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2017 highlights

December 30, 2017 1 Comment

2017 – a year of further bleaching and hope for recovery   January 2017:  Greg Torda’s proposed research on ability of corals to adapt or acclimatise to higher sea temperatures was outlined in Coral recovery – basis for hope. Daniela Ceccareli and Zoe Richards were counting survivors. February:  Archaeological studies at Lizard Island provide a baseline […]

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Closing COTS knowledge gaps

December 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

Professor Morgan Pratchett is a leading researcher on the Crown of Thorns Starfish (COTS).  In our 2014 LIRRF donor update he outlined knowledge gaps relating to COTS.  That year we received a $500,000 Commemorative Grant from The Ian Potter Foundation for research to improve ability to control coral-killing outbreaks.  The goal was to make a […]

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2017 Publications

December 30, 2017 Leave a Comment

Publication is vital in science. It invokes the quality assurance of peer review and shares the research with everyone. Projects at Lizard Island are rarely ready for publication when the scientists leave the island.  There is always more work to be done back in their home institutions, analysing samples and data, incorporating other research, consulting […]

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Marine research helps human vision

December 24, 2017 Leave a Comment

A device inspired by Lizard Island research identifies susceptibility to age-related macular degeneration. It prompts actions to reduce the chance of blindness later in life. Dr Shelby Temple was awarded a 2012 Yulgilbar Fellowship to study polarised vision. His work at at the Lizard Island Research Station required apparatus that displayed pattens of polarised light. […]

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Stylasterid corals

December 19, 2017 Leave a Comment

Stylasteridae (“lace corals”) are a family of hydroids, closely related to stony corals in the phylum Cnidaria.  They and one other hydroid family, Milleporidae (“fire corals” ) have a hard, calcareous skeleton.  Globally, some 330 stylasterid species have been described.  They range from the Arctic Circle to the Antarctic and have unusual characteristics. Unlike fire corals and […]

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In praise of taxonomy

December 14, 2017 Leave a Comment

In biology, taxonomy is the science of describing, identifying, naming and classifying organisms. Without taxonomy, scientific communication about the living world would be almost meaningless, because there are millions of species and no other practical way of specifying exactly which animal, plant, bacteria, fungus, virus or other organism is being referred to. Taxonomy makes many important […]

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Climate links

December 12, 2017 Leave a Comment

[ Updated 18 May 2019 ] Marine scientists at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station do not study climate directly. However, they respect and accept the work of others who specialise in climate studies. The Museum’s Climate Change page provides education programs and other resources. Many Lizard Island research projects examine the impact of cyclones […]

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