Current Research

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Blue Carbon

​Goal: To find ways to better manage blue carbon ecosystems (seagrasses, saltmarshes, mangroves, wetlands) to maximise opportunities for carbon capture and storage.

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Seagrass Resilience

​Goal: To investigate factors that mediate resilience in seagrasses, including: genetic diversity, plant demography, sediment chemistry, and microbes.  The research is designed to generate practical information that will improve management of declining seagrass populations.

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Rigs-to-Reefs

​Goal: To evaluate environmental costs and benefits of converting obsolete oil and gas structures into artificial reefs.
 

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Microbial Carbon Dynamics

​Goal: This project seeks to determine the contribution of microbes to breakdown and production of carbon within coastal ecosystems. 
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