Fields of Research

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Fisheries management
Pollution and contamination
Ecosystem function
Conservation and biodiversity
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment

Research Objectives

Marine biodiversity
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

High biomass and productivity of epifaunal invertebrates living amongst dead coral; Marine Biology
Production of mobile invertebrate communities on shallow reefs from temperate to tropical seas; Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Reef communities show predictable undulations in linear abundance size spectra from copepods to sharks; Ecology Letters
Relationships between invertebrate benthos, environmental drivers and pollutants at a subcontinental scale; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Small invertebrate consumers produce consistent size spectra across reef habitats and climatic zones; Oikos
Tasmanian Octopus Assessment 2020/2021
Tasmanian Octopus Fishery Assessment 2019/20
Tasmanian Scalefish Fishery Assessment 2019/20
Taxonomic composition of mobile epifaunal invertebrate assemblages on diverse benthic microhabitats from temperate to tropical reefs; Marine Ecology - Progress Series

Research Projects

Fish Forever MA+R Design and Assessment Extension

Research Candidate Supervision