Hi! I'm Caitlyn
I'm a marine ecologist and environmental scientist. I'm working on understanding seagrass resilience in estuaries at the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. I'm also researching seagrass recovery from grazing pressure at Edith Cowan University.
At the department, we focus on monitoring seagrass ecosystems as an indicator for estuary health. This forms part of a coordinated effort in the estuary and their catchments to protect the values that depend on healthy estuaries: thriving ecosystems, liveable communities, and economic development. Check out Healthy Estuaries WA for more information. Before joining the department, I started my Master's project tracking seagrass recovery from grazing.
Publications
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O’Dea, C. M., Lavery, P. S., Webster, C. L., & McMahon, K. M. (2022). Increased extent of waterfowl grazing lengthens the recovery time of a colonizing seagrass (Halophila ovalis) with implications for seagrass resilience. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.947109
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Webster, C. L., Lavery, P. S., O’Dea, C. M., Sánchez Alarcón, M., Salgado Kent, C., & McMahon, K. (2023) The influence of abiotic and biotic conditions on lifecycle stages is critical for estuarine seagrass resilience. Marine Biology 170(4), 48. doi: 10.1007/s00227-023-04192-6
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Strydom, S., Webster, C. L, O’Dea, C. M., Said, N., Mccallum, R., Inostroza, K., Salinas, C., Billinghurst, S., Lafratta, A., Phelps, C., Campbell, C., Gorham, C., Dunham, N., Bernasconi, R., Frouws, A., Werner, A., Vitelli, F., Puigcorbé, V., D’Cruz, A., & Serrano, O. (2022). Global dataset on seagrass meadow structure, biomass, production and reproduction. doi: 10.5194/essd-2022-160
In the wild
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Get in touch!
caitlyn.odea [at] ecu.edu.au
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