Lynne van Herwerden

PeerJ Author

Summary

Lynne engages in original research that applies genetic tools to inform conservation and management of coral reef species, based on field and/or experimental studies. Study organisms include whales, sharks, sawfish, turtles, sea snakes, coral reef fishes. I also study the impacts of microplastics on coral reef organisms and their food webs.

Biodiversity Biogeography Climate Change Biology Ecotoxicology Evolutionary Studies Genetics Marine Biology

Past or current institution affiliations

James Cook University of North Queensland

Work details

Senior Lecturer

James Cook University of North Queensland

November 1999

College of Science & Engineering

I teach undergraduates evolution and genetics at levels 1, 2 and 3. I supervise and train postgraduate students at Honours, Masters and PhD levels, all of which perform original research that applies genetic tools to inform conservation and management of coral reef species, based on field and/or experimental studies.

PeerJ Contributions

Articles 1

September 28, 2018

Closing the gap: mixed stock analysis of three foraging populations of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) on the Great Barrier Reef

Karina Jones, Michael Jensen, Graham Burgess, Johanna Leonhardt, Lynne van Herwerden, Julia Hazel, Mark Hamann, Ian Bell, Ellen Ariel

https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.5651 PubMed 30280029