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| Name: Justin James Meager |
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Date of birth: 14/01/1975 |
| Nationality: Australian |
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Email: justin.meager@gmail.com |
Research profile: I am a marine and estuarine ecologist with broad research and teaching experience. My research includes basic behavioural research using fish, gastropods and crustaceans as model organisms, and applied problems in aquaculture, fisheries and conservation. Please use this link for full details of my research profile.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS [Back
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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: Population
Management
Minor: Aquaculture
1988-1992: Senior Certificate, Caloundra State High School, Queensland
AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS [Back
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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
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- 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
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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
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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
- 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 fauna and flora
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LANGUAGES [Back
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- Norwegian: advanced (speak, read, write)
HOBBIES AND INTERESTS
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Surfing, snowboarding, music, playing the guitar, home brewing, 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
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Research • Consulting • Teaching • Student supervision • Administration [Back
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January 2010-ongoing
Postdoctoral Researcher: 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 oil spills on beach fauna and the effect of human activities on shore birds.
Contact: Associate Professor Thomas Schlacher, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia. Email: TSchlach@usc.edu.au
February 2006 - April 2009
Research Scientist (Level II), 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)'.
Contact: Professor Anders Fernö, Department of Biology, UiB, Ph. +47 5558 4474
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).
Contact: Associate Professor Øyvind Fiksen, Department of Biology, UiB, Ph. +47 55584624
February - December 2000
Field Research
Assistant (Volunteer), Queensland University of Technology
Project Title: Variation in wild stocks of the freshwater
prawn (Macrobrachium australiense)
Duties: Assisted in collection of field data.
Contact: Dr. Amanda Dimmock (QDPI)
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.
Contact: Simone Retif, Policy Officer: Marine Fisheries,
Ph. +61 7 3224 8377
Research • Consulting • Teaching • Student supervision • Administration [Back
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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.
Contact: Professor Ian Mayer, Norwegian School of Veterinary Science, Norway, Email: Ian.Mayer@veths.no
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'
Contact: Dr Richard Nash, Institute of Marine Research, Norway, Email: richard.nash@imr.no
Research • Consulting • Teaching • Student supervision • Administration [Back
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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.
Contact: Dr Ian Williamson, Lecturer: School of Natural Resource Science, QUT,
Ph. +61 7 3864 2779
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'.
Contact: Professor Ian Mayer Lecturer: Department of Biology, UiB, Email: ian.mayer@bio.uib.no
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'.
Contact: Professor Ian Mayer Lecturer: Department of Biology, UiB, Email: ian.mayer@bio.uib.no
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)
Contact: Professor Ian Mayer Lecturer: Department of Biology, UiB, Email: ian.mayer@bio.uib.no
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 '.
Contact: Dr. Kenneth Meland, Department of Biology, Email: kenneth.meland@bio.uib.no
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.
Contact: Dr Ian Williamson, School of Natural Resource Sciences, QUT,
Ph. +61 7 3864 2779
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.
Contact: Associate Professor Peter Timms, School of Life Science, QUT. Ph. +61 7 3864
5144<
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.
Contact: Jane Vidgeon, Ph. +61 7 3864 2967
September 2002- December 2002
Teacher, NOVA-Group, Yokohama, Japan
Duties: Teaching English to Japanese students of all levels.
Contact: Dale Wark (dwark@nova-corp-com.au)
June 2002- September 2002
Teacher (volunteer), QUT Language Exchange Program
Duties: English tuition for international students (voluntary, part-time).
Contact: Alina Sarosiek (a.sarosiek@qut.edu.au)
Research • Consulting • Teaching • Student supervision • Administration [Back
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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 (ongoing) (co-supervisor)
Mahdi Green: 'Impact of beach camping on coastal dune vegetation on North Stradbroke Island'. Honours, USC (ongoing) (co-supervisor)
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Research • Consulting • Teaching • Student supervision • Administration [Back
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Project management
January 2006- March 2009. INTERACTIONS and VERTICAL projects (Norwegian Research Council, NRC)
Project manager (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 group meetings for 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).
August -
October 2001
Database Administrator, Medirest, Compass Group, London, UK
Duties: Full-time management of a database of clients for a hospital-catering firm. Duties included updating relevant
data and producing a framework for data reports.
Contact: Ph. +41 0208 7411614
FUNDING: GRANT APPLICATIONS AWARDED [Back
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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
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- 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
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Animal-Habitat Forum,
November 1999: organised, chaired and presented
at a meeting for researchers in south-east Queensland, Australia
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CSIRO Science Writing
Workshop 1999, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia
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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
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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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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]
Published or in press (peer reviewed)
Skjæraasen, J.E.; Meager, J.J; Karlsen, Ø.; Mayer, I.; Dahle, G.; Rudolfsen, G.; Haugland, T. and Fernö, A. (in press). Mating competition between farmed and wild cod: wild females choose wild males. Marine Ecology Progress Series
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.
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.
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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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 Penaeus merguiensis. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
324 (2): 89-98.
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]
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.
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
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.
[email me for a reprint]
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).
In review or submitted
Sverdrup, G.K.; Meager, J.J.; Fernö, A.; Rodewald, P.; Skjæraasen, J.E.; Järvi, T. and Salvanes, A.G. (in review) Territorial and agonistic interactions between farmed and wild juvenile Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua L.). Aquaculture Research
In preparation
Meager, J.J.; Rodewald, P.; Domenici, P. Fernö, A.; Skjæraasen, J.E.; Järvi, T and Sverdrup, G.K. Antipredator responses of hatchery-reared and wild cod (Gadus morhua L.) to mechano-acoustic stimuli. Journal of Fish Biology
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
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 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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