Professor

Terry Hughes

FAA

Terry Hughes
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Professor Hughes has made outstanding contributions to marine biology and coral reef ecology. He studies demography and life histories and has defined new ways of modelling population dynamics. His models have been applied in both terrestrial and marine systems, have been cited extensively and now appear in many textbooks. His quantitative analysis of community dynamics includes the first detailed account of the mechanisms underlying long-term degradation of coral reefs. Recent research on large-scale processes, including gene flow in marine organisms and regional variation in the dynamics of the Great Barrier Reef, published in Science and Nature, has been of enormous significance internationally.

Fields of research

31 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
  • 3103 ECOLOGY
    • 310305 Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology)
  • 3104 EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
    • 310402 Biogeography and Phylogeography
41 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
  • 4104 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
    • 410401 Conservation and biodiversity

For full list of research codes, please visit the ARC Website .

Expertise type

  • Environmental Biology
  • Biodiversity
  • Biology
  • Coral Reefs
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Conservation
  • Biogeography

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