
Overview
Background
Professor Lovelock's research focusses on the influence of environmental change, including climate change, on the ecology of coastal and marine plant communities and in providing knowledge to underpin conservation and restoration of these ecosystems now and in the future.
Availability
- Professor Catherine Lovelock is:
- Available for supervision
- Media expert
Fields of research
Research interests
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Ecology of coastal wetlands
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"Blue Carbon"
Works
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2022
Journal Article
Integrating blue: how do we make nationally determined contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities?
Dencer-Brown, Amrit Melissa, Shilland, Robyn, Friess, Daniel, Herr, Dorothée, Benson, Lisa, Berry, Nicholas J., Cifuentes-Jara, Miguel, Colas, Patrick, Damayanti, Ellyn, García, Elisa López, Gavaldão, Marina, Grimsditch, Gabriel, Hejnowicz, Adam P., Howard, Jennifer, Islam, Sheikh Tawhidul, Kennedy, Hilary, Kivugo, Rahma Rashid, Lang’at, Joseph K. S., Lovelock, Catherine, Malleson, Ruth, Macreadie, Peter I., Andrade-Medina, Rosalía, Mohamed, Ahmed, Pidgeon, Emily, Ramos, Jorge, Rosette, Minerva, Salim, Mwanarusi Mwafrica, Schoof, Eva, Talukder, Byomkesh ... Huxham, Mark (2022). Integrating blue: how do we make nationally determined contributions work for both blue carbon and local coastal communities?. Ambio, 51 (9), 1978-1993. doi: 10.1007/s13280-022-01723-1
2022
Journal Article
Maximising resilience to sea-level rise in urban coastal ecosystems through systematic conservation planning
Nguyen, Nhung T.H., Friess, Daniel A., Todd, Peter A., Mazor, Tessa, Lovelock, Catherine E., Lowe, Ryan, Gilmour, James, Ming Chou, Loke, Bhatia, Natasha, Jaafar, Zeehan, Tun, Karenne, Yaakub, Siti Maryam and Huang, Danwei (2022). Maximising resilience to sea-level rise in urban coastal ecosystems through systematic conservation planning. Landscape and Urban Planning, 221 104374, 104374. doi: 10.1016/j.landurbplan.2022.104374
2022
Journal Article
Operationalizing marketable blue carbon
Macreadie, Peter I., Robertson, Alistar I., Spinks, Bernadette, Adams, Matthew P., Atchison, Jennifer M., Bell-James, Justine, Bryan, Brett A., Chu, Long, Filbee-Dexter, Karen, Drake, Lauren, Duarte, Carlos M., Friess, Daniel A., Gonzalez, Felipe, Grafton, R. Quentin, Helmstedt, Kate J., Kaebernick, Melanie, Kelleway, Jeffrey, Kendrick, Gary A., Kennedy, Hilary, Lovelock, Catherine E., Megonigal, J. Patrick, Maher, Damien T., Pidgeon, Emily, Rogers, Abbie A., Sturgiss, Rob, Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey M., Wartman, Melissa, Wilson, Kerrie A. and Rogers, Kerrylee (2022). Operationalizing marketable blue carbon. One Earth, 5 (5), 485-492. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2022.04.005
2022
Journal Article
Ambitious global targets for mangrove and seagrass recovery
Buelow, Christina A., Connolly, Rod M., Turschwell, Mischa P., Adame, Maria F., Ahmadia, Gabby N., Andradi-Brown, Dominic A., Bunting, Pete, Canty, Steven W.J., Dunic, Jillian C., Friess, Daniel A., Lee, Shing Yip, Lovelock, Catherine E., McClure, Eva C., Pearson, Ryan M., Sievers, Michael, Sousa, Ana I., Worthington, Thomas A. and Brown, Christopher J. (2022). Ambitious global targets for mangrove and seagrass recovery. Current Biology, 32 (7), 1641-1649.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.02.013
2022
Journal Article
Climate change mitigation and improvement of water quality from the restoration of a subtropical coastal wetland
Iram, Naima, Maher, Damien T., Lovelock, Catherine E., Baker, Tallis, Cadier, Charles and Adame, Maria F. (2022). Climate change mitigation and improvement of water quality from the restoration of a subtropical coastal wetland. Ecological Applications, 32 (5) e2620, e2620. doi: 10.1002/eap.2620
2022
Journal Article
Modeled approaches to estimating blue carbon accumulation with mangrove restoration to support a blue carbon accounting method for Australia
Lovelock, Catherine E., Adame, M. Fernanda, Butler, Don W., Kelleway, Jeffrey J., Dittmann, Sabine, Fest, Benedikt, King, Karen J., Macreadie, Peter I., Mitchell, Katherine, Newnham, Mark, Ola, Anne, Owers, Christopher J. and Welti, Nina (2022). Modeled approaches to estimating blue carbon accumulation with mangrove restoration to support a blue carbon accounting method for Australia. Limnology and Oceanography, 67 (S2), S50-S60. doi: 10.1002/lno.12014
2022
Journal Article
Contrasting effects of local environmental and biogeographic factors on the composition and structure of bacterial communities in arid monospecific mangrove soils
Thomson, T., Fusi, M., Bennett-Smith, M. F., Prinz, N., Aylagas, E., Carvalho, S., Lovelock, C. E., Jones, B. H. and Ellis, J. I. (2022). Contrasting effects of local environmental and biogeographic factors on the composition and structure of bacterial communities in arid monospecific mangrove soils. Microbiology Spectrum, 10 (1) e00903-21, e0090321. doi: 10.1128/spectrum.00903-21
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2022
Journal Article
Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise
Bell‐James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A., Gillies, Chris L., Shumway, Nicole and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2022). Rolling covenants to protect coastal ecosystems in the face of sea‐level rise. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (1) e593. doi: 10.1111/csp2.593
2022
Journal Article
Modelling blue carbon farming opportunities at different spatial scales
Duarte de Paula Costa, Micheli, Lovelock, Catherine E., Waltham, Nathan J., Moritsch, Monica M., Butler, Don, Power, Trent, Thomas, Evan and Macreadie, Peter I. (2022). Modelling blue carbon farming opportunities at different spatial scales. Journal of Environmental Management, 301 113813, 113813. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.113813
2022
Other Outputs
Drivers of global mangrove loss and gain
Hagger, Valerie, Lovelock, Catherine and Saunders, Megan (2022). Drivers of global mangrove loss and gain. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/233461e
2022
Book Chapter
Discovering marine biodiversity in the 21st century
Rogers, Alex D., Appeltans, Ward, Assis, Jorge, Ballance, Lisa T., Cury, Philippe, Duarte, Carlos, Favoretto, Fabio, Hynes, Lisa A., Kumagai, Joy A., Lovelock, Catherine E., Miloslavich, Patricia, Niamir, Aidin, Obura, David, O’Leary, Bethan C., Ramirez-Llodra, Eva, Reygondeau, Gabriel, Roberts, Callum, Sadovy, Yvonne, Steeds, Oliver, Sutton, Tracey, Tittensor, Derek P., Velarde, Enriqueta, Woodall, Lucy and Aburto-Oropeza, Octavio (2022). Discovering marine biodiversity in the 21st century. Advances in marine biology. (pp. 23-115) edited by Charles Sheppard. London, United Kingdom: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/bs.amb.2022.09.002
2021
Journal Article
National scale predictions of contemporary and future blue carbon storage
Young, Mary A., Serrano, Oscar, Macreadie, Peter I., Lovelock, Catherine E., Carnell, Paul and Ierodiaconou, Daniel (2021). National scale predictions of contemporary and future blue carbon storage. Science of the Total Environment, 800 149573, 149573. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.149573
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2021
Journal Article
Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments
Shumway, Nicole, Bell-James, Justine, Fitzsimons, James A., Foster, Rose, Gillies, Chris and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2021). Policy solutions to facilitate restoration in coastal marine environments. Marine Policy, 134 104789, 104789. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104789
2021
Journal Article
Vulnerability of an arid zone coastal wetland landscape to sea level rise and intense storms
Lovelock, Catherine E., Reef, Ruth and Masqué, Pere (2021). Vulnerability of an arid zone coastal wetland landscape to sea level rise and intense storms. Limnology and Oceanography, 66 (11), 3976-3989. doi: 10.1002/lno.11936
2021
Journal Article
Blue carbon as a natural climate solution
Macreadie, Peter I., Costa, Micheli D. P., Atwood, Trisha B., Friess, Daniel A., Kelleway, Jeffrey J., Kennedy, Hilary, Lovelock, Catherine E., Serrano, Oscar and Duarte, Carlos M. (2021). Blue carbon as a natural climate solution. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment, 2 (12), 826-839. doi: 10.1038/s43017-021-00224-1
2021
Journal Article
Modelling mangrove forest structure and species composition over tidal inundation gradients: the feedback between plant water use and porewater salinity in an arid mangrove ecosystem
Bathmann, Jasper, Peters, Ronny, Reef, Ruth, Berger, Uta, Walther, Marc and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2021). Modelling mangrove forest structure and species composition over tidal inundation gradients: the feedback between plant water use and porewater salinity in an arid mangrove ecosystem. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 308-309 108547, 108547. doi: 10.1016/j.agrformet.2021.108547
2021
Journal Article
Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at a continental scale
Trevathan-Tackett, Stacey M., Kepfer-Rojas, Sebastian, Engelen, Aschwin H., York, Paul H., Ola, Anne, Li, Jinquan, Kelleway, Jeffrey J., Jinks, Kristin I., Jackson, Emma L., Adame, Maria Fernanda, Pendall, Elise, Lovelock, Catherine E., Connolly, Rod M., Watson, Anne, Visby, Inger, Trethowan, Allison, Taylor, Ben, Roberts, Tessa N.B., Petch, Jane, Farrington, Lachlan, Djukic, Ika and Macreadie, Peter I. (2021). Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at a continental scale. Science of the Total Environment, 782 146819, 146819. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.146819
2021
Journal Article
Harvesting water from unsaturated atmospheres: deliquescence of salt secreted onto leaf surfaces drives reverse sap flow in a dominant arid climate mangrove, Avicennia marina
Coopman, Rafael E., Nguyen, Hoa T., Mencuccini, Maurizio, Oliveira, Rafael S., Sack, Lawren, Lovelock, Catherine E. and Ball, Marilyn C. (2021). Harvesting water from unsaturated atmospheres: deliquescence of salt secreted onto leaf surfaces drives reverse sap flow in a dominant arid climate mangrove, Avicennia marina. New Phytologist, 231 (4), 1401-1414. doi: 10.1111/nph.17461
2021
Journal Article
Future-proofing conservation priorities for sea level rise in coastal urban ecosystems
Mazor, Tessa, Runting, Rebecca K., Saunders, Megan I., Huang, Danwei, Friess, Daniel A., Nguyen, Nhung T.H., Lowe, Ryan J., Gilmour, James P., Todd, Peter A. and Lovelock, Catherine E. (2021). Future-proofing conservation priorities for sea level rise in coastal urban ecosystems. Biological Conservation, 260 109190, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2021.109190
2021
Journal Article
Financial incentives for large-scale wetland restoration: beyond markets to common asset trusts
Canning, Adam D., Jarvis, Diane, Costanza, Robert, Hasan, Syezlin, Smart, James C.R., Finisdore, John, Lovelock, Catherine E., Greenhalgh, Suzie, Marr, Helen M., Beck, Michael W., Gillies, Christopher L. and Waltham, Nathan J. (2021). Financial incentives for large-scale wetland restoration: beyond markets to common asset trusts. One Earth, 4 (7), 937-950. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2021.06.006
Funding
Current funding
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Supervision
Availability
- Professor Catherine Lovelock is:
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Management of feral pigs for improvements in biodiversity and ecosystem services of wetlands
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Influence of climate change on restoration for blue carbon
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Activating Blue Carbon
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Management of feral pigs for improvements in biodiversity and ecosystem services of wetlands
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating governances of coastal wetlands in Australia and Brazil: Variation in polycentric governance and the distribution of power
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kate O'Brien
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Doctor Philosophy
Opportunities for blue carbon and biodiversity with ecological restoration in South East Queensland
Principal Advisor
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Doctor Philosophy
The potential for mitigation and adaptation in Western Australian coastal wetlands
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer
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Doctor Philosophy
Contribution of accretion in restored wetlands to carbon capture
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer, Dr Alice Twomey
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Doctor Philosophy
Marine and coastal restoration - feasibility, benefits, and risks under climate change
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alice Twomey
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Doctor Philosophy
Marine and coastal restoration - feasibility, benefits, and risks under climate change
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Alice Twomey
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Doctor Philosophy
Mangrove tree architecture and ecosystem function
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer
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Doctor Philosophy
Contribution of accretion in restored wetlands to carbon capture
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer, Dr Alice Twomey
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Doctor Philosophy
Mangrove tree architecture and ecosystem function
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer
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Doctor Philosophy
Coastal connectivity for conservation
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Daniel Dunn, Professor Anthony Richardson
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Doctor Philosophy
Trait-based assembly of Australian subtropical rainforest tree communities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer
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Doctor Philosophy
Trait-based assembly of Australian subtropical rainforest tree communities
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer
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Doctor Philosophy
How will Australia's subtropical rainforests respond to climate change?
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr John Dwyer
Completed supervision
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2024
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating governances of coastal wetlands in Australia and Brazil: Variation in polycentric governance and the distribution of power
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Kate O'Brien
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Restoration of marine coastal environments for climate change adaptation and mitigation
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Carissa Klein
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Ecological succession and accumulation of blue carbon in mangrove plantations of the Bangladesh Delta
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
The Roots of Blue Carbon: Effects of physical soil properties on root growth and carbon sequestration in mangrove forests.
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Susanne Schmidt
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2017
Doctor Philosophy
Biogeomorphic evolution of modern mangrove forests in wave- and river-dominated estuaries: opportunists or agents of geomorphic change?
Principal Advisor
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Variations in carbon storage and sequestration in intertidal wetlands
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Emeritus Professor D Lockington
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Mangrove forest responses to environmental change in Indonesia
Principal Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Arid zone estuaries: nekton and trophic connectivity over heterogeneous landscapes.
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Macroalgal-herbivore interactions: the roles of algal tolerance, patterns of herbivory and nutrient availability
Principal Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Relating resource availability and herbivore escape opportunity to plant community invasibility: Creating integrated strategies to manage Alternanthera philoxeroides and Phyla canescens
Principal Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Susanne Schmidt
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2023
Doctor Philosophy
Historical ecology of recreational fisheries in Queensland, Australia (1866-1984): catch rates, spatial development, and species population trends
Associate Advisor
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Sustainability pathways for coastal aquaculture in Southeast Asia
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Ammar Abdul Aziz
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2022
Doctor Philosophy
Latitudinal patterns of maternal investment, maternal provisioning, and performance of coral offspring
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Dr Eugenia Nijgh de Sampayo Garrido
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2019
Doctor Philosophy
Bottlenecks of coral recruitment on degraded reefs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Mumby
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
Evaluating trade-offs between quantitative and qualitative protected area objectives
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Hugh Possingham
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2018
Doctor Philosophy
The dynamics of coral-algal interactions on coral reef ecosystems
Associate Advisor
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Algal dynamics on coral reefs: a study of macroalgal traits and growth strategies of Lobophora J. Agardh (Dictyotales, Phaephyceae)
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Mumby
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Dynamics of carbon storage in subtropical seagrass meadows
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Mumby
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2016
Doctor Philosophy
Ecological drivers of Halimeda abundance and its implication for the carbonate production of coral reefs
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Peter Mumby
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2015
Doctor Philosophy
Characterisation of the Light Environment and Biophysical Parameters of Seagrass Using Remote Sensing
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Stuart Phinn, Associate Professor Chris Roelfsema
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2014
Doctor Philosophy
Optimisation of microalgal growth conditions for production of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA)
Associate Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The effects of nutrient enrichment on the mangrove macrofauna of Moreton bay, Queensland
Associate Advisor
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
Combined effects of temperature and herbicides on symbiont-bearing calcifying reef organisms
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Jochen Mueller
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2013
Doctor Philosophy
The role of the Eastern Australian Current in the recruitment of tropical fish species on temperate reefs
Associate Advisor
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2011
Doctor Philosophy
Human impact recorded in sediment cores from estuarine environments - an example from Moreton Bay, southeast Queensland, Australia
Associate Advisor
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2010
Doctor Philosophy
Blooms of the toxic cyanobacterium Lyngbya majuscula in Moreton Bay: links to anthropogenic nutrients
Associate Advisor
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2007
Doctor Philosophy
DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS OF LAND USE ON THE SHALLOW-WATER BENTHIC MICROALGAL COMMUNITIES IN MORETON BAY, AUSTRALIA AND MAROVO LAGOON, SOLOMON ISLANDS
Associate Advisor
Media
Enquiries
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- Climate change on the coast
- Coastal zone
- Ecology of coastal plant communities
- Ecosystem metabolism
- Mangrove ecology
- Nutrient enrichment of the coastal zone
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