Mar 26, 2021 | Fellowships, Research
Following a COVID enforced delay, Dr Stephanie Gardner heads to LIRS in late March to spend two weeks, supported by two PhD candidate assistants, researching the characteristics of turf algae in the region. Lizard Island represents the northerly most point of her...Sep 24, 2020 | Bleaching, Fellowships, Global change, Research
Recovery of coral growth rates and reef carbonate budget after severe bleaching events at Lizard Island Corals are the building blocks of remarkably diverse ecosystems, housing thousands of reef fish and associated organisms, but are extremely sensitive to... 
Sep 6, 2020 | Ecology, Fellowships, Global change, Research
By Tyler Cyronak Lizard Island is one of the few sites in the world where a long-term historical study of coral reef metabolism can be conducted. Historical measurements of reef photosynthesis and calcification date back to 1975 when the Lizard Island Metabolic... 
May 1, 2020 | Fellowships, Global change, Research
Ph.D. student Kelly Hannan is undertaking research into the impact of ocean acidification on fishes under the supervision of Associate Professor Jodie Rummer (James Cook University). The fieldwork for her research has been supported by a Lizard Island Reef Research... 
Apr 15, 2020 | Fellowships, Plastic pollution, Research
Marine life is detrimentally affected by human pollution; including by plastic waste and greenhouse gas emissions that cause ocean warming. Thanks to a LIRRF Fellowship grant, I was recently able to undertake further research on these effects, yielding additional... 
Apr 15, 2020 | Fellowships, Global change, Research
My research at Lizard Island sought to answer two questions: Are all larval corals (a.k.a. planulae) created equal, or do they vary depending on parental condition, species, location and time of birth? and Are corals born from parents that survived mass bleaching...