Figueira, William - University of Sydney - School of Biological Sciences

研究领域

My general interests lie in the area of fish population ecology and my research has focused on the behavior and demographics of individual fish populations as well as the large scale connectivity between these populations. The small scale studies are typically conducted on SCUBA or snorkel and employ tools such as tagging, mapping and standard underwater census and behavioural observation techniques. These studies have been conducted in a variety of locations including the Florida Keys (USA), Lee Stocking Island (Bahamas), and One Tree Island (Australia). My interest in the larger scale dynamics of reef fish involves understanding the mechanisms and consequences of metapopulation, and specifically source-sink, dynamics in these systems. While the spatial structure of these systems (distinct areas of occupied habitat) and the connectivity within them (larval exchange between areas) lend themselves nicely to descriptions invoking metapopulation theory, our current understanding of system dynamics is quite low. My work on this topic has run the spectrum from the highly theoretical exercise of creating conceptual and analytical models to allow for the application of metapopulation theory to marine systems in general to the much more applied topic of using metapopulation theory for citing marine reserves and creating effective, biologically interacting reserve networks. I use individually-based, stage-structured spatially realistic computer simulation models to study the impact of variations in habitat quality and network connectivity on system dynamics and specifically source-sink structure.

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Bugnot, A., Coleman, R., Figueira, W., Marzinelli, E. (2016). Effects of the receiving assemblage and disturbance on the colonisation of an invasive species. Marine Biology, 163(7), 1-9. [More Information] Ferrari, R., Bryson, M., Bridge, T., Hustache, J., Williams, S., Byrne, M., Figueira, W. (2016). Quantifying the response of structural complexity and community composition to environmental change in marine communities. Global Change Biology, 22(5), 1965-1975. [More Information] Figueira, W., Ferrari, R., Weatherby, E., Porter, A., Hawes, S., Byrne, M. (2015). Accuracy and Precision of Habitat Structural Complexity Metrics Derived from Underwater Photogrammetry. Remote Sensing, 7(12), 16883-16900. [More Information] Bewley, M., Friedman, A., Ferrari, R., Hill, N., Hovey, R., Barrett, N., Pizarro, O., Figueira, W., Meyer, L., Babcock, R., Byrne, M., Williams, S., et al (2015). Australian sea-floor survey data, with images and expert annotations. Scientific Data, 2, 1-12. [More Information] Bugnot, A., Coleman, R., Figueira, W., Marzinelli, E. (2015). Community-level impacts of the invasive isopod Cirolana harfordi. Biological Invasions, 17(4), 1149-1161. [More Information] Kelaher, B., Tan, M., Figueira, W., Gillanders, B., Connell, S., Goldsworthy, S., Hardy, N., Coleman, M. (2015). Fur seal activity moderates the effects of an Australian marine sanctuary on temperate reef fish. Biological Conservation, 182, 205-214. [More Information] Liggins, L., Booth, D., Figueira, W., Treml, E., Tonk, L., Ridgway, T., Harris, D., Riginos, C. (2015). Latitude-wide genetic patterns reveal historical effects and contrasting patterns of turnover and nestedness at the range peripheries of a tropical marine fish. Ecography, 38(12), 1212-1224. [More Information] Mayer-Pinto, M., Johnston, E., Hutchings, P., Marzinelli, E., Ahyong, S., Birch, G., Booth, D., Creese, B., Doblin, M., Figueira, W., et al (2015). Sydney Harbour: A review of anthropogenic impacts on the biodiversity and ecosystem function of one of the world's largest natural harbours. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66(12), 1088-1105. [More Information] Johnston, E., Mayer-Pinto, M., Hutchings, P., Marzinelli, E., Ahyong, S., Birch, G., Booth, D., Creese, B., Doblin, M., Figueira, W., et al (2015). Sydney Harbour: What we do and do not know about a highly diverse estuary. Marine and Freshwater Research, 66(12), 1073-1087. [More Information] Beck, H., Feary, D., Figueira, W., Booth, D. (2014). Assessing range shifts of tropical reef fishes: a comparison of belt transect and roaming underwater visual census methods. Bulletin of Marine Science, 90(2), 705-721. [More Information] Matis, P., Figueira, W., Suthers, I., Humphries, J., Miskiewicz, A., Coleman, R., Kelaher, B., Taylor, M. (2014). Cyclonic entrainment? The ichthyoplankton attributes of three major water mass types generated by the separation of the East Australian Current. ICES Journal of Marine Science: journal du conseil, 71(7), 1696-1705. [More Information] Feary, D., Pratchett, M., Emslie, M., Fowler, A., Figueira, W., Luiz, O., Nakamura, Y., Booth, D. (2014). Latitudinal shifts in coral reef fishes: why some species do and others do not shift. Fish and Fisheries, 15, 593-615. [More Information] Bugnot, A., Coleman, R., Figueira, W., Marzinelli, E. (2014). Patterns of the Non-Indigenous Isopod Cirolana harfordi in Sydney Harbour. PloS One, 9(1), 1-7. [More Information] Vergés, A., Steinberg, P., Hay, M., Poore, A., Campbell, A., Ballesteros, E., Heck Jr, K., Booth, D., Coleman, M., Feary, D., Figueira, W., et al (2014). The tropicalization of temperate marine ecosystems: Climate-mediated changes in herbivory and community phase shifts. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1789), 1-10. [More Information] Bridge, T., Ferrari, R., Bryson, M., Hovey, R., Figueira, W., Williams, S., Pizarro, O., Harborne, A., Byrne, M. (2014). Variable responses of benthic communities to anomalously warm sea temperatures on a high-latitude coral reef. PloS One, 9(11), 1-20. [More Information] Curley, B., Jordan, A., Figueira, W., Valenzuela Davie, V. (2013). A review of the biology and ecology of key fishes targeted by coastal fisheries in south-east Australia: identifying critical knowledge gaps required to improve spatial management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 23, 435-458. [More Information] Galaiduk, R., Figueira, W., Kingsford, M., Curley, B. (2013). Factors driving the biogeographic distribution of two temperate Australian damselfishes and ramifications for range shifts. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 484, 189-202. [More Information] Smith, A., Munro, U., Figueira, W. (2013). Modelling urban populations of the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca) to inform management. Population Ecology, 55, 567-574. [More Information] Figueira, W., Coleman, F. (2010). Comparing landings of United States recreational fishery sectors. Bulletin of Marine Science, 86(3), 499-514. Figueira, W., Booth, D. (2010). Increasing ocean temperatures allow tropical fishes to survive overwinter in temperate waters. Global Change Biology, 16(2), 506-516. [More Information]