Jeff's bio, education, and training |
| 2016-present |
Professor, SBS, Victoria University of Wellington |
| 2023-present |
Board Member, Faculty of Graduate Research, Te Herenga Waka |
| 2022-present |
Chair, School of Biological Sciences Research Committee |
| 2022-present |
Postgraduate Coordinator for all PhD students, School of Biological Sciences |
| 2004-2018, 2023 |
Director, Victoria University Coastal Ecology Laboratory |
| 2013-2023 |
Chair, University Diving Control Board, & Diving and Boasting Committee |
| 2019-2020 |
Visiting Researcher, Institut des Sciences de l’Evolution de Montpellier (ISEM), Université de Montpellier, France |
| 2016-2021 |
Editorial Board Member, Ecology, Ecological Monographs |
| 2014-2016 |
Review Editor, Frontiers in Marine Science |
| 2014-2015 |
Visiting Researcher, Centre de Recherches Insulaires et Observatoire de l’Environnement, Université de Perpignan, France |
| 2011-2015 |
Associate Professor, SBS, Victoria University of Wellington |
| 2007-2015 |
Editorial Board Member, Oecologia |
| 2006-present |
Affiliate Faculty Member, University of California Gump Research Station |
| 2005-2010 |
Senior Lecturer, SBS, Victoria University of Wellington |
| 2003-2015 |
Assistant/Associate Professor (Adjunct), Biology, University of Florida |
| 2002-2004 |
Lecturer, SBS, Victoria University of Wellington |
| 2001-2002 |
Research Coordinator, SBC LTER Program |
| 2000-2002 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, PISCO, UC Santa Barbara |
| 2000-2001 |
Post-Doctoral Fellow, CEA-CREST, California State University, Los Angeles |
| 1994-1999 |
PhD, Ecology, Evolution and Marine Biology, University of California at Santa Barbara |
| 1990-1994 |
BA (Hons), Integrative Biology, University of California at Berkeley |
Jeff's Publications |
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| Shima J.S., S.H. Alonzo, C.W. Osenberg, E.G. Noonburg, and S.E. Swearer. (2024) Lunar rhythms and their carry-over effects may shape environmental sex determination in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 291: 20240613. (link to article)(request a reprint) |
| Noonburg E. G., S.H. Alonzo, C.W. Osenberg, S.E. Swearer, and J.S. Shima. (2024) Patterns of spawning and settlement of reef fishes as strategic responses to post-settlement competition. Theoretical Population Biology 160: 1–13. (link to article)(request a reprint) |
| Cornwall, C.E., Bell, J.J.Shima, J.S., and Rogers,A. (2023) Institute Profile: Victoria University of Wellington's Coastal Ecology Laboratory—A Uniquely Situated Research Facility for Subtidal and Intertidal Biology. Limnology and Oceanography Bulletin 10.1002/lob.10604 (link to article)(request a reprint) |
| Mitterwallner, P. and J.S. Shima. (2022b) Influence of the lunar cycle and spatial gradients on size‑dependent male and female reproductive investment decisions of a protogynous reef fish. Marine Biology 169:129 DOI: 10.1007/s00227-022-04109-9(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Mitterwallner, P. and J.S. Shima. (2022) The relative influence of environmental cues on reproductive allocation of a highly iteroparous coral reef fish. Coral Reefs DOI: 10.1007/s00338-022-02239-6 (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Perez-Matus, A. P. Neubauer, J.S. Shima, and M.M. Rivadeneira. (2022) Reef fish diversity across the temperate South Pacific ocean. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 10: 768707. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Durante, L., S. Wing, T. Ingram, A. Sabadel, and J. Shima. (2022) Changes in trophic structure of an exploited fish community at the centennial scale are linked to fisheries and climate forces. Scientific Reports 12:4309 (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., C.W. Osenberg, S.H. Alonzo, E.G. Noonburg, and S.E. Swearer. (2022) How moonlight shapes environments, life histories, and ecological interactions on coral reefs. Emerging Topics in Life Sciences DOI 10.1042/ETLS20210237 (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J. S., C. W. Osenberg, E. G. Noonburg, S. H. Alonzo, and S. E. Swearer. (2021) Lunar rhythms in growth of larval fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B-Biological Sciences 288: 20202609. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Hillyer, K. E., Beale, D. J., & Shima, J. S. (2021) Artificial light at night interacts with predatory threat to alter reef fish metabolite profiles. Sci. Total Environ. 769: 144482. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Brown A.L., E.A. Hamman, J.S. Shima, J.P. Wares and C.W. Osenberg. (2021) Extended phenotypes on coral reefs: cryptic phenotypes modulate coral-vermetid interactions. Ecology e03215 (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J. S., C.W. Osenberg, S.H. Alonzo,, E.G. Noonburg, P. Mitterwallner, and S.E. Swearer, S. E. (2020) Reproductive phenology across the lunar cycle: parental decisions, offspring responses, and consequences for reef fish. Ecology 101, e03086. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Focht, R , and J.S. Shima. (2020) Acceleration loggers reveal fine-scale heterogeneity in wave exposure along an open coast. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 233: 106507 (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Kaemingk, M.A., S.E. Swearer, S.J. Bury, and J.S. Shima. (2019) Landscape edges shape dispersal and population structure of a migratory fish. Oecologia 190: 579-588.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| McEwan A.J., A.R. Dobson-Waitere, and J.S. Shima. (2019) Comparing traditional and modern methods of kakahi translocation: implications for ecological restoration. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research DOI:
10.1080/00288330.2019.1636099. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Brown A.L., T.K Frazer, G. Li, J.R. Hilsenroth, J.S. Shima, and C.W. Osenberg. (2019) Hidden predators on coral reefs: muricid consumption of vermetids. Marine Ecology Progress Series 615: 121-131. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Swearer S.E., E.A. Treml, and J.S. Shima (2019) A review of biophysical models of marine larval dispersal. Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 57: 325-356.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. and S.E. Swearer (2019) Moonlight enhances growth in larval fish. Ecology. 100: e02563 (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Caie P. and J. S. Shima (2019) Patterns of selective predation change with ontogeny but not density in a marine fish. Oecologia 189: 123–132. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Michael, K. and Shima, J. (2018) Four-year decline in Ostrea chilensis recruits per spawner in Foveaux Strait, New Zealand, suggests a diminishing stock-recruitment relationship . Marine Ecology Progress Series 600: 85-98 (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Moginie, B. and Shima, J. (2018) Hatch date and growth rate drives reproductive success in nest-guarding males of a temperate reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 592: 197-206. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., E.G. Noonburg, S.E. Swearer, S.A. Alonzo, and C.W. Osenberg (2018) Born at the right time? A conceptual framework linking reproduction, development, and settlement in reef fish. Ecology 99: 116-126. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Ford, J.R., J.S. Shima and S.E. Swearer (2016) Interactive effects of shelter and conspecific density shape mortality, growth, and condition in juvenile reef fish. Ecology 97: 1373–1380. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Brown, A.L., T.K. Frazer, J.S. Shima, and C.W. Osenberg (2016) Mass mortality of the vermetid gastropod Ceraesignum maximum. Coral Reefs. (DOI 10.1007/s00338-016-1438-8) (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., N.E. Phillips and C.W.Osenberg (2016) Variation in the growth and survival of the tropical vermetid gastropod Ceraesignum maximum is driven by size, habitat and density. Marine Biology 163:84.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. and S.E. Swearer (2016) Evidence and population consequences of shared larval dispersal histories in a marine fish. Ecology 97: 1373–1380. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Mensink, P.J. and J.S. Shima (2015) Home range size in juveniles of the temperate reef fish, the common triplefin (Forsterygion lapillum). Marine and Freshwater Research. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., D. McNaughtan, and A.T. Strong. (2015) Vermetid gastropods mediate within-colony variation in coral growth to induce a flattened colony morphology. Marine Biology 162:1523–1530. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Noonburg, E.G., A. Chen, J.S. Shima, and S.E. Swearer (2015) Demographic heterogeneity and the dynamics of open populations. Ecology 96:1159-1165. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., E.G. Noonburg, and S.E. Swearer (2015) Consequences of variable larval dispersal pathways and resulting phenotypic mixtures to the dynamics of marine metapopulations. Biology Letters 11:20140778. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., and C.W. Osenberg (2015). Cryptic density dependence: integrating supply side ecology with population regulation. In: C Mora (Eds) The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. Cambridge University Press. (link to book) (request a reprint) |
| Mensink, P.J., S.W. Geange, and J.S. Shima (2014) Reproductive success of parasitized males in a marine reef fish. Marine Biology 161:1285–1298. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Phillips, N.E., J.S. Shima, and C.W. Osenberg (2014) Live coral cover may provide resilience to damage from the vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum by preventing larval settlement. Coral Reefs 33:1137–1144. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Mensink, P.J. and J.S. Shima (2014) Patterns of co‑occurrence and interactions between age classes of the common triplefin, Forsterygion lapillum. Marine Biology 161:1285-1298. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Morton, D.N. and J.S. Shima (2013). Habitat configuration and availability influences the settlement of temperate reef fishes (Trypterygiidae). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 449: 215-220. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Neubauer, P, J.S. Shima, and S.E. Swearer. (2013) Inferring dispersal and migrations from incomplete geochemical baselines: analysis of population structure using Bayesian infinite mixture models. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 4: 836-845. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Geange, S.W., A.C. Stier, and J.S. Shima (2013). Competitive hierarchies among three species of juvenile coral reef fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 472: 239–248. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., N.E. Phillips, and C.W. Osenberg. (2013). Consistent deleterious effects of vermetid gastropods on coral performance Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 439:1-6. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., D. McNaughtan, S.W. Geange, S. Wilkinson. (2012) Ontogenetic variation in site fidelity and homing behaviour of a temperate reef fish. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 416-417:162-167. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Miller, S.J., J.S. Shima, and N.E. Phillips (2012) Effects of microhabitat availability on estimates of density of a reef fish: implications for assessments of marine protected areas. Hydrobiologia 685: 173-190. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Smith, A and J.S. Shima (2011) Variation in the effects of larval history on juvenile performance of a temperate reef fish . Austral Ecology 36:830-838. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Geange, S.W., S. Pledger, K.C. Burns and J.S. Shima. (2011) A unified analysis of niche overlap incorporating data of different types. Methods in Ecology and Evolution 2:175-184. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Osenberg, C.W., J.S. Shima, S.L. Miller, and A.C. Stier (2011) ECOLOGY-Assessing effects of marine protected areas: confounding in space and possible solutions. In Marine Protected Areas: Effects, networks and monitoring – A multidisciplinary approach, J. Claudet. Ed. Cambridge University Press - Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation Series. (request a reprint) |
| Perez-Matus, A. and J.S. Shima (2010) Density and trait-mediated effects of fish predators on amphipod grazers: indirect benefits for the giant kelp, Macrocystis pyrifera. Marine Ecology Progress Series 417:151-158.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Swearer, S.E. and J.S. Shima. (2010) Regional variation in larval retention and dispersal drives recruitment patterns in a temperate reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 417:229-236. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Stier, A.C., C.S. McKeon, C.W. Osenberg, and J.S. Shima (2010) Guard crabs alleviate deleterious effects of vermetid snails on a branching coral. Coral Reefs 29:1019-1022.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Neubauer, P., J.S. Shima, S.E. Swearer. (2010) Scale-dependent variability in hatchling otolith chemistry: implications and solutions for studies of population connectivity. Marine Ecology Progress Series 415:263-274. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. and S.E. Swearer (2010) The legacy of dispersal: larval experience shapes persistence later in the life of a reef fish. Journal of Animal Ecology 79:1308-1314.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., C.W. Osenberg, A.C. Stier. (2010) The vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum reduces coral growth and survival. Biology Letters 6: 815-818. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., E.G. Noonburg, and N.E. Phillips. (2010) Larval dispersal in spatially structured coastal environments; life history and matrix heterogeneity interact to shape connectivity in marine metapopulations. Ecology 91:1215-1224.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Perez-Matus, A. and J.S. Shima (2010) Disentangling the effects of macroalgae on the abundance of temperate reef fishes. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 388:1-10. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Dudley, B., N. Barr, J.S. Shima (2010) The influence of light intensity and nutrient source on δ13C and δ15N signatures in Ulva pertusa. Aquatic Biology 9:85-93. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Dudley B.D. and J.S. Shima (2010) Algal and invertebrate bioindicators detect sewage effluent along the coast of Titahi Bay, Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 44:39-51.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Phillips, N.E. and J.S. Shima.(2010). Reproduction of the vermetid gastropod Dendropoma maximum (Sowerby 1825) in Moorea, French Polynesia. Journal of Molluscan Studies 76:133-137. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. and S.E. Swearer (2009). Spatially variable larval histories may shape recruitment rates of a temperate reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 394:223-229. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. and S.E. Swearer (2009) Larval quality is shaped by matrix effects: implications for connectivity in a marine metapopulation. Ecology 90:1255-1267.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Lison de Loma, T., C.W. Osenberg, , J.S. Shima, Y. Chancerelle, N. Davies, A.J. Brooks, and R. Galzin. (2008). A Framework for assessing the impacts of marine protected areas in Moorea (French Polynesia). Pacific Science 62:431-441. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., C.W. Osenberg and C.M. St. Mary. (2008). Quantifying site quality in a heterogeneous landscape: recruitment of a reef fish. Ecology 89:86-94.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Lecchini, D., C.W. Osenberg, J.S. Shima, C.M. St. Mary and R. Galzin. (2007). Ontogenetic changes in habitat selection during settlement in a coral reef fish: ecological determinants and sensory mechanisms. Coral Reefs 26:423-432. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| McDermott, C.M. and J.S. Shima. (2006). Ontogenetic shifts in microhabitat preference of the temperate reef fish Forsterygion lapillum: implications for population limitation. Marine Ecology Progress Series 320:259-266.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Phillips, N.E. and J.S. Shima. (2006). Differential effects of suspended sediments on larval survival and settlement of New Zealand urchins (Evechinus chloroticus) and abalone (Haliotis iris). Marine Ecology Progress Series 314:149-158.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Osenberg, C.W., B.M. Bolker, J.S. White, C.M. St. Mary, and J.S. Shima. (2006). Statistical issues and study design in ecological restorations: lessons learned from marine reserves. In Foundations of Restoration Ecology, D.A. Falk, M.A. Palmer, and J.B. Zedler, Eds. Island Press.(request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., C.W. Osenberg, , C.M. St. Mary, and L Rogers. (2006). Implication of changing coral communities: do larval traits or habitat features drive variation in density-dependent mortality and recruitment of juvenile reef fish? Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, JP. p 226-231.(request a reprint) |
| Osenberg, C.W., J.S. Shima, and C.M. St. Mary. (2006). Habitat degredation and settlement behavior: effects on fish settlement, survival, and recruitment. Proceedings of the 10th International Coral Reef Symposium, Okinawa, JP. p 257-263.(request a reprint) |
| Lecchini, D., J. Shima, B. Banaigs and R. Galzin. (2005). Larval sensory abilities and mechanisms of habitat selection of a coral reef fish during settlement. Oecologia 143:326-334. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Curtis T.D. and J.S. Shima. (2005). Geographic and sex-specific variation in growth of Yellow-eyed mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri, from estuaries around New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 39:1277-1285. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Schwartz, A-M., R. Taylor, J. Hewitt, N. Phillips, J.S. Shima, R. Cole, and R. Budd. (2005). Impacts of terrestrial runoff on the biodiversity of rocky reefs. Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Report no. 3. (request a reprint) |
| Vieux, C., A. Aubanel, J. Axford, Y. Chancerelle, D. Fisk, P. Holland, M. Juncker, T. Kirata, M. Kronen, C. Osenberg, B. Pasisi, M. Power, B. Salvat, J. Shima and V. Vavia. (2004). A century of change in coral reef status in Southeast and Central Pacific: Polynesia Mana Node, Cook Islands, French Polynesia, Kiribati, Niue, Tokelau, Tonga, Wallis and Futuna. In Status of coral reefs of the world: 2004. Volume 2, C. Wilkinson (Ed.), p 363-380. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.(request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. and C.W. Osenberg. (2003). Cryptic density dependence: effects of spatio-temporal covariation between density and site quality in reef fish. Ecology 84:46-52. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S., R. Cowen, S. Kim, S. Thorrold, I. Perry, and M.-E. Carr. (2002). “Population Connectivity”. In Climate and Fisheries: interacting paradigms, scales and policy approaches, A. Bakun and K. Broad, Eds. International Research Institute for Climate Prediction, Columbia Earth Science Institute, New York. p. 23-25.(request a reprint) |
| Swearer, S.E., J.S. Shima, M.E. Hellberg, S.R. Thorrold, G.P. Jones, D.R Robertson, S.G. Morgan, K.A. Selkoe, G.M. Ruiz, R.R. Warner. (2002). Evidence of self-recruitment in demersal marine populations. Bulletin of Marine Science 70:251-271. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. and A.M. Findlay. (2002) Pelagic larval growth rate impacts benthic settlement and survival of a temperate reef fish. Marine Ecology Progress Series 235:303-309.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. (2002) Mechanisms of density- and number-dependent population regulation of a coral-reef fish. Marine and Freshwater Research, 53:175-179. (link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. (2001a) Regulation of local populations of a coral reef fish via joint effects of density- and number-dependent mortality. Oecologia 126:58-65.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. (2001b). Recruitment of a coral reef fish: roles of settlement, habitat, and postsettlement losses. Ecology 82:2190-2199.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
| Shima, J.S. (1999) Variability in relative importance of determinants of reef fish recruitment. Ecology Letters 2:304-310.(link to article) (request a reprint) |
