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PERSONAL DETAILS [Back to top]
Name: Justin James Meager   Date of birth: 14/01/1975
Nationality: Australian   Email: justin.meager@gmail.com

Research profile: I am a marine ecologist with broad research and teaching experience. My research focuses on applied problems in aquaculture, fisheries and conservation. Please use this link for full details of my research profile.



ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS [Back to top]

1997- 2002: Doctorate of Philosophy (Ecology), Queensland University of Technology (QUT)

Title of Thesis: The microhabitat distribution of juvenile banana prawns, Penaeus merguiensis de Man in subtropical eastern Australia and processes affecting their distribution and abundance

Date and Place Awarded: January 2003, Brisbane, Australia

1996-1997: Bachelor of Applied Science (Honours), QUT

Title of Thesis: The distribution of fishes in small, soft-substrata tidepools within Moreton Bay, Queensland

Result: First-Class Honours


1993-1995: Bachelor of Applied Science (Biology), QUT

Major: Applied ecology (population management)

Minor: Aquaculture


1988-1992: Senior Certificate, Caloundra State High School, Queensland



AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS [Back to top]

Australian Postgraduate Award (1998): prestigious award from the Commonwealth Government to high achieving applicants who hold a First Class honours degree or equivalent

QUT Postgraduate Research Award (1997): awarded to high achieving applicants who hold an honours degree

Dean of Science Scholarship (1997), QUT: awarded for outstanding performance in honours and undergraduate degrees

First-Class Honours (1996), QUT: highest level honours. Based on dissertation, thesis defence and viva voce examination.

Alan Bailey Prize (1995), QUT: awarded to the top student in the final year research subjects (BAppSc)



ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS AND COURSES [Back to top]

  • FELASA C Diploma in Laboratory Animal Science for researchers (2006)
  • Laboratory Fish Science: course for researchers working with fish organised by the Institute of Marine Research (2006)
  • PADI Open Water Scuba Certificate (1997)
  • Dry suit diving course, SUB Bergen (2004)
  • Recreational Ship Master License (1997): 140 hours logged commercial boat time
  • Queensland Open Driver's License (1993)
  • Norwegian Driver's License (Class B, 2003)
  • Advanced 4WD Training Certificate, Queensland Transport (1997)
  • St. Johns Senior First Aid Certificate (1996)
  • Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) courses:
    • QUT (1996)
    • Queensland Transport (1997)
    • CSIRO (1998)

  • Norwegian language courses (Bokmål):
    • Level 1, Folkeuniversitetet, Bergen (2003)
    • Level 2 (NOR-U2), University of Bergen (2004)

  • Spanish language courses:
    • Level 1, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Queensland (1999)
    • Level 2, Institute of Modern Languages, University of Queensland (2000)

  • French language course (Level 1), Cooloola Sunshine Institute of Tafe (2002)
  • Outdoor Climbing Certificate, Norges Klatreforbund (2003)

 

SOFTWARE AND PROGRAMMING EXPERTISE [Back to top]

Research and professional software that I have the expertise in:

  • Statistical analysis: R, SPSS, Primer/Permanova, Statistica and Oriana
  • Video and image analysis: Image J, MotionGrab, Redlake, Adobe Photoshop and Premiere
  • Database management: MS-Access
  • Programming: MATLAB, R, VBA
  • Geographic Information Systems: ArcGIS
  • Web page authoring: HTML, Macromedia Dreamweaver
  • Graphical: Adobe Illustrator and InDesign, Corel Draw, Sigma Plot
  • Other: Endnote, EstimateS, Coral Point Counter



EMPIRICAL TECHNIQUES [Back to top]

My main areas of expertise in quantifying the behaviour and ecology of marine animals:

  • Biotelemetry: positioning systems and receiver arrays.
  • Sampling: nekton sampling using active (e.g. lift and pop nets, beam trawling) and passive samplers (e.g. gill, fyke and block nets). Sampling inside mangrove forests.
  • Statistics: standard biostatistics, mixed-modelling, generalised linear modelling, GLMM, GAM, circular, time-series, multivariate and survival analyses.
  • GIS: analysing animal movement patterns in 3D, mapping habitats, home range analysis, spatial modelling.
  • Video: motion analysis, tracking, imaging in high turbidity, high-speed cinematography.
  • Image analysis: photogrammetry.
  • Hydroacoustics: passive acoustics and echosounding.
  • Other: quantitative analysis of fish diet, fish egg sampling, identification of mangrove and rocky shore fauna and flora.

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LANGUAGES [Back to top]

  • English: native speaker
  • Norwegian: advanced (speak, read, write)

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS [Back to top]

Surfing, snowboarding, craft brewing, music, playing the guitar, travelling, cooking, photography, diving, gardening, fishing and soccer. I also enjoy reading and spending time with my family and friends. [Links of interest] [My photos] [Back to top]



EMPLOYMENT (CAREER ORIENTATED) [Back to top]

ResearchConsulting Teaching Student supervision Administration [Back to top]

December 2009-May 2011

Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Marine Ecology, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Duties: Research in projects investigating links between habitat structure and biodiversity on rocky shores, the impact of human activities on beach ecosystems and the distribution and ecology of shorebirds on ocean-exposed sandy beaches.


February 2006 - April 2009

Senior Research Scientist, Aquatic Behavioural Ecology Group, University of Bergen; Unifob Environmental Science, Norway.

Duties: Research in the Norwegian Research Council projects, 'Interactions between wild and farmed Atlantic cod: non-lethal impacts of escapees (2006-2009)', 'Vertical distribution: hybridisation barrier between escapee and wild cod? (2006-2009)' and 'Foraging behaviour of planktivorous fish and fish larvae: effect of turbidity and the optical environment (2006)'.

 

January 2003 - January 2006

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway

Duties: Research on the effects of turbidity and hypoxia on the physiology and behaviour of coastal marine fishes (sole, plaice, Atlantic cod, grey mullet and herring), collaborated with ecologists, physiologists and modellers in five countries (Project Ethofish; EU Commission).

 

February - December 2000

Field Research Assistant (Volunteer), Queensland University of Technology

Project Title:  Variation in wild stocks of the freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium australiense)

November 1996

Research Assistant, Queensland Department of Primary Industry, Brisbane

Duties: Assisted the Hayes Inlet/ Pine River Working Group. Research aimed to provide information on the status, use and management of fisheries resources for the QFMA Moreton Bay Task Force.

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December 2009- January 2010

Aquaculture Consultant (Fish Biology)

Duties: provided advice during the planning stage for a new hatchery and fish farm.


June 2009

Statistical Consultant

Duties: Statistical consultant and data analyst for fish toxicology experiments.


May 2009

External Expert Reviewer

Duties: Reviewing project applications to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology in the area of 'Marine Science and Technology'


ResearchConsulting TeachingStudent supervision Administration [Back to top]

February 2011-June 2011

Lecturer and tutor, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia

Duties: Lecturing and tutoring in the subject 'Integrated Environmental Management'.

 

October 2009

Lecturer, School of Natural Resources, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Australia

Duties: Lecturing on fisheries ecology and management, and anthropogenic impacts on fisheries.

 

February-June 2009

Lecturer, Department of Biology, University of Bergen (UiB), Norway

Duties: Lecturing on the environmental impacts of aquaculture and sea-ranching for the subject ‘MAR258: Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture'. Member of oral examination panel for MAR258 and 'MAR251: Ethics and Welfare for Aquatic Organisms'.

2006-2008

Lecturer and Examiner, Department of Biology, University of Bergen

Duties: Lecturing on prawn aquaculture and the environmental impacts of prawn aquaculture, and member of the oral examination panel for the subject ‘MAR258: Environmental Impacts of Aquaculture'.

November-September 2008

Examination Committee Member, Department of Biology, University of Bergen

Duties: Member of the examination panel for a Master's dissertation, and a PhD lecture on a given topic (prøveforlesning).

April 2003

Guest Tutor, Department of Marine and Fisheries Biology, University of Bergen

Duties: Teaching responsibilities in tropical biodiversity for the postgraduate subject ‘BFM 326 Selected texts in Marine Biology '.

January 1997 - July 2002

Laboratory Demonstrator, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane

Duties: Teaching responsibilities in the subjects 'Biology', 'Animal and Plant Structure and Function', 'Population Ecology' and 'Environmental Science'. Laboratory demonstrating, led field classes, guided tutorials and assessed student assignments.

July 1998

Life Sciences Academic and Careers Guidance Officer, QUT

Duties: Provided guidance to enrolled and prospective students in planning science courses at the Course and Careers Day, QUT. Also informed science graduates on research and career options.

August 1997 - September 1997

Science Train Demonstrator, QUT

Duties: Responsibilities in teaching and promoting science to high schools, primary schools and the general public throughout northern Queensland. Regions visited: Rockhampton, Mackay, Townsville, Mt. Isa, Richmond, Charters Towers, Proserpine, Ingham and Cairns.

September 2002- December 2002

Teacher, NOVA-Group, Yokohama, Japan

Duties: Teaching English to Japanese students of all levels.

 

June 2002- September 2002

Teacher (volunteer), QUT Language Exchange Program

Duties: English tuition for international students (voluntary, part-time).


ResearchConsulting Teaching Student supervision Administration [Back to top]

Gisle Karlsen Sverdrup: 'Territorial and agonistic interactions between farmed and wild Atlantic juvenile cod (Gadus morhua L.). Master's Degree, Department of Biology, UiB (2006-2008)

Petra Rodewald: 'Antipredator reactions of wild and reared juvenile Atlantic cod to fright stimuli (Gadus morhua L.)'. Master's Degree, Department of Biology, UiB (2006-2009)

Tara Nielsen: 'Towards understanding shorebird distribution and threats on ocean-exposed beaches: a case study for Moreton and North Stradbroke Island'. PhD, USC (2010-2011, co-supervisor)

Mahdi Green: 'Impact of beach camping on coastal dune vegetation on North Stradbroke Island'. Honours, USC (2010, co-supervisor)

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ResearchConsulting Teaching Student supervision Administration [Back to top]

Project management

January 2006- March 2009. INTERACTIONS and VERTICAL projects (Norwegian Research Council, NRC)

Project manager and principal investigator (in collaboration with Dr Skjæraasen).

  • Planning and leading experiments
  • Managing annual and project budgets
  • Meeting objectives within time and budget restraints
  • Recruiting and supervising students and technical staff
  • Organising meetings with collaborators
  • Disseminating results and project presentations
  • Progress reports to NRC (Norges Forskningsrådet)

2006. FORAGING project (NRC)

  • Planning experiments
  • Final report to NRC

2003-2006. ETHOFISH project (EU Commission)

  • Planning experiments
  • Recruiting and supervising technical staff
  • Six-monthly progress reports and annual progress presentations
  • Final report for relevant work packages

Supervision of staff

University of the Sunshine Coast

  • Mahdi Green (Research Assistant, BSc), January to July 2010

University of Bergen

  • Olav Moberg (Research Assistant, MSc), May 2004 to March 2005
  • Turid Solbakken (Research Assistant, MSc), January to December 2003
  • Tina Oen (Research Assistant, BSc), August to November 2003
  • Marius Moe (Research Assistant, BSc). November 2008 (co-supervised)

Conferences and workshops: organised/ chaired

  • Aquatic Behavioural Ecology Group, UiB: organised fortnightly research seminars during 2007.
  • ETHOFISH Project, Annual Meeting 2005, Bergen: coordinated a meeting for a large EU project with researchers from five countries.
  • Animal-Habitat Forum, November 1999, Brisbane, Queensland: coordinated and chaired a meeting for researchers in south-east Queensland (QUT, UQ, Griffith, QDPI and CSIRO).

 

Coordination and database management

November 2011-ongoing

Senior Conservation Officer: Water Quality and Aquatic Ecosystem Health, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Queensland, Australia.

 

August - October 2001

Database Administrator, Medirest, Compass Group, London, UK

Duties: Management of a database of clients for a hospital-catering firm. Duties included updating relevant data and producing a framework for data reports.

 

FUNDING: GRANT APPLICATIONS AWARDED [Back to top]

2007-2009

HAVBRUK (Aquaculture). Norwegian Research Council.'Vertical distribution: hybridisation barrier between escapee and wild cod?' (Project leader: Anders Fernö, in collaboration with Jon Egil Skjæraasen). 600 000 Norwegian kroner ($131 000 AUD).

2006-2009

HAVBRUK (Aquaculture). Norwegian Research Council. 'Interactions between wild and farmed cod: non-lethal impacts of escapees on wild populations' (Project leader: Anders Fernö, in collaboration with Jon Egil Skjæraasen). 3.9 million Norwegian kroner ($851 000 AUD).

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CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS ATTENDED [Back to top]

  • USC Professional Development Day: Sessional Teaching, March 12, 2011
  • 5th World Fisheries Congress, Yokohama, Japan, October 20-14, 2008
  • Ecological and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes (EEEF), Boston, USA, June 29-July 3, 2008
  • International Symposium on Ecosystem Approach with Fisheries Acoustics and Complementary Technologies (SEAFACTS), Bergen, Norway, 16-20 June 2008
  • Second International Symposium on Tagging and Tracking Marine Fish with Electronic Devices, 2007, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, October 8-11
  • Reproductive and Recruitment Processes of Exploited Marine Fish Stocks, 2007, Lisbon, Portugal, October 1-3
  • Laboratory Fish Science for Researchers (IMR/UIB), Bergen, 2006-2007
  • Society for Experimental Biology Main Meeting 2005, Barcelona, Spain (invited speaker)
  • Society for Experimental Biology Main Meeting 2004, Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Society for Experimental Biology Main Meeting 2003, Southampton, England
  • ICES Symposium on Fish Behaviour in Exploited Ecosystems, 2003, Bergen, Norway
  • Meeting on Mangrove Macrobenthos 2000, Mombasa, Kenya
  • Australian Society for Fish Biology 1999 Conference, Bendigo, Victoria, Australia
  • Animal-Habitat Forum, November 1999: organised, chaired and presented at a meeting for researchers in south-east Queensland, Australia

  • CSIRO Science Writing Workshop 1999, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia

  • Australian Society for Fish Biology 1998 Conference, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

  • Australian Marine Science Consortium 1998 Marine Postgraduate Workshop and Conference, Mooloolabah, Queensland

 

PRESENTATIONS AT CONFERENCES [Back to top]

Skjæraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J.; Rudolfsen, G.; Karlsen, Ø.; Mayer, I.; Moberg, O.; Staby, A.; Dahle, G. and Fernö, A.(2011). Sperm traits and reproductive roles in a marine broadcast spawner. ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting. San Juan, Puerto Rico, February 13-18.

Nielsen, T., Schlacher, T. and Meager, J.J. (2010). Shorebirds on ocean-exposed beaches in the Moreton Bay marine park. Moreton Bay Marine Park Meeting, Brisbane, June 17.

Skjæraasen, J.E; Meager, J.J. and Fernö, A. (2009). The risk of genetic introgression from farmed escapees to wild cod populations. ICES Annual Science Conference, Berlin, Germany, September 21-25.

Meager, J.J.; Skjæraasen, J.E; Fernö, A; Løkkeborg, S.; Kalsen, Ø. and Michalsen, K. (2008). Reproductive interactions between farmed and wild cod on a spawning ground. 5th World Fisheries Congress, Yokohama, Japan, October 20-24.

Skjæraasen, J.E; Meager, J.J ; Karlsen, Ø.; Mayer, I.; Rudolfsen, G.; Dahle, G. and Fernö, A. (2008). Mating competition between farmed and wild cod. 5th World Fisheries Congress, Yokohama, Japan, October 20-24.

Mayer, I.; Skjæraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J.; Rudolfsen, G.; Karlsen, Ø.; Moberg, O.; Staby, A. and Kleven, O. (2008). Determinants of sperm competition and the role of cryptic female choice in the broadcast spawning Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). 5th World Fisheries Congress,Yokohama, Japan, October 20-24.

Meager, J.J.; Skjæraasen, J.E; Fernö, A; Løkkeborg, S. and Kalsen, Ø. (2008). Movements and behaviour of escaped farmed cod on a spawning ground. Ecological and Evolutionary Ethology of Fishes, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., June 29- July 3.

Skjæraasen, J.E.; Mayer, I.; Meager J.J.; Rudolfsen, G.; Haugland, T.; Karlsen, Ø. and Kleven, O. (2008). Sperm competition in farmed and wild cod. 4th European Conference on Behavioural Biology, Dijon, France, July 18-20.

Meager, J.J.; Skjæraasen, J.E; Fernö, A; Løkkeborg, S.; Kalsen, Ø. and Michalsen, K. (2007). Movements and behaviour of escaped farmed cod on a spawning ground. Second International Symposium on Tagging and Tracking Marine Fish with Electronic Devices, Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain, October 8-11.

Skjæraasen, J.E; Meager, J.J.; Kalsen, Ø.; Løkkeborg, S.; Michalsen, K.; Mayer, J.A.; Hutchings, J.A. and Fernö, A. (2007). The cod mating system and the risk of genetic introgression from farmed escapees. Reproductive and Recruitment Processes of Exploited Marine Fish Stocks, Lisbon, Portugal. October 1-3.

Mayer, I.A. Meager, J.J..; Skjæraasen, J.E; Rudolfsen, G.; Kalsen, Ø. ; Moberg, O.; Staby, A.: Kleven, O. and Fernö, A. (2007). Is spawning success of Atlantic cod escapees influenced by differences in spawning competition? Reproductive and Recruitment Processes of Exploited Marine Fish Stocks, Lisbon, Portugal. October 1-3.

Marteinsdottir, G., Skjæraasen, J.E. and Meager, J.J. (2006). Interactions between farm escapees and spawning individuals of wild cod populations. Genimpact Workshop, Tenerife, Spain. October 19-21.

Meager, J.J. and Batty, R.S. (2005). Effects of turbidity on the spontaneous activity and behaviour of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Society for Experimental Biology, Barcelona, Spain, July 11 - 15. (invited speaker)

Domenici, A.; Shingles, A.; LeFrançois, C. and Meager, J.J. (2005). The effect of hypoxia and turbidity on the escape response of fishes. Society for Experimental Biology, Barcelona, Spain, July 11 – 15.

Meager, J.J.; Utne-Palm, A.C. and Solbakken, T. (2004). Effects of turbidity on the reaction distance, search time and foraging success of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Society for Experimental Biology, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, March 29 - April 2.

Skjæraasen, J.E.; Tronci, V.; Meager, J.J.; Nilsen, T. and Salvanes, A.G. (2004). The influence of hypoxia on habitat choice by cod. Norwegian Marine Researchers Association Annual Meeting. Trondheim, November 4-6.

Meager, J.J.; Utne-Palm, A.C. and Solbakken, T. (2003). Behavioural effects of turbidity on predation by fishes on hyperbenthic crustaceans. Society for Experimental Biology, Southampton, United Kingdom, March 31 - April 4.

Meager, J.J.; Williamson. I.; Loneragan, N.R.; Vance, D.J. (2003). Habitat selection of juvenile banana prawns, Penaeus merguiensis: testing the roles of habitat structure, predators, light phase and prawn size. Society for Experimental Biology, Southampton, United Kingdom, March 31 - April 4.

Meager, J.J.; Loneragan, N.R.; Vance, D.J. and Williamson, I. (2000). Microhabitat distribution of juvenile banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis) within a mangrove forest and selection for vegetative structure. Meeting on Mangrove Macrobenthos, Mombasa Kenya. September 7-11.

Meager, J.J.; Loneragan, N.R.; Vance, D.J. and Williamson, I. (1999). Processes affecting the distribution and abundance of juvenile banana prawns (Penaeus merguiensis) Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference, Bendigo Victoria. October 1-3.

Meager, J.J.; Loneragan, N.R.; Vance, D.J. and Williamson, I. (1998). Fish predation on juvenile banana prawns Penaeus merguiensis) in a subtropical mangrove forest. Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference, Hobart Tasmania. September 24-25.



PUBLICATIONS [Back to top] [Back to home page] [email me for a reprint]

Published or in press (peer reviewed)

(23) Meager, J.J.; Schlacher, T.A and Nielsen, T.A. (2012). Humans alter habitat selection of birds on ocean-exposed sandy beaches. Diversity and Distributions. In press (DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2011.00873.x).

(22) Skjæraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J. and Heino, M. (2012). Secondary sexual characteristics in codfishes (Gadidae) in relation to sound production, habitat use, and social behaviour. Marine Biology Research (invited review). In press.

(21) Mayer, I.; Meager, J.J.; Skjæraasen, J.E.; Rodewald, P.; Sverdrup, G.K.; and Fernö, (2011). Domestication causes rapid changes in heart and brain morphology in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Environmental Biology of Fishes 92(2): 181-186 (DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9831-1).

(20) Skjæraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J.; Karlsen, Ø.; Hutchings J.A., Fernö A. (2011). Extreme fidelity of wild cod to a coastal spawning ground and the potential for population differentiation at local scales. ICES Journal of Marine Science 68:1472-1477 (DOI:10.1093/icesjms/fsr05).

(19) Meager, J.J.; Schlacher, T.A. and Green, M. (2011). Topographic complexity and landscape temperature patterns create a dynamic structure on a rocky intertidal shore. Marine Ecology Progress Series 428 Feature Article. 1-12 (DOI: 10.3354/meps09124). (link to article)

(18) Meager, J.J.; Rodewald, P.; Domenici, P. Fernö, A.; Skjæraasen, J.E.; Järvi, T and Sverdrup, G.K (2011). Behavioural responses of hatchery-reared and wild cod (Gadus morhua L.) to mechano-acoustic predator signals. Journal of Fish Biology 78(5):1437-1450 (DOI:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02951.x).

(17) Sverdrup, G.K.; Meager, J.J.; Fernö, A.; Rodewald, P.; Skjæraasen, J.E.; Salvanes, A.G. and Järvi, T. (2011). Territorial and agonistic interactions between farmed and wild juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Aquaculture Research 42:1539-1548. (DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02746.x).

(16) Skjæraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J; Karlsen, Ø.; Mayer, I.; Dahle, G.; Rudolfsen, G.; Haugland, T. and Fernö, A. (2010). Mating competition between farmed and wild cod: wild females choose wild males. Marine Ecology Progress Series 412: 247-258.

(15) Meager, J.J.; Skjæraasen, J.E.; Fernö, A. and Løkkeborg, S. (2010). Reproductive interactions between fugitive farmed cod and wild cod in the field. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 67: 1221-1231.

(14) Skjæraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J. and Hutchings, J.A. (2010). A cost of reproduction in male Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Canadian Journal of Zoology 88(6): 595-600.

(13) Meager, J.J.; Moberg, O.; Strand, E and Utne-Palm, A.C. (2010). Effects of light intensity on visual prey detection by juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology 43(2): 99-108 (link to article)

(12) Meager, J.J.; Skjæraasen, J.E. ; Fernö, A.; Karlsen, Ø.; Løkkeborg, S.; Michalsen, K. and Utskot, S.O. (2009). Vertical dynamics and reproductive behaviour of farmed and wild cod (Gadus morhua). Marine Ecology Progress Series 389: 233-243.

(11) Skjæraasen, J.E.; Mayer, I.; Meager, J.J.; Rudolfsen, G.; Karlsen, Ø; Haugland, T. and Kleven, O. (2009). Sperm characteristics and competitive ability in farmed and wild cod. Marine Ecology Progress Series 375:219-228.

(10) Skjærrasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J. and Karlsen, Ø (2008). Expression of secondary sexual characteristics in recruit and repeat spawning farmed and wild cod. ICES Journal of Marine Science 65: 1710-1716.

(9) Skjæraasen, J.E. ; Nilsen, T. ; Meager, J.J; Herbert, N.A; Moberg O.; Tronci V. ; Johansen T and Salvanes, A.G.V. (2008). Hypoxic avoidance behaviour in cod (Gadus morhua L.): The effect of temperature and haemoglobin genotype. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 358: 70-77.

(8) Meager, J.J. and Utne-Palm, A.C. (2008). Effect of turbidity on habitat preference of juvenile Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua and turbidity. Environmental Biology of Fishes 81(2): 149-155.

(7) Meager, J.J. and Batty, R.S. (2007). Effects of turbidity on the spontaneous and prey searching activity of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 362 (1487): 2123-2130.

(6) Meager, J.J.; Domenici, P.; Shingles, A. and Utne-Palm, A.C. (2006). Escape responses in juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua): the effect of turbidity and predator velocity. Journal of Experimental Biology 209:4174-4184. [Download a reprint, limited to 50 copies]

(5) Meager, J.J.; Williamson, I.; Loneragan, N.R. and Vance, D.J. (2005). Habitat selection of juvenile banana prawns, Penaeus merguiensis (de Man): testing the roles of habitat structure, predators, light phase and prawn size. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 324 (2): 89-98.

(4) Meager, J.J.; Solbakken, T.; Utne-Palm, A.C. and Oen, T. (2005). Effects of turbidity on the reaction distance, search time and foraging success of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62 (9): 1978-1984. [Download reprint]

(3) Meager, J.J.; Williamson, I. and King, C.R. (2005). Factors affecting the distribution, abundance and diversity of fishes of soft-substrata tidal pools within Moreton Bay, Australia. Hydrobiologia 537 (1-3): 71-80.

(2) Meager, J.J.; Vance, D.J. ; Williamson, I. and Loneragan, N.R. (2003). Microhabitat distribution of juvenile Penaeus merguiensis de Man and other epibenthic crustaceans within a mangrove forest in subtropical Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 294: 127-144

(1) Meager, J.J.; Vance, D.J ; Williamson, I. and Loneragan, N.R. (2003). Seasonal variation, and environmental influences on juvenile banana prawn (Penaeus merguiensis) abundance in a subtropical estuary (Logan River) of eastern Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 56: 1-8.


Other scientific publications (not peer reviewed)

Skjaeraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J. and Fernö, A. (2007). Hvordan vil romt oppdrettstorsk pavirke lokale kysttorskpopulasjoner? [How will escaped farmed cod influence local coastal cod populations?], Kyst og Havbruk 2007. Institute for Marine Research, Bergen, pp. 183-185 (Norwegian, Bokmål) [Download PDF]

Domenici, P., Shingles, A., LeFrancois, C. and Meager, J. (2005). Effects of turbidity on the spontaneous activity and behaviour of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 141 (3): S167 (Abstract).

Meager J.J. and Batty RS (2005). Effects of turbidity on the spontaneous activity and behaviour of juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 141 (3): 168 (Abstract)

Meager, J.J.; Utne Palm, A.C. and Solbakken, T. (2003). Behavioural effects of turbidity on predation by fishes on hyperbenthic crustaceans. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 134 (3)(Abstract).

Meager, J.J.; Williamson. I., Loneragan, N.R. and Vance, D.J. (2003). Habitat selection of juvenile banana prawns, Penaeus merguiensis: testing the roles of habitat structure, predators, light phase and prawn size. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 134 (3): 54 (Abstract).


Theses

Meager, J.J. (2003). The microhabitat distribution of juvenile banana prawns, Penaeus merguiensis de Man in subtropical eastern Australia and processes affecting their distribution and abundance. PhD Thesis. School of Natural Resource Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. 221 pp.

Meager, J.J. (1996). The distribution of fishes in soft-substrate tidepools within Moreton Bay, Queensland. Honours Thesis. School of Life Sciences, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane. 39 pp.

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Reports

Nielsen, T., Meager, J.J. and Schlacher, T.A. (2010). Shorebird monitoring on ocean-exposed sandy beaches in the Moreton Bay Marine Park: Progress report 2 to DERM. 20 pp.

Meager, J.J. , Schlacher, T.A. and Green, M. (2010). Biodiversity of rocky intertidal biota on the Sunshine Coast. Final report to the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. 71 pp.

Nielsen, T., Schlacher, T.A. and Meager, J.J. (2010). Shorebird monitoring on ocean-exposed sandy beaches in the Moreton Bay Marine Park. Progress report 1 to DERM. 47 pp.

Meager, J.J. , Skjæraasen, J.E. and Fernö, A. (2009). Interactions between wild and farmed cod: non-lethal impacts of escapees on wild populations. Final report to the Norwegian Research Council. 4 pp.

Meager, J.J. , Skjæraasen, J.E. and Fernö, A. (2009). Vertical distribution: hybridisation barrier between escapee and wild cod? Final report to the Norwegian Research Council. 4 pp.

Meager, J.J. , Fiksen, Ø. and Utne-Palm, A.C. (2006). The effect of turbidity and hypoxia on the behaviour of coastal marine fishes (ETHOFISH). EC Framework 5, QLRT-2002-00799. University of Bergen final consolidated report, 68 pp.

Utne-Palm, A.C. and Meager, J.J.   (2006). Foraging behaviour of planktivorous fish and fish larvae. Final report to the Norwegian Research Council. 10 pp.

Meager, J.J.  and Utne-Palm, A.C. (2004). The effect of turbidity and hypoxia on the behaviour of coastal marine fishes (ETHOFISH). EC Framework 5, QLRT-2002-00799. University of Bergen Annual Report. 16 pp.

Meager, J.J.  and Utne-Palm, A.C. (2003). The effect of turbidity and hypoxia on the behaviour of coastal marine fishes (ETHOFISH). EC Framework 5, QLRT-2002-00799. University of Bergen Annual Report. 20 pp.


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Journals

  • Aquaculture
  • Aquaculture Environment Interactions
  • Annales de Limnologie: International Journal of Limnology
  • Boreal Environment Research
  • Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
  • Ecosphere
  • Estuaries and Coasts
  • Freshwater Biology
  • Functional Ecology
  • Fundamental and Applied Limnology
  • ICES Journal of Marine Science
  • Journal of Applied Ecology
  • Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Journal of the Marine Biological Association
  • Limnology and Oceanography
  • Marine Biology
  • Marine Ecology
  • Marine Ecology Progress Series
  • Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Naturwissenschaften
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B

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  • Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
  • National Sea Grant College Program, USA



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