Rate My Professor Lucy Coyle

Coyle's academic interests lie in marine ecology, climate change effects on coastal fisheries, and integrating science communication with conservation efforts. Her peer-reviewed publications include 'Changes in fecundity and size at maturity of rock lobster Jasus edwardsii on the east coast of the South Island, New Zealand – A cause for concern in the face of environmental change' (Fisheries Research, 2025, co-authored with Gaya Gnanalingam); 'Spiny rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) responses to marine heatwave conditions in southern New Zealand' (Marine Environmental Research, 2025, co-authored with Gaya Gnanalingam, Eleanor Kelly, Robert O. Smith, and Bridie Allan); and 'Predicting the impacts of climate change on New Zealand's shallow subtidal reef communities' (New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 2023, multi-author). In 2023, she received the New Zealand Coastal Society Student Research Scholarship for her PhD project 'A close-up look at a local coastal fisher in a time of climate change.' Coyle has held the Vision Mātauranga Placement Fellowship with the University of Otago and Ngāi Tahu, contributing to projects like Te Tiaki Mahinga Kai and the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka marine biodiversity restoration initiative in Ngāi Tahu takiwā. She has presented on tools like Esri Story Maps for communicating fishery data.