ProfessorMaria Byrne

Professor of Marine Biology, School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Faculty of Science

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A Glimpse of Polarisation with Sea Urchins and Gold Nanorods
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    An eco‐morphodynamic framework for simulating future coral reef evolution
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Beyond boundaries: nutrient connectivity and isolation in the structuring of nearshore marine ecosystems
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Braiding Indigenous Oral Histories, Biodiversity Surveying and Habitat Mapping to Understand Urchin Barrens in Southern New South Wales, Australia.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Bridging Ecology and Management: Rethinking Fish Productivity in Coral Reef Fisheries
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Coexisting Mangrove-Coral Habitats: Trends in Seawater Chemistry and Coral Diversity
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Developmental biology of Crown-of-thorns Sea Stars
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Ecological forecasting of climate change vulnerabilities on future food security of endangered shorebirds
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Exploration and optimsation of multi-method in situ detection of microplastics localised biochemical changes and microbiome effects in Saccostrea glomerata.
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    From Larvae to Adult: The Environmental Ecology of The Crown-of-Thorns starfish (Acanthaster sp.)
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Integrating Traditional and Close Range Photogrammetric Bathymetric Reconstructions to Enhance Predictions of Fish Abundance and Distribution on the NSW Coast
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Interactions between Mangrove and Coral Habitats: Their Role in Shaping Coral Reef Resilience in the Face of Climate Change
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Population dynamics of the invasive upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea in Lake Macquarie: identification, seasonality and distribution
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Preserving Biodiversity in a Changing Ocean
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Resilience of juvenile crown of thorns starfish and the implications for population outbreaks
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Responses of oysters to a changing climate in southeast Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Social-Ecological Network Dynamics in Climate Disaster Preparedness and Response
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The biology and ecology of sympatric sea urchins on the shallow rocky reefs of New South Wales
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The biology of the evolution of viviparity in asterinid sea stars
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The biology, ecology, and taxonomy of sea urchins in the subtropical biogeographic transition zone of southeast Australia
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The complexities of male seahorse pregnancy: The role of the embryos and the competition for resources
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The impact of climate change on larvae of oysters
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The impact of climate change on the immune functioning of the Sydney rock oyster Pearl oyster and Hairy mussel
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    The Impact of Microplastic Contamination on Blue Carbon Mangroves and Associated Benthic Assemblages
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Transgenerational Responses of Oysters to Climate Change and Consequences for the Future