Marine Science Postgraduate Research
Look at unanswered questions about protecting endangered species and habitats with our marine science research degrees. Investigate managing the ocean environment for future generations.
Research strengths
Our research spans organismal studies, large-scale processes, and management procedures. It falls into two broad areas:
- marine organisms and ecosystem research
- coastal processes and management
Our work with marine organisms and ecosystem research includes:
- gamete maturation and fertilisation biology of marine invertebrates
- chemical/physiological ecology of marine invertebrates
- reef ecology, especially trophodynamics, the structure and dynamics of marine food webs generally
Our coastal processes and management research looks at:
- effects of fishing and marine protected areas on benthic communities
- air-sea exchange of biogases, element cycling in oceans, gaseous tracer technology
Our research has uncovered man-made pollutants in the deepest corners of our planet.