Dr Lynne van Herwerden ~ Adjunct Senior Lecturer

My current research focuses on

• Connectivity and population structure, emphasising conservation and fisheries management applications,
• Acclimation and adaptation of tropical fishes to environmental stressors, and
• Reef fish evolutionary history and response to environmental change, including identification, characterization and expression of candidate genes.
• Transgenerational acclimation to stress and the utility of epigenetic mechanisms, applied to coral reef fishes.

Teaching

• MB5380: Invertebrate Biology (Level 5; TSV)

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Pollution and contamination (4105)
• Genetics (3105)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Marine systems and management (1805)
• Adaptation to climate change (1901)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Gulizia A, Patel K, Philippa B, Motti C, van Herwerden L and Vamvounis G (2023) Understanding plasticiser leaching from polystyrene microplastics. Science of the Total Environment, 857.
• Gurdek-Bas R, Benthuysen J, Harrison H, Zenger K and van Herwerden L (2022) The El Niño Southern Oscillation drives multidirectional inter-reef larval connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef. Scientific Reports, 12 (1).
• Santana M, Kroon F, van Herwerden L, Vamvounis G and Motti C (2022) An assessment workflow to recover microplastics from complex biological matrices. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 179.
• Santana M, Dawson A, Motti C, van Herwerden L, Lefevre C and Kroon F (2021) Ingestion and depuration of microplastics by a planktivorous coral reef fish, Pomacentrus amboinensis. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9.
• Gainsford A, Jones G, Hobbs J, Heindler F and van Herwerden L (2020) Species integrity, introgression, and genetic variation across a coral reef fish hybrid zone. Ecology and Evolution, 10 (21). pp. 11998-12014
• Gainsford A, Jones G, Gardner M and van Herwerden L (2020) Characterisation and cross-amplification of 42 microsatellite markers in two Amphiprion species (Pomacentridae) and a natural hybrid anemonefish to inform genetic structure within a hybrid zone. Molecular Biology Reports, 47 (2). pp. 1521-1525
• Steinberg R, van der Meer M, Pratchett M, van Herwerden L and Hobbs J (2020) Keep your friends close and your anemones closer - ecology of the endemic wideband anemonefish, Amphiprion latezonatus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 103. pp. 1513-1526
• Ramirez Flores O, Birtles A, Pazmino D, Zenger K and Van Herwerden L (2019) Dwarf minke whales from the South Pacific share a matrilineal lineage distinct from Balaenoptera acutorostrata acutorostrata and B. a. scammoni. Australian Mammalogy, 41 (2). pp. 231-240
• Rodríguez-Moreno M, Zapata F, Ramírez-Calero S, van Herwerden L and Feldheim K (2019) Highly polymorphic microsatellite loci for the Acapulco damselfish, Stegastes acapulcoensis, and cross amplification in three congeneric species. Marine Biodiversity, 49 (1). pp. 481-486
• Green M, D'Anastasi B, Hobbs J, Feldheim K, McAuley R, Peverell S, Stapley J, Johnson G, Appleyard S, White W, Simpfendorfer C and van Herwerden L (2018) Mixed-marker approach suggests maternal philopatry and sex-biased behaviours of narrow sawfish Anoxypristis cuspidata. Endangered Species Research, 37. pp. 45-54
• Jones K, Jensen M, Burgess G, Leonhardt J, van Herwerden L, Hazel J, Hamann M, Bell I and Ariel E (2018) Closing the gap: mixed stock analysis of three foraging populations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the Great Barrier Reef. PeerJ, 6.
• Ma K, van Herwerden L, Newman S, Berumen M, Choat J, Chu K and de Mitcheson Y (2018) Contrasting population genetic structure in three aggregating groupers (Percoidei: Epinephelidae) in the Indo-West Pacific: the importance of reproductive mode. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 18.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 115+ research outputs authored by Dr Lynne van Herwerden from 1989 onwards.

Advisory Accreditation: I can be on your Advisory Panel as a Primary or Secondary Advisor.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Conservation Genomics and Ecology of True Sea Snakes (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• The preparation and characterisation of microplastics containing contaminants (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Coral reef fish larval connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef from biophysical modelling and genomics (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Generating and evaluating salinity and temperature resilient cyanobacteria for tropical outdoor cultivation in Australia (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Causes and consequences of natural hybridisation among coral reef butterflyfishes (Chaetodon: Chaetodontidae) (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Biogeography and speciation of spiny-backed tree frogs in Amazonia (2023, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Presence, abundance and effects of microplastics on the Great Barrier Reef (2022, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)

These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit Research Data Australia.

• D'Anastasi, B. (2018) Conservation genomics of Western Australian Aipysurus group sea snake species. James Cook University
• Gainsford, A. (2017) Data from: Hierarchical behaviour, habitat use and species size differences shape evolutionary outcomes of hybridization in a coral reef fish. James Cook University
• Veilleux, H. (2017) Acanthochromis polyacanthus transcriptome. James Cook University

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