Fields of Research

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Surveying (incl. hydrographic surveying)
Other environmental sciences
Environmental management
Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling
Marine geoscience
Conservation and biodiversity
Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Pollution and contamination
Fisheries management
Aquaculture
Natural resource management
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Environmental assessment and monitoring
Fisheries sciences
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Geophysics
Physical geography and environmental geoscience
Wildlife and habitat management
Special vehicles
Ocean engineering
Physical oceanography
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Environmentally sustainable engineering
Other earth sciences
Geomorphology and earth surface processes
Microbial ecology
Palaeoclimatology
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander information and knowledge management systems
Stratigraphy (incl. biostratigraphy, sequence stratigraphy and basin analysis)
Geophysical and environmental fluid flows
Intelligent robotics
Chemical oceanography
Sedimentology
Decision support and group support systems
Marine engineering
Engineering practice and education
Biological oceanography
Spatial data and applications
Maritime engineering
Natural hazards
Performance art
Fine arts
Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Glaciology
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Machining
Machine tools
Climate change processes

Research Objectives

Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Marine biodiversity
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Other environmental management
Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Measurement and assessment of freshwater quality (incl. physical and chemical conditions of water)
Fisheries - wild caught
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Wave energy
Natural hazards
Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments
Marine systems and management
Table grapes
Wild caught prawns
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Electronic information storage and retrieval services
Paper products and pulp
Measurement and assessment of marine water quality and condition
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Terrestrial biodiversity
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Environmentally sustainable animal production
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Fisheries - aquaculture
Fisheries - recreational freshwater
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Wild caught edible molluscs
Effects of climate change on the South Pacific (excl. Australia and New Zealand) (excl. social impacts)

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

3. Seafloor mapping field manual for multibeam sonar
4. Marine sampling field manual for autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs)
A different side to the ice
A model of AUV survey feature resolution and error estimation for deployment optimization; Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 2016
A new type of vision under the ice: Exploring the potential of hyperspectral imaging cameras and digital photogrammetry to monitor ice algal communities and its environmental drivers; New Zealand Antarctic Science Conference
A pilot study on the investigation of uncertainty analysis applied to the GeoScience Australia seascapes classification. Consultancy number 1675, University of Tasmania, pp33
A quantitative video baseline survey of reef biota and survey of marine habitats within Bathurst Channel, South West Tasmania
A review of marine geomorphometry, the quantitative study of the seafloor; Hydrology and Earth System Sciences
A Review of Surrogates for Marine Benthic Biodiversity
A seafloor habitat map for the Australian continental shelf; Scientific Data
A series of MATLAB learning modules to enhance numerical competency in applied marine sciences; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
A showcase of Australian research on predicting patterns of beta diversity; International workshop on seabed mapping methods and technology
A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for: An in-situ under-ice hyperspectral imaging and photogrammetric system. A laboratory based hyperspectral imaging sea ice core scanner
A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for: an in-situ under-ice hyperspectral imaging and photogrammetric system. A laboratory based hyperspectral imaging sea ice core scanner
A suite of field manuals for marine sampling to monitor Australian waters; Frontiers in Marine Science
Acoustic classification of nearshore seabed habitats based on echo-integration and visualisation; GEOHAB 2004 Conference
Acoustic illumination
Acoustic predictors of active fluid expulsion from a hydrothermal vent field, offshore Taupo; Volcanic Zone, New Zealand; Frontiers in Earth Science
Addressing spatial uncertainty in mapping southern Australian coastal seabed habitats; Mapping the seafloor for habitat characterisation
Addressing spatial uncertainty in marine habitat mapping; GEOHAB 2003 Conference
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
Advancing quantative techniques for the generation of acoustic variables to characterise seabed habitats; International workshop on seabed mapping methods and technology
An eco-narrative of Huon Marine Park: South-east marine region. Report to the National Environmental Science Programme
An environmental assessment of a proposed amendment to the marine farming zone at Zuidpool Rock in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel (Assessment 1)
An environmental assessment of a proposed amendment to the marine farming zone at Zuidpool Rock in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel (Assessment 2)
An Environmental Assessment of a Proposed Marine Farm Zone Extension at Butlers Point in Great Taylor Bay, South Eastern Tasmania
An Environmental Assessment of a Proposed Marine Farm Zone extension at Creeses Mistake, Nubeena Tasmania
An environmental assessment of a proposed marine farming zone extension at Browns Point, in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel
An environmental assessment of a proposed marine farming zone extension at Flathead Bay, in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel
An environmental assessment of a proposed marine farming zone extension at Lippies Point, in the D’Entrecasteaux Channel [Amended August 2014]
An environmental assessment of a proposed marine farming zone extension at Trumpeter Bay, South Eastern Tasmania
An environmental assessment of a proposed marine farming zone west of Wedge Island, South Eastern Tasmania
An evaluation of the error and uncertainty in epibenthos cover estimates from AUV images collected with an efficient, spatially-balanced design; PloS ONE
An ocean of possibilities: applications and challenges of marine geomorphometry; Geomorphometry 2015: Conference and Workshops
An under-ice hyperspectral and RGB imaging system to capture fine-scale biophysical properties of sea ice; Remote Sensing
An under-ice RGB and hyperspectral imaging system to capture fine scale bio-physical properties of land-fast sea ice; Shedding Light on the Physical, Biogeochemical and Human Dimensions of Connectivity in Changing Polar Seas
Analysing uncertainty in multibeam bathymetric data and the impact on derived seafloor attributes; Marine Geodesy
Analysis of Approaches for Monitoring Biodiversity in Commonwealth Waters - Field work report
Applying Discriminate analysis to characterize shallow rocky reef habitat; International Symposium on Spatio-temporal modeling; Spatial Reasoning, Spatial Analysis, Data Mining and Data Fusion
ARMADA: a marine data aggregator and visualisation tool to support management of Australia’s Commonwealth Marine Area
Artefacts in marine digital terrain models: a multiscale analysis of their impact on the derivation of terrain attributes; IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Assessing the risk from current threats and future climate change on seagrass habitat - a nation-wide, spatially explicit approach; Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference
Assessing the robustness of a morphometric classification model to help predict Australia's benthic marine habitat diversity; GeoHab 2008 Ninth International Symposium
Assessment of nutrients and habitats in North West Bay - supporting sustainable management
Assessment of seabed habitats and heavy metals in Cornelian Bay
Assessment of seabed habitats and heavy metals in Cornelian Bay
Australia's capacity for acoustic research is booming
Australia's next-generation Autonomous Underwater Vehicle for Antarctic research; SCAR
Australian Multibeam Guidelines
Autonomous large scale urchin barren mapping with interferometric sonar; GeoHab 2014
AUV shines light on seafloor terrain
Backscatter measurements by seafloor‐mapping sonars: guidelines and recommendations
Biological and habitat feature descriptions for the continental shelves of Australia’s temperate-water marine parks- including collation of existing mapping in all AMPs
Building capability for in situ quantitative characterisation of the ocean water column using acoustic multibeam backscatter data; International Workshop
Building capability for in situ quantitative characterisation of the ocean water column using acoustic multibeam backscatter data
Building capability for in situ quantitative characterisation of the ocean water column using acoustic multibeam backscatter data. Catalyst: Seeding Activity Report
Can we trust our habitat maps? Assessing map sensitivity for decision-making; GEOHAB 2017: Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping
Catchment-based classification of Australia's continental slope canyons; Marine Geology
CERF Biodiversity Research in Tasmanian: An Update to the Hub; CERF Marine Biodiversity Workshop #2
Characterisation of rocky reef using object oriented classification methods and fragmentation statistics. Australian Society of Fish Biology Workshop and Conference, Hobart, August 2006; Australian Society for Fish Biology 2006 Conference and Workshop on cutting-edge technologies in fish and fisheries science
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
Charting the course for future developments in marine geomorphometry: an introduction to the special issue; Geosciences
Choosing between strategies for designing surveys: autonomous underwater vehicles; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
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
Comparative assessment of seafloor sampling platforms. Report to the National Environmental Science Programme
Comparing selections of environmental variables for ecological studies: a focus on terrain attributes; PLoS One
Current Flow Analysis in the Tamar Estuary
Deciphering Ontong Java Atoll, Nukumanu Atoll, and Kroenke Canyon, Western Equatorial Pacific final project report for RV Falkor FK141015 15 October – 3 November 2014
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
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
Developing techniques to estimate spatial uncertainty in marine habitat mapping; Fifth Australasian Postgraduate Workshop on GISc, Social and Environmental Modelling 2004
Do marine substrates 'look' and 'sound' the same? Supervised classification of multibeam acoustic data using autonomous underwater vehicle images; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Drift, drag and deterioration: mapping the fate of large ice hazards; The 22nd International Symposium on Polar Sciences (ISPS)
Emerging Mapping Techniques for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs); Seafloor Mapping along Continental Shelves: Research and Techniques for Visualizing Benthic Environments
Emerging mapping techniques for AUVs as survey platforms II; Ekman foundation course on AUV-based science
Environmental assessment of potential marine farming areas in Macquarie Harbour Tasmania
Erosional and depositional processes on the submarine flanks of Ontong Java and Nukumanu atolls, western equatorial Pacific Ocean; Marine Geology
Estuaries habitat mapping in the Derwent-2007 A resurvey of marine habitats by SeaMap Tasmania
Estuarine Habitat Mapping in the Derwent - Integrating Science and Management
Estuarine habitat mapping in the Derwent - integrating science and management
Evaluating and monitoring the status of marine biodiversity assets on the continental shelf
Exploring spatial heterogeneity of Antarctic sea ice algae using an autonomous underwater vehicle mounted irradiance sensor; Frontiers in Earth Science
Exploring the role spatial scale plays in marine habitat mapping using multiscale geomorphometric analyses; Geohab Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping Conference 2013
Exposing the Sea Floor with GIS
Extended detection of shallow water gas seeps from multibeam echosounder water column data; Frontiers in Remote Sensing
Field manuals for sampling to monitor Australian waters; Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference
Filling the gaps: predicting the distribution of temperate reef biota using high resolution biological and acoustic data; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Finding the best combinations of terrain attributes and GIS software for meaningful terrain analysis; Geomorphometry 2015
Fine-scale sea ice structure characterized using underwater acoustic methods; Remote Sensing
Frost Prevention and Prediction of Temperatures and Cooling rates using GIS; Australian Geographical Studies
Fusing fuzzy classification models with animal movement: concepts for biodiversity assessment; CERF Marine Biodiversity Workshop
Fuzzy Clustering for Seafloor Classification; Marine Geology
Gas bubble forensics team surveils the New Zealand ocean; Eos
Geomorphical classification of reefs - Draft Framework for an Australian Standard
Geomorphology of the Great Australian Bight and Offshore Seamounts and Canyons
Good progress on Sea Mapping
Habitat mapping in the Kent Group of Islands
How robust are your prediction derivatives? Error propagation modelling for seafloor terrain analysis of multibeam bathymetric data using dynamic simulation tools; Geohab Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping Conference 2013
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 segmentation of seabed texture homogeneity from multibeam backscatter data; Australian Marine Science Association Conference
In situ quantitative characterisation of the ocean water column using acoustic multibeam backscatter data; AGU Fall Meeting
Influence of artefacts in marine digital terrain models on habitat maps and species distribution models: a multiscale assessment; Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation
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 Tachnology: International Symposium
Integrating distribution models and habitat classification maps into marine protected area planning; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Integrating seafloor habitat mapping and fish assemblage patterns improves spatial management planning in a marine park; Journal of Coastal Research
Linking abalone Fishery dependent data to fine-scale habitat mapping; Third International Symposium on GIS/Spatial Analyses in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences
Linking habitat and biotic patterns improves spatial management in a marine park; Geohab 2014
Linking habitat mapping with fisheries assessment in key commercial fishing grounds
Linking habitat mapping with fisheries in key commercial fishing grounds
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
Long Reach Marine Farm Zone Current Flow Assessment
Looking up from under the sea
Making the first national seafloor habitat map; Eos
Map-Based Portals for Marine Science Communication and Discovery: Report from July 2019 Workshop
Mapping abalone habitat impacted by Centrostephanus on the east coast of Tasmania: Final contracted report for the Abalone Industry Reinvestment Fund (AIRF Project 2021) and Tasmanian Climate Change Office (Climate Research Grants Program 2021)
Mapping habitats and developing baselines in offshore marine reserves with little prior knowledge: a critical evaluation of a new approach; PLoS ONE
Mapping of coastal seabed habitats in Tasmania: development and integration of remote sensing techniques within a hierarchical framework; GeoHab 2004: Fifth International Symposium
Mapping of Estuarine and Marine Habitats in the Southern NRM Region
Mapping of Estuarine and Marine Habitats in the Southern NRM Region
Mapping of inshore marine habitats from Schouten Island to Bicheno on the East Coast of Tasmania
Mapping of inshore marine habitats in south-eastern Tasmania for marine protected area planning and marine management
Mapping of inshore marine habitats in the Cradle Coast Region: from West Head to Robbins Passage
Mapping of seabed habitat in south-east and north-east abalone fishing blocks - an update on SEAMAP Tasmania
Mapping seabed texture homogeneity using multibeam backscatter data: Can we use it as a surrogate for biodiversity assessment?; Geohab 2009: Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping
Mapping stories from sea floor
Mapping the in situ microspatial distribution of ice algal biomass through hyperspectral imaging of sea-ice cores; Scientific Reports
Marine Biodiversity Hub
Marine Geomorphometry: Geosciences Special Issue; Marine Geomorphometry
Marine geomorphometry: overview and opportunities; EGU General Assembly 2016
Marine habitat mapping of the Bruny-bioregion for Marine Protected Planning
Marine Mapping: New Findings and the Tasmanian and Victorian Experience. Coast to Coast 2006. Melbourne Convention Centre, May 2006; Coast to Coast 2006 - Australian's National Coastal Conference
Marine Sampling Field Manuals for Benthic Monitoring; AMSA 2018
Marine sampling field manuals for benthic monitoring; GeoHab
Measuring uncertainty in multibeam bathymetry data: An analysis of spatial randomness; Geohab 2014
Modeling the along-track sidelobe interference artifact in multibeam sonar water-column data; OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE
Morphometric characterisation of rocky reef using multibeam acoustic bathymetric data; IGARSS 2007 Sensing and understanding our planet
Morphometric characterisation of rocky reef using swath sonar acoustic bathymetry; GeoHab 2007 Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping
Multi-decadal decline in cover of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera at the southern limit of its Australian range; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Multi-scale image segmentation of multibeam backscatter data for benthic monitoring; Geohab 2014
Multibeam sonar backscatter data acquisition and processing: guidelines and recommendations from the GEOHAB Backscatter Working Group; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Multiscale analysis of bathymetry and backscatter for seafloor habitat mapping in New Zealand EEZ
National and international collaboration to maximise and standardise Australian seabed mapping efforts; GeoHab
NERP broad-scale analysis of multibeam acoustic data from the Flinders Commonwealth Marine Reserve
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
Object-based image analysis of multibeam data to map benthic marine substrates; Workshop on Acoustics and Automated Video Processing for Fisheries and Environmental Monitoring
Object-oriented classification of sidescan sonar data for mapping benthic marine habitats; International Journal of Remote Sensing
Ocean inspiration
Oceans of the Unknown
On the use of abiotic surrogates to describe marine benthic biodiversity; Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Optimising GEOBIA for seafloor classification; Geohab Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping Conference 2013
Our last great unexplored frontier- the seabed
Outcropping reef ledges drive patterns of epibenthic assemblage diversity on cross-shelf habitats; Biodiversity and Conservation
Part B:Environmental Assessment of a Proposed Marine Farming Zone Extension at Soldiers Point (SE) in the D'Entrecasteaux channel (May 2010)
Planet Ocean.
Post survey report for the Coral Sea Australian Marine Park
Predicting temperate reef benthos with high resolution multibeam data; World Conference on Marine Biodiversity
Quantitative ocean-column acoustic imaging over the Calypso Hydrothermal Vent Field, Bay of Plenty: first results from R.V. Tangaroa TAN1806-QUOI Voyage; New Zealand Geosciences Conference
Recent and future trends in marine geomorphometry; Geomorphometry 2018
Regional substrate classification of Cook Strait, New Zealand, from textural image analysis of backscatter data; Geohab 2011
Remote Sensing for Marine Habitat Mapping
Science lifts lid on murder on the seabed
Seabed habitat mapping in the Kent Group of islands and its role in Marine Portect Area Planning; Coast to Coast 2004
Seabed habitat mapping in the Kent Group of islands and its role in marine protected area planning; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Seafloor backscatter acquisition and processing: best practice and recommendations by the GEOHAB Backscatter Working Group; Forum for Exchange of Mutual Multibeam Experiences (FEMME 2015)
Seafloor backscatter acquisition and processing: best practice and recommendations by the GEOHAB Backscatter Working Group; 7th International Conference on High-Resolution Surveys in Shallow Water
Seafloor backscatter acquisition and processing: best practice and recommendations by the Geohab Backscatter Working Group; Seabed and Sediment Acoustics: Measurements and Modelling
Seamap Australia - National release of a benthic habitat mapping service for the Australian continental shelf; AMSA 2018
Seamap Australia [Version 1.0] the development of a national benthic marine classification scheme for the Australian continental shelf
Seamap Australia: Visualisation and classification of Australian seabed habitats; National Environmental Science Programme Marine Biodiversity Hub Annual Workshop
Seamap Australia: Visualisation and classification of Australian seabed habitats; Australian Marine Protected Areas Workshop
SeaMap Tasmania - an update. Fishing Today, 19 (6)
SeaMap Tasmania: Mapping the Gaps
SeaMapping Tasmania. ABC Radio National: Perspective. 3rd March @ 5.55pm 585AM
Seascapes of the Australian Margin and Adjacent Sea Floor: Methodology and Results
Shallow seafloor gas emissions near Heard and McDonald Islands on the Kerguelen Plateau, southern Indian Ocean; Earth and Space Science
Shallow seafloor gas emissions near Heard and McDonald Islands on the Kerguelen Plateau, Southern Indian Ocean; GeoHab
Shedding the full spectrum of light on sea ice communities at Cape Evans, Antarctica
Soda water oceans in the shadow of the volcano
Sounding the sparkling depths
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 scale and geographic context in benthic habitat mapping: review and future directions; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Spatial uncertainty estimation techiques for shallow coastal seabed mapping
Spatial variability in sea-ice algal biomass: an under-ice remote sensing perspective; Advances in Polar Science
Submarine geology and geomorphology of active Sub-Antarctic volcanoes: Heard and McDonald Islands; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Submarine glacial landforms and interactions with volcanism around Sub-Antarctic Heard and McDonald Islands; AGU Fall Meeting
Submarine sedimentary bedforms and benthos surrounding the Heard and McDonald Islands World Heritage Site; Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat
Submarine substrate and biodiversity mapping using multiscale analysis of bathymetric and backscatter data: examples from Cook Strait and the Kermadic Arc, New Zealand; SOPAC'S Science,Technology and Resources Network Conference
Substrate and biodiversity mapping in Cook Strait using multiscale analysis of remotely sensed data; NZ Geosciences ’08
Survey design for underwater robots: accomodating autocorrelation and constrained sampling; 4th International Statistical Ecology Conference
Systematic culling controls a climate driven, habitat modifying invader; Biological Invasions
Taking innovative technologies beneath the waves: using hyperspectral imaging to enhance sea ice ecological research; The Antarctic frontier: developing research in an extreme environment
Tasmania's coastal reefs: deep reef habitats and significance for finfish production and biodiversity
Tasmania's Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features; Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
The Application of Automated Segmentation Methods and Fragementation Statistics to Characterise Rocky Reef Habitat; Journal of Spatial Science
The application of automated segmentation methods to characterise rocky reef habitat, Coast GIS 2006, Wollongong NSW July 2006; GIS for the Coastal Zone - Spatial Data, Modelling and Management
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
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
The Cook Strait Canyon, New Zealand: Geomorphology and Seafloor Biodiversity of a Large Bedrock Canyon System in a Tectonically Active Environment; Seafloor Geomorphology as Benthic Habitat: GeoHAB Atlas of Seafloor Geomorphic Features and Benthic Habitats
The GeoHab Backscatter Working Group: definition of guidelines and recommendations for seafloor backscatter measurements by hydrographic multibeam echosounders; ICES Symposium: Marine Ecosystem Acoustics - Observing the Ocean Interior in Support of Integrated Management
The new wave of bathymetry data- uses and limitations for marine benthic habitat mapping and geomorphology; Geohab Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping Conference 2013
The next generation of AUVs in Australia; Unlocking the Ocean’s secrets using Modern Exploration
The next generation of AUVs in Australia; Unlocking the Ocean’s secrets using Modern Exploration
The Ontong Java Plateau uncovered: evidence for mass wasting on the flanks of Ontong Java and Nukumanu atolls; Australian Earth Science Convention
The world’s largest submarine canyon—Kroenke Canyon in the Western Equatorial Pacific; American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
Thematic accuracy assessment of acoustic seabed data for shallow benthic habitat mapping; The International Journal of Environmental Studies
Too many cooks spoil the broth: assessing which combination of terrain attributes best serves habitat mapping; Geohab
Tour the South-east Commonwealth Marine Reserves
Towards a framework for terrain attribute selection in environmental studies; Environmental Modelling and Software
Towards improved estimates of sea-ice algal biomass: experimental assessment of hyperspectral imaging cameras for under-ice studies; Annals of Glaciology
Two years in the making of the Backscatter Working Group: results and potential for the future; GeoHab 2015
Uncertainty quantification, false detections and confidence in results; Catalyst International Workshop 1
Understanding community-habitat associations of temperate reef fishes using fine-resolution bathymetric measures of physical structure; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Underwater Hyperspectral Imaging (UHI): a review of systems and applications for proximal seafloor ecosystem studies; Remote Sensing
Unsupervised deep water seafloor classification using object-based image analysis of backscatter and bathymetry data in Cook Strait, New Zealand; Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping
Unsupervised fuzzy classification and object-based image analysis of multibeam data to map deep water substrates, Cook Strait, New Zealand; Continental Shelf Research
User expectations for multibeam echo sounders backscatter strength data-looking back into the future; Marine Geophysical Research
Using 'seascapes' to help predict Australia's benthic marine habitat diversity in the development of a national system of marine protected areas; The Association of American Geographers (AAG) Annual Meeting
Using 'seascapes' to help predict Australia's benthric marine habitat diversity; GeoHab 2007 Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping
Using acoustic tracking data to support planning and assessment of closed areas: determining effective size, boundaries and location; Australian Marine Science Association
Variation and uncertainty in bathymetric slope calculations using geographic information systems; Marine Geodesy
Visual Soundings. Project Final Report to the Richard Lounsbery Foundation
What robots can tell us about biodiversity - or #10 amazing things you may have not known about AUVs. Science in the Pub- High Tech Science- Robots and drones doing the dirty (work)
Where land meets sea: towards a complete coverage for terrain analysis of coastal environments; Exploring Synergies: 36th Canadian Symposium on Remote Sensing
Which multibeam system is best in shallow waters? A qualitative analysis the discriminate the strengths and weaknesses of multibeam echosounders in different terrains
Working toward guidelines and recommendations for backscatter measurements by seafloor mapping multibeam echosounders – the GeoHab backscatter working group; US Hydro 2015 Conference

Research Projects

2006-029 Using GPS Technology to Improve Fishery Dependent Data Collection in Abalone Fisheries; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
2008 R2 - Geohab (Marine Geological and Biological Habitat Mapping); University of Tasmania (UTAS)
An integrated ecosystem study of an Australian marine biodiversity hotspot; Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc (SWRRFI)
Antarctic Gateway Partnership Autonomous Underwater Vehicle Operational Trials; Australian Antarctic Division (AAD)
Benthic marine habitats on the Australian continental shelf; Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
Broadband acoustic characterisation of free gases in ocean water.; New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (NZMBIE)
Building capability for in situ quantitative characterisation of the ocean water column using acoustic multibeam backscatter data; The Royal Society of New Zealand (RSNZ)
Characterising benthic pelagic interactions in Macquarie Harbour - organic matter processing in sediments and the importance for nutrient dynamics; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Development of physical sampling capabilities for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles.; Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering (ATSE)
Extending seabed horizons: Seamap Australia tools and analytics for marine park managers; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Geohab 2014; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Gigantic submarine landslide offshore western Tasmania: risk mitigation for shelf-derived tsunami in Australia; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Improving knowledge transfer to support Australian Marine Park decision making and management effectiveness evaluation; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Map Key Habitat Types and Significant Marine Communities (Eg. Seagrass Macrosystis Beds Sponge Beds in each Bioregion); Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Mapping abalone habitat impacted by Centrostephanus on the east coast of Tasmania; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Mapping warming reefs for management strategy evaluation; Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPAC)
Marine Habitat Mapping ; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Mesoscale spatial variability in sea ice thickness, optical properties and algal biomass; New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute (NZARI)
NESP MaC 2.1: Mapping temperate continental shelf seabed habitats; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Oceans of the unknown: visually representing the unseen; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
On thin ice? An in situ surveillance system for sea ice microbial communities; New Zealand Antarctic Research Institute (NZARI)
Pulling back the blue curtain: Extending marine remote sensing using an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle to support ocean management.; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Quantitative Biological Baseline Surveys of Shelf Rocky Reef Biota in Commonwealth MPAs off Tasmania; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Ross Sea Region Ecosystem Dynamics (RSRED) - Coastal Marine Biogeography and Ecosystem Processes; Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment NZ (MBIE)
Seamap - Mapping the Gaps; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
SeaMap Australia Connections; Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
Sensor calibration facility for spectral and thermal remote sensing; Australian Research Council (ARC)
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 Australian Centre for Excellence in Antarctic Science; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Understanding the spatial links between geomorphology and biodiversity distribution in the Coral Sea Australian Marine Park.; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Visual Soundings - An Art Book of Acoustic Imagery; Richard Lounsbery Foundation (RLF)
Working from the other side: Facing the challenges of under-ice for autonomous navigation in Antarctica; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Working from the other side: Facing the challenges of under-ice for autonomous navigation in Antarctica; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Current Flow Analysis in the Tamar Estuary
Geomorphology of the Great Australian Bight and offshore seamounts.
Marlborough Sounds Project Review
Pilot study on the investigation of uncertainty analysis applied to Geoscience Australia seascapes data
Review of Port construction survey of the deep reef habitat at the Entrance of Port Phillip Bay

Research Candidate Supervision

Relationships and Interactions between Temperate Reef Fish Communities, Physical Habitat Structure and Marine Protection