Mrs Carissa Reason ~ Research Officer

Carissa Reason has 17 years’ experience as a marine scientist developing a broad range of skills to understand habitat and fisheries dynamics in coastal ecosystems. Carissa has a Bachelor of Science degree majoring in Zoology and began her science career monitoring fisheries resources before moving into marine habitat research. More recent research projects have specialised in state-wide long term seagrass monitoring programs that provide a direct link to management of seagrass habitats.

 

Interests

Research

• Biology and ecology of seagrass
• Fisheries habitat association and marine ecosystem connectivity
• Seagrass seed bank resilience and recovery
• Mapping and monitoring seagrass for habitat assessments

Experience

• 2012 to 2023 - Research Officer, TropWATER, James Cook University (Cairns, Queensland.)
• 2005 to 2012 - Fisheries Biologist, Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, Fisheries Queensland (Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns, Queensland.)

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Journal Articles

• Carter A, McKenna S, Rasheed M, Taylor H, van de Wetering C, Chartrand K, Reason C, Collier C, Shepherd L, Mellors J, McKenzie L, Duke N, Roelofs A, Smit N, Groom R, Barrett D, Evans S, Pitcher R, Murphy N, Carlisle M, David M, Lui S, Torres Strait Indigenous Rangers and Coles R (in press) Seagrass spatial data synthesis from north-east Australia, Torres Strait and Gulf of Carpentaria, 1983 to 2022. Limnology and Oceanography Letters,
• McKenna S, Jarvis J, Sankey T, Reason C, Coles R and Rasheed M (2015) Declines of seagrasses in a tropical harbour, North Queensland, Australia, are not the result of a single event. Journal of Biosciences, 40 (2). pp. 389-398

Other research outputs

• Reason C, York P and Rasheed M (2023) Seagrass Habitat of Mourilyan Harbour: Annual Monitoring Report 2022. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Reason C, York P and Rasheed M (2023) Seagrass Habitat of Cairns Harbour and Trinity Inlet: Annual Monitoring Report 2022. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Reason C, McKenna S and Rasheed M (2023) Port of Abbot Point Long-Term Seagrass Monitoring Program 2022. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Smith T, Reason C and Rasheed M (2022) Port of Gladstone East Bank Sea Disposal Site Benthic Habitat Monitoring 2021. TropWATER Reports, 22/15. TropWATER, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Reason C, Wilkinson J and Carter A (2022) Eastern Torres Strait intertidal benthic survey: Ugar, Campbell and Nepean Islands. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Reason C, Smith T, McKenna S and Rasheed M (2022) Port of Weipa long-term seagrass monitoring program: 2000 - 2022. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Scott A, Reason C, McKenna S and Rasheed M (2022) Seagrass Habitat in the Port of Thursday Island: Annual Monitoring Report 2022. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Smith T, Reason C, McKenna S and Rasheed M (2022) Seagrasses in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay 2021 Annual long?term monitoring. A Report for Gladstone Ports Corporation. TropWATER Reports, 21/14. TropWATER, Cairns [Report]
• Smith T, Reason C and Rasheed M (2022) Balaclava Island seagrass and marine plants baseline survey. A Report for Gladstone Ports Corporation. TropWATER Reports, 22/02. TropWATER, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]
• Smith T, Reason C, McKenna S and Rasheed M (2021) Seagrasses in Port Curtis and Rodds Bay 2020 Annual long?term monitoring. TropWATER, James Cook University, Cairns, QLD, Australia [Report]

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 39+ research outputs authored by Mrs Carissa Reason from 2012 onwards.