Biography
Dr Alecia Bellgrove is Senior Lecturer in Marine Biology and Ecology at Deakin University, and heads the DeakinSeaweed Research Group in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences and Centre For Integrative Ecology and affiliated with the NuSea.Lab.
Alecia completed a BSc (Hons) at Monash University in 1992, a PhD in marine ecology at Monash University in 1998 and a Graduate Certificate of Higher Education at Deakin University in 2007. Alecia was a Research Fellow in the Department of Geography & Environmental Studies, University of Melbourne in 1998-1999, a JSPS Foreign Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan from 1999-2001 and Foreign Research Fellow of the University of Tsukuba, Japan in 2001. In 2002, Alecia commenced a Lectureship in Marine Biology and Ecology at Deakin University, Warrnambool Campus and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2011.
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Read more on Alecia's profileResearch interests
My research interests lie broadly within marine ecology, with a particular emphasis on:
- the roles of habitat-forming seaweeds in ecological systems
- life history dynamics of seaweeds
- impacts of anthropogenic disturbances (e.g. sewage effluent, climate change) on habitat-forming seaweeds and the ecosystems they support
- the roles macroalgae may play in carbon sequestration and climate mitigation
- exploration of the unique and diverse temperate Australian marine flora for sustainable food, fibre and health benefits.
I encourage partnerships with industry and government agencies.
Affiliations
Centre for Integrative Ecology
Teaching interests
I am passionate about the marine environment, sustainably feeding the world and educating the next generation of science leaders and the general public to empower everyone to make the world we live in a better place for all.
My teaching practice is founded on the premise of student engagement in hands-on experiences and creating 'real-life' learning environments that promote both individual responsibility for the learning journey and development of skills to be effective members of teams.
Units taught
SLE265 Marine Botany (Unit Chair)
SLE266 International Marine Study Tour (Unit Chair)
SLE219 Marine Invertebrates (Warrnambool Co-ordinator)
SLE314 Research Project (Project supervision considered on request)
Knowledge areas
Phycology
Marine Ecology
Seaweed Aquaculture
Marine Science Education
Expertise
Professional activities
2008 – 2012 President, Australasian Society of Phycology & Aquatic Botany (ASPAB)
2011 – 2017 Secretary, Asian Pacific Phycological Association (APPA)
Media appearances
Below is a subset of recent media appearances related to my research
Can Seaweed Save the World? – ABC Catalyst: http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/4722454.htm
In this 1h documantary I join Professor Tim Flannery on the Mornington Peninsula towards the end of his journey to investigate how seaweed is helping to save the world – from growing the foods of the future, helping clean polluted water and even combating climate change.
Pip Magazine Permaculture Podcast #7 https://www.pipmagazine.com.au/podcasts/pip-permaculture-podcast-7-edible-seaweed-dr-alecia-bellgrove/
Guide to foraging edible Aussie seaweeds, Pip Magazine http://ttps://www.pipmagazine.com.au/connect/pip-issue-9/
Kaisou: Plants of the Sea – Great Ocean Quarterly https://www.greatocean.com.au/volume-2-2/
Seaweed goes from beach to forks – Warrnambool Standard https://www.standard.net.au/story/1724621/seaweed-goes-from-beach-to-forks/
Research groups
DeakinSeaweed https://aleciabellgrove.wordpress.com/
Centre for Integrative Ecology http://cie-deakin.com/
NuSea.Lab http://lab.org.au/
Publications
Alecia Bellgrove, Fumio Nakaya, Yukihiko Serisawa, Kazuyo Matsuyama‐Serisawa, Yayoi Kagami, Paul Jones, Heikichi Suzuki, Shigeyuki Kawano, Masakazu Aoki
(2020), pp. 1-11, Journal of Phycology, London, Eng., C1
Attachment strength differs amongst life-history stages of an intertidal, isomorphic red alga
A Bellgrove, M Aoki
(2020), Vol. 68, pp. 144-151, Phycological research, London, Eng., C1
E Cumming, T Matthews, J Sanderson, B Ingram, A Bellgrove
(2020), Vol. 523, pp. 1-8, Aquaculture, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Flagellar motility during sperm chemotaxis and phototaxis in fucalean algae
N Kinoshita-Terauchi, A Bellgrove, K Shiba, K Inaba
(2020), pp. 1-9, European journal of phycology, Abingdon, Eng., C1
V Skrzypczyk, K Hermon, F Norambuena, G Turchini, R Keast, A Bellgrove
(2019), Vol. 31, pp. 709-724, Journal of applied phycology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Optimal spawning conditions of Phyllospora comosa (Phaeophyceae, Fucales) for mariculture
E Cumming, T Matthews, C Sanderson, B Ingram, A Bellgrove
(2019), Vol. 31, pp. 3041-3050, Journal of applied phycology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
The influence of canopy cover on the ecological function of a key autogenic ecosystem engineer
Jacqueline Pocklington, Michael Keough, Tim O’Hara, Alecia Bellgrove
(2019), Vol. 11, pp. 1-26, Diversity, Basel, Switzerland, C1
Adam Miller, Melinda Coleman, Jennifer Clark, Rachael Cook, Zuraya Naga, Martina Doblin, Ary Hoffmann, Craig Sherman, Alecia Bellgrove
(2019), pp. 1-17, Evolutionary applications, Chichester, Eng., C1
Seagrasses and macroalgae: importance, vulnerability and impacts
A Bellgrove, P Macreadie, J Jarvis, S Trevathan-Tackett
(2018), Vol. 1, pp. 729-770, Climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture a global analysis, Chichester, Eng., B1
Disturbance alters ecosystem engineering by a canopy-forming alga
J Pocklington, S Jenkins, A Bellgrove, M Keough, T O'Hara, P Masterson-Algar, S Hawkins
(2018), Vol. 98, pp. 687-698, Journal of the marine biological association of the United Kingdom, Cambridge, Eng., C1
Aboriginal uses of seaweeds in temperate Australia: an archival assessment
R Thurstan, Z Brittain, D Jones, E Cameron, J Dearnaley, A Bellgrove
(2018), Vol. 30, pp. 1821-1832, Journal of applied phycology, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Jordan Thomson, Elizabeth Whitman, Maria Garcia-Rojas, Alecia Bellgrove, Merrick Ekins, Graeme Hays, Michael Heithaus
(2018), Vol. 188, pp. 429-439, Oecologia, Berlin, Germany, C1
BioTIME: a database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene
Maria Dornelas, Laura Antão, Faye Moyes, Amanda Bates, Anne Magurran, Dušan Adam, Asem Akhmetzhanova, Ward Appeltans, José Arcos, Haley Arnold, Narayanan Ayyappan, Gal Badihi, Andrew Baird, Miguel Barbosa, Tiago Barreto, Claus Bässler, Alecia Bellgrove, Jonathan Belmaker, Lisandro Benedetti-Cecchi, Brian Bett, Anne Bjorkman, Magdalena Błażewicz, Shane Blowes, Christopher Bloch, Timothy Bonebrake, Susan Boyd, Matt Bradford, Andrew Brooks, James Brown, Helge Bruelheide, Phaedra Budy, Fernando Carvalho, Edward Castañeda-Moya, Chaolun Chen, John Chamblee, Tory Chase, Laura Siegwart Collier, Sharon Collinge, Richard Condit, Elisabeth Cooper, J Cornelissen, Unai Cotano, Shannan Kyle Crow, Gabriella Damasceno, Claire Davies, Robert Davis, Frank Day, Steven Degraer, Tim Doherty, Timothy Dunn, Giselda Durigan, J Duffy, Dor Edelist, Graham Edgar, Robin Elahi, Sarah Elmendorf, Anders Enemar, S Ernest, Rubén Escribano, Marc Estiarte, Brian Evans, Tung-Yung Fan, Fabiano Turini Farah, Luiz Loureiro Fernandes, Fábio Farneda, Alessandra Fidelis, Robert Fitt, Anna Fosaa, Geraldo Daher Correa Franco, Grace Frank, William Fraser, Hernando García, Roberto Cazzolla Gatti, Or Givan, Elizabeth Gorgone-Barbosa, William Gould, Corinna Gries, Gary Grossman, Julio Gutierréz, Stephen Hale, Mark Harmon, John Harte, Gary Haskins, Donald Henshaw, Luise Hermanutz, Pamela Hidalgo, Pedro Higuchi, Andrew Hoey, Gert Van Hoey, Annika Hofgaard, Kristen Holeck, Robert Hollister, Richard Holmes, Mia Hoogenboom, Chih-Hao Hsieh, Stephen Hubbell, Falk Huettmann, Christine Huffard, Allen Hurlbert, Natália Macedo Ivanauskas, David Janík, Ute Jandt, Anna Jażdżewska, Tore Johannessen, Jill Johnstone, Julia Jones, Faith Jones, Jungwon Kang, Tasrif Kartawijaya, Erin Keeley, Douglas Kelt, Rebecca Kinnear, Kari Klanderud, Halvor Knutsen, Christopher Koenig, Alessandra Kortz, Kamil Král, Linda Kuhnz, Chao-Yang Kuo, David Kushner, Claire Laguionie-Marchais, Lesley Lancaster, Cheol Min Lee, Jonathan Lefcheck, Esther Lévesque, David Lightfoot, Francisco Lloret, John Lloyd, Adrià López-Baucells, Maite Louzao, Joshua Madin, Borgþór Magnússon, Shahar Malamud, Iain Matthews, Kent McFarland, Brian McGill, Diane McKnight, William McLarney, Jason Meador, Peter Meserve, Daniel Metcalfe, Christoph Meyer, Anders Michelsen, Nataliya Milchakova, Tom Moens, Even Moland, Jon Moore, Carolina Mathias Moreira, Jörg Müller, Grace Murphy, Isla Myers-Smith, Randall Myster, Andrew Naumov, Francis Neat, James Nelson, Michael Paul Nelson, Stephen Newton, Natalia Norden, Jeffrey Oliver, Esben Olsen, Vladimir Onipchenko, Krzysztof Pabis, Robert Pabst, Alain Paquette, Sinta Pardede, David Paterson, Raphaël Pélissier, Josep Peñuelas, Alejandro Pérez-Matus, Oscar Pizarro, Francesco Pomati, Eric Post, Herbert Prins, John Priscu, Pieter Provoost, Kathleen Prudic, Erkki Pulliainen, B Ramesh, Olivia Mendivil Ramos, Andrew Rassweiler, Jose Rebelo, Daniel Reed, Peter Reich, Suzanne Remillard, Anthony Richardson, J Richardson, Itai van Rijn, Ricardo Rocha, Victor Rivera-Monroy, Christian Rixen, Kevin Robinson, Ricardo Ribeiro Rodrigues, Denise de Cerqueira Rossa-Feres, Lars Rudstam, Henry Ruhl, Catalina Ruz, Erica Sampaio, Nancy Rybicki, Andrew Rypel, Sofia Sal, Beatriz Salgado, Flavio Santos, Ana Savassi-Coutinho, Sara Scanga, Jochen Schmidt, Robert Schooley, Fakhrizal Setiawan, Kwang-Tsao Shao, Gaius Shaver, Sally Sherman, Thomas Sherry, Jacek Siciński, Caya Sievers, Ana da Silva, Fernando Rodrigues da Silva, Fabio Silveira, Jasper Slingsby, Tracey Smart, Sara Snell, Nadejda Soudzilovskaia, Gabriel Souza, Flaviana Maluf Souza, Vinícius Castro Souza, Christopher Stallings, Rowan Stanforth, Emily Stanley, José Mauro Sterza, Maarten Stevens, Rick Stuart-Smith, Yzel Rondon Suarez, Sarah Supp, Jorge Yoshio Tamashiro, Sukmaraharja Tarigan, Gary Thiede, Simon Thorn, Anne Tolvanen, Maria Teresa Zugliani Toniato, Ørjan Totland, Robert Twilley, Gediminas Vaitkus, Nelson Valdivia, Martha Vallejo, Thomas Valone, Carl Van Colen, Jan Vanaverbeke, Fabio Venturoli, Hans Verheye, Marcelo Vianna, Rui Vieira, Tomáš Vrška, Con Quang Vu, Lien Van Vu, Robert Waide, Conor Waldock, Dave Watts, Sara Webb, Tomasz Wesołowski, Ethan White, Claire Widdicombe, Dustin Wilgers, Richard Williams, Stefan Williams, Mark Williamson, Michael Willig, Trevor Willis, Sonja Wipf, Kerry Woods, Eric Woehler, Kyle Zawada, Michael Zettler, Thomas Hickler
(2018), Vol. 27, pp. 760-786, Global ecology and biogeography, Chichester, Eng., C1
Physical threats to macrophytes as ecosystem engineers
D Walker, A Bellgrove
(2017), pp. 259-272, Marine macrophytes as foundation species, Boca Raton, Fla., B1
Carbon dioxide mitigation potential of seaweed aquaculture beds (SABs)
C Sondak, P Ang, J Beardall, A Bellgrove, S Boo, G Gerung, C Hepburn, D Hong, Z Hu, H Kawai, D Largo, J Lee, P Lim, J Mayakun, W Nelson, J Oak, S Phang, D Sahoo, Y Peerapornpis, Y Yang, I Chung
(2017), Vol. 29, pp. 2363-2373, Journal of applied phycology, Berlin, Germany, C1
A Bellgrove, A van Rooyen, A Weeks, J Clark, M Doblin, A Miller
(2017), Vol. 29, pp. 1721-1727, Journal of applied phycology, Berlin, Germany, C1
Restoring rocky intertidal communities: lessons from a benthic macroalgal ecosystem engineer
A Bellgrove, P McKenzie, H Cameron, J Pocklington
(2017), Vol. 117, pp. 17-27, Marine pollution bulletin, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Applications of unmanned aerial vehicles in intertidal reef monitoring
S Murfitt, B Allan, A Bellgrove, A Rattray, M Young, D Ierodiaconou
(2017), Vol. 7, Scientific reports, London, Eng., C1
A life well lived: Joanna Jones (Kain) 1930-2017
A Bellgrove
(2017), Vol. 29, pp. 2707-2711, Journal of applied phycology, Berlin, Germany, C1
Can macroalgae contribute to blue carbon? An Australian perspective
R Hill, A Bellgrove, P Macreadie, K Petrou, J Beardall, A Steven, P Ralph
(2015), Vol. 60, pp. 1689-1706, Limnology and oceanography, London, Eng., C1
Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration
S Trevathan-Tackett, J Kelleway, P Macreadie, J Beardall, P Ralph, A Bellgrove
(2015), Vol. 96, pp. 3043-3057, Ecology, London, Eng., C1
Effects of micro- and mesograzers on intertidal macroalgal recruitment
A Bellgrove, J Monk, G Quinn
(2014), Vol. 161, pp. 1207-1216, Marine Biology, C1
G Boo, A Mansilla, W Nelson, A Bellgrove, S Boo
(2014), Vol. 119, pp. 73-79, Aquatic Botany, C1
Remotely sensed hydroacoustics and observation data for predicting fish habitat suitability
J Monk, D Ierodiaconou, A Bellgrove, E Harvey, L Laurenson
(2011), Vol. 31, Continental Shelf Research, C1
Influence of intermittent estuary outflow on coastal sediments of adjacent sandy beaches
J McKenzie, G Quinn, T Matthews, J Barton, A Bellgrove
(2011), Vol. 92, pp. 59-69, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, C1
Habitat suitability for marine fishes using presence-only modelling and multibeam sonar
J Monk, D Ierodiaconou, V Versace, A Bellgrove, E Harvey, A Rattray, L Laurenson, G Quinn
(2010), Vol. 420, pp. 157-174, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Oldendorf, Germany, C1
A Bellgrove, P McKenzie, J McKenzie, B Sfiligoj
(2010), Vol. 419, pp. 47-56, Marine Ecology Progress Series, C1
Fourier transform infrared microspectroscopy as a tool to identify macroalgal propagules
A Bellgrove, H Kihara, A Iwata, M Aoki, P Heraud
(2009), Vol. 45, pp. 560-570, Journal of Phycology, C1
P McKenzie, A Bellgrove
(2009), Vol. 48, pp. 335-343, Phycologia, C1
An evaluation of Sea Search as a citizen science programme in Marine Protected Areas
R Koss, K Miller, G Wescott, A Bellgrove, A Boxshall, J McBurnie, A Bunce, P Gilmour, D Ierodiaconou
(2009), Vol. 15, pp. 116-127, Pacific Conservation Biology, C1
J Monk, D Ierodiaconou, A Bellgrove, L Laurenson
(2008), Vol. 88, pp. 865-871, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, C1
Variation in gametophyte dominance in populations of Chondrus verrucosus (Gigartinaceae, Rhodophyta)
A Bellgrove, M Aoki
(2008), Vol. 56, pp. 246-254, Phycological Research, C1
P McKenzie, A Bellgrove
(2008), Vol. 44, pp. 1108-1115, Journal of Phycology, C1
P McKenzie, A Bellgrove
(2006), Vol. 57, pp. 655-663, Marine and Freshwater Research, C1
Small-scale temporal variation in propagule supply of an intertidal red alga
A Bellgrove, M Aoki
(2006), Vol. 45, pp. 458-464, Phycologia, C1
B Downes, A Bellgrove, J Street
(2005), Vol. 56, pp. 815-824, Marine and Freshwater Research, C1
A Bellgrove, M Clayton, G Quinn
(2004), Vol. 310, pp. 207-225, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, C1
Photosynthetic performance of transplanted ecotypes of Ecklonia cava (Laminariales, Phaeophyta)
Y Serisawa, Y Yokohama, Y Aruga, A Bellgrove
(2004), Vol. 16, pp. 227-235, Journal of Applied Phycology, C1
Y Serisawa, M Aoki, T Hirata, A Bellgrove, A Kurashima, Y Tsuchiya, T Sato, H Ueda, Y Yokohama
(2003), Vol. 15, pp. 311-318, Journal of Applied Phycology, C1
Effects of secondarily treated sewage effluent on intertidal macroalgal recruitment processes
A Bellgrove, M Clayton, G Quinn
(1997), Vol. 48, pp. 137-146, Marine and freshwater research, Clayton, Vic., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Assessing and mitigating environmental impacts of SWRO outfalls on key benthic marine organisms
A/Prof Julie Mondon, Dr Alecia Bellgrove
National Centre of Excellence in Desalination
- 2014: $96,863
- 2013: $182,218
- 2012: $23,410
Other Public Sector Funding
Recovery of Hormosira banksii at Boags Rocks and surrounds following reduction of ammonium and freshwater influences
Dr Alecia Bellgrove
- 2008: $1,100
- 2007: $4,545
Identifying the relationship between benthic marine habitat and the distribution of Victorian coastal fishes: Implications for marine protected area management
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Prof Gerry Quinn, Dr Jacquomo Monk
- 2008: $1,500
Victoria's future climate and the marine environment: vulnerabiltiy of rocky reefs
Dr Alecia Bellgrove
- 2012: $15,000
Inspiring Young Marine Science Experts - Stewards of Swan Bay
Ms Nicole Sadler, Dr Alecia Bellgrove, A/Prof Julianne Lynch, Dr Ty Matthews, Dr Prue Francis, A/Prof Julie Mondon
- 2019: $13,356
- 2018: $18,115
Contributions of seaweed to carbon sequestration
Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Mrs Erlania Erlania, A/Prof Peter Macreadie, A/Prof David Francis
- 2019: $2,500
Learning from Communities: Indigenous uses of seaweeds in Australasia
Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Ms Zoe Ellen Brittain, Dr Prue Francis, Prof David Jones
- 2020: $5,000
Industry and Other Funding
Foraging ecology of blue whales, southern Australia
Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Ms Margie Morrice
- 2012: $25,800
- 2011: $22,860
Would you like seaweed with that?
Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Prof Giovanni Turchini, Prof Russell Keast, Dr Fernando Norambuena
- 2013: $5,314
Sustainable nutrition solutions using Australian seaweeds: Developing seaweed production techniques for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture
Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Ms Erin Cumming, Dr Brett Ingram, Dr Craig Sanderson
- 2017: $15,000
- 2016: $15,000
- 2015: $15,000
DemoDairy Foundation Gift - Seaweed and the dairy, meat and livestock industry
Dr Alecia Bellgrove
- 2020: $7,000
- 2019: $14,000
Contributions of seaweed to carbon sequestration
Dr Alecia Bellgrove, A/Prof Peter Macreadie, A/Prof David Francis, Mrs Erlania Erlania
- 2019: $6,375
Nutritional composition of cultured kelps and influences of sample preservation.
Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Miss Vanessa Skrzypczyk, Dr Damien Callahan, A/Prof David Francis
- 2019: $11,000
DeakinSeaEd: marine education resources for children
Dr Prue Francis, Dr Alecia Bellgrove, Dr Paul Venzo
- 2019: $10,000
Other Funding Sources
CRC-P Seaweed solutions for sustainable aquaculture.
Dr Alecia Bellgrove
- 2020: $50,654
- 2019: $89,615
Supervisions
Margaret Morrice
Thesis entitled: Fine-scale foraging habitat and behavioural responses of pygmy blue whales
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Maria Garcia Rojas
Thesis entitled: Influence of sea-ice structure on minke whale and other krill-predator distribution
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Jessica McKenzie
Thesis entitled: Coastal Responses to Estuarine Discharge from Intermittently Open System
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Prudence McKenzie
Thesis entitled: Potential for Long-distance Dispersal of Hormosira banksii
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Daniel Grixti
Thesis entitled: Estimating and Improving the Survival of Caught and Released Fish
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Jacquomo Monk
Thesis entitled: Understanding Fish-habitat Associations using Video Observations and Sonar Imaging
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences