Fields of Research

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Conservation and biodiversity
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Fisheries management
Ecosystem function
Environmental management
Fisheries sciences
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Aquaculture
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Population ecology
Natural resource management
Surveying (incl. hydrographic surveying)
Pollution and contamination
Genetics
Biogeography and phylogeography
Biological oceanography
Ecological physiology
Behavioural ecology
Physical oceanography
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Sedimentology
Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Climate change processes
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
Fish physiology and genetics
Global change biology
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander marine environment science
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges
Decision support and group support systems
Spatial data and applications
Image processing
Field robotics
Invertebrate biology
Landscape ecology
Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Fish pests and diseases
Pattern recognition
Other physical sciences
Intelligent robotics
Wildlife and habitat management
Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
Life histories
Environment and resource economics

Research Objectives

Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Marine biodiversity
Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Fisheries - wild caught
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Fisheries - recreational freshwater
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Marine systems and management
Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Fisheries - aquaculture
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Wild caught rock lobster
Other environmental management
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Wild caught prawns
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Wild caught edible molluscs
Natural hazards
Animal adaptation to climate change
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Paper products and pulp
Fisheries - recreational marine
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in marine environments
Terrestrial biodiversity
Understanding climate change
Ecological economics
The creative arts
Assessment and management of pelagic marine ecosystems
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander connection to land and environment
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments

Career Best Publications

An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas; Environmental Conservation
Assessing national biodiversity trends for rocky and coral reefs through the integration of citizen science and scientific monitoring programs; Bioscience
Changes in fish assemblages following ten years of protection in Tasmanian marine protected areas; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
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
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
Resilience and signatures of tropicalization in protected reef fish communities; Nature Climate Change
Stability in temperate reef communities over a decadal time scale despite concurrent ocean warming; Global Change Biology
Thermal biases and vulnerability to warming in the world’s marine fauna; Nature

Research Publications

4. Marine sampling field manual for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)
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 decade of study in Tasmanian MPAS - Part 2
A field and video annotation guide for baited remote underwater stereo-video surveys of demersal fish assemblages; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
A preliminary investigation of the distribution, range and extent of reef habitats and communities in Port Davey
A quantitative video baseline survey of reef biota and survey of marine habitats within Bathurst Channel, South West Tasmania
A seafloor habitat map for the Australian continental shelf; Scientific Data
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 suite of field manuals for marine sampling to monitor Australian waters; Frontiers in Marine Science
A systematic review of remotely operated vehicle surveys for visually assessing fish assemblages; Frontiers in Marine Science
Adaptive management of temperate reefs to minimise effects of climate change: developing new effective approaches for ecological monitoring and predictive modelling
Advances in multibeam processing and spatial analysis for the characteristation and prediction of temperate seabeds to support the management of Australia's marine biodiversity; GEOHAB: Marine Geological and Biological Mapping
Altered niche of an ecologically significant urchin species, Centrostephanus rodgersii, in its extended range revealed using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
An assessment of population responses of common inshore fishes and invertebrates following declaration of five Australian marine protected areas; Environmental Conservation
An eco-narrative of Huon Marine Park: South-east marine region. Report to the National Environmental Science Programme
An evaluation of the error and uncertainty in epibenthos cover estimates from AUV images collected with an efficient, spatially-balanced design; PloS ONE
Analysis of a time-series of benthic imagery from the South-east Marine Parks Network
Analysis of Approaches for Monitoring Biodiversity in Commonwealth Waters - Field work report
ARMADA: a marine data aggregator and visualisation tool to support management of Australia’s Commonwealth Marine Area
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
Assessing size, abundance and habitat preferences of the Ocean Perch Helicolenus percoides using a AUV-borne stereo camera system; Fisheries Research: An International Journal on Fishing Technology, Fisheries Science and Fisheries Management
Assessing the impacts of gillnetting in Tasmania: implications for by-catch and biodiversity
Assessing the robustness of a morphometric classification model to help predict Australia's benthic marine habitat diversity; GeoHab 2008 Ninth International Symposium
Assessment of conservations actions for the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthyidae), following curation of data collected by multiple investigators into a long-term time-series; Journal for Nature Conservation
Australian sea-floor survey data, with images and expert annotations; Scientific Data
Autonomous vehicles as a tool for surveying temperate reefs in Tasmania
Autonomous vehicles as a tool for surveying temperate reefs in Tasmania
Baseline biological surveys of Bathurst Channel, Port Davey
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
Beagle Marine Park Post Survey Report: Southeast Marine Park Network
Benthic macrofauna in Tasmanian estuaries: scales of distribution and relationships with environmental variables; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
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
Biological and habitat feature descriptions for the continental shelves of Australia’s temperate-water marine parks- including collation of existing mapping in all AMPs
Biological interactions both facilitate and resist climate-related functional change in temperate reef communities; Proceedings of the Royal Society of London: Biological Sciences
Biological surveys and habitat mapping of proposed marine protected areas on the Tasmanian north and north-eastern coasts
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
Bleaching in sponges on temperate mesophotic reefs observed following marine heatwave events; Climate Change Ecology
Broad-scale impacts of salmon farms on temperate macroalgal assemblages on rocky reefs; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Changes in deep reef benthic community composition across a latitudinal and environmental gradient in temperate Eastern Australia; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
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
Changes in rock lobster, demersal fish, and sessile benthic organisms in the Tasman Fracture Marine Park: comparisons between 2015 and 2021
Characterization of Shallow Inshore Coastal Reefs on the Tasman Peninsula, Southeastern Tasmania, Australia; Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHAB Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats
Choosing between strategies for designing surveys: autonomous underwater vehicles; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Clarifying the relationship between salmon farm nutrient loads and changes in macroalgal community structure/ distribution
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
Collation of existing shelf reef mapping data and gap identification. Phase 1 Final Report - Shelf reef key ecological features
Collation of shelf mapping data: Updating the reef Key Ecological Features (KEF) record; National Environmental Science Programme Marine Biodiversity Hub Annual Workshop
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 handfishes and their habitats - Final Report 2020
Conservation of handfishes and their habitats - Final Report 2020
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
Coral communities on marginal high-latitude reefs in West Australian marine parks; Diversity
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
Depth and benthic habitat influence shallow and mesophotic predatory fishes on a remote, high-latitude coral reef; PLoS ONE
Designing a targeted monitoring program to support evidence-based management of Australian Marine Parks: A pilot in the South-east Marine Parks Network
Designing a targeted monitoring program to support evidence-based management of Australian Marine Parks: A pilot in the South-east Marine Parks Network
Designing monitoring programs for marine protected areas within an evidence based decision making paradigm; Frontiers in Marine Science
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
Developing a quantitative, relative wave exposure index for shallow reefs in temperate Australia and potential applications in biodiversity research; Marine Connectivity
Developing indicators and a baseline for monitoring demersal fish in data-poor, offshore Marine Parks using probabilistic sampling; Ecological Indicators
Developing Integrated Performance Measures for Spatial Management of Marine Systems
Developing integrated performance measures for spatial management of marine systems
Developing long-term monitoring programs in offshore waters with little prior knowledge: Applying a novel sampling design to inventory biological assets; AMSA Golden Jubilee Conference 2013 Shaping the Future
Developing long-term monitoring programs in offshore waters with little prior knowledge: Comparison of GRTS based sampling with swath mapping; AMSA Golden Jubilee Conference 2013 Shaping the Future
Differential vulnerability to climate change yields novel deep-reef communities; Nature Climate Change
Distinguishing geographical range shifts from artefacts of detectability and sampling effort; Diversity and Distributions
Distribution models of temperate habitat-forming species on the continental shelf in eastern Australia: setting the baseline and predicting future changes; Species on the Move
Distribution models of temperate habitat-forming species on the continental shelf In eastern Australia: setting the baseline to monitor and predict future changes; 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015)
Distribution models of temperate rocky reef habitat-forming species on the continental shelf in Eastern Australia: setting the baseline to monitor and predict future changes; ICES Annual Science Conference 2015
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
Do marine substrates 'look' and 'sound' the same? Supervised classification of multibeam acoustic data using autonomous underwater vehicle images; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
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
Effect of predator-prey and competitive interactions on size at emergence in the black-lip abalone Haliotis rubra in a Tasmanian MPA; Marine Ecology Progress Series
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 human footprint and biophysical factors on the body-size structure of fished marine species; Conservation Biology
Effects of the declaration of marine reserves on Tasmanian reef fishes, invertebrates and plants; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Efficacy of baited remote underwater video systems and bait type in the cool-temperature zone for monitoring ‘no-take’ marine reserves; Marine and Freshwater Research
Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs, Lord Howe Marine Park, Post Survey Report
Evaluating and monitoring the status of marine biodiversity assets on the continental shelf
Evaluating the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas as a fisheries management tool
Examining underwater visual census techniques for the assessment of population structure and biodiveristy in temperate coastal marine protected areas; Examining underwater visual census techniques for the assessment of population structure and biodiveristy in temperate coastal marine protected areas
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
Filling the gaps: predicting the distribution of temperate reef biota using high resolution biological and acoustic data; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Fish body sizes change with temperature but not all species shrink with warming; Nature Ecology and Evolution
Food availability is not a limiting factor in the growth of three Australian temperate reef fishes; Environmental Biology of Fishes
From Tasmania to the world: long and strong traditions in seaweed use, research, and development; Botanica Marina
Geomorphical classification of reefs - Draft Framework for an Australian Standard
Gigapixel big data movies provide cost-effective seascape scale direct measurements of open-access coastal human use such as recreational fisheries; Ecology and Evolution
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 patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century; National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings
Habitat mapping in the Kent Group of Islands
Hydrographic Survey of Zeehan and Franklin Marine Parks, West Coast Tasmania
Identification and collation of Australia’s shelf mapping datasets and development of a national geomorphological classification scheme for reef systems - Phase 1 Workshop Report. Report to the National Environmental Science Programme
Image subsampling and point scoring approaches for large-scale marine benthic monitoring programs; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Image-based continental shelf habitat mapping using novel automated data extraction techniques; Continental Shelf Research
Impact of cruise ship turbulence on benthic communities. Case study in Tasmania's south-west
Impact of the Iron Baron Oil Spill on Subtidal Reef Assemblages in Tasmania; Marine Polluition Bulletin
Implications of macroalgal isolation by distance for networks of marine protected areas; Conservation Biology
Increased connectivity and depth improve the effectiveness of marine reserves; Global Change Biology
Large-scale geographic variation in distribution and abundance of Australian deep-water kelp forests; PLoS ONE
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
Local densities and habitat preference of the critically endangered spotted handfish (Brachionichthys hirsutus): large scale field trial of GPS parameterised underwater visual census and diver attached camera; PloS ONE
Long-term trends in invertebrate-habitat relationships under protected and fished conditions; Marine Biology
Loss of native rocky reef biodiversity in Australian metropolitan embayments; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Making the first national seafloor habitat map; Eos
Managing ecosystem interactions across differing environments: building flexibility and risk assurance into environmental management strategies
Mapping and characterising reef habitat and fish assemblages of the Hunter Marine Park
Mapping habitats and developing baselines in offshore marine reserves with little prior knowledge: a critical evaluation of a new approach; PLoS ONE
Mapping of inshore marine habitats in south-eastern Tasmania for marine protected area planning and marine management
Mapping Shelf Rocky Reef Habitats in the Hunter Commonwealth Marine Reserve
Marine and Estuarine Ecosystems in the Port Davey-Bathurst Harbour Region: Biodiversity, Threats and Management Options
Marine Biodiversity Hub
Marine habitat mapping of the Bruny-bioregion for Marine Protected Planning
Marine Protected Areas and Abalone Fishing - A Tasmanian Perspective; National Abalone Convention
Marine Sampling Field Manuals for Benthic Monitoring; AMSA 2018
Marine sampling field manuals for benthic monitoring; GeoHab
Methods for the processing of AUV digital imagery from South Eastern Tasmania
Modelling the effect of introducing MPAs in a commercial fishery: A rock lobster example; World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas
Modern estuarine siliceous spiculites, Tasmania, Australia: A non-polar link to Phanerozoic spiculitic cherts; Geology
Monitoring of benthic reference sites; IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
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
Monitoring the resilience of a no-take marine reserve to a range extending species using benthic imagery; PLoS ONE
Movement, habitat utilisation and population status of the endangered Maugean skate and implications for fishing and aquaculture operations in Macquarie Harbour
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
NRM Final Report: A detalied benthic faunal and introduced marine species survey of Port Davey, Bathurst Channel and Bathurst Harbour in SW Tasmania
Object based segmentation of multibeam backscatter data: methods for spatial analysis of shallow coastal seabeds, South Eastern Tasmania, Australia; Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping
Outcropping reef ledges drive patterns of epibenthic assemblage diversity on cross-shelf habitats; Biodiversity and Conservation
Patterns of fish movement on eastern Tasmanian rocky reefs; Environmental Biology of Fishes
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 benthos with high resolution multibeam data; World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
Predicting temperate reef biodiversity: A South Australian example; New Waves in Marine Science
Prediction of Rank Abundance distributions from Shallow Temperate Reef Assemblages; ISEC 2010
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
Progress towards a nationally integrated benthic biodiversity monitoring program for Australia’s marine realm
Quantifying fish assemblages in large, offshore marine protected areas: an Australian case study; PLoS One
Quantifying wave exposure in shallow temperate reef systems: applicability of fetch models for predicting algal biodiversity; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Rapid assessment of an ocean warming hotspot reveals ‘‘high’’ confidence in potential species’ range extensions; Global Environmental Change
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: establishing the ecological basis for conservation of shallow marine life; Biological Conservation
Regional estimates of a range-extending ecosystem engineer using stereo-imagery from ROV transects collected with an efficient, spatially balanced design; Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
Relationships between mobile macroinvertebrates and reef structure in a temperate marine reserve; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Resilience and signatures of tropicalization in protected reef fish communities; Nature Climate Change
Rock lobster movement patterns and population structure within a Tasmanian Marine Protected Area inform fishery and conservation management; Marine and Freshwater Research
Role of habitat mapping in marine protected area planning - a case study in the Bruny Bioregion, Tasmania; World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas
Sample-size requirements for accurate length-frequency distributions of mesophotic reef fishes from baited remote underwater stereo video; Ecological Indicators
Seabed habitat mapping in the Kent Group of islands and its role in marine protected area planning; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Seafloor biota, rock lobster and demersal fish assemblages of the Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve Region: Determining the influence of the shelf sanctuary zone on population demographics
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
Short term monitoring of biotic change in Tasmanian marine reserves; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Short- and long-term movement patterns of six temperate reef fishes (Families Labridae and Monacanthidae); Marine and Freshwater Research
South-West Corner Marine Park Post Survey Report
Southeast Tasmania Temperate Reef Survey: Post-Survey Report
Spatial analysis of multibeam acoustic data for the predictiion of marine substrates and benthic communities in temperate coastal waters; ISRSE 2011: International symposium of R 34th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment
Spatial Management of Reef Fisheries and Ecosystems: Understanding the Importance of Movement
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 properties of sessile benthic organisms and the design of repeat visual survey transects; Aquatic Conservation
Spatial variation in size at onset of maturity of female southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii around Tasmania, Australia; Scientia Marina
Spatially balanced designs for transect-based surveys; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Spatially balanced designs that incorporate legacy sites; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Species extinction in the marine environment: Tasmania as a regional example of overlooked losses in biodiversity; Conservation Biology
Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean-warming hotspot; Ecology Letters
Spotted handfish monitoring and recovery actions - 2011–2012
Stability in temperate reef communities over a decadal time scale despite concurrent ocean warming; Global Change Biology
Standardised Survey Procedures for Monitoring Handfish Populations in the Derwent Estuary
Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets; Biological Conservation
Stealthier than we thought; Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
Submission to the Marine Farming Planning Review Panel Independent Assessment of salmon farming at Okehampton Bay
Submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into Fin-fish Aquaculture in Tasmania
Submission to the Senate Environment and Communications References Committee Inquiry into Fin-fish Aquaculture in Tasmania
Subtidal macroflora of Althorpe and Haystack Islands, South Australia; Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
Survey design for underwater robots: accomodating autocorrelation and constrained sampling; 4th International Statistical Ecology Conference
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
Tasmania's coastal reefs: deep reef habitats and significance for finfish production and biodiversity
Temporal and spatial variability in the cover of deep reef species: implications for monitoring; Ecological Indicators
The annotation approach used for marine imagery impacts the detection of temporal trends in seafloor biota; Ecological Indicators
The BRUVs workshop - an Australia-wide synthesis of baited remote underwater video data to answer broad-scale ecological questions about fish, sharks and rays; Marine Policy
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 Derwent River seastar: re-evaluation of a critically endangered marine invertebrate; Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society
The distribution of macroinvertebrates and fishes in Tasmanian estuaries; Journal of Biogeography
The effect of introducing MPA's on a commercial fishery - a rock lobster example
The Use of Telescoping Spatial Scales to Capture Inshore to Slope Dynamics in Marine Ecosystem Modeling; Natural Resource Modeling
Thermal biases and vulnerability to warming in the world’s marine fauna; Nature
Tracking widespread climate-driven change on temperate and tropical reefs; Current Biology
Translating local benthic community structure to national biogenic reef habitat types; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Understanding community-habitat associations of temperate reef fishes using fine-resolution bathymetric measures of physical structure; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Using an autonomous underwater vehicle to inform management of biodiversity in shelf waters. ; Oceans 2010
Vulnerability of the endangered Maugean Skate population to degraded environmental conditions in Macquarie Harbour
Wilderness cruising: turbulence, cruise ships and benthic communities; Tourism in Marine Environments

Research Projects

2004-002 Spatial Management of Reef Fisheries and Ecosystems: Understanding the Importance of Movement; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
2004-013 Towards Integrated Multi-Species Management of Australia's SE Reef Fisheries: A Tasmanian Example; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
A communications catalogue for biodiversity assets in Australian Marine Parks; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
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 assessment of the threats to marine biodiversity and their implications for the management of State and Commonwealth fisheries; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Assessing multidecadal climate-driven shifts for Tasmanian marine species; Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPAC)
Assessing the Impacts of Gillnetting in Tasmania: Implications for By-catch and Biodiversity; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Assessing the use of different benthic imagery techniques for monitoring the effects of organic pollution on deep reefs; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Autonomous benthic observing system; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Baby steps: head-starting captive juvenile Red handfish to urgently recover a wild population on the brink of extinction; National Geographic Society (NGS)
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)
DISCOVERING THE ROLE OF RARE AND ENDANGERED MARINE PREDATORS IN THE TASMAN FRACTURE MARINE PARK; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Ecology and Conservation Biology of Red Handfish; Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc (SWRRFI)
Effects of Climate Change on Temperate Benthic Assemblages on the Continental Shelf in Eastern Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
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)
Image-based automated macrobenthic species identification, counting and sizing; Science and Industry Endowment Fund (SIEF)
Improving knowledge transfer to support Australian Marine Park decision making and management effectiveness evaluation; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Improving prediction of rocky reef ecosystem responses to human impacts; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Machine Assisted, Multi-scale Spatial and Temporal Observation and Modeling of Marine Benthic Habitats; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Managing ecosystem interactions across differing environments: building flexibility and risk assurance into environmental management strategies.; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Marine Biodiversity Hub; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Monitoring of Tasmanian Inshore Reef Ecosystem; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Movement, habitat utilisation and population status of the endangered Maugean skate and implications for fishing and aquaculture operations in Macquarie Harbour; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
NESP MaC 1.2: Scoping Study: National Areas of Interest for Seabed Mapping, Characterisation and Biodiversity Assessment; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
NESP MaC 1.3: Support for Parks Australia s Monitoring, Evaluation, Reporting and Improvement System for Australian Marine Parks; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
NESP MaC 1.4: Characterising values and identifying indicators and metrics of fish and benthic assemblages within the Capes region of the South-west Corner Marine Park; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
NESP MaC 2.1: Mapping temperate continental shelf seabed habitats; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
NESP MaC 2.2: Advancing national standards and best practices to monitor key marine values and pressures; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
NESP2 Marine and Coastal Hub (Southern Node); Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Non-extractive monitoring of biodiversity on temperate Australian deepwater reefs: using advanced vision processing techniques to develop and test reliable biodiversity metrics; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Port Davey Marine Pest Survey; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Preadapting a Tasmanian Coastal Ecosystem to Ongoing Climate Change through Reintroduction of a Locally Extinct Species; Dept of Climate Change, Energy & Efficiency and FRDC (DCCEE-FRDC)
Quantification and prediction of marine biodiversity at a range of geographical and ecological scales for spatial protection and management; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Quantifying Banded Morwong, Bluethroat Wrasse and Purple Wrasse abundance and movements to sustain key fisheries in Tas; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Quantitative Biological Baseline Surveys of Shelf Rocky Reef Biota in Commonwealth MPAs off Tasmania; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Relationships between Fish Population and the Physical Structure of Australia's Temperate Reefs; Project Aware Foundation (PAF)
Relationships between Fish Population and the Physical Structure of Australia's Temperate Reefs in Response to Marine Protection; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Relationships between Fish Population and the Physical Structure of Australia's Temperate Reefs in Response to Marine Protection; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Research Hub - Prediction and Management of Australia's Marine Biodiversity; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Safeguarding natural values of the Great Southern Reef; Ian Potter Foundation (IPF)
Scientific Support for Managing Australia's Marine Biodiversity - A National Marine Biodiversity Hub; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Storm Bay Observing System: Assessing the Performance of Aquaculture Development; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Tasmania's coastal reefs: deep reef habitats and significance for finfish production and biodiversity; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Tasmanias Marine Atlas; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
The multiple values attained through partially protected areas; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
The Reef Ecosystem Evaluation Framework (REEF): Improving management of Victoria's marine reefs in a changing future; Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR)
Understanding the spatial links between geomorphology and biodiversity distribution in the Coral Sea Australian Marine Park.; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Use of Marine Protected Areas to Assess Effects of Fishing on Temperate Reef Communities; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Vulnerability of the endangered Maugean Skate population to degraded environmental conditions in Macquarie Harbour; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Zeehan and Franklin Marine Park Multibeam mapping and drop-camera validation for Parks Australia; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Analysis of AUV-imagery time-series from the SE AMP network to inform future monitoring indicators and research priorities
Biological assessment of the Troy D artificial reef adjacent to the Maria Island Marine Reserve
Biological input into the IMOS UMI project SIMS sub-contract
Characterisation of reef and soft sediment in the Huon and Freycinet Marine Parks using BRUVs and ROVs
Comparison on long-term diver-based monitoring methods with new remote-sensing approaches in Western Australia
DNP funding for UWA projects undertaken through the NESP Marine Biodiversity Hub in relation to Australian Marine Parks
Donation - Spotted Handfish Conservation Research
IMOS AUV-based benthic monitoring survey in Freycinet and Huon Marine Parks for Parks Australia
Natural values of the World Heritage waters of Macquarie Harbour
Protecting Tasmanias Port Davey - Bathurst Harbour World Heritage Values
Red Handfish Conservation
Red Handfish Conservation
Rocky Reef Health
Seafloor Mapping of Parts of Beagle Marine Park and Boags Marine Park
Tasman Fracture Marine Park and Freycinet Marine Parks mapping
Tasman Fracture Marine Park demersal fish, rock lobster and sessile benthic community surveys

Research Candidate Supervision

Comparing and Developing Methods of Longitudinal Analysis for Different Types of Biological Data Sets
Determining the Effects of Dissolved Nutrient Dispersion from Fish Farms on Surrounding Subtidal Communities (Linking Observational, Experimental and Predictive Capabilities)
Managing Rocky Reefs for Resilience in Port Phillip Bay
Morphological Variation and Population Connectivity of the Giant Kelp (Macrocystis spp.) with Respect to Conservation and Marine Park Design.
Qualitative Modelling to Aid Ecosystem Analyses for Fisheries Management in a Data-Limited Situation
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
Testing and Evaluating Non-Extractive Sampling Platforms to Assess Deep-water Rocky Reef Ecosystems on the Continental Shelf
The Effect of Collection and Scoring Methods on Inferences for Analyses of AUV Data