance and management of natural systems and enhance their capacity to sustain human and natural capital. This represents a major new program of innovative multi-disciplinary research which will combine expertise on coral reef biology, management, governance, economics and social sciences. A major outcome will be developing information, guidelines and tools for coral reef managers and planners on climate change risks and adaptation options. The scope of this program will be global. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University. Townsville QLD 4811, Australia. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) http://www.jcu.edu.au/
Dr Bruce Mapstone is now chief of CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, based in Hobart. Previously he was director of the Centre for Australian Weather and Climate Research (a partnership between CSIRO and the Bureau of Meteorology) and has held positions at the Antarctic Climate & Ecosystems Cooperative Research Centre, and James Cook University in Townsville. He also led the successful development of the Climate Futures for Tasmania Project that will provide local prognoses of climate change impacts across the whole of Tasmania and deliver targeted information about climate change impacts to many sectors of the Tasmanian government, industry and community. Dr Mapstone was invited in 2007 to deliver the Australian Address for World Meteorological Day and the Crosbie Morrison Memorial Lecture, both on the importance of multi-disciplinary research in Antarctica for understanding global climate and climate change. His research interests include environmental impact assessment, fisheries dynamics and management, and the theory and practice of Marine Protected Areas. He has a strong interest in delivering research outputs to stakeholders beyond traditional research peer communities. He has published on marine ecology, statistical inference, tropical fisheries, fisheries management and Marine Protected Areas. In 2008/09 Dr Mapstone chaired the expert panel that drafted the National Adaptation Research Plan for Marine Biodiversity and Resources. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. Hobart TAS 7001, Australia. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Professor Jan McDonald is Director of the Griffith Climate Change Response Program. She established the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility in 2008, and served as its Research Manager until early 2009. A specialist in environmental law, Jan previously served as Environment Program Manager for the United Nations Development Program in Solomon Islands, and consultant to the Governments of Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. Her research spans the legal and policy dimensions of climate change adaptation and she now leads Griffith University’s role the South East Queensland Climate Adaptation Research Initiative. Director, Climate Change Response Program. Griffith University. Gold Coast QLD 4222, Australia. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Dr Elvira Poloczanska completed a BSc (Hons. Class I) in Aquatic Bioscience (1996), and a PhD in Fisheries and Population Modelling (2001) at the University of Glasgow, UK. She is presently a Senior Research Scientist at CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research, Cleveland. Her interests include the development and testing of concepts in ecology with special reference to coastal systems. Her present focus includes the impacts of climate variability and climate change as drivers of population abundance and the role of biotic interactions; drivers of biogeographic patterns and future predictions of species’ distributions; and development of tools to assess vulnerability of species, habitats and regions to climate change. These are achieved through the development of mechanistic and statistical population models that incorporate information from observations at a range of spatial scales and explore the role of both direct (e.g, physiological responses) and indirect (e.g., biotic interactions) mechanisms driving population response to climate change. Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research. PO Box 120, Cleveland QLD 4163, Australia. Ph:(07) 3826 7191, International +61 7 3826 7191. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) www.cmar.csiro.au/climateimpacts/
Dr Anthony Richardson’s work is recognised internationally for significant contributions in the fields of climate impacts on marine species, plankton dynamics, and linkages between the environment, plankton and fisheries. He has diverse research interests in marine ecology, focusing on understanding the effects of environmental variability on marine systems as a window to predicting impacts of climate change. Research by Dr Richardson and collaborators has provided our first evidence of earlier timing of phytoplankton productivity in the ocean with global warming including the potential mismatch between successive trophic levels. We have also found ocean-basin changes in primary and secondary productivity (increasing near Poles, decreasing near Tropics) over the last 50 years in response to climate change. This knowledge has helped synthesise our understanding of impacts of climate change on pelagic marine ecosystems, has provided seminal knowledge contributing to IPCC Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability (IPCC 2007). Climate Adaptation Flagship, CSIRO Marine & Atmospheric Research. PO Box 120, Cleveland QLD 4163, Australia. .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Marie is the Knowledge Adoption Manager at the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, at Griffith University, a role which includes the coordination of eight Adaptation Research Networks, including the Network for Marine Biodiversity and Resources. Marie has an environmental science background, and over 10 experience years working in the field of natural resource management, with particular interests in water resource management and policy, and in making scientific information more readily available and useful to decision makers at all levels. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, Griffith University. Ph: +61 7 3735 7786 .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
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