Kirsten Benkendorff

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Southern Cross University

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Professor Kirsten Benkendorff is a faculty member at Southern Cross University in Australia. Her research focuses on estuarine health, aquaculture, and ecosystem recovery, with recent articles highlighting topics such as the ecological contributions of Sydney rock oysters, macrobenthic invertebrate communities, and traditional owner participation in marine assessments. Additionally, her work examines the effects of pesticides on soil microbial communities and the reproductive strategies of marine organisms.

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Post-flood recovery and impacts of flood related stressors on benthic fauna in estuaries on the North-Mid North coast NSW.

Open Date: 2022-01-01

Close Date: 2024-01-01

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Resilience to the interactive effects of climate change, floods, and discard stress in the commercially important Mud Crab and Blue Swimmer Crab

Open Date: 2022-01-01

Close Date: 2024-01-01

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Effects of pesticides on soil microbial diversity and bioreactors to attenuate run-off on blueberry farms.

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2023-01-01

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Valuation of water quality regulation services by shellfish in Woolgoolga Lake.

Open Date: 2021-01-01

Close Date: 2022-01-01

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Understanding the interaction of ocean acidification and marine tourism for sustainable management of coral reefs. .

Open Date: 2019-01-01

Close Date: 2023-01-01

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Kay Dimmock

Adjunct Senior Lecturer

Southern Cross University

AUSTRALIA

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TRACY AINSWORTH

Scientia Fellow and Associate Professor

University of New South Wales

AUSTRALIA

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Lachlan Yee

Senior Lecturer

Southern Cross University

AUSTRALIA

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Steven W. Purcell

Southern Cross University

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The ‘canary of the estuary’, the contribution of Sydney rock oyster aquaculture to understanding and protecting Australian estuarine health

Characterisation of the haemocytes of leaf oysters, Isognomon ephippium (Linnaeus, 1758)

Assessing changes between two years in macrobenthic invertebrate communities in four sub-tropical Australian estuaries

Investigation of Bara-Baruga (mangrove) ecosystem recovery after a hail storm in Boambee Creek, Gumbaynggirr, NSW

Co-design and Traditional Owner participation in an assessment of abundance and size of Donax deltoides (garlaany, pipi) in Ngambaa Country, New South Wales, Australia

Soil microbial communities and degradation of pesticides in greenhouse effluent through a woodchip bioreactor

Pesticide occurrence in a subtropical estuary, Australia: Complementary sampling methods

Extended and spatially asynchronous reproductive periodicity in a harvested, warm‐temperate rocky‐reef gastropod (Turbinidae)

Scuba divers, coral reefs, and knowledge of ocean acidification

Impacts of seasonal temperatures, ocean warming and marine heatwaves on the nutritional quality of eastern school prawns (Metapenaeus macleayi)

Substantial advancement in aquaria rearing methods to assist recovery of an Endangered soft coral

A glimmer of hope for an Endangered temperate soft coral: the first observations of reproductive strategies and early life cycle of Dendronephthya australis (Octocorallia: Malacalcyonacea)

Changing nutritional seascapes of kelp forests

Toward non‐invasive collection methods for sampling the microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers

Dive industry perspectives on the threats to coral reefs: A comparative study across four Asia-Pacific countries

Nutritional quality of eastern school whiting (<scp><i>Sillago flindersi</i></scp>) under contemporary and future environmental conditions

La Niña Pushes an Endangered Temperate Soft Coral Species to the Brink of Localised Extinction

Ocean Warming and Heat Stress Impact Molecules of Keystone Significance in a Predatory Marine Gastropod

Out of control: The need for standardised solvent approaches and data reporting in antibiofilm assays incorporating dimethyl-sulfoxide (DMSO)

Exposure to multiple elements reduces the health of Saccostrea glomerata: An assessment of the Richmond River estuary, NSW, Australia

Ni accumulation and effects on a representative Cnidaria - Exaiptasia pallida during single element exposure and in combination with Mn

Pesticide occurrence in an agriculturally intensive and ecologically important coastal aquatic system in Australia

Water quality and the health of remnant leaf oyster (Isognomon ephippium) populations in four Australian estuaries

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Kay Dimmock

TRACY AINSWORTH

Lachlan Yee

Steven W. Purcell

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