Adam’s research interests include the ecology and conservation of chondrichthyans (sharks, batoids and chimaeras), teleosts and sea turtles. This includes studying the roles of predators in structuring ecosystems, with a focus on predator-prey relationships, and spatial ecology (i.e. migration, movement behaviour and habitat use).

Other interests include assessing the effectiveness of Marine Protected Areas for sharks, identifying essential fish habitats, and evaluating the effects of tourism on animal behaviour and health (e.g. shark provisioning and recreational fishing).

Presently, Adam is involved in a range of research projects along the east coast of Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Mozambique and South Africa.

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (3103)
• Environmental management (4104)

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Journal Articles

• Barnett A, Fitzpatrick R, Bradley M, Miller I, Sheaves M, Chin A, Smith B, Diedrich A, Yick J, Lubitz N, Crook K, Mattone C, Bennett M, Wojtach L and Abrantes K (in press) Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites. People and Nature,
• Cooper M, Villacorta-Rath C, Burrows D, Jerry D, Carr L, Barnett A, Huveneers C and Simpfendorfer C (in press) Practical eDNA sampling methods inferred from particle size distribution and comparison of capture techniques for a Critically Endangered elasmobranch. Environmental DNA,
• Crook K, Sheaves M and Barnett A (2022) Species-specific foraging behaviors define the functional roles of sympatric stingrays. Limnology and Oceanography, 67 (1). pp. 219-230
• Bouveroux T, Loiseau N, Barnett A, Marosi N and Brunnschweiler J (2021) Companions and casual acquaintances: the nature of associations among bull sharks at a shark feeding site in Fiji. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8.
• Harding L, Jackson A, Barnett A, Donohue I, Halsey L, Huveneers C, Meyer C, Papastamatiou Y, Semmens J, Spencer E, Watanabe Y and Payne N (2021) Endothermy makes fishes faster but does not expand their thermal niche. Functional Ecology, 35 (9). pp. 1951-1959
• Hirschfeld M, Dudgeon C, Sheaves M and Barnett A (2021) Barriers in a sea of elasmobranchs: from fishing for populations to testing hypotheses in population genetics. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30 (11). pp. 2147-2163
• Huveneers C, Jaine F, Barnett A, Butcher P, Clarke T, Currey-Randall L, Dwyer R, Ferreira L, Gleiss A, Hoenner X, Ierodiaconou D, Lédée E, Meekan M, Pederson H, Rizzari J, van Ruth P, Semmens J, Taylor M, Udyawer V, Walsh P, Heupel M and Harcourt R (2021) The power of national acoustic tracking networks to assess the impacts of human activity on marine organisms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Biological Conservation, 256.
• Ledee E, Heupel M, Taylor M, Harcourt R, Jaine F, Huveneers C, Udyawer V, Campbell H, Babcock R, Hoenner X, Barnett A, Braccini M, Brodie S, Butcher P, Cadiou G, Dwyer R, Espinoza M, Ferreira L, Fetterplace L, Fowler A, Harborne A, Knott N, Lowry M, Mcallister J, McAuley R, Meekan M, Mills K, Peddemors V, Pillans R, Semmens J, Smoothey A, Speed C, Stehfest K, van der Meulen D and Simpfendorfer C (2021) Continental-scale acoustic telemetry and network analysis reveal new insights into stock structure. Fish and Fisheries, 22 (5). pp. 987-1005
• Niella Y, Butcher P, Holmes B, Barnett A and Harcourt R (2021) Forecasting intraspecific changes in distribution of a wide-ranging marine predator under climate change. Oecologia, 198. pp. 111-124
• Queiroz N, Humphries N, Couto A, Vedor M, da Costa I, Sequeira A, Mucientes G, Santos A, Abascal F, Abercrombie D, Abrantes K, Acuña-Marrero D, Afonso A, Afonso P, Anders D, Araujo G, Arauz R, Bach P, Barnett A, Bernal D, Berumen M, Bessudo Lion S, Bezerra N, Blaison A, Block B, Bond M, Bonfil R, Bradford R, Braun C, Brooks E, Brooks A, Brown J, Bruce B, Byrne M, Campana S, Carlisle A, Chapman D, Chapple T, Chisholm J, Clarke C, Clua E, Cochran J, Crochelet E, Dagorn L, Daly R, Cortés D, Doyle T, Drew M, Duffy C, Erikson T, Espinoza E, Ferreira L, Ferretti F, Filmalter J, Fischer G, Fitzpatrick R, Fontes J, Forget F, Fowler M, Francis M, Gallagher A, Gennari E, Goldsworthy S, Gollock M, Green J, Gustafson J, Guttridge T, Guzman H, Hammerschlag N, Harman L, Hazin F, Heard M, Hearn A, Holdsworth J, Holmes B, Howey L, Hoyos M, Hueter R, Hussey N, Huveneers C, Irion D, Jacoby D, Jewell O, Johnson R, Jordan L, Joyce W, Keating Daly C, Ketchum J, Klimley A, Kock A, Koen P, Ladino F, Lana F, Lea J, Llewellyn F, Lyon W, MacDonnell A, Macena B, Marshall H, McAllister J, Meÿer M, Morris J, Nelson E, Papastamatiou Y, Peñaherrera-Palma C, Pierce S, Quintero L, Richardson A, Rogers P, Rohner C, Rowat D, Samoilys M, Semmens J, Sheaves M, Shillinger G, Shivji M, Singh S, Skomal G, Smale M, Snyders L, Soler G, Soria M, Stehfest K, Thorrold S, Tolotti M, Towner A, Travassos P, Tyminski J, Vandeperre F, Vaudo J, Watanabe Y, Weber S, Wetherbee B, White T, Williams S, Zárate P, Harcourt R, Hays G, Meekan M, Thums M, Irigoien X, Eguiluz V, Duarte C, Sousa L, Simpson S, Southall E and Sims D (2021) Reply to: Shark mortality cannot be assessed by fishery overlap alone. Nature, 595 (7866). pp. E8-E16
• Schmidt-Roach A, Bruels C, Barnett A, Miller A, Sherman C, Ebert D, Schmidt-roach S, da Silva C, Wilke C, Thorburn C, Mangel J, Ezcurra J, Irigoyen A, Jaureguizar A, Braccini M, Alfaro-Shigueto J, Duffy C and Shivji M (2021) Evidence of historical isolation and genetic structuring among broadnose sevengill sharks (Notorynchus cepedianus) from the world’s major oceanic regions. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 31 (2). pp. 433-447
• Armstrong A, Armstrong A, Bennett M, McGregor F, Abrantes K, Barnett A, Richardson A, Townsend K and Dudgeon C (2020) The geographic distribution of reef and oceanic manta rays (Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris) in Australian coastal waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 96 (3). pp. 835-840

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 70+ research outputs authored by Dr Adam Barnett from 2005 onwards.

Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Ecological and Environmental Characteristics of Coastal Snapper Habitats: Implications for the Management of Critical Fish Habitats (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Assessing the potential for recreational fishing to contribute to conservation of coastal marine species and habitats (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• How are stingray communities distributed across tropical intertidal sandflats and which environmental factors influence their habit use? (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Drivers of Migration and Habitat use of Marine Predators: Forecasting how Anthropogenic Disturbances might Destabilize Migration and Habitat use Patterns (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Drivers of Migration in sharks and rays (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• Population structure and connectivity of demersal sharks in isolation (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Assessing the functional roles of rays in coastal sandflats (2020, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Measuring productivity of Australian tropical estuaries using standing stock analysis (2020, Masters , Secondary Advisor)
• Context dependence in the habitat relationships of coastal and marine fishes (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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