Karen completed her PhD at James Cook University and the Australian Institute of Marine Science in 1994. She has subsequently worked at NIWA in New Zealand, held an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Wollongong, and a research fellowship at TAFI.
This 5-year appointment is jointly funded 50/50 by UTas Strategic funds and the Australian Government Antarctic Division.
Research Interests
Ecological genetics of marine invertebrates. Ecological and evolutionary consequences of varying reproductive strategies, larval behaviour and early- life histories in marine invertebrates, and how these influence connectivity among, and structuring within, populations. Processes that create and maintain biological and genetic diversity in the Antarctic.
Karen has active research projects that use molecular techniques to understand connectivity among populations of corals in the Deep Ocean. She is also involved in experimental and genetic projects aimed at understanding the dispersal and recruitment of abalone larvae, and how this may affect recovery and resilience of fished populations.
Research Areas:Teaching
Involved in honours course. Supervision of post-graduate students.
UnitsSelected Publications:- Ayre, D. and K. Miller, 2006, 'Random mating in the brooding coral Acropora palifera', Marine Ecology Progress Series, 307, pgs. 155-160
- Miller, K. and C. Mundy, 2005, 'In situ fertilisation success in the scleractinian coral Goniastrea favulus', Coral Reefs, 24, pgs. 313-317
- Miller, K. and D. Ayre, 2004, 'The role of sexual and asexual reproduction in structuring high latitude populations of the coral Pocillopora damicornis', Heredity, 92, pgs. 557-568
- Miller, K., C. Mundy and L. Chadderton, 2004, 'Ecological and genetical evidence of the vulnerability of shallow-water populations of the stylasterid hydrocoral Errina novaezelandiae in New Zealand's fiords', Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 14, pgs. 75-94
- Miller, K. and C. Mundy, 2003, 'Rapid settlement in broadcast spawning corals: implications for larval dispersal', Coral Reefs, 22, pgs. 99-106
- Miller, K.J., B. Alvarez, C. Battershill, P. Northcote and H. Parthasarathy, 2001, 'Genetic, morphological and chemical divergence in the sponge genus Latrunculia (Porifera: Demospongiae) from New Zealand', Marine Biology, 139, pgs. 235-250
- Miller, K.J., J. Bradford-Grieve and J. Jillet, 1999, 'The genetic relationship between spring surface-living and winter deep-living females of Neocalanus in the Southern Ocean', Marine Biology, 134, pgs. 99-106
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