Teaching

• EV1005: Environmental Processes and Global Change (Level 1; CNS & TSV)
• EV3201: Managing Coastal and Marine Environments (Level 3; TSV)
• EV3203: Conserving Marine Wildlife: Sea Mammals, Birds, Reptiles (Level 3; TSV)
• EV5203: Conserving Marine Wildlife: Sea Mammals, Birds, Reptiles (Level 5; 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

• Environmental Science and Management (0502)
• Ecology (0602)
• Ecological Applications (0501)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity (9608)
• Ecosystem Assessment and Management (9605)

Awards

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

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

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.
• 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.
• 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
• 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
• Jensen M, Bell I, Limpus C, Hamann M, Ambar S, Whap T, David C and FitzSimmons N (2016) Spatial and temporal genetic variation among size classes of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) provides information on oceanic dispersal and population dynamics. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 543. pp. 241-256
• Riskas K, Fuentes M and Hamann M (2016) Justifying the need for collaborative management of fisheries bycatch: a lesson from marine turtles in Australia. Biological Conservation, 196. pp. 40-47
• Roberts J and Hamann M (2016) Testing a recipe for effective recovery plan design: a marine turtle case study. Endangered Species Research, 31. pp. 147-161
• Salmon M, Wyneken J, Hamann M and Whiting S (2016) Early growth and development of morphological defenses in post-hatchling flatbacks (Natator depressus) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 49 (6). pp. 421-435

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 84+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Mark Hamann from 2002 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

• Using hydrodynamic models to understand the impacts and risks of plastic pollution (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• 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)
• From People to Reefs: Marine Debris and Plastic Pollution in North Queensland (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• 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)
• Barriers and opportunities for managing anthropogenic impacts to marine wildlife in the Great Barrier Reef (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Socio-economic Drivers Affecting Marine Turtle Conservation Status: Causes and Consequences;; (PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Movement and Habitat Assessment of Natator Depressus and Lepidochelys Olivacea in the Gulf of Carpentaria. (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Completed

• 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)
• Informing dugong conservation at several spatial and temporal scales in New Caledonia (2015, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Spatial ecology of true sea snakes (Hydrophiinae) in coastal waters of North Queensland (2016, PhD , Associate Advisor)
• Spatial ecology and conservation of sea turtles in coastal foraging habitat (2016, PhD , Primary 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)
• Understanding the risk to flatback turtles (Natator depressus) from expanding industrial development in Western Australia (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)
• Flatbacks at sea: understanding ecology in foraging populations (2017, PhD , Primary Advisor)

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

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