Paul is a marine and estuarine ecologist who has worked extensively in benthic communities and particularly seagrass ecosystems. His research includes the study of seagrass food webs, invasive species, seagrasses genetics, resilience, reproductive and population biology. He has also worked on soft sediment faunal communities and rocky shore ecology in both Australia and South America.

Interests

Research

• Plant-Herbivore Interactions
• Seagrass
• Population biology
• Molecular Ecology
• Plant Physiology
• Marine biogeography
• Restoration

Experience

• 2012 to 2013 - Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Integrative Ecology, Deakin University (Waurn Ponds, VIC, Australia)
• 2012 to 2013 - Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Zoology, University of Melbourne (Parkville, VIC Australia)
• 2010 to 2013 - Research assistant, University of Technology Sydney (Broadway, NSW, Australia)
• 2010 to 2013 - : Casual academic, Australian Catholic University (North Sydney, NSW, Australia)
• 2009 - Marine Park Ranger, Batemans Marine Park NSW (Narooma, NSWAustralia)
• 2004 to 2007 - Research assistant, University of Technology Sydney (Broadway, NSW, Australia)

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Ecological applications (4102)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Coastal and estuarine systems and management (1802)

Awards

• 2016 to 2017 - James Cook University Early Career Researcher Rising Star Award
• 2016 - Ian Potter Foundation Travel Award

Fellowships

• 2014 to 2015 - The Isobel Bennett Marine Biology Fellowship at Lizard Island

Memberships

• 2014 to 2021 - IUCN Species Survival Commission - Seagrass Specialist Group
• 2014 to 2021 - World Seagrass Association
• 2005 to 2021 - Australian Marine Sciences Association
• 2013 to 2017 - Royal zoological Society of New South Wales

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Journal Articles

• Smith T, Sherman C, Cumming E, York P and Jarvis J (2022) Size matters: variations in seagrass seed size at local scales affects seed performance. Hydrobiologia, 849. pp. 2335-2352
• Duarte de Paula Costa M, Lovelock C, Waltham N, Young M, Adame M, Bryant C, Butler D, Green D, Rasheed M, Salinas C, Serrano O, York P, Whitt A and Macreadie P (2021) Current and future carbon stocks in coastal wetlands within the Great Barrier Reef catchments. Global Change Biology, 27 (14). pp. 3257-3271
• Jackson E, Smith T, York P, Nielsen J, Irving A and Sherman C (2021) An assessment of the seascape genetic structure and hydrodynamic connectivity for sub-tropical seagrass restoration. Restoration Ecology, 29 (1).
• Scott A, York P, Macreadie P and Rasheed M (2021) Spatial and temporal variability of green turtle and dugong herbivory in seagrass meadows of the southern Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Marine Ecology Progress Series, 667. pp. 225-231
• Scott A, York P and Rasheed M (2021) Spatial and temporal patterns in macroherbivore grazing in a multi-species tropical seagrass meadow of the Great Barrier Reef. Diversity, 13 (1).
• Scott A, York P and Rasheed M (2021) Herbivory has a major influence on structure and condition of a Great Barrier Reef subtropical seagrass meadow. Estuaries and Coasts, 44. pp. 506-521
• Tol S, Jarvis J, York P, Congdon B and Coles R (2021) Mutualistic relationships in marine angiosperms: enhanced germination of seeds by mega-herbivores. Biotropica, 53 (6). pp. 1535-1545
• Trevathan-tackett S, Kepfer-Rojas S, Engelen A, York P, Ola A, Li J, Kelleway J, Jinks K, Jackson E, Adame M, Pendall E, Lovelock C, Connolly R, Watson A, Visby I, Trethowan A, Taylor B, Roberts T, Petch J, Farrington L, Djukic I and Macreadie P (2021) Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at a continental scale. Science of the Total Environment, 782.
• Hayes M, McClure E, York P, Jinks K, Rasheed M, Sheaves M and Connolly R (2020) The differential importance of deep and shallow seagrass to Nekton assemblages of The Great Barrier Reef. Diversity, 12 (8).
• Hoffmann L, Edwards W, York P and Rasheed M (2020) Richness of primary producers and consumer abundance mediate epiphyte loads in a tropical seagrass system. Diversity, 12 (10).
• 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.
• 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.

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Completed

• The role of herbivores as ecosystem engineers in Great Barrier Reef seagrass meadows (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Relative importance of different seagrass re-establishment strategies in tropical Queensland, Australia (2021, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• Hoffmann, L. (2020) Richness of primary producers and consumer abundance mediate epiphyte loads in a tropical seagrass system. James Cook University
• Tol, S. (2016) Biotic tropical seagrass seed dispersal by dugong and green sea turtles in the Great Barrier Reef. James Cook University
• York, P. (2013) Multiple stressors (light and temerature) on the temperate seagrass Zostera muelleri. None

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