Mr Lachlan McLeod

Higher Degree by Research Candidate

PhD Candidate

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

I am a PhD candidate interested in the ecological restoration of marine ecosystems. The large-scale recovery of South Australia's lost oyster reefs provides the foundation for my research, with my PhD focusing on how a holistic approach to restoration can improve the outcomes of restorative efforts to produce self-sustaining systems that are biologically complex and highly functional.

Oysters, canopy-forming kelp, and abalone fall under the arc of this restoration work. I'm investigating the potential benefits of species interactions, techniques to enhance and scale-up restorative methods, and a blue carbon assessment of the oyster restorations and surrounding systems.

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Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2021	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2020 - 2021	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science (Honours)
2016 - 2019	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science (Marine Biology)

Research Interests

Community Ecology Ecological Applications Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Environmental Sciences Marine and Estuarine Ecology Marine Biology & Hydrobiology

Journals

Year	Citation
2024	McAfee, D., McLeod, L. D., Carruthers, S., & Connell, S. D. (2024). Reversing functional extinction: successful restoration of eradicated oyster reefs. Restoration Ecology, 32(5), e14169-1-e14169-11. DOI Scopus3
2022	McAfee, D., Williams, B. R., McLeod, L., Reuter, A., Wheaton, Z., & Connell, S. D. (2022). Soundscape enrichment enhances recruitment and habitat building on new oyster reef restorations. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60(1), 111-120. DOI Scopus17 WoS2

Research Funding

Conservation Biology Grant 2022 - Co-restoration of seagrasses and oyster reefs in South Australia, $3000

Demonstrating

- ENV BIOL 2503: Zoology II (2024)

- ENV BIOL 3010: Marine Ecology III (2022, 2023, 2024)

- ENV BIOL 3520: Research Methods in Marine Biology III (2022)

Position: PhD Candidate
Email: lachlan.mcleod@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Darling, floor 1
Org Unit: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mr Lachlan McLeod

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