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

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

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

Socio-Economic Objectives

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

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

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Journal Articles

• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• Smith T, York P, Broitman B, Thiel M, Hays G, van Sebille E, Putman N, Macreadie P and Sherman C (2018) Rare long distance dispersal of a marine angiosperm across the Pacific Ocean. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 27 (4). pp. 487-496
• 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
• Clarke D, York P, Rasheed M and Northfield T (2017) Does biodiversity–ecosystem function literature neglect tropical ecosystems? . Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 32 (5). pp. 320-323
• Cumming E, Jarvis J, Sherman C, York P and Smith T (2017) Seed germination in a southern Australian temperate seagrass. PeerJ, 5. pp. 1-19
• Tol S, Jarvis J, York P, Grech A, Congdon B and Coles R (2017) Long distance biotic dispersal of tropical seagrass seeds by marine mega-herbivores. Scientific Reports, 7. pp. 1-8
• Wu P, Mengersen K, McMahon K, Kendrick G, Chartrand K, York P, Rasheed M and Caley M (2017) Timing anthropogenic stressors to mitigate their impact on marine ecosystem resilience. Nature Communications, 8.

Book Chapters

• Sherman C, Smith T, York P, Jarvis J, Ruiz-Montoya L and Kendrick G (2018) Reproductive, dispersal and recruitment strategies in Australian seagrasses. In: Seagrasses of Australia: Structure, Ecology and Conservation. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 213-256
• York P, Hyndes G, Bishop M and Barnes R (2018) Faunal assemblages of seagrass ecosystems. In: Seagrasses of Australia: Structure, Ecology and Conservation. Springer, Cham, Switzerland, pp. 541-588

Conference Papers

• Waltham N, York P, McKenna S, Petus C, Devlin M, Rasheed M, Campbell S, Whinney J and Kane K (2017) Long term ambient water quality monitoring to support port management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference. In: Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference: working with nature, 21-23 June 2017, Cairns, QLD, Australia

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Current

• Herbivores  as  ecosystem  engineers  in  tropical  seagrass  meadows:  Grazing  impacts  on  meadow  structure  and  ecosystem service delivery. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Relative Importance of Different Seagrass Re-Establishment Strategies in Tropical Queensland (PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• 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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