School of Science

Associate Professor

Qualifications

• Grad Certificate in Education, Edith Cowan University, 2003.
• Doctor of Philosophy, Monash University, 1988.
• Bachelor of Science with Honours, Monash University, 1982.

Research

Recent Research Grants

• Monitoring of endangered, and dangerous freshwater reptiles using environmental DNA,  Animal Plant Mineral (APM),  Grant,  2018 - 2020,  $15,000.
• Biogeography and phylogenetics of the relictual, interstitial Bathynellidae (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Bathynellacea) in Australia,  Department of the Environment and Energy,  Australian Biological Resources Study - National Taxonomy Research Grant Program,  2014 - 2019,  $118,500.
• Development of non-lethal methods to assess stress and reproductive status of the hairy marron, Cherax tenuimanus: a critically endangered freshwater crayfish.,  Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development,  Grant,  2017 - 2019,  $14,250.
• Temporal and environmental patterns of Coral-Symbiodinium-bacteria networks,  Ecological Society of Australia,  Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment,  2017 - 2019,  $4,800.
• Temporal and environmental patter of coral-Symbiodinium-bacteria network,  Ecological Society of Australia,  Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment,  2016 - 2018,  $7,000.
• The impact of nutrient load on Ostracoda (Crustacea) diversity in Perth lakes and wetlands (WA).,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration Grant - 2015 (Round 1),  2015 - 2016,  $97,601.
• Microbes: The Missing Link in Coastal Landscape Connectivity,  Department of Environment and Conservation WA,  Marine Science Program,  2013 - 2016,  $88,545.
• The systematics of the harvestman genus Nunciella (Opiliones: Triaenonychidae) in south-western Australia: a morphological and molecular approach,  Department of the Environment and Energy,  Australian Biological Resources Study Honours Scholarships, Masters Scholarships, APA top-ups and non-salaried researcher grants 2012/2013,  2012 - 2014,  $10,000.
• Biodiversity and taxonomy of Ostracoda (Crustacea) from temporary water bodies of inland Western Australia.,  Edith Cowan University,  ECU Industry Collaboration - Grant,  2011 - 2012,  $107,906.
• Characterisation of Fish Usage of Yarragadee Discharge Based on Water Chemistry,  Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA),  Grant,  2007 - 2011,  $18,883.
• Surface and Interstitial Invertebrate Communities in Tributraties of the Blackwood River Receiving Discharge From the Leederville Aquifer,  Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA),  Grant,  2008 - 2009,  $21,212.
• Surface and Interstitial Invertebrate Communities in in and Near Spearwood Creek, a Tributary of the Lower Blackwood River,  Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA),  Grant,  2008 - 2009,  $18,534.
• Surface and Interstitial Invertebrate Communities in Ephemeral Tributaries of the Blackwood River in the Region of the Yarragadee Aquifer Discharge Zone ,  Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA),  Grant,  2008 - 2009,  $15,858.
• Fish migration patterns in the Blackwood River,  Murdoch University,  Grant,  2005 - 2008,  $59,992.
• Field studies into the biology and conservation requirements of Engaewa species in the South West and Warren DEC regions,  Department of Environment and Conservation WA,  Grant,  2006 - 2008,  $37,500.
• Study of migration patterns, habitat and water requirements of fish and invertebrates in the Blackwood River,  Murdoch University,  Grant,  2007 - 2008,  $85,552.
• Field studies into the reproduction biology and conservation requirements of Hairy Marron in the South West DEC region,  Department of Environment and Conservation WA,  Grant,  2007 - 2008,  $13,100.
• Assisting recovery actions for Margaret River Marron,  South West Catchment Council,  Grant,  2006 - 2007,  $23,400.
• Fish and crayfish migrations of the Blackwood River: Influence of surface and groundwater,  Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA),  Grant,  2007,  $34,716.
• Investigating the Tuarts of the lower Moore River,  Department of Conservation and Land Management,  Grant,  2006 - 2007,  $10,000.
• Corbett Research 'RotorGene' 2 channel real-time DNA multiplexing system,  Ramaciotti Foundation,  Grant,  2004 - 2005,  $49,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

• Perina, G., Camacho, AI., Huey, J., Horwitz, P., Koenders, A., (2019), New Bathynellidae (Crustacea) taxa and their relationships in the Fortescue catchment aquifers of the Pilbara region, Western Australia. Systematics and Biodiversity, 17(2), 148-164, DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2018.1559892.
• Tarquinio, F., Hyndes, G., Laverock, B., Koenders, A., Sawstrom, C., (2019), The seagrass holobiont: understanding seagrass-bacteria interactions and their role in seagrass ecosystem functioning. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 366(6), article no. fnz057, DOI: 10.1093/femsle/fnz057.
• Bernasconi, R., Stat, M., Koenders, A., Huggett, M., (2019), Global Networks of Symbiodinium-Bacteria Within the Coral Holobiont. Microbial Ecology: an international journal, 77(3), 794-807, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00248-018-1255-4.
• Perina, G., Camacho, A., Huey, J., Horwitz, P., Koenders, A., (2019), The role of allopatric speciation and ancient origins of Bathynellidae (Crustacea) in the Pilbara (Western Australia): two new genera from the De Grey River catchment. Contributions to Zoology, 88(4), 452-497, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/18759866-20191412.
• Bernasconi, R., Stat, M., Koenders, A., Paparini, A., Bunce, M., Huggett, M., (2019), Establishment of Coral-Bacteria Symbioses Reveal Changes in the Core Bacterial Community With Host Ontogeny. Frontiers in Microbiology, 10( JULY), Article number 1529, DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.01529.
• Tarquinio, F., Bourgoure, J., Koenders, A., Laverock, B., Sawstrom, C., Hyndes, G., (2018), Microorganisms facilitate uptake of dissolved organic nitrogen by seagrass leaves. The ISME Journal: multidisciplinary journal of microbial ecology, 12(11), 2796-2800, DOI: 10.1038/s41396-018-0218-6.
• Perina, G., Camacho, AI., Huey, J., Horwitz, P., Koenders, A., (2018), Understanding subterranean variability: the first genus of Bathynellidae (Bathynellacea, Crustacea) from Western Australia described through a morphological and multigene approach. Invertebrate Systematics, 32(2), 423-447, DOI: 10.1071/IS17004.
• Shearn, R., Koenders, A., Schoen, I., Halse, S., Martens, K., (2017), On the affinity of Isoypridinae and Herpetocypridinae, with redescriptions of four species of Ilyodromus Sard 1894 (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Zootaxa, 4318(1), 47-81, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.2.
• Knapp, C., Callan, A., Aitken, B., Shearn, R., Koenders, A., Hinwood, A., (2017), Relationship between antibiotic resistance genes and metals in residential soil samples from Western Australia. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 24(3), 2484-2494, Springer, DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7997-y.
• Shearn, R., Schoen, I., Martens, K., Halse, S., Krawiec, J., Koenders, A., (2017), Patterns of genetic divergence in the Ilyodromus amplicolis lineage (Crustacea, Ostracoda), with descriptions of three new species. Zootaxa, 4318(1), 1-46, DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4318.1.1.
• Koenders, A., Schoen, I., Halse, S., Martens, K., (2017), Valve shape is not linked to genetic species in the Eucypris vireos (Ostracoda, Crustacea) species complex. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 180(1), 36-46, DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12488.
• Byrne, M., Koenders, A., Rogerson, K., Sampson, J., Van Etten, E., (2016), Genetic and morphological analysis of multi-stemmed plants of tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala). Australian Journal of Botany, 64(8), 704-714, CSIRO, DOI: 10.1071/BT16091.
• Schön, I., Shearn, R., Martens, K., Koenders, A., Halse, S., (2015), Age and origin of Australian Bennelongia (Crustacea, Ostracoda). Hydrobiologia, 750(1), 125-146, Kluwer Academic Publishers, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-014-2159-z.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

• Master of Science (Biological Sciences),  Biodiversity monitoring using environmental DNA: Can it detect all fish species in a waterbody and is it cost effective for routine monitoring?
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Evolution, systematics & geographic parthenogenesis of ilyodromus (crustacea, ostracoda)
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Ancient origins of a diverse stygofaunal group: The Australian bathynellidae (crustacea)
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Investigation of PAX7 and its transcripts in the regulation of foetal and adult mouse myogenesis: A natural history
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Systematics and biogeography of the Australian burrowing freshwater crayfish genus Engaewa riek (decapoda: Parastacidae)
• Doctor of Philosophy,  Geographical, temporal and environmental patterns of coral-symbiodiniaceae-bacteria co-occurrences
• Master of Science (Biological Sciences),  A revision of the Western Australian species of the Australian harvestman genus nunciella (opiliones: Triaenonychidae)

Co-principal Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  The role of the seagrass leaf microbiome in assisting nitrogen uptake by the Western Australian seagrass, posidonia sinuosa

Associate Supervisor

• Doctor of Philosophy,  Soil community structure and litter decomposition under irrigated eucalyptus globulus in South Western Australia.
• Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Investigation of the replacement of the margaret river hairy marron Cherax tenuimanus (smith 1912) by the smooth marron c.Cainii (austin 2002).