PhD student investigating dark diversity patterns in the vegetation of SW Australia. I also like estuaries 💦
Perth, Western Australia
Joined September 2019
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Johan Wasserman retweeted
Dive into the deep!🪼 Exciting #PhD opportunity at @deepseauwa and @minderoo for Aus and NZ students! Use #eDNA and other genetic tools to explore biodiversity and investigate trophic relationships in deep-sea environments
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Some scenes from a recent sampling trip to South Australia's Nullarbor region. My research is investigating dark diversity and community completeness patterns in various Australian shrublands, woodlands and forests
Grateful and excited to join the @crc_time team as a scholar!
Looking forward to contributing to their innovative post-mine transition and restoration projects 🌿
Welcome @WassermanJohan
Johan is one of our newest scholarship recipients of the Higher Degree by Research scheme. He is a PhD student at the Harry Butler Institute, @MurdochUni, with a research background in plant ecology and environmental management.
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New paper out! Blue carbon stocks in the Endangered eelgrass Zostera capensis 🌱
We hope this further highlights the need to protect the extremely valuable yet vulnerable seagrass habitats in southern Africa.
Limited free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1gmDb…
Thank you to Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science and to the coauthors @LucienneH007 and Prof Janine Adams @ShallowWaterRes
Johan Wasserman retweeted
Our #review of the past 10 years of aquatic eDNA is here! We looked at 407 manuscripts and provide:
- 17 key considerations to guide study design and method selection
- a list of 663 PCR primers for aquatic eDNA research (largest to date)
authors.elsevier.com/c/1ggaw…
Aphanopetalum clematideum, a climber found only on limestone hills and river banks in Western Australia. Just 1 of 2 species in the Aus endemic Aphanopetalaceae family
Johan Wasserman retweeted
Our new paper developed a method that can not only quantify Antarctic krill eDNA, but estimate a relative time since it was shed. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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Johan Wasserman retweeted
Syngnathus watermeyeri is the only critically #endangered syngnathid, hopefully long-term #eDNA monitoring can help conserve the last remaining populations!
Read about it in today's @ConversationEDU
theconversation.com/dna-in-t…
Our new paper provides an overview of several decades of estuary management and restoration in South Africa.
Various restoration approaches to different pressures are covered.
We highlight lessons that have been learned to inform the restoration of these super ecosystems 💦🌱
So much talk about restoring nature - but is it even making a difference? Check out our review of #southafrican #estuary #restoration efforts. Restoration of South African estuaries: successes, failures and the way forward. #coastalrestoration tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2…
Limited free access at tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.2…
Another estuarine pipefish paper is out now! But this time with ✨eDNA✨
Go cite it at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
Characterising the distribution of the critically #endangered Estuarine #pipefish using #eDNA. We add to evidence that local extinctions have occurred, detecting the species in 2 of 5 estuaries in its historical range in South Africa. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
New paper out in @STOTEN_journal! We provide a #bluecarbon stock assessment in #seagrass and #saltmarsh habitats in a #eutophic #estuary 🌊🌱
Keep an eye on @ShallowWaterRes for more blue carbon research coming out of South Africa!
2022 Publication 🥳
#bluecarbon #Swartkops #estuary
"This research provided an assessment of blue carbon data from a salt marsh and seagrass in the southern African region and serves as a steppingstone to fulfilling the global gap in blue carbon data for Africa."
My 2nd MSc paper has been published! We explored how the ecological restoration of a saltpan at an urban eutrophic estuary could lead to the provision of ecosystem services.
Limited free eprints available at tandfonline.com/eprint/ZEEHC…
#wetland #waterbirds #waterquality #stormwater
Our new paper 'Saltpan primary producer and inorganic nutrient dynamics in response to inundation with nutrient-rich source waters' is now available online! Have a look at authors.elsevier.com/a/1erHT… @DALemsEstuaries @ShallowWaterRes
Our article on salt marsh restoration in South Africa has been published!
Our new article ‘Salt marsh restoration for the provision of multiple ecosystem services’ has been published in the new @DiversityMdpi Special Issue on the Conservation and Ecological Restoration of Intertidal Marshes. Available at: mdpi.com/1424-2818/13/12/680 @MDPIOpenAccess
