Publications of the FAMER Laboratory

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1999 and older

• Suthers, IM, T van de Meeren, and K.E. Jørstad. (1999). Growth histories of three Norwegian cod stocks co-reared in mesocosms, derived from otolith microstructure; the effect of prey size. ICES Journal of Marine Science 56: 658–672.
• Murray, S and Suthers, IM (1999) Population ecology of Noctiluca scintillans Macartney, a red-tide-forming dinoflagellate. Marine & Freshwater Research 50:243-252.
• Smith, A.K. and Suthers, IM 1999. Effects of sewage effluent discharge on the abundance, condition and mortality of hulafish, Trachinops taeniatus (Plesiopidae). Environmental Pollution 106: 97-106.
• Smith, K.A. and Suthers, IM 1999 Displacement of ichthyoplankton assemblages by a coastal upwelling event on the Sydney shelf. Marine Ecology Progress Series 176: 49-62.
• Smith, K.A., M. Gibbs, J.H. Middleton, and IM Suthers. 1999 Short term dynamics of coastal ichthyoplankton off the Sydney coast. Marine Ecology Progress Series 178:1-15.
• Baird, ME and S. M. Emsley 1999 Towards a mechanistic model of plankton population dynamics. Journal of Plankton Research 21: 85-126.
• Smith, K.A., Gibbs, M.T., Middleton, J.H., Suthers, IM, Short term variability in larval fish assemblages of the Sydney shelf: tracers of hydrographic variability, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 178:1-15
• Lockett, M., and IM Suthers. 1998. Ontogenetic diet shift and feeding activity in a temperate reef fish - Cheilodactylus fuscus. Proceedings of the Linnean Society New South Wales 120: 105-116.
• Lowry, M.B. and IM Suthers. 1998. Home range and homing behaviour of a temperature rocky reef fish, Cheilodactylus fuscus. Marine Biology 132: 569-578.
• Suthers, IM 1998. Bigger or fatter - or is faster growth better? Considerations on condition in larval and pelagic juvenile coral reef fish. Australian Journal of Ecology 23: 265-273.
• Baird, ME and M. J. Atkinson (1997) Measurement and prediction of mass transfer to experimental coral reef communities. Limnology and Oceanography 42: 1685-1693.
• Rissik, D., IM Suthers, and C. Taggart. 1997. Enhanced zooplankton abundance in the lee of an isolated reef in the south Coral Sea: the role of flow disturbance. Journal of Plankton Research 19: 1347-1368.
• Dempster,T., M. Gibbs, D. Rissik and IM Suthers. 1997. Beyond hydrography: ichthyoplankton and coastal dynamics off Sydney. Continental Shelf Research 17: 1461-1481.
• Kingsford, M.J., IM Suthers, and C.A. Gray. 1996. Exposure to sewage plumes and the incidence of deformities in larval fishes. Marine Pollution Bulletin 33: 201-212.
• Rissik, D. and IM Suthers. 1996 Feeding in a larval fish assemblage: the nutritional significance of an estuarine plume front. Marine Biology 125: 233-240.
• Kingsford, M.J. and IM Suthers. 1996. The influence of the tide on patterns of ichthyoplankton abundance in the vicinity of an estuarine front, Botany Bay, Australia. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 43: 33-54.
• Suthers, IM and S. Sundby. 1996. Role of the midnight sun: comparative growth of pelagic juvenile cod (Gadus morhua) from the Arcto-Norwegian and south west Nova stocks. ICES Journal of Marine Science 53: 827-836.
• Suthers, IM 1996. Spatial variability of recent otolith growth and RNA indices in pelagic juvenile Diaphus kapalae (Myctophidae): an effect of flow disturbance near an island? Marine and Freshwater Research 47: 273-282.
• Suthers, IM, J.J. Cleary, S.C. Battaglene, and R. Evans. 1996. Relative RNA content as a measure of condition in larval and juvenile fish. Marine and Freshwater Research 47: 301-307.
• Kingsford, M.J. and IM Suthers. 1994. Dynamic estuarine plumes and fronts: importance to small fish and plankton in coastal waters of NSW, Australia. Continental Shelf Research 14: 655-672.
• Schroeder A., M.J. Lowry and IM Suthers. 1994. Sexual dimorphism in the red morwong Cheilodactylus fuscus. Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 45: 1173-1180.
• Suthers, IM, Sundby, S. 1993. Dispersal and growth of pelagic juvenile Arcto-Norwegian cod (Gadus morhua), inferred from otolith microstructure and water temperature. Journal of Marine Science 50: 261-270
• Suthers, IM 1992. The use of condition indices in larval fish. pp 49-58. In D.A. Hancock (ed.) Proceedings No. 15 of the Australian Society of Fish Biology 1991, Bureau of Rural Resources
• Suthers, I. M., Fraser, A., Frank,K. 1992. Comparison of lipid and morphometric condition indices of pelagic juvenile cod Gadus morhua from the Canadian Atlantic. Marine Ecology Progress Series 84: 31-40.
• Suthers, IM, A.J. Fraser and K.T. Frank. 1992. A lipid condition index of post-larval cod (Gadus morhua) off southwestern Nova Scotia; comparison with otolith and morphometric indices. Marine Ecology Progress Series 84: 31-40.
• Suthers, IM and K.T. Frank. 1991. Comparative persistence of marine fish larvae from demersal and pelagic eggs off southwestern Nova Scotia, Canada. Marine Biology 108: 175-184.
• Suthers, IM, and K.T. Frank. 1990. Zooplankton biomass gradient off southwestern Nova Scotia; nearshore ctenophore predation, or hydrographic separation? Journal of Plankton Research 12: 831-850.
• Suthers, IM and K.T. Frank. 1989. Inter-annual distributions of larval and pelagic juvenile cod (Gadus morhua) in southwestern Nova Scotia determined with two different gear types. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science 46: 591-602.
• Suthers, IM, K.T. Frank and S.E. Campana. 1989. Spatial comparison of recent growth in post-larval cod (Gadus morhua) off southwestern Nova Scotia: inferior growth in a presumed nursery area. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 46: 113-124.
• Suthers, IM and J.H. Gee. 1986. Role of hypoxia in limiting diel spring and summer distribution of juvenile yellow perch (Perca flavescens) in a prairie marsh. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science. 43: 1562-1570.
• Stewart, K.W., IM Suthers and K. Leavesley. 1985. New fish distribution records in Manitoba and the role of a man-made interconnection between two drainages as an avenue of dispersal. Canadian Field-Naturalist. 99: 317-326.
• Suthers, IM 1984. Functional morphology of the mouthparts and gastric mill in Penaeus plebejus Hess (Decapoda: Penaeidea). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 35: 785-792.
• Suthers, IM and D.T. Anderson. 1981. Functional morphology of the mouthparts and gastric mill of Ibacus peronii (Leach) Palinura: Scyllaridae). Australian Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 32: 931-944.