Brad Congdon is a field ecologist who applies ecological and evolutionary theory to the management and conservation of animal and plant species. He has a special interest in seabird conservation and has worked extensively with seabirds both in Australia and overseas. His current research is focused on understanding how changing ocean conditions impact seabird breeding success throughout the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea ecosystems. His research group was the first to demonstrate that seabirds are sensitive indicators of multiple climate-change impacts on top predators in these areas and have established rising sea-surface temperatures as a major conservation issue for seabirds of the Great Barrier Reef.

Teaching

• SC5900: Special Topic (Level 5; TSV)
• SC5901: Special Topic 1 (Level 5; CNS)
• SC5902: Special Topic 2 (Level 5; CNS)
• SC5903: Literature Review (Level 5; CNS)
• SC5909: Minor Project and Seminar (Level 5; CNS)

Experience

• 1999 to 2007 - Senior Lecturer/Lecturer, James Cook University (Cairns)
• 1998 to 1999 - Research Fellow, University of Auckland (New Zealand)
• 1995 to 1998 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen's University (Canada)
• 1992 to 1995 - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Queensland (Australia)
• 1992 - Research Associate, Griffith University (Australia)

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (0602)
• Evolutionary Biology (0603)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (9608)

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Journal Articles

• Weimerskirch H, de Grissac S, Ravache A, Prudor A, Corbeau A, Congdon B, McDuie F, Bourgeois K, Dromzée S, Butscher J, Menkes C, Alain V, Vidal E, Jaeger A and Borsa P (2020) At-sea movements of wedge-tailed shearwaters during and outside the breeding season from four colonies in New Caledonia. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 633, pp. 225-238, DOI:10.3354/meps13171.
• Woodworth B, Fuller R, Hemson G, McDougall A, Congdon B and Low M (in press) Trends in seabird breeding populations across the Great Barrier Reef. Conservation Biology, , DOI:10.1111/cobi.13630.
• Maxwell S, Bordon A, Rymer T and Congdon B (2019) The birth of a species and the validity of hybrid nomenclature demonstrated with a revision of hybrid taxa within Strombidae (Neostromboidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 132 (1), pp. 119-130, DOI:10.2988/19-00007.
• Maxwell S, Dekkers A, Rymer T and Congdon B (2019) Recognising and defining a new crown clade within Stromboidea Rafinesque, 1815 (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys, 867, pp. 1-7, DOI:10.3897/zookeys.867.34381.
• Maxwell S, Dekkers A, Rymer T and Congdon B (2019) Laevistrombus Abbott 1960 (Gastropoda: Strombidae): Indian and southwest Pacific species. Zootaxa, 4555 (4), pp. 491-506, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4555.4.2.
• Nuske S, Anslan S, Tedersoo L, Congdon B and Abell S (2019) Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities are dominated by mammalian dispersed truffle-like taxa in north-east Australian woodlands. Mycorrhiza, 29, pp. 181-193, DOI:10.1007/s00572-019-00886-2.
• Maxwell S, Liverani V, Rymer T and Congdon B (2018) Revision of Terebellum delicatum Kuroda and Kawamoto in Kawamoto and Tanabe, 1956 (Gastropoda, Seraphsidae). Royal Society of Queensland Proceedings, 123, pp. 61-67.
• Maxwell S, Congdon B and Rymer T (2018) A new species of Paraseraphs (Gastropoda, Seraphsidae) from the Priabonian White Limestone Formation of Jamaica. Paleontological Journal, 52 (12), pp. 1371-1373, DOI:10.1134/S0031030118120122.
• McDuie F, Weeks S and Congdon B (2018) Oceanographic drivers of near-colony foraging site use in tropical marine systems. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 589, p. 209, DOI:10.3354/meps12475.
• Miller M, Carlile N, Phillips J, McDuie F and Congdon B (2018) The importance of tropical tuna for seabirds foraging over a marine productivity gradient. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 586, pp. 233-249, DOI:10.3354/meps12376.
• Miller M, Silva F, Machovsky-Capuska G and Congdon B (2018) Sexual segregation in tropical seabirds: drivers of sex-specific foraging in the Brown Booby Sula leucogaster. Journal of Ornithology, 159, pp. 425-437, DOI:10.1007/s10336-017-1512-1.
• Nuske S, Anslan S, Tedersoo L, Bonner M, Congdon B and Abell S (2018) The endangered northern bettong, Bettongia tropica, performs a unique and potentially irreplaceable dispersal role for truffle ectomycorrhizal fungi. Molecular Ecology, 27 (3), pp. 4960-4971, DOI:10.1111/mec.14916.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 85+ research outputs authored by Dr Brad Congdon from 1986 onwards.

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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

• The Ontogeny of Problem Solving in an Australian Rodent Melomys cervinipes (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Foraging and Survival Responses in Reef Egrets (Egret sacra) and Common and Black Noddies (Anous sp) to Tropical Reef Degradation caused by Climatic change in the Great Barrier Reef Ecosystem, Australia (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Population genetics and non-invasive population estimation of the endangered northern bettong, Bettongia tropica (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• A revision of Canarium urceus Linnaeus 1758 (s.l.) contrasting classical and phylogenetic taxonomy (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Ecological Predictors of Range-Wide Patterns of Abundance and Genetic Divrsity of Mammals. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Relative importance of different seagrass re-establishment strategies in tropical Queensland, Australia (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Interactions Among Fungi, Ants, and the Ant-plant Myrmecodia beccarii (PhD , Advisor Mentor)
• Cane toads in Wet Tropics upland rainforest and their current and potential impact on native fauna (Masters , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Potential for transmission of zoonotic helminth infections among dingoes and dogs in the Wet Tropics of North Queensland, Australia (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• A classical taxonomic revision of Seraphsidae Jung 1974 (Gastropoda) using a pluralist approach to species assessment (2019, Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Foraging niche specialisation and resource use in tropical seabirds: implications for management (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The importance of declining mammalian fungal specialists for ectomycorrhizal fungal dispersal (2017, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Critical foraging locations and oceanographic relationships for Great Barrier Reef breeding seabirds (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)

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• Tol, S. (2016) Biotic tropical seagrass seed dispersal by dugong and green sea turtles in the Great Barrier Reef. James Cook University

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