Dr Page’s marine science career began in Townsville, where she completed her science degree and honours research on coral bleaching. She joined AIMS as part of the long-term monitoring program, but returned to James Cook University to complete a Ph.D. upon seeing increases in the occurrence of novel coral diseases on the Great Barrier Reef. Her research documented spatial and temporal patterns in disease prevalence, as well as the progression and impacts of poorly understood diseases on the reproduction and growth of corals. Dr Page has since applied this knowledge of coral health and reef monitoring in environmental consulting roles and the regulation of industry, particularly large dredging and coastal development projects.
Dr Page returned to AIMS in 2019 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow as part of the Keppel Island Coral Project. Her research is focused on overcoming the high mortality rates experienced by the very early life-history stages of corals. Overcoming these survival bottlenecks is critical to the efficacy of any future efforts to restore coral reefs. This knowledge is also important to inform management of potential methods to naturally improve the natural resilience of GBR coral populations.
Dr Page’s current research focuses on identifying the influence of environmental factors on the survival and growth of the early life-history stages of corals. She combines laboratory experiments with large scale field studies, in particular large field deployments of substrates seeded with corals bred in the AIMS National Sea Simulator, to document natural variation in rates of coral survival and growth in the field. This research aims to identify which environmental factors are most important in driving the mortality of corals in their early years and to inform potential future coral reef restoration efforts.
Fulton, Stella & Hines, Tehya & Page, Cathie & McLeod, Ian & Whinney, James & Heron, Scott & Bourne, David & Smith, Hillary. (2024). Inshore coral reef sediment and turf dynamics unaffected by canopy-forming macroalgae. Marine pollution bulletin. 208. 117037. 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2024.117037.
Heyward, Andrew & Giuliano, Christine & Page, Cathie & Randall, Carly. (2024). Rock and roll: experiments on substrate movement and coral settlement. Coral Reefs. 43. 1417-1429. 10.1007/s00338-024-02547-z.
Page, Cathie & Giuliano, Christine & Randall, Carly. (2024). Benthic communities influence coral seeding success at fine spatial scales. Restoration Ecology. 32. 10.1111/rec.14212.
Briggs, Nico & Page, Cathie & Giuliano, Christine & Alessi, Cinzia & Hoogenboom, Mia & Bay, Line & Randall, Carly. (2024). Dissecting coral recovery: bleaching reduces reproductive output in Acropora millepora. Coral Reefs. 43. 1-13. 10.1007/s00338-024-02483-y.
Randall, Carly & Giuliano, Christine & Stephenson, Briony & Whitman, Taylor & Page, Cathie & Treml, Eric & Logan, Murray & Negri, Andrew. (2024). Larval precompetency and settlement behaviour in 25 Indo-Pacific coral species. Communications Biology. 7. 10.1038/s42003-024-05824-3.
Smith, Hillary & Fulton, Stella & McLeod, Ian & Page, Cathie & Bourne, David. (2023). Sea‐weeding: Manual removal of macroalgae facilitates rapid coral recovery. Journal of Applied Ecology. 60. 1-13. 10.1111/1365-2664.14502.
Page, Cathie & Giuliano, C & Meehan, Kelley & Fisher, R & Motti, Cherie & Negri, Andrew & Randall, Carly. (2023). Varied effects of Lobophora chemistry on settlement of larvae from five coral genera. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 717. 10.3354/meps14380.
Page, Cathie & Giuliano, Christine & Bay, Line & Randall, Carly. (2023). High survival following bleaching underscores the resilience of a frequently disturbed region of the Great Barrier Reef. Ecosphere. 14. 10.1002/ecs2.4280.
McLeod, Ian & Hein, Margaux & Babcock, Russ & Bay, Line & Bourne, David & Cook, Nathan & Doropoulos, Christopher & Gibbs, Mark & Harrison, Peter & Lockie, Stewart & van Oppen, Madeleine & Mattocks, Neil & Page, Cathie & Randall, Carly & Smith, Adam & Smith, Hillary & Suggett, David & Taylor, Bruce & Vella, Karen & Boström Einarsson, Lisa. (2022). Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years. PLOS ONE. 17. e0273325. 10.1371/journal.pone.0273325.
Randall, Carly & Giuliano, Christine & Page, Cathie. (2020). No bundles beyond this point: the coral sterile zone. Bulletin of Marine Science. 97. 10.5343/bms.2020.0032.
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