Dr Norman Duke (MSc, PhD) is a mangrove ecologist of more than 40 years standing, a specialist in global mangrove floristics, biogeography, climate change adaptation, vegetation mapping, pollution and coastal habitat condition assessment.  Before coming to JCU, he gained experience at the University of Queensland, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama.

Norm currently leads an active research group on marine tidal wetlands at JCU's TropWATER Centre. He conducts research projects and advises on effective management and mitigation of disturbed and damaged tidal wetland ecosystems. He has published more than 200 articles and technical reports, including his authoritative book, ‘Australia’s Mangroves’ published in 2006 and apps from 2013 onwards.

Norm heads the JCU Mangrove Hub, and MangroveWatch Ltd, a not-for-profit company with a community science partnership program, delivering exciting outreach initiatives for effective monitoring and assessment of healthy mangroves and saltmarsh tidal wetlands.    

PHONE NUMBER (late 2017): 04 3919 1952

Interests

Research

• mangrove floristics
• biogeography
• climate change adaptation
• vegetation mapping
• wetland pollution
• coastal habitats

Research Disciplines

• Environmental management (4104)
• Ecology (3103)
• Evolutionary biology (3104)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Coastal and estuarine systems and management (1802)
• Expanding knowledge (2801)

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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,
• Duke N, Mackenzie J, Canning A, Hutley L, Bourke A, Kovacs J, Cormier R, Staben G, Lymburner L and Ai E (2022) ENSO-driven extreme oscillations in mean sea level destabilise critical shoreline mangroves—An emerging threat. PLOS Climate, 1 (8).
• Gauthey A, Backes D, Balland J, Alam I, Maher D, Cernusak L, Duke N, Medlyn B, Tissue D and Choat B (2022) The role of hydraulic failure in a massive mangrove die-off event. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13.
• He Z, Feng X, Chen Q, Li L, Li S, Han K, Guo Z, Wang J, Liu M, Shi C, Xu S, Shao S, Liu X, Mao X, Xie W, Wang X, Zhang R, Li G, Wu W, Zheng Z, Zhong C, Duke N, Boufford D, Fan G, Wu C, Ricklefs R and Shi S (2022) Evolution of coastal forests based on a full set of mangrove genomes. Nature Ecology and Evolution, 6. pp. 738-749
• Rajan P, Duke N, Mathew S and Cherian E (2022) Bruguiera × rhynchopetala (Rhizophoraceae) newly reported in India, far west of south-east Asian, east Asian and western Pacific regions. Rheedea, 32 (2). pp. 109-119
• Wang X, He Z, Guo Z, Yang M, Xu S, Chen Q, Shao S, Li S, Zhong C, Duke N and Shi S (2022) Extensive gene flow in secondary sympatry after allopatric speciation. National Science Review, 9 (12).
• Wang Z, Guo Z, Zhong C, Lyu H, Li X, Duke N and Shi S (2022) Genomic variation patterns of subspecies defined by phenotypic criteria: analyses of the mangrove species complex, Avicennia marina. Journal of Systematics and Evolution, 60 (4). pp. 835-847
• Zimmer M, Ajonina G, Amir A, Crgagg S, Crooks S, Dahdouh-guebas F, Duke N, Fratini S, Friess D, Helfer V, Huxham M, Kathiresan K, Kodikara K, Koedam N, Lee S, Mangora M, Primavera J, Satyanarayana B, Yong J and Wodehouse D (2022) When nature needs a helping hand: Different levels of human intervention for mangrove (re-)establishment. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5.
• Abhik S, Hope P, Hendon H, Hutley L, Johnson S, Drosdowsky W, Brown J and Duke N (2021) Influence of the 2015–2016 El Niño on the record‑breaking mangrove dieback along northern Australia coast. Scientific Reports, 11.
• Bergstrom D, Wienecke B, van den Hoff J, Hughes L, Lindenmayer D, Ainsworth T, Baker C, Bland L, Bowman D, Brooks S, Canadell J, Constable A, Dafforn K, Depledge M, Dickson C, Duke N, Helmstedt K, Holz A, Johnson C, McGeoch M, Melbourne-thomas J, Morgain R, Nicholson E, Prober S, Raymond B, Ritchie E, Robinson S, Ruthrof K, Setterfield S, Sgro C, Stark J, Travers T, Trebilco R, Ward D, Wardle G, Williams K, Zylstra P and Shaw J (2021) Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic. Global Change Biology, 27. pp. 1692-1703
• Bergstrom D, Wienecke B, van der Hoff J, Hughes L, Lindenmayer D, Ainsworth T, Baker C, Bland L, Bowman D, Brooks S, Canadell J, Constable A, Dafforn K, Depledge M, Dickson C, Duke N, Helmstedt K, Holz A, Johnson C, Mcgeoch M, Melbourne-thomas J, Morgain R, Nicholson E, Prober S, Raymond B, Ritchie E, Robinson S, Ruthrof K, Setterfield S, Sgro C, Stark J, Travers T, Trebilco R, Ward D, Wardle G, Williams K, Zylstra P and Shaw J (2021) Ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic: an assessment and response framework. Global Change Biology, 27. pp. 1692-1703

Book Chapters

• Duke N, Hutley L, Mackenzie J and Burrows D (2021) Processes and factors driving change in mangrove forests: an evaluation based on the mass dieback event in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria. In: Ecosystem Collapse and Climate Change. Ecological Studies, 241. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 221-264

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 145+ research outputs authored by Dr Norman Duke from 1978 onwards.

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Completed

• Examining spatiotemporal changes in the phenology of Australian mangroves using satellite imagery (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• Duke, N. (2015) MangroveWatch Shoreview - shoreline imagery from Tingalpa Creek, Logan-Albert, Queensland, Australia. James Cook University

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