Adam’s research interests include the ecology and conservation of chondrichthyans (sharks, batoids and chimaeras), teleosts and sea turtles. This includes studying the roles of predators in structuring ecosystems, with a focus on predator-prey relationships, and spatial ecology (i.e. migration, movement behaviour and habitat use).

Other interests include assessing the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas for sharks, identifying essential fish habitats, and evaluating the effects of tourism on animal behaviour and health (e.g. shark provisioning and recreational fishing).

Presently, Adam is involved in a range of research projects along the east coast of Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Mozambique and South Africa.

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Environmental management (4104)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Marine systems and management (1805)
• Coastal and estuarine systems and management (1802)
• Expanding knowledge (2801)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• De Wysiecki A, Barnett A, Cortés F, Wiff R, Merlo P, Jaureguizar A, Awruch C, Trobbiani G and Irigoyen A (2023) The essential habitat role of a unique coastal inlet for a widely distributed apex predator. Royal Society Open Science, 10 (10).
• Hirschfeld M, Barnett A, Sheaves M and Dudgeon C (2023) What Darwin could not see: island formation and historical sea levels shape genetic divergence and island biogeography in a coastal marine species. Heredity, 131. pp. 189-200
• Lubitz N, Abrantes K, Crook K, Currey-Randall L, Chin A, Sheaves M, Fitzpatrick R, Barbosa Martins A, Bierwagen S, Miller I and Barnett A (2023) Trophic ecology shapes spatial ecology of two sympatric predators, the great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) and bull shark (Carcharhinus leucas). Frontiers in Marine Science, 10.
• Lubitz N, Daly R, Filmalter J, Sheaves M, Cowley P, Naesje T and Barnett A (2023) Context drives movement patterns in a mobile marine predator. Movement Ecology, 11.
• Mitchell J, Drymon J, Vardon J, Coulson P, Simpfendorfer C, Scyphers S, Kajiura S, Hoel K, Williams S, Ryan K, Barnett A, Heupel M, Chin A, Navarro M, Langlois T, Ajemian M, Gilman E, Prasky E and Jackson G (2023) Shark depredation: future directions in research and management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 33. pp. 475-499
• Sheaves M, Mattone C, Barnett A, Abrantes K, Bradley M, Sheaves A, Sheaves J and Waltham N (in press) Whale sharks as oceanic nurseries for Golden Trevally. Pacific Conservation Biology, 23004.
• Udyawer V, Huveneers C, Jaine F, Babcock R, Brodie S, Buscot M, Campbell H, Harcourt R, Hoenner X, Ledee E, Simpfendorfer C, Taylor M, Armstrong A, Barnett A, Brown C, Bruce B, Butcher P, Cadiou G, Couturier L, Currey-Randall L, Drew M, Dudgeon C, Dwyer R, Espinoza M, Ferreira L, Fowler A, Harasti D, Harborne A, Knott N, Lee K, Lloyd M, Lowry M, Marzullo T, Matley J, McAllister J, McAuley R, McGregor F, Meekan M, Mills K, Norman B, Oh B, Payne N, Peddemors V, Piddocke T, Pillans R, Reina R, Rogers P, Semmens J, Smoothey A, Speed C, van der Meulen D and Heupel M (2023) Scaling of Activity Space in Marine Organisms across Latitudinal Gradients. American Naturalist, 201 (4). pp. 586-602
• Andrzejaczek S, Lucas T, Goodman M, Hussey N, Armstrong A, Carlisle A, Coffey D, Gleiss A, Huveneers C, Jacoby D, Meekan M, Mourier J, Peel L, dos Santos Abrantes K, Afonso A, Ajemian M, Anderson B, Anderson S, Araujo G, Armstrong A, Bach P, Barnett A, Bennett M, Bezerra N, Bonfil R, Boustany A, Bowlby H, Branco I, Braun C, Brooks E, Brown J, Burke P, Butcher P, Castleton M, Chapple T, Chateau O, Clarke M, Coelho R, Cortes E, Couturier L, Cowley P, Croll D, Cuevas J, Curtis T, Dagorn L, Dale J, Daly R, Dewar H, Doherty P, Domingo A, Dove A, Drew M, Dudgeon C, Duffy C, Elliott R, Ellis J, Erdmann M, Farrugia T, Ferreira L, Ferretti F, Filmalter J, Finucci B, Fischer C, Fitzpatrick R, Forget F, Forsberg K, Francis M, Franks B, Gallagher A, Galvan-Magana F, Garcia M, Gaston T, Gillanders B, Gollock M, Green J, Green S, Griffiths C, Hammerschlag N, Hasan A, Hawkes L, Hazin F, Heard M, Hearn A, Hedges K, Henderson S, Holdsworth J, Holland K, Howey L, Hueter R, Humphries N, Hutchinson M, Jaine F, Jorgensen S, Kanive P, Labaja J, Lana F, Lassauce H, Lipscombe R, Llewellyn F, Macena B, Mambrasar R, McAllister J, Phillips S, McGregor F, McMillan M, McNaughton L, Mendonca S, Meyer C, Meyers M, Mohan J, Montgomery J, Mucientes G, Musyl M, Nasby-Lucas N, Natanson L, O'Sullivan J, Oliveira P, Papastamtiou Y, Patterson T, Pierce S, Queiroz N, Radford C, Richardson A, Richardson A, Righton D, Rohner C, Royer M, Saunders R, Schaber M, Schallert R, Scholl M, Seitz A, Semmens J, Setyawan E, Shea B, Shidqi R, Shillinger G, Shipley O, Shivji M, Sianipar A, Silva J, Sims D, Skomal G, Sousa L, Southall E, Spaet J, Stehfest K, Stevens G, Stewart J, Sulikowski J, Syakurachman I, Thorrold S, Thums M, Tickler D, Tolloti M, Townsend K, Travassos P, Tyminski J, Vaudo J, Veras D, Wantiez L, Weber S, Wells R, Weng K, Wetherbee B, Williamson J, Witt M, Wright S, Zilliacus K, Block B and Curnick D (2022) Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology. Science Advances, 8 (33).
• Barnett A, Fitzpatrick R, Bradley M, Miller I, Sheaves M, Chin A, Smith B, Diedrich A, Yick J, Lubitz N, Crook K, Mattone C, Bennett M, Wojtach L and Abrantes K (2022) Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites. People and Nature, 4 (4). pp. 963-982
• Cooper M, Villacorta-Rath C, Burrows D, Jerry D, Carr L, Barnett A, Huveneers C and Simpfendorfer C (2022) Practical eDNA sampling methods inferred from particle size distribution and comparison of capture techniques for a Critically Endangered elasmobranch. Environmental DNA, 4 (5). pp. 1011-1023
• Crook K, Sheaves M and Barnett A (2022) Species-specific foraging behaviors define the functional roles of sympatric stingrays. Limnology and Oceanography, 67 (1). pp. 219-230
• De Wysiecki A, Cortes F, Jaureguizar A and Barnett A (2022) Potential global distribution of a temperate marine coastal predator: The role of barriers and dispersal corridors on subpopulation connectivity. Limnology and Oceanography, 67 (8). pp. 1805-1819

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 86+ research outputs authored by Dr Adam Barnett from 2005 onwards.

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Assessing the potential for recreational fishing to contribute to conservation of coastal marine species and habitats (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Ecological and Environmental Characteristics of Nurseries of Fisheries Species, and Implications for the Management of Critical Fish Habitats (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• How are stingray communities distributed across tropical intertidal sandflats and which environmental factors influence their habit use? (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Marine megafauna movement ecology in a changing environment (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Sharks and rays in time: the importance of temporal scales in the approaches used to investigate species (Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• The lost years: identifying and assessing essential habitats for juvenile sharks. (Masters , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Context-dependent movement behaviour in marine predators: The causes and consequences of behavioural variability (2024, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Population structure and connectivity of demersal sharks in isolation (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Assessing the functional roles of rays in coastal sandflats (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Measuring productivity of Australian tropical estuaries using standing stock analysis (2020, Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Context dependence in the habitat relationships of coastal and marine fishes (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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