BLOGS WEBSITE

TAG: Professor Sean Connell

Playing sea soundscapes can summon thousands of baby oysters – and help regrow oyster reefs

Imagine you’re in a food court and spoilt for choice. How will you choose where to eat? It might be the look of the food, the smell, or even the chatter of satisfied customers. Marine animals do the same thing when choosing a good place to live. Even seemingly simple creatures such as marine larvae […]

Posted in Environment Institute, Publications, Research Wins, School of Biological Sciences | Tagged , , , , , , , |

Comments Off on Playing sea soundscapes can summon thousands of baby oysters – and help regrow oyster reefs

Once the fish factories and ‘kidneys’ of colder seas, Australia’s decimated shellfish reefs are coming back

Australia once had vast oyster and mussel reefs, which anchored marine ecosystems and provided a key food source for coastal First Nations people. But after colonisation, Europeans harvested them for their meat and shells and pushed oyster and mussel reefs almost to extinction. Because the damage was done early – and largely underwater – the destruction of […]

Posted in Environment Institute, Faculty of Sciences Engineering and Technology, News, Oyster Reef Restoration, School of Biological Sciences, Science communication | Tagged , , , , , , , |

Comments Off on Once the fish factories and ‘kidneys’ of colder seas, Australia’s decimated shellfish reefs are coming back

EVENT: Rewilding the oceans: combining marine biology & technology, public & policy

The Environment Institute is pleased to present an engaging panel discussion on rewilding our oceans for the University of Adelaide’s Ecoversity 2022 Sustainability Week. Hear from experts on how the future of rewilding rests on combining science with technology, public use with education and policy making. We hope to see you there! Background: Rewilding is becoming […]

Posted in Events, Marine Biology Program, Oyster Reef Restoration, School of Biological Sciences | Tagged , , , , , , , , , |

Comments Off on EVENT: Rewilding the oceans: combining marine biology & technology, public & policy

VIDEO: How South Australian Oyster Reefs Are Being Created

In a previous blog post here, it was shown that University of Adelaide Researchers Dr Dominic McAphee and Professor Sean O’Connell together with industry partners, have successfully begun the $4.2 million project of rejuvenating the Windara Reef, bringing back 1 million oysters to date, in the Spencer Gulf of South Australia. The question is, how can this be achieved on such […]

Posted in Environment Institute, Marine Biology Program, MBP, Oyster Reef Restoration | Tagged , , , |

Comments Off on VIDEO: How South Australian Oyster Reefs Are Being Created

Massive Restored Reef Aims to bring South Australia’s Oysters Back

Researchers from the University of Adelaide have undertaken the largest oyster reef restoration project outside the United States in the coastal waters of Gulf St Vincent, near Ardrossan in South Australia. Construction began earlier this month with some 18,000 tonnes of limestone and 7 million baby oysters set to provide the initial foundations for a 20-hectare reef. […]

Posted in Marine Biology Program, MBP, Oyster Reef Restoration, Research Wins | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , |

Comments Off on Massive Restored Reef Aims to bring South Australia’s Oysters Back

Irreversible behavioural impairment of fish starts early: Embryonic exposure to ocean acidification

Researchers from the Marine Biology Program at the University of Adelaide have made critical discoveries about the impacts of embryonic exposure to ocean acidification. Long-term species responses to ocean acidification depend on their sensitivity during different life stages. Scientists tested for sensitivity of juvenile fish behaviour to ocean acidification by exposing eggs to control and […]

Posted in Climate, Environment Institute, Marine Biology Program, MBP, Research Wins | Tagged , , , , , , , , |

Comments Off on Irreversible behavioural impairment of fish starts early: Embryonic exposure to ocean acidification

Science in the Pub: Sustainability of Natural Resources

Professor Sean Connell will speak at the regional Science in the pub on the Fleurieu Peninsula next Tuesday night. Sean Connell is a Professor of Marine Biology and is involved in the Windara Reef which was recently launched by the South Australian Government, Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources. Science in the Pub – Fleurieu Penninsula Where: The […]

Posted in Events, MBP, Oyster Reef Restoration, Seminars | Tagged , , |

Comments Off on Science in the Pub: Sustainability of Natural Resources

Oyster Reef Restoration in Gulf St Vincent Project receives media attention

This morning Environment Institute member Dr Dominic Mcafee and Prof Sean Connell’s article in The Conversation was published. It was consequently also sent out in the daily the Conversation email of top stories. The Conversation article covers the history of the Oyster Reefs in Australia and their benefits to the marine environment they foster and support. For example, […]

Posted in MBP, Oyster Reef Restoration | Tagged , , , |

Comments Off on Oyster Reef Restoration in Gulf St Vincent Project receives media attention

Sean Connell Series: Moving ocean acidification research beyond its pioneering roots

 A new paper has been published in Food Webs recently, the paper was led by Giulia Ghedini, a PhD Candidate and her supervisor Professor Sean Connell investigate carbon dioxide and ocean acidification. Professor Sean Connell writes the following guest post: Tests of the ecological responses to field of ocean acidification started less than 10 years ago.  With the […]

Posted in Marine Biology Program, Publications | Tagged , |

Comments Off on Sean Connell Series: Moving ocean acidification research beyond its pioneering roots

Sean Connell series: Can we predict tipping points for ecosystem collapse?

Professor Sean Connell, Dr Zoe Doubleday, Jonathon Leung and Samuel Owens from the Southern Seas Ecology Laboratory within the Environment Institute have published a new paper in Conservation Biology.  Their collaboration with SARDI, CQ University, UNSW, Norwegian Institute for Water Research, The University of Hong Kong investigated whether the way we view “healthy” ecosystems is not entirely accurate, […]

Posted in Marine Biology Program, Publications | Tagged , , , , , , , |

Comments Off on Sean Connell series: Can we predict tipping points for ecosystem collapse?