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Research Report 2002 - Zoology

Journal Article
Andrew, NL* and Agatsuma, Y* and Ballesteros, E* and Bazhin, AG* and Creaser, EP* and Barnes, DKA* and Botsford, LW* and Bradbury, A* and Campbell, A* and Dixon, JD* and Einarsson, S* and Gerring, PK* and Hebert, K* and Hunter, M* and Hur, SR* and Johnson, CR and Juinio-Menez, MA* and Kalvass, P* and Miller, RJ* and Moreno, CA* and Palleiro, JS* and Rivas, D* and Robinson, SML* and Schroeter, SC* and Steneck, RS* and Vadas, RL* and Woodby, DA* and Xiaoqi, Z*, “Status and Management of World Sea Urchin Fisheries”, Oceanography and Marine Biology, 40 pp. 343-425. ISSN 0078-3218 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Arnould, JPY* and Hindell, MA, “Milk consumption, body composition and pre-weaning growth rates of Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) pups”, Journal of Zoology, 256 pp. 351-359. doi:10.1017/S0952836902000389 ISSN 0370-2774 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Atkins, N and Jones, SM and Edwards, A, “Fecal Testosterone Concentrations May Not Be Useful for Monitoring Reproductive Status in Male Blue-Tongued Lizards (Tiliqua nigrolutea: Scincidae)”, Journal of Herpetology, 36 (1) pp. 106-109. doi:10.2307/1565811 ISSN 0022-1511 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Barmuta, LA and Maher, WA* and Batley, GE*, “Guidelines for water quality monitoring and reporting”, Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 7 (2) pp. 199-208. ISSN 1323-3475 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Beaumont, KL and Nash, GV* and Davidson, AT*, “Ultrastructure, morphology and flux of microzooplankton faecal pellets in an east Antarctic fjord”, Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 245 pp. 133-148. doi:10.3354/meps245133 ISSN 0171-8630 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bennett, EJ and Jones, SM, “Interrelationships among plasma progesterone concentrations, luteal anatomy and function, and placental ontogeny during gestation in a viviparous lizard (Niveoscincus metallicus: Scincidae)”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 131 (3) pp. 647-656. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(01)00495-0 ISSN 1095-6433 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bradshaw, CJA and Davis, LS* and Purvis, M* and Zhou, Q* and Benwell, GL*, “Using artificial neural networks to model the suitability of coastline for breeding by New Zealand fur seals (Arctocephalus forsteri)”, Ecological Modelling, 148 (2) pp. 111-131. doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00425-2 ISSN 0304-3800 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bradshaw, CJA and McMahon, CR* and Hindell, MA and Pistorious, PA* and Bester, MN*, “Do southern elephant seals show density dependence in fecundity?”, Polar Biology, 25 (9) pp. 650-655. doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0396-5 ISSN 0722-4060 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bradshaw, CJA and Hindell, MA and Michael, KJ and Sumner, MD, “The optimal spatial scale for the analysis of elephant seal foraging as determined by geo-location in relation to sea surface temperatures”, ICES Journal of Marine Science, 59 (4) pp. 770-781. doi:10.1006/jmsc.2002.1246 ISSN 1054-3139 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bulman, CM and He, X* and Koslow, JA*, “Trophic ecology of the mid-slope demersal fish community off southern Tasmania, Australia”, Marine and Freshwater Research, 53 (1) pp. 59-72. doi:10.1071/MF01057 ISSN 1323-1650 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Burton, H* and van den Hoff, J, “Humans and the Southern Elephant Seal Mirounga leonina”, Australian Mammalogy, 24 (1) pp. 127-139. doi:10.1071/AM02127 ISSN 0310-0049 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Chapple, DG and McCoull, CJ and Swain, R, “Changes in Reproductive Investment following Caudal Autotomy in Viviparous Skinks (Niveoscincus metallicus): Lipid Depletion or Energetic Diversion?”, Journal of Herpetology, 36 (3) pp. 480-486. doi:10.2307/1566193 ISSN 0022-1511 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Chapple, DG and Swain, R, “Effect of caudal autotomy on locomotor performance in a viviparous skink, Niveoscincus metallicus”, Functional Ecology, 16 (6) pp. 817-825. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2435.2002.00687.x ISSN 0269-8463 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Chapple, DG and Swain, R, “Distribution of energy reserves in a viviparous skink: Does tail autotomy involve the loss of lipid stores?”, Austral Ecology, 27 (5) pp. 565-572. doi:10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01217.x ISSN 1442-9985 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Close, DC and McArthur, C, “Rethinking the role of many plant phenolics - protection from photodamage not herbivores?”, Oikos, 99 (1) pp. 166-172. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2002.990117.x ISSN 0030-1299 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edgar, GJ and Barrett, NS, “Benthic macrofauna in Tasmanian estuaries: scales of distribution and relationships with environmental variables”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 270 (1) pp. 1-24. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00014-X ISSN 0022-0981 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM and Davies, NW, “A possible alternative to 17 beta-estradiol in a viviparous lizard, Tiliqua nigrolutea”, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 129 (2) pp. 114-121. doi:10.1016/S0016-6480(02)00523-3 ISSN 0016-6480 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM and Wapstra, E, “Multiennial reproduction in females of a viviparous, temperate-zone skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea”, Herpetologica, 58 (4) pp. 407-414. doi:10.1655/0018-0831(2002)058[0407:MRIFOA]2.0.CO;2 ISSN 0018-0831 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Evans, K and Morrice, MG and Hindell, MA and Thiele, D*, “Three mass strandings of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) in southern Australian waters”, Marine Mammal Science, 18 (3) pp. 622-643. doi:10.1111/j.1748-7692.2002.tb01063.x ISSN 0824-0469 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Evans, K and Hindell, MA and Robertson, K* and Lockyear, C* and Rice, D*, “Factors affecting the precision of age determination of sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus)”, Journal of Cetacean Research and Management, 4 (2) pp. 1-9. ISSN 1561-0713 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Field, IC and Bradshaw, CJA and McMahon, CR* and Harrington, JJ and Burton, HR*, “Effects of age, size and condition of elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) on their intravenous anaesthesia with tiletamine and zolazepam”, Veterinary Record, 151 (8) pp. 235-240. doi:10.1136/vr.151.8.235 ISSN 0042-4900 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Gartrell, BD and Girling, JE and Edwards, A and Jones, SM, “Comparison of noninvasive methods for the evaluation of female reproductive condition in a large viviparous lizard, Tiliqua nigrolutea”, Zoo Biology, 21 (3) pp. 253-268. doi:10.1002/zoo.10017 ISSN 0733-3188 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Gartrell, BD, “Assessment of the reproductive state in male swift parrots (Lathamus discolor) by testicular aspiration and cytology”, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 16 (3) pp. 211-217. doi:10.1647/1082-6742(2002)016[0211:AOTRSI]2.0.CO;2 ISSN 1082-6742 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Girling, JE and Jones, SM and Swain, R, “Induction of Parturition in Snow Skinks; Can Low Temperatures Inhibit the Actions of AVT?”, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 293 (5) pp. 525-531. doi:10.1002/jez.90007 ISSN 0022-104X (2002) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Girling, JE, “The Reptilian Oviduct: A Review of Structure and Function and Directions for Future Research”, Journal of Experimental Zoology, 293 (2) pp. 141-170. doi:10.1002/jez.10105 ISSN 0022-104X (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Girling, JE and Jones, SM and Swain, R, “Delayed ovulation and parturition in a viviparous alpine lizard (Niveoscincus microlepidotus): morphological data and plasma steroid concentrations”, Reproduction Fertility and Development, 14 (1) pp. 43-53. doi:10.1071/RD01091 ISSN 1031-3613 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Hansen, B and Richardson, AMM, “Geographic ranges, sympatry and the influence of environmental factors on the distribution of species of an endemic Tasmanian freshwater crayfish”, Invertebrate Systematics, 16 (4) pp. 621-629. doi:10.1071/IT01037 ISSN 1445-5226 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Harcourt, RG* and Bradshaw, CJA and Dickson, K* and Davis, LS*, “Foraging ecology of a generalist predator, the female New Zealand fur seal”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 227 pp. 11-24. doi:10.3354/meps227011 ISSN 0171-8630 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Hindell, MA and Harcourt, RG* and Waas, JR* and Thompson, D*, “Fine-scale three-dimensional spatial use by diving, lactating female Weddell seals Leptonychotes weddellii”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 242 pp. 275-284. doi:10.3354/meps242275 ISSN 0171-8630 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Hingston, AB and Marsden-Smedley, J* and Driscoll, DA and Corbett, S* and Fenton, J* and Anderson, R and Plowman, C* and Mowling, F and Jenkin, MC and Matsui, K* and Bonham, KJ and Ilowski, M* and McQuillan, PB and Yaxley, BK and Reid, T* and Storey, D* and Poole, L* and Mallick, S and Fitzgerald, NB and Kirkpatrick, JB and Febey, J* and Harwood, A and Michaels, KF and Russell, MJ and Black, PG* and Emmerson, L and Visoiu, MH and Morgan, J* and Breen, S* and Gates, S and Bantich, MN and Desmarchelier, J, “Extent of invasion of Tasmanian native vegetation by the exotic bumblebee Bombus terrestris (Apoidea: Apidae)”, Austral Ecology, 27 (2) pp. 162-172. doi:10.1046/j.1442-9993.2002.01179.x ISSN 1442-9985 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Holman, N and Bartlett, JP* and Evans, BS and Elliott, NG*, “Comparison of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA analyses of population structure in blacklip abalone Haliotis rubra Leach”, Marine and Freshwater Research, 53 (3) pp. 711-718. doi:10.1071/MF01197 ISSN 1323-1650 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Humphrey, CL* and Barmuta, LA and Davies, PE and Davis, JA* and Mapstone, BD and Trayler, KM* and Ward, TJ* and Biggs, BJF*, “Incorporating biological assessment into new generation water quality guidelines in Australia and New Zealand”, Australasian Journal of Ecotoxicology, 7 (1) pp. 65-80. ISSN 1323-3475 (2001) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Jarman, SN* and Gales, NJ* and Tierney, M and Gill, PC* and Eliott, NG*, “A DNA-based method for identification of krill species and its application to analysing the diet of marine vertebrate predators”, Molecular Ecology, 11 (12) pp. 2679-2690. doi:10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01641.x ISSN 0962-1083 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Johnson, CR and Boerlijst, MC*, “Selection at the level of the community: the importance of spatial structure”, Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 17 (2) pp. 83-90. doi:10.1016/S0169-5347(01)02385-0 ISSN 0169-5347 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Johnson, CR and Seinen, I*, “Selection for restraint in competitive ability in spatial competition systems”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 269 (1492) pp. 655-663. doi:10.1098/rspb.2001.1948 ISSN 0962-8452 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lea, MA and Cherel, Y* and Guinet, C* and Nichols, PD*, “Antarctic fur seals foraging in the Polar Frontal Zone: inter-annual shifts in diet as shown from fecal and fatty acid analyses”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 245 pp. 281-297. doi:10.3354/meps245281 ISSN 0171-8630 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lea, MA and Nichols, PD and Wilson, G*, “Fatty acid composition of lipid-rich myctophids and mackerel icefish (Champsocephalus gunnari) - Southern ocean food-web implications”, Polar Biology, 25 (11) pp. 843-854. doi:10.1007/s00300-002-0428-1 ISSN 0722-4060 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lea, MA and Hindell, MA and Guinet, C* and Goldsworthy, SD*, “Variability in the diving activity of Antarctic fur seals, Arctocephalus gazella, at Iles Kerguelen”, Polar Biology, 25 (4) pp. 269-279. doi:10.1007/s00300-001-0339-6 ISSN 0722-4060 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lea, MA and Bonadonna, F* and Hindell, MA and Guinet, C* and Goldsworthy, SD*, “Drinking behaviour and water turnover rates of Antarctic fur seal pups: implications for the estimation of milk intake by isotopic dilution”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 132 (2) pp. 321-331. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00030-2 ISSN 1095-6433 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Marshall, JA and Newman, SJ, “Differences in photoprotective pigment production between Japanese and Australian strains of Chattonella marina (Raphidophyceae)”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 272 (1) pp. 13-27. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(02)00034-5 ISSN 0022-0981 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
McGaffin, AF and Nicol, S* and Ritz, DA, “Changes in muscle tissue of shrinking Antarctic krill”, Polar Biology, 25 (3) pp. 180-186. doi:10.1007/s003000100325 ISSN 0722-4060 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
McMahon, CR* and Hindell, MA and Dorr, T and Massom, RA, “Winter distribution and abundance of crabeater seals off George V Land, East Antarctica”, Antarctic Science, 14 (2) pp. 128-133. doi:10.1017/S0954102002000688 ISSN 0954-1020 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Melville, J, “Competition and character displacement in two species of scincid lizards”, Ecology Letters, 5 (3) pp. 386-393. doi:10.1046/j.1461-0248.2002.00328.x ISSN 1461-023X (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Mesibov, R* and Bonham, KJ and Doran, N* and Meggs, J* and Munks, SA and Otley, H* and Richards, K, “Single-species sampling in Tasmania: an inefficient approach to invertebrate conservation?”, Invertebrate Systematics, 16 (4) pp. 655-663. doi:10.1071/IT01036 ISSN 1445-5226 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Metillo, EB and Ritz, DA, “Laminarinase activity in three co-ocurring mysides (Crustacea: Mysidacea) from southeastern Tasmania, Australia”, The Philippine Scientist, 38 pp. 82-101. ISSN 0079-1466 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Murphy, KR and Ritz, DA and Hewitt, CL, “Heterogeneous zooplankton distribution in a ship's ballast tanks”, Journal of Plankton Research, 24 (7) pp. 729-734. doi:10.1093/plankt/24.7.729 ISSN 0142-7873 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Nelson, MM and Cox, SL* and Ritz, DA, “Function of mouthparts in feeding behavior of Phyllosoma larvae of the Packhorse Lobster, Jasus verreauxi (Decapoda: Palinuridae)”, Journal of Crustacean Biology, 22 (3) pp. 595-600. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2002)022[0595:FOMIFB]2.0.CO;2 ISSN 0278-0372 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Nelson, MM and Mooney, BD* and Nichols, PD* and Phleger, CF* and Smith, GG and Hart, P and Ritar, AJ, “The Effect of Diet on the Biochemical Composition of Juvenile Artemia: Potential Formulations for Rock Lobster Aquaculture”, Journal of the World Aquaculture Society, 33 (2) pp. 146-157. doi:10.1111/j.1749-7345.2002.tb00489.x ISSN 0893-8849 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Page, BC and Goldsworthy, SD* and Hindell, MA and Mckenzie, J*, “Interspecific differences in male vocalizations of three sympatric fur seals (Arctocephalus spp.)”, Journal of Zoology, 258 pp. 49-56. doi:10.1017/S095283690200119X ISSN 0022-5460 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Page, BC and Goldsworthy, SD* and Hindell, MA, “Individual vocal traits of mother and pup fur seals”, Bioacoustics, 13 (2) pp. 121-143. doi:10.1080/09524622.2002.9753491 ISSN 0952-4622 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Ritz, DA and Newman, L and Swadling, KM and Nicol, S* and Osborn, JE, “Heart rate as a measure of stress in Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba”, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83 (2) pp. 329-330 . doi:10.1017/S002531540300715Xh ISSN 0025-3154 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Ritz, DA, “Comment on Alonzo & Mangel (2001) Survival strategies and growth of krill: avoiding predators in space and time”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 2002 (244) pp. 307-308. doi:10.3354/meps244307 ISSN 0171-8630 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Robinson, S and Goldsworthy, SD* and van den Hoff, J* and Hindell, MA, “The foraging ecology of two sympatric fur seal species, Arctocephalus gazella and Arctocephalus tropicalis, at Macquarie Island during the austral summer”, Marine and Freswater Research, 53 (7) pp. 1071-1082. doi:10.1071/MF01218 ISSN 1323-1650 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Robson, BJ* and Chester, EJ* and Barmuta, LA, “Using fractal geometry to make rapid field measurements of riverbed topography at ecologically useful spatial scales”, Marine and Freshwater Research, 53 (6) pp. 999-1003. doi:10.1071/MF01222 ISSN 1323-1650 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Ross, DJ and Johnson, CR and Hewitt, CL, “Impact of introduced seastars Asterias amurensis on survivorship of juvenile commercial bivalves Fulvia tenuicostata”, Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 241 pp. 99-112. doi:10.3354/meps241099 ISSN 0171-8630 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Scott, SL and McArthur, C and Potts, BM and Joyce, K*, “Possum browsing - the downside to a eucalypt hybrid developed for frost tolerance in plantation forestry”, Forest Ecology and Management, 157 (1-3) pp. 231-245. doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(00)00648-4 ISSN 0378-1127 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Smith, GG and Ritar, AJ and Phleger, CF* and Nelson, MM and Mooney, B* and Nichols, PD* and Hart, PR, “Changes in gut content and composition of juvenile Artemia after oil enrichment and during starvation”, Aquaculture, 208 (1-2) pp. 137-158. doi:10.1016/S0044-8486(01)00796-7 ISSN 0044-8486 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Sprent, JA and McArthur, C, “Diet and diet selection of two species in the macropodid browser-grazer continuum: do they eat what they 'should'?”, Australian Journal of Zoology, 50 (2) pp. 183-192. doi:10.1071/ZO01043 ISSN 0004-959X (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Tierney, M and Hindell, MA and Goldsworthy, SD*, “Energy content of mesopelagic fish from Macquarie Island”, Antarctic Science, 14 (3) pp. 225-230. doi:10.1017/S0954102002000020 ISSN 0954-1020 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Turnbull, D and Barmuta, LA, “Substrate complexity influences the preference of a predatory stonefly, Eusthenia costalis BANKS (Plecoptera: Eustheniidae), for its prey”, Archiv fur Hydrobiologie, 155 (3) pp. 481-492. doi:10.1127/archiv-hydrobiol/155/2002/481 ISSN 0003-9136 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Book
Downes, BJ* and Barmuta, LA and Fairweather, PG* and Faith, DP* and Keogh, MJ* and Lake, PS* and Mapstone, BD and Quinn, GP*, Monitoring Ecological Impacts - Concepts and practice in flowing waters, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 434. ISBN 0521771579 (2002) [Authored Research Book] [Detail]
Gooderham, J and Tsyrlin, E*, The Waterbug Book - A Guide to the Freshwater Macroinvertebrates of Temperate Australia, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 232. ISBN 0-643-06668-3 (2002) [Authored Other Book] [Detail]
Chapter in Book
Hindell, MA, “Breeding sites”, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, William F. Perin, Bernd Wursig, JGM Thewissen (ed), California, pp. 169-171. ISBN 0-12-551340-2 (2002) [Research Book Chapter] [Detail]
Hindell, MA, “Elephant seals”, Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals, Academic Press, William F. Perrin, Bernd Wursig, JGM Thewissen (ed), California, pp. 370-373. ISBN 0-12-551340-2 (2002) [Research Book Chapter] [Detail]
Conference Publication
Richardson, AMM and Swain, R, “The sting in the tail - spination of the tail fan in freshwater crayfish”, Freshwater Crayfish 13, 6-12 August, 2000, Perth, Western Australia, pp. 515-524. ISBN 0-9581424-0-8 (2002) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Detail]
Thesis
Bulman, CM, “Trophic ecology and food web modelling of mid-slope demersal fishes off Southern Tasmania, Australia” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]
Dunstan, PK, “Spatial self-organising as an important determinant of community dynamics in a temperate marine epibenthic community” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]
Elvey, WF, “The impacts of brown trout (Salmo trutta) in streams: the implications of prey identity and habitat” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]
Fulton, EA, “The effects of model structure and complexity on the behaviour and performance of marine ecosystem models” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]
Gartrell, BD, “Nutritional and physiological constraints on reproduction in the endangered swift parrot, Lathamus discolor” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]
Le Mar, K, “Spatial organisation and habitat selection patterns of three marsupial herbivores within a patchy forestry environment” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]
Morris, AE, “Early life history of the introduced sea star Asterias amurensis in the Derwent Estuary, Tasmania: The potential for ecology-based management” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]
Ziegler, PE, “Catchability of the southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii” (2002) [PhD] [Detail]

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