A5043687783- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Research Data Management Practices
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Academic Publishing and Open Access
- scientometrics and bibliometrics research
- Marine and fisheries research
- Antibiotic Use and Resistance
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Scientific Computing and Data Management
- Marine animal studies overview
The University of Queensland
2023-2025
High quality research data and analytical code are essential for ensuring the credibility of scientific results, key outputs, crucial elements to facilitate reproducibility. However, in ecology evolution (E&E) particular, it is currently unknown how many journals have policies on data- code-sharing peer review purposes, or upon manuscript acceptance. Furthermore, clarity such may impact authors' compliance. Thus, we assessed clarity, strictness, timing across 275 E&E. We also...
Major floods pose a severe threat to coastal receiving environments, negatively impacting environmental health and ecosystem services through direct smothering with sediment nutrient loading. This study examined the short long-term impacts of February 2022 major flood event on mud extent nitrogen flux in Moreton Bay (the Bay), large, sub-tropical embayment Southeast Queensland, Australia. Short-term were assessed three days after peak by sampling surface water at 47 sites direction...
Conservation and management of coral reef ecosystems will depend on accurate assessments reef-building species diversity. However, the true diversity corals may be obfuscated by presence cryptic species, which are likely much more pervasive than is currently recognised. Additionally, sometimes hybridize, resulting in gene introgression between species. Here, we investigate prevalence via a structured literature review find that over 50% population genomic studies show evidence for divisions...
Publishing preprints is quickly becoming commonplace in ecology and evolutionary biology. Preprints can facilitate the rapid sharing of scientific knowledge establishing precedence enabling feedback from research community before peer review. Yet, significant barriers to preprint use exist, including language barriers, a lack understanding about benefits diversity types outputs accepted (e.g. reports). Community-driven initiatives allow come together break down these improve equity coverage...
Abstract Metabarcoding is revolutionising the analysis of biodiversity in marine ecosystems, especially as it provides a means detecting and identifying cryptic life stages field samples. The planktonic larval stage many species underpins abundance distribution adult populations but challenging to characterise given small size larvae diffuse distributions pelagic waters. Yet, dynamics are key understanding phenomena observed populations, such boom-and-bust exhibited by some echinoderms....
The conservation and management of coral reef ecosystems will benefit from accurate assessments reef-building species diversity. However, the true diversity corals may be obfuscated by cryptic yet genetically distinct groups, which are likely more pervasive than currently recognised. Here, we investigate prevalence groups assess evidence for their permeability to gene flow (hybridisation) via a structured literature review genomic studies. Using reproducible criteria detect genetic that...
Here, we explore the first preprints uploaded to EcoEvoRxiv characterise preprint practices in ecology and evolution. We aim understand: 1) what countries authors who use are located; 2) taxonomic diversity of study systems across preprints; 3) whether server depends on career stage gender; 4) extent which make servers for reports community-driven peer review; 5) data code shared 6) how many remain unpublished, those that published, long it took them become published. In process, also...
Context Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) is a large, subtropical, urban, Ramsar-listed marine park in which stingray feeding pits (SRFPs) provide nursery habitat for commercially important nekton. Aims Nearmap aerial images were used to assess the distribution and abundance of SRFPs their relationship shore characteristics around Quandamooka’s perimeter. Methods surveyed using 25-m2 quadrats overlain on at 65 sites low-energy tidal flats perimeter Quandamooka, polygon encompassing region with...
Major floods pose a severe threat to coastal receiving environments, negatively impacting environmental health and ecosystem services through direct smothering with sediment nutrient loading. This study examined the short long-term impacts of February 2022 major flood event on mud extent nitrogen flux in Moreton Bay (the Bay), large, sub-tropical embayment Southeast Queensland, Australia. Short-term were assessed three days after peak by sampling 47 sites across direction predominant...
Metabarcoding is revolutionising the analysis of biodiversity in marine ecosystems, especially as it provides a means detecting and identifying cryptic life-stages field samples. The planktonic larval stage many species underpins abundance distribution adult populations but challenging to characterise given small size larvae diffuse distributions pelagic waters. Yet, dynamics are key understanding phenomena observed populations, such boom- and-bust exhibited by some echinoderms. Rapid...