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Principal Researcher, James Cook University

Seagrass and coastal ecosystems ecologist.
Research interests: status and condition of seagrass resources across a range of scales (from local to global); understanding the role of disturbance; determining thresholds of concern and investigating resilience of seagrass ecosystems; relationship between seagrass and associated fauna; the impacts of declining water quality and climate change.
Director of Seagrass-Watch: the world's largest scientific seagrass assessment and monitoring program (www.seagrasswatch.org)
Secretary of the World Seagrass Association Inc. (wsa.seagrassonline.org/)