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Gretta T. Pecl
Born
Tasmania
NationalityAustralian
Alma materJames Cook University (BS, PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsMarine ecology
InstitutionsUniversity of Tasmania
University of Alaska Southeast
ThesisComparative life history of tropical and temperate Sepioteuthissquids in Australian waters
Websitewww.utas.edu.au/profiles/staff/imas/Gretta-Pecl

Gretta T. Pecl is an Australian marine ecologist who is Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology (CMS) at the University of Tasmania and an Australian Research Council Future Fellow. Her work is focuses on species and ecosystem responses to climate change, and the development of adaptation options for natural resource management. She is on the editorial board of Springer Nature's Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries,[1] a Subject Editor for Ecography[2] and an Associate Editor for Citizen Science: Theory and Practice.

Early life and education

Pecl is from Tasmania.[3] She earned her bachelor's degree at James Cook University in 1994,[4] completing an undergraduate dissertation on the muscle structure and dynamics of Idiosepius pygmaeus. Pecl remained at James Cook University for her doctoral studies, earning a PhD in 2000.[4] Her doctoral thesis compared the life-history variation of two closely related cephalopod species, Sepioteuthis australis and Sepioteuthis lessoniana, on the east coast of Australia.[5] Her research continued into a Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and Australian Research Council postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Tasmania, looking at the movement of Sepioteuthis australis using acoustic location and trace element analysis.[4]

Research and career

Pecl studies the ecology of climate change, in particular, what happens to wildlife in warming oceans.[6] She has primarily investigated the warming waters off the coast of Tasmania.[4] In 2009, Pecl founded the Range Extension Database and Mapping project (Redmap), a crowdsourced map which collects public sightings of fish, after attending a workshop and listening to fishers share information about recent sightings.[7][8] The project uses a team of scientists to verify submitted photographs, and can make people more aware of climate change as they notice repeated changes in their own environments.[8][9] Redmap was awarded the Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales Whitely Award in 2010.[10]

In 2009, Pecl was awarded a Fulbright Program scholarship to join the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and study how climate change had impacted the red king crab.[3][4] The next year she was named one of the University of Tasmania's "Rising Stars".[11] She has formed an International Global Marine Hotspots Network (GMHN) with colleagues to bring users and managers of the sea together.[12] In 2015, Pecl was awarded an Australian Research Council Future Fellowship to study the physiological and ecological mechanisms that underpin the redistribution of species through marine systems.[13]

In 2017, Pecl studied how the redistribution of land and fresh water species due to climate change affects human health, wellbeing, and culture.[14] These impacts include tourism, recreational fishing, and health threats such as malaria.[14] She was a lead author for the Australasian chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Sixth Assessment Report, which is due to be released in 2022.[15]

Pecl served as editor-in-chief of Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries from 2014 to 2019.[16] She was elected to the Australian Society for Fish Biology Hall of Fame in 2016.[17] She became the Director of the Centre for Marine Socioecology at the University of Tasmania in 2018.[4] The Centre is an interdisciplinary collaboration between the University of Tasmania, the CSIRO and the Australian Antarctic Division which aims to understand the interactions between the ecological and social aspects of marine conservation and management.[4]

Citizen science is a key approach to Pecl's research, and she is heavily involved in science communication and engagement.[18][19][20] Pecl has written three articles for The Conversation[21] to communicate her research regarding species' range shifts, the effects of climate change on Australian fishery species, and citizen science.[22][23][24] In 2020, Pecl helped develop an educational card game of Tasmanian marine species.[25] She has been involved in numerous public outreach events to educate stakeholders and communities on the impacts of climate change.[26][27][28]

Selected publications

  • Pecl, G., Ogier, E., Jennings, S., van Putten, I., Crawford, C., Fogarty, H., Frusher, S., Hobday, A. J., Keane, J., Lee, E., MacLeod, C., Mundy, C., Stuart-Smith, J., & Tracey, S. (2019). "Autonomous adaptation to climate-driven change in marine biodiversity in a global marine hotspot". Ambio, 48 (12): 1498–1515. doi.org/10.1007/s13280-019-01186-x
  • Scheffers, B. R., & Pecl, G. (2019). Persecuting, protecting or ignoring biodiversity under climate change. Nature Climate Change, 9 (8): 581–586. doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0526-5
  • Pecl, G. T., Araújo, M. B., Bell, J. D., Blanchard, J., Bonebrake, T. C., Chen, I.-C., Clark, T. D., Colwell, R. K., Danielsen, F., Evengård, B., Falconi, L., Ferrier, S., Frusher, S., Garcia, R. A., Griffis, R. B., Hobday, A. J., Janion-Scheepers, C., Jarzyna, M. A., Jennings, S., Lenoir, J., Linnetved, H. I., Martin, V. Y., McCormack, P. C., McDonald, J., Mitchell, N. J., Mustonen, T., . Pandolfi, J. M., Pettorelli, N., Popova, E., Robinson, S. A., Scheffers, B. R., Shaw, J. D., Sorte, C. J. B., Strugnell, J. M., Sunday, J. M., Tuanmu, M.-N., Vergés, A., Villanueva, C., Wernberg, T., Wapstra, E., Williams, S. E. (2017). "Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: Impacts on ecosystems and human well-being". Science, 355 (6332). doi.org/10.1126/science.aai9214
  • Johnson, C. R., Banks, S. C., Barrett, N. S., Cazassus, F., Dunstan, P. K., Edgar, G. J., Frusher, S. D., Gardner, C., Haddon, M., Helidoniotis, F., Hill, K. L., Holbrook, N. J., Hosie, G. W., Last, P. R., Ling, S. D., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Miller, K., Pecl, G. T., Richardson, A. J., Ridgway, K. R., Rintoul, S. R., Ritz, D. A., Ross, D. J., Sanderson, J. C., Shepherd, S. A., Swadling, K. M., Taw, N. (2011). "Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species’ ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania". Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 400 (1–2): 17–32. doi.org/10.1016/j.jembe.2011.02.032
  • Last, P. R., White, W. T., Gledhill, D. C., Hobday, A. J., Brown, R., Edgar, G. J., & Pecl, G. (2011). "Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: A response to climate change and fishing practices". Global Ecology and Biogeography, 20 (1): 58–72. doi.org/10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00575.x

Personal life

Pecl is married with two children.[29] She is on the advisory board of aKIDemic life, a free resource hub for academics with caring responsibilities.[30]

References

  1. ^ "Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries". Springer. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Editorial Board". www.ecography.org. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Pecl, Gretta - People and organisations". Trove. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Gretta Pecl - Profiles". Profiles - University of Tasmania, Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  5. ^ Pecl, Gretta T. (2000). Comparative life history of tropical and temperate Sepioteuthis squids in Australian waters (PhD thesis). James Cook University.
  6. ^ University of Tasmania (4 June 2015), Changing Oceans - Gretta Pecl, retrieved 29 May 2019
  7. ^ "Redmap". Redmap. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  8. ^ a b "Gretta Pecl: Climate Change in Coastal Waters". Ecology for the Masses. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  9. ^ Pecl, G. T., Stuart-Smith, J., Walsh, P., Bray, D. J., Kusetic, M., Burgess, M., Frusher, S. D., Gledhill, D. C., George, O., Jackson, G., Keane, J., Martin, V. Y., Nursey-Bray, M., Pender, A., Robinson, L. M., Rowling, K., Sheaves, M., & Moltschaniwskyj, N. (2019). "Redmap Australia: Challenges and Successes With a Large-Scale Citizen Science-Based Approach to Ecological Monitoring and Community Engagement on Climate Change". Frontiers in Marine Science, 6. doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2019.00349
  10. ^ "2010 Whitley Awards". Australian Zoologist. 35 (4): 996–1004. 2011. doi:10.7882/AZ.2011.054.
  11. ^ "Gretta Pecl 2017". World Science Festival Brisbane. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  12. ^ "Executive Council » Australian Society For Fish Biology". www.asfb.org.au. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  13. ^ Australia, Women in STEMM (19 November 2017). "STEMM PROFILE: Professor Gretta Pecl, PhD | Marine Ecologist | University of Tasmania | Hobart |TAS". Women in STEMM Australia. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  14. ^ a b "Species on the move having a big impact". phys.org. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  15. ^ "AR6 Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability — IPCC". Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries – incl. option to publish open access (Editorial Board)". springer.com. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  17. ^ "Hall of Fame » Australian Society For Fish Biology". www.asfb.org.au. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  18. ^ Pecl, G., Gillies, C., Sbrocchi, C., & Roetman, P. (2015). Building Australia Through Citizen Science. Office of the Chief Scientist: Occasional Paper Series, July (11), 1–4.
  19. ^ "Dr Greta Pecl on climate change, warming water, the fishing industry and the marine ecosystem". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  20. ^ "Australia's Ocean Odyssey: A Journey Down The East Australian Current". ABC iview. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  21. ^ "Gretta Pecl". The Conversation. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  22. ^ Hobday, Alistair; Fulton, Beth; Pecl, Gretta. "Warming oceans are changing Australia's fishing industry". The Conversation. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  23. ^ Vergés, Adriana; Popova, Ekaterina; Pecl, Gretta; McDonald, Jan. "Climate-driven species on the move are changing (almost) everything". The Conversation. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  24. ^ Pecl, Gretta; Stuart-Smith, Jemina; Sunday, Jennifer; Moltschaniwskyj, Natalie. "How you can help scientists track how marine life reacts to climate change". The Conversation. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  25. ^ Redmap Team (2020). "Time to 'Go Fish!' – Redmap playing cards". Redmap. Retrieved 22 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  26. ^ "Wineglass Bay walk | Sci Art Walks". Sciartwalks. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  27. ^ Pecl, Gretta (2020). "This is how scientists feel". Is This How You Feel?. Retrieved 22 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  28. ^ Anderson, John. "Curious Climate Tasmania". Retrieved 22 June 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  29. ^ "Interview with Professor Gretta Pecl on work-life balance". aKIDemic Life. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  30. ^ "Akidemic Life". IAMAS. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
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