Ross Coleman - Research Students

Ross Coleman

Research Interests

Research Output

Research Students

Research Collaboration

Ross Coleman - Research Students

Research Students
I supervise PhD students working on a wide ange of projects within Marine Ecology, including Recruitment ecology of crabs and barnacles; Foraging behaviour of oystercatchers; The impact of crab tiling on estuarine infauna; Predator induced defensive behaviour of snails, assemblage responses to pollution..

POSTGRADUATE SUPERVISION

PhD Completed

Plymouth:

James Lee. Recruitment ecology of the velvet swimming crab (Necora puber). Funded by Brazilian Government, supervised by R.A. Coleman and Prof. M.B. Jones. Completed Nov. 2004.
Sarah Carless. Human disturbance and the foraging ecology of oystercatchers. Funded by University of Plymouth, supervised by R.A. Coleman , Dr P.A. Cotton and Dr R.A. Stillman (Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Dorset). Completed Nov. 2005
Emma Sheehan. The ecological effects of crab tiling on estuarine fauna. Funding by Holly Hill Trust assisted by English Nature to RAC, supervised by Prof. M.J. Attrill, R.A. Coleman and Dr R.C. Thompson. Completed May 2007
Sarah Dalesman: Plasticity and heritability of behaviour in freshwater snails. Funding: University of Plymouth Research Studentship, supervised by Dr S.D. Rundle, R.A. Coleman and Dr P.A. Cotton. Completed May 2007.
Gerardo Gomes-Filho. Factors affecting the ecology of estuarine organisms. Funded by Brazilian government, supervised by R.A. Coleman , Dr R.C. Thompson and Prof. S.J. Hawkins (MBA). Completed November 2007

Sydney:

Victoria Cole. The ecology of polychaetes in biogenic habitats on intertidal rocky shores. APA funded. Supervised by M.G. Chapman, A.J. Underwood & R.A. Coleman . Completed Dec. 2006
Amy Palmer. Larval development and life history of Ischochitons. APA funded. Supervised by A.J. Underwood, R.A. Coleman, A.C. Jackson with C.A. Styan (Deakin University). Completed Decoember 2007

PhD In progress

Sydney:

Mariana Mayer. The response of fouling assemblages to contaminants. IPRS funded. Supervised by A.J. Underwood, R.A. Coleman and T. Tolhurst. 2005-8
Ezequiel Marzinelli. Multitrophic interactions and patterns of abundance in fouling assemblages on algae. IPRS funded. Supervised by R.A. Coleman , A.J. Underwood and D. Blockley. 2006-9
Giordana Cocco. Differences in the distribution, density and composition of wrack and of living seagrass between urbanized and unurbanized shorelines of estuarine lakes. APAI Funded. Supervised by M.G. Chapman, R.A. Coleman and D.E. Roberts. 2006-9
Miguel Matias. Patterns of biodiversity related to structural complexity in algal habitats. FCT (Portuguese Government) Funded. Supervised by R.A. Coleman , A.J. Underwood and V.J. Cole. 2007-10
Kelly Davis. Tritrophic interactions in kelp beds. USIRS funded. Supervised by R.A. Coleman , A.J. Underwood and C. McArthur. 2007-10
Denise Bunting. Biogenic Habitats and Invasive Species. Northcote Graduate Scholarship (UK) funded. Supervised by R.A. Coleman , A.J. Underwood & A.C. Jackson. 2008-11
Fabiana Moreira. Behavioural responses of benthic invertebrates to contaminants. USIRS Funded. Supervised by R.A. Coleman , A.J. Underwood & A.J.W. Ward. 2008-11
Kiran Liversedge. Ecology of Chitons under boulders. APA Funded. Supervised by R.A. Coleman , M.G. Chapman & A. Palmer. 2008-11

Masters Projects/Theses.

2006-7 Sydney: Master of Applied Science: Wildlife Management. Emilie Kissler: Induction of chemical defences in response to browsing: effects of artificial and natural browsing by introduced Rusa deer on the eucalypt Corymbia gummifera. Supervised by Clare McArthur and R.A. Coleman

2006 Sydney: Masters of Applied Science: Quantitative Marine Ecology. Amy Brookes: The management of intermittently closed and open lakes and lagoons in New South Wales. Masters of Applied Science: Coastal Management. Caitlin Brady: The concept of surrogacy and design of marine parks.

2004-5 Plymouth: MRes. Mark Breckels: Foraging by limpets on seawalls and rocky shores. Miguel Matias: Resolving complexity: Experimental studies use artificial algal turves. Elizabeth Spooner: Food choice in the shanny Lipophrys pholis. MSc Adam Jones: Foraging behaviour of the shanny Lipophrys pholis: The role of learning and spatial awareness. Alyson Little: Socioeconomic aspects of a no-take zone at Lundy.

2003-4 Gareth Cunningham: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function: The Role of Microbial Gut Assemblages in Detrital Processing by Amphipods; Sorain Ramchunder: Tritophic Signalling in Algae-Herbivore-Predator Systems; Rebecca Harris: Optimising a Sampling Design for Measuring the Effectiveness of a No-Take Zone in the Bristol Channel.

2002-3 Esther Borell: Do Models of Wound-Induced Resistance Developed from Terrestrial Systems Apply to Marine Plant-Herbivore Interactions?; Karen Burnett: The role of Reliability of Cue in Predator Detection by the Intertidal Barnacle Elminius modestus.

2002-1 Tim Theobalds: Anti-predator Benefits of Aggregation by the Limpet Patella vulgata

HONOURS STUDENTS

2008 Katherine Forsythe: Foraging Ecology of the Blackwinged Stilt Himantopus himantopus. Supervised by R.A. Coleman . M.G. Chapman & T. Tolhurst

2008 Emily Williams: Aggregation Behaviour of Cellana tramoscerica. Supervised by R.A. Coleman , A.J. Underwood and A.C. Jackson.

2007 Jesmin Chikani: Limpets as substrata for foliose algae. B.Sc. Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, supervised by R.A. Coleman , A.J. Underwood and A.C. Jackson.

2005 Nathan Campbell: Patterns and distribution of the mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis and Trichomya hirsuta on urban structures and rocky shores in Sydney Harbour, NSW. B.Sc. Honours thesis, University of Sydney, supervised by R.A. Coleman , C. Styan and T. Tolhurst.

1999-2005 35 Honours projects supervised at the University of Plymouth