Dr Carmel McDougall
Lecturer in Marine Biology
Research areas
My research group uses comparative and functional genomics and experimental studies to provide practical outcomes for sustainable aquaculture and marine conservation, and to shed light on the evolution and diversity of the amazing repertoire of organisms found within our oceans.
My research group explores three main themes:
EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT
- Identification of the genes involved in molluscan and annelid biomineralisation and investigating how they have evolved
- Exploring the role of gene co-option in invertebrate evolution
- Understanding the evolution of immune systems in molluscs
MOLECULAR AQUACULTURE
- Investigating how variation in biomineralisation genes leads to differences in pearl quality
- Using comparative transcriptomics to improve hatchery production of rock oysters
- Developing molecular tools for the prevention of gonad maturation in tropical abalone
MOLECULAR ECOLOGY
- Using genetic identification to understand tropical rock oyster biodiversity
- Exploring the importance of multiple foundation species on shellfish reef restoration success
- Development of eDNA techniques for rapid oyster biodiversity assessment
- Molecular detection of exotic bivalve species
PhD supervision
- Mollie Stefanek
Selected publications
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Open access
Biogeography of vine thickets and open woodland in subtropical eastern Australia: a case study of three camaenid land snail genera
Stanisic, L., McDougall, C. & Oliver, P., 13 Feb 2024, In: Australian Journal of Zoology. 71, 3, 15 p., ZO23032.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Molecular identification of intertidal rock oyster species in North-Eastern Australia reveals new candidates for aquaculture
McDougall, C., Nenadic, N., Richardson, M. & Healy, J. M., 30 Jun 2024, In: Aquaculture. 587, 10 p., 740838.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
The development of multiplex PCR assays for the rapid identification of multiple Saccostrea species, and their practical applications in restoration and aquaculture
Richardson, M. A., Nenadic, N., Wingfield, M. & McDougall, C., 21 May 2024, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 24, 67Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Co-designing a multi-criteria approach to ranking hazards to and from Australia’s emerging offshore blue economy
Turschwell, M. P., Brown, C. J., Lacharité, M., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Hayes, K. R., Bustamante, R. H., Dambacher, J. M., Evans, K., Fidelman, P., Hatton MacDonald, D., Van Putten, I., Wood, G., Abdussamie, N., Bates, M., Blackwell, D., D'Alessandro, S., Dutton, I., Ericson, J. A., Frid, C. LJ., McDougall, C., & 4 others , 1 Sept 2023, In: Environmental Science and Policy. 147, p. 154-168 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Ecosystem restoration, regeneration and rewilding
Shackelford, N. & McDougall, C., 14 Sept 2023, In: BMC Ecology and Evolution. 23, 3 p., 52.Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial
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Open access
Assassins and apples: the environmental constraints of two snails that threaten Australian aquatic systems
Bodley, B., Holmes, B. J., Williams, S. M., Tibbetts, I. R., Burfeind, D. D. & McDougall, C., 19 Oct 2022, In: Marine and Freshwater Research. 73, 12, p. 1510-1519 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Some like it hot: the ecology, ecosystem benefits and restoration potential of oyster reefs in tropical waters
Richardson, M. A., Zhang, Y., Connolly, R. M., Gillies, C. L. & McDougall, C., 23 Jun 2022, In: Frontiers in Marine Science. 9, 15 p., 873768.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Taxonomic discussion on scientific names for Pacific oysters requires evidence-based arguments and pluralism
Salvi, D., Bertsch, H., Cáceres-Martínez, J., Cruz-Flores, R., Del Rio-Portilla, M. A., Eernisse, D. J., Healy, J. M., Lafarga-De La Cruz, F., Londoño-Cruz, E., McDougall, C., Oliver, G. P., Oliverio, M., Paniagua, C., Willan, R. C., Zacherl, D. C. & Mariottini, P., 15 Jan 2022, In: Aquaculture. 546, 3 p., 737298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review
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Open access
Transcriptomic stability or lability explains sensitivity to climate stressors in coralline algae
Page, T. M., McDougall, C., Bar, I. & Diaz-Pulido, G., 27 Oct 2022, In: BMC Genomics. 23, 1, 11 p., 729.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Open access
Two new genera of land snail from dry subtropical forests of eastern Australia: Brigaladra gen. nov. and Euryladra gen. nov. (Eupulmonata: Camaenidae)
Stanisic, L., Köhler, F. & McDougall, C., 29 Jun 2022, In: Invertebrate Systematics. 36, 6, p. 506-532 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review