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Lynne van Herwerden

Lynne van Herwerden

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
38
Citations
5025
World Ranking
6694
National Ranking
529

Overview

Lynne van Herwerden is affiliated with James Cook University in Australia and specializes in environmental science with a focus on pollution, industrial and manufacturing engineering, biomaterials, ecology, and ocean engineering. Their research primarily explores microplastics and plastic pollution, recycling and waste management techniques, biodegradable polymer synthesis and properties, coral and marine ecosystems, marine biology and environmental chemistry, identification and quantification in food, and marine and fisheries research.

Their work has been published across several scientific journals, including:

  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Ecology and Evolution
  • Journal of Hazardous Materials

Selected publications by Lynne van Herwerden include:

  • Understanding plasticiser leaching from polystyrene microplastics, 2022, The Science of The Total Environment
  • Ingestion and Depuration of Microplastics by a Planktivorous Coral Reef Fish, Pomacentrus amboinensis, 2021, Frontiers in Environmental Science
  • An assessment workflow to recover microplastics from complex biological matrices, 2022, Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Species integrity, introgression, and genetic variation across a coral reef fish hybrid zone, 2020, Ecology and Evolution
  • The El Niño Southern Oscillation drives multidirectional inter-reef larval connectivity in the Great Barrier Reef, 2022, Scientific Reports

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including:

  • Cherie A. Motti
  • George Vamvounis
  • Marina Santana
  • Alexandra M. Gulizia
  • Frederieke J. Kroon

Best Publications

  • Larval Export from Marine Reserves and the Recruitment Benefit for Fish and Fisheries

    Hugo B. Harrison;Hugo B. Harrison;David H. Williamson;Richard D. Evans;Richard D. Evans;Glenn R. Almany

  • Phylogeography of the reef fish Cephalopholis argus (Epinephelidae) indicates Pleistocene isolation across the indo-pacific barrier with contemporary overlap in the coral triangle

    Michelle R Gaither;Brian W Bowen;Tiana-Rae Bordenave;Luiz A Rocha

  • High population connectivity across the Indo-Pacific: Congruent lack of phylogeographic structure in three reef fish congeners.

    John B. Horne;Lynne van Herwerden;J. Howard Choat;D.R. Robertson

  • Patterns and processes in the evolutionary history of parrotfishes (Family Labridae)

    John. H. Choat;Oya. S. klanten;Oya. S. klanten;Lynne Van Herwerden;D. Ross Robertson

  • Dating the evolutionary origins of wrasse lineages (Labridae) and the rise of trophic novelty on coral reefs

    Peter F. Cowman;David R. Bellwood;Lynne van Herwerden

  • Marine hybrid hotspot at Indo-Pacific biogeographic border

    Jean-Paul A Hobbs;Ashley J Frisch;Gerald R Allen;Lynne Van Herwerden

  • Evolution and biogeography of marine angelfishes (Pisces: Pomacanthidae).

    David R. Bellwood;Lynne van Herwerden;Nicolai Konow

  • Evidence for Sympatric Speciation by Host Shift in the Sea

    Philip L. Munday;Lynne van Herwerden;Christine L. Dudgeon

  • Estimating connectivity in marine fish populations: what works best?

    Jeffrey M. Leis;Lynne Van Herwerden;Heather M. Patterson

  • Toxic effects of polyethylene terephthalate microparticles and Di(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate on the calanoid copepod, Parvocalanus crassirostris.

    Franz M. Heindler;Fahad Alajmi;Roger Huerlimann;Chaoshu Zeng

  • Molecular processes of transgenerational acclimation to a warming ocean

    Heather D. Veilleux;Tae Woo Ryu;Jennifer M. Donelson;Jennifer M. Donelson;Lynne van Herwerden

  • Intra- and interindividual variation in ITS1 of Paragonimus westermani (Trematoda: Digenea) and related species: implications for phylogenetic studies.

    Lynne van Herwerden;Lynne van Herwerden;David Blair;David Blair;Takeshi Agatsuma;Takeshi Agatsuma

  • The application of genetics to marine management and conservation: Examples from the Indo-Pacific

    Sophie von der Heyden;Maria Beger;Robert J. Toonen;Lynne van Herwerden

  • Hybridization in coral reef fishes: introgression and bi-directional gene exchange in Thalassoma (family Labridae).

    Siti M. Yaakub;David R. Bellwood;Lynne van Herwerden;Fenton M. Walsh

  • Contrasting patterns of genetic structure in two species of the coral trout Plectropomus (Serranidae) from east and west Australia: Introgressive hybridisation or ancestral polymorphisms

    L. van Herwerden;J.H. Choat;C.L. Dudgeon;G. Carlos

  • Extreme genetic diversity and temporal rather than spatial partitioning in a widely distributed coral reef fish

    O. Selma Klanten;J. Howard Choat;Lynne van Herwerden

  • Chimerism in Wild Adult Populations of the Broadcast Spawning Coral Acropora millepora on the Great Barrier Reef

    Eneour Puill-Stephan;Bette L. Willis;Lynne van Herwerden;Madeleine J. H. van Oppen;Madeleine J. H. van Oppen

  • ITS-1 ribosomal DNA sequence variants are maintained in different species and strains of Echinococcus

    Lynne van Herwerden;Lynne van Herwerden;Robin B. Gasser;David Blair

  • Patterns of lineage diversification in the genus Naso (Acanthuridae).

    Selma O. Klanten;Lynne van Herwerden;J.Howard Choat;David Blair

  • Phylogeography of colour polymorphism in the coral reef fish Pseudochromis fuscus, from Papua New Guinea and the Great Barrier Reef

    Vanessa Messmer;Lynne van Herwerden;Philip L. Munday;Geoffrey P. Jones

  • Does genetic distance between parental species influence outcomes of hybridization among coral reef butterflyfishes

    Stefano R. Montanari;Stefano R. Montanari;Jean‐Paul A. Hobbs;Morgan S. Pratchett;Line K. Bay

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Paul A. Hobbs
Jean-Paul A. Hobbs Curtin University
Michael G. Gardner
Michael G. Gardner Flinders University
Stephen J. Newman
Stephen J. Newman Government of Western Australia
Morgan S. Pratchett
Morgan S. Pratchett James Cook University
Michael L. Berumen
Michael L. Berumen King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
David R. Bellwood
David R. Bellwood James Cook University
David Blair
David Blair James Cook University
J. Howard Choat
J. Howard Choat James Cook University
Geoffrey P. Jones
Geoffrey P. Jones James Cook University
Philip L. Munday
Philip L. Munday James Cook University

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