Marji Puotinen
Ecological Data Scientist
Natural Resources
Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS)
Australia
Biography
Dr.Marji Puotinen is a Spatial / Ecological Data Scientist (Sustainable use of north-west marine ecosystems), currently focusing on field survey design, spatial predictive modelling of benthos, modelling ecosystem stressors, and data communication via the NW Atlas.She did PhD - James Cook University - 2005. She is a geographer with extensive expertise in applying GIS and associated technologies to spatially complex ecological questions, particularly modelling the dynamics of stressors on marine benthos (coral reefs) and biota (fish, megafauna). She aima to conduct research that helps design effective conservation strategies for key ecosystems like coral reefs by improving our understanding of how such ecosystems are affected by broad scale stressors (tropical cyclone generated waves, thermal stress, pollutants) now and under future climates. An additional recent focus is quantitative marine benthic habitat modelling and associated survey design.
Research Interest
Ecology
Publications
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Beeden R, Maynard J, Puotinen M, Marshall P, Dryden J, Goldberg J, Williams G (2016) Impacts of severe tropical cyclone Yasi on the Great Barrier Reef. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0121272
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Puotinen M, Maynard J, Beeden R, Radford B, Williams G (2016) A robust operational method for predicting tropical cyclone wave damage to coral reef communities. Scientific Reports 6: 26009
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Dechnik B, Webster JM, Nothdurft L, Webb GE, Zhao J-x, Duce S, Braga J-C, Harris DL, Vila-Cocejo A, Puotinen M (2016) Influence of hydrodynamic energy on Holocene reef flat accretion, Great Barrier Reef. Quaternary Research Doi: 10.1016/j.yqres.2015.11.002
