My research interests are broadly focused on water quality across the catchment to reef continuum.   Zoe’s PhD research examined sediment transport processes across a large Great Barrier Reef (GBR) river catchment, as well as the transformation and dispersal of these sediments within adjacent coastal waters. Zoe’s current Advance Queensland Fellowship builds on this research to characterise and trace the origin(s) of fine sediments that are most responsible for the declining condition of GBR ecosystems. 

Research Disciplines

• Environmental Science and Management (0502)
• Soil Sciences (0503)
• Geochemistry (0402)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Land and Water Management (9609)
• Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water (9611)
• Ecosystem Assessment and Management (9605)

Awards

• 2016 - University Medal - Excellence for a doctoral research thesis
• 2016 - Clarivate Analytics (formerly Thomson Reuters) Women in Research Citation Awards (Environmental science & management category)

Fellowships

• 2016 to 2019 - Advance Queensland (QLD Government) Research Fellowship

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Journal Articles

• Bainbridge Z, Lewis S, Bartley R, Fabricius K, Collier C, Waterhouse J, Garzon-Garcia A, Robson B, Burton J, Wenger A and Brodie J (2018) Fine sediment and particulate organic matter: a review and case study on ridge-to-reef transport, transformations, fates, and impacts on marine ecosystems. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 135. pp. 1205-1220
• Kuhnert P, Pagendam D, Bartley R, Gladish D, Lewis S and Bainbridge Z (2018) Making management decisions in the face of uncertainty: a case study using the Burdekin catchment in the Great Barrier Reef. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69 (8). pp. 1187-1200
• Lewis S, Lough J, Cantin N, Matson E, Kinsley L, Bainbridge Z and Brodie J (2018) A critical evaluation of coral Ba/Ca, Mn/Ca and Y/Ca ratios as indicators of terrestrial input: new data from the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 237. pp. 131-154
• Petus C, Devlin M, da Silva E, Lewis S, Waterhouse J, Wenger A, Bainbridge Z and Tracey D (2018) Defining wet season water quality target concentrations for ecosystem conservation using empirical light attenuation models: a case study in the Great Barrier Reef (Australia). Journal of Environmental Management, 213. pp. 1-16
• Brodie J, Lewis S, Collier C, Wooldridge S, Bainbridge Z, Waterhouse J, Rasheed M, Honchin C, Holmes G and Fabricius K (2017) Setting ecologically relevant targets for river pollutant loads to meet marine water quality requirements for the Great Barrier Reef, Australia: a preliminary methodology and analysis. Ocean & Coastal Management, 143. pp. 136-147
• Bainbridge Z, Lewis S, Smithers S, Wilkinson S, Douglas G, Hillier S and Brodie J (2016) Clay mineral source tracing and characterisation of Burdekin River (NE Australia) and flood plume fine sediment. Journal of Soils Sediments, 16 (2). pp. 687-706
• Furuichi T, Olley J, Wilkinson S, Lewis S, Bainbridge Z and Burton J (2016) Paired geochemical tracing and load monitoring analysis for identifying sediment sources in a large catchment draining into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon. Geomorphology, 266. pp. 41-52
• Gladish D, Kuhnert P, Pagendam D, Wikle C, Bartley R, Searle R, Ellis R, Dougall C, Turner R, Lewis S, Bainbridge Z and Brodie J (2016) Spatio-temporal assimilation of modelled catchment loads with monitoring data in the Great Barrier Reef. Annals of Applied Statistics, 10 (3). pp. 1590-1618
• Bartley R, Croke J, Bainbridge Z, Austin J and Kuhnert P (2015) Combining contemporary and long-term erosion rates to target erosion hot-spots in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Anthropocene, 10. pp. 1-12
• Bainbridge Z, Lewis S, Smithers S, Kuhnert P, Henderson B and Brodie J (2014) Fine-suspended sediment and water budgets for a large, seasonally dry tropical catchment: Burdekin River catchment, Queensland, Australia. Water Resources Research, 50 (11). pp. 9067-9087
• Bartley R, Bainbridge Z, Lewis S, Kroon F, Wilkinson S, Brodie J and Silburn D (2014) Relating sediment impacts on coral reefs to watershed sources, processes and management: a review. Science of the Total Environment, 468-469. pp. 1138-1153

Book Chapters

• Brodie J, Lewis S, Davis A, Bainbridge Z, O'Brien D, Waterhouse J, Devlin M and Thomas C (2015) Management of agriculture to preserve environmental values of the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. In: Ecosystems Services and River Basin Ecohydrology. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, pp. 275-292

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• Bainbridge, Z. (2012) Water quality characteristics of water draining different land uses in the Tully/Murray Rivers region. James Cook University
• Brodie, J. (2011) Water quality research: baseline synthesis and year 1 summary. Australian Centre for Tropical Freshwater Research
• Lewis, S. (2011) Herbicides: a new threat to the Great Barrier Reef. James Cook Univeristy

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