Western Australia | Australian Marine Sciences Association

Recent news!

2018 AMSA WA Honours/Masters Prize Night- 24th April

Twelve abstracts were submitted by students from four universities (ECU, UWA, Curtin and Murdoch) for the 2018 AMSA WA Honours/Masters Prize Night. This year showcased a very high quality of research from five finalists, proving a difficult task for the guest judges to score prize winners! A big thank you to our sponsors of the event, MScience and BMT, and a big congratulations to all five finalists:

1st- Adam Koziol- Curtin- Substrate selection is a critical consideration for the use of environmental DNA in marine biomonitoring

2nd - Claire Greenwell- Murdoch- Octopus as predators of Haliotis laevigata on an abalone sea ranch of south-western Australia

3rd- Phoebe Beurteaux- A genetic tool that assists with the conservation of the critically endangered Hairy Marron

Finalist- Nicole Said- ECU- The effect of temperature & latitude on the photosynthesis irradiance relationship in Halophila ovalis

Finalist- Brodee Elsdon- Curtin- Southern right whale (Eubalaena australis) movement and site fidelity at two aggregation areas in south-western Australia

WA Branch Contact Details 2018-19

Chair	Alicia	Sutton	alicialouisesutton@gmail.com
Vice Chair	Robert	Pemberton	rjpemberton88@googlemail.com
Treasurer	Tiffany	Simpson	tiffany.schenk@gmail.com
Secretary	Sian	Glazier	S.Glazier@murdoch.edu.au
General Committee	Matthew	Harvey	matt@oceanvision.com.au
	James	Tweedley	J.Tweedley@murdoch.edu.au
	Ben	Roennfeldt	broennfeldt@gmail.com
	Jo	Buckee	jo.buckee@cardno.com.au
	Elizabeth	Sinclair	esinclair@iinet.net.au
Student Representatives	Roisin	McCallum	r.mccallum@ecu.edu.au ECU
	Krista	Nicholson	K.Nicholson@murdoch.edu.au MURDOCH
	Michael	Brooker	michael.brooker@research.uwa.edu.au UWA
	Charlotte	Birkmanis	cabirkmanis@gmail.com UWA
	Shannon	Dee	shannon.dee@postgrad.curtin.edu.au CURTIN
	David	Juszkiewicz	d.j.juszkiewicz@gmail.com CURTIN