A5045606710- Coastal and Marine Management
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Science Education and Perceptions
- Marine Biology and Environmental Chemistry
- Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Archaeological and Geological Studies
- Marine and fisheries research
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Mediterranean and Iberian flora and fauna
Deakin University
2022-2024
Great Barrier Reef Foundation
2023
University of Algarve
2018-2022
Universidade dos Açores
2013-2014
Despite general interest in the concept, there is a lack of formal education systems that foster ocean literacy. Informal marine programs may be filling this gap; where students undertake unique, immersive learning experiences connected to environment. This paper consolidates information about within Australia's temperate region – Great Southern Reef and evaluates extent which literacy being delivered through these under banner national curriculum. Using mixed methods approach survey...
Globally, ocean health has become critically compromised due to compounding negative human impacts. Marine science education can play a key role in raising collective understanding of the vulnerability marine environments and importance their protection, this may best begin with integration literacy schools. Previous research shows that K-12 students worldwide have limited ocean. This lack familiarity been linked absence topics related most national school curricula. Teachers are ultimate...
The concept of ecosystem services (ES) emerges as strategic to explain the influences that ocean, and in particular coastal ecosystems, have on us how we influence them back. Despite being a term coined several decades ago already wide-spread scientific community among policy-makers, service still lacks recognition citizens educators. There is therefore need mainstream this formal education through Ocean Literacy resources. Although important developments OL were done USA, particularly...
Seagrasses live in highly variable light environments and adjust to these variations by expressing acclimatory responses at different plant organizational levels (meadow, shoot, leaf chloroplast level). Yet, comparative studies, identify species' strategies, integration of the relative importance photoacclimatory adjustments are still missing. The variation level were studied along individual leaves Cymodocea nodosa, Zostera marina Z. noltei, including measurements chlorophyll fluorescence,...
Rhodolith (maërl) beds are biodiversity hotspots with a worldwide distribution. Maërl is the general term for free-living non-geniculate rhodoliths or coralline red algae. In southern Portugal, maërl mainly composed by Phymatolithon lusitanicum, recently identified as new species and commonly misidentified calcareum. Photosynthesis, respiration growth rates of algae were measured seasonally, well photosynthetic pigment composition. To characterize seasonal interannual patterns key abiotic...
Tidal coastal wetlands, common home to seagrass and salt marshes, are relevant carbon sinks due their high capacity accumulate store organic in sediments. Recent studies demonstrated that the spatial variability of this within same wetland system can be significant. Some environmental drivers remain understudied selection most ones context dependent. Here we investigated role bed elevation, hydrodynamics, habitat type (salt marsh seagrass) on matter (OM) net deposition-resuspension rate...
Abstract Children’s literature about the ocean is a valuable learning tool for increasing literacy in formal education. This instruction is, nonetheless, reliant on teachers’ capacity to explore, appreciate and understand different ways which elements of picture books convey concepts. As researchers who work collaboratively marine science education children’s literature, we analysed targeted sample largely unknown temperate reef system southern coastline Australia, Great Southern Reef. Our...
Despite the opportunity to integrate ocean literacy in schools, there is limited global evidence that learning about has been prioritised formal educational systems. An overloaded curriculum, teacher's lack of knowledge and availability resources are main barriers for inclusion topics schools. To tackle these challenges, we developed an education training program primary school teachers provided them with teaching deliver concepts increase awareness a local marine environment. Our results...
Under the water, along southern coastline of Australia, lies Great Southern Reef—a reef that many people have never heard about. The water is colder than tropical reefs and instead being built by corals, it mainly formed a specific type brown seaweed known as kelp. Just like trees on land, kelp grow cover large areas, forming underwater forests are home for kinds fish, molluscs, crustaceans, species. However, Reef facing serious threats, because rising ocean temperatures. When seawater...
Abstract. The deep-sea hydrothermal vent mussel Bathymodiolus azoricus is a symbiont bearing bivalve that found in great abundance at the Menez Gwen and Lucky Strike sites close vicinity off Azores region near Mid-Atlantic Ridge (MAR). distinct relationships mussels have developed with their physical chemical environments are likely reflected global gene expression profiles providing thus means to distinguish geographically on basis of studies, fluorescence situ hybridization (FISH)...
Introduction Why was the study undertaken? What research question, tested hypothesis or purpose of research? The question is: are implications disciplinary aesthetics when marine science meets art in educational Children schools from Victoria, Australia were engaged a series fieldtrips, workshops and lessons based on Great Southern Reef, temperate environment Australia. They created drawings provocations, to depict their knowledge species, before after these education experiences. Methods...