A5009715918- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Identification and Quantification in Food
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Marine and fisheries research
- Aquatic life and conservation
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine and coastal plant biology
- Protist diversity and phylogeny
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Marine Ecology and Invasive Species
- Conservation, Ecology, Wildlife Education
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Animal and Plant Science Education
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Marine and Coastal Ecosystems
- Parasite Biology and Host Interactions
- Cruise Tourism Development and Management
- Echinoderm biology and ecology
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
2021-2024
University of Leeds
2020-2024
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
2021-2024
Curtin University
2015-2020
Hudson Institute
2018
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2018
The University of Queensland
2017
The University of Western Australia
2014
Abstract Loss of biodiversity from lower to upper trophic levels reduces overall productivity and stability coastal ecosystems in our oceans, but rarely are these changes documented across both time space. The characterisation environmental DNA (eDNA) sediment seawater using metabarcoding offers a powerful molecular lens observe marine biota provides series ‘snapshots’ broad spectrum eukaryotic organisms. Using next-generation tools downstream analytical innovations including machine...
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA)‐based methods are increasingly used by government agencies to detect pests and threatened species, for broader biodiversity monitoring. Given rapid technological advances a growing number of commercial service providers, there is need standardize quality assurance maintain confidence in eDNA‐based results. Here, we introduce two documents provide best‐practice guidelines Australian New Zealand eDNA researchers end‐users (available from...
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding methods have demonstrated their potential as noninvasive techniques for the monitoring and conservation of marine fishes, including rare endangered taxa. However, majority these investigations focused on large‐bodied taxa such sharks sturgeons. In contrast, eDNA studies small‐bodied cryptic are much less common. As a case in point, seahorses (members Syngnathidae family) never been detected by eDNA, despite fact that globally there 14 species...
Environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding has the potential to revolutionize conservation planning by providing spatially and taxonomically comprehensive data on biodiversity ecosystem conditions, but its utility inform design of protected areas remains untested. Here, we quantify whether how identifying priority within coral reef ecosystems differs when information is collected via eDNA analyses or traditional visual census records. We focus 147 reefs in Indonesia's hyper-diverse Wallacea...
Global marine biodiversity peaks within the Coral Triangle, and understanding how such high diversity is maintained a central question in ecology. We investigated broad-scale patterns of clownfishes their host sea anemones by conducting 981 belt-transects at 20 locations throughout Indo-Pacific. Of 1508 encountered, 377 fish occurred interspecific cohabiting groups cohabitation was almost entirely restricted to Triangle. Neither nor density anemone or clownfish species alone influenced rates...
Effective biodiversity monitoring is fundamental in tracking changes ecosystems as it relates to commercial, recreational, and conservation interests. Current approaches survey coral reef center on the use of indicator species repeat surveying at specific sites. However, such are often limited by narrow snapshot total marine that they describe thus hindered their ability contribute holistic ecosystem-based monitoring. In tandem, environmental DNA (eDNA) next-generation sequencing...
Abstract Environmental DNA (eDNA) is increasingly being used to assess community composition in marine ecosystems. Applying eDNA approaches across broad spatial scales now provide the potential inform biogeographic analyses. However, date, few studies have employed this technique patterns multiple taxonomic groups. Here, we compare eDNA‐derived communities of bony fishes and invertebrates, including corals sponges, from 15 locations spanning entire length Omani coast. This survey includes a...
Abstract The effective management of rare and threatened species, especially in areas where population sizes have diminished, relies on knowledge their size, threats, distribution. Robust mapping distribution presents a particular challenge aquatic environments for cryptic those with low abundance. Environmental DNA (eDNA) approaches can offer improved detection rates many species when compared traditional sampling approaches. In this study, we developed optimized targeted eDNA assay the...
A new species and the first confirmed record of a true pygmy seahorse from Africa, Hippocampus nalu sp. nov. , is herein described on basis two specimens, 18.9–22 mm SL, collected flat sandy coral reef at 14–17 meters depth Sodwana Bay, South Africa. The taxon shares morphological synapomorphies with previously central Indo-Pacific seahorses, H. colemani japapigu pontohi satomiae waleananus including diminutive size, twelve trunk rings, prominent cleithral ring supracleithrum, spines fifth...
Abstract As ecosystems come under increasing anthropogenic pressure, rare species face the highest risk of extinction. Paradoxically, data necessary to evaluate conservation status are often lacking because challenges detecting with low abundance. One group fishes subject this undersampling bias those cryptic body patterns. Twenty‐one percent fish assessed for their extinction (International Union Conservation Nature [IUCN]) deficient. We developed a nondestructive method surveying...
Context The health of coral reefs is declining rapidly across the world because anthropogenic impacts. In mega-diverse Coral Triangle, consequences chronic overfishing and human use are worst near coastal population centres. Aims remote islands in centre Banda Sea (Indonesia) remain largely unstudied, but their distance from populated areas could provide protection fishing. Methods We conducted first visual census surveys coral-reef communities at uninhabited Lucipara group Sea. Key results...
Millions of people take animal pictures during wildlife interactions, yet the impacts photographer behaviour and photographic flashes on animals are poorly understood. We investigated pathomorphological behavioural 14 benthic fish species that important for scuba diving tourism aquarium displays. ran a field study to test effects photography behaviour, two laboratory studies tested seahorse ocular retinal anatomy. Our showed negligible do not have stronger than those caused solely by human...
Abstract. Yusuf S, Beger M, Tassakka ACMAR, Brauwer MD, Pricella A, Rahmi, Umar W, Limmon GV, Moore AM, Jompa J. 2021. Cross shelf gradients of scleractinian corals in the Spermonde Islands, South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biodiversitas 22: 1415-1423. Coral reef ecosystems around world have suffered extensive degradation, including reefs Wallacea region within Triangle global biodiversity hotspot. Anthropogenic and natural threats can reduce level coral differentially across environmental or...
In tropical marine ecosystems, the coral-based diet of benthic-feeding reef fishes provides a window into composition and health coral reefs. this study, for first time, we compare multi-assay metabarcoding sequences environmental DNA (eDNA) isolated from seawater partially digested gut items an obligate corallivore butterflyfish (Chaetodon lunulatus) resident to sites in South China Sea. We specifically tested proportional statistical overlap different approaches (seawater vs content...