A5020130716- Marine and fisheries research
- Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
- Fish Ecology and Management Studies
- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Marine animal studies overview
- Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Ichthyology and Marine Biology
- Land Use and Ecosystem Services
- Plant and animal studies
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Pacific and Southeast Asian Studies
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Agricultural pest management studies
- Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy
- Economic and Environmental Valuation
- Bayesian Methods and Mixture Models
- Malaria Research and Control
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Insect Pest Control Strategies
- Climate change impacts on agriculture
- Insect Resistance and Genetics
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
1996-2023
CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere
2009-2021
The University of Queensland
1996-2005
University of California, Davis
1999
Cotton Research and Development Corporation
1996
Significance We conducted a systematic, high-resolution analysis of bottom trawl fishing footprints for 24 regions on continental shelves and slopes five continents New Zealand. The proportion seabed trawled varied >200-fold among (from 0.4 to 80.7% area depth 1,000 m). Within 18 regions, more than two-thirds remained untrawled during study periods 2–6 years. Relationships between metrics total trawling activity footprint were strong positive, providing method estimate where data are not...
Climate adaptation planning provides an opportunity to enhance the adaptive capacity of stakeholders across multiple levels. However, reviews standard top-down and bottom-up approaches indicate that value multistakeholder involvement is not fully recognized or incorporated into guidelines. Focusing on provinces in Indonesia Papua New Guinea within Coral Triangle region, we present a novel integrated approach. Based Participatory Systemic Inquiry process involves three stages workshops...
The standard model for the migration of monarch butterfly in western North America has hitherto been movement autumn to overwintering sites coastal California, followed by a return inland most individuals spring. This is based largely on observational and limited tagging recovery data. In this paper we test plotting many years museum collection records monthly basis map region. Our plots suggest Oregon, Washington other north-western populations summer butterflies California autumn, but more...
Sustained observations allow for the tracking of change in oceanography and ecosystems, however, these are rare, particularly Southern Hemisphere. To address this part, Australian Integrated Marine Observing System (IMOS) implemented a network nine National Reference Stations (NRS). The builds on one long-term location, where monthly water sampling has been sustained since 1940s two others that commenced 1950s. In-situ continuously moored sensors an enhanced regime now collect more than 50...
Zooplankton are the intermediate trophic level between phytoplankton and fish, an important component of carbon nutrient cycles, accounting for a large proportion energy transfer to pelagic fishes deep ocean. Given zooplankton's importance, models need adequately represent zooplankton dynamics. A major obstacle, though, is lack model assessment. Here we try stimulate assessment in by filling three gaps. The first that many observationalists unfamiliar with biogeochemical, ecosystem,...
Abstract Although the aim of conservation planning is persistence biodiversity, current methods trade‐off ecological realism at a species level in favour including multiple and landscape features. For to be relevant, impact configuration on population processes viability needs considered. We present novel method for selecting reserve systems that maximize across species, subject budget. use spatially explicit metapopulation model estimate extinction risk, function ecology amount, quality...
Backtrack simulation analysis indicates that wind-blown mosquitoes could have traveled from New Guinea to Australia, potentially introducing Japanese encephalitis virus. Large incursions of the virus in 1995 and 1998 were linked with low-pressure systems sustained strong northerly winds Cape York Peninsula.
Effective climate adaptation requires engagement (awareness, motivation, and capacity to act) at relevant scales, from individuals global institutions. In many parts of the world, research attention has focused on general public. We suggest that studies also need focus key stakeholders in government non-governmental sectors who participate planning processes, so a better understanding may be achieved distinct knowledge cultures influence their with change. Indonesia is actor because...
Abstract Bottom trawl fishing is a controversial activity. It yields about quarter of the world's wild seafood, but also has impacts on marine environment. Recent advances have quantified and improved understanding large‐scale trawling seabed. However, such information needs to be coupled with distributions benthic invertebrates (benthos) assess whether these populations are being sustained under current regimes. This study collated data from 13 diverse regions globe spanning four...
The Integrated Marine Observing System National Reference Station network provides unprecedented open access to species-level phytoplankton and zooplankton data for researchers, managers policy makers interested in resource condition, detecting understanding the magnitude time-scales of change our marine environment. We describe how spatial temporal plankton collected from seven reference stations located around Australian coastline, a summary associated physical chemical parameters measured...
The sustainable development and food security of islands in the Asia-Pacific region is severely compromised by climate change, sea level rise compounding socio-economic issues. To achieve a step-change production adaptation, livelihoods must rapidly transform. Food programs continue to apply ‘pipeline’ model scaling-out technological innovations, but do not account for social-ecological complexity islands. We tested feasibility adaptation strategies two provinces region: Nusa Tenggara Barat...
Knowledge of the movement patterns lemon shark Negaprion acutidens is poor in contrast to allopatric N. brevirostis . Using acoustic telemetry, we investigated daily (diel and tidal) seasonal residency, fidelity, home range, habitat preference, migratory along Ningaloo coast, Australia. Thirty eight adult were monitored for up 6.1 years (mean 2.5 y) with 19 animals detected more than 3 5 y. Approximately 50% tagged remained within 10 km their tagging location 12 months (average core range...
Coral reefs have been heavily affected by elevated sea-surface temperature (SST) and coral bleaching since the late 1980s; however, until recently coastal of north-western Australia relatively unaffected compared to Timor Sea eastern Australian reefs. We compare SST time series with changes in cover spanning a period up 36 years describe temporal spatial variability associated mortality throughout Pilbara–Ningaloo region. Declines ranged from 12.5 51.3%, relative declines ranging 38 92%....
Large mobile herbivorous fish that specialise in browsing large brown algae are particularly important on coral reefs because their activities mediate algal–coral competition. Despite this ecological role, we have a poor understanding of the movement patterns such fish, including Kyphosus bigibbus. Nineteen K. bigibbus captured near adjacent but distinct patch were tagged with internal acoustic tags and movements monitored for up to 20 months by an array 60 receivers. Home-range estimates...
The strong La Niña of 2010–2011 provided an opportunity to investigate the ecological impacts El Niño-Southern Oscillation on coastal plankton communities using nine national reference stations around Australia. Based remote sensing and across entire Australian region 2011 (La Niña) was only modestly different from 2010 (El Niño) with average temperature declining 0.2%, surface chlorophyll a up 3% modelled primary production down 14%. Other changes included poleward shift in Prochlorococcus...
Large numbers of adults certain species butterfly flying in an apparently ‘purposeful’ manner are often noted by entomologists and the general public. Occasionally, these recorded literature. Using records we summarise information regarding direction movement Australian butterflies test whether there consistent patterns that could account for known seasonal shifts geographical range. The data were analysed using contingency tables directionality statistics. Vanessa itea, kershawi, Danaus...
Subtropical systems experience occasional severe floods, dramatically altering the phytoplankton community structure, in response to changes salinity, nutrients, and light. This study examined effects of a 1:100 year summer flood on an Australian subtropical bay – Moreton Bay over 48 weeks, from January December 2011. Immediately after maximum levels were reached rivers flowing into bay, lowest highest turbidity values, more than decade, measured areal extent flood-related parameters was...
The vulnerability of less developed regions is exacerbated by a lack information to inform appropriate adaptation planning. We addressed this challenge in the islands Lombok and Sumbawa (Nusa Tenggara Barat Province, Indonesia) combining multiple sources knowledge develop typology natural resource use communities province. This enabled an assessment future impacts drivers change such as population growth climate change. was cluster analysis inventory ecosystem goods services (EGS) 105 rural...