Shoalhaven Marine & Freshwater Centre Students

2012

Will Mulvaney (PhD candidate, co-supervisor A. Davis)
Offshore abalone farming development

Carole Durussel (PhD candidate co-supervisor Robin Warner)
Conservation & Management of the High Seas

Janice McCauley (PhD candidate, co-supervisor Dr. Danielle Skropeta, School of Chemistry)
Isolation and identification of biological active secondary metabolites of Ulva and other S.E Australian macroalgae and prebiotic potential of associated sulfated polysaccharides

Claire Taylor (Marine Science Honours)
Omega-3 and oysters: how does the environment and genotype alter PUFA profiles in the Sydney rock oyster and the triploid pacific oyster?

Andrew Wakefield (Marine Science Honours)
Investigating physiological responses of oyster to environmental conditions under climate change

Clare McKenzie (MSc)
Health applications of seaweed: screening marine macroalgal species for prebiotic activity

2011

Carole Durussel (PhD candidate co-supervised with Robin Warner)
Conservation & Management of the High Seas

Will Mulvaney (PhD candidate, co-supervisor A. Davis)
Offshore abalone farming development

Janice McCauley (Biotech Honours, co-supervisor D. Skropeta)
The relative effects of phylogeny and environmental conditioning on the functional molecules and metabolite composition of Ulvaspp.

Andrew Lawrence (Marine Science Honours)
Determining conditions for optimal gamete or spore release and settlement across Ulva spp.

Andrew Leach (Marine Science Honours)
Testing the efficacy of using heated seawater for managing marine pests in ships’ sea chests

2010

Will Mulvaney (BSc Honours)
A comparison of commercial formulated and macro-algae diets on the performance and growth rate of a hybrid species of abalone (Haliotis rubra x Haliotis laevigata)

Lechelle Van Breda (BSc Honours)
Australian Ulva species: A morphological, molecular and ecological comparison

Rachelle O’Neill (International BSc Honours)
A preliminary study assessing sub-lethal environmental water quality parameters on Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostraglomerata) performance in the Shoalhaven and CrookhavenRiver systems, NSW, Australia.

Tristan New (Marine Science Honours)
Assessing the VagileFauna Associated with Seagrass Habitats in Jervis Bay: Baited Remote Underwater Video Observations.

2009

Tom Heath (Marine Science Honours)
Impacts of Tidal Barriers on the Ecology of Flood Mitigation Drain Fish Assemblages

2008

Alex Ullrich (BSc Honours)
Nutrient Uptake by Co-occurring Intertidal Macroalgal Species: Is it Complementary?