Professor Helene Marsh
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Distinguished Professor of Environmental Science Dean of Graduate Research Studies BSc (QLD), PhD (JCU) |
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Office of the Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Graduate Research School |
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(+61) 7 4781 5575 |
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(+61) 7 4781 6204 |
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For all general enquiries regarding postgraduate research opportunities, contact the Graduate Research School (grs@jcu.edu.au) |
Awards
2009 2009 Aldo Leopold Award American Society of Mammalogy
2008 Society of Conservation Biology, Distinguished Service Award
2001 Award for Contribution to Sirenian Research, Biannual Meeting of the Society of Marine Mammalogy, Vancouver, Canada
1998 Pew Charitable Trust Fellowship in Marine Conservation
Research Interests
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Marine conservation biology
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Marine wildlife population ecology especially life history, reproductive ecology, population dynamics, diet, distribution, abundance and movements of dugongs and coastal dolphins
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Marine Natural Resource Management
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Indigenous marine resource management
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Interactions between people and their environments, particularly in tropical regions such as the Great Barrier Reef region and Torres Strait
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Methodological problems associated with environmental monitoring
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Establishing priorities for conservation intervention
Research Impact in Brief
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Provided a significant component of the scientific impetus for establishment of Dugong Sanctuary in Torres Strait in 1986 and community-based Dugong and Turtle Management Plans in 2008
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Provided scientific basis for dugong management in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park since mid 1970s especially Dugong Protected Areas in 1997, no-take areas to protect dugongs in various zoning plans from 1983 to 2003
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Briefed the Global Oceans Conference on Oceans and Coasts UNESCO Paris 2001 on ‘The Challenge of Conserving Marine Mammals’ in preparation for the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg
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Member of the committee that designed the biophysical operating principles for the rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park in 2003
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Provided science base for establishment of Ministerial Taskforce to ‘Investigate the Sustainability of Indigenous Hunting of Dugongs and Turtles’ in 2003 which subsequently led to the policy of‘Sustainable harvest of marine turtles and dugongs in Australia – A national partnership approach 2005’ and NAILSMA NHT Dugong and Turtle project
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Provided science base for $1.7 million ‘Back on Track’ Program, Queensland EPA 2005
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Provided science base for review of the global status of dugongs by the IUCN in 2006
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Provided science base for development of Dugong MOU under International Convention of Migratory Species from 2005-2007
Selected Recent Publications
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Grech, A., Marsh, H. and Coles, R. (2008) Using spatial risk assessment to evaluate and address the problem of marine mammal bycatch.Aquatic Conservation 18:1127-1139.
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Marsh, H. and Kwan, D. (2008) Temporal variability in the life history and reproductive biology of female dugongs in Torres Strait:the likely role of seagrass dieback.Continental Shelf Research:28.
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Grech, A. and Marsh, H. (2008) Rapid assessment of risks to a mobile marine mammal in an ecosystem-scale marine protected area.Conservation Biology 22:711-720.
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Marsh, H., Dennis, A., Hines, H., Kutt, A., McDonald, K., Weber, E., Williams, S. and Winter, J. (2007) Optimising the allocation of management resources to species of wildlife.Conservation Biology 21:387-399.
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Marsh, H., De’ath, G., Gribble, N. and Lane, B. (2005) Historical marine population estimates:Triggers or targets for conservation?The dugong case study.Ecological Applications 15:481-492.
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Marsh, H., Lawler, I.R., Kwan, D., Delean, S., Pollock, K. and Alldredge, M. (2004)k Aerial surveys and the potential biological removal technique indicate that the Torres Strait dugong fishery is unsustainable.Animal Conservation 7:435-443.
For a full list of publications browse ResearchOnline@JCU or visit http://www.helenemarsh.com/ .
Research Supervision
Helene’s has been on the supervisory committees of some 50 PhD, 13 MSc, 5 MAppSci, 1 Postgraduate Diploma, 5 MQual, 11 Honours, 2 Graduate Diploma of Research Methods and 1 Postgraduate Diploma of Science students.
Current Research Students
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Marine mammal conservation biology |
Alvaro Berg Soto Juanita Bité Coralie D’Lima Rie Hagihara Hal Heatwole Arnold Mangott Putu Mustika Susan Sobtzick |
harold_heatwole@ncsu.edu |
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Indigenous resource management |
Aurelie De Lisle Jillian Grayson Alifereti Tawake Kristen Weiss |
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Marine natural resource management |
Alana Grech Heidi Schuttenberg |
alana.grech@jcu.edu.au heidi.shuttenberg@jcu.edu.au |
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Establishing priorities for conservation intervention |
Milena Kim |
Considering starting a Research Degree? Looking for a Supervisor? Email me some details of your research background and research interests.
Shannon Hogan of 6630staff last updated this page on 28 Aug 2012.