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58
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10938
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2597
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24

Overview

Andrew G. Jeffs is affiliated with the University of Auckland in New Zealand. Their research primarily focuses on Environmental Science, with a substantial number of publications addressing key subfields such as Global and Planetary Change, Ecology, Oceanography, Aquatic Science, and Ocean Engineering.

Their work extensively covers topics including Marine Bivalve and Aquaculture Studies, Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior, Marine and Fisheries Research, Marine Biology and Ecology Research, Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth, Crustacean Biology and Ecology, as well as Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies.

Notable recent papers by Andrew G. Jeffs include:

  • Restoring shellfish reefs: Global guidelines for practitioners and scientists, 2020, Conservation Science and Practice
  • A Gulf in lockdown: How an enforced ban on recreational vessels increased dolphin and fish communication ranges, 2021, Global Change Biology
  • The loss of seed mussels in longline aquaculture, 2021, Reviews in Aquaculture
  • Nanopore short-read sequencing: A quick, cost-effective and accurate method for DNA metabarcoding, 2022, Environmental DNA
  • Retention of green-lipped mussel spat: The roles of body size and nutritional condition, 2020, Aquaculture

Frequent collaborators of Jeffs include Bradley M. Skelton, Jenny R. Hillman, Trevyn A. Toone, Emilee D. Benjamin, and Sean J. Handley.

Their publications frequently appear in journals such as Aquaculture, SSRN Electronic Journal, Aquaculture Fish and Fisheries, Fishes, and Conservation Science and Practice.

Their scholarly output also includes a book publication titled Microplastics in Coastal Aquaculture Systems: Development of Regulatory Frameworks, Practices and Mitigation Efforts in APEC Economies, published by the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in 2023.

Best Publications

  • Sound as an Orientation Cue for the Pelagic Larvae of Reef Fishes and Decapod Crustaceans

    John C. Montgomery;Andrew Jeffs;Stephen D. Simpson;Mark Meekan

  • Ambient sound as a cue for navigation by the pelagic larvae of reef fishes

    Nicholas Tolimieri;Andrew Jeffs;John Montgomery

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  • Attraction of settlement-stage coral reef fishes to reef noise

    SD Simpson;MG Meekan;RD McCauley;AG Jeffs

  • Localised coastal habitats have distinct underwater sound signatures

    Craig Radford;Jenni Stanley;CT Tindle;JC Montgomery

  • Temporal patterns in ambient noise of biological origin from a shallow water temperate reef.

    Craig A. Radford;Andrew G. Jeffs;Chris T. Tindle;John C. Montgomery

  • Settlement-stage coral reef fish prefer the higher-frequency invertebrate-generated audible component of reef noise

    S.D. Simpson;M.G. Meekan;A. Jeffs;J.C. Montgomery

  • Juvenile coral reef fish use sound to locate habitats

    Craig Radford;Jenni Stanley;SD Simpson;Andrew Jeffs

  • Directional orientation of pomacentrid larvae to ambient reef sound

    Nicholas Tolimieri;O Haine;Andrew Jeffs;R McCauley

  • Resonating sea urchin skeletons create coastal choruses

    Craig Radford;Andrew Jeffs;Chris Tindle;John C. Montgomery

  • Global COVID-19 lockdown highlights humans as both threats and custodians of the environment.

    Amanda E. Bates;Richard B. Primack;Brandy S. Biggar;Tomas J. Bird

  • How do spiny lobster post‐larvae find the coast?

    Andrew G. Jeffs;John C. Montgomery;Chris T. Tindle

  • The use of the waste from green-lipped mussels as a food source for juvenile sea cucumber, Australostichopus mollis

    Matthew J. Slater;Andrew G. Jeffs;Alexander G. Carton

  • Induction of settlement in crab megalopae by ambient underwater reef sound

    Jenni A. Stanley;Craig A. Radford;Andrew G. Jeffs

  • Feeding, selection, digestion and absorption of the organic matter from mussel waste by juveniles of the deposit-feeding sea cucumber, Australostichopus mollis

    Leonardo N. Zamora;Andrew G. Jeffs

  • Crabs on cue for the coast: the use of underwater sound for orientation by pelagic crab stages

    Andrew Jeffs;Nick Tolimieri;John C. Montgomery

  • The use of energy stores in the puerulus of the spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii across the continental shelf of New Zealand

    A.G. Jeffs;A.G. Jeffs;M.E. Willmott;R.M.G. Wells

  • Economic Feasibility of Aquaculture of Spiny Lobsters Jasus edwardsii in Temperate Waters

    Andrew Jeffs;Simon Hooker

  • Restoring shellfish reefs: global guidelines for practitioners and scientists

    James A. Fitzsimons;James A. Fitzsimons;Simon Branigan;Chris L. Gillies;Chris L. Gillies;Robert D. Brumbaugh

  • Larval and postlarval ecology.

    Bruce F. Phillips;John D. Booth;J. Stanley Cobb;Andrew G. Jeffs

  • Location, location, location: finding a suitable home among the noise

    Jenni A. Stanley;Craig A. Radford;Andrew G. Jeffs

  • Lipid reserves used by pueruli of the spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii in crossing the continental shelf of New Zealand.

    A.G. Jeffs;P.D. Nichols;M.P. Bruce

Frequent Co-Authors

John C. Montgomery
John C. Montgomery University of Auckland
Shane D. Lavery
Shane D. Lavery University of Auckland
Lynnath E. Beckley
Lynnath E. Beckley Murdoch University
Stephen D. Simpson
Stephen D. Simpson University of Exeter
Mark G. Meekan
Mark G. Meekan Australian Institute of Marine Science
Peter A. Thompson
Peter A. Thompson CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Anya M. Waite
Anya M. Waite Dalhousie University
Peter D. Nichols
Peter D. Nichols Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Chris G. Carter
Chris G. Carter University of Tasmania
Moninya Roughan
Moninya Roughan University of New South Wales

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