Session: OS-9C
Population connectivity: Ecology of Dispersal and Movement

Chair

J. Morrongiello

Time

15:50 - 17:30 on Wednesday, 8th of July 2015

Venue

Little Percy Baxter Lecture Theatre D2.194

15:50

There's no smell like home: how sensory ontogeny plays a role in the early life histoy of estuarine-dependent fishes

Jack O'Connor (University of Technology Sydney), David J. Booth (University of Technology Sydney), Jeffrey M. Leis (Australian Museum), Stewart Fielder (NSW Department of Primary Industries)
16:10

Implications of disperser phenotype on vertical migration and dispersal outcomes of a temperate reef fish

Emily Fobert (School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne), Eric Treml (School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne), Stephen Swearer (School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne)
16:30

A network analysis of habitat connectivity for reef-associated fish to evaluate marine reserve placement

Sarah Engelhard (Griffith University, School of ENV, Australian Rivers Institute), Chantal Huijbers (Griffith University, School of ENV, Australian Rivers Institute), Ben Stewart-Koster (Griffith University, School of ENV, Australian Rivers Institute), Andrew Olds (University of the Sunshine Coast), Thomas Schlacher (University of the Sunshine Coast), Rod Connolly (Griffith)
16:50

Marine Protected Areas and Coastal Management in Australia

Hugh Kirkman (Private Consultant)
17:10

Big, Bold and Blue: an assessment of Australia's MPAs

Geoff Wescott (Deakin University), James Fitzsimons (The Nature Conservancy)