I am a marine ecologist with research interests in behavioural ecology, animal movement ecology and applied marine conservation biology. My work typically involves the use of biotelemetry to document the movements and behaviour of marine fishes in order to understand fundamental biological processes such as foraging and reproduction that impact on organisms' ecology and evolution.
Current research projects include
(1) why pair? what are the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying pairing social systems in reef fishes?
(2) functional and migratory connectivity in coral reef fishes, including spawning migrations
(3) thermal ecology of reef fishes and their potential use of thermoregulatory behaviour to buffer their physiology
(4) evolution of mating systems: the costs and benefits for females of polyandry
Current research projects include
(1) why pair? what are the ecological and evolutionary mechanisms underlying pairing social systems in reef fishes?
(2) functional and migratory connectivity in coral reef fishes, including spawning migrations
(3) thermal ecology of reef fishes and their potential use of thermoregulatory behaviour to buffer their physiology
(4) evolution of mating systems: the costs and benefits for females of polyandry
Latest news highlights
Oct 2017:Presenting at the 10th Indo-Pacific Fish Conference (IPFC) Tahiti, in our session "Phenotypic Plasticity and Adaptation to Anthropogenic Environmental Changes"
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Women in science' - Fun meeting up with friends and colleagues at IPFC, Tahiti Oct 2017 |
June 2017: Another fun evening of tag initialisation - in the field with Dr Donelson to collect some of our precious tagged fishes (Behavioural Thermoregulation project)
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