Dr Gilianne Brodie
Lecturer
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Lecturer (2001 - present) Associate Lecturer (1992 - 2000) Postgraduate Coordinator CRC Reef Research Centre (1997 - 1998) Senior Research Assistant (1991) Marine Biology Dept., JCU PT Tutor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University College of Central Queensland (1988) Consultant, Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (1986-87) Research Chemist, Victorian Department of Agriculture (1981-82).
BApp.Sc Riverina-Murray IHE, MSc JCU, PhD JCU.
Member of the: Australian Marine Science Association, Australian Coral Reef Society, Malacological Society of Australia, Malacological Society of London, Australian Society of Systematics Biologists and the Queensland Museum Association. |
Research Interests
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Biology, Taxonomy and Phylogeny of Opisthobranch Molluscs
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Biology and Diversity of Tropical Marine Invertebrates
Dr Gilianne Brodie is an invertebrate biologist currently working primarily on the taxonomy, phylogeny and functional biology of opisthobranch molluscs. She also has a keen interest in the classification, diversity and biology of marine invertebrates found in tropical coastal ecosystems including fringing reefs, rocky shores, mangroves, mudflats and seagrass habitats. Gilianne is passionate about improving our knowledge, understanding and appreciation of tropical intertidal and shallow water habitats, and the largely undocumented diversity of marine invertebrates found there.
Dr Gilianne Brodie has been successful in obtaining external funding from Environment Australia via the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS - $19,900) and the Commonwealth Government Envirofund (Natural Heritage Trust - $15,400). She was also recently awarded an internal Teaching Relief Award ($10,300) from the JCU Research Office.
Recent and Current Projects Include
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of doridoidean nudibranchs (Mollusca: Nudibranchia, Dorididae), with a focus on cryptic species from Australian coastal habitats (in collaboration with Dr Heike Wägele, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany).
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Management of Coastal Marine Invertebrate Biodiversity at Rowes Bay
Recent and Currently Supervised Projects
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Chad Riopel - Resource partitioning in coastal holothurians (PhD)
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Nils Anthes - Sexual interests and conflicts in hermaphroditic mating behaviour (Gastropoda: Opisthobranchia) (PhD) based at the University of Muenster, Germany.
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Cathryn Clarke - The ecology of feeding in seahares (Opisthobranchia, Anaspidea) (MSc)
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Estelle Davies - A quantitative investigation of the density and sex ratio of the sponge-inhabiting brittle star, Ophiactis savignyi on a fringing reef flat. (MAppSc)
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Ludivina Labe - Coastal holothurian fauna of Magnetic Island, North Queensland (MAppSc)
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Skye McKenna - The effects of substratum and environmental heterogeneity on the development and community structure of tropical estuarine fouling assemblages (Hons) based at DPI Northern Fisheries Centre in Cairns.
Selected Publications
Brodie, G. (2004). An unusual dendrodorid: redescription of the tropical nudibranch Dendrodoris atromaculata (Alder & Hancock, 1864) (Anthobranchia: Doridoidea: Dendrodorididae). Zootaxa. 503: 1-13.
Brodie, G.D., Klussmann-Kolb, A. & Gosliner, T.M. (2001). Anatomy and histology of a new species of Enotepteron (Cephalaspidea: Gastropteridae) from tropical north-eastern Australia. The Veliger. 44(4): 362-369.
Brodie, G. D. (2001). Some comparative histological-aspects of the dendrodorid nudibranchs Doriopsilla and Dendrodoris. Bollettino Malacologico. 37(5-8): 99-104.
Klussmann-Kolb, A. & Brodie, G. 1999. Internal storage and production of symbiotic bacteria in the reproductive system of a tropical marine gastropod. Mar. Biol. 133(3): 443-447.
Brodie, G, Willan, R. & Collins, J. 1997. Taxonomy and distribution of the Dendrodoris nigra and Dendrodoris fumata (Nudibranchia:Dendrodorididae) in the Indo-west Pacific Region. J. Moll. Stud. 63: 411-427.
Brodie, G.D. & Brodie, J.E. 1995. Species diversity and habitat selection in opisthobranch gastropods on two adjacent reefs in Fiji. S. Pac. J. Nat. Sci. 14: 97-113.
Teaching
Dr Brodie has been teaching tropical marine invertebrate biology for over 10 years. She specialises in molluscan biology and systematics and currently supervises two PhD and one MSc research student. In 1997 Dr Brodie led a team from JCU Department of Marine Biology that was short-listed for a Prime Minister’s Award for Institutional Services to International Students. She has worked previously on a UNESCO Marine Curricula Series for western Pacific secondary schools and is currently very interested in supporting marine education programs in the Torres Strait in cooperation with CRC Torres Strait and IOI- Australia.
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MB3240 Molluscan Biology
Contact Details
Gilianne is currently on leave you can contact her at:
Dr Gilianne Brodie
Institute of Applied Sciences
Lower Campus
University of the South pacific
Po Box 1168, Suva, Fiji Islands
Email: Gilianne.Brodie@jcu.edu.au
Note: Please direct all student enquiries through the School Secretary.
