Rate My Professor Bridie Allan

Allan's research investigates how human-induced environmental disturbances, including climate change, oil pollution, habitat degradation, and microplastic pollution, affect the physiology, behaviour, and ecology of marine organisms, particularly fish. Employing field collections, observations, laboratory experiments, and manipulative studies across tropical and temperate regions, her work examines mechanisms underlying population processes and their scaling to community dynamics. Key research interests include marine ecology, swimming performance in fishes, chemical ecology of predator-prey interactions, and environmental influences on these interactions. Notable publications include 'Combined effects of microplastics and nitrogen on bivalve-mediated biogeochemical cycling' (Foreman et al., Limnology & Oceanography, 2026), 'Spiny rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) responses to marine heatwave conditions in southern New Zealand' (Gnanalingam et al., Marine Environmental Research, 2025), 'Safety in the shallows: Nearshore coastal habitats can provide physical and thermal features that optimize escape performance in newborn blacktip reef sharks (Carcharhinus melanopterus)' (Trujillo et al., Conservation Physiology, 2025), 'Microplastic consumption elevates fish oxidative stress but does not affect predator-driven mortality' (Mannering et al., Science of the Total Environment, 2025), and 'Parental effects improve escape performance of juvenile reef fish in a high-CO2 world' (Allan et al., 2014, cited over 150 times). With over 3,100 citations on Google Scholar, her contributions advance understanding of anthropogenic impacts on marine ecosystems and inform conservation strategies.