Fields of Research

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Conservation and biodiversity
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Fisheries management
Pollution and contamination
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Freshwater ecology
Biogeography and phylogeography
Fisheries sciences
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Ecosystem function
Natural resource management
Population ecology
Environmental management
Genetics
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
Invertebrate biology
Animal systematics and taxonomy
Global change biology
Landscape ecology
Biological oceanography
Ecological physiology
Other environmental sciences
Other biological sciences
Environmental rehabilitation and restoration
Physical oceanography
Speciation and extinction
Climate change processes
Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
Palaeoecology
Behavioural ecology
Environment and resource economics
Plant physiology
Life histories

Research Objectives

Marine biodiversity
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments
Other environmental management
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Terrestrial biodiversity
Fisheries - wild caught
Environmentally sustainable transport activities
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Natural hazards
Fisheries - recreational freshwater
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Global effects of climate change (excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (excl. social impacts)
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in marine environments
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Native forests
Marine systems and management
Environmentally sustainable animal production
Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Fisheries - aquaculture
Animal adaptation to climate change
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Understanding climate change
Assessment and management of pelagic marine ecosystems
Conserving natural heritage
Other animal production and animal primary products
Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Wild caught prawns
Environmental education and awareness
Climate change models

Career Best Publications

Abundance and local-scale processes contribute to multi-phyla gradients in global marine diversity; Science Advances
Australian Marine Life: the Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters; Reed Books
Catastrophic Decline in Mollusc Diversity in Eastern Tasmania and Its Concurrence with Shellfish Fisheries; Conservation Biology
Ecosystem restructuring along the Great Barrier Reef following mass coral bleaching; Nature
Exploited reefs protected from fishing transform over decades into convservation features otherwise absent from seascapes; Ecological Applications
Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features; Nature
Integrating abundance and functional traits reveals new global hotspots of fish diversity; Nature
New approaches to marine conservation through the scaling up of ecological data; Annual Review of Marine Science
Rapid declines across Australian fishery stocks indicate global sustainability targets will not be achieved without an expanded network of ‘no-fishing’ reserves; Aquatic Conservation

Research Publications

2016 Biodiversity Surveys of the Cod Grounds and Pimpernel Rocks Commonwealth Marine Reserves
A baseline survey for ecosystem monitoring in the Jervis Bay Marine Park
A baseline survey for ecosystem monitoring within the proposed Jurien Bay Marine Park
A classification of Tasmanian estuaries and assessment of their conservation significance using ecological and physical attributes, population and land use; University of Tasmania
A classification of Tasmanian estuaries and assessment of their conservation significance using ecological and physical attributes, population and land use; University of Tasmania
A cross-continental comparison of plant and beetle responses to retention of forest patches during timber harvest; Ecological Applications
A decade of study in Tasmanian MPAS - Part 2
A global assessment of the direct and indirect benefits of marine protected areas for coral reef conservation; Diversity and Distributions
A morphological and phylogenetic investigation into divergence among sympatric Australian southern bull kelps (Durvillaea potatorum and D. amatheiae sp. nov.); Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution
A new genus and three new species of apseudomorph tanaidacean (Crustacea) from the Darwin region; Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biolgical Workshop. The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia
A preliminary investigation of the distribution, range and extent of reef habitats and communities in Port Davey
A quantitative review of abundance-based species distribution models; Ecography
A quantitative video baseline survey of reef biota and survey of marine habitats within Bathurst Channel, South West Tasmania
A standardised national assessment of the state of coral and rocky reef biodiversity
A standardised vocabulary for identifying benthic biota and substrata from underwater imagery: the CATAMI classification scheme; PLoS ONE
A trophic model of a Galapagos subtidal rocky reef for evaluating fisheries and conservation strategies; Ecological Modelling
Abundance and local-scale processes contribute to multi-phyla gradients in global marine diversity; Science Advances
Adaptive management of temperate reefs to minimise effects of climate change: developing new effective approaches for ecological monitoring and predictive modelling
An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas; Environmental Conservation
An experimental assessment of impacts of pollution sources on sessile biota in a temperate urbanised estuary; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Anthropogenic disruptions to longstanding patterns of trophic-size structure in vertebrates; Nature Ecology and Evolution
Application of biotic and abiotic indicators for detecting benthic impacts of marine salmonid farming among coastal regions of Tasmania; Aquaculture
Assessing multidecadal climate-driven shifts for Tasmanian marine species, 1992-2019
Assessing national biodiversity trends for rocky and coral reefs through the integration of citizen science and scientific monitoring programs; Bioscience
Assessment of Jessica oil spill impacts on intertidal invertebrate communities; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Assessment of coral reef biodiversity in the Coral Sea
Australian Marine Life: the Plants and Animals of Temperate Waters; Reed Books
Australian marine protected areas; Austral Ark: The State of Wildlife in Australia and New Zealand
Baseline biodiversity survey of the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Baseline Biodiversity Survey of the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Baseline surveys for ecosystem monitoring within the Jurien Bay Marine Park 1999-2003
Baseline surveys of the subtidal reef biota of the Kent Group Marine Nature Reserve 2004-2007
Benthic macrofauna in Tasmanian estuaries: scales of distribution and relationships with environmental variables; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Bias in evaluating the effects of marine protected areas: the importance of baseline data for the Galapagos Marine Reserve; Environmental Conservation
Biases associaated with the use of underwater visual census techniques to quantify the density and size-structure of fish populations; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Biodiversity change across the coral sea marine park over the past decade including impacts of severe heatwaves
Biodiversity enhances reef fish biomass and resistance to climate change; National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings
Biodiversity survey of Ashmore Reef (Coral Sea) and comparison with surrounding reefs
Biodiversity Survey of the Temperate East Coast Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network: Elizabeth & Middleton Reefs, Lord Howe Island & Norfolk Island
Biodiversity surveys of the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Park Reserve 2013 and 2018
Biogeographical and ecological context for managing threats to coral and rocky reef communities in the Lord Howe Island Marine Park, south-western Pacific; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Biological interactions both facilitate and resist climate-related functional change in temperate reef communities; Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences
Biological trade-offs underpin coral reef ecosystem functioning; Nature Ecology and Evolution
Biology and ecology of Zearaja maugeana, an endangered skate restricted to two south-western Tasmanian estuaries; Marine and Freshwater Research
Biotic affinities of rocky reef fishes, invertebrates and macroalgae in different zones of the Port Davey marine protected area, south-western Tasmania; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
BioTIME: a database of biodiversity time series for the Anthropocene; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Body size, reef area and temperature predict global reef-fish species richness across spatial scales; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Bright spots among the world’s coral reefs; Nature
Broad-scale effects of marine salmonid aquaculture on macrobenthos and the sediment environment in southeastern Tasmania; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Broad-scale impacts of salmon farms on temperate macroalgal assemblages on rocky reefs; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Broadscale effects of marine salmonid aquaculture and introduced pests on macrobenthos and the sediment environment in Tasmania between 1998 and 2003
Catastrophic Decline in Mollusc Diversity in Eastern Tasmania and Its Concurrence with Shellfish Fisheries; Conservation Biology
CERF Biodiversity Research in Tasmanian: An Update to the Hub; CERF Marine Biodiversity Workshop #2
Challenges for restoration of coastal marine ecosystems in the Anthropocene; Frontiers in Marine Science
Changes in fish assemblages following ten years of protection in Tasmanian marine protected areas; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Changes in invertebrate and macroalgal populations in Tasmanian marine reserves in the decade following protection; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Characterisation of thirteen polymorphic microsatellite markers for the red sea urchin Heliocidaris tuberculata (Lamarck, 1816) developed using a 454-sequencing approach; Conservation Genetics Resources
Citizen science as a research tool for monitoring ecological change in the marine environment; Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries
Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Climate resilience in marine protected areas and the 'Protection Paradox'; Biological Conservation
Coastal and marine resource management in the Galapagos Islands and the Archipelago of San Andres: Issues, problems and opportunities; Ocean & Coastal Management
Coastal Climate Change Range Extension Database and Mapping Project (Redmap)
Community assisted scientific assessment and management of Western Australian Marine Protected Areas. Ningaloo Marine Park report for Coastwest and Caring for our Country
Community size structure varies with predator-prey size relationships and temperature across Australian reefs; Ecology and Evolution
Community-assisted scientific assessment and management of Western Australian Marine Protected Areas. Rottnest Island Marine Reserve report for Coastwest and Caring for our Country
Comparing large-scale bioregions and fine-scale community-level biodiversity predictions from subtidal rocky reefs across south-eastern Australia; Journal of Applied Ecology
Condition of rocky reef communities: A key marine habitat around Tasmania
Congruence in demersal fish, macroinvertebrate, and macroalgal community turnover on shallow temperate reefs; Ecological Applications
Conservation challenges for the most threatened family of marine bony fishes (handfishes: Brachionichthyidae); Biological Conservation
Conservation of natural wilderness values in the Port Davey marine and estuarine protected area, South-Western Tasmania; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Conservation of the critically endangered Eastern Australian population of the Grey Nurse shark (Carcharias taurus) through cross-jurisdictional management of a network of marine-protected areas; Environmental Management
Conservation of threatened species in the Galapagos Marine Reserve through identification and protection of marine key biodiversity areas; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Consistencies over regional scales in assemblages of mobile epifauna associated with natural and artificial plants of different shape; Aquatic Botany
Consistent multi-level trophic effects of marine reserve protection across northern New Zealand; PLoS One
Continental-scale assessment of Australia's rocky and coral reef biodiversity
Contributions of body size, habitat and taxonomy to predictions of temperate Australian fish diets; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Coral sea marine biodiversity
Coral Sea Marine Biodiversity
Cross-ocean patterns and processes in fish biodiversity on coral reefs through the lens of eDNA metabarcoding; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Decadal trends in marine reserves reveal differential rates of change in direct and indirect effects; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems; Global Environmental Change
Delineating reef fish trophic guilds with global gut content data synthesis and phylogeny; PLOS Biology
Developing a quantitative, relative wave exposure index for shallow reefs in temperate Australia and potential applications in biodiversity research; Marine Connectivity
Developing a quantitative, relative wave exposure index for shallow reefs in temperate Australia and potential applications in biodiversity research; Australian Marine Science Association 46th Annual Conference
Direct and indirect effects of heatwaves on a coral reef fishery; Global Change Biology
Disentangling the response of fishes to recreational fishing over 30 years within a fringing coral reef reserve network; Biological Conservation
Distinguishing geographical range shifts from artefacts of detectability and sampling effort; Diversity and Distributions
Distribution of benthic communities in the fjord-like Bathurst Channel ecosystem, south-western Tasmania, a globally anomalous estuarine protected area; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Do communities exist? Complex patterns of overlapping marine species distributions; Ecology
Does the global network of marine protected areas provide an adequate safety net for marine biodiversity?; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Ecological effects of marine protected areas on rocky reef communities - a continental-scale analysis; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Ecology of Australian Temperate Reefs; CSIRO
Ecosystem model of Tasmanian waters explores impacts of climate-change induced changes in primary productivity; Ecological Modelling: International Journal on Ecological Modelling and Engineering and Systems Ecology
Ecosystem monitoring in different zones within the Jurien Bay Marine Park - results of 2004 surveys
Ecosystem Monitoring of subtidal reefs in different management zones of the Jurien Bay Marine Park 1999-2007
Ecosystem Monitoring of Subtidal Reefs in the Jarvis Bay Marine Park
Ecosystem Monitoring of Subtidal Reefs in the Jervis Bay Marine Park 1996 - 2005
Ecosystem restructuring along the Great Barrier Reef following mass coral bleaching; Nature
Effectiveness of biological surrogates for predicting patterns of marine biodiversity: a global meta-analysis; PLoS ONE
Effects of algal canopy clearance on plant, fish and macroinvertebrate communities on eastern Tasmanian reefs; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Effects of Catchment Activities on Macrofaunal Assemblages in Tasmanian Estuaries; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Effects of pollution from anthropogenic point sources on the recruitment of sessile estuarine reef biota; Frontiers in Marine Science
Effects of the Jessica oil spill on artisanal fisheries in the Galápagos; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Effects of the declaration of marine reserves on Tasmanian reef fishes, invertebrates and plants; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Effects of urbanisation on macroalgae and sessile invertebrates in southeast Australian estuaries; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
El Niño, grazers and fisheries interact to greatly elevate extinction risk for Galapagos marine species ; Global Change Biology
Eureka Prize for Environmental Research 2014
Evaluating the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas as a fisheries management tool
Expanding marine protected areas to include degraded coral reefs; Conservation Biology
Experimental Analysis of Structural versus Trophic Importance of Seagrass Beds. I. Effects of Macrofaunal and Meiofaunal Invertebrates; Vie et Milieu
Experimental Analysis of Structural Versus Trophic Importance of Seagrass Beds. II. Effects on fishes, decapods and cephalopods; Vie et Milieu
Exploited reefs protected from fishing transform over decades into convservation features otherwise absent from seascapes; Ecological Applications
Facilitation of Australia’s southernmost reef-building coral by sea urchin herbivory; Coral Reefs
Fish body sizes change with temperature but not all species shrink with warming; Nature Ecology and Evolution
Fishing-gear restrictions and biomass gains for coral reef fishes in marine protected areas; Conservation Biology
From Tasmania to the world: long and strong traditions in seaweed use, research, and development; Botanica Marina
Functional traits reveal early responses in marine reserves following protection from fishing; Diversity and Distributions
Global baselines and benchmarks for fish biomass: comparing remote reefs and fisheries closures; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Global change, phase-shifts and recovery potential of Tasmania’s rapidly warming reef ecosystems; The 2023 International Temperate Reefs Symposium
Global conservation outcomes depend on marine protected areas with five key features; Nature
Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment; Biological Conservation
Global human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes; PLOS Biology
Global patterns in the impact of marine herbivores on benthic primary producers; Ecology Letters
Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century; National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings
Globally consistent reef size spectra integrating fishes and invertebrates; Ecology Letters
Gravity of human impacts mediates coral reef conservation gains; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Habitat loss and range shifts contribute to ecological generalization among reef fishes; Nature Ecology and Evolution
High biomass and productivity of epifaunal invertebrates living amongst dead coral; Marine Biology
High kelp density attracts fishes except for recruiting cryptobenthic species; Marine Environmental Research
Humans and seasonal climate variability threaten large-bodied coral reef fish with small ranges; Nature Communications
Identification and gap analysis of Key Biodiversity Areas: Targets for comprehensive protected area systems; IUCN
Identification and Gap Analysis of Key Biodiversity Areas: Targets for Comprehensive Protected Area Systems; IUCN
Impact of the Iron Baron Oil Spill on Subtidal Reef Assemblages in Tasmania; Marine Polluition Bulletin
Impacts and environmental risks of oil spills on marine invertebrates, algae and seagrass: a global review from an Australian perspective; Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review
Impacts of a population outbreak of the urchin Tripneustes gratilla amongst Lord Howe Island coral communities; Coral Reefs
Impacts of the Jessica oil spill on intertidal and shallow subtidal plants and animals; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Impacts of the Jessica oil spill: an introduction; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Imperilled species in aquatic ecosystems: emerging threats, management and future prognoses; Aquatic Conservation
Implications of macroalgal isolation by distance for networks of marine protected areas; Conservation Biology
Integrating abundance and functional traits reveals new global hotspots of fish diversity; Nature
Interactive responses of primary producers and grazers to pollution on temperate rocky reefs; Environmental Pollution
Kelp patch size and density influence secondary productivity and diversity of epifauna; Oikos
Key biodiversity areas as globally significant target sites for the conservation of marine biological diversity; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Latitude and protection affect decadal trends in reef trophic structure over a continental scale; Ecology and Evolution
Linking global patterns of kelp forest change and variation in climate over the past half-century; 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium
Living offshore reefs of Australian Marine Parks; Reed New Holland Publishers
Long-term shifts in abundance and distribution of a temperate fish fauna: a response to climate change and fishing practices; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Long-term trends in invertebrate-habitat relationships under protected and fished conditions; Marine Biology
Lord Howe Island Ecological Assessment Report 2019
Loss of native rocky reef biodiversity in Australian metropolitan embayments; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Macro-algal communities in three major Australian estuaries: Broad-scale patterns in response to anthropogenic impacts; New Waves in Marine Science
Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems in the Port Davey-Bathurst Harbour Region: Biodiversity, Threats and Management Options
Marine protected areas; Marine Ecology
Marine protected areas need accountability not wasted dollars; Aquatic Conservation
Maximizing fish detection with eDNA metabarcoding; Environmental DNA
Maximizing regional biodiversity requires a mosaic of protection levels; PLoS Biology
Meeting fisheries, ecosystem function, and biodiversity goals in a human-dominated world; Science
Monitoring of Tasmania Inshore Reef Ecosystems. An assessment of the potential for volunteer monitoring programs and summary of change within the Maria Island Marine Reserve from 1992-2002
Moving beyond trophic groups: evaluating fishing-induced changes to temperate reef food webs; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
National-scale marine bioregions for the Southwest Pacific; Marine Pollution Bulletin
New approaches to marine conservation through the scaling up of ecological data; Annual Review of Marine Science
New Leptocheliidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea:Tanaidomorpha) from Australian seagrass and macro-algal habitats, and a redescription of the poorly-known Leptochelia ignota from Sydney Harbour; Zootaxa
New opportunities for conservation of handfishes (Family Brachionichthyidae) and other inconspicuous and threatened marine species through citizen science; Biological Conservation
New records of Staurozoa from Australian coastal waters, with a description of a new species of Lucernariopsis Uchida, 1929 (Cnidaria, Staurozoa, Stauromedusae) and a key to Australian Stauromedusae; Marine Biology Research
Ocean community warming responses explained by thermal affinities and temperature gradients; Nature Climate Change
One-third of Reef-building corals face elevated extinction risk from climate change and local impacts; Science
Out of sight, out of mind: threats to the marine biodiversity of the Canary Islands (NE Atlantic Ocean); Marine Pollution Bulletin
Oyster reefs at risk and recommendations for conservation, restoration, and management; Bioscience
Patterns of extinction risk and threat for marine vertebrates and habitat-forming species in the Tropical Eastern Pacific; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Patterns of fish movement on eastern Tasmanian rocky reefs; Environmental Biology of Fishes
Pollution signature for temperate reef biodiversity is short and simple; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Predicting beta diversity in the marine environment: algal diversity patterns and their relationship with environmental variables on shallow subtidal reefs across southern Australia; 9th International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2011
Predicting patterns of beta diversity on shallow, temperate reefs; World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
Predicting temperate reef biodiversity: A South Australian example; New Waves in Marine Science
Predicting the diet of coastal fishes at a continental scale based on taxonomy and body size; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Prediction program In: Marine Biodiversity Hub, Commonwealth Environment Research Facilities, Final report 2007-2010
Predictions of beta diversity for reef macroalgae across southeastern Australia; Ecosphere
Preliminary Report to the Long Term Impact Assessment Group. Program 7. Impact on and recovery of subtidal reefs
Prioritising conservation actions for extremely data-poor species: a risk assessment for one of the world's rarest marine fishes; Biological Conservation
Production of mobile invertebrate communities on shallow reefs from temperate to tropical seas; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Quantifying wave exposure in shallow temperate reef systems: applicability of fetch models for predicting algal biodiversity; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Rapid declines across Australian fishery stocks indicate global sustainability targets will not be achieved without an expanded network of ‘no-fishing’ reserves; Aquatic Conservation
Redmap: Citizen science as an engagement and communication tool in a warming world; Australia - New Zealand Climate Forum 2010
Reduced fish diversity despite increased fish biomass in a Gulf of California Marine Protected Area; PeerJ
Reef biodiversity monitoring at Lord Howe Island 2015
Reef biodiversity surveys of Australia’s Commonwealth Marine Reserve Network: An overview
Reef communities show predictable undulations in linear abundance size spectra from copepods to sharks; Ecology Letters
Reef fish carbonate production assessments highlight regional variation in sedimentary significance; Geology
Reef fishes at all trophic levels respond positively to effective marine protected areas; PloS One
Reef Fishes of the Althorpe Islands and Adjacent coasts of Central South Australia; Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
Reef Life Survey assessment of biodiversity in northern New Zealand marine reserves and associated coastlines
Reef Life Survey Assessment of Coral Reef Biodiversity in the North West Commonwealth Marine Reserves Network
Reef Life Survey Assessment of Marine Biodiversity in Geographe Bay
Reef Life Survey Assessment of Marine Biodiversity in the Norfolk Marine Park
Reef Life Survey Assessment of Rocky Reef Biodiversity in the South-West Marine Region (Geographe CMR)
Reef Life Survey: establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life; Biological Conservation
Regional biogeography of shallow reef fish and macro-invertebrate communities in the Galapagos archipelago; Journal of Biogeography
Regional classification of Tasmanian coastal waters and preliminary identification of representative marine protected area sites
Reinventing residual reserves in the sea: are we favouring ease of establishment over need for protection?; Aquatic Conservation
Relating trophic resources to community structure: a predictive index of food availability; Royal Society Open Science
Relationship of biological communities to habitat structure on the largest remnant flat oyster reef (Ostrea angasi) in Australia; Marine and Freshwater Research
Relationships between invertebrate benthos, environmental drivers and pollutants at a subcontinental scale; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Relationships between mobile macroinvertebrates and reef structure in a temperate marine reserve; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Removing vessels from the water for biofouling treatment has the potential to introduce mobile non-indigenous marine species; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Residual marine protected areas five years on: are we still favouring ease of establishment over need for protection?; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Resilience and signatures of tropicalization in protected reef fish communities; Nature Climate Change
Safeguarding marine life: conservation of biodiversity and ecosystems; Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
Sea temperature and habitat effects on juvenile reef fishes along a tropicalizing coastline; Diversity and Distributions
Seascape habitat patchiness and hydrodynamics explain genetic structuring of kelp populations; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Shallow phylogeographic histories of key species in a biodiversity hotspot; Phycologia
Shallow water Tanaidae (Crustacea: Tanaidacea) of Australia; Zootaxa
Short term monitoring of biotic change in Tasmanian marine reserves; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Short- and long-term benefits for forest biodiversity of retaining unlogged patches in harvested areas; Forest Ecology and Management
Small invertebrate consumers produce consistent size spectra across reef habitats and climatic zones; Oikos
Spatial compositional turnover varies with trophic level and body size in marine assemblages of micro-and macroorganisms; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Spatial patterns in impacts of fishing on temperate rocky reefs: Are fish abundance and mean size related to proximity to fisher access points?; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Spatial scale and the conservation of threatened species; Conservation Letters
Species extinction in the marine environment: Tasmania as a regional example of overlooked losses in biodiversity; Conservation Biology
Species richness and identity both determine the biomass of global reef fish communities; Nature Communications
Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot; Ecology Letters
Species’ thermal ranges predict changes in reef fish community structure during 8 years of extreme temperature variation; Diversity and Distributions
Stability in temperate reef communities over a decadal time scale despite concurrent ocean warming; Global Change Biology
Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets; Biological Conservation
Subtidal macroflora of Althorpe and Haystack Islands, South Australia; Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
Surveys of subtidal reefs in the Southwest National Park Marine Nature Reserve 2004-2017
Surveys of the Subtidal Reef Biota of the Cradle Coast 1992-2018
Surveys of the subtidal reef biota of the Kent Group Marine Nature Reserve 2014-2017
Surveys of the subtidal reef biota of the Tinderbox Marine Nature Reserve 1992-2017
Systematic global assessment of reef fish communities by the Reef Life Survey program; Scientific Data
Systemic Surveying of Two Threatened Handfish Species
Tasmania; Under Southern Seas - The ecology of Australia's rocky reefs
Taxonomic composition of mobile epifaunal invertebrate assemblages on diverse benthic microhabitats from temperate to tropical reefs; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Testing absolute and percentage thresholds in the identification of key biodiversity areas; Animal Conservation
The biogeography of shallow-water macrofauna at Heard Island; Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
The conservation significance of estuaries: a classification of Tasmanian estuaries using ecological, physicial and demographic attributes as a case study; Biological Conservation
The conservation-related benefits of a systematic marine biological sampling programme: The Tasmanian reef bioregionalisation as a case study; Biological Conservation
The Coral Sea: Physical Environment, Ecosystem Status and Biodiversity Assets; Advances in Marine Biology
The distribution and diets of crabs associated with seagrass and unvegetated habitats in Western Port, southeastern Australia; Seagrass Biology: Proceedings of an International Workshop
The distribution of macroinvertebrates and fishes in Tasmanian estuaries; Journal of Biogeography
The effect of the Jessica grounding on Galápagos reef fish communities adjacent to the wreck site; Marine Pollution Bulletin
The effect of the Jessica grounding on subtidal invertebrate and plant communities at the Galápagos wreck site; Marine Pollution Bulletin
The Galapagos sea cucumber fishery: management improves as stock decline; Environnmental Conservation
The importance of sponges and mangroves in supporting fish communities on degraded coral reefs in Caribbean Panama; PeerJ
The potential of trait-based approaches to contribute to marine conservation; Marine Policy
The production and trophic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia. 1. Species richness, size-structure and production of fishes in Western Port, Victoria; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
The production and trophic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia. 2. Diets of fishes and trophic relationships between fishes and benthos at Western Port, Victoria; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
The production and trophic ecology of shallow-water fish assemblages in southern Australia. 3. General relationships between sediments, seagrasses, invertebrates and fishes; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
The shape of abundance distributions across temperature gradients in reef fishes; Ecology Letters
The Tasmanian Region; Seas at the Millenium - an Environmental Evaluation
Thermal biases and vulnerability to warming in the world’s marine fauna; Nature
Thermal limits to the geographic distributions of shallow-water marine species; Nature Ecology and Evolution
Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae; Frontiers in Marine Science
Tracking widespread climate-driven change on temperate and tropical reefs; Current Biology
Trait similarity in reef fish faunas across the world’s oceans; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America
Translating local benthic community structure to national biogenic reef habitat types; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Tropical Marine Fishes of Australia; Reed New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd
Tropicalization of temperate reef fish communities facilitated by urchin grazing and diversity of thermal affinities; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Ubiquity of microplastics in coastal seafloor sediments; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Understanding community-habitat associations of temperate reef fishes using fine-resolution bathymetric measures of physical structure; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Upgrading marine ecosystem restoration using ecological-social concepts; Bioscience
Variation in reef fish and invertebrate communities with level of protection from fishing across the Eastern Tropical Pacific seascape; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Weaknesses in stock assessment modelling and management practices affect fisheries sustainability; Aquatic Conservation

Research Projects

: Reef community responses to protection & a decade of warming in Port Phillip Bay & Port Phillip Heads; Parks Victoria (PV)
Adaptive management of temperate reefs to minimise effects of climate change: Developing new effective approaches for ecological monitoring and predictive modelling; Dept of Climate Change, Energy & Efficiency and FRDC (DCCEE-FRDC)
An integrated model of how temperature influences biology from cells to ecosystems; The Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ)
Assessing multidecadal climate-driven shifts for Tasmanian marine species; Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPAC)
Biotic connectivity within the temperate Australian marine protected area network at three levels of biodiversity - communities, populations and genes; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Changes in Sheltered Marine Habitats off Southeastern Tasmania Caused by Human Activity; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Changes in Tasmanian Estuarine and Sheltered Marine Ecosystems Since European Settlement: Impacts of Human Activity; Australian Institute of Nuclear Science & Engineering (AINSE)
Coastal Climate Change Range Extension Database & Mapping Project (CCC REDMAP); Tasmanian Community Fund (TasCF)
Connectivity among marine protected areas in habitat-forming kelps; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Conservation of Rare Marine Algae through Marine Protected Area Planning; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Coral Sea Marine Biodiversity - Globally Significant, Largely Unprotected; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Direct & Indirect Effects of MPA protection and habitat condition on Australian reef recovery; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Ecology of subtidal plant and animal communities.; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Effectiveness of Temperate Australian Marine Protected Areas as Tools for Biodiversity Conservation and Informing Fisheries Management; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Effects of Invasive Macrofauna on Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas as a Fishery Management Tool; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Extending the Success of Redmap with New Website Sections and Communication Materials; Tasmanian Community Fund (TasCF)
Filling Critical Research Needs for Improved Conservation Management of the only Two Known Populations of the Endangered Maugean Skate (Zearaga maugeana); Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Global analysis of human impacts on patterns of marine biodiversity ; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Image based biological survey of sensitive marine invertebrate assemblages on reef systems in Bathurst Channel 2010; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Improved management of marine habitats by learning from historical change; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Improving prediction of rocky reef ecosystem responses to human impacts; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Incorporation of Vulnerability and Irreplaceability into Marine Protected Area Planning; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Interactive impacts of invasive invertebrates and disturbance on marine biodiversity and ecosystem function; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Issues in marine science: developing sustainable strategies for range-shifting species ; Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR)
Marine Biodiversity Hub; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Network in Marine Biodiversity and Resources; Department of Climate Change (DOCC)
NESP2 Marine and Coastal Hub (Southern Node); Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Quantitative Biological Baseline Surveys of Shelf Rocky Reef Biota in Commonwealth MPAs off Tasmania; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Safeguarding natural values of the Great Southern Reef; Ian Potter Foundation (IPF)
Safeguarding Threatened Reef Species; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Scientific Support for Managing Australia's Marine Biodiversity - A National Marine Biodiversity Hub; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Short term monitoring of biotic changes; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Systematics of Australian Tanaidomorpha (Tanaidacea); Australian Nature Conservation Agency (ANCA)
The contribution of human/marine herbivore interactions to reef degradation; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Traits of detectability: towards unbiased density estimates of reef fishes and invertebrates.; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Understanding and communicating drivers of change affecting coral reefs in Australian Marine Parks; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Understanding the role of temperature on reef biodiversity change; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Unravelling the diversity and complexity of reef communities using metagenomics; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Use of Marine Protected Areas to Assess Effects of Fishing on Temperate Reef Communities; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Volunteer Monitoring of the State of Australian Rocky Reef Communities; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
College of Experts 2017-2019 - Professor Graham Edgar
CSIRO top up scholarship - Traits of detectability: Towards unbiased density estimates of reef fishes and invertebrates
Lara Denis-Roy CSIRO student top up
Natural values of the World Heritage waters of Macquarie Harbour
Protecting Tasmanias Port Davey - Bathurst Harbour World Heritage Values
Red Handfish Conservation
Rocky Reef Health
The Baseline Biodiversity Survey of the Cod Grounds Commonwealth Marine Reserve

Research Candidate Supervision

Are Sites of High Conservation Significance Incorporated Into Marine Protected Area Networks? - A Comparison of Stakeholder Driven & Threatened Species Driven Solutions
Ecological Difference Between Subtropical Reef Communities and Biodiversity and Response to Warming of the East Australian Current
Historical biogeography of the marine fishes of northern Australia
Influence of Environmental Covariates on Reed Food Webs
Morphological Variation and Population Connectivity of the Giant Kelp (Macrocystis spp.) with Respect to Conservation and Marine Park Design.
Rare Marine Macroalgae of Southern Australia
Relationships and Interactions between Temperate Reef Fish Communities, Physical Habitat Structure and Marine Protection
Responses of Temperate Mobile Macroinvertebrates to Reef Habitat Structure and Protection from Fishing