Search Results - "A. David McKinnon"
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Zooplankton Growth, Respiration and Grazing on the Australian Margins of the Tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans
Published in PloS one (15-10-2015)“…The specific activity of aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases (spAARS), an index of growth rate, and of the electron transport system (spETS), an index of respiration,…”
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Selective Evidence of Eutrophication in the Great Barrier Reef: Comment on Bell et al. (2014)
Published in Ambio (01-04-2014)“…In a recent article, Bell et al. (2014) misrepresent the current state of knowledge regarding water quality within the Great Barrier Reef (GBR) and the…”
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Plankton Respiration, Production, and Trophic State in Tropical Coastal and Shelf Waters Adjacent to Northern Australia
Published in Frontiers in Marine Science (31-10-2017)“…In a changing ocean, tropical waters can be instructive as to the potential effects of climate induced changes on marine ecosystem structure and function. We…”
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A database of zooplankton biomass in Australian marine waters
Published in Scientific data (08-09-2020)“…Zooplankton biomass data have been collected in Australian waters since the 1930s, yet most datasets have been unavailable to the research community. We have…”
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The effect of food type and quantity on egg production and nucleic acid content of Acartia sinjiensis
Published in Aquaculture (01-11-2009)“…Both food type and quantity have a strong effect on the egg production, RNA:DNA ratio and RNA content of the copepod Acartia sinjiensis. Copepods were fed…”
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Tropical Marginal Seas: Priority Regions for Managing Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function
Published in Annual Review of Marine Science (01-01-2014)“…Tropical marginal seas (TMSs) are natural subregions of tropical oceans containing biodiverse ecosystems with conspicuous, valued, and vulnerable biodiversity…”
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Workshop on the ecosystem and fisheries of the Coral Sea: an Australian perspective on research and management
Published in Reviews in fish biology and fisheries (01-09-2012)“…This report summarizes a workshop on the Coral Sea to determine key research findings and identify the research gaps needed to support sustainable management…”
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Quantifying larvae of the coralivorous seastar Acanthaster cf. solaris on the Great Barrier Reef using qPCR
Published in Marine biology (01-08-2017)“…Coral reefs are under threat from a variety of sources including the corallivorous seastar, Acanthaster cf. solaris. (Crown of Thorns Seastar; CoTS). Outbreak…”
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The Australian Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda) I. Monstrillopsis Sars, Maemonstrilla Grygier & Ohtsuka, and Australomonstrillopsis gen. nov
Published in Zootaxa (17-03-2014)“…Monstrilloid copepods were collected during zooplankton surveys in reef and coastal areas of Australia. Representatives of all four genera of the Monstrilloida…”
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Egg production, egg hatching success and population increase of the tropical paracalanid copepod, Bestiolina similis (Calanoida: Paracalanidae) fed different microalgal diets
Published in Aquaculture (01-12-2009)“…A series of experiments was conducted to evaluate the suitability of ten microalgal diets, including 4 monoalgal, 5 binary and 1 tri-algal diet, for the…”
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The Australian Monstrilloida (Crustacea: Copepoda) II. Cymbasoma Thompson, 1888
Published in Zootaxa (08-04-2016)“…Monstrilloid copepods collected during the past two decades from zooplankton surveys in reef and coastal areas of Australia were analyzed. A first contribution…”
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Sex ratios, intersexuality and sex change in copepods
Published in Journal of plankton research (01-09-2009)“…Female-biased adult sex ratios are common in copepod species, and have been observed both in wild populations and in cultures. Biased sex ratios are most…”
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Impact of Gray-Hole Attacks on PMU Data-Based Mode Estimation
Published in 2018 IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PESGM) (01-08-2018)“…Synchrophasor data from phasor measurement units (PMUs) are increasingly being incorporated in various power system applications for real-time monitoring and…”
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Comparison of the shell structure of two tropical Thecosomata (Creseis acicula and Diacavolinia longirostris) from 1963 to 2009: potential implications of declining aragonite saturation
Published in ICES journal of marine science (01-05-2012)“…Roger, L. M., Richardson, A. J., McKinnon, A. D., Knott, B., Matear, R., and Scadding, C. 2012. Comparison of the shell structure of two tropical Thecosomata…”
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The coral sea: physical environment, ecosystem status and biodiversity assets
Published in Advances in marine biology (2013)“…The Coral Sea, located at the southwestern rim of the Pacific Ocean, is the only tropical marginal sea where human impacts remain relatively minor. Patterns…”
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Female-biased sex ratios in marine pelagic copepods: Response to Hirst et al. (2013)
Published in Marine ecology. Progress series (Halstenbek) (28-08-2013)“…Hirst et al. (2013; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 489:297–298) suggest that Gusmão et al. (2013; Mar Ecol Prog Ser 482:279–298) misinterpreted the findings of Hirst et al…”
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The fate of organic matter derived from small-scale fish cage aquaculture in coastal waters of Sulawesi and Sumatra, Indonesia
Published in Aquaculture (01-10-2009)“…To determine the fate of organic matter derived from fish cage aquaculture, carbon and nutrient cycling processes in waters and sediments, and water…”
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Sediment microbial community analysis: Establishing impacts of aquaculture on a tropical mangrove ecosystem
Published in Aquaculture (01-12-2009)“…The impact of organic loading from a tropical finfish cage farm was investigated by comparing the microbial community in surface sediments (0–8.5 cm) at sites…”
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A database of marine phytoplankton abundance, biomass and species composition in Australian waters
Published in Scientific data (21-06-2016)“…There have been many individual phytoplankton datasets collected across Australia since the mid 1900s, but most are unavailable to the research community. We…”
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Impact of hydrotalcite deposition on biogeochemical processes in a shallow tropical bay
Published in Marine environmental research (01-03-2011)“…The biogeochemistry of a tropical shoal bay (Melville Bay, Australia) impacted by the effluent release, precipitation, and deposition of hydrotalcite from an…”
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