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Professor Catherine Lovelock

Professor

School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science
c.lovelock@uq.edu.au
+61 7 336 52304

Overview

Professor Lovelock's research focusses on the influence of enviornmental change, including climate change, on the ecology of coastal and marine plant communities and in providing knowledge to underpin conservation and restoration of these ecosystems now and in the future.

Research Interests

  • Mangrove forest physiology and ecology
  • "Blue Carbon"

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science (Hons), The University of Western Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, James Cook University

Publications

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Grants

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Supervision

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Publications

Featured Publications

Book Chapter

  • Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation

    Serrano, Oscar, Kelleway, Jeffrey J., Lovelock, Catherine and Lavery, Paul S. (2019). Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation. In Perillo, G. M. E., Wolanski, E., Cahoon, D. R. and Hopkinson, C. S. (Ed.), Coastal Wetlands: An Integrated Ecosystem Approach 2nd ed. (pp. 965-996) Amsterdam, Netherlands : Elsevier. doi:10.1016/B978-0-444-63893-9.00028-9

  • Climate regulation: salt marshes and blue carbon

    Johnson, Beverly J., Lovelock, Catherine E. and Herr, Dorothée (2018). Climate regulation: salt marshes and blue carbon. In The Wetland book: I: Structure and function, management, and methods (pp. 1185-1196) Dordrecht, Netherlands : Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-90-481-9659-3_213

  • Climate regulation: salt marshes and blue carbon

    Johnson, Beverly J., Lovelock, Catherine E. and Herr, Dorothée (2016). Climate regulation: salt marshes and blue carbon. In C. Max Finlayson, Mark Everard, Kenneth Irvine, Robert J. McInnes, Beth A. Middleton, Anne A. van Dam and Nick C. Davidson (Ed.), The wetland book (pp. 1-12) Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-94-007-6172-8_213-1

  • The physiology of mangrove trees with changing climate

    Lovelock, Catherine E., Krauss, Ken W., Osland, Michael J., Reef, Ruth and Ball, Marilyn C. (2016). The physiology of mangrove trees with changing climate. In Guillermo Goldstein and Louis S. Santiago (Ed.), Tropical tree physiology: adaptations and responses in a changing environment (pp. 149-179) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27422-5_7

  • CO2 efflux from cleared mangrove peat

    Lovelock, Catherine E., Ruess, Roger W. and Feller, Ilka C. (2014). CO2 efflux from cleared mangrove peat. In Amitava Bandyopadhyay (Ed.), Carbon capture and storage: CO2 management technologies (pp. 268-276) New York, NY, United States: Apple Academic Press. doi:10.1201/b16845

  • Mangrove shorelines

    Woodrofe, Colin D., Lovelock, Catherine E. and Rogers, Kerrylee (2014). Mangrove shorelines. In Coastal environments and global change (pp. 251-267) Chichester, West Sussex United Kingdom: wiley. doi:10.1002/9781119117261.ch11

Journal Article

Conference Publication

  • Carbon sequestration, stoichiometry and storage potential of Australian coastal and marine ecosystems*

    CSIRO Marine and Coastal Carbon Biogeochemistry Cluster, Serrano, Oscar, Alongi, Daniel, Arias, Ariane, Cherukuru, Nagur, Connolly, Rod, Duarte, Carlos, Esteban, Alba, Eyre, Bradley, Ford, Phillip, Garcia-Orellana, Jordi, Grierson, Pauline, Hayes, Matthew, Rozaimi, Mohammad, Kendrick, Gary, Larkum, Anthony, Lavery, Paul, Lee, Shing Yip, Lovelock, Catherine, Macreadie, Peter, Marba, Nuria, Masque, Pere, Mazarrasa, Ines, McGowan, Hamish, Oubelkheir, Kadija, Petrou, Katherina, Ralph, Peter, Robertson, Alistar, Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Sanders, Christian, Saunders, Megan, Skrzypek, Grzegorz, Steven, Andy, Tilbrook, Bronte and Trott, Lindsay (2013). Carbon sequestration, stoichiometry and storage potential of Australian coastal and marine ecosystems*. In: Program and Abstract Handbook: AMSA2013 Golden Jubilee Conference. AMSA 2013: Australian Marine Science Golden Jubilee Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, (202-202). 7-11 July 2013.

  • Carbon storage in seagrass meadows across gradients in water quality

    Samper-Villarreal, Jimena, Mumby, Peter, Lovelock, Catherine E. and Saunders, Megan (2013). Carbon storage in seagrass meadows across gradients in water quality. In: Program and Abstract Handbook: AMSA2013 Golden Jubilee Conference. AMSA 2013: Australian Marine Science Golden Jubilee Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, (197-197). 7-11 July 2013.

  • Direct and indirect impacts of predicted sea level rise on seagrass

    Saunders, Megan I., Baldock, Tom, Brown, Christopher J., Callaghan, David P., Golshani, Aliastair, Hamylton, Sarah, Leon, Javier, Lovelock, Catherine E., Lyons, Mitchell B., O'Brien, Katherine R., Mumby, Peter J., Phinn, Stuart R. and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2013). Direct and indirect impacts of predicted sea level rise on seagrass. In: Program and Abstract Handbook: AMSA2013 Golden Jubilee Conference. AMSA 2013: Australian Marine Science Golden Jubilee Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, (198-198). 7-11 July 2013.

  • Business as unusual - The key subsurface challenges in sequestration in a depleted gas field

    Tucker, O., Lovelock, C., Acevedo, L. and Koster, M. (2012). Business as unusual - The key subsurface challenges in sequestration in a depleted gas field. In: , , (). .

  • Reactive transport modeling for CO2 storage in a depleted North Sea gas field

    Snippe, J., Wei, L., Lovelock, C. and Tucker, O. (2012). Reactive transport modeling for CO2 storage in a depleted North Sea gas field. In: , , (). .

  • Does plant response to the limiting resource explain invasibility? An experimental test using two invasive weeds and their non-invasive native congeners

    Clech-Goods, C., Schooler, S., Lovelock, C. and Schmidt, S. (2008). Does plant response to the limiting resource explain invasibility? An experimental test using two invasive weeds and their non-invasive native congeners. In: van Klinken, R. D., Osten, V. A., Panetta, F. D. and Scanlan, J. C., Proceedings of the 16th Australian Weeds Conference. 16th Australian Weeds Conference, Cairns, Australia, (107-107). 18-22 May.

  • Sediment processes and mangrove-habitat expansion on a rapidly-prograding Muddy Coast, New Zealand

    Swales A., Bentley S.J., Lovelock C. and Bell R.G. (2007). Sediment processes and mangrove-habitat expansion on a rapidly-prograding Muddy Coast, New Zealand. In: Coastal Sediments '07 - Proceedings of 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes. 6th International Symposium on Coastal Engineering and Science of Coastal Sediment Processes, New Orleans, LA, (). May 13, 2007-May 17, 2007. doi:10.1061/40926(239)111

Other Outputs

Grants (Administered at UQ)

PhD and MPhil Supervision

Current Supervision

  • The impacts of climate change on mangroves of Bangladesh

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Restoration of marine coastal environments for climate change adaptation and mitigation

    Doctor Philosophy — Principal Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Bottlenecks of coral recruitment on degraded reefs

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Examining trajectories of decline of megafauna in our coastal seas

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Sustainability pathways for shrimp aquaculture in tropical coastal areas

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

  • Latitudinal patterns of maternal investment, maternal provisioning, and performance of coral offspring

    Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor

    Other advisors:

Completed Supervision

This staff member is a UQ Expert for media in the following fields:

Mangrove ecology, Ecology of coastal plant communities, Climate change on the coast, Nutrient enrichment of the coastal zone, Ecosystem metabolism, Coastal zone

They are happy to lend their expertise to your articles or broadcasts and share their research discoveries and insights with the community via media channels.

For additional assistance with story ideas, general advice and information or help with seeking further experts, please email the UQ Media Team or telephone (07) 3365 1120.

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ResearcherID: G-7370-2012

ORCID: 0000-0002-2219-6855

Scopus ID: 7003761121

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