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Neil R. Loneragan

Neil R. Loneragan

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Overview

Neil R. Loneragan is a researcher affiliated with Murdoch University in Australia, with a focus on environmental science and related interdisciplinary fields. Their work encompasses studies within ecology, global and planetary change, nature and landscape conservation, aquatic science, and oceanography.

Their research extends to multiple main topics, including:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coral and marine ecosystems studies
  • Fish ecology and management studies
  • Marine animal studies overview
  • Fish biology and ecology studies
  • Marine bivalve and aquaculture studies
  • Marine and coastal ecosystems

Loneragan has published extensively in several scientific venues. The frequent publication outlets for their work include:

  • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science
  • Fishes
  • Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Fisheries Research
  • Pacific Conservation Biology

Recent papers by Neil R. Loneragan highlight contributions to fisheries and marine ecosystem management. Selected publications include:

  • Developing sustainable small-scale fisheries livelihoods in Indonesia: Trends, enabling and constraining factors, and future opportunities (2021, Marine Policy)
  • Fishers who rely on mangroves: Modelling and mapping the global intensity of mangrove-associated fisheries (2020, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science)
  • Transforming traditional management into contemporary territorial-based fisheries management rights for small-scale fisheries in Indonesia (2020, Marine Policy)
  • Reprint of: Fishers who rely on mangroves: Modelling and mapping the global intensity of mangrove-associated fisheries (2021, Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science)
  • Evaluating data-limited fisheries for grouper (Serranidae) and snapper (Lutjanidae) in the Coral Triangle, eastern Indonesia (2020, Regional Studies in Marine Science)

The researcher collaborates regularly with a core group of frequent co-authors, including:

  • J.R. Tweedley
  • Budy Wiryawan
  • Adrian Hordyk
  • Irfan Yulianto
  • Lars Bejder

Neil R. Loneragan has also contributed to book publications with Murdoch University. One such work is titled PROCEEDINGS FROM WORKSHOPS ON MANAGEMENT STRATEGY EVALUATION OF DATA-LIMITED FISHERIES: Towards Sustainability - Applying the Method Evaluation and Risk Assessment Tool to Seven Indonesian Fisheries, published in 2021.

Best Publications

  • A new approach for detecting and mapping sewage impacts.

    S.D. Costanzo;M.J. O’Donohue;W.C. Dennison;N.R. Loneragan

  • Effects of acid washing on stable isotope ratios of C and N in penaeid shrimp and seagrass: Implications for food-web studies using multiple stable isotopes

    S. E. Bunn;N. R. Loneragan;M. A. Kempster

  • A novel length-based empirical estimation method of spawning potential ratio (SPR), and tests of its performance, for small-scale, data-poor fisheries

    Adrian Hordyk;Kotaro Ono;Sarah Valencia;Neil Loneragan

  • A New Era for Restocking, Stock Enhancement and Sea Ranching of Coastal Fisheries Resources

    Johann D. Bell;Kenneth M. Leber;H. Lee Blankenship;Neil R. Loneragan

  • AN EVALUATION OF THE EVIDENCE FOR LINKAGES BETWEEN MANGROVES AND FISHERIES: A SYNTHESIS OF THE LITERATURE AND IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

    F. J. Manson;N. R. Loneragan;G. A. Skilleter;S. R. Phinn

  • River flows and estuarine ecosystems: Implications for coastal fisheries from a review and a case study of the Logan River, southeast Queensland

    N.R. Loneragan;S.E. Bunn

  • Are mangroves and seagrasses sources of organic carbon for penaeid prawns in a tropical Australian estuary? A multiple stable-isotope study

    N. R. Loneragan;S. E. Bunn;D. M. Kellaway

  • Physiological and morphological responses of the seagrass Zostera capricorni Aschers, to light intensity

    E.G. Abal;N. Loneragan;P. Bowen;C.J. Perry

  • Light intensity and the interactions between physiology, morphology and stable isotope ratios in five species of seagrass

    A.M. Grice;N.R. Loneragan;W.C. Dennison

  • Restocking and stock enhancement of marine invertebrate fisheries.

    Johann D Bell;John L Munro;Warwick J Nash;Peter C Rothlisberg

  • Some explorations of the life history ratios to describe length composition, spawning-per-recruit, and the spawning potential ratio

    Adrian Hordyk;Kotaro Ono;Keith Sainsbury;Neil Loneragan

  • Restocking and stock enhancement of coastal fisheries: Potential, problems and progress

    Johann D. Bell;Devin M. Bartley;Kai Lorenzen;Neil R. Loneragan

  • Microplastics: No small problem for filter-feeding megafauna

    Elitza S. Germanov;Andrea D. Marshall;Lars Bejder;Maria Cristina Fossi

  • The biology of the blue manna crab Portunus pelagicus in an Australian estuary

    I.C. Potter;P.J. Chrystal;N.R. Loneragan

  • Revisiting the concept of Beverton -Holt life-history invariants with the aim of informing data-poor fisheries assessment

    Jeremy Prince;Adrian Hordyk;Sarah R. Valencia;Neil Loneragan

  • Effects of light deprivation on the survival and recovery of the seagrass Halophila ovalis (R.Br.) Hook

    B.J Longstaff;N.R Loneragan;M.J O'Donohue;W.C Dennison

  • How far do prawns and fish move into mangroves? Distribution of juvenile banana prawns Penaeus merguiensis and fish in a tropical mangrove forest in northern Australia

    D.J. Vance;M.D.E. Haywood;D.S. Heales;R.A. Kenyon

  • A broad-scale analysis of links between coastal fisheries production and mangrove extent: A case-study for northeastern Australia

    F. J. Manson;F. J. Manson;N. R. Loneragan;B. D. Harch;G. A. Skilleter

  • Spatial and temporal variation in the macroinvertebrate fauna of streams of the northern jarrah forest, Western Australia: community structure

    S. E. Bunn;D. H. Edward;N. R. Loneragan

  • Influence of site, season and year on contributions made by marine, estuarine, diadromous and freshwater species to the fish fauna of a temperate Australian estuary

    N. R. Loneragan;I. C. Potter;R. C. J. Lenanton

  • Advances in Marine Biology V49: Restocking and stock enhancement of marine invertebrate fisheries

    J.D. Bell;J.L. Munro;W.J. Nash;P.C. Rothlisberg

  • An evaluation of the evidence for linkages between mangroves and fisheries

    F. Manson;N. Loneragan;G. Skilleter;S. Phinn

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars Bejder
Lars Bejder University of Hawaii at Manoa
Ian C. Potter
Ian C. Potter Murdoch University
Simon J. Allen
Simon J. Allen University of Zurich
Rod M. Connolly
Rod M. Connolly Griffith University
Russell C. Babcock
Russell C. Babcock Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Stuart E. Bunn
Stuart E. Bunn Griffith University
Kenneth H. Pollock
Kenneth H. Pollock North Carolina State University
Johann D. Bell
Johann D. Bell University of Wollongong
Robert D. Ward
Robert D. Ward CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
Michael Krützen
Michael Krützen University of Zurich

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