Publications

observations on the phylogeny of opisthadena linton, 1910 and related genera (hemiuridae: opisthadeninae) from australian and french polynesian waters.	mitrostoma nototheniae manter, 1954 is redescribed from aplodactylus arctidens richardson, off northern tasmania. opisthadena dimidia linton, 1910 is reported from kyphosus bigibbus lacepède, ningaloo, western australia, k. cinerascens (forsskål), off heron island and ningaloo, western australia, kyphosus cornelii (whitley), off kalbarri, western australia, k. sydneyanus günther, off fremantle, western australia, k. sydneyanus ?, ningaloo, western australia and k. vaigiensis (quoy et gaimard), o ...	2002	12641201
hindgut fermentation in three species of marine herbivorous fish.	symbioses with gut microorganisms provides a means by which terrestrial herbivores are able to obtain energy. these microorganisms ferment cell wall materials of plants to short-chain fatty acids (scfa), which are then absorbed and used by the host animal. many marine herbivorous fishes contain scfa (predominantly acetate) in their hindgut, indicative of gut microbial activity, but rates of scfa production have not been measured. such information is an important prerequisite to understanding the ...	2002	11872490
gut carbohydrases from the new zealand marine herbivorous fishes kyphosus sydneyanus (kyphosidae), aplodactylus arctidens (aplodactylidae) and odax pullus (labridae).	carbohydrase activities were examined in odax pullus (labridae), kyphosus sydneyanus (kyphosidae) and aplodactylus arctidens (aplodactylidae) collected from subtidal reefs in northeastern new zealand. enzyme extracts were prepared using two methods from gut wall, gut fluid and microbial pellet samples taken serially along the gut, and assayed against the substrates starch, laminarin, carrageenan, alginate and agarose. in all three fish species, starch degradation activity was substantially highe ...	2005	15649773
post-capture survival and implications for by-catch in a multi-species coastal gillnet fishery.	as fisheries shift towards ecosystem-based management, the need to reduce impacts on by-catch has been increasingly recognised. in this study the catch composition, discard rate, and post-capture survival of species caught by gillnets in tasmania, australia, was investigated. over half the commercial gillnet catch was discarded, with discard rates of ~20% for target and >80% for non-target species. capture condition, including initial mortality, was assessed using simple criteria for a range of ...	2016	27861602