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Overview

Stewart Frusher is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia, focusing on Environmental Science with a primary emphasis on marine and coastal research.

Their research spans multiple subfields including Nature and Landscape Conservation, Ecology, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Global and Planetary Change, and Food Science. This multidisciplinary approach supports a comprehensive understanding of environmental systems, particularly those related to marine and fisheries contexts.

Key topics explored by Frusher include:

  • Marine and fisheries research
  • Coastal and Marine Management
  • Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies
  • Fish Ecology and Management Studies
  • Ichthyology and Marine Biology
  • International Maritime Law Issues
  • Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability

The scientist has contributed to a selection of recent publications illustrating these themes. Notable papers include:

  • Ocean resource use: building the coastal blue economy, 2021, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Food for all: designing sustainable and secure future seafood systems, 2021, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Deep aspirations: towards a sustainable offshore Blue Economy, 2021, Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Responding to Climate Change: Participatory Evaluation of Adaptation Options for Key Marine Fisheries in Australia's South East, 2020, Frontiers in Marine Science
  • Integrating management of marine activities in Australia, 2023, Ocean & Coastal Management

Frusher frequently publishes in several academic venues, with multiple articles appearing in:

  • Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries
  • Ecosystems
  • Environmental Biology of Fishes
  • Ocean & Coastal Management
  • Frontiers in Marine Science

Collaboration forms a significant aspect of their work. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Alistair J. Hobday
  • GT Pecl
  • Ingrid van Putten
  • Elizabeth A. Fulton
  • Sarah Jennings

Best Publications

  • Biodiversity redistribution under climate change: impacts on ecosystems and human well-being

    Gretta T. Pecl;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Miguel B. Araújo;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia Blanchard

  • Climate change cascades: Shifts in oceanography, species' ranges and subtidal marine community dynamics in eastern Tasmania

    Craig R. Johnson;Sam C. Banks;Neville S. Barrett;Fabienne Cazassus

  • Overfishing reduces resilience of kelp beds to climate-driven catastrophic phase shift.

    S. D. Ling;C. R. Johnson;S. D. Frusher;K. R. Ridgway

  • Statistical solutions for error and bias in global citizen science datasets

    Tomas J. Bird;Tomas J. Bird;Amanda E. Bates;Jonathan S. Lefcheck;Nicole A. Hill

  • Species traits and climate velocity explain geographic range shifts in an ocean‐warming hotspot

    Jennifer M. Sunday;Jennifer M. Sunday;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Keystone species and mangrove forest dynamics: the influence of burrowing by crabs on soil nutrient status and forest productivity

    Thomas J. Smith;Kevin G. Boto;Stewart D. Frusher;Raymond L. Giddins

  • Defining and observing stages of climate-mediated range shifts in marine systems

    Amanda E. Bates;Amanda E. Bates;Gretta T. Pecl;Stewart Frusher;Alistair J. Hobday

  • Managing consequences of climate-driven species redistribution requires integration of ecology, conservation and social science

    Timothy C. Bonebrake;Christopher J. Brown;Johann D. Bell;Johann D. Bell;Julia L. Blanchard

  • Reproductive potential of a marine ecosystem engineer at the edge of a newly expanded range

    Scott D. Ling;C. R. Johnson;S. Frusher;C. K. King

  • Rapid assessment of fisheries species sensitivity to climate change

    Gretta T. Pecl;Tim M. Ward;Zoë A. Doubleday;Steven Clarke

  • Non-lethal method to obtain stomach samples from a large marine predator and the use of DNA analysis to improve dietary information

    Adam Barnett;Adam Barnett;Kevin S. Redd;Stewart D. Frusher;John D. Stevens

  • Distribution and abundance of grapsid crabs (Grapsidae) in a mangrove estuary: effects of sediment characteristics, salinity tolerances, and osmoregulatory ability

    Stewart D. Frusher;Raymond L. Giddins;Thomas J. Smith

  • The short history of research in a marine climate change hotspot: from anecdote to adaptation in south-east Australia

    SD Frusher;AJ Hobday;SM Jennings;C Creighton

  • Estimating the size-transition matrix for Tasmanian rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii

    André E. Punt;Robert B. Kennedy;Stewart D. Frusher

  • Ocean resource use: building the coastal blue economy

    Narissa Bax;Camilla Novaglio;Camilla Novaglio;Kimberley H Maxwell;Koen Meyers

  • Rapid assessment of an ocean warming hotspot reveals ''high'' confidence in potential species' range extensions

    L.M. Robinson;D.C. Gledhill;N.A. Moltschaniwskyj;N.A. Moltschaniwskyj;A.J. Hobday

  • Ten tips for developing interdisciplinary socio-ecological researchers

    Rachel Kelly;Mary Mackay;Kirsty L. Nash;Christopher Cvitanovic;Christopher Cvitanovic

  • Communicating climate change: Climate change risk perceptions and rock lobster fishers, Tasmania

    Melissa Nursey-Bray;G.T. Pecl;S. Frusher;C. Gardner

  • Geographical variation in allozyme frequencies of populations of Penaeus monodon (Crustacea : Decapoda) in Australia

    J. A. H. Benzie;S. Frusher;E. Ballment

  • Measuring the vulnerability of marine social-ecological systems: A prerequisite for the identification of climate change adaptations

    Sarah J. Metcalf;Elizabeth I. van Putten;Stewart Frusher;Nadine A. Marshall

  • The east coast Tasmanian rock lobster fishery – vulnerability to climate change impacts and adaptation response options

    GT Pecl;SD Frusher;C Gardner;MG Haward

Frequent Co-Authors

Gretta T. Pecl
Gretta T. Pecl University of Tasmania
Alistair J. Hobday
Alistair J. Hobday Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Marcus Haward
Marcus Haward University of Tasmania
Elizabeth A. Fulton
Elizabeth A. Fulton Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Craig R. Johnson
Craig R. Johnson University of Tasmania
Jayson M. Semmens
Jayson M. Semmens University of Tasmania
Olivier Thébaud
Olivier Thébaud French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea
Graham J. Edgar
Graham J. Edgar University of Tasmania
Neville S. Barrett
Neville S. Barrett University of Tasmania
Éva E. Plagányi
Éva E. Plagányi Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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