The remarkable contributions of ten outstanding women to Australian coral reef science
Pat Hutchings A B * , Barbara E. Brown C D , Maria Byrne E , Sarah Hamylton F and Tom Spencer G
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A Australian Museum Research Institute, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW 2010, Australia.
B Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University, North Ryde, NSW 2109, Australia.
C School of Natural and Environmental Sciences, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK.
D Environmental Research Unit, University of the Highlands and Islands, Castle Street, Thurso, Caithness KW14 7JD, Scotland, UK.
E School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
F School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia.
G Cambridge Coastal Research Unit, Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EN, UK.
* Correspondence to: pat.hutchings@austmus.gov.au
Historical Records of Australian Science 34(1) 19-35 https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22009
Published: 21 September 2022
© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the Australian Academy of Science. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)
Abstract
This article summarises the careers of ten women who have made an amazing contribution to our knowledge of Australian coral reefs and their management, and how this contribution has been used by the Great Barrier Reef Committee (subsequently the Australian Coral Reef Society) to conserve and manage our reefs—an ongoing process in the face of climate change.
Keywords: biology, conservation, environmental science, history of Science, management, museum, taxonomy.
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