JCU > Research Portfolio > A/Prof Mark Hamann

About

Teaching

EV1005: Environmental Processes and Global Change (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
EV3201: Managing Coastal and Marine Environments (Level 3; TSV)
EV5701: Managing Coastal and Marine Environments (Level 5; TSV)

Interests

Research

Marine wildlife biology and management
Plastic pollution impacts & solutions
Protected area management

Experience

2010 to present - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Honours

Awards

2011 - JCU Supervisor of the year award
2009 - JCU Early Career Excellence in Research Award

Publications

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Journal Articles

Hays G, Alcoverro T, Christianen M, Duarte C, Hamann M, Macreadie P, Marsh H, Rasheed M, Thums M, Unsworth R, York P and Esteban N (2018) New tools to identify the location of seagrass meadows: marine grazers as habitat indicators. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5.
Miller R, Marsh H, Cottrell A and Hamann M (2018) Protecting migratory species in the Australian marine environment: a cross-jurisdictional analysis of policy and management plans. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5.
Barrios-Garrido H, Espinoza-Rodriguez N, Rojas-Cañizales D, Palmar J, Wildermann N, Montiel-Villalobos M and Hamann M (2017) Trade of marine turtles along the Southwestern Coast of the Gulf of Venezuela. Marine Biodiversity Records, 10.
Cleguer C, Garrigue C, Fuentes M, Everingham Y, Hagihara R, Hamann M, Payri C and Marsh H (2017) Drivers of change in the relative abundance of dugongs in New Caledonia. Wildlife Research, 44 (4). pp. 365-376
Klein C, Beher J, Chaloupka M, Hamann M, Limpus C and Possingham H (2017) Prioritization of marine turtle management projects: a protocol that accounts for threats to different life history stages. Conservation Letters, 10 (5). pp. 547-554
Shimada T, Limpus C, Jones R and Hamann M (2017) Aligning habitat use with management zoning to reduce vessel strike of sea turtles. Ocean & Coastal Management, 142. pp. 163-172
Whittock P, Pendoley K, Larsen R and Hamann M (2017) Effects of a dredging operation on the movement and dive behaviour of marine turtles during breeding. Biological Conservation, 206. pp. 190-200
Wildermann N, Critchell K, Fuentes M, Limpus C, Wolanski E and Hamann M (2017) Does behaviour affect the dispersal of flatback post-hatchlings in the Great Barrier Reef? Royal Society Open Science, 4. pp. 1-15
Williams J, Pierce S, Rohner C, Fuentes M and Hamann M (2017) Spatial distribution and residency of green and loggerhead sea turtles using coastal reef habitats in southern Mozambique. Frontiers in Marine Science, 3.
D'Lima C, Welters R, Hamann M and Marsh H (2016) Using regional geographic scale substitution to value coastal wildlife tourism: implications for stakeholders, conservation and management. Ocean & Coastal Management, 128. pp. 52-60
Eagle L, Hamann M and Low D (2016) The role of social marketing, marine turtles and sustainable tourism in reducing plastic pollution. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 107 (1). pp. 324-332
Hoenner X, Whiting S, Hamann M, Limpus C, Hindell M and Mcmahon C (2016) High-resolution movements of critically endangered hawksbill turtles help elucidate conservation requirements in northern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 67 (8). pp. 1263-1278

More: ResearchOnline@JCU stores 88+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Mark Hamann from 2002 onwards.

Current Funding

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

Qld Department of Environment and Science - Research Grant

Satellite tracking of marine turtles from Raine island

Indicative Funding: $131,252 over 3 years
Summary: This project will investigate the temporal and spatial distribution of habitat use and behaviour for adult female green turtles that breed at Raine Island and will provide valuable information to the Raine Island Recovery Project to impelemnt management actions at Raine Island.
Investigators: Mark Hamann and Takahiro Shimada in collaboration with Colin Limpus (College of Science & Engineering and Qld Dept of Environment and Heritage Protection)
Keywords: Turtle; Conservation; Tracking; Reef; Raine Island

Australian Research Council - Linkage - Projects

Ecological valuation tools to protect seagrass during coastal development

Indicative Funding: $490,000 over 4 years, in partnership with the Gladstone Ports Corporation Ltd ($450,000 over 3 yrs)
Summary: Seagrasses provide ecosystem services (fisheries, nutrient cycling, primary productivity) worth trillions of dollars, but this capacity is threatened by coastal development. In Australia, port developments are considered a major threat to seagrass ecosystems, but resource managers lack accurate information about their potential impacts and mitigation measures. Focussing on differences between shallow and deep seagrasses within the Great Barrier Reef, this project seeks to develop a world-first spatial valuation tool that will allow resource managers and policy makers to minimise impact of port development on seagrass ecosystems, thereby ensuring that Australia?s seagrasses continue to provide ecosystem services essential to our well-being.
Investigators: Michael Rasheed, Rod Connolly, Mark Hamann, Peter Macreadie, Helene Marsh and Marcus Sheaves in collaboration with Megan Ellis (TropWATER, Griffith University, College of Science & Engineering, University of Technology, Sydney and Gladstone Ports Corporation)
Keywords: Seagrass; Coastal Development; tropic fate; Ecosystem Services; ports

Eco Logical Australia Pty Ltd - Research Grant

Increase understanding of flatback turtle habitat use - using satellite telemetry

Indicative Funding: $68,000 over 2 years
Summary: In the Australian Government's Reef 2050 plan there are several key knowledge gaps mentioned for flatback turtles. Our research project aims to build upon, and add value to, existing datasets to complete these gaps in knowledge. We aim to (1) examine habitat use of flatback turtles breeding in the Broadsound region of Queensland (2) Assess inter-nesting habitat use of flatback turtles for multiple breeding sites in GBRWHA (3) Determine parrterns of migratory and foraging behaviour of flatback turtles. Our research outputs will be provided to Australian and State Government staff and industry bodies to improve management of threats to flatback turtles.
Investigators: Mark Hamann and Takahiro Shimada in collaboration with Colin Limpus (College of Science & Engineering, ACT Department of the Environment, Water and Heritage and the Arts)
Keywords: Marine Turtle; Conservation; Habitat Use; Management; Flatback Turtle; Tracking

Gladstone Ports Corporation Ltd - Contract Research

Increase understanding of green turtle habitat usage in the Port Curtis and Port Alma region: Using satellite telemetry

Indicative Funding: $219,643 over 3 years
Summary: A collaborative project between JCU and the Queensland Government. The project aims to understand the habitat use of green turtles in relation to LNG and port development in Gladstone Harbour.
Investigators: Mark Hamann, Takahiro Shimada and Colin Limpus in collaboration with Mariana Fuentes (College of Science & Engineering and Qld Dept of Environment and Heritage Protection)
Keywords: Green Turtle; Satellite; Home Range; Ecology; Environment; Port

Gladstone Ports Corporation Ltd - Contract Research

Increase understanding of flatback turtle habitat usage in the Port Curtis and Port Alma region: Using satellite telemetry

Indicative Funding: $151,773 over 3 years
Summary: A collaborative project between JCU and the Queensland Government. The project aims to understand the habitat use of flatback turtles in relation to LNG and port development in Gladstone Harbour.
Investigators: Mark Hamann and Colin Limpus in collaboration with Natalie Wildermann and Takahiro Shimada (College of Science & Engineering and Qld Dept of Environment and Heritage Protection)
Keywords: Flatback Turtle; Satellite; Home Range; Ecology; Environment; Port

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Program (NESP) - Tropical Water Quality Hub (TWQ Hub)

Improving historical estimates of abundance and distribution of dugongs and large green turtles in western and central Torres Strait

Indicative Funding: $97,674 over 2 years
Summary: This project will improve the accuracy of aerial survey estimates of the size and distribution of dugong and green turtle populations in western and central Torres Strait by: (1) collecting and analysing data on their movements and diving behaviour, and (2) estimating the proportion of turtles seen during aerial surveys that are the large female green turtles harvested by Indigenous hunters. These data will then be used to (re) estimate the size and distribution of the populations of dugongs and harvestable green turtles in Torres Strait by (re) analysing historical aerial survey data collected in 2001, 2005, 2006, 2011 and 2013.
Investigators: Helene Marsh and Mark Hamann in collaboration with Susan Sobtzick, Rie Hagihara, Frank Loban, Shane Preston and Christophe Cleguer (College of Science & Engineering, TropWATER and Torres Strait Regional Authority)
Keywords: Dugong; Distribution; Turtle; Population Size; Torres Strait; Management

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Research Program - Tropical Ecosystems Hub

Marine turtles and dugong of Torres Strait

Indicative Funding: $750,000 over 5 years
Summary: This project will investigate the trends, status and condition of marine wildlife populations in Torres Strait. In particular, turtles and dugong.
Investigators: Mark Hamann and Helene Marsh (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Indigenous; Dugong; Management; Torres Strait; Coastal

Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Research Program - Tropical Ecosystems Hub

Marine wildlife management in the GBRWHA

Indicative Funding: $750,000 over 5 years
Summary: The project will investigate the trends, status and condition of marine wildlife populations in the GBR. In particular, turtles, dugong and inshore dolphins.
Investigators: Mark Hamann and Helene Marsh (College of Science & Engineering)
Keywords: Turtle Frog; Indigenous; Dugong; Management; Dolphin Acoustics; Coastal

Supervision

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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

Assessing the Ecological Effects of River Regulation and Anthropengic Disturbance on Bimodally Respiring Freshwater Turtles in the Fitzroy and Burdekin River Catchments in Tropical Northeastern Australia. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
Effects of Plastic Pollution on Green Sea Turtles in Uruguayan Waters (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
Barriers and opportunities for managing anthropogenic impacts to marine wildlife in the Great Barrier Reef (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
From People to Reefs: Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution in North Queensland (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
The Potential of using Data-Logging Acoustic Receivers To Study The Movements and Residency Patterns of Dugongs in Port Environments: A Comparision With Satellite Tracking. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Re Thinking The Assessment and Monitoring of Large-Scale Coastal Developments for Improved Marine Megafauna Outcomes. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Status, trends and habitat use of sea turtles in NSW. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
Movement and Habitat Assessment of Natator Depressus and Lepidochelys Olivacea in the Gulf of Carpentaria. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)

Completed

Spatial ecology and conservation of sea turtles in coastal foraging habitat (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Spatial ecology of true sea snakes (Hydrophiinae) in coastal waters of North Queensland (2016, PhD , Associate Advisor)
Informing dugong conservation at several spatial and temporal scales in New Caledonia (2015, PhD , Associate Advisor)
Coastal light pollution in Australia: insights and implications for marine turtle conservation (2014, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Striking a Balance between, Fishing, Tourism and Dolphin Conservation at Chilika Lagoon, India (2014, PhD , Associate Advisor)
Evolutionary biogeography of Australian riverine turtles: Elseya spp. and Emydura macquarii krefftii (2013, PhD , Associate Advisor)
Evaluation of management effectiveness of a marine protected area: a case study for Socotra Island, Yemen (2016, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Improving understanding of spatial ecology through network analysis of acoustic monitoring data (2016, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
Multidisciplinary insights into the conservation and biology of sea turtles in Mozambique (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Flatbacks at sea: understanding ecology in foraging populations (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)
The biology and ecology of the blacktip reef shark Carcharhinus melanopterus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) and implications for management (2013, PhD , Associate Advisor)
Addressing sources of data deficiency for marine turtles and fisheries in the Indian Ocean and Southeast Asia (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Socio-economic Drivers Affecting Marine Turtle Conservation Status: Causes and Consequences;; (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Using hydrodynamic models to understand the impacts and risks of plastic pollution (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor)
Understanding the risk to flatback turtles (Natator depressus) from expanding industrial development in Western Australia (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)

Data

These are the most recent metadata records associated with this researcher. To see a detailed description of all dataset records, visit the JCU Research Data Catalogue.

Hamann, M. (2017) Flatback dispersal scenarios. James Cook University
Wildermann, N. (2017) Metadata to run the SLIM model to simulate flatback post-hatchling dispersal in the Great Barrier Reef. James Cook University

Collaboration

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