Researcher:Dr VL Lucieer
School/Unit:IMAS - Fisheries, Aquaculture and Coasts
Commenced with Institution:1/7/1997
Commenced Current Job:31/1/2001
Personal URL:http://www.halley.lucieer.net/

Research Funding

InstitutionResearch TeamInitial YearDuration (Years)Funding Body/ClientAward TypeTitle of ProjectIndustry PartnersTotal Cash $Total Inkind $
University of TasmaniaDr VL Lucieer20091University of TasmaniaGrant-Conference Support Scheme2008 R2 - Geohab (Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping) 2,950 
University of TasmaniaDr NS Barrett; Dr HG Pederson; Dr VL Lucieer; Dr GJ Edgar; Professor CD Buxton20082Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsGrantQuantitative Biological Baseline Surveys of Shelf Rocky Reef Biota in Commonwealth MPAs off Tasmania 40,00040,000
University of TasmaniaDr VL Lucieer20081Port of Melbourne CorporationConsultancyReview of Port construction survey of the deep reef habitat at the Entrance of Port Phillip Bay 1,488 
University of TasmaniaDr VL Lucieer20081Van Diemen Aquaculture Pty LtdConsultancyCurrent Flow Analysis in the Tamar Estuary 4,095 
University of TasmaniaDr VL Lucieer20073Natural Heritage TrustGrant-Natural Resource Management, Northern RegionSeamap - Mapping the Gaps 469,000 
University of TasmaniaDr CN Mundy; Dr M Haddon; Dr VL Lucieer20065Fisheries Research & Development CorporationGrant-Annual Open Call Round2006-029 Using GPS Technology to Improve Fishery Dependent Data Collection in Abalone Fisheries 450,862 
University of TasmaniaDr VL Lucieer20061Geoscience AustraliaConsultancyPilot study on the investigation of uncertainty analysis applied to Geoscience Australia seascapes data 6,789 
University of TasmaniaDr VL Lucieer20061Natural Heritage TrustGrant-Natural Resource Management, Cradle CoastMap Key Habitat Types and Significant Marine Communities (Eg. Seagrass Macrosystis Beds Sponge Beds in each Bioregion) 129,769 
University of TasmaniaDr VL Lucieer20061Natural Heritage TrustGrant-Natural Resource Management, Southern RegionMarine Habitat Mapping  90,000 

Graduate Research Supervision (Current)

None

Graduate Research Supervision (Graduands)

None

Career Best Publications

None Identified

Research Publications

Journal Article

Lucieer, VL and Lucieer, A, ‘Fuzzy Clustering for Seafloor Classification’, Marine Geology, 264 pp. 230-241. ISSN 0025-3227 (2009) [Refereed Article]

Lucieer, VL and Pederson, HG, ‘Linking morphometric characterisation of rocky reef with fine scale lobster movement’, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing- Theme Issue `Remote Sensing and GIS for Coastal Ecosystem Assessment and Management, 63 (5) pp. 496-509. ISSN 0924-2716 (2008) [Refereed Article]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Object-oriented classification of sidescan sonar data for mapping benthic marine habitats’, International Journal of Remote Sensing, 29 (3) pp. 905-921. ISSN 0143-1161 (2008) [Refereed Article]

Lucieer, VL, ‘The Application of Automated Segmentation Methods and Fragementation Statistics to Characterise Rocky Reef Habitat’, Journal of Spatial Science, 52 (1) pp. 81 - 91. ISSN 1449-8596 (2007) [Refereed Article]

Halley, V and Bruce, E*, ‘Thematic accuracy assessment of acoustic seabed data for shallow benthic habitat mapping’, The International Journal of Environmental Studies, 64 (1) pp. 93 - 109. ISSN 0020-7233 (2007) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]

Jordan, AR and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL and Barrett, NS, ‘Seabed habitat mapping in the Kent Group of islands and its role in marine protected area planning’, Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 15 (15) pp. 51-70. ISSN 1052-7613 (2005) [Refereed Article]

Lucieer, VL and Eriksson, M* and Nunez, M, ‘Frost Prevention and Prediction of Temperatures and Cooling rates using GIS’, Australian Geographical Studies, 41 (3) pp. 287-302. ISSN 0004-9190 (2003) [Refereed Article]

Book

**Brothers, N* and Pemberton, D* and Pryor, H* and Lucieer, VL, Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (2001) [Authored Research Book]

Conference Publication

Lucieer, VL, ‘Image segmentation of seabed texture homogeneity from multibeam backscatter data’, Marine Connectivity, 5th – 9th July 2009, Adelaide, Australia, pp. 134. ISBN 9780958718530 (2009) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL and Lamarche, G*, ‘Mapping seabed texture homogeneity using multibeam backscatter data: Can we use it as a surrogate for biodiversity assessment?’, Geohab 2009, 5th - 8th May 2009, Trodheim, Norway, pp. 55. ISBN 9788292394502 (2009) [Conference Extract] [Full Text]

Lucieer, VL and Pederson, HG and Barrett, NS and Buxton, CD, ‘Assessing the robustness of a morphometric classification model to help predict Australia’s benthic marine habitat diversity’, 29th April-2nd May 2008, Sitka, Alaska USA (2008) [Conference Extract] [Full Text]

Lucieer, VL and Barrett, ND and Edgar, GJ, ‘CERF Biodiversity Research in Tasmanian: An Update to the Hub’, 7-10th October 2008, Hobart, CSIRO (2008) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL and Pederson, HG, ‘Fusing fuzzy classification models with animal movement: concepts for biodiversity assessment’, 26th-30th May 2008, CSIRO, Cleveland, Queensland (2008) [Conference Extract]

Pederson, HG and Semmens, JM and Lucieer, VL and Frusher, SD and Buxton, CD, ‘Integrating Acoustic Telemetry Data and Benthic Tarrain Models to Understand Spatial and Temporal Patters in Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) Movement and Habitat Utilisation’, Advances in Fish Tagging & Marking Technology: International Symposium (Abstracts), 24-28 February 2008, Auckland, New Zealand, pp. 100. (2008) [Conference Extract]

Lamarche, G* and Lucieer, VL and Rowden, A* and Verdier, AL* and Augustin, JM* and Lurton, X*, ‘Substrate and biodiversity mapping in Cook Strait using multiscale analysis of remotely sensed data’, Geological Society of New Zealand, New Zealand Geophysical Society, New Zealand Geochemical and Mineralogical Society Joint Conference, 23-26 November 2008, Wellington NZ (2008) [Conference Extract]

Heap, AD* and Whiteway, T* and Lucieer, VL and Nichol, S*, ‘Using ‘seascapes’ to help predict Australia’s benthic marine habitat diversity in the development of a national system of marine protected areas’, April 15-19th, Boston, Massachusetts, USA (2008) [Conference Extract]

Pederson, HG and Semmens, JM and Lucieer, VL and Frusher, SD and Buxton, CD, ‘Determining the potential impacts of fishing activity on rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii) behaviour and habitat utilisation via the application of radio acoustic positioning’, 8th International Conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management, 23-28 September 2007, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, pp. 35. (2007) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Morphometric characterisation of rocky reef using multibeam acoustic bathymetric data’, International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 23-27 July, Barcelona, Spain, pp. 905-909. ISBN 978-1-4244-1212-9 (2007) [Non Refereed Conference]

Lucieer, VL and Jordan, AR*, ‘Morphometric characterisation of rocky reef using swath sonar acoustic bathymetry’, GeoHab 2007 Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping, April 2007, Noumea, New Caledonia (2007) [Conference Extract]

Heap, A* and Harris, PT* and Whiteway, T* and Lucieer, VL, ‘Using 'seascapes' to help predict Australia's benthric marine habitat diversity’, GeoHab 2007 Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping, 2007, Noumea, New Caledonia, pp. 1. (2007) [Conference Extract]

Pecl, GT and Semmens, JM and Pederson, HG and Lucieer, VL and Frusher, SD, ‘Using acoustic tracking data to support planning and assessment of closed areas: determining effective size, boundaries and location’, Using acoustic tracking data to support planning and assessment of closed areas: determining effective size, boundaries and location, 9-13 July 2007, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1. (2007) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Characterisation of rocky reef using object oriented classification methods and fragmentation statistics. Australian Society of Fish Biology Workshop and Conference, Hobart, August 2006’, Abstract, 28 August - 1 September 2006, Hobart, pp. 88. (2006) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Marine Mapping: New Findings and the Tasmanian and Victorian Experience. Coast to Coast 2006. Melbourne Convention Centre, May 2006’, 23 - 25 May 2006, Victoria (2006) [Non Refereed Conference]

Lucieer, VL, ‘The application of automated segmentation methods to characterise rocky reef habitat, Coast GIS 2006, Wollongong NSW July 2006’, Coast GIS, 13 - 16 July 2006, Wollongong, NSW (2006) [Non Refereed Conference]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Applying Discriminate analysis to characterize shallow rocky reef habitat’, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Spatio-temporal modeling; Spatial Reasoning, Spatial Analysis, Data Mining and Data Fusion, 27-29 August 2006, Beijing, China, pp. 215-219. (2005) [Refereed Conference]

Lucieer, VL and Mundy, CN, ‘Linking abalone Fishery dependent data to fine-scale habitat mapping’, Fishery - Aquatic GIS Research Group, 22-26 August 2005, Shanghai, China, pp. 19-23. (2005) [Conference Extract]

Lawler, MM and Jordan, AR and Lucieer, VL, ‘Acoustic classification of nearshore seabed habitats based on echo-integration and visualisation’, GEOHAB 2004 Conference, Galway, Ireland (2004) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Developing techniques to estimate spatial uncertainty in marine habitat mapping’, Fifth Australasian Postgraduate Workshop on GISc, Social and Environmental Moddelling 2004, Kioloa, New South Wales (2004) [Conference Extract]

Jordan, AR and Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Mount, RE, ‘Mapping of coastal seabed habitats in Tasmania: development and integration of remote sensing techniques within a hierarchical framework’, GeoHab 2004 Agenda and Abstracts, May 5-7, Galway, Ireland, pp. 62-63. (2004) [Conference Extract]

Jordan, AR and Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Mount, RE, ‘Seabed habitat mapping in the Kent Group of islands and its role in Marine Portect Area Planning’, Coast to Coast 2004, Hobart, Tasmania (2004) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL, ‘The assessment of spatial error estimation techniques for seabed habitat mapping and its role in survey design’, School of Geography and Environmental Studies 2004 Conference, October, 2004, Hobart, pp. 7-8. (2004) [Conference Extract]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Addressing spatial uncertainty in marine habitat mapping’, GEOHAB 2003 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania (2003) [Conference Extract]

Jordan, AR and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL, ‘The application of seabed habitat mapping for multiple marine resource management in Tasmanian coastal waters’, Coastal GIS 2003 - an integrated approach to Australian coastal issues, 7-8 July 2003, University of Wollongong, pp. 139-155. ISBN 1 74128 023 0 (2003) [Refereed Conference]

Contract Report, Consultant's Report

Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Pender, AJ and Morffew, MG*, SeaMap Tasmania: Mapping the Gaps, NRM North (2009) [Contract Report]

Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM, Current Flow Analysis in the Tamar Estuary, Final report to Van Dieman Aquaculture (2008) [Contract Report]

Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL, Long Reach Marine Farm Zone Current Flow Assessment, Van Diemen Aquaculture (2008) [Contract Report]

Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Morffew, MG and Pender, AJ, Estuaries habitat mapping in the Derwent-2007 A resurvey of marine habitats by SeaMap Tasmania, Derwent Estuary Program (2007) [Contract Report]

Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Morffew, MG and Pender, AJ, Mapping of inshore marine habitats from Schouten Island to Bicheno on the East Coast of Tasmania, NRM South (2007) [Contract Report]

Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Morffew, MG and Pender, AJ, Mapping of inshore marine habitats in the Cradle Coast Region: from West Head to Robbins Passage, NRM South (2007) [Contract Report]

Whiteway, T* and Heap, AD* and Lucieer, VL and Hinde, A* and Ruddick, R* and Harris, PT*, Seascapes of the Australian Margin and Adjacent Sea Floor: Methodology and Results, Australian Government GeoScience Australia, 2007/11 (2007) [Contract Report]

Lucieer, VL, A pilot study on the investigation of uncertainty analysis applied to the GeoScience Australia seascapes classification. Consultancy number 1675, University of Tasmania, pp33 (2006) [Consultants Report]

Jordan, AR and Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM, Linking habitat mapping with fisheries assessment in key commercial fishing grounds, FRDC (2005) [Contract Report]

Jordan, AR and Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM, Linking habitat mapping with fisheries in key commercial fishing grounds, Fisheries Research Development Corporation (2005) [Contract Report]

Mount, RE and Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Jordan, AR, Mapping of Estuarine and Marine Habitats in the Southern NRM Region, Southern NRM Region, NHT46397 (2005) [Contract Report]

Mount, RE and Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM and Jordan, AR, Mapping of Estuarine and Marine Habitats in the Southern NRM Region, Natural Resource Management (2005) [Contract Report]

Jordan, AR and Samson, C* and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL, Assessment of seabed habitats and heavy metals in Cornelian Bay, DPIWE, 18 (2003) [Contract Report]

Jordan, AR and Doole, J* and Archer, L* and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL and Sanderson, JC, Assessment of nutrients and habitats in North West Bay - supporting sustainable management, Natural Heritage Trust (2002) [Contract Report]

Jordan, AR and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL, Estuarine Habitat Mapping in the Derwent - Integrating Science and Management, Natural Heritage Trust (2001) [Contract Report]

Barrett, NS and Sanderson, JC* and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL and Jordan, AR, Mapping of inshore marine habitats in south-eastern Tasmania for marine protected area planning and marine management, Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra (2001) [Contract Report]

Thesis

Lucieer, VL, ‘Spatial uncertainty estimation techiques for shallow coastal seabed mapping’ (2007) [PhD]

Other Public Output

Lamarche, G* and Lucieer, VL and Rowden, A*, ‘Multiscale analysis of bathymetry and backscatter for seafloor habitat mapping in New Zealand EEZ’, Marine ANZSPAC, Great Southern Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne, Victoria, 2009 (2009) [Magazine Article]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Planet Ocean. ’, Planet Ocean. ABC Radio National: Country Hour Bush Telegraph. 9th March @ 11.55am. 585AM, Tasmania (2006) [Media Interview]

Lucieer, VL, ‘SeaMap Tasmania - an update. Fishing Today, 19 (6)’, SeaMap Tasmania - an update, Artemis Publishing Consultants, Hobart, Tasmania, 19, 5 (2006) [Magazine Article]

Lucieer, VL, ‘SeaMapping Tasmania. ABC Radio National: Perspective. 3rd March @ 5.55pm 585AM’, SeaMapping Tasmania, ABC Radio National, Tasmania (2006) [Media Interview]

Lucieer, VL, ‘Good progress on Sea Mapping’, Fishing Today, Artemis Publishing Consultants, Tasmania, 18, 6 (2005) [Magazine Article]

Jordan, AR and Lucieer, VL, ‘Mapping of seabed habitat in south-east and north-east abalone fishing blocks - an update on SEAMAP Tasmania’, Fishing Today, Turtle Press P/L, Rosny, Tasmania, 18, 1 (2005) [Magazine Article]

Barrett, NS and Edgar, GJ and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL, ‘A quantitative video baseline survey of reef biota and survey of marine habitats within Bathurst Channel, South West Tasmania’, Internal Report, TAFI, Hobart, Tasmania (2004) [Report of Restricted Access]

Jordan, AR and Samson, CR and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL, ‘Assessment of seabed habitats and heavy metals in Cornelian Bay’, Technical Report Series, TAFI, Hobart, Tasmania, 18 (2003) [Report of Restricted Access]

Lucieer, VL and Lawler, MM, ‘Exposing the Sea Floor with GIS’, ArcNews, Environmental Systems Research Institute, Redlands, California, 24, 2 (2002) [Magazine Article]

Jordan, AR and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL and Barrett, NS, ‘Habitat mapping in the Kent Group of Islands’, TAFI Internal Report, Tasmanian Aquaculture and Fisheries Institute, Hobart, Tasmania, November 2002 (2002) [Report of Restricted Access]

Jordan, AR and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL, ‘Estuarine habitat mapping in the Derwent - integrating science and management’, Technical Report Series, TAFI, Hobart, Tasmania (2001) [Report of Restricted Access]

Barrett, NS and Sanderson, JC and Lawler, MM and Lucieer, VL and Jordan, AR, ‘Marine habitat mapping of the Bruny-bioregion for Marine Protected Planning’, Technical Report Series, TAFI, Hobart, Tasmania, 7 (2001) [Report of Restricted Access]

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