PhD student investigating dark diversity patterns in the vegetation of SW Australia. I also like estuaries 💦
Joined September 2019
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Johan Wasserman retweeted
13 Nov 2023
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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25 Aug 2023
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
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25 Aug 2023
By looking at these patterns from a functional traits perspective, this research aims to provide new insights into the ecology and restoration of (some of) Australia's remarkable vegetation
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30 Jun 2023
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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22 Mar 2023
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…
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22 Mar 2023
Thank you to Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science and to the coauthors @LucienneH007 and Prof Janine Adams @ShallowWaterRes
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Johan Wasserman retweeted
2 Mar 2023
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)
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28 Jan 2023
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
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Johan Wasserman retweeted
24 Jan 2023
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
3 Jan 2023
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…
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13 Nov 2022
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 💦🌱
12 Nov 2022
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…
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10 Oct 2022
Another estuarine pipefish paper is out now! But this time with ✨eDNA✨
Go cite it at onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
10 Oct 2022
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/…
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21 Sep 2022
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!
20 Sep 2022
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."
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8 Jun 2022
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
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8 Jun 2022
An innovative restoration approach is presented in which stormwater pollution can be greatly reduced and an important waterbird habitat can be restored simultaneously.
ALT Photo courtesy of Paul Martin of the Zwartkops Conservancy.
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4 Apr 2022
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
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4 Apr 2022
Here we carried out a microcosm experiment to inform an exciting ecological restoration project to restore wetland habitat and improve water quality at the urban Swartkops Estuary.
23 Dec 2021
Our article on salt marsh restoration in South Africa has been published!
23 Dec 2021
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
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6 Dec 2021
We went looking for the mystical estuarine pipefish 🐉 You won't BELIEVE what we found (not clickbait)
6 Dec 2021
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