# Anthony Richardson

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Professor

# Anthony Richardson

Email:
:   [a.richardson1@uq.edu.au](mailto:a.richardson1@uq.edu.au)

Phone:
:   [+61 7 3833 5958](tel:+61 7 3833 5958)

## Positions

Affiliate of Centre for Marine Science
:   Centre for Marine Science
:   Faculty of Science

Affiliate of Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
:   Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science
:   Faculty of Science

Professor
:   School of the Environment
:   Faculty of Science

## Overview

### Background

Professor Anthony J. Richardson uses mathematical, statistical, computational and spatial planning tools to investigate human impacts on our oceans - and to find solutions. Particular foci include:

- **Marine spatial planning** - Where best to locate marine protected areas to minimise impacts on people, maximise ecosystem benefits, ensure they are climate-smart and connected, and enable multiple-use zoning of the ocean.
- **Developing models of marine ecosystems** - How do lower trophic levels (plankton) regulate fisheries productivity and carbon sequestration, and how will these be impacted by climate change.
- **Long-term change in lower trophic levels (plankton) in the ocean.** This includes both field work around Australia and global analyses.

Anthony did an undergradulate degree in Mathematics and Biology at the University of Queensland, followed by an Honours degree there. He was awarded a PhD degree from the University of Cape Town in 1998, modelling the dynamics of marine ecosystems. Since 2005, Anthony has held a joint position between UQ (School of the Environment) and CSIRO Environment. He has previously held positions at the University of Cape Town (South Africa), the University of the Western Cape (South Africa), and the Sir Alister Hardy Foundation of Ocean Science (UK).

Anthony runs a dynamic lab at the nexus between conservation science and mathematics. His focus is on using mathematical tools to better conserve biodiversity, predict impacts of climate change, and understand the functioning of marine ecosystems. If you have a background in marine ecology and are interested in applying mathematics/statistics/computational science and want to apply your skills to real-world problems, get in touch.

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### Availability

Professor Anthony Richardson is:
:   Available for supervision
:   Media expert

### Fields of research

[Agricultural, Veterinary and Food Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4767)
[Aquaculture and fisheries stock assessment](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5096)
[Biological Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4771)
[Climate change impacts and adaptation](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4838)
[Conservation and biodiversity](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6644)
[Ecological applications](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4921)
[Ecology](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4872)
[Environmental Sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4773)
[Fisheries sciences](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=4903)
[Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=5150)
[Natural resource management](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/search?research-field=6435)

### Qualifications

- Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cape Town

### Research interests

- #### Marine spatial planning: Biodiversity and conservation

  Using computational tools to better conserve biodiversity. I am particularly interested in designing marine protected areas that are climate-smart, connected, allow multiple use, and benefit people.

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- #### Ecosystem modelling, fisheries and climate change

  Developing marine ecosystem models that focus on the role of lower trophic levels (plankton) in productive fisheries and carbon sequestration, now and in the future under climate change.

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- #### Impacts of climate change on marine systems

  Using advanced statistical techniques to analyse large ecological datasets to understand the impacts of climate change and other human stresses such as ocean acidification, fishing, habitat destruction and pollution on marine systems.

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### Research impacts

His research is recognised internationally for significant contributions in the fields of climate change ecology, plankton ecology and marine conservation. Anthony is the author of >250 peer-reviewed papers. He enjoys teaching biostatistics and modelling. For more informaiton on my research, see my Google Scholar page<https://scholar.google.com.au/citations?user=RLeJq98AAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao>

I was the first to show that the timing of marine events in the ocean - such as blooms - are becoming earlier because of climate change. I have also co-led the global working group that has provided the most comprehensive synthesis of the impacts of climate change on marine systems. My work on climate impacts has been heavily cited in the IPCC 4th, 5th, and 6th Assessment Reports. Much of my work now is in marine conservation planning - how to more effectively design marine protected areas in the ocean to make them climate-smart, connected, and to benefit people. This work is through the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science.

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## Works

[Search Professor Anthony Richardson’s works on UQ eSpace](http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/list/author_id/3650)

[All
(272)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1567/all)
[Journal Article
(246)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1567/4748)
[Other Outputs
(5)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1567/4749)
[Conference Publication
(4)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1567/4751)
[Book Chapter
(17)](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts-publication/1567/4752)

2025

Journal Article

##### Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at‐sea anthropogenic threats

VanCompernolle, Michelle, Morris, Juliet, Calich, Hannah J., Rodríguez, Jorge P., Marley, Sarah A., Pearce, Jessica R., Abrahms, Briana, Abrantes, Katya, Afonso, André S., Aguilar, Alex, Agyekumhene, Andrews, Akamatsu, Tomonari, Åkesson, Susanne, Alawa, Nyimale G., Alfaro‐Shigueto, Joanna, Anderson, R. C., Anker‐Nilssen, Tycho, Arata, Javier A., Araujo, Gonzalo, Arostegui, Martin C., Arrizabalaga, Haritz, Arrowsmith, Lucy M., Auger‐Méthé, Marie, Avila, Isabel C., Bailleul, Fred, Barker, Joanna, Barlow, Dawn R., Barnett, Adam, Barrios‐Garrido, Hector ... Sequeira, Ana M. M. (2025). Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at‐sea anthropogenic threats. Conservation Biology e70147, e70147. doi: 10.1111/cobi.70147

[Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at‐sea anthropogenic threats](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7134d1e)

2025

Journal Article

##### Multiple-use spatial planning for sustainable development and conservation

Neubert, Sandra, McGowan, Jennifer, Metcalfe, Kristian, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Buenafe, Kristine Camille V., Dabalà, Alvise, Dunn, Daniel C., Everett, Jason D., Possingham, Hugh P., Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Estep, Andy, Ervin, Jamison and Richardson, Anthony J. (2025). Multiple-use spatial planning for sustainable development and conservation. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 40 (11), 1126-1142. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2025.09.007

[Multiple-use spatial planning for sustainable development and conservation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:49054a4)

2025

Journal Article

##### Climate Refugia Could Disappear From Australia's Marine Protected Areas by 2040

Pidd, A. M., Schoeman, D. S., Richardson, A. J. and Scales, K. L. (2025). Climate Refugia Could Disappear From Australia's Marine Protected Areas by 2040. Earth's Future, 13 (10) e2025EF006457. doi: 10.1029/2025ef006457

[Climate Refugia Could Disappear From Australia's Marine Protected Areas by 2040](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:6e59d2b)

2025

Journal Article

##### Near-global spawning strategies of large pelagic fish

Buenafe, Kristine Camille V., Neubert, Sandra, Scales, Kylie L., Dunn, Daniel C., Everett, Jason D., Flower, Jason, Suthers, Iain M., Granados-Dieseldorff, Pablo, Dabalà, Alvise, Esturas, Kris Jypson T., Mercer, James and Richardson, Anthony J. (2025). Near-global spawning strategies of large pelagic fish. Nature Communications, 16 (1) 8146, 1-16. doi: 10.1038/s41467-025-63106-w

[Near-global spawning strategies of large pelagic fish](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:65673d6)

2025

Journal Article

##### The immeasurable value of plankton to humanity

Grigoratou, Maria, Menden-Deuer, Susanne, McQuatters-Gollop, Abigail, Arhonditsis, George, Artigas, Luis Felipe, Ayata, Sakina-Dorothée, Bedikoğlu, Dalida, Beisner, Beatrix E, Chen, Bingzhang, Davies, Claire, Diarra, Lillian, Elegbeleye, Owoyemi W, Everett, Jason D, Garcia, Tatiane M, Gentleman, Wendy C, Gonçalves, Rodrigo Javier, Guy-Haim, Tamar, Halfter, Svenja, Hinners, Jana, Horaeb, Richard R, Huggett, Jenny A, Johnson, Catherine L, Kavanaugh, Maria T, Lara-Lopez, Ana, Lindemann, Christian, López-Abbate, Celeste, Messié, Monique, Möller, Klas Ove, Montes, Enrique ... Richardson, Anthony (2025). The immeasurable value of plankton to humanity. BioScience, 75 (9) biaf049, 706-721. doi: 10.1093/biosci/biaf049

[The immeasurable value of plankton to humanity](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2383809)

2025

Journal Article

##### Drifting fish aggregation devices as a tool to study oceanic marine protected areas

Blanluet, Arthur, Game, Edward T., Pollock, Kydd, Wolff, Nicholas H., Everett, Jason D., Neubert, Sandra, Dunn, Daniel C. and Richardson, Anthony J. (2025). Drifting fish aggregation devices as a tool to study oceanic marine protected areas. Fisheries Research, 289 107474, 1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2025.107474

[Drifting fish aggregation devices as a tool to study oceanic marine protected areas](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e70fc57)

2025

Journal Article

##### Important shark and ray areas can inform conservation planning in the Mediterranean and Black Seas

Rohner, Christoph A., Richardson, Anthony J., García-Rodríguez, Emiliano, Charles, Ryan, Batlle-Morera, Amanda, Bortoluzzi, Jenny R., Mouton, Théophile L., Notarbartolo di Sciara, Giuseppe, Armstrong, Asia O., Everett, Jason D., Bakiu, Rigers, Barash, Adi, Bariche, Michel, Başusta, Nuri, Bousquet, Caroline, Ćetković, Ilija, Giovos, Ioannis, Guallart, Javier, Milazzo, Marco, Morey, Gabriel, Naasan Aga-Spyridopoulou, Roxani, Niedermueller, Simone, Serena, Fabrizio, Shakman, Esmail, Soldo, Alen and Jabado, Rima W. (2025). Important shark and ray areas can inform conservation planning in the Mediterranean and Black Seas. iScience, 28 (8) 113192, 113192. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2025.113192

[Important shark and ray areas can inform conservation planning in the Mediterranean and Black Seas](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:72bb053)

2025

Journal Article

##### The need for sustained and enhanced international research efforts on zooplankton production

Batten, Sonia D., Chiba, Sanae, Pitois, Sophie, Richardson, Anthony J., Sastri, Akash and Swadling, Kerrie M. (2025). The need for sustained and enhanced international research efforts on zooplankton production. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82 (7) fsaf108, 1-4. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsaf108

[The need for sustained and enhanced international research efforts on zooplankton production](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:07ebde9)

2025

Journal Article

##### Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets

Sequeira, Ana M.M., Rodríguez, Jorge P., Marley, Sarah A., Calich, Hannah J., van der Mheen, Mirjam, VanCompernolle, Michelle, Arrowsmith, Lucy M., Peel, Lauren R., Queiroz, Nuno, Vedor, Marisa, da Costa, Ivo, Mucientes, Gonzalo, Couto, Ana, Humphries, Nicolas E., Abalo-Morla, Sara, Abascal, Francisco J., Abercrombie, Debra L., Abrantes, Katya, Abreu-Grobois, F. Alberto, Afonso, André S., Afonso, Pedro, Ahonen, Heidi, Åkesson, Susanne, Alfaro-Shigueto, Joanna, Andrews, Russel D., Angelier, Frédéric, Antonopoulou, Marina, Arata, Javier A., Araujo, Gonzalo ... Eguíluz, Víctor M. (2025). Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets. Science, 388 (6751), 1086-1097. doi: 10.1126/science.adl0239

[Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:7eceea7)

2025

Journal Article

##### BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series

Dornelas, Maria, Antão, Laura H., Bates, Amanda E., Brambilla, Viviana, Chase, Jonathan M., Chow, Cher F. Y., Fontrodona‐Eslava, Ada, Magurran, Anne E., Martins, Inês S., Moyes, Faye, Sagouis, Alban, Adu‐Acheampong, Samuel, Acquah‐Lamptey, Daniel, Adam, Dušan, Ajani, Penelope A., Albaina, Aitor, Almaraz, Pablo, An, Jeongseop, Anderson, Roger Sigismund, Anderson, Madelaine Jean Robertson, Antunes, Alexsander Z., Arismendi, Ivan, Armbrecht, Linda, Aros‐Mardones, Pedro, Ashtamoorthy, Sreejith Kalpuzha, Ayyappan, Narayanan, Badihi, Gal, Bailey, Joseph J., Baird, Andrew H. ... Zvuloni, Assaf (2025). BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 34 (5) e70003, 5. doi: 10.1111/geb.70003

[BioTIME 2.0: Expanding and Improving a Database of Biodiversity Time Series](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:99891ad)

2025

Journal Article

##### Current approaches and future opportunities for climate-smart protected areas

Buenafe, Kristine Camille V., Dunn, Daniel C., Metaxas, Anna, Schoeman, David S., Everett, Jason D., Pidd, Alice, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Bentley, Lily K., Kim, Sun Wook, Neubert, Sandra, Scales, Kylie L., Dabalà, Alvise, Brito-Morales, Isaac and Richardson, Anthony J. (2025). Current approaches and future opportunities for climate-smart protected areas. Nature Reviews Biodiversity, 1 (5), 1-14. doi: 10.1038/s44358-025-00041-0

[Current approaches and future opportunities for climate-smart protected areas](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:542abef)

2025

Journal Article

##### Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals

Giakoumi, Sylvaine, Richardson, Anthony J., Doxa, Aggeliki, Moro, Stefano, Andrello, Marco, Hanson, Jeffrey O., Hermoso, Virgilio, Mazor, Tessa, McGowan, Jennifer, Kujala, Heini, Law, Elizabeth, Álvarez-Romero, Jorge G., Magris, Rafael A., Gissi, Elena, Arafeh-Dalmau, Nur, Metaxas, Anna, Virtanen, Elina A., Ban, Natalie C., Runya, Robert M., Dunn, Daniel C., Fraschetti, Simonetta, Galparsoro, Ibon, Smith, Robert J., Bastardie, Francois, Stelzenmüller, Vanessa, Possingham, Hugh P. and Katsanevakis, Stelios (2025). Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 40 (4), 395-410. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2024.12.002

[Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e266fdd)

2025

Journal Article

##### Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature

Pigot, Alex L., Dee, Laura E., Richardson, Anthony J., Cooper, Declan L. M., Eisenhauer, Nico, Gregory, Richard D., Lewis, Simon L., Macgregor, Callum J., Massimino, Dario, Maynard, Daniel S., Phillips, Helen R. P., Rillo, Marina, Loreau, Michel and Haegeman, Bart (2025). Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature. Science, 387 (6740), 1272-1276. doi: 10.1126/science.adq3278

[Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:9f91f95)

2025

Journal Article

##### A deep dive into climate connectivity

Richardson, Anthony J. and Buenafe, Kristine Camille V. (2025). A deep dive into climate connectivity. Nature Climate Change, 15 (3) 12349, 248-249. doi: 10.1038/s41558-025-02253-w

[A deep dive into climate connectivity](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3cc5a07)

2025

Journal Article

##### Developing a southern ocean marine ecosystem model ensemble to assess climate risks and uncertainties

Murphy, Kieran, Fierro‐Arcos, Denisse, Rohr, Tyler, Green, David, Novaglio, Camilla, Baker, Katherine, Ortega‐Cisneros, Kelly, Eddy, Tyler D., Harrison, Cheryl S., Hill, Simeon L., Eskuche‐Keith, Patrick, Cataldo‐Mendez, Camila, Petrik, Colleen M., Pinkerton, Matthew, Spence, Paul, Stollberg, Ilaria, Subramaniam, Roshni C., Trebilco, Rowan, Tulloch, Vivitskaia, Palacios‐Abrantes, Juliano, Bestley, Sophie, Bianchi, Daniele, Boyd, Philip, Buchanan, Pearse J., Bryndum‐Buchholz, Andrea, Coll, Marta, Corney, Stuart, Datta, Samik, Everett, Jason D. ... Blanchard, Julia (2025). Developing a southern ocean marine ecosystem model ensemble to assess climate risks and uncertainties. Earth's Future, 13 (3) e2024EF004849. doi: 10.1029/2024ef004849

[Developing a southern ocean marine ecosystem model ensemble to assess climate risks and uncertainties](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:3301208)

2025

Journal Article

##### Global and regional marine ecosystem models reveal key uncertainties in climate change projections

Eddy, Tyler D., Heneghan, Ryan F., Bryndum-Buchholz, Andrea, Fulton, Elizabeth A., Harrison, Cheryl S., Tittensor, Derek P., Lotze, Heike K., Ortega-Cisneros, Kelly, Novaglio, Camilla, Bianchi, Daniele, Buechner, Matthias, Bulman, Catherine, Cheung, William W. L., Christensen, Villy, Coll, Marta, Everett, Jason D., Fierro-Arcos, Denisse, Galbraith, Eric D., Gascuel, Didier, Guiet, Jerome, Mackinson, Steve, Maury, Olivier, Niiranen, Susa, Oliveros-Ramos, Ricardo, Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano, Piroddi, Chiara, du Pontavice, Hubert, Reum, Jonathan, Richardson, Anthony J. ... Blanchard, Julia L. (2025). Global and regional marine ecosystem models reveal key uncertainties in climate change projections. Earths Future, 13 (3) e2024EF005537, 1-23. doi: 10.1029/2024EF005537

[Global and regional marine ecosystem models reveal key uncertainties in climate change projections](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2bdefaf)

2025

Other Outputs

##### Larval Export transition matrices and model output data

Neubert, Sandra and Richardson, Anthony (2025). Larval Export transition matrices and model output data. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/64c7de6

[Larval Export transition matrices and model output data](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:64c7de6)

2024

Journal Article

##### Effects of climate warming on energetics and habitat of the world's largest marine ectotherm

Reynolds, Samantha D., Franklin, Craig E., Norman, Bradley M., Richardson, Anthony J., Everett, Jason D., Schoeman, David S., White, Craig R., Lawson, Christopher L., Pierce, Simon J., Rohner, Christoph A., Bach, Steffen S., Comezzi, Francesco G., Diamant, Stella, Jaidah, Mohammed Y., Robinson, David P. and Dwyer, Ross G. (2024). Effects of climate warming on energetics and habitat of the world's largest marine ectotherm. Science of the Total Environment, 951 175832, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.175832

[Effects of climate warming on energetics and habitat of the world's largest marine ectotherm](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:09d9b4d)

2024

Journal Article

##### Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model

Fleury, Aharon G., O’Hara, Casey C., Butt, Nathalie, Restrepo, Jaime, Halpern, Benjamin S., Klein, Carissa J., Kuempel, Caitlin D., Gaynor, Kaitlyn M., Bentley, Lily K., Richardson, Anthony J. and Dunn, Daniel C. (2024). Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model. PLoS One, 19 (6) e0305950, 1-16. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0305950

[Spatial and life history variation in a trait-based species vulnerability and impact model](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2250656)

2024

Journal Article

##### The global distribution of grazing dynamics estimated from inverse modeling

Rohr, Tyler, Richardson, Anthony, Lenton, Andrew, Chamberlain, Matthew A. and Shadwick, Elizabeth H. (2024). The global distribution of grazing dynamics estimated from inverse modeling. Geophysical Research Letters, 51 (8) e2023GL107732, 1-12. doi: 10.1029/2023gl107732

[The global distribution of grazing dynamics estimated from inverse modeling](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:99e55b0)

## Funding

### Current funding

- 2023 - 2026

  Zooplankton: the missing link in modelling the ocean carbon cycle

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/57069)
- 2023 - 2026

  Efficient, scalable, climate-smart marine conservation planning support

  The University of Queensland in America, Inc

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/58890)

### Past funding

- 2022 - 2024

  Spatial management reserve solutions for a Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Kong Hakons VII Hav (WSMPA Phase 2)

  Norwegian Polar Institute

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/53669)
- 2020 - 2021

  Identification of the range of priority areas for a future Marine Protected Area (MPA) in Kong Hakons VII Hav (WSMPA Phase 2)

  Norwegian Polar Institute

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43009)
- 2020 - 2021

  Dispersal Modelling supporting WSMPA Phase 2

  Norwegian Polar Institute

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/43445)
- 2019 - 2022

  The effect of blue water marine protected areas on pelagic ecosystems

  The Nature Conservancy Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37949)
- 2019 - 2022

  Future fisheries under climate change: the missing role of zooplankton

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/37031)
- 2018 - 2019

  4.2.6 Recommendations to maintain functioning of the Great Barrier Reef (NESP - Tropical Water Quality Hub project administered by Reef and Rainforest Research Centre)

  Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Limited

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/34709)
- 2016 - 2020

  Connectivity and movements of large pelagic species of ecotourism value

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/26502)
- 2015 - 2017

  Linking phytoplankton to fisheries using zooplankton size spectra (ARC Discovery Project administered by University of New South Wales)

  University of New South Wales

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/23849)
- 2013 - 2014

  Project Manta WA - biology and ecology of manta rays in Australian waters

  Research Donation Generic

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/17382)
- 2013 - 2015

  Climate-driven windblown dust and flood runoff can increase marine diseases by fungal pathogens (ARC Discovery Project led by University of Tasmania)

  University of Tasmania

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/21175)
- 2013 - 2015

  Climate-driven windblown dust and flood runoff can increase marine diseases by fungal pathogens (ARC Discovery Project led by UTAS)

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/20727)
- 2011 - 2018

  ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED)

  ARC Centres of Excellence

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12782)
- 2011 - 2014

  An integrated examination of the drivers of movements of large filter feeding organisms of high ecotourism value: a case study

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/12278)
- 2010 - 2011

  A laser optical plankton counter for laboratory and in-situ size distributions of zooplankton, to assess the basis and outcomes of changing ecosystems (ARC LIEF administered by UNSW)

  ARC LIEF Collaborating/Partner Organisation Contributions

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/16081)
- 2010 - 2013

  The resilience of marine ecosystems and fisheries to climate change: exploring adaptation strategies

  ARC Future Fellowships

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/11274)
- 2009 - 2011

  Resilience of Moreton Bay to climate change: Links between nutrient inputs and plankton dynamics

  ARC Linkage Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10369)
- 2009 - 2012

  Biodiversity impacts and adaptation (Part of the CSIRO Flagship Collaboration Cluster - Regional adaptation to climate change - administered by Griffith University)

  Griffith University

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/10582)
- 2008 - 2011

  Integrating climate and ecosystem models to predict climate change impacts on Australian marine systems

  ARC Discovery Projects

  [Open grant](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/project/9466)

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## Supervision

### Availability

Professor Anthony Richardson is:
:   Available for supervision

Looking for a supervisor? Read our advice on [how to choose a supervisor](https://study.uq.edu.au/study-options/phd-mphil-professional-doctorate/how-to-choose-a-supervisor).

### Available projects

- #### Designing innovative approaches in marine conservation

  The new agreement to increase area-based protection targets globally to 30% by 2030 (currently 8% in the ocean), combined with the recent UN treaty to help protect the high seas, will likely result in the largest-ever expansion of marine protected areas. Our aim is to provide the marine spatial planning approaches and tools to underpin this expansion.

  We offer various PhD projects in marine spatial planning, focusing on designing protected areas that include:

  - Climate change (climate-smart conservation), including climate connectivity (i.e., how best to protect species that shift their distribution in response to climate change).
  - How to conserve biodiversity in a 3-D ocean 8 km deep.
  - Multiple-use spatial planning (i.e., how to zone the ocean for different uses, such as conservation, fishing, renewable energy, shippping and mining).
  - Maximising ecosystem services (e.g., carbon sequestration, serving as nursery grounds for fisheries, and coastal protection).
  - Assessing the benefits and tradeoffs between fisheries and protected areas.
  - How best to prioritise coastal restoration.
  - How to deliver marine spatial planning in the high seas.
  - Connectivity of marine megafauna in protected area networks.
  - Protecting critical habitats of mobile species.
  - Connectivity of seeds and spawning products (eggs and larvae) transported by ocean currents.

  Our projects address some of the most-pressing challenges in conservation science. We are looking for students interested in conservation and wants to improve their programming skills.

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- #### [How is global change impacting global marine systems](https://mathmarecol.github.io/)

  Global change is heavily impacting marine systems thorough warming, ocean acidification, overfishing, pollution, eutrophications, mining and invasive species. We are offering projects investigating time series from around the world:

  - How are plankton, at the base of the food web, impacted by climate change?
  - How are global fish populations responding?
  - Are species doing better inside protected areas?
  - How does climate variablity affect populations?
  - Can we develop a global bioregionalisation based on ecological rather than physical data?
  - How are Australia's marine ecosystem responding to climate change?

  We are looking for a students interested in understanding how humans are impacting our oceans and in improving their statistical and programming skills.

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- #### Using size spectrum ecosystem models to investigate impact of climate change on global fisheries

  Understanding the role of zooplankton is arguably the biggest gap in our knowledge of the ocean carbon cycle. Addressing this gap is therefore critical to improving projections of global carbon sequestration under climate change. Zooplankton constitute 40% of total marine biomass and have diverse roles in active and passive vertical carbon transport across the world’s oceans. Yet all these features are poorly resolved in biogeochemical and ecosystem models. Developing new ways to model zooplankton is key to solving this puzzle. In this project we aim to further resolve zooplankton traits and processes in an innovative ecosystem model. We will use the model to explore present and future impacts of climate change on the global ocean’s capacity to regulate carbon in the Earth’s atmosphere.

  Working with an international team of zooplankton ecologists, applied mathematicians and climate change scientists, the PhD student will develop a next-generation global marine ecosystem model that resolves important pathways of carbon transport through the zooplankton. Using this model, the student will quantify the role of zooplankton in regulating the biological pump under climate change.

  The ideal candidate would have demonstrated skills in dynamical modelling (e.g., using differential or difference equations), coding experience (in any programming language), and strong written and communication skills. You do not need to have experience in marine ecology, but you must have a keen interest to learn.

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### Supervision history

#### Current supervision

- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Connected climate-smart marine conservation planning

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Jason Everett](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24320), [Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Modelling larval connectivity and fisheries spillover to design 30x30 marine protected area networks

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Coastal connectivity for conservation

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Catherine Lovelock](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1430), [Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Multiple-use spatial planning in the Global South

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Jason Everett](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24320), [Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Effective marine conservation planning for vulnerable species

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Carissa Klein](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1735), [Dr Jason Everett](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24320), [Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Post Nesting Migration Evaluation and Foraging Areas Identification Based on Stable Isotopes Analysis of Green Turtle (Chelonia Mydas) Nesting at Tortuguero Rookery

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Lily Bentley](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/38388), [Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Migratory movements of sharks in the Great Barrier Reef: strengthening connectivity within and beyond national jurisdictions

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Daniel Dunn](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/24799)
- Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Portfolio projection of biodiversity responses under climate change

  Associate Advisor

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#### Completed supervision

- 2025

  Master Philosophy

  ##### [Novel methods for developing large-scale, data-driven, biologically informed bioregionalisations](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:fea051a)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Dr Ian Wood](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/706)
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Developing a Model of Intermediate Complexity for an Australian Marine Ecosystem: Managing the crown-of-thorns starfish, Acanthaster cf. solaris](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:28fdbf3)

  Principal Advisor
- 2021

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Climate velocity in the ocean and its implications for conservation](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:2ddad12)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Carissa Klein](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1735)
- 2019

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Resolving the role of zooplankton in the marine ecosystem with functional size spectra](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:e64b0d8)

  Principal Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The molecular and spatial ecology of manta rays in Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:a69ac42)

  Associate Advisor
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The Spatial Ecology of Manta Rays: Movement, Habitat Use and Connectivity](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:4fcdc0f)

  Associate Advisor
- 2022

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The energetics of elasmobranchs: applications of bioenergetic models, physiology, and biomechanics](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:c30ba8a)

  Associate Advisor
- 2017

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Feeding ecology and habitat use of the giant manta ray Manta birostris at a key aggregation site off mainland Ecuador](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:704994)

  Associate Advisor
- 2017

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Managing direct and indirect threats to marine ecosystems to balance multiple objectives](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:688979)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Carissa Klein](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1735), [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2015

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Advancing systematic conservation planning in the Mediterranean Sea](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:350586)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920), [Professor Salit Kark](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/1793)
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [A global whale shark hotspot in southern Mozambique: population structure, feeding ecology, movements and environmental drivers](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:303807)

  Joint Principal Advisor
- 2014

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Growth model estimation in fisheries](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:339983)

  Associate Advisor
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The movement ecology of the reef manta ray Manta alfredi in eastern Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:306832)

  Associate Advisor
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Population ecology and biology of the reef manta ray Manta alfredi in eastern Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:302657)

  Associate Advisor
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Potential impacts of climate change on the distribution of pelagic fish and fisheries off the east coast of Australia](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:295510)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2013

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [Methods for Decision Theory in Conservation Biology](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:292339)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2012

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### Effects of climate change on marine ecosystems and potential management responses

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2011

  Doctor Philosophy

  ##### [The Ecology of Dispersal: Causes and Consequences of Phenotype-Dependent Dispersal](https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:242556)

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Professor Hugh Possingham](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/920)
- 2010

  Master Philosophy

  ##### Relationships between polychaete community composition and environmental factors in the Gulf of Carpentaria, northern Australia

  Associate Advisor

  Other advisors:
  [Associate Professor Ian Tibbetts](https://about.uq.edu.au/experts/196)

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- Mathematics and marine science
- Plankton

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