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DR STEPHEN SWEARER



Contact Details

Organization: Zoology
Position: SENIOR LECTURER
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Homepage: http://www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/aboutus/staff/index.php?139,4
Work: 46253
Fax: 8344 7909
Room: 250
Level: 02
Building: Zoology Building
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Marine Biology/Larval Recruitment Marine ecosystem, fish, development, otolith, management, fisheries, larvae Australia

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) Brown University 31-Dec-1991
Doctor of Philosophy University of California - Santa Barbara 31-Dec-2001

Memberships

Membership Type Membership Body Description Start Date End Date
Unspecified Australian Marine Sciences Association 01-Jan-2005
Unspecified Australian Society for Fish Biology 01-Jan-2005
Unspecified Ecological Society of Australia 01-Jan-2002
Unspecified American Society of Limnology and Oceanography 01-Jan-2001
Unspecified Society of American Naturalists 01-Jan-2001
Unspecified International Society for Reef Studies 01-Jan-1996
Unspecified Ecological Society of America 01-Jan-1994

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) University of California Non-Resident Tuition Fellowship 01-Jan-1992
Other (Award) University of California Regents Departmental Fellowship 01-Jan-1997
Other (Award) University of California General Affiliates Graduate Dissertation Fellowship 01-Jan-1998
Other (Award) University of California Graduate Division Dissertation Fellowship 01-Jan-1998
Other (Award) Brown University 01-Jan-1991
Other (Award) Brown University 01-Jan-1998
Scholarship International Women's Fishing Association Scholarship 01-Jan-1994

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Diadromous stream fishes: a model system for investigating sources of variation in recruitment Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
How connected are marine populations?Comparing life histories of endemic&non-endemic reef fishes to investigate the mechanisms behind self-recruitment Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2003
The role of larval settlement cues in influencing recruitment variability of the common jollytail, Galaxias maculatus Chief Investigator ANZ EXECUTORS AND TRUSTEE COMPANY LTD Postgraduate Student Research Grants (HOLSWORTH WILDLIFE RESEARCH FUND) 27/05/2004
MANAGING THE HEALTH OF REEF-FISH COMMUNITIES Chief Investigator PORT PHILLIP & WESTERNPORT CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Regional Investment Plan 29/09/2006
"Linking freshwater flows, salt wedge dynamics and fisheries productivity in estuaries" Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/01/2007
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE ON FISHES ON SHALLOW ROCKY REEFS Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/01/2007
The Conservation Status of Reef Fish Communities in Victorian Waters Chief Investigator PORT PHILLIP & WESTERNPORT CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY Regional Catchment Investment Plan 28/02/2007
ADVERSE EFFECTS OF ANTHROPOGENIC NOISE ON FISHES ON SHALLOW ROCKY REEFS Principal Supervisor WINIFRED VIOLET SCOTT ESTATE Project Grants 01/04/2008
Habitat, location or recruitment? Determining the drivers of population persistence in a temperate reef fish Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/10/2008

Contracts

Title Role Funding Source Award Date
ASSESSING SHALLOW ESTUARINE MICROHABITAT USE BY BENTHIC FISH ASSEMBLAGES: IMPLICATIONS OF ESTUARY BANK RESTORATION Chief Investigator MELBOURNE WATER CORP 27/06/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Absence of aggression but not nestmate recognition in an Australian population of the Argentine ant Linepithema humile
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Insectes Sociaux
    Volume: 55
    Page numbers: 207-212
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  • Habitat as a surrogate measure of reef fish diversity in the zoning of the Lord Howe Island Marine Park, Australia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Marine Ecology - Progress Series
    Volume: 353
    Page numbers: 265-273
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  • Habitat selection as a source of inter-specific differences in recruitment of two diadromous fish species
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Freshwater Biology
    Volume: 53
    Page numbers: 2145-2157
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Publications in 2007

Book Chapters

  • Early life histories of marine invertebrates and fishes
    Year: 2007
    Book: Marine Ecology
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
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Journal Articles

  • Avoidance of native versus non-native predator odours by migrating whitebait and juveniles of the common galaxiid, Galaxias maculatus
    Year: 2007
    Journal: New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research
    Volume: 41
    Page numbers: 175-184
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  • Characterizing natal source population signatures in the diadromous fish Galaxias maculatus, using embryonic otolith chemistry
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Marine Ecology - Progress Series
    Volume: 343
    Page numbers: 273-282
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  • Long-distance dispersal and local retention of larvae as mechanisms of recruitment in an island population of a coral reef fish
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Austral Ecology
    Volume: 32
    Page numbers: 122-130
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  • Use of sonar transects to improve efficiency and reduce potential bias in visual surveys of reef fishes
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes
    Volume: 78
    Page numbers: 291-297
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Consistent long-term spatial gradients in replenishment for an island population of a coral reef fish
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Marine Ecology - Progress Series
    Volume: 306
    Page numbers: 247-256
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • In situ Sr-isotope analysis of carbonates by LA-MC-ICP-MS: interference corrections, high spatial resolution and an example from otolith studies
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 22-27
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
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  • Natal trace-elemental signatures in the otoliths of an open-coast fish
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Limnology and Oceanography
    Volume: 50
    Issue: 5
    Page numbers: 1529-1542
    Publisher: American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
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  • Non-destructive ageing in Notolabrus tetricus using dorsal spines with an emphasis on the benefits for protected, endangered and fished species
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Fish Biology
    Volume: 66
    Page numbers: 1740-1747
    Publisher: Academic Press - Elsevier Science(London)
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • In situ Sr-isotope analysis of carbonates by LA-MC-ICP-MS: interference corrections, high spatial resolution and an example from otolith studies
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 22-27
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Spatio-temporal and interspecific variation in otolith trace-elemental fingerprints in a temperate estuarine fish assemblage
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
    Volume: 56
    Page numbers: 1111-1123
    Publisher: Academic Press
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Evidence of self-recruitment in demersal marine populations
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Bulletin of Marine Science
    Volume: 70
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 251-271
    Publisher: Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science(Miami)
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  • Quantifying larval retention and connectivity in marine populations
    with artificial and natural markers
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Bulletin of Marine Science
    Volume: 70
    Page numbers: 291-308
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  • Surface circulation in a Caribbean island wake
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Continental Shelf Research
    Volume: 22
    Page numbers: 417-434
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  • Trace elements in otoliths indicate the use of open-coast versus bay nursery habitats by juvenile California halibut
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Marine Ecology - Progress Series
    Volume: 241
    Page numbers: 201-213
    Publisher: Inter-Research(Oldendorf Luhe)
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