I am a seagrass and coastal ecosystems ecologist. My research facilitates the protection, conservation, biological diversity, rehabilitation, management and sustainable development of seagrass resources. I am particularly interested in the status and condition of seagrass resources across a range of scales (from local to global), understanding the role of disturbance, determining thresholds of concern and investigating resilience of seagrass ecosystems. I am also interested in the relationship between seagrass and associated fauna, the impacts of declining water quality and climate change.

Experience

• 1998 to 2012 - Principal Scientist, QLD DAFF (Cairns)
• 1992 to 1998 - Biologist, QLD DPI&F (Cairns)
• 1990 to 1992 - Technical Officer, QLD DPI&F (Cairns)
• 1986 to 1989 - Research Assistant, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

• Environmental management (4104)
• Ecological applications (4102)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Marine systems and management (1805)

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Journal Articles

• Carter A, McKenna S, Rasheed M, Collier C, McKenzie L, Pitcher R and Coles R (in press) Synthesizing 35?years of seagrass spatial data from the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area, Queensland, Australia. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, , DOI:10.1002/lol2.10193.
• Collier C, Langlois L, McMahon K, Udy J, Rasheed M, Lawrence E, Carter A, Fraser M and McKenzie L (2021) What lies beneath: predicting seagrass below-ground biomass from above-ground biomass, environmental conditions and seagrass community composition. Ecological Indicators, 121, Article: 107156, DOI:10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.107156.
• McKenzie L, Yoshida R, Aini J, Andrefouet S, Colin P, Cullen-Unsworth L, Hughes A, Payri C, Rota M, Shaw C, Skelton P, Tsuda R, Vuki V and Unsworth R (2021) Seagrass ecosystems of the Pacific Island countries and territories: a global bright spot. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, Article: 112308, DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112308.
• McKenzie L, Yoshida R, Aini J, Andrefouet S, Colin P, Cullen-Unsworth L, Hughes A, Payri C, Rota M, Shaw C, Tsuda R, Vuki V and Unsworth R (2021) Seagrass ecosystem contributions to people's quality of life in the Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 167, Article: 112307, DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112307.
• Adams M, Koh E, Vilas M, Collier C, Lambert V, Sisson S, Quiroz M, McDonald-Madden E, McKenzie L and O'Brien K (2020) Predicting seagrass decline due to cumulative stressors. Environmental Modelling & Software, 130, Article: 104717, DOI:10.1016/j.envsoft.2020.104717.
• Collier C, Carter A, Rasheed M, McKenzie L, Udy J, Coles R, Brodie J, Waycott M, O’Brien K, Saunders M, Adams M, Martin K, Honchin C, Petus C and Lawrence E (2020) An evidence-based approach for setting desired state in a complex Great Barrier Reef seagrass ecosystem: a case study from Cleveland Bay. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators, 7, Article: 100042, DOI:10.1016/j.indic.2020.100042.
• McKenzie L and Yoshida R (2020) Over a decade monitoring Fiji's seagrass condition demonstrates resilience to anthropogenic pressures and extreme climate events. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160, Article: 111636, DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111636.
• McKenzie L, Nordlund L, Jones B, Cullen-Unsworth L, Roelfsema C and Unsworth R (2020) The global distribution of seagrass meadows. Environmental Research Letters, 15 (7), Article: 074041, DOI:10.1088/1748-9326/ab7d06.
• Samper-Villarreal J, Putman N, Prathep A, Orth R, Norlund L, Norderhaug K, Serrao E, Montes E, Steinberg P, Miloslavich P, Mieszkowska N, Nakaoka M, McKenzie L, Pinto I, Krause-Jensen D, Stuart-Smith R, Unsworth R, van Keulen M, van Tussenbroek B, Wang M, Waycott M, Weatherdon L, Wernberg T, Yaakub S, Short F, Duarte C, Benedetti-Cecchi L, Trinanes J, Muller-Karger F, Ambo-Rappe R, Boström C, Buschmann A, Byrnes J, Coles R, Creed J, Macreadie P, Diaz-Pulido G, Marsh H, Edgar G, Fortes M, Goni G, Hu C, Huang X, Hurd C, Johnson C, Konar B, Krumhansl K, Duffy J and Cullen-Unsworth L (2019) Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae. Frontiers in Marine Science, 6, Article: 317, pp. 1-26, DOI:10.3389/fmars.2019.00317.
• Unsworth R, McKenzie L, Collier C, Cullen-Unsworth L, Duarte C, Eklöf J, Jarvis J, Jones B and Nordlund L (2019) Global challenges for seagrass conservation. Ambio, 48, pp. 801-815, DOI:10.1007/s13280-018-1115-y.
• Grech A, Hanert E, McKenzie L, Rasheed M, Thomas C, Tol S, Wang M, Waycott M, Wolter J and Coles R (2018) Predicting the cumulative effect of multiple disturbances on seagrass connectivity. Global Change Biology, 24 (7), pp. 3093-3104, DOI:10.1111/gcb.14127.
• Jones B, Unsworth R, McKenzie L, Yoshida R and Cullen-Unsworth L (2018) Crowdsourcing conservation: the role of citizen science in securing a future for seagrass. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 134, pp. 210-215, DOI:10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.11.005.

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