Fields of Research

Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)
Ecological impacts of climate change and ecological adaptation
Ecosystem function
Community ecology (excl. invasive species ecology)
Conservation and biodiversity
Evolutionary biology
Phycology (incl. marine grasses)
Aquaculture
Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment
Fisheries sciences
Environmental rehabilitation and restoration
Biological mathematics
Fisheries management
Global change biology
Climate change impacts and adaptation
Environmental management
Natural resource management
Ecology
Surveying (incl. hydrographic surveying)
Structural biology (incl. macromolecular modelling)
Invertebrate biology
Pollution and contamination
Other environmental sciences
Biological oceanography
Palaeoclimatology
Population ecology
Ocean engineering
Plant physiology
Freshwater ecology
Biosecurity science and invasive species ecology
Zoology
Animal management
Other chemical sciences
Forest health and pathology
Photogrammetry and remote sensing
Ecological physiology
Public policy
Biogeography and phylogeography
Physical oceanography
Wildlife and habitat management
Microbial ecology
Bioremediation
Marine geoscience
Terrestrial ecology
Landscape ecology
Ship and platform structures (incl. maritime hydrodynamics)
Decision support and group support systems
Theoretical quantum chemistry
Separation science
Ecological applications
Genetics
Animal reproduction and breeding
Climate change processes
Genome structure and regulation
Microbiology
Intelligent robotics
Other physical sciences
Urban geography
Fish pests and diseases
Applied economics
Ecosystem services (incl. pollination)
Modelling and simulation
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics
Volcanology

Research Objectives

Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems
Marine biodiversity
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in marine environments
Natural hazards
Assessment and management of coastal and estuarine ecosystems
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences
Effects of climate change on Australia (excl. social impacts)
Other environmental management
Coastal and estuarine systems and management
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity
Ecosystem adaptation to climate change
Fisheries - wild caught
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in coastal and estuarine environments
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Aquaculture fin fish (excl. tuna)
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences
Rehabilitation or conservation of marine environments
Aquaculture rock lobster
Hardwood plantations
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean)
Sustainability indicators
Climate change adaptation measures (excl. ecosystem)
Terrestrial biodiversity
Marine systems and management
Fisheries - aquaculture
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems
Social impacts of climate change and variability
Management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments
Paper products and pulp
Expanding knowledge in economics
Climate variability (excl. social impacts)
Terrestrial systems and management
Effects of climate change on Antarctic and sub-Antarctic environments (excl. social impacts)
Expanding knowledge in human society
Fisheries - recreational freshwater
Wild caught fin fish (excl. tuna)
Antarctic and Southern Ocean oceanic processes
Environmentally sustainable plant production
Assessment and management of Antarctic and Southern Ocean ecosystems
Climate change mitigation strategies
Environmental education and awareness
Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Human pharmaceutical products
Organic industrial chemicals (excl. resins, rubber and plastics)
Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences
Nautical equipment
Climate adaptive plants
Expanding knowledge in engineering
Wild caught edible molluscs
Environmental policy, legislation and standards
Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality
Preventive medicine

Career Best Publications

Alternative stable states and phase shifts in coral reefs under anthropogenic stress; Ecology
Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Determining natural scales of ecological systems; Ecological Monographs
Effect of complexity on marine ecosystem models; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Establishment of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Tasmania depends on disturbance to native algal assemblages; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift; National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings
Regional-scale scenario modeling for coral reefs: a decision support tool to inform management of a complex system; Ecological Applications
Selection at the level of the community: the importance of spatial structure; Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Status and Management of World Sea Urchin Fisheries; Oceanography and Marine Biology
Warning signals of regime shifts as intrinsic properties of endogenous dynamics; The American Naturalist
Why do juvenile fish utilise mangrove habitats?; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Research Publications

Establishment of the Long-Spined Sea Urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania: First Assessment of Potential Threats to Fisheries
A Bayesian inference approach to account for multiple sources of uncertainty in a macroalgae based integrated multi-trophic aquaculture model; Environmental Modelling and Software
A coral-algal phase shift in Mesoamerica not driven by changes in herbivorous fish abundance; PLoS One
A management support framework for subtidal rocky-reef communities on the east coast of Tasmania; MODSIM
A molecular approach to identify prey of the southern rock lobster; Bulletin of Entomological Research
A multi-scale biophysical model to inform regional management of coral reefs in the western Philippines and South China Sea; Environmental Modelling and Software
A response to scientific and societal needs for marine biological observations; Frontiers in Marine Science
A seafloor habitat map for the Australian continental shelf; Scientific Data
A successful method of transplanting adult Ecklonia radiata kelp, and relevance to other habitat-forming macroalgae; Restoration Ecology
Abundance and richness of key Antarctic seafloor fauna correlates with modelled food availability; Nature Ecology and Evolution
Abundance of the introduced seastar, Asterias amurensis, and spatial variability in soft sediment assemblages in SE Tasmania: Clear correlations but complex interpretation; Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
Acoustic investigation of the primary production of an Australian temperate macroalgal (Ecklonia radiata) system; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Alternative stable states and phase shifts in coral reefs under anthropogenic stress; Ecology
Alternative strategies for sustainable environmental management of nutrient loads in aquaculture; World Aquaculture Society
An experimental model for the spatial structuring and selection of bacterial communities; Journal of Microbiological Methods
An in situ study of production from diel oxygen modelling, oxygen exchange, and electron transport rate in the kelp Ecklonia radiata; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Antarctic seas host a surprising mix of lifeforms – and now we can map them
Assessing the ecological impacts of an introduced seastar: the importance of multiple methods; Biological Invasions
Assessment of management options to minimize formation of 'barrens'habitat by the long-spined sea urchin
Bacterial induction of settlement and metamorphosis in marine invertebrates; 8th International Coral Reef Symposium
Bacterial induction of settlement and metamorphosis in marine invertebrates; 8th International Coral Reef Symposium
Bias in lobster tethering experiments conducted for selecting low-predation release sites; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Biogeochemical marine ecosystem models I: IGBEM - a model of marine bay ecosystems; Ecological Modelling
Biogeochemical marine ecosystem models II: the effect of physiological detail on model performance; Ecological Modelling
Biology and ecology of the globally significant kelp Ecklonia radiata
Building resilience against climate-driven shifts in a temperate reef system: staying away from context-dependent ecological thresholds; Ecosystems
Catastrophic thresholds: a synthesis of concepts, perspectives, and applications; Ecology and Society
Catchability of the southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii. I. Effects of sex, season and catch history; Marine and Freshwater Research
Catchability of the southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii. II. Effects of size; Marine and Freshwater Research
Changes in deep reef benthic community composition across a latitudinal and environmental gradient in temperate Eastern Australia; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Characterizing sensitivity and uncertainty in a multiscale model of a complex coral reef system; Ecological Modelling: International Journal on Ecological Modelling and Engineering and Systems Ecology
Chemical microenvironments within macroalgal assemblages: implications for the inhibition of kelp recruitment by turf algae; Limnology and Oceanography
Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Climate change, overfishing and recent phase shift in a temperate reef ecosystem; Australian Society for Fish Biology 2006 Conference
Climate change, overfishing: together catastrophic for shallow reefs
Climate driven changes in marine assemblages in SE Australia: A southern hemisphere 'hotspot'; Climate Change Effects on Fish and Fisheries
Climate-driven range extension of a sea urchin leads to a new and impoverished reef state; 13th International Echinoderm Conference 2009
Climate-driven range extension of a sea urchin: altered dynamics of a rapidly warming temperate reef system; 8th International Temperate Reef Symposium
Climate-driven range extension of a sea urchin: inferring future trends by analysis of recent population dynamics; Global Change Biology
Collapse of kelp beds to turf-dominance is mediated by urchin overgrazing not water quality alone; Aquatic Biodiversity & Ecosystems: Evolution, Interactions & Global Change
Combating ecosystem collapse from the tropics to the Antarctic; Global Change Biology
Competition between an invasive urchin and commercially fished abalone: effect on body condition, reproduction and survivorship ; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Competition coefficients in a marine epibenthic assemblage depend on spatial structure; Oikos
Consensus management in Antarctica's high seas - past success and current challenges; Marine Policy
Coupling Biophysical and Socioeconomic Models for Coral Reef Systems in Quintana Roo, Mexican Caribbean; Ecology and Society
Decadal trends in a coral community and evidence of changed disturbance regime; Coral Reefs
Decay development in living sapwood of coniferous and deciduous trees inoculated with six wood decay fungi; Forest Ecology and Management
Demography of the intertidal fucoid Hormosira banksii: importance of recruitment to local abundance; Journal of Phycology
Density-dependence and seasonal variation in reproductive output and sporophyte production in the kelp, Ecklonia radiata; Journal of Phycology
Detecting ecological regime shifts from transect data; Ecological Monographs
Determining marine bioregions: a comparison of quantitative approaches; Methods in Ecology and Evolution
Determining natural scales of ecological systems; Ecological Monographs
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
Drift-kelp suppresses foraging movement of overgrazing sea urchins; Oecologia
Drift-kelp suppresses sea urchin appetite for destruction; Aquatic Biodiversity & Ecosystems: Evolution, Interactions & Global Change
Drift-kelp suppresses sea urchin appetite for destruction; Australian Marine Sciences Association 2015 Conference
Echinoderms in a Changing World; 13th International Echinoderm conference
Ecosystem engineering by a canopy-forming kelp facilitates the recruitment of native oysters; Restoration Ecology
Ecosystem engineering kelp limits recruitment of mussels and microphytobenthic algae; Marine Biology
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
Effect of complexity on marine ecosystem models; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Effects of a range-expanding sea urchin on behaviour of commercially fished abalone; PLoS ONE
Effects of lobster fishing on the population dynamics of the sea urchin, Heliocidariserythrogramma, on the east coast of Tasmania; 7th International conference and Workshop on Lobster Biology and Management
Effects of simulated green turtle regrazing on seagrass abundance, growth and nutritional status in Moreton Bay, sout-east Queensland, Australia; Marine and Freshwater Research
Effects of spatial resolution on the performance and interpretation of marine ecosystem models; Ecological Modelling
Establishment of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida following dieback of the native macroalga Phyllospora comosa in Tasmania, Australia; Marine and Freshwater Research
Establishment of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Tasmania depends on disturbance to native algal assemblages; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Experimental reseeding of juvenile spiny lobsters (Jasus edwardsii): Comparing survival and movement of wild and naive lobsters at multiple sites; Aquaculture
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
Family-level variation in early life-cycle traits of kelp; Journal of Phycology
Fisheries sustainability relies on biological understanding, evidence-based management, and conducive industry conditions; ICES Journal of Marine Science
Forming sea urchin barrens from the inside out: an alternative pattern of overgrazing; Marine Ecology Progress Series
From Tasmania to the world: long and strong traditions in seaweed use, research, and development; Botanica Marina
Gastropod communities associated with different morphologies of the intertidal seaweed Hormosira banksii; Marine and Freshwater Research
Genetic structure of a recent climate change-driven range extension; Molecular Ecology
Giant kelp—poster child of temperate rocky reefs; Ecology
Global change, phase-shifts and recovery potential of Tasmania’s rapidly warming reef ecosystems; The 2023 International Temperate Reefs Symposium
Global patterns of kelp forest change over the past half-century; National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings
Global phase-shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing; 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2014
Global regime shift dynamics of catastrophic sea urchin overgrazing; Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions. Biological Sciences
Growth and age structure of sea urchins (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) in complex barrens and native macroalgal beds in eastern Tasmania; ICES Journal of Marine Science: (International Council for The Exploration of The Sea)
Habitat fragmentation causes collapse of kelp recruitment; Marine Ecology Progress Series
High kelp density attracts fishes except for recruiting cryptobenthic species; Marine Environmental Research
Hotspots of exotic free-spawning sex: man-made environment facilitates success of an invasive seastar; Journal of Applied Ecology
How to sustain fisheries: expert knowledge from 34 nations; Water
Human-facilitated reproductive hotspots of an introduced seastar; 13th International Echinoderm Conference 2009
Impact of introduced marine species: Tasmania as a laboratory
Impact of introduced seastars Asterias amurensis on survivorship of juvenile commercial bivalves Fulvia tenuicostata; Marine Ecology-Progress Series
Impacts of the New Zealand screwshell Maoricolpus roseus on growth and condition of juvenile commercial scallops Pecten fumatus; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Inhibition of settlement and metamorphosis of the ascidian Herdmania curvata by non-geniculate coralline algae; Biological Bulletin
Integrated assessment of the spatial distribution and structural dynamics of deep benthic marine communities; Ecological Applications
Integrating electronic technologies in ecological field studies: assessing movement, habitat use, and behaviour of lobsters as key predators of sea urchins in eastern Tasmania; 13th International Echinoderm Conference 2009
Intensive fishing of marine consumers causes a dramatic shift in the benthic habitat on temperate rocky reefs; Marine Biology
Interacting forces of predation and fishing affect species’ maturation size; Ecology and Evolution
Interactions and impacts of two introduced species on a soft-sediment marine assemblage in SE Tasmania; Marine Biology
Interactive effects of canopy-driven changes in light, scour and water flow on microscopic recruits in kelp; Marine Environmental Research
Invasion rates increase with species richness in a marine epibenthic community by two mechanisms; Oecologia
Investigation of broad scale implementation of integrated multitrophic aquaculture using a 3D model of an estuary; Marine Pollution Bulletin
Is 'barrens' habitat good for sea urchins?; 13th International Echinoderm Conference 2009
Keeping a watch on seaweeds: the forests of the world’s coasts; Eos
Kelp forest restoration in Australia; Frontiers in Marine Science
Kelp forests: dynamic patterns, processes, and feedbacks; Marine Community Ecology and Conservation
Kelp habitat fragmentation reduces resistance to overgrazing, invasion and collapse to turf dominance; Journal of Applied Ecology
Kelp patch size and density influence secondary productivity and diversity of epifauna; Oikos
Knowing when (not) to attempt ecological restoration; Restoration Ecology
Large-scale geographic variation in distribution and abundance of Australian deep-water kelp forests; PLoS ONE
Limited effectiveness of divers to mitigate ‘barrens’ formation by culling sea urchins while fishing for abalone; Marine and Freshwater Research
Linking global patterns of kelp forest change and variation in climate over the past half-century; 11th International Temperate Reefs Symposium
Linking richness, community variability, and invasion resistance with patch size; Ecology
Lobsters to fight urchin overgrazing?
Long-term trends in invertebrate-habitat relationships under protected and fished conditions; Marine Biology
Macroalgae and temperate rocky reefs; Marine Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Report Card for Australia 2012
Major shifts in the dynamics of rocky reef ecosystems on the east coast of Tasmania
Making the first national seafloor habitat map; Eos
Managing the risk of sea urchin barrens in eastern Tasmania; 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2014
Mapping Antarctic suspension feeder abundances and seafloor food-availability, and modeling their change after a major glacier calving; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Marine reserves reduce risk of climate-driven phase shift by reinstating size- and habitat-specific trophic interactions; Ecological Applications
Measurement of acoustic material properties of macroalgae (Ecklonia radiata); Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Mechanisms of invasion: establishment, spread and persistence of introduced seaweed populations; Botanica Marina
Mechanisms of invasions: can the recipient community influence invasion rates?; Botanica Marina
Mechanisms of kelp bed resilience and recovery on urbanised coasts; Australian Marine Sciences Association 2015 Conference
Mechanisms of kelp bed resilience and recovery on urbanised coasts; SER 2015 World Conference on Ecological Restoration
Mesoscale dispersal of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida attached to unstable substrata; Botanica Marina
Mesoscale variability of conditions favoring an iron-induced diatom bloom downstream of the Kerguelen Plateau; Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
Model-based mapping of assemblages for ecology and conservation management: a case study of demersal fish on the Kerguelen Plateau; Diversity and Distributions
Modeling macroalgae growth and nutrient dynamics for integrated multi-trophic aquaculture; Journal of Applied Phycology
Modelling coral reef futures to inform management: can reducing local-scale stressors conserve reefs under climate change?; PLoS ONE
Modelling seasonal catchability of the southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii by water temperature, moulting and mating; Marine Biology
Monitoring associations between clade-level variation, overall community structure and ecosystem function in enhanced biological phosphorus removal (EBPR) systems using terminal-restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP); Water Research
Monitoring of benthic reference sites; IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine
Mortality and predation in ecosystem models: is it important how these are expressed?; Ecological Modelling
MPAs increase resilience against climate-driven phase shift: prevention is far better than cure; Australian Marine Sciences Association Conference 2012
Multi-decadal decline in cover of giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera at the southern limit of its Australian range; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Native spider crab causes high incidence of sub-lethal injury to the introduced seastar Asterias amurensis; 13th International Echinoderm Conference
Natural length scales of ecological systems: Applications at community and ecosystem levels; Ecology and Society
Ocean acidification reverses the positive effects of seawater pH fluctuations on growth and photosynthesis of the habitat-forming kelp, Ecklonia radiata; Scientific Reports
Optimal scales to observe habitat dynamics: a coral reef example; Ecological Applications
Overfishing reduces macroalgal bed resilience against grazing by the range expanding sea urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii; 12th International Echinoderms Conference
Overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift; National Academy of Sciences of The United States of America. Proceedings
Overfishing reduces resilience of temperate reef ecosystems against climate change catastrophe; 45th Annual Conference for the Australian Marine Sciences Association
Patch size and density of canopy-forming kelp modify influences of ecosystem engineering on understorey algal and sessile invertebrate assemblages; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Pattern, synchrony and predictability of spawning of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina from Heron Reef, Australia; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Persistence of sea urchin (Heliocidaris erythrogramma) barrens on the east coast of Tasmania: inhibition of macroalgal recovery in the absence of high densities of sea urchins; Botanica Marina
Persistence of the exotic kelp Undaria pinnatifida does not depend on sea urchin grazing; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Phase shifts and stressor-driven dynamics in kelp beds; 10th International Temperate Reefs Symposium 2014
Phase-shift dynamics of sea urchin overgrazing on nutrified reefs; PLoS One
Phenotypic plasticity and biogeographic variation in physiology of habitat-forming seaweed: response to temperature and nitrate; Journal of Phycology
Physiological response to temperature, light, and nitrates in the giant kelp Macrocystis pyrifera from Tasmania, Australia; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Playing to the positives: using synergies to enhance kelp forest restoration; Frontiers in Marine Science
Population dynamics of an ecologically important range-extender: kelp beds versus sea urchin barrens; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Predation of naive juvenile Southern Rock Lobsters; 7th International Conference & Workshop on Lobster Biology & Management
Predation of the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma by rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) in no-take marine reserves; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Predicting global dynamics from local interactions: individual-based models predict complex features of marine epibenthic communities; Ecological Modelling
Pursuing predator-driven habitat recovery on a warming coast; 9th International Temperate Reef Symposium
Quantification of the impacts of finfish aquaculture and bioremediation capacity of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture using a 3D estuary model; Journal of Applied Phycology
Rebuilding ecosystem resilience: assessment of management options to minimise formation of 'barrens' habitat by the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania
Reduced resistance to sediment-trapping turfs with decline of native kelp and establishment of an exotic kelp; Oecologia
Regional-scale scenario analysis for the Meso-American Reef system: Modelling coral reef futures under multiple stressors; Ecological Modelling: International Journal on Ecological Modelling and Engineering and Systems Ecology
Regional-scale scenario modeling for coral reefs: a decision support tool to inform management of a complex system; Ecological Applications
Relationships between habitat and recruitment of three species of damselfish (Pomacentridae) at Heron Reef, Great Barrier Reef; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Repeated AUV surveying of urchin barrens in North Eastern Tasmania; IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
Reproductive potential of a marine ecosystem engineer at the edge of a newly expanded range; Global Change Biology
Resilience and stability of kelp forests: the importance of patch dynamics and environment-engineer feedbacks; PLoS ONE
Restored kelp facilitates lobster recruitment but not other mid-trophic macroinvertebrates; Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Reverse-fishing to reduce the resilience of an undesirable climate-driven stable state; Australian National Network in Marine Science
Robustness of surrogates of biodiversity in marine benthic communites; Ecological Applications
Scale-dependent relationships between benthic habitat characteristics and abundances of blacklip abalone, Haliotis rubra (Leach); Marine and Freshwater Research
Scaling up models of the dynamics of coral reef ecosystems: An approach for science-based management of global change; Coral Reefs: An Ecoysystem in Transition
Sea urchin control of macroalgal communities across a productivity gradient; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Sea urchins
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; Australian Marine Protected Areas Workshop
Seamap Australia: Visualisation and classification of Australian seabed habitats; National Environmental Science Programme Marine Biodiversity Hub Annual Workshop
Seaweed invasions: conclusions and future directions; Botanica Marina
Seaweed invasions: introduction and scope; Botanica Marina
Selection at the level of the community: the importance of spatial structure; Trends in Ecology & Evolution
Selection for restraint in competitive ability in spatial competition systems; Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences
Self-organising in spatial competition systems; Frontiers in Ecology: Building the Links
Sensitivity analysis and pattern-oriented validation of TRITON, a model with alternative community states: insights on temperate rocky reefs dynamics; Ecological Modelling
Space-time variation in catchability of southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii in Tasmania explained by environmental, physiological and density-dependent processes; Fisheries Research
Spatial and temporal distribution of feeding of Aspidochirotida (Holothuroidea) on Heron Island, Great Barrier Reef; Echinoderms: San Francisco
Spatial patterns of abundance and shell morphology of two gastropod species associated with different morphologies of an intertidal seaweed; Aquatic Ecology
Spatial variation in fish species richness on coral reefs: habitat fragmentation and stochastic structuring processes; Oikos
Spatially and temporally predictable fish communities on coral reefs; Ecological Monographs
Spatio-temporal variation in coral recruitment at different scales on Heron Reef, southern Great Barrier Reef; Coral Reefs
Stability in paradigm biological systems; Journal of Australian Mathematical Socieity
Status and Management of World Sea Urchin Fisheries; Oceanography and Marine Biology
Stereo-imaging AUV detects trends in sea urchin abundance on deep overgrazed reefs; Limnology and Oceanography: Methods
Stop ignoring map uncertainty in biodiversity science and conservation policy; Nature Ecology and Evolution
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
Taxonomic resolution, functional traits, and the influence of species groupings on mapping Antarctic seafloor biodiversity; Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
The Centrostephanus project - update on long-spined sea urchin research
The effects of an invasive habitat modifier on the biotic interactions between two native herbivorous species and benthic habitat in a subtidal rocky reef ecosystem; Biological Invasions
The influence of wound location on decay extent in plantation-grown Eucalyptus globulus and Eucalyptus nitens; Forest Ecology and Management
The most unusual barrens: Complex interactions between lobsters, sea urchins and algae facilitates spread of exotic kelp in eastern Tasmania; Echinoderms: Munchen
The Reef Ecosystem Evaluation Framework: Managing for Resilience in Temperate Environments
The role of restoration for conserving matters of national environmental significance in marine and coastal environments
The ‘Great Southern Reef’: social, ecological and economic value of Australia’s neglected kelp forests; Marine and Freshwater Research
Thinning of kelp canopy modifies understory assemblages: the importance of canopy density; Marine Ecology - Progress Series
Top-down sea urchin overgrazing overwhelms bottom-up stimulation of kelp beds despite sediment enhancement; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Toward a coordinated global observing system for seagrasses and marine macroalgae; Frontiers in Marine Science
Translating local benthic community structure to national biogenic reef habitat types; Global Ecology and Biogeography
Trophic effects of fishing southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii shown by combined fatty acid and stable isotope analyses; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Understanding community-habitat associations of temperate reef fishes using fine-resolution bathymetric measures of physical structure; Marine Ecology Progress Series
Understanding interactions between plasticity, adaptation and range shifts in response to marine environmental change; Royal Society of London. Philosophical Transactions. Biological Sciences
Understanding reef resilience: prevention is far better than cure; Climate Adaptation in Action 2012
Using molecular prey detection to quantify rock lobster predation on barrens-forming sea urchins; Molecular Ecology
Using the simulation of ecological systems to explain the wheel of retailing; 2015 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence
Variability in the impact of an introduced predator (Asterias amurensis: Asteroidea) on soft-sediment assemblages; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Warning signals of regime shifts as intrinsic properties of endogenous dynamics; The American Naturalist
Why do juvenile fish utilise mangrove habitats?; Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Research Projects

1999 Supplementary Funding; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
2009/016 and 2007/045 Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: Assessment of Management Options to Minimise Formation of 'Barrens' Habitat by the Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
A network theory approach for understanding fisheries collapse and socioecological responses; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Are self-organisation and indirect interactions important determinants of the dynamics, stability and invasion resistance of marine epibenthic community; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Benthic marine habitats on the Australian continental shelf; Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
Bluenet: The Australian Marine Science Data Network; Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST)
Characteristic Length Scales of Marine Systems: Can they be Measured and What do they Mean?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Community Level Selection: Empirical Tests i a Microbial System; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Detecting, attributing, predicting and monitoring ecological change in the Southern Ocean; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Developing production systems for offshore kelp mariculture; Blue Economy CRC Co (BECRC)
Do Predators Structure Populations of the Sea Urchin Heliocidaris Erythrogramma on the East Coast of Tasmania?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Does Displacement of Native Seaweeds on Rocky Reefs by the Introduced Asian Kelp Depend on Distrubance?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Does Fishing of Predators Increase the Risk of 'Barrens' Habitat Formation by the Long-Spined Sea Urchin Centrostephanus Rodgersii?; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Dynamic resilience and stability properties of marine systems: the importance of environment-engineer feedbacks in kelp forests; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Dynamics of Rocky Reefs and Fisheries in Eastern Tasmania: Modelling using a Complex Systems Approach; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Ecological Impacts of Feral Pacific Oysters; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Effects of Climate Change on Temperate Benthic Assemblages on the Continental Shelf in Eastern Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Elucidate the Reproductive Biology of the Threatened Swift Parrot; Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust (WVS)
Establishment of the long-spined sea urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania: A first assessment of the threat to abalone and rock lobster fisheries; Fisheries Research & Development Corporation (FRDC)
Evaluating the likelihood of regime shifts in Southern Ocean ecosystems; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Fish and invertebrate recruitment in response to varying kelp habitat population dynamics; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Giant Kelp Project; Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania (NRE Tas)
Impacts of Climate Change on Key Habitat-forming Seaweeds in SE Australia; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Is self organisation an important determinant of the dynamics, stability and invasion resistance of marine benthic communities?; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Is self organisation an important determinant of the spatial dynamics, stability and invasion resistance of marine benthic communities; Australian Research Council (ARC)
Life after death: understanding the recovery dynamics of seabed disturbances; CSIRO-Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO)
Marine Bioproducts Cooperative Research Centre; Department of Industry, Innovation and Science (DoIIS)
Metagenomics and the Genetic Basis of Ecology and Evolution of Communities - Complex Microbial Communities in Industrial Processes as Excellent Paradigms; Australian Research Council (ARC)
NESP MaC 1.28: Assessment of thermal tolerance in giant kelp; Department of Agriculture Water and the Environment (DAWE)
Planning the implementation of a global long-term observing and data sharing strategy for macroalgal communities; Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)
Population Dynamics of the Sea Urchin Centrostephanus rodgersii in Tasmania: Can Fished Predators Control Urchin Abundance?; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Predicting biodiversity distribution on the Antarctic continental shelf; Australian Research Council (ARC)
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)
Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: Assessment of Management Options to Minimise Formation of 'Barrens' Habitat by the Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Rebuilding Ecosystem Resilience: Assessment of Management Options to Minimise Formation of 'Barrens' Habitat by the Long-Spined Sea Urchin (Centrostephanus rodgersii) in Tasmania; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
Replacement of outboard motors for the high speed research vessel; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Resistance to Invasion and Ecosystem Function: Is there a Causal Relationship with Species Richness and Communities?; University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Restricting the Spread of the Exotic Seastar Asterias Amurensis; Natural Heritage Trust (NHT)
SeaMap Australia Connections; Department of Education, Skills and Employment (DESE)
Studies of the impact and dispersal of the introduced New Zealand Screwshell (Maoricolpus roseus) to Facilitate the Development of a Management Strategy; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
The importance of spatial context and emergent structure in spatial competition systems and the predictability of benthic coral reef communities.; Australian Research Council (ARC)
The Reef Ecosystem Evaluation Framework (REEF): Improving management of Victoria's marine reefs in a changing future; Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (DJPR)
Unravelling the diversity and complexity of reef communities using metagenomics; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
Using size-based models to understand the role of mesopelagic fish and squid in the Southern Ocean ecosystem; Department of Environment and Energy (Cwth) (DoEE)
Utilization of quantitative molecular prey detection techniques to better understand ecosystem resilience and the role of rock lobsters in shaping benthic community structure; Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment (HWRE)
ARC Selection Advisory Committee- Future Fellowships
Asterias Amurensis Annual Larvae Abundance in the Port of Hobart
Developing sustainable biodegradable packaging from wood fibre and kelp polysaccharides
Giant kelp restoration & My Daily Impact with CMA CGM
Restoration and permaculture of giant kelp forests in Tasmania
Restoration of endangered giant kelp forests in South East Tasmania
TNC Kelp Conservation Project
Conservation, monitoring and recovery of critically threatened giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) beds in Tasmania

Research Candidate Supervision

A Holistic Analysis of Influences on Fisheries Collapse and Recovery
Alternative Strategies for Sustainable Environmental Management of Nutrient Loads in Aquaculture
Assessment of data - poor fisheries
Bio-economic Analysis of the Response of a Fishery to Changes in Access Regulation- The Case of Individual Transferable Quotas in the Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery
Can the evolution of differential dispersal behaviours promote coexistence of species
Catchability of rock lobster Jasus edwardsii
Change in Resilience of Two Coral Reef Communities over Twenty Five Years- Influence of Disturbance and Other Mechanisms
Climate Change and a Range-extending Sea Urchin- Catastrophic-shifts and Resilience in a Temperate Reef Ecosystem
Community Assembly in Marine Macrofauna Communities
Decision Support Tools for Visualising Coral Reef Futures at Regional Scales
Dynamic Resilience and Stability Properties of Marine Systems- The Importance of Environment-Engineer Feedbacks in Kelp Forest
Early life history os Aserias Amurensis
Early life-history, settlement dynamics and growth of the temperate wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola (Richardson 1840), on the east coast of Tasmania
Ecological impact of the introduced New Zealand Screwshell(Maoricolpus roseus) in SE Tasmania
Ecological Interactions between Abalone, Urchins and Benthic Habitat in a Temperate Reef Ecosystem- Implications for Ecosystems Based Management
Ecology and conservation of marine fishes of the family Symynathidae- Weedy seadragons and spiny pipehorses
Ecology of the New Zealand screwshell and its impact on Tasmania's marine environment
Effects of model structure on performance
Environmental Preferences, Impacts and Population Dynamics of the Invasive Screwshell Maoricolpus roseus
Establishment of persistence of dense stands of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida
Estimating Natural Scales of Ecological Systems
Factors influencing the Reproductive Development and Early Life History of Blacklip (Haliotis rubra) and Greenlip (H. Laevigata) Abalone
Growth of Abalone (Haliotis rubra) with Implications for its Productivity
Impact of the Introduced New Zealand Screwshell Maoricolpus roseus on Soft-sediment Assemblages in Southeast Tasmania
Impact of the northern Pacific seastar on soft sediment assemblages
Impacts of Climate Change on Biogenic Habitat-Forming Seaweeds in South East Australia- Heritibility of traits in Temperate Kelp
Impacts of Climate Change on Regional Primary and Fisheries Productivity in an Australian Upwelling System
Improving the Representation of Large Pelagic Predators in Ecosystem Models
Living in a fluid dynamical system- how do marine predator respond to turbulence?
Management of Marine Systems
Managing Rocky Reefs for Resilience in Port Phillip Bay
Managing Seaweed Bed Communities for Resilience in Port Phillip Bay
Nearshore Antarctic Reef Assemblages- Influence of Sedimentation and Benthic Irradiance
Physical and Behavioural Influences on the Stock Assessment of Blacklip Abalone, Haliotis rubra.
Population dynamics of the sea urchin Heliocidaris erythrogramma on the east cost of Tasmania
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
Spatial organisation in a marine epibenthic community
Sustainable Harvest of Lobster Pueruli- A Way Forward for Rock Lobster Aquaculture
The Effects of Climate Change on the Growth, Performance and Distribution of an Ecosystem-structuring Macroalga
The importance of environment-engineer feedbacks to the stability of kelp forests
Towards Ecosystem-based Management of Tasmanian Temperate Rocky Reefs- Community Dynamics Models Indicate Alternative Community States and Management Strategies
Using DNA to Explore Lobster Diet and the Impacts of Lobster Fishing on Southern Temperate Reefs