Michael has been conducting research on topical marine habitats focusing on seagrass ecology for over 20 years. He has a BSc in Zoology & Ecology and an Honours degree from Flinders University and was awarded a PhD from JCU for research investigating recovery and succession in tropical seagrass communities. Michael's passion is finding science based solutions to apply in the management of marine habitats. He has built a team whose work focuses on coastal development and risk and has significantly impacted on the way seagrass and marine habitats are managed and protected. Results of his work not only lead to advances in the field of seagrass ecology, but have changed practices within coastal development, ports and shipping industries and improved the ability of regulators and managers to protect marine habitats.

 

Interests

Research

• Ecosystem valuation of marine habitats
• Novel oxygen sensing tools for monitoring the effects of dredging on Australian seagrass communities
• Assessments of Dugong feeding activity
• Seagrass assessment & monitoring in Queensland Ports– industry partnerships in high risk areas
• Developing spatial tools to manage sensitive habitats at high risk from shipping in GBR and Torres Strait Shipping Lanes
• Establishing the drivers of tropical seagrass change
• Investigations of seagrass resilience and reproduction
• Developing ecologically based triggers for the management of tropical seagrass communities
• Community partnerships for seagrass research in the Torres Strait
• Dynamics of deepwater seagrass communities
• Developing sub-lethal tools for assessing seagrass stress
• The effects of climate on tropical seagrass communities

Experience

• 1994 to 2012 - Principal Scientist, Queensland Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry (Northern Fisheries Centre, Cairns)

Research Disciplines

• Environmental Science and Management (0502)
• Ecology (0602)
• Ecological Applications (0501)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Ecosystem Assessment and Management (9605)
• Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (9608)

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Journal Articles

• Jinks K, Rasheed M, Brown C, Olds A, Schlacher T, Sheaves M, York P and Connolly R (2020) Saltmarsh grass supports fishery food webs in subtropical Australian estuaries. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 238, Article: 106719, DOI:10.1016/j.ecss.2020.106719.
• Ricart A, York P, Bryant C, Rasheed M, Ierodiaconou D and Macreadie P (2020) High variability of Blue Carbon storage in seagrass meadows at the estuary scale. Scientific Reports, 10, Article: 5865, DOI:10.1038/s41598-020-62639-y.
• Jinks K, Brown C, Rasheed M, Scott A, Sheaves M, York P and Connolly R (2019) Habitat complexity influences the structure of food webs in Great Barrier Reef seagrass meadows. Ecosphere, 10 (11), Article: e02928, DOI:10.1002/ecs2.2928.
• Wu P, Mengersen K, Caley M, McMahon K, Rasheed M and Kendrick G (2019) Analysing the dynamics and relative influence of variables affecting ecosystem responses using functional PCA and boosted regression trees: a seagrass case study. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 10 (10), pp. 1723-1733, DOI:10.1111/2041-210X.13269.
• Chartrand K, Szabó M, Sinutok S, Rasheed M and Ralph P (2018) Living at the margins - the response of deep-water seagrasses to light and temperature renders them susceptible to acute impacts. Marine Environmental Research, 136, pp. 126 - 138, DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.02.006.
• 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.
• Hays G, Alcoverro T, Christianen M, Duarte C, Hamann M, Macreadie P, Marsh H, Rasheed M, Thums M, Unsworth R, York P and Esteban N (2018) New tools to identify the location of seagrass meadows: marine grazers as habitat indicators. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5, Article: 9, DOI:10.3389/fmars.2018.00009.
• Schrameyer V, York P, Chartrand K, Ralph P, Kuhl M, Brodersen K and Rasheed M (2018) Contrasting impacts of light reduction on sediment biogeochemistry in deep- and shallow-water tropical seagrass assemblages (Green Island, Great Barrier Reef). Marine Environmental Research, 136, pp. 38-47, DOI:10.1016/j.marenvres.2018.02.008.
• Scott A, York P, Duncan C, Macreadie P, Connolly R, Ellis M, Jarvis J, Jinks K, Marsh H and Rasheed M (2018) The role of herbivory in structuring tropical seagrass ecosystem service delivery. Frontiers in Plant Science, 9, Article: 127, DOI:10.3389/fpls.2018.00127.
• Wu P, McMahon K, Rasheed M, Kendrick G, York P, Chartrand K, Caley M and Mengersen K (2018) Managing seagrass resilience under cumulative dredging affecting light: predicting risk using dynamic Bayesian networks. Journal of Applied Ecology, 55 (3), pp. 1339-1350, DOI:10.1111/1365-2664.13037.
• York P, Macreadie P and Rasheed M (2018) Blue Carbon stocks of Great Barrier Reef deep-water seagrasses. Biology Letters, 14 (12), Article: 20180529, DOI:10.1098/rsbl.2018.0529.
• Brodersen K, Hammer K, Schrameyer V, Floytrup A, Rasheed M, Ralph P, Kühl M and Pedersen O (2017) Sediment resuspension and deposition on seagrass leaves impedes internal plant aeration and promotes phytotoxic H2S intrusion. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8, Article: 657, pp. 1-13, DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.00657.

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Current

• Factors driving Chelonia mydas (green sea turtle) interactions with seagrass meadows within coastal foraging habitats (Masters , Primary Advisor)
• Herbivores as ecosystem engineers in tropical seagrass meadows: Grazing impacts on meadow structure and ecosystem service delivery. (PhD , Primary Advisor)

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