A/Prof Lucas Cernusak ~ Associate Professor

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A/Prof Lucas Cernusak A/Prof Lucas Cernusak Associate Professor Terrestrial Ecology James Cook University Web +61742321763 work

My research seeks to understand the environmental and biological controls on carbon dioxide and water vapour exchange between plants and the atmosphere.  I use a range of measurement techniques to gain a deeper insight into these processes, including measurements of how the stable isotope compositions of carbon dioxide and water vapour change during photosynthesis and transpiration.  I am also interested in improving the interpretation of stable isotope signals in plant organic material, in order to gain insight into how leaf gas exchange has responded to global climate change through time and space.  I am especially interested using these tools to understand how tropical rainforests are responding to climate change, and what role they are likely to play in modulating the response of the global carbon cycle to human activity in the coming century.  I am currently an associate professor at James Cook University - Cairns Campus.  

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