Fields of Research

Ecosystem function
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Fisheries management
Natural resource management
Pollution and contamination
Fisheries sciences
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Biological oceanography
Environmental management

Research Objectives

Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Fisheries - wild caught
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Marine biodiversity
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Wild caught rock lobster

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

A management support framework for subtidal rocky-reef communities on the east coast of Tasmania; MODSIM
A preliminary model of iron fertilisation by baleen whales and Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean: sensitivity of primary productivity estimates to parameter uncertainty; Ecological Modelling
Building resilience against climate-driven shifts in a temperate reef system: staying away from context-dependent ecological thresholds; Ecosystems
Changes in deep reef benthic community composition across a latitudinal and environmental gradient in temperate Eastern Australia; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Differential vulnerability to climate change yields novel deep-reef communities; Nature Climate Change
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
Ecosystem-­based assessment of a kelp-urchin-­lobster system subject to multiple stressors drives spatial management of Tasmanian lobster fishery towards ecologically sustainable harvest rates; ICES Annual Science Conference 2015
Exploring alternative states in ecological systems with a qualitative analysis of community feedback; Ecological Modelling: International Journal on Ecological Modelling and Engineering and Systems Ecology
Exploring ecological shifts using qualitative modelling: Alternative states on Tasmanian rocky-reefs; 18th World IMACS / MODSIM Congress
Impacts of fishing low-trophic level species on marine ecosystems; Science
Informing ecosystem-based management of the range extending long-spined sea urchin using a structured decision making process; 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation (MODSIM2015)
Integrated modelling to support decision-making for marine social-ecological systems in Australia; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Knowing when (not) to attempt ecological restoration; Restoration Ecology
Managing the risk of sea urchin barrens in eastern Tasmania; 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2014
Modelling marine community responses to climate-driven species redistribution to guide monitoring and adaptive ecosystem-based management; Global Change Biology
MSC Low Trophic Level Project: Ecosystem impacts of fishing low trophic level groups Northern Humboldt Current case study
Phase shifts and stressor-driven dynamics in kelp beds; 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2014
Preparing fisheries for climate change: Identifying adaptation options for four key fisheries in South Eastern Australia
Qualitative modelling towards ecosystem-based management of climate-driven species redistribution; Species on the Move
Rebuilding ecosystem resilience: assessment of management options to minimise formation of 'barrens' habitat by the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania
Sensitivity analysis and pattern-oriented validation of TRITON, a model with alternative community states: insights on temperate rocky reefs dynamics; Ecological Modelling
Stereo-imaging AUV detects trends in sea urchin abundance on deep overgrazed reefs; Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
Systematic culling controls a climate driven, habitat modifying invader; Biological Invasions
Temporal and spatial variability in the cover of deep reef species: implications for monitoring; Ecological Indicators
Trial of an industry implemented, spatially discrete eradication/control program for Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania
Trophic structure of the Peruvian marine ecosystem in 2000–2006: Insights on the effects of management scenarios for the hake fishery using the IBM trophic model Osmose; Journal of Marine Systems

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision