# Catherine Lovelock
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Professor
# Catherine Lovelock
Email:
: [c.lovelock@uq.edu.au](mailto:c.lovelock@uq.edu.au)
Phone:
: [+61 7 336 52304](tel:+61 7 336 52304)
## Positions
UQ Laureate Fellow
: School of the Environment
: Faculty of Science
Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
: Centre for Marine Science
: Faculty of Science
Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
: Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
: Faculty of Science
## Overview
### Background
Professor Lovelock's research focusses on the influence of environmental change, including climate change, on the ecology of coastal and marine plant communities and in providing knowledge to underpin conservation and restoration of these ecosystems now and in the future.
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### Availability
Professor Catherine Lovelock is:
: Available for supervision
: Media expert
### Fields of research
[Biological Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4771)
[Ecology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4872)
[Environmental Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4773)
[Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5150)
[Plant biology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4799)
### Research interests
- #### Ecology of coastal wetlands
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- #### "Blue Carbon"
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## Works
[Search Professor Catherine Lovelock’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/3160)
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[Journal Article
(349)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1430/4748)
[Other Outputs
(8)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1430/4749)
[Conference Publication
(13)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1430/4751)
[Book Chapter
(14)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1430/4752)
Featured
2013
Journal Article
##### Coastal retreat and improved water quality mitigate losses of seagrass from sea level rise
Saunders, Megan I., Leon, Javier, Phinn, Stuart R., Callaghan, David P., O'Brien, Katherine R., Roelfsema, Chris M., Lovelock, Catherine E., Lyons, Mitchell B. and Mumby, Peter J. (2013). Coastal retreat and improved water quality mitigate losses of seagrass from sea level rise. Global Change Biology, 19 (8), 2569-2583. doi: 10.1111/gcb.12218
[Coastal retreat and improved water quality mitigate losses of seagrass from sea level rise](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:300379)
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2011
Journal Article
##### A blueprint for blue carbon: Toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2
Mcleod, Elizabeth, Chmura, Gail L., Bouillon, Steven, Salm, Rodney, Björk, Mats, Duarte, Carlos M., Lovelock, Catherine E., Schlesinger, William H. and Silliman, Brian R. (2011). A blueprint for blue carbon: Toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, 9 (10), 552-560. doi: 10.1890/110004
[A blueprint for blue carbon: Toward an improved understanding of the role of vegetated coastal habitats in sequestering CO2](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:251863)
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2011
Journal Article
##### Managing for change: wetland transitions under sea-level rise and outcomes for threatened species
Traill, Lochran W., Perhans, Karin, Lovelock, Catherine E., Prohaska, Ana, McFallen, Steve, Rhodes, Jonathan R. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2011). Managing for change: wetland transitions under sea-level rise and outcomes for threatened species. Diversity and Distributions, 17 (6), 1225-1233. doi: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00807.x
[Managing for change: wetland transitions under sea-level rise and outcomes for threatened species](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:263080)
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2010
Journal Article
##### Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems
Feller, I. C., Lovelock, C. E., Berger, U., McKee, K. L., Joye, S. B. and Ball, M. C. (2010). Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems. Annual Review of Marine Science, 2 (1), 395-417. doi: 10.1146/annurev.marine.010908.163809
[Biocomplexity in Mangrove Ecosystems](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:195355)
2026
Journal Article
##### A chronosequence approach assessing carbon stock and fauna habitat potential of restored coastal wetlands in Southeast Queensland, Australia
Kwan, Valerie, Davies, Robyn M. A., Bennion, Vicki, Hagger, Valerie and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2026). A chronosequence approach assessing carbon stock and fauna habitat potential of restored coastal wetlands in Southeast Queensland, Australia. Ocean and Coastal Management, 272 108026, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2025.108026
[A chronosequence approach assessing carbon stock and fauna habitat potential of restored coastal wetlands in Southeast Queensland, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2be9454)
2025
Journal Article
##### Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry
González, Angélica L., Merder, Julian, Andraczek, Karl, Brose, Ulrich, Filipiak, Michał, Harpole, W. Stanley, Hillebrand, Helmut, Jackson, Michelle C., Jochum, Malte, Leroux, Shawn J., Nessel, Mark P., Onstein, Renske E., Paseka, Rachel, Perry, George L. W., Peace, Angie, Rugenski, Amanda, Sitters, Judith, Sperfeld, Erik, Striebel, Maren, Zandona, Eugenia, Mozsár, Attila, Bluhm, Sarah, Doi, Hideyuki, Eisenhauer, Nico, Farjalla, Vinicius F., Hood, James, Kratina, Pavel, Lovelock, Catherine, Moody, Eric K. ... Dézerald, Olivier (2025). Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 10977, 1-12. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-65960-0
[Nitrogen deposition reveals global patterns in plant and animal stoichiometry](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:10189ff)
2025
Journal Article
##### Cultivate your empathy
Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Cultivate your empathy. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 10 (1), 12-13. doi: 10.1038/s41559-025-02921-2
[Cultivate your empathy](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a9f0f06)
2025
Journal Article
##### Mangrove biodiversity and ecosystem services
Lovelock, Catherine E., Hagger, Valerie, Feller, Ilka C., Amir, A. Aldrie, Machava António, Vilma, Owuor, Margaret A. and Friess, Daniel A. (2025). Mangrove biodiversity and ecosystem services. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 1 (12), 772-787. doi: 10.1038/s44358-025-00103-3
[Mangrove biodiversity and ecosystem services](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5eb30b8)
2025
Journal Article
##### Root decomposition in coastal wetlands of Southeast Queensland, Australia
Kwan, Valerie, Bennion, Vicki, Hayes, Matthew A. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Root decomposition in coastal wetlands of Southeast Queensland, Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 326 109547, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109547
[Root decomposition in coastal wetlands of Southeast Queensland, Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:53ab69d)
2025
Journal Article
##### Trajectories in soil surface elevation during tidal restoration of heterogeneous coastal wetlands
Bennion, Vicki, Twomey, Alice J., Hill, Jack W., Pearse, Alex L., Kwan, Valerie, de Oliveira, Mayara and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Trajectories in soil surface elevation during tidal restoration of heterogeneous coastal wetlands. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 324 109455, 1-16. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109455
[Trajectories in soil surface elevation during tidal restoration of heterogeneous coastal wetlands](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:84cdd1a)
2025
Journal Article
##### Multidecadal mapping of arid intertidal ecosystems reveals a dynamic mosaic of habitats north-western Australia
Hickey, Sharyn M., Stone, Amy, Radford, Ben and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Multidecadal mapping of arid intertidal ecosystems reveals a dynamic mosaic of habitats north-western Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 323 109401, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109401
[Multidecadal mapping of arid intertidal ecosystems reveals a dynamic mosaic of habitats north-western Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:adef530)
2025
Journal Article
##### The nature of soil blue carbon varies across mangrove geomorphic settings
Arnaud, Marie, Lovelock, Catherine E., Maceiras, Marion, Thuong-Huyen, Dang, Robin, Sarah, Abiven, Samuel, Mishra, Amrit Kumar, Farooq, Syed Hilal, Bhadra, Tuhin, Felbacq, Axel, Marchand, Cyril, Bottinelli, Nicolas, Le, Thanh-Phong, Amir, Ahmad Aldrie and Rumpel, Cornelia (2025). The nature of soil blue carbon varies across mangrove geomorphic settings. Communications Earth and Environment, 6 (1) 743, 1-10. doi: 10.1038/s43247-025-02531-7
[The nature of soil blue carbon varies across mangrove geomorphic settings](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:57cdce6)
2025
Journal Article
##### Interdisciplinary solutions to enable nature-based solutions for coastal protection achieve ecological and engineering outcomes
Twomey, Alice J., Erickson, Katherine, Bishop, Melanie J., Boody, Kris, Callaghan, David P., Cannard, Toni, Lovelock, Catherine E., Mayer-Pinto, Mariana, Morris, Rebecca L., Pomeroy, Andrew W.M., Saunders, Megan I., Steven, Andy, Waltham, Nathan J. and Bugnot, Ana (2025). Interdisciplinary solutions to enable nature-based solutions for coastal protection achieve ecological and engineering outcomes. Environmental Science and Policy, 171 104157, 104157-171. doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2025.104157
[Interdisciplinary solutions to enable nature-based solutions for coastal protection achieve ecological and engineering outcomes](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2310d45)
2025
Journal Article
##### Projecting uncertainty in ecosystem persistence under climate change
Buelow, Christina A., Andradi‐Brown, Dominic A., Worthington, Thomas A., Adame, Maria F., Connolly, Rod M., Lovelock, Catherine E., Rogers, Kerrylee, Villarreal‐Rosas, Jaramar and Brown, Christopher J. (2025). Projecting uncertainty in ecosystem persistence under climate change. Global Change Biology, 31 (9) e70468, 1-17. doi: 10.1111/gcb.70468
[Projecting uncertainty in ecosystem persistence under climate change](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:24aa1b8)
2025
Journal Article
##### Biodiversity gains can be achieved with coastal wetland restoration for plants, invertebrates, birds, and bats
Hagger, Valerie, Vanderklift, Mathew A, Beaumont, Kieren P., Olds, Andrew, Dittman, Sabine and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2025). Biodiversity gains can be achieved with coastal wetland restoration for plants, invertebrates, birds, and bats. Ecological Indicators, 178 113805, 1-18. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2025.113805
[Biodiversity gains can be achieved with coastal wetland restoration for plants, invertebrates, birds, and bats](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:0c3611f)
2025
Journal Article
##### Feral ungulate impacts on carbon cycling in a coastal floodplain wetland in tropical northern Australia
Crameri, Nicholas J., Mununggurr, Lanydjana, Rangers, Yirralka, Gore, Damian B., Ralph, Timothy J., Pearse, Alex L., Hill, Jack W., Lovelock, Catherine E. and Ens, Emilie J. (2025). Feral ungulate impacts on carbon cycling in a coastal floodplain wetland in tropical northern Australia. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130 (8) e2025JG009056, 1-21. doi: 10.1029/2025jg009056
[Feral ungulate impacts on carbon cycling in a coastal floodplain wetland in tropical northern Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:b89281f)
2025
Journal Article
##### Governing novel climate interventions in rapidly changing oceans
Morrison, Tiffany H., Pecl, Gretta, Nash, Kirsty L., Hughes, Terry, Cohen, Philippa J., Layton, Cayne, Brown, Katrina, Lovelock, Catherine E., Lemos, Maria Carmen, Adger, W. Neil, Lawless, Sarah, Muir, Bob, Gurney, Georgina G., Mcleod, Elizabeth, Mills, Katherine E., Fairweather-Morrison, Imani, Phillips, Michael, Sullivan, Andrew, Hilmi, Nathalie, Holmes-McHugh, Lucy, Pradhan, Sisir, Streit, Robert, Niles, Navam and Ogier, Emily (2025). Governing novel climate interventions in rapidly changing oceans. Science, 389 (6759) eadq0174, 1-9. doi: 10.1126/science.adq0174
[Governing novel climate interventions in rapidly changing oceans](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6502853)
2025
Conference Publication
##### BENEFITS OF MANGROVE RESTORATION IN DIFFERENT GEOMORPHIC SETTINGS
Stewart-sinclair, P., Hagger, , Klein, C., Bateman, L. J. and Lovelock, C. E. (2025). BENEFITS OF MANGROVE RESTORATION IN DIFFERENT GEOMORPHIC SETTINGS. MIAMI: ROSENSTIEL SCH MAR ATMOS SCI.
[BENEFITS OF MANGROVE RESTORATION IN DIFFERENT GEOMORPHIC SETTINGS](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:764d4ed)
2025
Conference Publication
##### FACTORS INFLUENCING GOVERNANCE OF COASTAL WETLAND PROTECTION AND RESTORATION: A CASE STUDY IN BRAZIL
Oliveira, M., Morrison, T., O'Brien, K. R. and Lovelock, C. E. (2025). FACTORS INFLUENCING GOVERNANCE OF COASTAL WETLAND PROTECTION AND RESTORATION: A CASE STUDY IN BRAZIL. MIAMI: ROSENSTIEL SCH MAR ATMOS SCI.
[FACTORS INFLUENCING GOVERNANCE OF COASTAL WETLAND PROTECTION AND RESTORATION: A CASE STUDY IN BRAZIL](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fb8d74f)
2025
Conference Publication
##### IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVE PLANTATIONS FOR BLUE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN BANGLADESH
Uddin, M. and Lovelock, C. E. (2025). IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVE PLANTATIONS FOR BLUE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN BANGLADESH. MIAMI: ROSENSTIEL SCH MAR ATMOS SCI.
[IMPORTANCE OF MANGROVE PLANTATIONS FOR BLUE CARBON SEQUESTRATION AND CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN BANGLADESH](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7889201)
## Funding
### Current funding
- 2023 - 2026
A balancing act: Resolving coastal wetland water, carbon and solute fluxes (ARC Discovery Project administered by Monash University)
Monash University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/53550)
- 2023 - 2026
Carbon abatement and biodiversity enhancements through controlling feral ungulate disturbance in wetlands
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/59748)
- 2021 - 2026
Activating blue carbon for coastal restoration
ARC Australian Laureate Fellowships
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/42169)
### Past funding
- 2024 - 2025
Kakadu National Park Review and Workshop
Charles Darwin University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66907)
- 2024 - 2025
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Seventh Assessment Cycle Experts
Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science and Resources
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66320)
- 2024 - 2025
Coastal Inundation Modelling to support Blue Carbon tidal reintroduction projects in the Great Barrier Reef Region
CSIRO
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/66491)
- 2024 - 2025
Blue carbon ecosystem restoration benefits measurement and accounts for the Blue Heart Restoration Project
University of the Sunshine Coast
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/64328)
- 2024 - 2025
Blue Carbon Research and Feasibility Study in QLD
Charles Darwin University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/63366)
- 2024 - 2025
Expanding Traditional Owner led seagrass monitoring and restoration
Girringun Aboriginal Corporation
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/65908)
- 2023
Prioritising Coastal Wetland Restoration using bundled Ecosystem Services Phase 1
Noosa Council
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/60269)
- 2023 - 2025
Community forestry to enhance conservation and restoration of mangroves for resilient coastal livelihoods.
AXA Research Fund
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/57508)
- 2022 - 2025
Blue Heart Sunshine Coast: Blue Carbon and Blue Co-Benefits Pilot Project (Sunshine Coast Council funded project administered by University of Sunshine Coast)
University of the Sunshine Coast
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/55906)
- 2022
Scoping large scale restoration in tropical north Queensland with multiple ecosystem co-benefits
James Cook University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/56425)
- 2022
Study for Sustainable Mangrove-Friendly Aquaculture Development in Myanmar
World Wide Fund for Nature - Myanmar
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/53589)
- 2022 - 2024
Carbon sequestration of forests in Vietnam and Uganda
SK forest
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/54251)
- 2021 - 2023
Realizing the potential of seagrass blue carbon - Defining the science needed for policy, finance and conservation
Conservation International
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/51692)
- 2021 - 2024
Accelerating Adoption and Implementation of Blue Carbon in Australia
CSIRO
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/53345)
- 2021 - 2022
Coastal Wetland Restoration for Blue Carbon in Northern Australia (NESP2 - RRC HUB)
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/52587)
- 2020 - 2022
Environment monitoring system for mangrove aquaculture in Ca Mau province
Aus4Innovation
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43505)
- 2020 - 2021
Blue Carbon Inventory Guidance
Commonwealth Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/42685)
- 2020
Scaling 3Returns analysis of mangrove ecosystem services to Ayeyarwady Region (The World Bank funding administered by Global Green Growth Institute)
Global Green Growth Institute
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/41625)
- 2019 - 2024
Blue Carbon and Farm Land Restoration (Queensland Department of Environment and Science grant administered by World Wide Fund for Nature Australia)
World Wide Fund for Nature Australia
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/40992)
- 2019 - 2020
Economic appraisal of Ayeyarwady mangrove forests
Global Green Growth Institute
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/38105)
- 2019 - 2022
Unlocking the secrets of mangrove conservation success
ARC Linkage Projects
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/35035)
- 2018 - 2024
Model development to support blue carbon projects
The Nature Conservancy Limited
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37287)
- 2018 - 2021
Towards maximising the resilience of coastal ecosystems in Singapore and tropical Australia
Commonwealth Department of Industry, Innovation and Science
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/35132)
- 2018 - 2019
Historical response of Red Sea coral and mangrove habitats to environmental change
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/35353)
- 2018 - 2022
Integrated planning and practices for mangrove management associated with agriculture and aquaculture in Myanmar
Asia-Pacific Network for Sustainable Forest Management and Rehabilitation
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/31286)
- 2017 - 2018
A multi-institutional environmental radioactivity research centre (ARC LIEF project administered by Edith Cowan University)
Edith Cowan University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/31512)
- 2016 - 2020
Optimal management of coastal ecosystems for blue carbon sequestration (ARC Linkage Grant administered by Deakin University)
Deakin University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/30552)
- 2016 - 2019
An elemental hypothesis for sub-tropical refugia in reef corals
ARC Discovery Projects
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/27114)
- 2015
Supporting Coastal Conservation and Community Development in Kaimana, Indonesia by valuing Blue Carbon
Conservation International
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/23921)
- 2015 - 2017
Top-down rehydration: role of multiple water sources in mangrove function (ARC Discovery Project administered by The Australian National University)
Australian National University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/26180)
- 2014
Fixing Nature: A critical account of our struggles to address problems in the coastal marine environment
UWA-UQ Bilateral Research Collaboration Award
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/20821)
- 2014
The use of 14C and 210Pb to investigate historical variations in soil carbon accumulation in coastal wetlands of Moreton Bay, Australia
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/26198)
- 2013 - 2016
Climate Change Adaptation for Natural Resource Management in East Coast Australia
Commonwealth Department of Industry, Innovation, Climate change, Science, Research and Tertiary Education
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15345)
- 2013
Accelerated crop development and environmental compliance of agricultural and food systems
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15681)
- 2012 - 2016
Marine and Coastal Carbon Biogeochemistry Flagship Cluster (CSIRO Wealth from Oceans Flagship Theme)
University of Technology Sydney
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/15483)
- 2012
Comparative sequestration and mitigation opportunities across the Australian landscape and its primary industries
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/16238)
- 2011
IPCC Expert Workshop on greenhouse emissions from wetlands
Commonwealth Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/13511)
- 2011 - 2014
Treading water in a changing climate: The vulnerability of Australia's tropical islands to sea level rise
ARC Super Science Fellowships
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12230)
- 2011 - 2012
Detecting past cyclones in mangroves and corals of the arid zone, North Western Australia using ITRAX
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12796)
- 2010
Establishment of a clean room facility for trace organic contaminant research
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/11973)
- 2010 - 2012
Salinity tolerance along an aridity gradient: linking physiological processes with morphological constraints (ARC Discovery Project administered by the Australian National University)
Australian National University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12159)
- 2009 - 2010
Understanding interactive effects between pesticides and climate change on symbiont bearing and calcifying marine species (MTSRF Project 3.7.1 ext s)
Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/11808)
- 2009 - 2012
Contract Research Services to CSIRO for the project Adapting to Climate Change in SEQ Collaboration Cluster
CSIRO
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/11399)
- 2009 - 2012
Biodiversity impacts and adaptation (Part of the CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Cluster - Regional adaptation to climate change - administered by Griffith University)
Griffith University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10582)
- 2009 - 2010
The capacity of native saltmarsh halophytes to remove salt from saline wastewater discharge - an experimental assessment of salt uptake mechanisms in common Australian saltmarsh chenopods
Australian Flora Foundation Inc.
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10915)
- 2009 - 2011
Development of a theoretical framework for predicting responses of coral reef ecosystems to nutrient enrichment and herbivory
ARC Discovery Projects
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10172)
- 2009
Sensitivity of mangrove growth to environment in the recent past.
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10874)
- 2009
Tools for monitoring carbon (energy) acquisition, utilisation and molecular genetics in cnidaria, dugongs, and mangroves
UQ School/Centre Co-Funding
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/46051)
- 2008 - 2009
The green powered desalination project
Victoria University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10335)
- 2008
Analysis system for studying ocean acidification
UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9987)
- 2007 - 2009
Interactive effects of salinity and nutrients: Linking physiological processes with patterns in mangrove forest productivity
Australian National University
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9399)
- 2007
Understanding mangrove colonisation of recent marine sediments
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/8990)
- 2006 - 2009
Assessing linkages across arid zone estuarine landscapes
ARC Linkage Projects
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/7623)
- 2005 - 2006
Noosa algal blooms (NONAB) Phase 2 (Task 3: Characterisation of growth dynamics of Hincksia)
Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/8199)
- 2005
Developing a new indicator to assess terrestrial contributions to marine environments
UQ New Staff Research Start-Up Fund
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/44297)
- 2005
Habitat linkages across arid zone estuarine landscapes
University of Queensland Research Development Grants Scheme
[Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/46265)
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## Supervision
### Availability
Professor Catherine Lovelock is:
: Available for supervision
Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).
### Supervision history
#### Current supervision
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Activating Blue Carbon
Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy
##### The Life and Times of Coastal Wetlands: Factors Influencing Surface Elevation and Tree Growth
Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
[Dr John Dwyer](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1246)
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Management of feral pigs for improvements in biodiversity and ecosystem services of wetlands
Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy
##### The potential for mitigation and adaptation in Western Australian coastal wetlands
Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
[Dr John Dwyer](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1246)
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Opportunities for blue carbon and biodiversity with ecological restoration in South East Queensland
Principal Advisor
- Master Philosophy
##### Implementing coastal wetland restoration as an environmental offset
Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Influence of climate change on restoration for blue carbon
Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Marine and coastal restoration - feasibility, benefits, and risks under climate change
Principal Advisor
- Doctor Philosophy
##### Coastal connectivity for conservation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799), [Professor Anthony Richardson](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1567)
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#### Completed supervision
- 2025
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Mangrove tree architecture and ecosystem function](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5398f10)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
[Dr John Dwyer](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1246)
- 2024
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Evaluating governances of coastal wetlands in Australia and Brazil: Variation in polycentric governance and the distribution of power](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d3a9170)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Kate O'Brien](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1162)
- 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Restoration of marine coastal environments for climate change adaptation and mitigation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:5b63fed)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
[Associate Professor Carissa Klein](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1735)
- 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Ecological succession and accumulation of blue carbon in mangrove plantations of the Bangladesh Delta](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:075307d)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/13899)
- 2019
Doctor Philosophy
##### [The Roots of Blue Carbon: Effects of physical soil properties on root growth and carbon sequestration in mangrove forests.](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:cf56ed9)
Principal Advisor
- 2017
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Biogeomorphic evolution of modern mangrove forests in wave- and river-dominated estuaries: opportunists or agents of geomorphic change?](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:621482)
Principal Advisor
- 2015
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Variations in carbon storage and sequestration in intertidal wetlands](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:361191)
Principal Advisor
Other advisors:
[Emeritus Professor D Lockington](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/377)
- 2014
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Mangrove forest responses to environmental change in Indonesia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:337918)
Principal Advisor
- 2012
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Structure and function of wood in mangroves](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:283887)
Principal Advisor
- 2011
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Arid zone estuaries: nekton and trophic connectivity over heterogeneous landscapes.](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:259490)
Principal Advisor
- 2010
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Material exchange in mangroves during tidal inundation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:195142)
Principal Advisor
- 2010
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Macroalgal-herbivore interactions: the roles of algal tolerance, patterns of herbivory and nutrient availability](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:217432)
Principal Advisor
- 2010
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Relating resource availability and herbivore escape opportunity to plant community invasibility: Creating integrated strategies to manage Alternanthera philoxeroides and Phyla canescens](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:216169)
Principal Advisor
- 2025
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Trait-based assembly of Australian subtropical rainforest tree communities](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:05af8ed)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Dr John Dwyer](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1246)
- 2023
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Historical ecology of recreational fisheries in Queensland, Australia (1866-1984): catch rates, spatial development, and species population trends](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:129cc7d)
Associate Advisor
- 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Sustainability pathways for coastal aquaculture in Southeast Asia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:26d80d3)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/13899)
- 2022
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Latitudinal patterns of maternal investment, maternal provisioning, and performance of coral offspring](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:8fca811)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Dr Eugenia Nijgh de Sampayo Garrido](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1242)
- 2019
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Bottlenecks of coral recruitment on degraded reefs](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3f41126)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Peter Mumby](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2387)
- 2018
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Evaluating trade-offs between quantitative and qualitative protected area objectives](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:d791f69)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2018
Doctor Philosophy
##### [The dynamics of coral-algal interactions on coral reef ecosystems](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4280858)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Emeritus Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/839)
- 2016
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Ecological drivers of Halimeda abundance and its implication for the carbonate production of coral reefs](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:405825)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Peter Mumby](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2387)
- 2016
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Dynamics of carbon storage in subtropical seagrass meadows](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:386809)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Peter Mumby](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2387)
- 2016
Doctor Philosophy
##### Algal dynamics on coral reefs: a study of macroalgal traits and growth strategies of Lobophora J. Agardh (Dictyotales, Phaephyceae)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Peter Mumby](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/2387)
- 2015
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Characterisation of the Light Environment and Biophysical Parameters of Seagrass Using Remote Sensing](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:370946)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Professor Stuart Phinn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/56), [Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/765)
- 2014
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Optimisation of microalgal growth conditions for production of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:345063)
Associate Advisor
- 2013
Doctor Philosophy
##### [The effects of nutrient enrichment on the mangrove macrofauna of Moreton bay, Queensland](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:310910)
Associate Advisor
- 2013
Doctor Philosophy
##### [The role of the Eastern Australian Current in the recruitment of tropical fish species on temperate reefs](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:299053)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
[Emeritus Professor Ove Hoegh-Guldberg](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/839)
- 2013
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Combined effects of temperature and herbicides on symbiont-bearing calcifying reef organisms](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:297454)
Associate Advisor
- 2011
Doctor Philosophy
##### Human impact recorded in sediment cores from estuarine environments - an example from Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
- 2010
Doctor Philosophy
##### [Blooms of the toxic cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula in Moreton Bay: links to anthropogenic nutrients](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:206003)
Associate Advisor
- 2007
Doctor Philosophy
##### DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON THE SHALLOW-WATER BENTHIC MICROALGAL COMMUNITIES IN MORETON BAY, AUSTRALIA AND MAROVO LAGOON, SOLOMON ISLANDS
Associate Advisor
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## Media
### Enquiries
Contact Professor Catherine Lovelock directly for media enquiries about:
- Climate change on the coast
- Coastal zone
- Ecology of coastal plant communities
- Ecosystem metabolism
- Mangrove ecology
- Nutrient enrichment of the coastal zone
#### Need help?
For help with finding experts, story ideas and media enquiries, contact our Media team:
[communications@uq.edu.au](mailto:communications@uq.edu.au)
## External profiles
- [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2219-6855)
- [ResearcherID](https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/G-7370-2012)
- [Scopus](https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=7003761121)
- [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user= )
## Personal links
- [Blue Carbon](http://thebluecarboninitiative.org/category/working-groups/policy/)
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