Ebb has a BSc Honours from James Cook University (JCU) majoring in Marine Biology, and a PhD in Environmental Management & Ecology from La Trobe University. He has spent more than 25 years working at small regional laboratories for CSIRO, state agencies and universities, primarily researching fishes with emphasis on applied and pure aspects of the ecology of rare and threatened species. Elasmobranchs, semiaquatic reptiles and macrocrustacean are also within scope of his research. Ebb’s knowledge stems from substantial field experience and aquaria-based learning with habitat use, animal behaviour and biogeography being central themes of his research.

Postgraduate students with similar interests and especially those with a desire to communicate science broadly to society can contact Dr Ebner to discuss possible projects. Increasingly, Ebb is trying to understand the conservation interface between science and society and improving science communication, especially involving visual materials. Therefore those with non-scientific strengths (e.g. artists, film makers, tourism operators, indigenous rangers, economists) are welcome to get in contact to collaborate. Prospective honours and PhD students should have given some time to thinking about potential projects. As a guide, PhD candidates with a science background should usually have at least one first-author peer reviewed paper or equivalent experience, to demonstrate competence and compete for scholarships.

Research Disciplines

• Ecology (0602)
• Environmental Science and Management (0502)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (9608)
• Control of Pests, Diseases and Exotic Species (9604)
• Ecosystem Assessment and Management (9605)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU.

Journal Articles

• Lintermans M, Geyle H, Beatty S, Brown C, Ebner B, Freeman R, Hammer M, Humphreys W, Kennard M, Kern P, Martin K, Morgan D, Raadik T, Unmack P, Wager R, Woinarski J and Garnett S (in press) Big trouble for little fish: identifying Australian freshwater fishes in imminent risk of extinction. Pacific Conservation Biology, , DOI:10.1071/PC19053.
• Donaldson J, Drews P, Bradley M, Morgan D, Baker R and Ebner B (2019) Countering low visibility in video survey of an estuarine fish assemblage. Pacific Conservation Biology, 26 (2), pp. 190-200, DOI:10.1071/PC19019.
• Ebner B, Donaldson J, Courtney R, Fitzpatrick R, Starrs D, Fletcher C and Seymour J (2019) Averting danger under the bridge: video confirms that adult small-toothed morays tolerate salinity before and during tidal influx. Pacific Conservation Biology, 26 (2), pp. 182-189, DOI:10.1071/PC19023.
• Ebner B, Donaldson J and Starrs D (2019) Barred grunters shift objects to access benthic invertebrates in a crater lake. Food Webs, 20, Article: e00119, DOI:10.1016/j.fooweb.2019.e00119.
• Ebner B, Donaldson J and Starrs D (2019) Juvenile silver grunter Mesopristes argenteus shift benthic objects to access food. Journal of Fish Biology, 95 (3), pp. 974-978, DOI:10.1111/jfb.14090.
• Lear K, Gleiss A, Whitty J, Fazeldean T, Albert J, Green N, Ebner B, Thorburn D, Beatty S and Morgan D (2019) Recruitment of a critically endangered sawfish into a riverine nursery depends on natural flow regimes. Scientific Reports, 9, Article: 17071, DOI:10.1038/s41598-019-53511-9.
• Burndred K, Cockayne B, Donaldson J and Ebner B (2018) Natural flow events influence the behaviour and movement patterns of eel-tailed catfish (Tandanus tandanus) in a subtropical Queensland river. Australian Journal of Zoology, 66 (3), pp. 185-194, DOI:10.1071/ZO18033.
• Hammer M, Allen G, Martin K, Adams M, Ebner B, Raadik T and Unmack P (2018) Revision of the Australian Wet Tropics endemic rainbowfish genus Cairnsichthys (Atheriniformes: Melanotaeniidae), with description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4413 (2), pp. 271-294, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4413.2.3.
• Kelly E, Martin P, Gibson-Kueh S, Morgan D, Ebner B, Donaldson J, Buller N, Crook D, Brooks S, Davis A, Hammer M, Foyle L, Hair S and Lymbery A (2018) First detection of Edwardsiella ictaluri (Proteobacteria: Enterobacteriaceae) in wild Australian catfish. Journal of Fish Diseases, 41 (2), pp. 199-208, DOI:10.1111/jfd.12696.
• Beatty S, Allen M, Lymbery A, Jordaan M, Morgan D, Impson D, Marr S, Ebner B and Weyl O (2017) Rethinking refuges: implications of climate change for dam busting. Biological Conservation, 209, pp. 188-195, DOI:10.1016/j.biocon.2017.02.007.
• Beatty S, Allen M, Whitty J, Lymbery A, Keleher J, Tweedley J, Ebner B and Morgan D (2017) First evidence of spawning migration by goldfish (Carassius auratus); implications for control of a globally invasive species. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 26, pp. 444-455, DOI:10.1111/eff.12288.
• Beatty S, Allen M, Whitty J, Lymbery A, Keleher J, Tweedley J, Ebner B and Morgan D (2017) First evidence of spawning migration by goldfish (Carassius auratus); implications for control of a globally invasive species. Ecology of Freshwater Fish, 26 (3), pp. 444-455, DOI:10.1111/eff.12288.

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