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	Home / News and Events / MTSRF Annual Conferences / 2010 Annual Conference 2010 Annual Conference The 2010 Annual Conference of the Australian Government's Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) was officially opened by the Minister for Environment Protection, Heritage and the Arts, The Hon. Peter Garrett AM, MP, on Tuesday, 18 May. Minister Garrett's opening speech can be downloaded from the Australian Government website. The event was held over three days from 18 May at the Pullman Reef Hotel, Cairns. Themed Impacts and Achievements of the MTSRF (Download 'Impacts of the MTSRF' booklet), the objective of the conference was to showcase the Australian Government's investment in the MTSRF in terms of improve sustainability for the North Queensland region, and Australia. Download Presentation and Abstract Files The full conference program includes presentation abstracts, however selected conference presentations (plus abstracts) are available for download in PDF (see below). This webpage will be updated and more presentation files added as permission is granted by the individual speakers. Jump to: Day 1 - 'Catchment to Reef' Special Session Day 1 - 'Sustaining Rainforests' Session Day 2 - 'Managing Climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef' Session Day 2 - 'Managing Climate Change on Land' Session Day 3 - 'Sustaining the Great Barrier Reef' Session Day 3 - 'Torres Strait' Session Day 3 - 'Managing Great Barrier Reef Catchments (Social and Economic Perspectives)' Session Day 1 - 'Catchment to Reef' Special Session Agricultural lands are hot-spots for annual runoff polluting the southern Great Barrier Reef lagoon Robert Packett, Cameron Dougall, Ken Rohde and Robert Noble (Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program) [pdf 1.4 Mb] Comparing time integrated herbicide concentrations with remote sensing data Jochen F. Mueller, Karen Kennedy, Chris Paxman, Andrew Dunn, Thomas Schroeder, Vittorio Brando and Arnold Dekker (MTSRF Project 3.7.8) [pdf 1.6 Mb] Delivering accurate water quality information for the Great Barrier Reef lagoon using regionally valid satellite remote sensing data Vittorio Brando, Thomas Schroeder, Arnold Dekker, Britta Schaffelke and Michelle Devlin (MTSRF Projects 3.7.2 and 3.7.8) [pdf 2.6 Mb] Fish ecology, movement patterns and hydrological connectivity in the Tully-Murray floodplain Paul Godfrey, Angela H. Arthington, Richard G. Pearson, Fazlul Karim and Jim Wallace (MTSRF Project 3.7.3) [pdf 2.2 Mb] From measurements to metrics: A case for the development of an improved reporting system for marine water quality Britta Schaffelke, Michelle Devlin, Vittorio Brando and Thomas Schroeder (Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program) [pdf 1.5 Mb] Indicators for water quality as a driver of inshore coral reefs: What have we learned? Katharina Fabricius, C. Humphrey, S. Uthicke, T. Cooper, H. LeGrand, J. Davidson, A. Thompson, Glenn De'ath, J. Doyle and B. Schaffelke (MTSRF Project 3.7.1) [pdf 1.4 Mb] Monitoring intertidal seagrasses of the Great Barrier Reef and responses to water quality Len McKenzie, Richard K. Unsworth, Michelle Waycott, Rudi L. Yoshida and Naomi Smith (MTSRF Project 1.1.3a) [pdf 6.6 Mb] Overview of water quality research and monitoring associated with the MTSRF and the Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program Katharina Fabricius (MTSRF Program 7 and Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program) [pdf 1.7 Mb] Quantification of overbank and channelised wetland connectivity in the Tully-Murray floodplain Fazlul Karim, Jim Wallace, Anne Kinsey-Henderson, Rex Keen, Aaron Hawdon, Joseph Kemei, Paul Godfrey, Angela H. Arthington and Richard G. Pearson (MTSRF Project 3.7.4) [pdf 1.1 Mb] Quantifying loads and uncertainties in the Burdekin catchment using LRE 1.0: Loads Regression Estimator Petra Kuhnert, Brent Henderson, Stephen Lewis, Zoe Bainbridge and Jon Brodie (MTSRF Project 3.7.7) [pdf 880.3 kb] Riverine plumes in the Great Barrier Reef: Mapping plume extent and composition using remote sensing imagery Michelle Devlin, Lachlan McKinna, Thomas Schroeder, Britta Schaffelke, Vittorio Brando and Jon Brodie (Reef Rescue Marine Monitoring Program) [pdf 4.7 Mb] The e-Atlas: What you need to know as a MTSRF project Eric Lawrey and Kim Pritchard (MTSRF Project 1.1.5) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Wetlands and floodplains: Connectivity and hydro-ecological function Jim Wallace, Fazlul Karim, Anne Kinsey-Henderson, Aaron Hawdon, Rex Keen, Lachlan Stewart, Joseph Kemei, Angela H. Arthington, Paul Godfrey and Richard G. Pearson (MTSRF Project 3.7.4) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Wetlands and floodplains: Drivers and indicators of ecosystem health Richard G. Pearson, Angela H. Arthington, Paul Godfrey, Jim Wallace and Fazlul Karim (MTSRF Project 3.7.3) [pdf 2.9 Mb] Day 1 - 'Sustaining Rainforests' Session Decomposition and nutrient cycling in the rainforest: Quantification of patterns and controls Scott Parsons (MTSRF Projects 1.2.1 and 2.5ii.4) [pdf 2.7 Mb] Defining social thresholds for living in tropical landscapes: Identifying ecosystem services and thresholds to human well-being for study in the Wet Tropics, Australia Pam Schultz, James Butler, Iris Bohnet and Steve Turton (MTSRF Project 4.9.3) [pdf 1.4 Mb] Habitat quality and potential improvements to connectivity in the Mission Beach area Miriam Goosem, Catherine Pohlman and Les Searle (MTSRF Project 4.9.3) [pdf 2.6 Mb] Identification of linked biophysical and cultural indicators for the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area Leanne Cullen (MTSRF Project 4.9.1) [pdf 712.5 kb] Indirect costs of development offsets: Who bears what and why? Anthea Coggan and Stuart Whitten (MTSRF Project 4.9.6) [pdf 592.2 kb] Local conservation planning and spatial habitat prioritisation: A case study from Mission Beach, Far North Queensland Petina L. Pert, Rosemary Hill, Kristen Williams, Tony O'Malley and Rowena Grace (MTSRF Project 4.9.6) [pdf 3.2 Mb] Mapping the distribution of weeds and ferals in the Wet Tropics bioregion Tina J. Lawson, T. Sydes and D. J. Metcalfe (MTSRF Project 1.2.1) [pdf 1.3 Mb] MTSRF Program 4 Overview: Terrestrial threatened species, communities and ecosystem processes PLUS Halfway to the waterfall: Knowledge and gap filling in the Wet Tropics Daniel J. Metcalfe, D. A. Westcott, A. Krockenberger and A. J. Ford (MTSRF Program 4) [pdf 690.9 kb] Patterns, drivers and impacts of urban growth in the Cairns region from 1952-2031: A spatio-temporal approach Iris Bohnet and Petina L. Pert (MTSRF Project 4.9.3c) [pdf 1.2 Mb] Restoring tropical forest landscapes: The devil in the detail Carla P. Catterall, J. Kanowski, K. Freebody, D. Harrison and A. Freeman (MTSRF Project 4.9.5) [pdf 1.0 Mb] Status and trends of native vegetation condition in the Wet Tropics Petina L. Pert, James Butler, Caroline Bruce and Dan Metcalfe (MTSRF Project 1.2.1c) [pdf 2.0 Mb] The e-Atlas: What you need to know as a MTSRF project Eric Lawrey and Kim Pritchard (MTSRF Project 1.1.5) [pdf 1.3 Mb] The roles of invasive species in tropical fragmented forests Daniel J. Metcalfe, Andrew Ford, Tina Lawson and Helen Murphy (MTSRF Project 1.4.3) [pdf 1.0 Mb] Vegetation change in the Wet Tropics, 1972-2006 Caroline Bruce, Petina Pert, James Butler and Dan Metcalfe (MTSRF Project 1.2.1) [pdf 1.9 Mb] Working with protected area managers in the Wet Tropics for sustainable visitor management Julie Carmody and Bruce Prideaux (MTSRF Project 4.9.2) [pdf 1.2 Mb] Day 2 - 'Managing Climate Change on the Great Barrier Reef' Session A cautionary tale of social indicators: Social resilience in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon Tim Lynam, Samantha Stone-Jovicich and Erin Bohensky (MTSRF Project 4.9.7) [pdf 1.7 Mb] Are symbiont-bearing benthic foraminifera good model organisms to test whether exposure to land runoff increases vulnerability to climate change? Sven Uthicke, C. Humphrey, C. Raymond, C. Schmidt and K. Fabricius (MTSRF Project 3.7.1) [pdf 1.2 Mb] Climate Change: Understanding the threat, ecosystem impacts and mitigation for the Great Barrier Reef Ray Berkelmans (MTSRF Program 5i) [pdf 968.8 kb] Herbicide-climate interactive effects on calcifying and symbiont bearing marine species Joost van Dam, Sven Uthicke, Andrew Negri and Jochen Mueller (MTSRF Project 3.7.1) [pdf 1.6 Mb] High-resolution depth model for the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea Robin J. Beaman (MTSRF Project 2.5i.1) [pdf 2.2 Mb] Historical ecology of coral communities from the Palm Islands region (inshore central Great Barrier Reef) George Roff, Tara Clark, Jian-xin Zhao, Claire Reymond, Laurence McCook and John Pandolfi (MTSRF Project 1.1.4) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Hydrodynamics at the whole-of-GBR scale Richard Brinkman, Mike Herzfeld, John Andrewartha, Craig Steinberg and Simon Spagnol (MTSRF Project 2.5i.1) [pdf 3.6 Mb] Impacts of climate change on sea turtles: Using a vulnerability assessment to inform management Mariana Fuentes and Mark Hamann (MTSRF Project 1.4.1) [pdf 2.1 Mb] Improving the accuracy and precision of TIMS U-series ages of modern corals and application of coral death assemblages from the inshore of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia Tara R. Clark, Jian-xin Zhao, George Roff, Yue-xing Feng, Terry Done, John M. Pandolfi (MTSRF Project 1.1.4) [pdf 1.6 Mb] Light intensity and water temperature are drivers of change in seagrasses of the Great Barrier Reef Catherine Collier and Michelle Waycott (MTSRF Project 1.1.3) [pdf 2.5 Mb] Safeguarding the Great Barrier Reef against climate change: Reallisable 'local' and 'global' actions Scott Wooldridge (MTSRF Project 2.5i.4) [pdf 2.8 Mb] The e-Atlas: What you need to know as a MTSRF project Eric Lawrey and Kim Pritchard (MTSRF Project 1.1.5) [pdf 1.3 Mb] U-series dating of historical changes in GBR coral communities: Progress report and future plan Jian-xin Zhao, Tara Clark, George Roff, Kefu Yu, Terry Done, Laurence McCook and John Pandolfi (MTSRF Project 1.1.4) [pdf 1.5 Mb] Where is our resilience? Changes in the structure of reef assemblages following warm water bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef in 2001/02 Morgan S. Pratchett (MTSRF Project 2.5i.3) [pdf 2.1 Mb] Day 2 - 'Managing Climate Change on Land' Session An ensemble of high-resolution climate simulations for the MTSRF region John L. McGregor and Kim C. Nguyen (MTSRF Project 2.5ii.1) [pdf 1.8 Mb] Can dung beetles be used as environmental and biodiversity indicators in the Wet Tropics? Marios Aristophanous, Stephen Williams, Richard Rowe and Geoff Monteith (MTSRF Projects 1.2.1b and 2.5ii.4) [pdf 1.7 Mb] Climate change and the Daintree rainforest: What have we learnt so far? Cassandra Nichols, M. Liddell, W. Edwards, P. Nelson, N. Stork, P. Grimbacher and C. Gross (MTSRF Project 2.5ii.2) [pdf 2.5 Mb] Observed and projected climates in the tropical rainforest region of North Queensland Suppiah Ramasamy, Debbie Abbs, Janice Bathols and David Kent (MTSRF Project 2.5ii.1) [pdf 1.5 Mb] Regional social resilience: Indicators, monitoring criteria and management directions Michael Cuthill, Helen Ross, Kirsten Maclean and Bradd Witt (MTSRF Project 4.9.7) [pdf 1.6 Mb] The e-Atlas: What you need to know as a MTSRF project Eric Lawrey and Kim Pritchard (MTSRF Project 1.1.5) [pdf 1.3 Mb] What contribution can schools make to community-scale resilience? Neus (Snowy) Evans (MTSRF Project 4.9.6) [pdf 361.7 kb] Will microhylid frogs survive climate change without our help Andres Merino-Viteri, Luke Shoo, Stephen E. Williams and Andrew Krockenberger (MTSRF Project 2.5ii.4) [pdf 3.2 Mb] Day 3 - 'Sustaining the Great Barrier Reef' Session Abundance and community structure of epiphytic toxic dinoflagellates in inshore-reefal habitats of the Great Barrier Reef Leanne Sparrow and Kirsten Heimann (MTSRF Project 2.6.1) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Knowledge attributes of collaborative governance in Great Barrier Reef regions: An assessment framework Catherine J. Robinson, Bruce Taylor and Karen Vella (MTSRF Project 4.9.6) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Managing risks to seagrass in coastal habitats Rob Coles, Alana Grech, Michael Rasheed and Len McKenzie (MTSRF Project 1.1.3) [pdf 4.6 Mb] Overview of MTSRF Program 1: Status and trends of species and ecosystems of the Great Barrier Reef Peter Doherty (MTSRF Program 1) [pdf 3.0 Mb] Robust and cost effective indicators of the status of the dugong in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area Alana Grech and Helene Marsh (MTSRF Project 1.4.2) [pdf 1.5 Mb] Sustainable use of Great Barrier Reef resources: MTSRF Program 8 overview Colin A. Simpfendorfer (MTSRF Program 8) [pdf 932.0 kb] The biology and ecology of the blacktip reef shark: Implications for management Andrew Chin, Colin Simpfendorfer, Andrew Tobin and Michelle Heupel (MTSRF Project 4.8.4) [pdf 2.0 Mb] The e-Atlas: What you need to know as a MTSRF project Eric Lawrey and Kim Pritchard (MTSRF Project 1.1.5) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Trends in coral reef health on the Great Barrier Reef assessed from data collected by community monitoring programs Jo Roberts, Marie-Lise Schlappy, Paul Markey and Clive Wilkinson (MTSRF Project 1.1.2) [pdf 1.4 Mb] Day 3 - 'Torres Strait' Session Assessing the 'visibility' of the Torres Strait: Representations and discourses through policy, media and public opinion Karen E. McNamara and Kevin E. Parnell (MTSRF Project 1.3.1) [pdf 1.7 Mb] Cay island dynamics in Torres Strait: The science informing community decisions Kevin E. Parnell and S. G. Smithers (MTSRF Project 1.3.1) [pdf 2.6 Mb] Microorganisms are not responsible for the disease-like syndrome affecting the marine sponge Ianthella basta Heidi Luter, Steve Whalan, Rocky de Nys and Nicole S. Webster (MTSRF Project 1.3.2) [pdf 2.4 Mb] 'Our Grandfathers' Wisdom': Towards a sustainable future for the hand collectable fisheries (beche de mer and trochus) of Torres Strait Alifereti Tawake, James Butler, Tim Skewes, Lavenie Tawake, Kenny Bedford, Willie Lui, Annabel Jones, Fiona Morseu, Vic McGrath and Helene Marsh (MTSRF Project 1.3.3) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Reporting marine ecosystem health in the Torres Strait Lavenie Tawake, James Butler, Tim Skewes and Vic McGrath (MTSRF Project 1.3.5) [pdf 965.7 kb] Sponge aquaculture development at Yorke Island, Torres Strait Philippa Bauer and Chris Robertson (Kailag Enterprises; MTSRF Program 3 - Torres Strait) [pdf 4.0 Mb] The e-Atlas: What you need to know as a MTSRF project Eric Lawrey and Kim Pritchard (MTSRF Project 1.1.5) [pdf 1.3 Mb] Day 3 - 'Managing Great Barrier Reef Catchments' Session Collaborative focal species: A new approach for integrated social/ecological conservation planning using the southern cassowary as a case study Rosemary Hill, Kirsten J. Williams, Petina Pert, David Westcott, Tony O'Malley, Cathy Robinson and Rowena Grace (MTSRF Project 4.9.6) [pdf 831.0 kb] Economic analysis of management actions for water quality improvement: Cost efficiency, implementation and transaction Martijn van Grieken (MTSRF Project 3.7.5) [pdf 3.6 Mb] Empowering Indigenous peoples' biocultural diversity through cultural landscapes: A case study from the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area Rosemary Hill, L. Talbot, S. McIntyre-Tamwoy and L. Cullen (MTSRF Project 4.9.1) [pdf 1.1 Mb] Governing environmental impacts of agriculture in the Great Barrier Reef: The role of uncertainty in policy and planning Bruce Taylor, Tabatha Wallington and Cathy Robinson (MTSRF Project 4.9.6) [pdf 463.8 kb] Identifying attributes of social resilience to enhance community capacity in the face of challenging water issues: A multi-site case study Margaret Gooch, Snowy Evans, Donna Rigano, Hilary Whitehouse and Renee Zielke (MTSRF Project 4.9.7 Objective C) [pdf 1.5 Mb] Refining water quality objectives in the Tully Basin through a community based approach Julie H. Tsatsaros, Jon E. Brodie, Iris Bohnet and Peter Valentine (MTSRF Project 3.7.2) [pdf 1.2 Mb] Review of findings from MTSRF Project 4.9.4: Integrating ecology, economics and people in forest and landscapes Nick Emtage and John Herbohn (MTSRF Project 4.9.4) [pdf 723.6 kb] The e-Atlas: What you need to know as a MTSRF project Eric Lawrey and Kim Pritchard (MTSRF Project 1.1.5) [pdf 1.3 Mb]	Conference Downloads Final Program - 2010 MTSRF Annual Conference Final Program @ 11 May 2010. [pdf 1.3 Mb] Book Launch: 'Roads in Rainforest' Best Practice Guidelines Tuesday, 18 May 2010 from 6:00pm in the Coral Lounge, Level 3, Pullman Hotel & Casino, Cairns. [pdf 239.6 kb] Book Launch: 'Myrtle's battle against climate change' Wednesday, 19 May 2010 from 6:00pm, Arlington Bar, Level 2, Pullman Reef Hotel & Casino, Cairns. [pdf 307.1 kb] 2010 Annual MTSRF Conference - Media Releases Four Years of Research in Two Hours [18 May 2010] Sitting for three days straight and listening to and then summing up the research that 120 scientists have completed in the past four years is not an easy task, but it is one that the Reef and Rainforest Research Centre's (RRRC) Managing Director Sheriden Morris is looking forward to. Sheriden and her team at RRRC are hosting the fourth Annual Marine and Tropical Sciences Research Facility (MTSRF) Conference which is being held in Cairns this week. The conference is designed to showcase the Australian Government's $40 million investment in scientific research in terms of improved sustainability for the North Queensland region, and Australia. [pdf 91.8 kb] Myrtle's Battle against Climate Change [19 May 2010] When a scientist presents their PhD, most people expect a boring report that is hundreds of pages long, with numerous complicated graphs and lots of footnotes. Instead James Cook University PhD student Mariana Fuentes has produced a children's book with illustrations, and only ten pages long. The book is based on Mariana's findings on her study of the impacts of climate change on the northern Great Barrier Reef green sea turtle population. The main character of the book, 'Myrtle' is based on a real turtle that was satellite-tagged in 2008 at Mer Island, Torres Strait. Myrtle was named by students of the local Tagai State College. [pdf 139.8 kb]

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