Dr Rebecca Cramp
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Rebecca Cramp

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Background

I am a comparative and environmental physiologist based at the University of Queensland. My research focuses primarily how the environment constrains the physiology of invertebrates, fish, amphibians and reptiles. I have a highly diverse research program that incorporates fundamental, curiosity-driven research and increasingly, a more applied research agenda in the emerging field of conservation physiology. Conservation physiology explores the responses of organisms to anthropogenic threats and attempts to determine the ecophysiological constraints dictated by current conditions and future environmental change. My research interests encompass the general areas of osmo- and ion-regulation, digestive and thermal physiology, environmental drivers of physiological function (specifically immune function and disease susceptibility) and animal performance in anthropogenically modified environments.

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Dr Rebecca Cramp is:
Not available for supervision
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Fields of research

Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences Animal immunology Animal physiological ecology Animal physiology - biophysics Animal physiology - cell Animal physiology - systems Aquaculture Biological Sciences Comparative physiology Fish pests and diseases Fisheries management Fisheries sciences Vertebrate biology Zoology

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Science, The University of Queensland
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland

Research interests

  • Conservation Physiology

    Conservation physiology explores the responses of organisms to anthropogenic threats and attempts to determine the ecophysiological constraints dictated by current conditions and future environmental change. By taking a conservation physiology approach to studies of the impacts of environmental change on organisms, we can determine not only the degree of threat but most importantly an organisms’ capacity for acclimatisation/adaptation to these changes.

  • Integrative Physiology

Research impacts

My research program, incorporates fundamental, curiosity-driven research and increasingly, a more applied research agenda in the emerging field of conservation physiology. By taking a conservation physiology approach to studies of the impacts of environmental change on organisms, we can determine not only the degree of threat but most importantly an organisms’ capacity for acclimatisation/adaptation to these changes. Exploring how organisms cope at environmental extremes and predicting how they respond to environmental change is becoming increasingly important as ecosystems are modified and threatened by human activity and climate change.

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137 works between 1999 and 2025
All (137) Journal Article (96) Book Chapter (3) Conference Publication (6) Other Outputs (32)

1 - 20 of 137 works

2025

Journal Article

Post-metamorphic growth partially compensates for the effects of climate-driven stressors on juvenile frog performance

Brannelly, Laura A., Ohmer, Michel E. B., Zimmerman, Lydia, Wantman, Trina M., Reuben, Phoebe L., Zegar, Jakub, Fontaine, Samantha S., Bletz, Molly C., Labumbard, Brandon C., Venesky, Matthew D., Cramp, Rebecca L., Woodhams, Douglas C. and Richards-Zawacki, Corinne L. (2025). Post-metamorphic growth partially compensates for the effects of climate-driven stressors on juvenile frog performance. Ecosphere, 16 (2) e70177. doi: 10.1002/ecs2.70177

Post-metamorphic growth partially compensates for the effects of climate-driven stressors on juvenile frog performance

2025

Journal Article

High protein diets improve the growth of juvenile barramundi (Lates calcarifer) at elevated temperatures

Nuic, Barbara, Bowden, Alyssa, Rombenso, Artur, Simon, Cedric, Franklin, Craig E., Jago, Matthew, Smullen, Richard and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2025). High protein diets improve the growth of juvenile barramundi (Lates calcarifer) at elevated temperatures. Aquaculture, 595 741485, 741485. doi: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2024.741485

High protein diets improve the growth of juvenile barramundi (Lates calcarifer) at elevated temperatures

2024

Journal Article

Effects of glutamine supplementation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar metabolic performance at high temperatures

Nuic, Barbara, Bowden, Alyssa, Rombenso, Artur, Salini, Michael, Jago, Matthew K., Smullen, Richard, Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2024). Effects of glutamine supplementation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar metabolic performance at high temperatures. Aquaculture Nutrition, 2024 (1) 6632942, 6632942. doi: 10.1155/anu/6632942

Effects of glutamine supplementation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar metabolic performance at high temperatures

2024

Journal Article

Older amphibian larvae are more sensitive to ultraviolet radiation and experience more sublethal carryover effects post‐metamorphosis

Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2024). Older amphibian larvae are more sensitive to ultraviolet radiation and experience more sublethal carryover effects post‐metamorphosis. Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 343 (2), 197-210. doi: 10.1002/jez.2882

Older amphibian larvae are more sensitive to ultraviolet radiation and experience more sublethal carryover effects post‐metamorphosis

2024

Other Outputs

Dataset - Effects of glutamine supplementation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar metabolic performance at high temperatures

Nuic Vidigal, Barbara, Franklin, Craig, Bowden, Alyssa and Cramp, Rebecca (2024). Dataset - Effects of glutamine supplementation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar metabolic performance at high temperatures. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/4a2e78e

Dataset - Effects of glutamine supplementation on Atlantic salmon Salmo salar metabolic performance at high temperatures

2024

Journal Article

Considering ultraviolet radiation in experimental biology: a neglected pervasive stressor

Hird, Coen, Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Downie, Adam T., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). Considering ultraviolet radiation in experimental biology: a neglected pervasive stressor. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 227 (16) jeb247231, 1-7. doi: 10.1242/jeb.247231

Considering ultraviolet radiation in experimental biology: a neglected pervasive stressor

2024

Other Outputs

Effects of high protein versus high lipid diet on juvenile barramundi, Lates calcarifer, performance at elevated temperature

Nuic Vidigal, Barbara, Franklin, Craig, Bowden, Alyssa and Cramp, Rebecca (2024). Effects of high protein versus high lipid diet on juvenile barramundi, Lates calcarifer, performance at elevated temperature. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/91eeb67

Effects of high protein versus high lipid diet on juvenile barramundi, Lates calcarifer, performance at elevated temperature

2024

Journal Article

Atlantic salmon Salmo salar do not prioritize digestion when energetic budgets are constrained by warming and hypoxia

Nuic, Barbara, Bowden, Alyssa, Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2024). Atlantic salmon Salmo salar do not prioritize digestion when energetic budgets are constrained by warming and hypoxia. Journal of Fish Biology, 104 (6), 1718-1731. doi: 10.1111/jfb.15693

Atlantic salmon Salmo salar do not prioritize digestion when energetic budgets are constrained by warming and hypoxia

2024

Journal Article

Dramatic genome-wide reprogramming of mRNA in hypometabolic muscle

Hudson, Nicholas J., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). Dramatic genome-wide reprogramming of mRNA in hypometabolic muscle. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. Part B: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 272 110952, 110952. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2024.110952

Dramatic genome-wide reprogramming of mRNA in hypometabolic muscle

2024

Journal Article

Cold-induced skin darkening does not protect amphibian larvae from UV-associated DNA damage

Hird, Coen, Flanagan, Emer, Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2024). Cold-induced skin darkening does not protect amphibian larvae from UV-associated DNA damage. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Part A, Ecological and Integrative Physiology, 341 (3), 272-281. doi: 10.1002/jez.2780

Cold-induced skin darkening does not protect amphibian larvae from UV-associated DNA damage

2024

Journal Article

The interactive impacts of a constant reef stressor, ultraviolet radiation, with environmental stressors on coral physiology

Downie, Adam T., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2024). The interactive impacts of a constant reef stressor, ultraviolet radiation, with environmental stressors on coral physiology. Science of The Total Environment, 907 168066, 1-12. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.168066

The interactive impacts of a constant reef stressor, ultraviolet radiation, with environmental stressors on coral physiology

2024

Other Outputs

Dataset - measurements from 3 treatments of Asian sea bass held under chronic thermal stress (37C) 

Bowden, Alyssa, Franklin, Craig and Cramp, Rebecca (2024). Dataset - measurements from 3 treatments of Asian sea bass held under chronic thermal stress (37C) . The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/f1be0dc

Dataset - measurements from 3 treatments of Asian sea bass held under chronic thermal stress (37C) 

2023

Other Outputs

Quantile regression for comparative physiologists

Hird, Coen, Franklin, Craig and Cramp, Rebecca (2023). Quantile regression for comparative physiologists. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/60f1bf8

Quantile regression for comparative physiologists

2023

Journal Article

Thermal compensation reduces DNA damage from UV radiation

Hird, Coen, Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2023). Thermal compensation reduces DNA damage from UV radiation. Journal of Thermal Biology, 117 103711, 103711. doi: 10.1016/j.jtherbio.2023.103711

Thermal compensation reduces DNA damage from UV radiation

2023

Other Outputs

Atlantic salmon do not prioritise digestion when energetic budgets are constrained

Nuic Vidigal, Barbara, Franklin, Craig, Bowden, Alyssa and Cramp, Rebecca (2023). Atlantic salmon do not prioritise digestion when energetic budgets are constrained. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/98432b8

Atlantic salmon do not prioritise digestion when energetic budgets are constrained

2023

Journal Article

Carryover effects from environmental change in early life: an overlooked driver of the amphibian extinction crisis?

Lundsgaard, Niclas U., Hird, Coen, Doody, Kathleen A., Franklin, Craig E. and Cramp, Rebecca L. (2023). Carryover effects from environmental change in early life: an overlooked driver of the amphibian extinction crisis?. Global Change Biology, 29 (14), 3857-3868. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16726

Carryover effects from environmental change in early life: an overlooked driver of the amphibian extinction crisis?

2023

Journal Article

Sublethal consequences of ultraviolet radiation exposure on vertebrates: Synthesis through meta‐analysis

Downie, Adam T., Wu, Nicholas C., Cramp, Rebecca L. and Franklin, Craig E. (2023). Sublethal consequences of ultraviolet radiation exposure on vertebrates: Synthesis through meta‐analysis. Global Change Biology, 29 (23), 1-15. doi: 10.1111/gcb.16848

Sublethal consequences of ultraviolet radiation exposure on vertebrates: Synthesis through meta‐analysis

2023

Journal Article

Modelling prolonged stratification and hypoxia in dryland river waterholes during drought conditions

Zhai, Sherry Y., Huang, Peisheng, Marshall, Jonathan C., Lobegeiger, Jaye, Cramp, Rebecca L., Parisi, Monique A., Franklin, Craig E., Prior, Andrea, Kurucz, Kamilla and Hipsey, Matthew R. (2023). Modelling prolonged stratification and hypoxia in dryland river waterholes during drought conditions. Inland Waters, 13 (2), 272-292. doi: 10.1080/20442041.2023.2213629

Modelling prolonged stratification and hypoxia in dryland river waterholes during drought conditions

2023

Other Outputs

Cold-acclimation completely compensates UV radiation-induced DNA damage rate in amphibian larvae (Limnodynastes peronii)

Hird, Coen, Cramp, Rebecca and Franklin, Craig (2023). Cold-acclimation completely compensates UV radiation-induced DNA damage rate in amphibian larvae (Limnodynastes peronii). The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/221fbfe

Cold-acclimation completely compensates UV radiation-induced DNA damage rate in amphibian larvae (Limnodynastes peronii)

2023

Journal Article

Biological mechanisms matter in contemporary wildlife conservation

Cooke, Steven J., Madliger, Christine L., Lennox, Robert J., Olden, Julian D., Eliason, Erika J., Cramp, Rebecca L., Fuller, Andrea, Franklin, Craig E. and Seebacher, Frank (2023). Biological mechanisms matter in contemporary wildlife conservation. iScience, 26 (3) 106192, 1-13. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.106192

Biological mechanisms matter in contemporary wildlife conservation

Past funding

  • 2022
    Fish response to chronic hypoxia
    Queensland Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water
    Open grant
  • 2020 - 2021
    Between and Hot Place and Hypoxia: Modelling to support climate adaptation of Queensland's inland river waterholes (Qld Department of Environment and Science grant administered by UWA)
    University of Western Australia
    Open grant
  • 2011 - 2013
    ResTeach 2011 0.1 TFE School of Biological Sciences
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Rebecca Cramp is:
Not available for supervision

Supervision history

Current supervision

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