The Team / Contacts
Anthony Richardson
Joint Director, AusCPR
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Cleveland)
Mathematics Department, University of Queensland
Responsibilities
- Managing AusCPR
- Securing funding
- Guiding research directions
- Developing relationships with other plankton surveys
- Supporting and developing AusCPR staff
Research Interests
- Marine climate change impacts
- Plankton ecology
- Pelagic ecosystem dynamics
- Ecosystem modelling
Contact
Phone: 07 3826 7183 (CSIRO), 07 3365 8506 (UQ), 0448 164 602 (mobile)
Email: Anthony.Richardson@csiro.au
Graham Hosie
Joint Director, AusCPR
Director, SO-CPR Survey
Australian Antarctic Division, Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (Hobart)
Responsibilities
- Managing AusCPR
- Securing funding
- Guiding research interests
- Developing relationships with other plankton surveys
- Supporting and developing AusCPR staff
Research Interests
- Ecology of Southern Ocean plankton
- Antarctic marine ecosystem dynamics
- Impact of global change on marine biodiversity
- Bioregionalisation
- Building international research collaborations
Contact
Phone: 03 6232 3364
Mobile: 0417 389 066
Email: Graham.Hosie (at) aad.gov.au
Frank Coman
Plankton Ecologist
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Cleveland)
Responsibilities
- Plankton sorting for AusCPR East Australian Current route
- Zooplankton sorting and logistics for IMOS National Reference Stations
- Management of SE Queensland National Reference Station
- Contributing to publications and presentations
Research Interests
- Plankton biology and ecology
- Climate change impacts on marine systems
- Aquaculture
Contact
Phone: 07 3826 7103
Email: Frank.Coman@csiro.au
Anita Slotwinski
Plankton Biologist
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Cleveland)
Responsibilties
- Plankton analysis
- Operational tasks
- Plankton database maintenance
- Quality control
- Project website management
- Contributing to publications and presentations
Research Interests
- Marine plankton ecology
- Impacts of environmental change on plankton communities
- Deep sea research
- Plankton taxonomy, photomicroscopy and development of an Australian guide to zooplankton
Phone: 07 3826 7200
Email: Anita.Slotwinski@csiro.au
Claire Davies
Plankton Biologist
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (Cleveland)
Responsibilties
- Plankton analysis
- Operational tasks
- Plankton database maintenance
- Quality control
- Reference collection management
- Contributing to publications and presentations
Research Interests
- Plankton ecology
- Reef monitoring
- Climate change impacts
Contact
Phone: 07 3826 7199
Email: Claire.Davies@csiro.au
David McLeod
Plankton Biologist
CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research (based at AAD, Kingston)
Responsibilties
- Analyses of Southern Ocean plankton samples
- Operational tasks
- Data collation and quality control
- Contributing to publications and presentations
Research Interests
- Plankton as indicators of ecosystem health and change
- Changes in Southern Ocean zooplankton populations and impacts on higher trophic levels
- Zooplankton behaviour and implications for availability to predators
Contact
Phone: 03 6232 3425
Email: David.McLeod@csiro.au