Jan-Maree Murphy

Position:

  • Honours student (2000)
  • Research Assistant (2001-2003)

Education:

  • 1999 Bachelor of Science, University of Queensland
  • 2000 Bachelor of Science (Honours), School of Life Sciences, University of Queensland

Research Interests: Marine parasitology, animal behaviour, fish ecology

Research Projects:

  • Summer project: Distribution of parasitic gnathiid isopods in the benthos
  • Honours project: The ecological consequence of fish cleaning behaviour on gnathiid isopod populations
  • She is currently working at the Animal Research Institute, Brisbane, Qld.

Publications:

Grutter, A. S., Murphy, J. and Choat, H. (2003) "Cleaner Fish Drives Local Fish Diversity on Coral Reefs." Current Biology 13: 64-67

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