Characterising and monitoring Great Barrier Reef seawater microbial communities in a changing climate
Terzin, Marko (2025) Characterising and monitoring Great Barrier Reef seawater microbial communities in a changing climate. PhD thesis, James Cook University.
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Abstract
Marko Terzin investigated integrating microbial metagenomics with 54 environmental metrics (water chemistry, benthic cover, fish biomass) from the Great Barrier Reef. It establishes that seawater microbes, their genes, and viruses are powerful new tools for both diagnosing current stress and predicting future reef health trajectories.
| Item ID: | 91267 |
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| Item Type: | Thesis (PhD) |
| Keywords: | Coral reef health, Functional meta-omics, Microbial monitoring, Reef bacterioplankton |
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| Copyright Information: | Copyright © 2025 Marko Terzin |
| Additional Information: | Two publications arising from this thesis are stored in ResearchOnline@JCU, at time of processing. Please see the Related URLS. The publications are: [Chapter 1] Terzin, Marko, Laffy, Patrick W., Robbins, Steven, Yeoh, Yun Kit, Frade, Pedro R., Glasl, Bettina, Webster, Nicole S, and Bourne, David G. (2024) The road forward to incorporate seawater microbes in predictive reef monitoring. Environmental Microbiome, 19. 5. [Chapter 2] Terzin, Marko, Robbins, Steven J., Bell, Sara C., Lê Cao, Kim Anh, Gruber, Renee K., Frade, Pedro R., Webster, Nicole S., Yeoh, Yun Kit, Bourne, David G., and Laffy, Patrick W. (2025) Gene content of seawater microbes is a strong predictor of water chemistry across the Great Barrier Reef. Microbiome, 13 (1). 11. |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Apr 2026 01:53 |
| FoR Codes: | 31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 3103 Ecology > 310305 Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) @ 100% |
| SEO Codes: | 28 EXPANDING KNOWLEDGE > 2801 Expanding knowledge > 280102 Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences @ 20% 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1805 Marine systems and management > 180502 Assessment and management of pelagic marine ecosystems @ 40% 18 ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT > 1805 Marine systems and management > 180505 Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition @ 40% |
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