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Overview

Michelle Devlin is affiliated with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple domains within environmental science and earth and planetary sciences, with a strong focus on oceanography and ecology.

Their body of work includes a range of studies addressing marine and coastal ecosystems, management strategies, and aquaculture. Main topics covered in their research include:

  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Marine and Fisheries Research
  • Marine and Coastal Plant Biology
  • Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
  • Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Devlin has contributed to prominent journals frequently, with multiple publications appearing in:

  • Marine Pollution Bulletin
  • Remote Sensing
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Frontiers in Ocean Sustainability
  • Nature Food

Significant recent papers authored by Devlin include:

  • "Sustainable aquaculture through the One Health lens," 2020, Nature Food
  • "Lifeform indicators reveal large-scale shifts in plankton across the North-West European shelf," 2020, Global Change Biology
  • "Past and Future Grand Challenges in Marine Ecosystem Ecology," 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • "Atacama Cosmology Telescope: High-resolution component-separated maps across one third of the sky," 2024, Physical Review D
  • "A seafood risk tool for assessing and mitigating chemical and pathogen hazards in the aquaculture supply chain," 2022, Nature Food

Frequent collaborators in their research include Eileen Bresnan, Carolyn Graves, Abigail McQuatters-Gollop, Angus Atkinson, and Mike Best. The counts of co-authored works range from 7 to 11, indicating sustained collaboration over time.

The scientist's research also involves subfields such as global and planetary change and marine policy, monitoring, and law. Their work integrates these areas into studies addressing environmental challenges affecting marine ecosystems and the sustainability of aquatic resources.

Best Publications

  • Terrestrial pollutant runoff to the Great Barrier Reef: An update of issues, priorities and management responses

    JE Brodie;FJ Kroon;Britta Schaffelke;EC Wolanski

  • Herbicides: a new threat to the Great Barrier Reef.

    Stephen E. Lewis;Jon E. Brodie;Zoe T. Bainbridge;Ken W. Rohde

  • Terrestrial discharge into the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon: nutrient behavior in coastal waters.

    M.J. Devlin;J. Brodie

  • Relationships between suspended particulate material, light attenuation and Secchi depth in UK marine waters

    M.J. Devlin;J. Barry;D.K. Mills;R.J. Gowen

  • Spatial and temporal patterns of near-surface chlorophyll a in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon

    J. Brodie;G. De'ath;M. Devlin;M. Furnas

  • Sustainable aquaculture through the One Health lens

    G. D. Stentiford;G. D. Stentiford;I. J. Bateman;S. J. Hinchliffe;D. Bass;D. Bass

  • Water quality mediates resilience on the Great Barrier Reef

    M. Aaron MacNeil;Camille Mellin;Camille Mellin;Sam Matthews;Sam Matthews;Nicholas H. Wolff

  • Flood plumes in the Great Barrier Reef : spatial and temporal patterns in composition and distribution

    Michelle Devlin;Jane Waterhouse;Jeremy Taylor;Jon Brodie

  • Assessment of the eutrophication status of the Great Barrier Reef lagoon (Australia)

    J. E. Brodie;M. Devlin;D. Haynes;J. Waterhouse

  • Assessing the impact of nutrient enrichment in estuaries: susceptibility to eutrophication

    S.J. Painting;M.J. Devlin;S.J. Malcolm;E.R. Parker

  • Mapping the pollutants in surface riverine flood plume waters in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia.

    M.J. Devlin;L.W. McKinna;J.G. Álvarez-Romero;C. Petus

  • Spatial extent of riverine flood plumes and exposure of marine ecosystems in the Tully coastal region, Great Barrier Reef

    Michelle Devlin;Britta Schaffelke

  • Impaired recovery of the Great Barrier Reef under cumulative stress

    Juan Carlos Ortiz;Juan Carlos Ortiz;Nicholas H. Wolff;Nicholas H. Wolff;Nicholas H. Wolff;Kenneth R. N. Anthony;Michelle Devlin

  • Vulnerability of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change and local pressures

    Nicholas H. Wolff;Nicholas H. Wolff;Peter J. Mumby;Michelle Devlin;Michelle Devlin;Kenneth R. N. Anthony

  • Inter-annual variability of wet season freshwater plume extent into the Great Barrier Reef lagoon based on satellite coastal ocean colour observations

    Thomas Schroeder;Michelle J. Devlin;Vittorio E. Brando;Arnold G. Dekker

  • Establishing boundary classes for the classification of UK marine waters using phytoplankton communities

    Michelle Devlin;Mike Best;Deborah Coates;Eileen Bresnan

  • Water quality and river plume monitoring in the Great Barrier Reef: An overview of methods based on ocean colour satellite data

    Michelle J. Devlin;Caroline Petus;Eduardo Teixeira da Silva;Dieter Tracey

  • A novel approach to model exposure of coastal-marine ecosystems to riverine flood plumes based on remote sensing techniques

    Jorge G. Álvarez-Romero;Michelle Devlin;Eduardo Teixeira da Silva;Caroline Petus

  • Effects of reduced water quality on coral reefs in and out of no-take marine reserves.

    Amelia S. Wenger;David H. Williamson;Eduardo T. da Silva;Daniela M. Ceccarelli

  • Comparison of five methods for assessing impacts of nutrient enrichment using estuarine case studies

    Michelle Devlin;Suzanne Bricker;Suzanne Painting

Frequent Co-Authors

Jon Brodie
Jon Brodie James Cook University
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis James Cook University
Britta Schaffelke
Britta Schaffelke Australian Institute of Marine Science
Nicholas H. Wolff
Nicholas H. Wolff The Nature Conservancy
Miles Furnas
Miles Furnas Australian Institute of Marine Science
Paul Tett
Paul Tett Scottish Association For Marine Science
Jochen F. Mueller
Jochen F. Mueller University of Queensland
Michele A. Burford
Michele A. Burford Griffith University
Anya M. Waite
Anya M. Waite Dalhousie University
Vittorio E. Brando
Vittorio E. Brando National Research Council (CNR)

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