Integrative Biology and Evolution of Marine and Freshwater Invertebrates

Professor Maria Byrne - Deputy Director One Tree Island Research Station
Research in the Byrne Laboratory investigates the biology of marine and freshwater invertebrates with a focus on the Echinodermata and the Mollusca. Current projects involve species from tropical and temperate Australia. Using a multidisciplinary approach we addresses major paradigms in evolution, development and biology.
Current Research

Head of Lab - Maria Byrne
Echinoderm Studies
- Global Change Biology
- Life History Evolution
- Larval Biology
- Speciation in Asterinid Sea Stars
- Evolution of Maternal Provisioning in Echinoderms
- Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Commercial Sea Cucumbers
- Ecology of Tropical Sea Cucumbers
- Reproductive Biology
- Evolution of Development
- Developmental Genetics
- Aquaculture
Molluscan Studies
- Global Change Biology
- Biology and Ecology of Freshwater Mussels
- Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Caenogastropoda
- Taxonomy of Pulmonate Gastropods
- Functional Morphology and Anatomy