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Research Report 2001 - Zoology

Journal Article
Arnould, JPY* and Hindell, MA, “Dive behaviour, foraging locations, and maternal-attendance patterns of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)”, Canadian Journal of Zoology, 79 (1) pp. 1-14. doi:10.1139/cjz-79-1-35 ISSN 0008-4301 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Arnould, JPY* and Boyd, IL* and Rawlins, DR* and Hindell, MA, “Variation in maternal provisioning by lactating Antarctic fur seals (Arctocephalus gazella): response to experimental manipulation in pup demand”, Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, 50 (5) pp. 461-466. doi:10.1007/s002650100386 ISSN 0340-5443 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Beaumont, KL and Plummer, AJ* and Hosie, GW* and Ritz, DA, “Production and fate of faecal pellets during summer in an East Antarctic fjord”, Hydrobiologia, 453 (1-3) pp. 55-65. doi:10.1023/A:1013103630883 ISSN 0018-8158 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bethge, P and Munks, SA and Nicol, SC, “Energetics of foraging and locomotion in the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus”, Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 171 (6) pp. 497-506. doi:10.1007/s003600100200 ISSN 0174-1578 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bonadonna, F* and Lea, MA and Dehorter, O* and Guinet, C*, “Foraging ground fidelity and route-choice tactics of a marine predator: the Antarctic fur seal Arctocephalus gazella”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 223 pp. 287-297. doi:10.3354/meps223287 ISSN 0171-8630 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Bulman, CM and Althaus, F* and He, X* and Bax, NJ and Williams, A*, “Diets and trophic guilds of demersal fishes of the south-eastern Australian shelf”, Marine and Freshwater Research, 52 (4) pp. 537-548. doi:10.1071/MF99152 ISSN 1323-1650 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Counihan, RT* and McNamara, DC* and Souter, DC* and Jebreen, EJ* and Preston, NP* and Johnson, CR and Degnan, BM*, “Pattern, synchrony and predictability of spawning of the tropical abalone Haliotis asinina from Heron Reef, Australia”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 213 pp. 193-202. doi:10.3354/meps213193 ISSN 0171-8630 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Davis, LS* and Harcourt, RG* and Bradshaw, CJA, “The winter migration of Adelie penguins breeding in the Ross Sea sector of Antarctica”, Polar Biology, 24 (8) pp. 593-597. doi:10.1007/s003000100256 ISSN 0722-4060 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Doran, NE and Richardson, AMM and Swain, R, “The reproductive behaviour of the Tasmanian cave spider Hickmania troglodytes (Araneae : Austrochilidae)”, Journal of Zoology, 253 pp. 405-418. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000371 ISSN 0952-8369 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM, “Changes in plasma progesterone, estrogen, and testosterone concentrations throughout the reproductive cycle in female viviparous blue-tongued skinks, Tiliqua nigrolutea (Scincidae), in Tasmania”, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 122 (3) pp. 260-269. doi:10.1006/gcen.2001.7634 ISSN 0016-6480 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM, “Changes in Plasma Testosterone, Estrogen, and Progesterone Concentrations throughout the Annual Reproductive Cycle in Male Viviparous Blue-Tongued Skinks, Tiliqua nigrolutea, in Tasmania”, Journal of Herpetology, 35 (2) pp. 293-299. doi:10.2307/1566120 ISSN 0022-1511 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Engelhard, GH* and van den Hoff, J* and Broekman, M* and Baarspul, ANJ* and Field, IC and Burton, HR* and Reijnders, PJH*, “Mass of weaned elephant seal pups in areas of low and high human presence”, Polar Biology, 24 (4) pp. 244-251. doi:10.1007/s003000000204 ISSN 0722-4060 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Evans, K and Kemper, K* and Hill, M*, “First records of the spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica in continental Australian waters”, Marine Mammal Science, 17 (1) pp. 161-170. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2001.tb00986.x ISSN 0824-0469 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Evans, K and Robertson, K*, “A note on the preparation of sperm whale (Physeter macroceplalus) teeth for age determination”, The Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 3 (1) pp. 101-107. ISSN 1561-0713 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Field, IC and Hindell, MA and Slip, D* and Michael, KJ, “Foraging strategies of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) in relation to frontal zones and water masses”, Antarctic Science, 13 (4) pp. 371-379. doi:10.1017/S0954102001000529 ISSN 0954-1020 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Foster, EG and Ritz, DA and Osborn, JE and Swadling, KM, “Schooling affects the feeding success of Australian salmon (Arripis trutta) when preying on mysid swarms (Paramesopodopsis rufa)”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 261 (1) pp. 93-106. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(01)00265-9 ISSN 0022-0981 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Gartrell, BD and Jones, SM, “Eucalyptus pollen grain emptying by two Australian nectarivorous psittacines”, Journal of Avian Biology, 32 (3) pp. 224-230. doi:10.1111/j.0908-8857.2001.320304.x ISSN 0908-8857 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Gaskett, AC* and Bulman, CM and He, X* and Goldsworthy, SD*, “Diet composition and guild structure of mesopelagic and bathypelagic fishes near Macquarie Island, Australia”, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 35 (3) pp. 469-476. doi:10.1080/00288330.2001.9517016 ISSN 0028-8330 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Guinet, C* and Dubroca, L* and Lea, MA and Goldsworthy, S and Cherel, Y* and Duhamel, G* and Bonadonna, F* and Donnay, JP*, “Spatial distribution of foraging in female Antarctic fur seals Arctocephalus gazella in relation to oceanographic variables: a scale-dependent approach using geographic information systems”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 219 pp. 251-264. doi:10.3354/meps219251 ISSN 0171-8630 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Hansen, B and Adams, M* and Krasnicki, T* and Richardson, AMM, “Substantial allozyme diversity in the freshwater crayfish Parastacoides tasmanicus supports extensive cryptic speciation”, Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15 (5) pp. 667-679. doi:10.1071/IT00052 ISSN 0818-0164 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Harcourt, RG* and Bradshaw, CJA and Davis, LS*, “Summer foraging behaviour of a generalist predator, the New Zealand fur seal (Arctocephalus forsteri)”, Wildlife Research, 28 (6) pp. 599-606. doi:10.1071/WR01045 ISSN 1035-3712 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Hedd, A and Gales, R* and Brothers, N*, “Foraging strategies of shy albatross Thalassarche cauta breeding at Albatross Island, Tasmania, Australia”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 224 pp. 267-282. doi:10.3354/meps224267 ISSN 0171-8630 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Hedd, A and Gales, RP*, “The diet of shy albatrosses (Thalassarche cauta) at Albatross Island, Tasmania”, Journal of Zoology, 253 pp. 69-90. doi:10.1017/S0952836901000073 ISSN 0952-8369 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Hull, CL and Wilson, J* and Le Mar, K, “Moult in adult Royal Penguins, Eudyptes schlegel”, Emu, 101 (2) pp. 173-176. doi:10.1071/MU00023 ISSN 0158-4197 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Johnston, NM and Ritz, DA, “Synchronous development and release of broods by the swarming mysids Anisomysis mixta australis, Paramesopodopsis rufa and Tenagomysis tasmaniae (Mysidacea : Crustacea)”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 223 pp. 225-233. doi:10.3354/meps223225 ISSN 0171-8630 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Laegdsgaard, P* and Johnson, CR, “Why do juvenile fish utilise mangrove habitats?”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 257 (2) pp. 229-253. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(00)00331-2 ISSN 0022-0981 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lalas, C* and Bradshaw, CJA, “Folklore and chimerical numbers: review of a millenium of interaction between fur seals and humans in the New Zealand region”, New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 35 (3) pp. 477-497. doi:10.1080/00288330.2001.9517017 ISSN 0028-8330 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Le Mar, K and McArthur, C, “Changes in marsupial herbivore densities in relation to a forestry 1080-poisoning operation”, Australian Forestry , 64 (3) pp. 175-180. doi:10.1080/00049158.2001.10676183 ISSN 0004-9158 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Le Mar, K and Southwell, C* and McArthur, C, “Evaluation of line-transect sampling to estimate nocturnal densities of macropods in open and closed habitats”, Wildlife Research, 28 (1) pp. 9-16. doi:10.1071/WR99088 ISSN 1035-3712 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Le Mar, K and McArthur, C, “Relocating radio-collared targeted marsupials after a 1080-poisoning operation”, Tasforests, 12 pp. 155-160. ISSN 1033-8306 (2000) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Linn, ML* and Gardner, J* and Warrilow, D* and Darnell, GA* and McMahon, CR* and Field, IC and Hyatt, AD* and Slade, RW* and Suhrbier, A*, “Arbovirus of Marine Mammals: a New Alphavirus Isolated from the Elephant Seal Louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini”, Journal of Virology, 75 (9) pp. 4103-4109. doi:10.1128/JVI.75.9.4103-4109.2001 ISSN 0022-538X (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lockhart, SJ and Ritz, DA, “Size selectivity and energy maximisation of the introduced seastar, Asterias amurensis (Lütken), in Tasmania, Australia”, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 135 pp. 35-40. ISSN 0080-4703 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lockhart, SJ and Ritz, DA, “Preliminary observations of the feeding periodicity and selectivity of the introduced seastar, Asterias Amurensis (Lütken), in Tasmania, Australia”, Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 135 pp. 25-33. ISSN 0080-4703 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
McQuillan, PB and Young, CJ and Richardson, AMM, “A revision of the Australian moth genus Paralaea Guest (Lepidoptera: Geometridae: Ennominae)”, Invertebrate Taxonomy, 15 (3) pp. 277-317. doi:10.1071/IT99025 ISSN 0818-0164 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Melville, J and Swain, R, “Mitochondrial DNA-sequence based phylogeny and biogeography of the snow skinks (Squamata: Scincidae: Niveoscincus) of Tasmania”, Herpetologica, 56 (2) pp. 196-208. ISSN 0018-0831 (2000) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Nahrung, HF and Dunstan, PK and Allen, GR, “Larval gregariousness and neonate establishment of the eucalypt-feeding beetle Chrysophtharta agricola (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Paropsini)”, Oikos, 94 (2) pp. 358-364. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.940217.x ISSN 0030-1299 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Nelson, MM and Mooney, BD* and Nichols, PD* and Phleger, CF*, “Lipids of Antarctic Ocean amphipods: food chain interactions and the occurrence of novel biomarkers”, Marine Chemistry, 73 (1) pp. 53-64. doi:10.1016/S0304-4203(00)00072-4 ISSN 0304-4203 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Olsson, M* and Shine, R* and Wapstra, E, “Costs of reproduction in a lizard species: a comparison of observational and experimental data”, Oikos, 93 (1) pp. 121-125. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2001.930113.x ISSN 0030-1299 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Page, B and Goldsworthy, SD and Hindell, MA, “Vocal traits of hybrid fur seals: intermediate to their parental species”, Animal Behaviour , 61 pp. 959-967. doi:10.1006/anbe.2000.1663 ISSN 0003-3472 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Pankhurst, CE* and Pederson, HG and Hawke, BG*, “The usefulness of fatty acid analysis in differentiating species of Pythium, Rhizoctonia and Gaeumannomyces and as a tool for their detection in infected wheat roots”, Australasian Plant Pathology, 30 (3) pp. 191-197. doi:10.1071/AP01018 ISSN 0815-3191 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Phleger, CF* and Nelson, MM and Mooney, BD* and Nichols, PD*, “Interannual variations in the lipids of the Antarctic pteropods Clione limacina and Clio pyramidata”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B-Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 128 (3) pp. 553-564. doi:10.1016/S1096-4959(00)00356-0 ISSN 1096-4959 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Phleger, CF* and Nelson, MM and Mooney, BD* and Nichols, PD* and Ritar, AJ and Smith, GG and Hart, PR and Jeffs, AG*, “Lipids and nutrition of the southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, from hatch to puerulus”, Marine and Freshwater Research, 52 (8) pp. 1475-1486. doi:10.1071/MF01071 ISSN 1323-1650 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Richardson, AMM and Swain, R and McCoull, CJ, “Salt spray limits the inland penetration of a coastally restricted invertebrate: a field experiment using landhoppers (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae)”, Functional Ecology, 15 (4) pp. 435-442. doi:10.1046/j.0269-8463.2001.00545.x ISSN 0269-8463 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Ritz, DA and Foster, EG and Swadling, KM, “Benefits of swarming: mysids in larger swarms save energy”, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 81 (3) pp. 543-544. doi:10.1017/S0025315401004210 ISSN 0025-3154 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Smith, T and MacFadyen, AS and Rose, RW, “Hormonal control of birth behavior in the bandicoot (Perameles gunnii : Marsupialia) and other marsupials”, Physiology & Behavior, 72 (4) pp. 527-532. doi:10.1016/S0031-9384(00)00445-5 ISSN 0031-9384 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Swadling, KM, “Population structure of two Antarctic ice-associated copepods, Drescheriella glacialis and Paralabidocera antarctica, in winter sea ice”, Marine Biology, 139 (3) pp. 597-603. doi:10.1007/s002270100610 ISSN 0025-3162 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Swadling, KM and Dartnall, HJ* and Gibson, JAE* and Saulnier-Talbot, E* and Vincent, WF*, “Fossil rotifers and the early colonization of an Antarctic lake”, Quaternary Research, 55 (3) pp. 380-384. doi:10.1006/qres.2001.2222 ISSN 0033-5894 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Swain, R and Jones, SM, “Maternal effects associated with gestation conditions in a viviparous lizard, Niveoscincus metallicus”, Herpetological Monographs (14) pp. 432-440. doi:10.2307/1467056 ISSN 0733-1347 (2000) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Tierney, M and Hindell, MA and Lea, MA and Tollit, D*, “A comparison of techniques used to estimate body condition of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)”, Wildlife Research, 28 (6) pp. 581-588. doi:10.1071/WR00066 ISSN 1035-3712 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Trull, T and Gibson, JE* and Beaumont, KL and Bowman, J* and Burton, HR* and Davidson, AT* and Guichard, A* and Kirkwood, JM* and McMinn, A and Nichols, PD* and Skerratt, JH* and Summons, RE* and Swadling, KM and Volkman, JK*, “Site holds promise for ecosystem and biogeochemical investigations”, Eos, 82 (28) pp. 306,311. ISSN 0096-3941 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
van den Hoff, J, “Further observations on the cephalopod diet of Wandering Albatrosses (Diomedea exulans L.) at Macquarie Island”, Emu, 101 (2) pp. 169-172. doi:10.1071/MU00017 ISSN 0158-4197 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
van den Hoff, J, “Dispersal of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina L.) marked at Macquarie Island”, Wildlife Research, 28 (4) pp. 413-418. doi:10.1071/WR00065 ISSN 1035-3712 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R, “Reproductive Correlates of Abdominal Fat Body Mass in Niveoscincus occellatus, a Skink with an Asynchronous Reproductive Cycle”, Journal of Herpetology, 35 (3) pp. 403-409. doi:10.2307/1565958 ISSN 0022-1511 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R, “Geographic and annual variation in life-history traits in a temperate zone Australian skink”, Journal of Herpetology, 35 (2) pp. 194-203. doi:10.2307/1566108 ISSN 0022-1511 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Wapstra, E and Swain, R and O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM, “Geographic variation in age and size at maturity in a small Australian viviparous skink”, Copeia, 2001 (3) pp. 646-655. doi:10.1643/0045-8511(2001)001[0646:GVIAAS]2.0.CO;2 ISSN 0045-8511 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Wapstra, E and O'Reilly-Wapstra, JM, “Potential 'costs of reproduction' in a skink: Inter- and intrapopulational variation”, Austral Ecology, 26 (2) pp. 179-186. doi:10.1046/j.1442-9993.2001.01104.x ISSN 1442-9985 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Whinam, J* and Barmuta, LA and Chilcott, N*, “Floristic description and environmental relationships of Tasmanian Sphagnum communities and their conservation management”, Australian Journal of Botany, 49 (6) pp. 673-685. doi:10.1071/BT00095 ISSN 0067-1924 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Wynen, LP and Goldsworthy, SD and Insley, SJ* and Adams, M* and Bickham, JW* and Francis, J* and Gallo, JP* and Hoelzel, AR* and Majluf, P* and White, RWG and Slade, R*, “Phylogenetic Relationships within the Eared Seals (Otariidae: Carnivora): Implications for the Historical Biogeography of the Family”, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 21 (2) pp. 270-284. doi:10.1006/mpev.2001.1012 ISSN 1055-7903 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Conference Publication
Nelson, MM and Ritz, DA and Crear, BJ and Ritar, AJ and Nichols, PD*, “Growth and lipid composition of phyllosoma of the southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, fed enriched Artemia”, Fifth International Curstacean Congress and 'Summer' 2001 meeting of The Crustacean Society, 9-13 July 2001, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, pp. 111. (2001) [Conference Extract] [Detail]
Thesis
Frusher, SD, “Evaluation of techniques for estimating fishery assessment parameters in the Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery” (2001) [PhD] [Detail]
Hansen, B, “Systematics and phylogeny of the Tasmanian freshwater crayfish genus Parastacoides (Decapoda: Parastacoidae)” (2001) [PhD] [Detail]
McCoull, CJ, “Geographic variation and adaptation in the metallic skink (Niveoscincus metallicus)” (2001) [PhD] [Detail]
Ross, DJ, “Impact of the northern Pacific seastar Asterias amurensis on soft sediment assemblages, including commercial species, in southeast Tasmania” (2001) [PhD] [Detail]

* This author is not affiliated with the University of Tasmania.