The Shima LabSTUDYING LIFE HISTORIES AND POPULATION DYNAMICS IN THE SEA |
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Our lab groupWe host a talented group of postgraduate students and postdocs who develop and apply quantitative approaches to address a diversity of research questions. Our lab group is international, with current and past members from New Zealand, France, England, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Canada, and the USA. |
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Find out how you can join us. |
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| Jeff Shima (Lab Leader) | Life histories and population dynamics in the sea | |
| Alisha Gill* (PhD candidate) | Shining a light on lanternfish - details coming soon! | |
| Niamh Smith* (PhD candidate) | Shining a light on lanternfish - details coming soon! | |
| Finn Gallagher* (MSc candidate) | Settlement dynamics and fitness of marine organisms on artificial habitats | |
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**denotes JS secondary supervisor
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Lab alumni |
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| Laura Sterup* (MSc, link to thesis) | The nature of coastal light pollution and its relationship with morphological variation in a larval fish around Wellington, New Zealand | |
| Jaye Barclay* (MSc, link to thesis) | Lunar periodicity in reproduction and development of the common triplefin | |
| Emma O'Malley* (MSc, link to thesis) | Influence of nocturnal illumination on larval development and swimming ability of inanga (Galaxias maculatus) | |
| Alison Duncan** (PhD, link to thesis) | Transgenerational effects of environmental stressors in an estuarine whelk | |
| Daniel McNaughtan* (PhD, link to thesis) | An evaluation of distribution, abundance, and phenotypes of early developmental stages of the common triple fin across a major life-history transition. | |
| Andy Chang** (MSc) | Assessing the value of nursery habitats in the growth and diet of juvenile Parapercis colias in the Marlborough Sounds, New Zealand. | |
| Amber McEwan* (PhD, link to thesis) | Translocation ecology of New Zealand freshwater mussels | |
| Phoebe Caie* (PhD, link to thesis) | Early life history variation in phenotypes and fitness of a coral reef fish, Thalassoma hardwicke. | |
| Stina Kolodzey** (PhD, link to thesis) | Demographic and reproductive variability within and among subpopulations of temperate reef fishes. | |
| Leonardo Durante** (PhD, link to thesis) | Trophic structure through the history of exploitation in New Zealand fish communities. | |
| McKenzie Tornquist* (MSc, link to thesis) | Disentangling the determinants of reproductive success in a temperate reef fish, Forsterygion lapllum. | |
| Pauline Mitterwallner* (PhD, link to thesis) | Reproductive timing and investment decisions of a protogynous, hermaphroditic coral reef fish species. | |
| Becky Focht* (PhD, link to thesis) | Weathering the storm: implications of wave exposure on the distribution, phenotype, and growth of a temperate reef fish. | |
| Keith Michael* (PhD, link to thesis) | Recruitment of oysters in Foveaux Strait: contributions of spawning-stock size, biological and climatic factors. | |
| Katie Hillyer* (Postdoctoral Fellow) | Physiological condition and eco-evolutionary dynamics of coral reef fish. | |
| Jessie Bottcher* (MSc, link to thesis) | The physiological responses of an amphidromous fish, Galaxias maculatus, to environmental conditions experienced during a transitionary phase. | |
| Conor Neilson* (MSc, link to thesis) | There and back again: Spatial and temporal variation in the recruitment dynamics of an amphidromous fish. | |
| Chris McDowall* (MSc, link to thesis) | A fish for all seasons: Spatial and temporal variation in patterns of demographic heterogeneity for Retropinna retropinna. | |
| Vinnie Wood* (MSc, link to thesis) | Three rivers and a fish: body shape variation in adult inanga (Galaxias maculatus) and implications for reproductive output. | |
| Ben Moginie* (MSc, link to thesis) | Ecological consequences of variability in post-settlement growth of a temperate reef fish. | |
| Phoebe Caie* (MSc, link to thesis) | Selective mortality on early life-history traits of a temperate reef fish. | |
| Dr Mark Kaemingk* (Postdoctoral Fellow) | Recruitment dynamics of Galaxias maculatus (whitebait). | |
| Paul Mensink* (PhD, link to thesis) | Factors influencing the recruitment, growth and reproduction of a temperate reef fish, Forsterygion lapillum | |
| Abi Powell (Postdoctoral Fellow) | Winners and Losers: effects of individual variation reef fishes. | |
| Dana Morton (Fulbright Fellow) | Effects of habitat configuration and availability on settlement of reef fish | |
| Jennifer Oliver*(MSc, link to thesis) | Reproductive ecology, condition, and the physical environment of a temperate protogynous hermaphrodite at a small spatial scale (VUW Scholarship) | |
| Philipp Neubauer* (PhD, link to thesis) | Development and application of otolith-based methods to infer demographic connections in a marine metapopulation (Marsden Grant Scholarship) | |
Alejandro Perez Matus* (PhD, link to thesis)
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Effects of macroalgal habitats on the community and population structure of temperate reef fishes | |
| Gareth Williams ** (PhD, link to thesis) | Coral disease and the environment in the Pacific Ocean | |
| Rachel Clausing (Fulbright Fellow) | Effects of nutrient enrichment on biodiversity along a productivity gradient | |
| Shane Geange* (Postdoctoral Fellow, PhD, link to thesis) | Postdoc: Ecological consequences of bladder kelp harvest in New Zealand; PhD: An evaluation of prior residency and habitat effects on the persistence of settling reef fishes | |
| Anna Smith* (PhD, link to thesis) | Environmental and life-history factors influencing juvenile demography of a temperate reef fish | |
| Rose Ter Borg * (PGradDip Sci) | Reproductive output, parental investment, and early life-history of the common triplefin | |
| Sonja Miller* (PhD, link to thesis) | A quantitative assessment of ra'ui (a traditional approach to marine protected areas) on the fishes and invertebrates of Rarotonga, Cook Islands | |
| Bruce Dudley* (PhD, link to thesis) | Quantitative ecological impact assessments using natural abundance carbon and nitrogen stable isotope signatures | |
| Chris McDermott* (MSc, link to thesis) | Understanding patterns of habitat use in reef fish: implications of ontogenetic shifts on habitat use for population demography | |
| Mat Forsyth* (MSc candidate) | Iteractions between larval condition and juvenile environments and their consequences for reef fish recruitment | |
| Vanessa Hernaman (Postdoctoral Fellow) | Demographic connectivity in reef fishes | |
| Tom Curtis* (MSc, link to thesis) | Biogeographic variation in demographic rates of the yellow-eyed mullet, Aldrichetta forsteri (Mugilidae), across New Zealand | |
