个人简介

Marcus Sheaves is a full time Professor at James Cook University, where he is Associate Dean Higher Degree Research Training, Deputy Director of JCU’s Centre for Tropical Water & Aquatic Ecosystem Research (TropWATER) and leader of TropWATER’s Coastal and Estuarine Ecology Theme. Marcus also leads JCU’s Estuary and Coastal Wetland Ecology Research Group, which currently comprises 4 staff, 3 Postdoctoral Fellows, 7 PhD, 1 MSc and 1 honours student. Marcus teaches undergraduate and postgraduate subjects in estuarine and wetland ecology, and advanced biostatistics, and acts as a consultant biostatistician for staff and students.

研究领域

Marine & Aquaculture Sciences

The ecology of estuaries and coastal wetland ecosystems, in particular in: nursery ground function, animal habitat relationships, the role of ecosystem mosaics and connectivity Ecosystem repair and rejuvenation, contributions to food security and the effects of climate change Fisheries, food web, seascape and spatial ecology

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Barnett A, Abrantes K, Baker R, Diedrich A, Farr M, Kuilboer A, Mahony T, McLeod I, Moscardo G, Prideaux M, Stoeckl N, Van Luyn A and Sheaves M (2016) Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice. Fish and Fisheries, 17 (3). pp. 696-713 Roeger J, Foale S and Sheaves M (2016) When 'fishing down the food chain' results in improved food security: evidence from a small pelagic fishery in Solomon Islands. Fisheries Research, 174. pp. 250-259 Sheaves M, Baker R, McLeod I, Abrantes K, Wani J and Barnett A (in press) The conservation status of Niugini black bass: a world-renowned sport fish with an uncertain future. Fisheries Management and Ecology, pp. 1-10 Sheaves M (2016) Simple processes drive unpredictable differences in estuarine fish assemblages: baselines for understanding site-specific ecological and anthropogenic impacts. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science , 170. pp. 61-69 Sheaves M, Coles R, Dale P, Grech A, Pressey R and Waltham N (in press) Enhancing the value and validity of EIA: serious science to protect Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Conservation Letters, Vermeiren P, Munoz C, Zimmer M and Sheaves M (2016) Hierarchical toolbox: ensuring scientific accuracy of citizen science for tropical coastal ecosystems. Ecological Indicators, 66. pp. 242-250 Abrantes K, Barnett A, Baker R and Sheaves M (2015) Habitat-specific food webs and trophic interactions supporting coastal-dependent fishery species: an Australian case study. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 25 (2). pp. 337-363 Abrantes K, Johnston R, Connolly R and Sheaves M (2015) Importance of mangrove carbon for aquatic food webs in wet–dry tropical estuaries. Estuaries and Coasts, 38 (1). pp. 383-399 Baker R, Sheaves M and Johnston R (2015) Geographic variation in mangrove flooding and accessibility for fishes and nektonic crustaceans. Hydrobiologia, 762 (1). pp. 1-14 Bradley M, van Putten I and Sheaves M (2015) The pace and progress of adaptation: marine climate change preparedness in Australia's coastal communities. Marine Policy, 53. pp. 13-20 Brookes J, Aldridge K, Bice C, Deegan B, Ferguson G, Paton D, Sheaves M, Ye Q and Zampatti B (2015) Fish productivity in the lower lakes and Coorong, Australia, during severe drought. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 139 (2). pp. 189-215 Buelow C and Sheaves M (2015) A birds-eye view of biological connectivity in mangrove systems. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 152. pp. 33-43