Doctor Laura Parker

Doctor Laura Parker

UWS ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW,
Dean's Unit - School of Sciences and Health

Personal

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Western Sydney

UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)

  • Dean's Unit - School of Sciences and Health

Contact

Email:L.Parker@uws.edu.au
Extension:1454
Mobile:
Location:K8.2A
Hawkesbury
Website:

Publications

Chapters in Books

  • Ross, P., Parker, L. and O'Connor, W. (2012), 'The impact of ocean acidification on reproduction and early development of marine organisms', Wildlife and Climate Change: Towards Robust Conservation Stratgies for Australian Fauna, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 9780980327250.

Journal Articles

  • Parker, L., Ross, P., O'Connor, W., Borysko, L., Raftos, D. and Portner, H. (2012), 'Adult exposure influences offspring response to ocean acidification in oysters', Global Change Biology, 11.
  • Parker, L., Ross, P. and O'Connor, W. (2011), 'Populations of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata, vary in response to ocean acidification', Marine Biology, 9.
  • Parker, L., Parker, L., Ross, P., Ross, P., Raftos, D., Thompson, E. and OConnor, W. (2011), 'The proteomic response of larvae of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata to elevated pCO2', Australian Zoologist, 13.
  • Parker, L., Ross, P. and O'Connor, W. (2010), 'Comparing the effect of elevated pCO2 and temperature on the fertilization and early development of two species of oysters', Marine Biology, 18.
  • Parker, L., Ross, P. and O'Connor, W. (2009), 'The effect of ocean acidification and temperature on the fertilization and embryonic development of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata (Gould 1850)', Global Change Biology, 14.

Research

Current Projects

Title:The cost of living in a high-C02 world: Does food availibility limit the capacity of molluscs to acclimate to ocean acidification?
Years:2012-11-15 - 2013-12-15
ID:P00021263
UWS Researchers:Laura Parker and Pauline Ross
Funding:
  • University of Western Sydney
Title:Adapting to climate change: does enhanced metabolism provide heritable protection against ocean acidification and increasing temperature in oysters? [via Macquarie Uni]
Years:2012-03-19 - 2015-03-18
ID:P00020704
UWS Researchers:Laura Parker and Pauline Ross
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)

Previous Projects

Title:Climate change research: Can Sydney rock oysters adapt to chronic multigenerational exposure to ocean acidification and temperature?
Years:2010-07-31 - 2012-11-30
ID:P00017088
UWS Researchers:Laura Parker and Pauline Ross
Funding:
  • Australian Research Council (ACRG)
Title:Predicting the response of ecologically and economically significant oysters to climate change
Years:2011-05-24 - 2012-05-01
ID:P00020096
UWS Researchers:Pauline Ross and Laura Parker
Funding:
  • Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (non ACRG)
Title:Are oceanic scallop and abalone mollusc species less resilient to ocean acidification?
Years:2012-04-18 - 2013-02-28
ID:P00020920
UWS Researchers:Pauline Ross and Laura Parker
Funding:
  • Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency (non ACRG)

University of Western Sydney

Locked Bag 1797
Penrith NSW 2751

Tel: +61 2 9852 5222

ABN 53 014 069 881
CRICOS Provider No: 00917k

Visit our mobile site