Nicola Browne
Lecturer
Department of Environment and Agriculture
Curtin University
Australia
Biography
Nicola Browne research focuses on carbonate production, transport and removal in inshore coastal waters. Corals are typically the major reef carbonate producer, hence understanding how corals will respond to both global climate change as well as chronic declines in water quality is critical in determining long-term reef growth and stability. Nicola has worked on coral reefs in Australia, Asia and Africa, largely focusing on inshore turbid zone reefs, and has written a review on the occurrence, composition and growth of inshore reefs of the Great Barrier Reef. More recently, Nicola spent a couple of years in Singapore investigating the impact of ship-wake induced sediment resuspension on near-shore coral reefs which involved an assessment of spatial and temporal variations in water quality in relation to changing coral physiology and growth. Areas of future research will move towards developing comprehensive assessments of carbonate budgets for management of low lying islands.
Research Interest
Unit Co-ordinator of: Biological Computing Funtional Biology Quantitative Biology Marine Ecology Contributes to: Marine Biodiversity Third Year Terrestrial and Marine Project
Publications
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Wenger, A. S., D. H. Williamson, E. T. da Silva, D. M. Ceccarelli, N. K. Browne, C. Petus, and M. J. Devlin. 2016. "Effects of reduced water quality on coral reefs in and out of no-take marine reserves." Conservation Biology 30 (1): 142-153.
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Wenger, A., E. Harvey, S. Wilson, C. Rawson, S. Newman, D. Clarke, B. J. Saunders, N. Browne, M. Travers, J. McIlwain, P. Erftemeijer, J. P. Hobbs, D. McLean, M. Depczynski, and R. Evans.. "A critical analysis of the direct effects of dredging on fish." FISH AND FISHERIES - Inpress.
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Larsen, T. C., N. K. Browne, A. C. Erichsen, K. Tun, and P. A. Todd.. "Modelling for management: Coral photo-physiology and growth potential under varying turbidity regimes." Ecological Modelling 362 Inpress.
