Dr Renee K Gruber

Dr Renee K Gruber

Biological-Chemical Oceanographer
Marine and Estuarine Biogeochemistry.
 
Contact email
Townsville
Background
About

Renee Gruber is a biogeochemist studying coastal marine and estuarine systems whose work focuses on physical-biological interactions. Her research is field and process-based and includes the role of waves and tides in controlling ecological processes such as metabolism and nutrient fluxes. She is also interested ocean observing and time-series’ analysis and leads AIMS’ component of the GBR Marine Monitoring Program for Inshore Water Quality.

Employment
2018 - Present
Biological-Chemical Oceanographer, Australian Insitute of Marine Science, Townsville QLD
2017 - 2018
Lecturer, University of Western Australia, Perth
2010 - 2012
Environmental Scientist, Office of Environment and Heritage, Sydney NSW
Education
2017
PhD Oceanography, University of Western Australia, Oceans Institute
2010
MSc Marine-Estuarine-Environmental Science, University of Maryland
2007
BSc/BA Environmental Science/Music, University of Virginia
Publications

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Over 30 Publications: See More

Moustaka, M., Bassett, T.J., Beltran, L. et al. Suspended Particulate Organic Matter Supports Mesopredatory Fish Across a Tropical Seascape. Ecosystems (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10021-024-00929-6

Ryan M. Burrows, Alexandra Garzon-Garcia, Joanne Burton, Stephen E. Lewis, Renee K. Gruber, Jon E. Brodie, Michele A. Burford, Factors affecting broadscale variation in nearshore water-column organic carbon concentrations along the Great Barrier Reef, Regional Studies in Marine Science, Volume 63 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103032

Lloyd-Jones LR, Kuhnert PM, Lawrence E, Lewis SE, Waterhouse J, et al. (2022) Sampling re-design increases power to detect change in the Great Barrier Reef’s inshore water quality. PLOS ONE 17(7): e0271930. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271930

Gruber, R.K., Lowe, R.J. and Falter, J.L. (2018), Benthic uptake of phytoplankton and ocean-reef exchange of particulate nutrients on a tide-dominated reef. Limnol. Oceanogr., 63: 1545-1561. https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10790

Gruber RK et al. (2017) Metabolism of a tide-dominated reef platform subject to extreme diel temperature and oxygen variations. Limnology and Oceanography 62(4): 1701-1717 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10527

Ferguson AJP, Gruber R (2017) Oxygen and carbon metabolism of Zostera muelleri across a depth gradient–Implications for resilience and blue carbon. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 187: 216-230 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2017.01.005

Ferguson AJP, Gruber RK et al. (2016) Morphological plasticity in Zostera muelleri across light, sediment, and nutrient gradients in Australian temperate coastal lakes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 556: 91-104 https://doi.org/10.3354/meps11830

Adams MP et al. (2016) Feedback between sediment and light for seagrass: Where is it important? Limnology and Oceanography 61(6): 1937-1955 https://doi.org/10.1002/lno.10319

Lowe RJ et al. (2016) Rising sea levels will reduce extreme temperature variations in tide-dominated reef habitats. Science Advances 2(8): e1600825 https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1600825

Lowe RJ et al. (2015) The intertidal hydraulics of tide-dominated reef platforms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 120(7): 4845-4868 https://doi.org/10.1002/2015jc010701

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