Distinct coral reef habitat communities characterized by environmental DNA metabarcoding

L Dugal, L Thomas, A Meenakshisundaram, T Simpson… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Coral reefs are biodiversity hotspots, places of high endemicity and provide essential
services to billions of people globally. With increasing threats to these reefs worldwide, there …

Long-term acoustic monitoring reveals site fidelity, reproductive migrations, and sex specific differences in habitat use and migratory timing in a large coastal shark …

RD Pillans, W Rochester, RC Babcock… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Knowledge of the movement patterns of the lemon shark Negaprion acutidens is poor in
contrast to the allopatric N. brevirostis. Using acoustic telemetry, we investigated daily (diel …

[PDF][PDF] The effect of methyl jasmonate on the germination of lemon seeds under the influence of salinity stress

N Asadi, S Jalilian - Central Asian Journal of Environmental Science …, 2021 - cas-press.com
The effect of methyl jasmonate on the germination of lemon seeds under the influence of
salinity stress Page 1 119 Central Asian Journal of Environmental Science and Technology …

The secret lives of wedgefish: first insights into fine-scale behaviour and movement ecology of a globally imperilled ray

KO Lear, C Estrabeau, DL Morgan, NM Whitney… - Marine biology, 2024 - Springer
Wedgefishes have recently been recognised as one of the most imperilled marine fish
families worldwide. However, many knowledge gaps about their biology and ecology hinder …

Fine‐scale movement and habitat use of juvenile, subadult, and adult green turtles (Chelonia mydas) in a foraging ground at Ningaloo Reef, Australia

RD Pillans, SD Whiting, AD Tucker… - Aquatic Conservation …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The residence, home range, and habitat use of juvenile (42.0–63.5 cm midline curved
carapace length, CCL), subadult (68.6–84.6 cm CCL), and adult (81.9–104.2 cm CCL) …

Acoustic telemetry around Western Australia's oil and gas infrastructure helps detect the presence of an elusive and endangered migratory giant

PG Thomson, R Pillans, FRA Jaine… - Frontiers in Marine …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Subsea infrastructure of the oil and gas industry attracts commercial fish species as well as
megafauna including sea lions, turtles, sharks and whales. Potential impacts of this …

Stable isotope composition of multiple tissues and individual amino acids reveals dietary variation among life stages in green turtles (Chelonia mydas) at Ningaloo …

JL Stubbs, AT Revill, RD Pillans, MA Vanderklift - Marine Biology, 2022 - Springer
Diet is fundamental to an individual's biology because energy acquired from food constrains
growth and reproduction, which subsequently influences survival. It is, therefore, important to …

Bathymetry derivatives and habitat data from hyperspectral imagery establish a high-resolution baseline for managing the Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia

HT Kobryn, LE Beckley, K Wouters - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Ningaloo Reef, Australia's longest fringing reef, is uniquely positioned in the NW region
of the continent, with clear, oligotrophic waters, relatively low human impacts, and a high …

Ontogenetic changes in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) diet and home range in a tropical lagoon

MA Vanderklift, RD Pillans, W Rochester… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Ontogenetic changes in habitat and diet are widespread among marine species. Most
species of sea turtles are characterized by extreme ontogenetic changes in habitat use and …

What can we learn from the 2010/11 Western Australian marine heatwave to better understand risks from the one forecast in 2020/21?

BW Molony, DP Thomson, M Feng - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 - frontiersin.org
In the austral summer of 2010/2011, the North West Shelf, Ningaloo Coast, and Shark Bay
areas of Western Australia (WA) experienced a severe Marine Heatwave (MHW) event, with …