Fellowship travel awards in a time of COVID

Fellowship travel awards in a time of COVID

Our Foundation provides funding for its doctoral fellows to present their research at an international conference in their second or third year. Such meetings are vitally important for young researchers to become exposed to wider ideas, to make themselves known and to...

The changing song of the sea

For the last four years, I’ve been fortunate to carry out research on coral reef bioacoustics at Lizard Island. My most recent trip was funded by a LIRRF Ian Potter Doctoral Fellowship,  awarded by the Australian Museum. Coral reefs are alive with sound; the crackle...
Reef soundscapes & larval fish

Reef soundscapes & larval fish

The health of a coral reef is measured by the life and diversity of the entire reef ecosystem, not just by the health and abundance of corals.  When coral populations are significantly reduced, there is a reduction in populations of other reef animals. Many marine...
The heart of the natural world is sound

The heart of the natural world is sound

An update on Jamie McWilliam / Can we hear the reef dying?  Continuing his research at the Lizard Island Research Station, he has been  studying the pulse of a coral reef ecosystems in a changing climate, using underwater microphones (hydrophones) . Jamie’s goal is to...
Can We Hear the Reef Dying?

Can We Hear the Reef Dying?

Jamie McWilliam is a PhD Student at Curtin University. He is researching reef soundscapes at the Australian Museum’s Lizard Island Research Station. Using underwater microphones, called hydrophones, his focus is not on what marine creatures can see but rather...