February 2016 news update
After a refreshing break we are back on board for 2017! Several lots of congratulations are in order – First, congratulations to Aoife...
Ba/Ca in cockle shells can be used as a salinity proxy
Our research focused on whether trace elements in Goolwa cockle shells (Donax deltoides) could be used as an environmental proxy. If so,...
Determining climate-growth relationships in a temperate fish: a sclerochronological approach
Sillaginodes punctata, above a seagrass meadow. Image by: Julian Finn / Museum Victoria, Rights/Licence: CC BY (Attribution) Otoliths or...
December 2016 news
The final news for the year! As this news becomes available I’m heading to New Zealand to hike (tramp) the Milford Track in Fiordland...
November 2016
There are loads of congratulations this month! Congratulations to Dr Tom Barnes who has got a position at the Australian Antarctic...
October 2016 news
Bronwyn Gillanders was recently awarded the Australian Society for Fish Biology’s (ASFB) highest award, the K Radway Allen Award for an...
September 2016
Several of us (Kayla Gilmore and Bronwyn Gillanders) are heading to Hobart to the Australian Society for Fish Biology conference. Kayla...
Zoological Institute – St Petersburg, Russia
En route to the ICES Annual Science Conference in Riga, Latvia I was fortunate to travel via St Petersburg. Here I visited several...
Wrasse on the wild side
Fish demonstrate a variety of reproductive strategies. Wrasses are usually protogynous hermaphrodites, which means that they change sex...