DR. JEFF WRIGHT

Research Area: Marine Ecology

Position: Post Doctoral Fellow

Email: jeffw@uow.edu.au

Telephone: (61) 2 4221 5260  

 

General Research Interests

Marine ecology and evolutionary biology

Factors determining seaweed population abundance and genetic structure

Marine-plant herbivore interactions

Marine invasive species

Five representative publications:

Wright JT & Steinberg PD (2001) Effects of variable recruitment and post-recruitment herbivory on local population size of a marine alga. Ecology 82:2200-2215

Zuccarello GC, Yeates PH, Wright JT, Bartlett J (2001) Population structure and physiological differentiation of haplotypes of Caloglossa leprieurii (Rhodophyta) in a mangrove intertidal zone. Journal of Phycology 37:235-244

Wright JT, de Nys R, Steinberg PD (2000) Geographic variation in halogenated furanones from the red alga Delisea pulchra and associated herbivores and epiphytes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 207:227-241

Wright JT, Zuccarello GC, Steinberg PD (2000) Genetic structure of the subtidal red alga Delisea pulchra. Marine Biology 136:439-448

Wright JT, Benkendorff K, Davis AR (1997) Habitat associated differences in temperate sponge assemblages: the importance of chemical defence. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 213:199-213

Current honours students:

Amanda Edwards (BSc.).

Mesograzers associated with Caulerpa species. (co-supervised with Andy Davis)

Rachael Evans (B. Biotech.)

The development of microsatellite markers for Caulerpa. (co-supervised with David Ayre)

Suggested honours/postgraduate topics for future students

Fragmentation as a life-history strategy in determining Caulerpa abundance

Fish grazing on the invasive Caulerpa taxifolia vs. other seaweeds and seagrass

Caulerpa taxifolia/seagrass interactions

Abbreviated C.V.

Academic Degrees

1999. PhD. School of Biological Sciences, University of NSW
1992. BSc. (Hons) Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong

Academic and Research Appointments

2002 – current. ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Wollongong;

2000 - 2001. Postdoctoral Researcher, Bodega Marine Laboratory, University of California, Davis

2000 – 2001 Visiting Research Scientist, Friday Harbor Marine Laboratories, University of Washington

1993. Research Assistant, Department of Biological Science, University of Wollongong.