Dr Laura Falkenberg

Dr Laura Falkenberg

  • Qualifications

    PhD candidate (2009-2012), Thesis title: Mediation of global change by local biotic and abiotic interactions, Supervisors: Prof Sean Connell, Dr Bayden Russell, The University of Adelaide

    First Class Honours in Science (Marine Biology) (2008), Thesis title: Interactions between global- and local- scale stressors, consequences for marine assemblages of rocky temperate coasts, The University of Adelaide

    Bachelor of Arts (Geography and Environmental Studies)/Bachelor of Science (Ecology/Marine Biology) (2004-2007), The University of Adelaide

  • Awards & Achievements

    2013: Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

    2010: 5th AMSA-SA Annual Symposium, poster presentation, runner-up for "Best Poster"

    2010: The University of Adelaide School of Earth and Environmental Sciences Poster Day, 2nd place

    2008: Australian Water Association H.J.N. Hodgson Medal Finalist

    2008: First Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement in Level III Environmental Biology

  • Research Interests

    My research is focussed on forecasting the effects of combined global (climate change) and local change (species removal, nutrient pollution) on marine systems. Given the potentially interactive nature of these changes I am particularly interested in determining if management at local scales could mitigate the effects of global change. 

    This work represents progress in ecological tests of hypotheses regarding global climate change as it incorporates comprehensive sets of community drivers. Further, it contributes new knowledge regarding the anticipated responses of marine communities to local through global scale pollution, and the potential for local conditions to mitigate the effects of global change.

  • Research Funding

    2010: Nature Foundation SA

    2009: Nature Conservation Society of South Australia, Conservation Biology Grant

    2009: SARDI Science Bursary

  • Publications

    Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD, Russell BD (2014) Herbivory mediates the expansion of an algal habitat under nutrient and CO2 enrichment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 497: 87-92 

    Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD, Russell BD (2013) Current and future eutrophication of nearshore marine environments: causes, consequences and potential management strategies. In Lambert A and Roux C (eds), Eutrophication: causes, economic implications and future challenges, Nova Publishers, New York. ISBN: 978-1-6208-498-6

    Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2013) Future herbivory: the indirect effects of enriched CO2 may rival its direct effects. Marine Ecology Progress Series 492: 85-95

    Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2013) Contrasting resource limitations of marine primary producers: implications for competitive interactions under enriched CO2 and nutrient regimes. Oecologia 172: 575-583

    Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD, Russell BD (2013) Disrupting the effects of synergies between stressors: improved water quality dampens the effects of future CO2 on a marine habitat. Journal of Applied Ecology 50: 51-58

    Falkenberg LJ, Russell BD, Connell SD (2012) Stability of strong species interactions resist the synergistic effects of local and global pollution in kelp forests. PLoS ONE 7(3): e33841. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0033841

    Falkenberg LJ, Burnell OW, Connell SD, Russell BD (2010) Sustainability in near-shore marine systems: promoting natural resilience. Sustainability 2: 2591-2600

    Russell BD, Thompson JI, Falkenberg LJ, Connell SD (2009) Synergistic effects of climate change and local stressors: CO2 and nutrient driven change in subtidal rocky habitats. Global Change Biology 15: 2153-2163 

      

     

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Entry last updated: Thursday, 6 Feb 2014