Research Projects Student Research Projects Show research projects from: -- any class -- 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024   -- any topic -- Ecology Conservation Functional morphology Environmental impacts Evolution Ama Ravindi Wakwella Surface water transport into sediment by Amphinomid worms Amelia Phelan The short-term effects of estuarine acidification on the algae filtration rate of the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) April Dingle The Effect of Morphology and Predator Presence on Righting Behaviour in Two Species of Echinoidea Barbara Nuic Vidigal Tentacle and acontia cnidocysts of the sea anemone Exaiptasia pallida Brenton John Bodley The Effect of Temperature on Blood transport channels through the test ofBotrylloides leachii Caitlin Wall Algal Blooms and Sponge Filtration; How Increasing Algal Concentration Affects the Filtration Rate ofAmphimedon queenslandica Chantel Ulani Say The effect of microplastics on the feeding activity of the ascidian Pyura stolonifera Cheyenne Mercy Moreau Effects of Conspecific Competition and Body Size on Pyura Stolonifera Filtration Rate Clarisse Louvard Effects of environmental microplastics contamination on the polychaete worm Cirriformia sp. (family Cirratulidae) Darren de Silva Feeding selectivity of pipis (Plebidonax deltoids) amongst varying phytoplankton species Dominic Oberle Bioremediation of eutrophic estuaries - How salinity effects the algal consumption rate of the Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) Emer Cunningham A comparative study of the solitary ascidian communities at two distinct marine environments in Southeast Queensland Hannah Lindstrom Does Chemical Signaling Play a Role in the Distributions of the Hercules Club Mud Whelk and Yellow-Striped Hermit Crab on the Cleveland Point Mudflat? Harriet Lawrence Investigating the regenerative potential of Tharyx sp. (Polychaeta: Cirratulidae) Harriet Allen Selectivity in the filter feeding behaviour in Australian feather-duster worms (Family: Sabellidae) Hisatake Ishida Investigating the evolution of Shell internalization and Gizzard plate loss in Philine rubrata (Gastropoda:Cephalaspidea) through the integration of Morphological data and Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis based on 16S rRNA gene. Hisham Shaikh Exaiptasia pallida (Anthozoa, Cnidaria) controls the proliferation of its symbionts, Symbiodinium spp. Hoi Iao Does buoyancy differ between copepod groups? A passive sinking experiment Jacob Bowtell Does Size Matter? Epifaunal Host Preference in the Biofouling Ascidian,Styela plicata Jason Jin Meng Ooi Hiding behaviour in marine polychaete: The role of body size on the anti-predator behaviour of Branchiomma sp. (Polycheata: Sabellidae) Jolly Xue Yang A potential biofilter of microplastics? The effect of microplastics on the feeding behaviour ofBranchiomma sp. Jorgia Blanks Colonisation and Competitive Potential of Didemnumon Moreton Bay ARMs Plates Julia Machado Quintaes Calvet Diversity of sclerites in the soft coral Cladiella sp. Juliette Martineau Primmorph formation and morphology of two niphatid sponges according to dissociated cell concentration Kate Lant A comparative analysis of marine invertebrate phyla biodiversity at Dunwich, Minjerribah (North Stradbroke Island) across three years Kira Laura De Gunzbourg Algal feeding preference of the collector urchin (Tripneustes gratilla) and its use as a biological control agent Liam Cunningham Effects of copper concentrations on the filtration rate of mussels (Mytilus Galloprovincialis) Loup Paitard The use of Katelysia scalarina to assist the filtration of waste solids such as fish food in fish recirculating aquaculture systems Mahnya Kershaw Wood Group and individual feeding ability of the Polychaeteworm Eurythoe complanata Mallory Manon Bovey Investigations on Eurythoe complanata’s potential as a bioremediator specie for off-shore aquaculture Margot Tenison Bligh Selective uptake of algal cells (1-2 µm) or microplastic cells (1 µm) by the Demospongiae Haliclona sp. (OTU QM2474)via spectrophotometry. Mark Scanlan The use of Bivalves in Assisting Filtration of Waste Solids within Fish Aquaculture Systems Max Giaroli The colonisation and growth of Didmenum spp. on artificial substrate within Moreton Bay Maximiliaan Koebrugge Endosymbionts of Pyura praeputialisnear Brisbane, Australia Morgan Purdy The Regeneration of the Benthic Ctenophore, Coeloplana agniae. Natasha Sanders Managing Toxicity of Oxybenzone on Coral Reefs with Sponges: Is it possible? Nathalie Weber Influence Of Light On Cell Reaggregation In Demosponge Amphimedon queenslandica Nils Jonsson A Comparison in Clearance Rates Between Microplastics(10µm) and Different Algal Cell Sizes (Nano <2µm, 4-7µm and 7-20µm) by theDemospongiae Amphimedon sp. Pallavi Singh Comparison of the abundance and distribution of settled solitary ascidians on ARMS plates deployed in Dunwich and Amity Point, Northstradbroke Island QLD Rebecca Emmett Temporal variability of benthic sessile marine communities at Dunwich, North Stradbroke Island. Australia Robyn Davies Epifaunal Associations of Pyura praeputialis Scott Pegg Comparison of individual and groupbehaviour of varying sizes of the light-blue soldier crabs (Mictyrislongicarpus) in the presence of a predator Sean Purcell Palaemon serrifer ingests very few microplastic particles Taleya Amy Loader Re-emergence response of fan worms: the effect of differing wavelengths of light on the re-emergence time of Branchiomma sp. Ting Him Wallace Lo Trypaea australiensis: larvae inspection and a study on burrowing efficiency on different substrates Tyen-Yin Lim The covering behaviour of the sea urchin Salmacis Sphaeroides Vanessa Clark The effect of heterotrophically sourced nutrition on the density of zooxanthellae in Aiptasia Pallida (Verrill). William Holden Learning in Polychaetes: A study of the Seripulidae Genus Yat Long Angus Li Feeding response of Trichomya hirsuta in different algal concentrations: A possible solution to eutrophication Zack Leo Malcolm McIntyre Potential Insight into Limiting the Distribution of an Aggressive Invader - The Behavioural Response of Brachiomma sp. to Predatory Cues