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Overview

David A. Crook is affiliated with Charles Darwin University in Australia. Their research output spans key areas in environmental science and agricultural and biological sciences, with a focus on aquatic ecosystems and fish ecology.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics including:

  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Fish Biology and Ecology Studies
  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Fish biology, ecology, and behavior
  • Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
  • Isotope Analysis in Ecology
  • Hydrology and Sediment Transport Processes

Main fields of study for David A. Crook consist of Environmental Science and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, while their subfields of specialization include:

  • Nature and Landscape Conservation
  • Aquatic Science
  • Ecology
  • Global and Planetary Change
  • Molecular Biology

Frequently occurring publication venues for this scientist are:

  • Marine and Freshwater Research
  • Ecohydrology
  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Fish Biology
  • Fisheries Research

Selected recent papers illustrate the range of topics and publication venues:

  • Contribution of warm habitat to cold-water fisheries, 2021, Conservation Biology
  • Faster juvenile growth promotes earlier sex change in a protandrous hermaphrodite (barramundi Lates calcarifer), 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Substantial intraspecific trait variation across a hydrological gradient in northern Australian fishes, 2022, Ecosphere
  • Conservation impact scores identify shortfalls in demonstrating the benefits of threatened wildlife displays in zoos and aquaria, 2020, Journal of Sustainable Tourism
  • Unravelling the taxonomy and identification of a problematic group of benthic fishes from tropical rivers (Gobiidae: Glossogobius), 2021, Journal of Fish Biology

David A. Crook collaborates extensively with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Alison J. King
  • Dion Wedd
  • Thor Saunders
  • Jason D. Thiem
  • Osmar J. Luiz

Best Publications

  • Relationships between riverine fish and woody debris: implications for lowland rivers.

    D. A. Crook;A. I. Robertson

  • Human effects on ecological connectivity in aquatic ecosystems: Integrating scientific approaches to support management and mitigation

    David A. Crook;Winsor H. Lowe;Frederick W. Allendorf;Tibor Erős

  • Climate change and its implications for Australia's freshwater fish

    John R. Morrongiello;John R. Morrongiello;John R. Morrongiello;Stephen J. Beatty;James C. Bennett;James C. Bennett;David A. Crook;David A. Crook

  • A moving target—incorporating knowledge of the spatial ecology of fish into the assessment and management of freshwater fish populations

    Steven J. Cooke;Eduardo G. Martins;Eduardo G. Martins;Daniel P. Struthers;Lee F. G. Gutowsky

  • Is the home range concept compatible with the movements of two species of lowland river fish

    David A. Crook

  • The influence of spatial scale and habitat arrangement on diel patterns of habitat use by two lowland river fishes

    David A. Crook;David A. Crook;Alistar I. Robertson;Alison J. King;Alison J. King;Paul Humphries;Paul Humphries

  • Spatial variation in egg size and egg number reflects trade-offs and bet-hedging in a freshwater fish

    John Reginald Morrongiello;John Reginald Morrongiello;John Reginald Morrongiello;Nicholas Restall Bond;Nicholas Restall Bond;Nicholas Restall Bond;David Crook;David Crook;David Crook;Bob B M Wong

  • Variability in Sr:Ca and Ba:Ca ratios in water and fish otoliths across an estuarine salinity gradient

    Jed I. Macdonald;David A. Crook

  • Toward a better understanding of freshwater fish responses to an increasingly drought-stricken world

    Robert J. Lennox;David A. Crook;Peter B. Moyle;Daniel P. Struthers

  • Dry season habitat use of fishes in an Australian tropical river

    K. Keller;Q. Allsop;J. Brim Box;D. Buckle

  • Environmental change drives long-term recruitment and growth variation in an estuarine fish.

    John R. Morrongiello;Chris T. Walsh;Charles A. Gray;Jerom R. Stocks

  • Use of otolith chemistry to examine patterns of diadromy in the threatened Australian grayling Prototroctes maraena

    D. A. Crook;J. I. Macdonald;J. P. O’Connor;B. Barry

  • Impacts of drought and predicted effects of climate change on fish growth in temperate Australian lakes

    John R. Morrongiello;John R. Morrongiello;David A. Crook;Alison J. King;David S. L. Ramsey

  • Enriched stable isotope marking of juvenile golden perch (Macquaria ambigua) otoliths

    Andrew R Munro;Bronwyn M Gillanders;Travis S Elsdon;David A Crook

  • Use of otolith chemical signatures to estimate carp recruitment sources in the mid‐Murray River, Australia

    David A. Crook;Bronwyn M. Gillanders

  • Go with the flow: the movement behaviour of fish from isolated waterhole refugia during connecting flow events in an intermittent dryland river

    Jonathan C. Marshall;Norbert Menke;David A. Crook;Jaye S. Lobegeiger

  • Using biological information to support proactive strategies for managing freshwater fish during drought

    David A. Crook;David A. Crook;Paul Reich;Paul Reich;Nick R. Bond;Nick R. Bond;Damien McMaster

  • Incorporation of magnesium into fish otoliths: Determining contribution from water and diet

    S.H. Woodcock;A.R. Munro;D.A. Crook;B.M. Gillanders

  • Nuptial coloration varies with ambient light environment in a freshwater fish

    John Morrongiello;John Morrongiello;Nicholas Bond;Nicholas Bond;David Crook;David Crook;Bob Wong

  • Development and Evaluation of Methods for Osmotic Induction Marking of Golden Perch Macquaria ambigua with Calcein and Alizarin Red S

    David A. Crook;Damien J. O'Mahony;Andrew C. Sanger;Andrew R. Munro

Frequent Co-Authors

Alison J. King
Alison J. King Charles Darwin University
Michael M. Douglas
Michael M. Douglas University of Western Australia
Bronwyn M. Gillanders
Bronwyn M. Gillanders University of Adelaide
Nick Bond
Nick Bond La Trobe University
Jane M. Hughes
Jane M. Hughes Griffith University
Peter Kyne
Peter Kyne Charles Darwin University
David W. Welch
David W. Welch University of Auckland
Alan Greig
Alan Greig University of Melbourne
Stephen J. Newman
Stephen J. Newman Government of Western Australia
Mark J. Kennard
Mark J. Kennard Griffith University

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