Increasing our understanding and knowledge of this species and its requirements will guide future conservation actions for the species and its habitat.
Tiaro Landcare is committed to supporting and encouraging new research and has partnered with The University of Queensland, Griffith University and Charles Darwin University. Since the establishment of the Mary River turtle support scholarship in 2006, Tiaro Landcare provided financial and in-kind assistance to numerous post graduate researchers. Scientific papers resulting from this research are included in the Resource Library.
Natalie Clark
The University of Queensland.
PhD thesis: The diving physiological ecology of Australian freshwater turtle hatchlings.
Mariana A. de Micheli-Campbell
The University of Queensland.
PhD thesis: Habitat requirements for nesting and early life-stages of the endangered Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus): Insights for conservation.
Roseanne Beukeboom
Utrecht University
Masters thesis: Threats to the early life stages of the Mary River turtle (Elusor macrurus) from Queensland, Australia
Dr Hamish Campbell
Charles Darwin University
Post-doctoral research: Identifying critical habitat for freshwater turtles: integrating long-term monitoring tools to enhance conservation and management.
Dr Daniel Schmidt
Griffith University
Post-doctoral research: Complete mitochondrial genome and conservation genetics of the endangered Mary River turtle.
Sydney Collett
Charles Darwin University
Honors thesis: Understanding the environmental conditions that dictate the abundance and distribution of two threatened freshwater turtles of south-east Queensland.
Marilyn Connell
Charles Darwin University
Masters thesis: Freshwater turtle assemblages of the Mary River (Queensland, Australia), with a focus on the population of the endangered Elusor macrurus.
