Monday, 3rd July Australian Marine Sciences Association Annual Meeting 2023

• Welcome To Country
• Conference open by Jason van de Merwe
• Plenary 1 - Bob Muir
• Plenary 2 - Cynthia Riginos

          This presentation is kindly supported by Deakin Marine Research and Innovation Centre, Deakin University

• Progress in facilitating genuine reef research partnerships with Australian Traditional Owners - Bob Muir
• Can population genomics deliver on identifying locations of high adaptive potential for spatial conservation planning? - Cynthia Riginos

• KEYNOTE: Defining a biodiversity credit for coral reefs - Ken Anthony
• Carbonate budgets induced by coral restoration of a Great Barrier Reef site following cyclone damage - C. Isabel Nunez Lendo
• Mixed Fish-Coral Culture Systems Highlight Potential Deficiencies in Current Captive Coral Rearing Methodology - Rachel Neil
• Restoration governance and lessons for adaptive and resilient policy in the Great Barrier Reef - Nicole Shumway
• The Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program, from R&D to deployment - Ian M McLeod
• Influence of Coral Outplanting on Corallivorous Fish Foraging Behaviour - Devin A Rowell
• Harnessing microbial inducers of coral larval settlement for reef restoration - Paul A O'Brien

• Above and Below-ground Bacterial Communities Shift in Seagrass Beds with Warming Temperatures - Luke DA Walker
• Lessons Learned from Trialling Methods for Zostera Restoration in the Intertidal Zone - Lucy Coals
• A Hierarchical Approach to Site Assessment for Seagrass Restoration. - Laney Callahan
• Assessing techniques to improve germination of Zosteraceae species in seagrass restoration. - Abigail Wookey
• Polyploid clonality was a successful strategy to expand into a newly submerged environment – what does this mean for seagrass restoration into the future? - Elizabeth A Sinclair
• Stressor Fluctuations Influence how Seagrass Systems Respond to Multiple Stressors - Andria Ostrowski
• The Inconspicuous Effect of Anthropogenic Nutrient Enrichment on Seagrass Meadows Nitrogen Cycling - Tijs Joling
• Effects of the Water-Sediment Regulation Scheme on the sediment dynamics of seagrass meadows at the Yellow River Estuary, China - Xinyan Wang

Session Chairs: Kate Quigley, Alex Tomlinson & Dean Mathews

• KEYNOTE: Advancing national standards and best practices to monitor key marine values and pressures - Rachel Przeslawski
• Long-term dynamics of the reef fish communities of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park - Daniela M. Ceccarelli
• (Are There) Multiple Benefits Attained Through Partially Protected Areas? - Genevieve A. C. Phillips
• Environmental DNA in practice: calibrating methods across labs and marine parks - Maarten De Brauwer
• Science and management across Australian Marine Parks boundaries - Alex Tomlinson
• GlobalArchive - designing fish and shark synthesis across multiple marine parks to inform adaptive management - Tim Langlois
• Advances in Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting for Australian Marine Parks - supporting evidence-based management. - Steffan A Howe

• Thousands of genomes from the IMOS Marine Microbiome Initiative Database shed light on bacterial, archaeal, viral, and eukaryote dynamics within the Great Barrier Reef - Steven Robbins
• Multi-method Approach Links Trophic and Movement Ecology in the Critically Endangered Great Hammerhead Shark (Sphyrna mokarran) - Nicolas Lubitz
• IMOS OceanCurrent - helping you come to grips with IMOS data - David Griffin
• Improving ocean management through better quality underwater image annotations - Liz Oh
• Developing pelagic bioregionalisations for assessing habitat representation in marine protected areas in Australian waters - Philip Dyer
• IMOS Understanding Marine Imagery subfacility: bootstrapping automated image analysis through a large and growing repository of high-quality image annotations - Ariell Friedman
• Plankton observing around Australia in the Anthropocene - Anthony J Richardson

• KEYNOTE: Why you’ve been thinking about marine science the wrong way - Michelle Dyer
• Social perspectives on human-shorebird interactions and strategies for reducing negative impacts - Tracy Schultz
• Our social nature: the role of social capital in fostering stewardship behaviours - Emma Church
• What do we mean by “sustainable seaweed”? Community perceptions of a sustainable seaweed industry in Australia - Zoe Brittain
• The Virtuous Cycle of Coastal Environmental Stewardship - John W Turnbull
• A Social-Ecological Model to Identify Policy Responses to the Threat of Marine Invasive Species to Australia's Antarctic Regions - Oakes Holland
• CANCELLED - Monitoring the human dimensions of the NSW marine estate - Belinda Curley

• The role of community-based Hubs in reef restoration: Collaborative monitoring at Moore Reef - Abbi Scott
• Quantifying legacy effects of thermal stress on coral growth  - Isabella A Marrable
• Clownfish real estate: restoring Nemo’s home and its community for the future - Carl Santiago
• Manipulating coral symbiosis: balancing symbiont community disruption, inoculum stability, and coral health while enhancing thermal tolerance - Corinne Allen
• Allee effects in small coral populations: manipulating adult colony patches to assess fertilisation success - Gerard F Ricardo
• Optimising Uptake of Wild-Type and Heat-Evolved Symbiodiniaceae in Coral Larvae and Juveniles for Reef Restoration - Miranda Spencer Altice

• Spatiotemporal variability of Zostera muelleri flowering in subtropical intertidal meadows - Manuja Lekammudiyanse
• Is some seagrass more tolerant of a future climate and can this be utilised for restoration? - Tim Glasby
• Seeds for Snapper: Scaling up Seagrass Restoration Using Community Power - Rachel Austin
• The need for tropical seagrass restoration in northern Queensland – a case study from Mourilyan Harbour - Paul H York
• Mangrove ghost forests provide new opportunities for seagrass migration under sea-level rise - Alice J Twomey
• Flood Related Dynamics of Hervey Bay Seagrass are linked to Dugong and Green Turtle Distribution and Mortality. - Michael Rasheed

• KEYNOTE: The decoupling of science, regulation, health and the public interest - water pollution - Matt A Landos
• What Does Nearly Four Decades of Monitoring Tell us About Water Quality Trends in a Highly Urbanised Marine Embayment? - Alastair Hirst
• Macadamia Clean Coastal Catchments project maintaining productivity and improving water quality. - Jeremy Bright
• Modelling The Impacts Of Feed Stoichiometric Changes Through Aquaculture and Ecosystems - Sowdamini Sesha Prasad
• Muddy Waters: Current Challenges for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Monitoring Program (MMP) and Actions for Clearer Outcomes - Kaye Walker

• Which IMOS Sea Surface Temperature Product Should I Use? - Pallavi Govekar
• The diversity and power of plankton indicators for assessing ecosystem state and trends - Frank Coman
• Supporting globally significant research, education and biodiversity conservation through public reef data - Antonia T Cooper
• A novel technique applied to the digitalisation of zooplankton specimens - Julian Uribe-Palomino
• Moored Profiler Testing – Findings and Recommendations for Future Users - Andrew Martini
• Observed double-stacking of low salinity layers off southeast Australia associated with extreme rainfall events - Neil Malan

• Improving Australia's Seafood Import Controls - Emily Harrison
• SEABORNE: a data system to manage conflicting uses, users, benefits and values in the Great Barrier Reef - Anthea Coggan
• CANCELLED - Centrostephanus rodgersii: ecosystem pest or profitable migrant?  Managing range-shifting species across jurisdictions and differing interests along east coast Australia - Maree Fudge
• How does ‘social’ figure in assessment of interventions for marine ecosystems in rapid transition? - Emily M. Ogier
• The value of embedding authentic research experiences into undergraduate marine science training - Dana Burfeind
• Exploring Fishers’ Perceptions of Marine Environmental Issues and the Factors Influencing Their Engagement With Pro-Environmental Fishing Behaviours - Amelia Clarke

• SHORT KEYNOTE: Scaling up coral reef restoration using larval propagules: integration across social, ecological, and operational processes - Christopher Doropoulos
• Coral Recruitment in Rubble beds on Heron Island Reef. - Roima Paewai-Huggins
• Scaling Collaboration for Coral Restoration and Adaptation in the Great Barrier Reef - Taryn M Kong
• Variation in the size structure of six dominant coral morpho-taxa in the Central Great Barrier Reef - Marine Lechene
• Demographic and evolutionary responses of reef-building corals to climate change - Kevin R Bairos-Novak
• Stay or spray? Evaluating larval delivery strategies in a multi-partner coral reef restoration project across Gunggandji and Yirrganydji Sea Country   - Kerry Cameron

• The role of energy stores in low-light resilience of the tropical seagrass Enhalus acoroides - Timothy Smith
• Detection of pesticides and other contaminants of emerging concern in Moreton Bay’s seagrass beds during a La Niña year - Joseph Clokey
• Ocean connectivity and habitat characteristics predict population genetic structure of seagrass in an extreme tropical setting - Kathryn McMahon
• Remarkable Temporal Stability in Clonal and Genetic Diversity, High Clone Turnover and a Core of Stable Genets in a Colonising/Opportunistic Seagrass across Multiple Timeframes. - Anna M Frouws
• Optimising Seed-based Seagrass Restoration in Nursery Conditions for Use in Seagrass Restoration - Elizabeth P.A Keehner
• Do Declines and Recovery of a Tropical Seagrass Meadow Drive Changes to Associated Fish and Prawn Communities in the Wet Tropics of Queensland? - Darcy E Philpott

• Solving the aquaculture wastewater bottleneck - Microalgal removal using electro-flocculation - Angela Capper
• The Implications of Unregulated Pesticide Run-off on Seafood in Agricultural Catchments - Kirsten Benkendorff
• The Effects of Nutrient Enrichment on Carbon Cycling in Seagrass Beds - Mona Andskog
• Resilience of Sydney rock oysters to Climate Change through Transgenerational Plasticity - Laura M Parker
• Analysis of Satellite Imagery Supports Evidence that Trichodesmium Supplies a New Nitrogen Load to GBR Greater that from Riverine Discharges. - Peter R. F. Bell
• ‘Forever chemicals’: What risk do they pose to estuaries and seafood consumption in the southern Gold Coast? - Elizabeth West

• Dense Shelf Water Transport discovered by an IMOS ocean glider at Ningaloo Reef - Paul G Thomson
• Contributions of the IMOS Marine Microbiome Facility to a National Framework Dataset of Marine Microbial Diversity and Function. - Jodie van de Kamp
• Interannual variability of the Capes Current off the southwest coast of Australia, and associations with marine heatwaves, cold spells, and fisheries recruitment - Jim Greenwood
• Drivers of phytoplankton abundance at Australia’s IMOS National Reference Stations - Anthony J Richardson
• Temporal and Spatial Variation in Zooplankton and its Drivers in Australian Waters - Marc Koh
• RIMReP Data Management System: a one-stop-shop for all GBR data - Eduardo Klein Salas

• KEYNOTE: Sea Slug Citizen Science on the Gold Coast - Maggie Muurmans
• Social and environmental benefits and impacts of seaweed restoration powered by citizen scientists - Shelby Schumacher
• Addressing Challenges in Seadragon Conservation with Long-Term Citizen Science Engagement - Christine Tustison
• Right Whale ID – a soaring success - Andy Marshall
• How can we uncover the secrets of billfish using citizen science? - Laura M Smith

Time: 6:30PM - 8:00PM

Venue: Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre - Foyer E and F

Included: Drinks and light snacks

• Using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to investigate population dynamics of sea turtles. - Ruth Maggeni
• Active perception of multiple autonomous vehicles for marine information gathering - Hui Sheng Lim
• Assessing Seed Characteristics as a Determinant of Viability for Large-scale Seagrass Restoration. - Anna AH Hegarty
• Artificial Reefs are Restoration Tools, but Do They Work in Areas With High Human Impact? - Mona Andskog
• Feeding pattern variations in captive pregnant and non-pregnant Carcharias taurus - Lauren R Campbell
• Identifying patterns in the spatial ecology of Australian White Ibis to optimise coastal management - Caitlin S Willis
• Multi-omics Identifies Opportunistic Signatures in Seawater and Sediment Microbes That Associate with Increased Nutrient Loads in the Reef Environment - Marko Terzin
• South East Queensland Underwater Environmental Survey Team (SEQUEST): Student scientists using marine invertebrates as sentinels of ecosystem health in Quandamooka (Moreton Bay) - Melissa Staines
• The CSIRO Atlas of Regional Seas 2022: a new marine climatology for Australia - Chris Chapman
• BluebottleWatch: towards the understanding of bluebottles’ dynamics - Kylie Pitt
• The Biogeochemistry of the Halimeda Bioherms of the Northern Great Barrier Reef - Kim Chua
• Comparison of the juvenile morphology and assessment of ontogenetic changes in morphology of three species of seahorse Hippocampus spp. from south-eastern Australia - Tony Miskiewicz
• What’s on the menu? What stingray vomit tells us about species-specific resource partitioning and foraging strategies   - Jaelen N Myers
• A Review of Transcriptomic Approaches in Marine Ecology - Jonathan Lawley
• Evaluation of a Fluorometric Depth Probe to Detect and Monitor Trichodesmium in the GBR Lagoon - Peter R. F. Bell
• Kelp Gardens and Urchin Barrens in NSW: Using Oral Histories and Remote Sensing to Understand Habitat Changes - Kyah Chewying
• How do marine citizen science experiences promote stewardship actions? - Emma Church
• Right Whale ID – the faces of success - Kerry Cooper
• Seasonal stratification and complex local dynamics control the vertical structure of marine heatwaves in coastal waters. - Moninya Roughan
• Skilful ecological forecasts for marine resource management during climate extremes - Steph Brodie
• The role of macrofauna in shaping microphytobenthic communities - Duyi Zhong
• Biology and epibiont community of the red decorator crab, Schizophrys aspera, a CoTS predator on the southern Great Barrier Reef - Clare Goodhill
• Environmental Regulation of Metamorphosis in the Marine Sponge Amphimedon queenslandica - Oceane Blard
• Multi-stressor interactions vary with exposure duration and biological response - Olivia C King
• Impact of absorption and scattering of phytoplankton, CDOM and suspended sediments on ocean heat, circulation and connectivity in a coastal environment. - Anna Maggiorano
• Conceptual model of marine debris risk and components in NSW - Edwina Foulsham
• Microplastics in Moreton Bay, Southeast Queensland  - Sai Meghna Reddy Gaddam
• A Standardized Approach to Microplastic Sampling in Seagrasses and Mangroves: A Critical Review - Jack Greenshields
• Contaminant assessment of stranded and deceased cetaceans on the New South Wales coast of Australia, with a focus on rare Ziphiidae species - Natalie Palmer
• Legal Factors Affecting Marine Restoration - Rose Foster
• Spatial influences on the use of restored shellfish reefs by fish - Charlotte A McAneney
• Journeys across the bridge: Insights from social science knowledge brokers on crossing the bridge between academia and management for the Great Barrier Reef. - Michelle Dyer
• Where Sea Country Meets Blue Economy: A Systematic Review of Marine Indigenous Rights and Management - Jillian E Conrad
• Satellite-derived bathymetry with sediment classification using ICESat-2 and multispectral imagery: case studies in the South China Sea and Australia - Shaoyu Li
• AquaWatch Australia water quality monitoring sensor network: implementation in the Fitzroy River and Keppel Bay, Queensland. - Gemma Kerrisk
• Potential of SWIM-CFOSAT Radar for Monitoring Southern Ocean Waves - Marites Canto
• Identifying a co-governance approach to manage Australia’s marine estate - Laura L Griffiths
• Logistical Challenges and Equipment Performance of an Acoustic Receiver Array in the Megatidal Environment of Karajarri Sea Country, Kimberley - Marie Windstein
• A holistic Ridge to Reef Restoration Pilot Project co-designed with the Traditional Owners - Natalie Toon
• Nutrient variability in the East Australian Current offshore Southeast Queensland over an 8-year period (2015-2022) - Megan Jeffers
• The influence of mesoscale circulation on chlorophyll concentrations in the East Australian Current separation zone - Neil Malan
• Observed Multi-decadal Sub-surface Trends in Coastal Waters Adjacent to the East Australian Current - Moninya Roughan
• Improving Coral Grow-Out Through an Integrated Aquaculture Approach - Rachel Neil
• Spatial & temporal dynamics in benthic community structure of highly disturbed Quandamooka Sea Country, SE Queensland Australia - Kirsten M Golding
• Distribution of remanent oyster populations and spat in the Northern Moreton Bay region - Erin K Wills
• Optimising restoration of Casuarina glauca forests using environmental and spatial drivers of plant communities and animal assemblages - Ellen L Bingham
• Humpback whales in a changing environment: evidence of supplementary feeding from Australia and beyond - Sarah McCulloch
• A Chain Reaction - Dietary Shifts of an Apex Predator, the Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvier), Along the Eastern Coast of Australia - Alexandra Ikpe
• The genetic relatedness of humpback whales (Megaptera novaengliae) in Hervey Bay, Queensland, Australia. - Melina J Keane
• Changing local conditions influence residence and outward transit in foraging green turtles - Emily Webster
• Citizen science photographs improve the accuracy of morphometric models for threatened sawfishes - Veronika N Biskis
• Cetacean species of the Galapagos archipelago: the function of the iconic marine mammal sanctuary in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. - Daniela Alarcon- Ruales
• The SURF Index: A Tool to Aid in Improving the Sustainability of Fisheries and Ecosystems - Marjoleine Roos
• Monitoring Coastal Waters Adjacent to the EAC using High-resolution Ocean Time Series collected since 2006 (NSW-IMOS)  - Michael Hemming
• Coccolithophore communities in the Sub-Antarctic Zone: floristic diversity revealed through long-term sampling. - Ruth S Eriksen
• The Biological Ocean Observer: An online portal for the visualisation of IMOS data - Jason D Everett
• Phytoplankton Dynamics at the IMOS SOTS Site: First Observations of a Multi-species Dinoflagellate Bloom in the Sub-Antarctic Zone (SAZ). - Ruth Eriksen
• Temperature effects on a seagrass-bivalve facilitation - Simona Laukaityte
• IMOS Establishes Microbial Observatories Based on Functional Omics Data at key Inshore and Offshore Reefs in the GBR - Marko Terzin
• AI and I : Implementing deep learning to automating the processing of video data for the average Ecologist - Ellen Ditria
• Depth and exposure effects on coral recruitment in rubble beds on Heron Reef, Australia - Sofia Palmer
• Mapping temperate seagrass in tayaritja (Furneaux Group of islands), Tasmania. - Ana Patricia Ruiz Beltran