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