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Research Report 2003 - Zoology

Journal Article
Barmuta, LA, “Imperilled rivers of Australia: Challenges for assessment and conservation”, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management, 6 (1) pp. 55-68. doi:10.1080/14634980301476 ISSN 1463-4988 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Best, NJ and Bradshaw, CJA and Hindell, MA and Nichols, PD, “Vertical stratification of fatty acids in the blubber of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina): implications for diet analysis”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology B - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 134* (2) pp. 253-263. doi:10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00252-X ISSN 1096-4959 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bethge, P and Munks, SA and Otley, HM and Nicol, SC, “Diving behaviour, dive cycles and aerobic dive limit in the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A, 136 (4) pp. 799-809. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00198-3 ISSN 1095-6433 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Biuw, M* and McConnell, B* and Bradshaw, CJA and Burton, H* and Fedal, M, “Blubber and buoyancy: monitoring the body condition of free-ranging seals using simple dive characteristics”, Journal of Experimental Biology, 206* (19) pp. 3405-3423. doi:10.1242/jeb.00583 ISSN 0022-0949 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Born, AF* and Espinoza, E* and Murillo, JC* and Nicolaides, F* and Edgar, GJ, “Effects of the Jessica oil spill on artisanal fisheries in the Galápagos”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 47 (7-8) pp. 319-324. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00161-9 ISSN 0025-326X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Bradshaw, CJA and Barker, RJ* and Harcourt, RG* and Davis, LS, “Estimating survival and capture probability of fur seal pups using multistate mark-recatpure models”, Journal of Mammalogy, 84 (1) pp. 65-80. doi:10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0065:ESACPO>2.0.CO;2 ISSN 0022-2372 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]*
Bradshaw, CJA and Harcourt, RG* and Davis, LS, “Male-biased sex ratios in New Zealand fur seal pups relative to environmental variation”, Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology, 53 (5) pp. 297-307. doi:10.1007/s00265-003-0580-9 ISSN 0340-5443 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]*
Bradshaw, CJA and Hindell, MA and Best, NJ and Phillips, KL* and Wilson, G* and Nichols, PD, “You are what you eat: describing the foraging ecology of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) using blubber fatty acids”, Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B - Biological Sciences, 270* (1521) pp. 1283-1292. doi:10.1098/rspb.2003.2371 ISSN 0962-8452 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Buttemer, WA and Nicol, SC and Sharman, AJ, “Thermoenergetics of pre-moulting and moulting kookaburras (Dacelo novaeguineae): they're laughing”, Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 173 (3) pp. 223-230. doi:10.1007/s00360-003-0326-z ISSN 0174-1578 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Clapcott, J and Bunn, SE, “Can C4 plants contribute to aquatic food webs of subtropical streams?”, Freshwater Biology, 48 (6) pp. 1105-1116. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2427.2003.01077.x ISSN 0046-5070 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]*
Close, DC, “Rural Tree Decline in Tasmania: A Complex of Factors”, The Tasmanian Naturalist, 125 pp. 27-31. ISSN 0123-4567 (2003) [Letter or Note in Journal] [Detail]
Cohen, PJ and Ritz, DA, “Role of kairomones in feeding interactions between seahorses and mysids”, Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 83 (3) pp. 633-638. doi:10.1017/S0025315403007574h ISSN 0025-3154 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Dixon, KJ and Rose, RW, “Thermal energetics of Nyctophilus geoffroyi (Chiroptera : Vespertilloinidae) at the southern limits of its distribution”, Australian Journal of Zoology, 51 (1) pp. 43-50. doi:10.1071/ZO02039 ISSN 0004-959X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Dunstan, PK and Johnson, CR, “Competition coefficients in a marine epibenthic assemblage depend on spatial structure”, Oikos, 100 (1) pp. 79-88. doi:10.1034/j.1600-0706.2003.11462.x ISSN 0030-1299 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edgar, GJ and Snell, HL* and Lougheed, LW, “Impacts of the Jessica* oil spill: an introduction”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 47 (40397) pp. 273-275. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00155-3 ISSN 0025-326X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edgar, GJ and Marshall, PA* and Mooney, P, “The effect of the Jessica* grounding on Galápagos reef fish communities adjacent to the wreck site”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 47 (7-8) pp. 296-302. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00158-9 ISSN 0025-326X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edgar, GJ and Kerrison, L* and Shepherd, SA* and Toral-Granda, MV, “Impacts of the Jessica* oil spill on intertidal and shallow subtidal plants and animals”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 47 (7-8) pp. 276-283. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00156-5 ISSN 0025-326X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Edgar, GJ and Klumpp, DW, “Consistencies over regional scales in assemblages of mobile epifauna associated with natural and artificial plants of different shape”, Aquatic Botany, 75 (4) pp. 275-291. doi:10.1016/S0304-3770(02)00194-8 ISSN 0304-3770 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]*
Edwards, A and Jones, SM and Davies, NW, “Sex and season influence gonadal steroid biosynthetic pathways, end-product production and steroid conjugation in blotched blue-tongued lizards (Tiliqua nigrolutea)”, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 134 (2) pp. 131-138. doi:10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00243-0 ISSN 0016-6480 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM, “Mating behaviour in the blotched blue-tongued lizard, Tiliqua nigrolutea, in captivity”, Herpetofauna, 33 (2) pp. 60-64. ISSN 0725-1424 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Evans, K and Hindell, MA and Thiele, D, “Body fat and condition in sperm whales, Physeter macrocephalus, from southern Australian waters”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part A - Molecular & Integrative Physiology, 134* (4) pp. 847-862. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(03)00045-X ISSN 1095-6433 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Fulton, EA and Smith, ADM* and Johnson, CR, “Effect of complexity on marine ecosystem models”, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 253 pp. 1-16. doi:10.3354/meps253001 ISSN 0171-8630 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Fulton, EA and Smith, ADM* and Johnson, CR, “Mortality and predation in ecosystem models: is it important how these are expressed?”, Ecological Modelling, 169 (1) pp. 157-178. doi:10.1016/S0304-3800(03)00268-0 ISSN 0304-3800 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Gartrell, BD and Raidal, SR* and Jones, SM, “Renal disease in captive swift parrots (Lathamus discolor): Clinical findings and disease management”, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 17 (4) pp. 213-223 . doi:10.1647/2002-001 ISSN 1082-6742 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Gartrell, BD and Raidal, SR* and Jones, SM, “Renal disease in captive swift parrots (Lathamus discolor): The effect of diet on plasma uric acid concentrations”, Journal of Avian Medicine and Surgery, 17 (4) pp. 206-212. doi:10.1647/2002-002 ISSN 1082-6742 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Gelin, A* and Gravez, V* and Edgar, GJ, “Assessment of Jessica oil spill impacts on intertidal invertebrate communities”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 46 (11) pp. 1377-1384. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00368-0 ISSN 0025-326X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Girling, JE and Jones, SM, “In vitro progesterone production by maternal and embryonic tissues during gestation in the southern snow skink (Niveoscincus microlepidotus)”, General and Comparative Endocrinology, 133 (1) pp. 100-108. doi:10.1016/S0016-6480(03)00147-3 ISSN 0016-6480 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Hindell, MA and Bradshaw, CJA and Sumner, MD and Michael, KJ and Burton, HR, “Dispersal of female southern elephant seals and their prey consumption during the austral summer: relevance to management and oceanographic zones”, Journal of Applied Ecology, 40 (4) pp. 703-715. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2664.2003.00832.x ISSN 0021-8901 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]*
Jones, ME and Paetkau, D* and Geffen, E* and Moritz, C, “Microsatellites for the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus laniarius)”, Molecular Ecology Notes, 3 (2) pp. 277-279. doi:10.1046/j.1471-8286.2003.00425.x ISSN 1471-8278 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]*
Kabat, AP and Rose, RW and West, AK, “Non-shivering thermogenesis in a carnivorous marsupial, Sarcophilus harrisii, in the absence of UCPI”, Journal of Thermal Biology, 28 (5) pp. 413-420. doi:10.1016/S0306-4565(03)00026-3 ISSN 0306-4565 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Kabat, AP and Rose, RW and Harris, JA and West, AK, “Molecular identification of uncoupling proteins (UCP2 and UCP3) and absence of UCP1 in the marsupial Tasmanian bettong, Bettongia gaimardi”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, 134 (1) pp. 71-77. doi:10.1016/S1096-4959(02)00189-6 ISSN 1096-4959 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Lalas, C* and Bradshaw, CJA, “Expectations for populations growth at new breeding locations for the vulnerable New Zealand sea lion (Phocarctos hookeri) using a simulations model”, Biological Conservation, 114 (1) pp. 67-78. doi:10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00421-4 ISSN 0006-3207 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Mandelik, Y* and Jones, ME and Dayan, T, “Structurally complex habitat and sensory adaptations mediate the behavioural responses of a desert rodent to an indirect cue for increased predation risk”, Evolutionary Ecology Research, 5 (4) pp. 501-515. ISSN 1522-0613 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]*
Marshall, PA* and Edgar, GJ, “The effect of the Jessica grounding on subtidal invertebrate and plant communities at the Galápagos wreck site”, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 47 (7-8) pp. 284-295. doi:10.1016/S0025-326X(03)00157-7 ISSN 0025-326X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Martin-Smith, KM and Lam, TF* and Lee, SK, “Trade in Pipehorses Solegnathus* spp. for traditional medicine in Hong Kong”, Traffic Bulletin, 19 (3) pp. 139-148. ISSN 0267-4297 (2003) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] [Detail]
McArthur, C and Marsh, NR* and Close, DC and Walsh, A* and Paterson, SC and Fitzgerald, H and Davies, NW, “Nursery conditions affect seedling chemistry, morphology and herbivore preferences for Eucalyptus nitens”, Forest Ecology and Management, 176 (1-3) pp. 585-594. doi:10.1016/S0378-1127(02)00315-8 ISSN 0378-1127 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
McMahon, CR* and Hindell, MA, “Twinning in southern elephant seals: the implications of resource allocation by mothers”, Wildlife Research, 30 (1) pp. 35-39. doi:10.1071/WR01069 ISSN 1035-3712 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Meggs, JM and Munks, SA, “Distribution, habitat characteristics and conservation requirements of a forest-dependent threatened invertebrate Lissotes latidens (Coleoptera: Lucanidae)”, Journal of Insect Conservation, 7 (3) pp. 137-152. doi:10.1023/A:1027333323362 ISSN 1366-638X (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Melville, J and Swain, R, “Evolutionary correlations between escape behaviour and performance ability in eight species of snow skinks (Niveoscincus: Lygosominae) from Tasmania”, Journal of Zoology, 261 pp. 79-89. doi:10.1017/S0952836903003984 ISSN 0952-8369 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Metillo, EB and Ritz, DA, “Differential chemosensory feeding behaviour by three co-occurring mysids (Crustacea, Mysidacea) from southeastern Tasmania”, Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A - Molecular and Integrative Physiology, 134 (2) pp. 399-408. doi:10.1016/S1095-6433(02)00293-3 ISSN 1095-6433 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Nelson, MM and Crear, BJ and Nichols, PD* and Ritz, DA, “Feeding Southern Rock Lobster, Jasus Edwardsii Hutton, 1875, Phyllosomata in Culture: Recent Progress with Lipid-Enriched Artemia”, Journal of Shellfish Research, 22 (1) pp. 225-233. ISSN 0730-8000 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Richardson, AMM and Swain, R and McCoull, CJ, “What limits the distributions of coastally restricted terrestrial invertebrates? The case of coastal landhoppers (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Talitridae) in southern Tasmania”, Journal of Biogeography, 30 (5) pp. 687-695. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2699.2003.00850.x ISSN 0305-0270 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Rose, RW and Morahan, TM and Mulchay, JE and Ratkowsky, DA, “Milk composition and growth in wild and captive Tasmanian bettongs, Bettongia gaimardi (Marsupialia)”, Journal of Comparative Physiology B=Biochemical Systemic and Environmental Physiology, 173 (2) pp. 125-133. doi:10.1007/s00360-002-0315-7 ISSN 0174-1578 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Ross, DJ and Johnson, CR and Hewitt, CL, “Variability in the impact of an introduced predator (Asterias amurensis: Asteroidea) on soft-sediment assemblages”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 288 (2) pp. 257-278. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00022-4 ISSN 0022-0981 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Ross, DJ and Johnson, CR and Hewitt, CL, “Assessing the ecological impacts of an introduced seastar: the importance of multiple methods”, Biological Invasions, 5 (5) pp. 3-21. doi:10.1023/A:1024019428616 ISSN 1387-3547 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Sumner, MD and Michael, KJ and Bradshaw, CJA and Hindell, MA, “Remote sensing of Southern Ocean sea surface temperature: implications for marine biophysical models”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 84 (2) pp. 161-173. doi:10.1016/S0034-4257(02)00103-7 ISSN 0034-4257 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Valentine, JP and Johnson, CR, “Establishment of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida in Tasmania depends on disturbance to native algal assemblages”, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 295 (1) pp. 63-90. doi:10.1016/S0022-0981(03)00272-7 ISSN 0022-0981 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Walsh, CJ* and Gooderham, J and Grace, MR* and Sdraulig, S* and Rosyidi, MI* and Lelono, A, “The relative influence of diffuse- and point-source disturbances on a small upland stream in East Java, Indonesia: a preliminary investigation”, Hydrobiologia, 487* pp. 183-192. doi:10.1023/A:1022990822198 ISSN 0018-8158 (2002) [Refereed Article] [Detail]
Wiggins, NL and McArthur, C and McLean, SR and Boyle, RR, “Effects of two plant secondary metabolites, cineole and gallic acid, on nightly feeding patterns of the Common Brushtail Possum”, Journal of Chemical Ecology, 29 (6) pp. 1447-1464 . doi:10.1023/A:1024221705354 ISSN 0098-0331 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Ziegler, PE and Frusher, SD and Johnson, CR, “Space-time variation in catchability of southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii in Tasmania explained by environmental, physiological and density-dependent processes”, Fisheries Research, 61 (1-3) pp. 107-123. doi:10.1016/S0165-7836(02)00240-0 ISSN 0165-7836 (2003) [Refereed Article] [Detail]

Book
Jones, ME and Dickman, C* and Archer, M, Predators with Pouches: The Biology of Carnivorous Marsupials, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood, pp. 475. ISBN 0643066349 (2003) [Edited Book] [Detail]*
Ritz, DA and Swadling, KM and Hosie, G* and Cazassus, FM, Guide to Zooplankton of south eastern Australia, Fauna of Tasmania Committee, Hobart, pp. 90. ISBN 1862951144 (2003) [Authored Other Book] [Detail]

Conference Publication
Bethge, P and Munks, SA and Nicol, SC, “Aerobic dive limit and the organisation of the dive cycle in the platypus Ornithorhynchus anatinus”, Monotreme Biology, Feb 2003, Tasmania, pp. 2. (2003) [Conference Extract] [Detail]
Bethge, P and Munks, SA and Otley, HM and Nicol, SC, “Platypus burrow temperatures”, Monotreme III Abstracts, July 2003, Sydney, pp. 2. (2003) [Conference Extract] [Detail]
Edwards, A and Jones, SM and Davies, NW, “Working to identify an exciting steroid in a viviparous skink, Tiliqua nigrolutea”, Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry 20th Conference, 5th-7th December, 2003, Hobart, pp. book of abstracts. (2003) [Conference Extract] [Detail]
Jones, SM and Barmuta, LA, “Challenging students to think critically: a science unit focussing on generic skills”, Proceedings from HERDSA Conference 2003, July, New Zealand, pp. 6pp. (2003) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] [Detail]
Jones, SM and Koutoulis, A and Brown, NR, “Why do they come and why do they stay? Meeting the needs and expectations of undergraduate students in the life sciences”, Proceedings from HERDSA Conference 2003, February, New Zealand (2003) [Non Refereed Conference Paper] [Detail]
Nicol, SC and Andersen, NA and Jones, SM and Vedel-Smith, C* and Reye, A, “Timing of hibernation and reproduction in Tasmanian echidnas”, Proceedings of the Australian and New Zealand Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry, Dec 2003, Hobart, pp. 33. ISBN 0-9580135-1-9 (2003) [Conference Extract] [Detail]*

Thesis
Beaumont, KL, “Planktonic interactions and particulate flux in Ellis Fjord, East Antarctica” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]
Chapman, ME, “The social behaviour and captive management of Bennett's wallabies, Macropus rufogriseus rufogriseus” (2003) [Masters Research] [Detail]
Ikonomopoulou, M, “Lactation and thermal energetics of the Eastern barred bandicoot Perameles gunnii (Marsupialia: Peramedlidae)” (2003) [Masters Research] [Detail]
Kabat, AP, “The physiological mechanicms of endothermy in marsupials: Identification of thermogenic abilities and expression of uncoupling proteins” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]
Kusuma Yuni, LPE, “Time energy budget of the New Holland honeyeater Phylidonyris novaehollandiae (Aves: Meliphagidae) near Hobart, Tasmania” (2003) [Masters Research] [Detail]
Meggs, JM, “Threatened staf beetles in Tasmania's production forests: single-species studies contributing to biodiversity conservation” (2003) [Masters Research] [Detail]
Nelson, MM, “Role of lipids in the diet of cultured and wild rock lobster larvae” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]
Pederson, HG, “Population dynamics of the sea urchin Heliocidris erythroramma on the east coast of Tasmania” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]
Tarbath, DB, “Population parameters of Blacklip Abalone (Haliotis rubra Leach) at the Actaeons in South-east Tasmania” (2003) [Masters Research] [Detail]
Terauds, A, “Population biology and ecology of Albatrosses on Macquarie Island: Implications of conservation status” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]
Valentine, JP, “Establishment and persistence of dense stand of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]
Warfe, DM, “The role of habitat structure in a freshwater food web” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]
Welsford, DC, “Early life history, settlement dynamics and growth of the Temperate Wrasse, Notolabrus fucicola (Richardson 1840) on the east coast of Tasmania” (2003) [PhD] [Detail]

Entry
Rose, RW, “Rat-kangaroos (Potoroidae)”, Grzimeks Animal Life Encyclopedia: Mammal, DG Kleiman, V Geist, M Hutchins & MC Dade (ed), Michigan, USA, 13, pp. 73-81 (2003) [Entry] [Detail]

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