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Ms Nicole Said

Scholarship

Staff Member Details
Email: n.said@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8603-9536

Nicole is a Research Associate of the School of Science for the Centre for Marine Ecosystems Research.

Background

  • 2022 - Current: Research Associate - Seagrass Physiology, Edith Cowan University, Project: Pressure-response relationships, building resilience and future proofing seagrass meadows
  • 2021-2022 -  Senior Marine Scientist, RPS
  • 2020-2021: Aboriginal Tutorial and Mentoring Program, Edith Cowan University
  • 2017-2020: Research Assistant, Edith Cowan University, Project: Conserving Critical Seagrass Habitat for Iconic Wildlife: An Integrated Assessment across the Pilbara.
  • 2016-2018 Research Assistant, Edith Cowan University, Projects: Jurien Harbour Wrack Mitigation Framework, Radioactive Isotopes as tracers of particles in the Southern Ocean, Total Carbon Pool in Mangrove Systems Following Die Back Events

Past Teaching

  • 2020-2021: Unit SCI1183 Origins and Evolution of Life, Edith Cowan University
  • 2016: Unit SCI1192 Physical Environments

Professional Memberships

  • Australian Marine Sciences Association
  • Australian Society for Phycology and Aquatic Botany
  • Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography

Research Areas and Interests

  • Seagrass physiology
  • Climate change impacts on coastal ecosystems
  • Human impacts on coastal ecosystems

Qualifications

  • Master of Science Biological Science, Edith Cowan University, 2017.
  • Bachelor of Science (Marine and Freshwater Biology), Edith Cowan University, 2014.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Strydom, S., McCallum, R., Lafratta, A., Webster, C., O'Dea, C., Said, N., Dunham, T., Inostroza, K., Salinas Zapata, C., Billinghurst, S., Phelps, C., Campbell, C., Gorham, C., Bernasconi, R., Frouws, A., Werner, A., Vitelli, F., Puigcorbe Lacueva, V., D'cruz, A., McMahon, K., Robinson, J., Huggett, M., McNamara, S., Hyndes, G., Serrano Gras, O. (2023). Global dataset on seagrass meadow structure, biomass and production. Earth System Science Data, 15(1), 511-519. https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-15-511-2023.

Journal Articles

  • Said, N., McMahon, K., Lavery, P. (2021). Accounting for the influence of temperature and location when predicting seagrass (Halophila ovalis) photosynthetic performance. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 257(31 August 2021), Article number 107414. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2021.107414.

Journal Articles

  • Ontoria, Y., Webster, C., Said, N., Ruiz, J., Perez, M., Romero, J., McMahon, K. (2020). Positive effects of high salinity can buffer the negative effects of experimental warming on functional traits of the seagrass Halophila ovalis. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 158(September 2020), Article number 111404. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111404.

Research Projects

  • Predicting climate resilience of seagrasses through estimating optimum and maximum temperature ranges , Minderoo Foundation, Flourishing Oceans - Exmouth Research Laboratory, 2023 ‑ 2024.
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