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Dr Sora Marin-Estrella

Campus Coordinator

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 9780 7827
Email: s.marin-estrella@ecu.edu.au
Campus: South West  
Room: BU2.104  

Sora is the Southwest Campus Coordinator for M04, Bachelor of Science and a researcher within the School of Science.

Background

  • 2019 – present: Campus Course Coordinator, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
  • 2016 – present: Causal lecturer and tutor, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
  • 2016 - 2019: Independent Researcher. Wetlands Research and Management
  • 2013 - 2015: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Science, Edith Cowan University
  • 2009 – 2013: Adjunct Lecturer, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia
  • 2009 - 2011: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Animal Biology, University of Western Australia

Professional Memberships

  • 2020 – present: The Stilt, the scientific journal of the Australasian Wader Studies Group (editorial board)
  • 2014 – present: Bird-Life Australia (Member)
  • 2012 – present: Australasian Wader Study Group (Member)
  • 2004 - present: International Wader Study Group (Member)
  • 2002 - present: Spanish Ornithology Society (Member)
  • 2002- 2018:  American Ornithology Union (Member)
  • 2002- 2018: Cooper Ornithology Society (Member)
  • 2003- 2018: Waterbird Society (Member)
  • 2003- 2018: Wilson Ornithological Society (Member)
  • 2006- 2018: Association of Field Ornithologists (Member)

Awards and Recognition

National and International Awards

2009: Postdoctoral Research Award. Spanish Ministry of Science and Education. Centre: University of Western Australia. Supervisors: Dr. Andrew Storey (University of Western Australia) and Prof. Theunis Piersma (University of Groningen and Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research).

Research Areas and Interests

My research focusses on coastal ecology and conservation biology and the impact of human activities on these ecosystems. I evaluate the quality of natural and man-made wetlands as foraging grounds for migratory and non-migratory waterbirds, particularly shorebirds, as well as assesses the potential role of man-made and modified wetlands as buffer habitats against habitat loss and climate change. A large part of my research is centred on trophic ecology, studying the trophic relationships of different organisms in coastal ecosystems as well as the behavioural and feeding mechanisms’ flexibility in migratory shorebirds. My research encompasses intertidal, supratidal and hypersaline habitats.

Qualifications

  • Doctor from the university of Cadiz, Spain, 2007.
  • BNachelor fo Marine Science, Spain, 1997.

Research Outputs

2021

Reports

  • Marin-Estrella, S., Salgado Kent, C., Hyndes, G. (2021). Conditions Influencing Waterbirds in the Vasse-Wonnerup Wetland, Western Australia: Implications for Water Regime Management. Australia. South West Catchments Council.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Jackson, M., Choi, C., Amano, T., Marin-Estrella, S., Lei, W., Moores, N., Mundkur, T., Rogers, D., Fuller, R. (2020). Navigating coasts of concrete: Pervasive use of artificial habitats by shorebirds in the Asia-Pacific. Biological Conservation, 247(July 2020), Article number 108591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108591.

2014

Journal Articles

  • Santiago-Quesada, F., Marin-Estrella, S., Sanchez-Guzman, JM., Masero, JA. (2014). Why water birds forage at night: a test using black-tailed godwits Limosa limosa during migratory periods. Journal of Avian Biology, 45(4), 406-409. https://doi.org/10.1111/jav.00420.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Santiago-Quesada, F., Masero, JA., Marin-Estrella, S., Sanchez-Guzman, JM. (2012). Persistent bimodal activity patterns in wild and captive black-tailed godwit Limosa limosa under different environmental conditions. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 66(3), 397-405. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00265-011-1285-0.

2011

Journal Articles

  • Marin-Estrella, S., Storey, AW., Pearson, G., Piersma, T. (2011). Potential effects of Lyngbya majuscula blooms on benthic invertebrate diversity and shorebird foraging ecology at Roebuck Bay, Western Australia: preliminary results. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 94(2), 171-179.

2010

Journal Articles

  • Marin-Estrella, S., Masero, JA. (2010). Prey and prey size selection by the near-threatened Black-tailed Godwit foraging in non-tidal areas during migration. Waterbirds: the international journal of waterbird biology, 33(3), 293-299. https://doi.org/10.1675/063.033.0304.

2008

Journal Articles

  • Masero, JA., Castro, M., Marin-Estrella, S., Perez-Hurtado, A. (2008). Evaluating impacts of shellfish and baitworm digging on bird populations: Short-term negative effects on the availability of the mudsnail Hydrobia ulvae to shorebirds. Biodiversity and Conservation, 17(4), 691-701. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-005-3434-0.

2007

Journal Articles

  • Marin-Estrella, S., Masero, J., Perez-Hurtado, A. (2007). Small-prey profitability: Field analysis of shorebirds' use of surface tension of water to transport prey. The Auk, 124(4), 1244-1253. https://doi.org/10.1642/0004-8038(2007)124[1244:SPFAOS]2.0.CO;2.
  • Masero, JA., Marin-Estrella, S., Sanchez-Guzman, JM. (2007). Behavioural plasticity in foraging mode of typical plovers. Ardea, 95(2), 259-265.
  • Marin-Estrella, S., Masero, J. (2007). The use of distal rhynchokinesis by birds feeding in water. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 210(21), 3757-3762. https://doi.org/10.1242/jeb.007690.

Research Projects

  • Monitoring the food availability for shorebirds in Leschenault Estuary, Leschenault Catchment Council, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2026, $16,000.
  • Identifying the ecological roles, values and functions of intertidal benthic communities and habitat, Western Australian Marine Science Institution, Grant, 2023 ‑ 2025, $1,046,000.
  • Finding space: Breeding territory abandonment in Western Hooded Plover in association with human use of beaches and altered habitat quality., Royal Society of Western Australia, RSWA John Glover Research Support Grants, 2024, $15,000.
  • Data Analysis for the Vasse Wonnerup Wetlands, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2020 ‑ 2021, $39,088.
  • Monitoring the food availability for shorebirds in Leschenault Estuary, Leschenault Catchment Council, Grant, 2020 ‑ 2021, $7,058.
  • Dampier Salts sites and ponds and their importance for migratory and other shorebirds, Dampier Salt Limited Perth Division, Grant-Dampsalt, 2010 ‑ 2015, $394,997.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Assistant Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Finding space: Breeding territory abandonment in Western Hooded Plover in association with human disturbance and altered habitat quality

Completed Supervisions

No data available
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