Mr David Enrique Carrasco Rivera
Research Officer
School of the Environment

Journal Articles
Carrasco Rivera, David E. and Wenger, Amelia S. (2026). Corrigendum to “Wastewater pollution undermines coastal marine protection: Implications for 30x30 and effective conservation” [Ocean Coast Manag. 276 (2026) 108150]. Ocean & Coastal Management, 277 108182, 108182. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2026.108182
Smart, Joanna N., Cowley, Dylan, Carrasco Rivera, David E., Hafizt, Muhammed, Lyons, Mitchell, Phinn, Stuart and Roelfsema, Chris (2026). Hyperspectral remote sensing for monitoring coral reef and seagrass Ecosystems: capabilities, limitations and future directions. Marine Environmental Research, 217 107928, 107928. doi: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2026.107928
Carrasco Rivera, David E. and Wenger, Amelia S. (2026). Wastewater pollution undermines coastal marine protection: Implications for 30x30 and effective conservation. Ocean & Coastal Management, 276 108150, 108150. doi: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2026.108150
Rowell, Devin A., Hammerman, Nicholas M., Golding, Kirsten M., Kenyon, Tania Marie, Meziere, Zoe, Morgans, Courtney, Brown, Kristen Taylor, Diederiks, Faye F., Carrasco Rivera, David E., Eigeland, Karen, Paewai-Huggins, Roima, Markey, Kathryn, Beger, Maria, Chong, Fiona, Donno, Gabriella, Dutton, Alice, Victoria Hsiao, Wanchien, Kininmonth, Stuart, Lawson, Caitlin A., Middleton, Heather, Eyal, Gal and Roelfsema, Chris (2025). Multi-scale observations during the 2024 mass coral bleaching event on Heron Reef, Australia. Marine Biology, 173 (1) 17. doi: 10.1007/s00227-025-04759-5
Cowley, Dylan, Carrasco Rivera, David E., Smart, Joanna N., Hammerman, Nicholas M., Golding, Kirsten M., Diederiks, Faye F. and Roelfsema, Chris M. (2025). Insights into seagrass distribution, persistence, and resilience from decades of satellite monitoring. Remote Sensing, 17 (24) 4033, 1-48. doi: 10.3390/rs17244033
Klein, Carissa, Becker, Kate, Carrasco Rivera, David E., Davey, Madeline, Dominguez‐Martinez, Rosa Mar, Grantham, Hedley, Lucas, Benjamin, Possingham, Hugh, Roberson, Leslie, Wakwella, Ama, Wenger, Amelia and Watson, James E. M. (2025). Marine conservation leadership: does Australia walk the talk?. Conservation Letters, 18 (5) e13147, 1-10. doi: 10.1111/conl.13147
Diederiks, Faye F., Browne, Nicola K., Rivera, David E. Carrasco, Hammerman, Nicholas M., Vercelloni, Julie, Kovacs, Eva, Markey, Kathryn and Roelfsema, Chris M. (2025). Two decades of coral carbonate production within and across geomorphic zones. Coral Reefs, 44 (5), 1631-1649. doi: 10.1007/s00338-025-02736-4
Carrasco Rivera, David E. Carrasco, Diederiks, Faye F., Hammerman, Nicholas M., Staples, Timothy, Kovacs, Eva, Markey, Kathryn and Roelfsema, Chris M. (2025). Remote sensing reveals multidecadal trends in coral cover at Heron Reef, Australia. Remote Sensing, 17 (7) 1286, 1-24. doi: 10.3390/rs17071286
Data Collections
Golding, Kirsten M., Smart, Joanna N., Cowley, Dylan, Carrasco Rivera, David E., Hammerman, Nicholas M., Markey, Kathryn, Kovacs, Eva, Diederiks, Faye F., Passenger, Josh and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2026). Georeferenced benthic photo quadrats and benthic cover data derived from a time series of transect surveys for Heron Reef flat and slope areas, Great Barrier Reef, 2019 - 2025. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/7df1430
Smart, Joanna N., Golding, Kirsten M., Hammerman, Nicholas M., Cowley, Dylan, Markey, Kathryn, Carrasco Rivera, David E., Passenger, Josh and Roelfsema, Christiaan M. (2026). Georeferenced benthic photo quadrats and benthic cover data derived from a time series of transect surveys for the Eastern Banks, Moreton Bay, Australia, 2004-2025. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/9383138