Research output per year
Research output per year
Personal profile
Research Biography
Professor Karen Burke da Silva is a conservation biologist and an award winning teacher (2016 Australian Teacher of the Year). Karen works on 2 major conservation projects 1) understanding the association with anemonefish and anemones, and 2) investigating koala behaviour, ecology and disease trasmission, particulary in a post-fire landscape. Many of Karen's projects involve Citizen Scientists and promoting an understanding of science to the public.
Research Interests
Saving Nemo Conservation Program
Completed Supervisions
Associate Supervisions:
- Conservation biology and education (1)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Supervision
- Registered
Research Areas
- Ecology and conservation
- Marine and coastal sciences
Supervisory Interests
- Ecology
- Evolution
- Higher education
- Marine biology
- Animal behaviour
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A Guide for Developing Demo-Genetic Models to Simulate Genetic Rescue
Beaman, J. E., Gates, K., Saltre, F., Hogg, C. J., Belov, K., Ashman, K., Burke Da Silva, K., Beheregaray, L. B. & Bradshaw, C. J. A., May 2025, In: Evolutionary Applications. 18, 5, 24 p., e70092.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Artificial light at night impacts night-time activity but not day-time behaviour in a diurnal coral reef fish
Georgiou, D., Reeves, S. E., Burke Da Silva, K. & Fobert, E. K., Feb 2024, In: Basic and Applied Ecology. 74, p. 74-82 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Friend, food, or foe: sea anemones discharge fewer nematocysts at familiar anemonefish after delayed mucus adaptation
Hoepner, C. M., Fobert, E. K., Rudd, D., Petersen, O., Abbott, C. A. & Burke Da Silva, K., 27 Feb 2024, (Submitted) bioRxiv, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 29 p.Research output: Working paper/Preprint › Preprint
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Proteotransciptomics of the Most Popular Host Sea Anemone Entacmaea quadricolor Reveals Not All Toxin Genes Expressed by Tentacles Are Recruited into Its Venom Arsenal
Hoepner, C. M., Stewart, Z. K., Qiao, R., Fobert, E. K., Prentis, P. J., Colella, A., Chataway, T., Burke da Silva, K. & Abbott, C. A., Feb 2024, In: Toxins. 16, 2, 26 p., 85.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Totem Talk
Burke da Silva, K. & Beaumont, K., 9 Sept 2024, In: Proceedings of The Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education. 2024, p. 16 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Meeting Abstract › peer-review
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Prizes
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Vice Chancellor's Award for Innovation in Teaching
Butler, G. (Recipient), Burke Da Silva, K. (Recipient), Cavanagh, K. (Recipient), Ross, K. (Recipient), Carter, H. (Recipient) & Beaman, J. (Recipient), 2023
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