Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Alecia Bellgrove
  Phone   +61 3 556 33099
Email   alecia.bellgrove@deakin.edu.au
Position   Senior Lecturer
Campus   Warrnambool
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Centre for Integrative Ecology

If you are interested in volunteering for our taste-test trials of edible Aussie seaweeds (in
Warrnambool) please email: Melanie Wells mrwells@deakin.edu.au or call 03-5563-3099

Research interests

  1. Dispersal and recruitment ecology of marine algae and invertebrates
  2. Ecosystem engineering roles of habitat-forming seaweeds and invertebrates
  3. Human impacts on intertidal rocky shores

Career

Senior Lecturer, Deakin University 2011 - present
Lecturer in Marine Biology & Ecology 2002 - present
University of Tsukuba, Japan, Foreign Research Fellow 2001
Japanese Soceity for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellow 1999 - 2001
PhD Monash University 1998

Key publications

Bellgrove, A., McKenzie, P. F., McKenzie, J. L. and Sfilgoj, B. J. (2010) Restoration of the habitat-forming fucoid alga Hormosira banksii at effluent-affected sites: competitive exclusion by coralline turfs Marine Ecology Progress Series Vol 419, pp. 47-56

Bellgrove, A., Kihara, H., Iwata, A., Aoki, M.N., Heraud, P. (2009) Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy as a tool to identify macroalgal propagules Journal of Phycology Vol 45, pp. 560-570

McKenzie, P.F. & Bellgrove, A. (2008) Dispersal of Hormosira banksii via detached fragments: reproductive viability and longevity Journal of Phycology Vol 44, pp, 1108-1115

Bellgrove, A, Clayton, MN & Quinn, GP (2004) An integrated study of the temporal and spatial variation in the supply of propagules, recruitment and assemblages of intertidal macroalgae on a wave-exposed rocky coast, Victoria, Australia Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology Vol 310, pp 207-225

Bellgrove, A, Clayton, MN & Quinn, GP (1997) Effects of secondarily treated sewage effluent on intertidal macroalgal recruitment processes Marine and Freshwater Research Vol 48, pp 137-146

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Professional activities

Secretary Asian Pacific Phycological Association (APPA)
Committee Member Australasian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany (ASPAB)
Member Phycological Society of America
Member The Japanese Society of Phycology
Member Environmental Sustainability Faculty Research Cluster

Related links

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www.pozible.com/seaweed

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PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Margie Morrice currentForaging ecology of Blue Whales in the Bonney Upwelling Region, South Australia Maria Garcia Rojas 2012Using sea ice charcteristics to identify minke whale habitat in antarctic sea ice Jacqui Pocklington (Univ. Melb) 2012Role of habitat-forming intertidal fucoids as ecosystem engineers Jacquomo Monk 2012Estimating the relationship of subtidal marine habitat on Victorian fish assemblages Daniel Grixti 2011Estimating and improving the survival of recreationally caught-and-released fish Jess KcKenzie 2011The influence of estuaries on surrounding coastal ecosystems Prue McKenzie 2008Potential for lon-distance dispersal of Hormosira banksii  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Vanessa SkrypczykInvestigation of the nutritional profiles of a selected number of local seaweeds, to identify potential species suitable for human consumption Sheridan Duncan Influence of sewage pollution on coralline algal growth Hayley Cameron 2012Influence of parental canopy in successful recruitment of Hormosira banksii Aimee Hauser 2012Is gene flow sufficient to prevent outbreeding depression between spatially distant populations of Hormosira banksii  

 

Teaching areas

Marine and Coastal Environmental Interpretation (1st year)
Marine Biology (2nd year)
Marine Biodiversity (3rd year)


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8th February 2013