Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science

Shantala Brisbane

PhD student
School of the Environment
Rhodes Sustainable Landscapes Group
Lovelock Mangrove and Blue Carbon Lab

Researcher biography

Saltmarshes provide a range of ecosystem functions including providing nursery, feeding and reproductive habitats for a range of fauna, nutrient cycling, carbon sequestration and coastal protection. However large areas have been lost and degraded and these important ecosystems are under further threat from climate change and sea level rise. Despite increasing efforts to restore saltmarshes globally, the benefits are not well understood, particularly in terms of ecosystem functions.

Shantala is a PhD candidate in the School of the Environment, supervised by Professors Jonathan Rhodes and Catherine Lovelock. Her project aims to investigate recovery of ecosystem functions in restored saltmarshes - globally through a structured review, and in Australian subtropical saltmarshes through field measurements at restoration sites of varying ages in a restoration chronosequence. The project also aims to investigate factors that may enhance restoration, including the potential effects of the underground microbiome on the survival and growth of Australian saltmarsh plants, and to identify opportunities and trade-offs involved in saltmarsh restoration in south-east Queensland.

Shantala is also a Research Assistant and Lab Manager for the McDonald-Madden Complex Environmental Decisions Group.

Publications

Journal Articles (5)
Data Collection (1)

Journal Articles

Rhodes, Jonathan R., Liu, Yan, Wahyudi, Agung, Maron, Martine, Iftekhar, Md Sayed and Brisbane, Shantala (2023). Performance of habitat offsets for species conservation in dynamic human‐modified landscapes. People and Nature. doi: 10.1002/pan3.10494
Bayraktarov, Elisa, Brisbane, Shantala, Hagger, Valerie, Smith, Carter S., Wilson, Kerrie A., Lovelock, Catherine E., Gillies, Chris, Steven, Andrew D. L. and Saunders, Megan (2020). Priorities and motivations of marine coastal restoration research. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 484. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00484
Bayraktarov, Elisa, Stewart‐Sinclair, Phoebe J., Brisbane, Shantala, Boström‐Einarsson, Lisa, Saunders, Megan I., Lovelock, Catherine E., Possingham, Hugh P., Mumby, Peter J. and Wilson, Kerrie A. (2019). Motivations, success and cost of coral reef restoration. Restoration Ecology, 27 (5) rec.12977, 981-991. doi: 10.1111/rec.12977
Lynch, A. J. J., Thackway, R., Specht, A., Beggs, P. J., Brisbane, S., Burns, E. L., Byrne, M., Capon, S. J., Casanova, M. T., Clarke, P. A., Davies, J. M., Dovers, S., Dwyer, R. G., Ens, E., Fisher, D. O., Flanigan, M., Garnier, E., Guru, S. M., Kilminster, K., Locke, J., Mac Nally, R., McMahon, K. M., Mitchell, P. J., Pierson, J. C., Rodgers, E. M., Russell-Smith, J., Udy, J. and Waycott, M. (2015). Transdisciplinary synthesis for ecosystem science, policy and management: the Australian experience. Science of the Total Environment, 534, 173-184. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.100
Shantala McMaster and Lanyon, Janet M. (2006). Interactions between Lyngyba majuscula and green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in Moreton Bay, Australia.. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SEFSC-536, 536, 131-133.

Data Collection

Rhodes, Jonathan R, Liu, Yan, Wahyudi, Agung, Maron, Martine, Iftekhar, Md Sayed and Brisbane, Shantala (2023). South East Queensland Koala Offset Analysis. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/1c1164e