Biography
Mary completed her Bachelor's degree in Marine and Coastal Ecology at California State University, Monterey Bay where she also worked as a lab manager for the Seafloor Mapping Lab. During her time at the Seafloor Mapping Lab, she participated in the California Seafloor Mapping Program which mapped the coastal waters of California out to 3 nautical miles. During this time, Mary gained vast knowledge in the acquisition and processing of multibeam, sidescan and interferometric data. Even with this new skillset, her interest remained in marine ecology and mapping the seafloor gave insight into the heterogeneous environment in the oceans and sparked her interest in the field of marine landscape ecology. By using landscape ecology techniques and the seafloor maps, she completed and published her undergraduate capstone project on explaining and predicting rockfish distribution across the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary in California, USA. During her year off between finishing her undergraduate degree and starting her graduate degree she also worked on and published a project with Wood’s Hole Oceanographic Institution looking at spawning location preference of California market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens). She then went on to complete her Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz in the Raimondi-Carr Lab. The main goal of her Ph.D. research was to apply landscape ecology to answer broad scale questions in marine ecology. Combining oceanography, biogenic habitat and population connectivity, she looked at the distributions of temperate nearshore reef fishes, giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and the placement and evaluation of marine protected areas. At Deakin, Mary’s research will be focused on looking at broad scale patterns in marine systems with the incorporation of oceanographic processes, population characteristics, genetics, and seafloor habitat. Understanding these broad scale patterns in the oceans will help to understand the effects of climate change and help with marine spatial planning.
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2008 - 2014 - Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at University of California at Santa Cruz
2008 - Researcher on NOAA's search for deepwater caves in Bermuda
2005 - 2014 - Processing Supervisor at Seafloor Mapping Lab at California State University at Monterey Bay
2002- 2007 - B.S. in Marine and Coastal Ecology at California State University at Monterey Bay
Research interests
Marine Landscape Ecology
Marine Population Connectivity
Species Distributions
Effects of Climate Change on Marine Ecosystems
Marine Protected Area Management
Publications
Spatially explicit ecosystem accounts for coastal wetland restoration
M D. P. Costa, M Wartman, P Macreadie, L Ferns, R Holden, D Ierodiaconou, K MacDonald, T Mazor, R Morris, E Nicholson, A Pomeroy, E Zavadil, M Young, R Snartt, P Carnell
(2024), Vol. 65, Ecosystem Services, C1
M Young, K Critchell, A Miller, E Treml, M Sams, R Carvalho, D Ierodiaconou
(2023), Vol. 29, pp. 199-220, Diversity and Distributions, London, Eng., C1
Remote sensing for cost-effective blue carbon accounting
M Malerba, M Duarte de Paula Costa, D Friess, L Schuster, M Young, D Lagomasino, O Serrano, S Hickey, P York, M Rasheed, J Lefcheck, B Radford, T Atwood, D Ierodiaconou, P Macreadie
(2023), Vol. 238, Earth-Science Reviews, C1
Quantifying blue carbon stocks and the role of protected areas to conserve coastal wetlands
Micheli Costa, Maria Adame, Catherine Bryant, Jack Hill, Jeffrey Kelleway, Catherine Lovelock, Anne Ola, Michael Rasheed, Cristian Salinas, Oscar Serrano, Nathan Waltham, Paul York, Mary Young, Peter Macreadie
(2023), Vol. 874, pp. 1-12, Science of The Total Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Erlania, A Bellgrove, P Macreadie, M Young, O Holland, Z Clark, D Ierodiaconou, R Carvalho, D Kennedy, A Miller
(2023), Vol. 890, pp. 164430-164430, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1
Giant spider crab ecological assessment in Port Phillip Bay
Elodie Camprasse, Daniel Ierodiaconou, John Arnould, Paul Tinkler, Mary Young, Darren Wong, Sasha Whitmarsh, Scott Gray, Darcy Cutter
(2023), Geelong, Vic., A6
Integrating multibeam echosounder water-column data into benthic habitat mapping
P Porskamp, A Schimel, M Young, A Rattray, Y Ladroit, D Ierodiaconou
(2022), pp. 1-13, Limnology and Oceanography, Chichester, Eng., C1
D Ierodiaconou, D Kennedy, N Pucino, B Allan, R McCarroll, L Ferns, R Carvalho, K Sorrell, C Leach, M Young
(2022), Vol. 244, pp. 1-13, Continental Shelf Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
N Pucino, D Kennedy, M Young, D Ierodiaconou
(2022), Vol. 282, pp. 1-19, Remote Sensing of Environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Identifying spatio-temporal trends in seagrass meadows to inform future restoration
O Dalby, N Pucino, Y Tan, E Jackson, P Macreadie, R Coleman, M Young, D Ierodiaconou, C Sherman
(2022), pp. 1-13, Restoration Ecology, London, Eng., C1
Peter Porskamp, Mary Young, Alex Rattray, Craig Brown, Rozaimi Hasan, Daniel Ierodiaconou
(2022), Vol. 3, FRONTIERS IN REMOTE SENSING, C1
Statewide assessment of Victorian marine protected areas using existing data April
Mary Young, Peter Porskamp, Kay Critchell, Eric Treml, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Jacqui Pocklington, Michael Sams
(2022), Melbourne, Vic., A6
Estimating blue carbon sequestration under coastal management scenarios
M Moritsch, M Young, P Carnell, P Macreadie, C Lovelock, E Nicholson, P Raimondi, L Wedding, D Ierodiaconou
(2021), Vol. 777, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1
A Navarro, M Young, P Macreadie, E Nicholson, D Ierodiaconou
(2021), Vol. 13, Remote Sensing, C1
Current and future carbon stocks in coastal wetlands within the Great Barrier Reef catchments
M Duarte de Paula Costa, C Lovelock, N Waltham, M Young, M Adame, C Bryant, D Butler, D Green, M Rasheed, C Salinas, O Serrano, P York, A Whitt, P Macreadie
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 3257-3271, Global Change Biology, England, C1
Seascape ecology: identifying research priorities for an emerging ocean sustainability science
S Pittman, K Yates, P Bouchet, D Alvarez-Berastegui, S Andrefouet, S Bell, C Berkstrom, C Bostrom, C Brown, R Connolly, R Devillers, D Eggleston, B Gilby, M Gullstrom, B Halpern, M Hidalgo, D Holstein, K Hovel, F Huettmann, E Jackson, W James, J Kellner, C Kot, V Lecours, C Lepczyk, I Nagelkerken, J Nelson, A Olds, R Santos, K Scales, D Schneider, H Schilling, C Simenstad, I Suthers, E Treml, L Wedding, P Yates, M Young
(2021), Vol. 663, pp. 1-29, Marine ecology progress series, [Halstenbek, Germany], C1
Factors Determining Seagrass Blue Carbon Across Bioregions and Geomorphologies
I Mazarrasa, P Lavery, C Duarte, A Lafratta, C Lovelock, P Macreadie, J Samper-Villarreal, C Salinas, C Sanders, S Trevathan-Tackett, M Young, A Steven, O Serrano
(2021), Vol. 35, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, C1
National scale predictions of contemporary and future blue carbon storage
M Young, O Serrano, P Macreadie, C Lovelock, P Carnell, D Ierodiaconou
(2021), Vol. 800, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1
Seagrass valuation from fish abundance, biomass and recreational catch
H Jänes, P Carnell, M Young, D Ierodiaconou, G Jenkins, P Hamer, P Zu Ermgassen, J Gair, P Macreadie
(2021), Vol. 130, Ecological Indicators, C1
O Holland, M Young, C Sherman, M Tan, H Gorfine, T Matthews, A Miller
(2021), Vol. 27, pp. 6498-6511, Global Change Biology, C1
R Carvalho, D Kennedy, M Young, C Leach, D Ierodiaconou
(2021), Vol. 230, Continental Shelf Research, C1
STAR OF THE SOUTH MARINE ECOLOGY SURVEY PROGRAM: STEREO BAITED REMOTE UNDERWATER VIDEO SURVEY
daniel Ierodiaconou, Sasha Whitmarsh, Sam Wines, Scott Gray, Paul Tinkler, Mary Young, Garnet Hooper
(2021), Geelong, Vic., A6
Hydrographic survey and fish biodiversity assessment of the Port Fairy Wave Energy Site
Daniel Ierodiaconou, mary Young, Peter Porskamp, Sasha Whitmarsh
(2021), Geelong, Vic., A6
B Huang, M Young, P Carnell, S Conron, D Ierodiaconou, P Macreadie, E Nicholson
(2020), Vol. 710, Science of the Total Environment, Netherlands, C1
A Mora-Soto, M Palacios, E Macaya, I Gómez, P Huovinen, A Pérez-Matus, M Young, N Golding, M Toro, M Yaqub, M Macias-Fauria
(2020), Vol. 12, Remote Sensing, C1
A Navarro, M Young, B Allan, P Carnell, P Macreadie, D Ierodiaconou
(2020), Vol. 242, Remote Sensing of Environment, C1
M Young, E Treml, J Beher, M Fredle, H Gorfine, A Miller, S Swearer, D Ierodiaconou
(2020), Vol. 43, pp. 1052-1064, Ecography, Chichester, Eng., C1
Drivers and modelling of blue carbon stock variability in sediments of southeastern Australia
C Ewers Lewis, M Young, D Ierodiaconou, J Baldock, B Hawke, J Sanderman, P Carnell, P Macreadie
(2020), Vol. 17, pp. 2041-2059, Biogeosciences, C1
Samuel Wines, Mary Young, Richard Zavalas, Jordan Logan, Paul Tinkler, Daniel Ierodiaconou
(2020), Vol. 640, pp. 171-187, Marine ecology progress series, Oldendorf, Germany, C1
Daniel Ierodiaconou, Sasha Whitmarsh, Sam Wines, paul Tinkler, mary Young, Mike Mackie
(2020), Geelong, Vic., A6
Adam Miller, Ary Hoffmann, Mun Tan, Mary Young, Collin Ahrens, Michael Cocomazzo, Alex Rattray, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Eric Treml, Craig Sherman
(2019), Vol. 28, pp. 3053-3072, Molecular ecology, Chichester, Eng., C1
Mapping Ocean Wealth Australia: the value of coastal wetlands to people and nature
Paul Carnell, Simon Reeves, Emily Nicholson, Peter Macreadie, Daniel Ierodiaconou, Mary Young, Jaya Kelvin, Holger Janes, Alejandro Navarro, James Fitzsimons, Chris Gillies
(2019), Carlton, Vic., A6
D Ierodiaconou, A Schimel, D Kennedy, J Monk, G Gaylard, M Young, M Diesing, A Rattray
(2018), Vol. 39, pp. 271-288, Marine geophysical research, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, C1
Multiscale and hierarchical classification for benthic habitat mapping
P Porskamp, A Rattray, M Young, D Ierodiaconou
(2018), Vol. 8, Geosciences (Switzerland), C1
A Jalali, M Young, Z Huang, H Gorfine, D Ierodiaconou
(2018), Vol. 27, pp. 587-601, Fisheries oceanography, Chichester, Eng., C1
M Young, P Macreadie, C Duncan, P Carnell, E Nicholson, O Serrano, C Duarte, G Shiell, J Baldock, D Ierodiaconou
(2018), Vol. 14, Biology Letters, England, C1
Applying landscape ecology for the design and evaluation of marine protected area networks
M Young, L Wedding, M Carr
(2017), pp. 429-462, Seascape Ecology, Hoboken, N.J., B1
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, England, C1
J Logan, M Young, E Harvey, A Schimel, D Ierodiaconou
(2017), Vol. 582, pp. 181-200, Marine Ecology Progress Series, Oldendorf/Luhe, Germany, C1
M Young, K Cavanaugh, T Bell, P Raimondi, C Edwards, P Drake, L Erikson, C Storlazzi
(2016), Vol. 86, pp. 45-60, Ecological monographs, Hoboken, N.J., C1
M Young, D Ierodiaconou, M Edmunds, L Hulands, A Schimel
(2016), Vol. 163, Marine Biology, C1
M Young, M Carr
(2015), Vol. 10, pp. 1-23, PLoS one, San Francisco, Calif., C1
M Young, M Carr
(2015), Vol. 21, pp. 1428-1440, Diversity and Distributions: a journal of conservation biogeography, Weinheim, Germany, C1
M Young, D Ierodiaconou, T Womersley
(2015), Vol. 170, pp. 178-187, Remote sensing of environment, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
Spatial abundance patterns and recruitment of a virus-affected commercial mollusc fishery
M Jalali, D Ierodiaconou, H Gorfine, F Christiansen, M Young
(2015), Vol. 22, pp. 472-487, Fisheries management and ecology, Weinheim, Germany, C1
Seascape drivers of Macrocystis pyrifera population genetic structure in the northeast Pacific
M Johansson, F Alberto, D Reed, P Raimondi, N Coelho, M Young, P Drake, C Edwards, K Cavanaugh, J Assis, L Ladah, T Bell, J Coyer, D Siegel, E Serrão
(2015), Vol. 24, pp. 4866-4885, Molecular ecology, Chichester, Eng., C1-1
Distribution and abundance of rippled scour depressions along the California coast
A Davis, R Kvitek, C Mueller, M Young, C Storlazzi, E Phillips
(2013), Vol. 69, pp. 88-100, Continental shelf research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1-1
M Young, P Iampietro, R Kvitek, C Garza
(2010), Vol. 415, pp. 247-261, Marine ecology progress series, Oldendorf, Germany, C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Patterns of interaction between habitat and oceanographic variable affecting the connectivitity and productivity of invertebrate fish
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young, A/Prof Craig Sherman, A/Prof Adam Miller
FRDC Grant - Research - Fisheries Research & Development Corporation
- 2017: $35,000
- 2016: $110,000
- 2015: $50,000
Guiding research and best practice standards for the sustainable development of Offshore Renewables and other emerging marine industries in Australia
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young, Prof Marcel Klaassen
National Environmetal Science Program 2
- 2023: $100,117
Other Public Sector Funding
Benthic habitat characterisation of Western Port Bay
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Mr Sean Blake, Dr Alexandre Schimel, Dr Mary Young
Port of Hastings Development Authority
- 2015: $13,312
Marine biotope mapping for Victorian coastal waters.
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young, Dr Alex Rattray
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2018: $89,600
An updated monitoring program for Cape Howe Marine National Park.
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Mr Paul Tinkler, Mr Sam Wines, Dr Paul Carnell, Dr Mary Young
Parks Victoria Grant - Research CAT2-2-1
- 2021: $48,780
- 2019: $45,000
Optimal Management of Overabundant Sea Urchins in Victoria.
Dr Paul Carnell, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Eric Treml, A/Prof Craig Sherman, A/Prof Adam Miller, Dr Mary Young, Prof Peter Macreadie
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2021: $222,500
- 2020: $97,500
- 2019: $70,000
Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program Science Communications.
Dr Mary Young, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2021: $32,053
- 2020: $32,053
Statewide Assessment of Victorian MPAs using Existing Data.
Dr Mary Young, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou
Parks Victoria Grant - Research CAT2-2-1
- 2021: $9,000
- 2020: $36,000
An updated monitoring program for Discovery Bay Marine National Park
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young, Dr Sasha Whitmarsh, Mr Scott Gray, Mr Paul Tinkler, Dr Peter Porskamp
Parks Victoria
- 2023: $59,670
- 2022: $31,058
- 2021: $30,000
Statewide Coastal Digital Elevation Model Update for 2021
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2021: $10,000
Spatial maps and temporal analyses of Victoria's subtidal marine biodiversity
Dr Mary Young, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Peter Porskamp
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2021: $25,000
Apollo Marine Park habitat mapping, biodiversity assessment, and capacity building in Indigenous marine country management
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young, Dr Adam Cardilini
DAWE Our Marine Parks Round 3
- 2023: $50,000
- 2022: $248,844
Giant Spider Crab ecological and socio-economic assessment in the marine water of Port Phillip Bay.
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Paul Carnell, Dr Justin Rizzari, Prof John Arnould, Dr Helen Scarborough, Dr Mary Young, Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Sasha Whitmarsh
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2023: $61,000
- 2022: $447,467
Baited Remote Underwater Video Survey of Port Phillip Head MNP
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young, Dr Sasha Whitmarsh, Mr Scott Gray, Mr Paul Tinkler, Dr Peter Porskamp
Parks Victoria Grant - Research CAT2-4
- 2023: $10,000
- 2022: $59,670
Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program. Port Phillip Bay Beach Renourishment Program - Benthic characterisation 2022-23.
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2022: $350,000
Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program Open Coast 2022-2023.
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2023: $60,000
- 2022: $240,000
Mapping the current and future impacts of climate change stressors and urchin abundance on macroalgae in Victoria's marine protected area network.
Dr Mary Young
Parks Victoria
- 2023: $20,834
- 2022: $15,000
Kelping the Bay: future proofing the Golden Kelp
Dr Prue Francis, A/Prof Adam Miller, A/Prof Craig Sherman, Dr Paul Carnell, Dr Jacqui Pocklington, Dr Mary Young, Miss Jasmine Bursic
Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action Port Philip Bay Fund 90 719 052 204
- 2023: $90,721
Filling data and knowledge gaps to support strategic marine planning.
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2023: $210,000
Victorian Coastal Monitoring Program: Wave buoys and seabed mapping program.
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young
Department of Environment Land Water and Planning
- 2023: $270,000
Understanding the effectiveness of protection for fish, invertebrate and algal diversity after twenty years of Victorian marine national parks and sanctuaries. RPP2324 P02
Dr Mary Young, Dr Oli Dalby
Parks Victoria
- 2024: $25,000
Assessing the distribution, health and potential for restoration of estuarine seagrass meadows in the Glenelg Hopkins Region.
Dr Mary Young, Dr Oli Dalby, A/Prof Craig Sherman, A/Prof Adam Miller, A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou
GHCMA Grant - Research - Glenelg - Hopkins Catchment Management Authority
- 2024: $45,000
Industry and Other Funding
ARDC GMRT-AusSeabed
A/Prof Daniel Ierodiaconou, Dr Mary Young
Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC) co-investment
- 2021: $25,728
Supervisions
Oliver Dalby
Thesis entitled: Incorporating Spatial Ecology into Seagrass Restoration to Improve Success
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Nicolas Pucino
Thesis entitled: Multi-scale optical remote sensing of coastal morphodynamics
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Alejandro Humberto Navarro Otero
Thesis entitled: Remote sensing of coastal wetlands in southeastern Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Peter Hendricus Johannes Porskamp
Thesis entitled: Benthic Habitat Mapping of Nearshore Temperate Environments through Remote Sensing
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences