Teaching interests

• Biology and Ecology of Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras)
• Shark conservation
• Fisheries sciences
• Acoustic telemetry
• Behavioural ecology

Topic Coordinator:

• AQUA3918  Fisheries Science

Topic Lecturer:

• BIOL1171  Introduction to Animal behaviour
• BIOL1301  Introduction to Marine Biology
• BIOL2712  Animal Biodiversity
• BIOL3721  Research in Animal Behaviour

Research expertise

• Ecology
• Zoology

Research interests

• Biology and Ecology of Chondrichthyes (sharks, rays, and chimaeras)
• Shark conservation
• Fisheries science
• Acoustic telemetry
• Behavioural ecology

Supervisory interests

• Animal behaviour
• Bioacoustics
• Fisheries sustainability
• Marine animals
• Marine park planning
• Sharks and rays, biology
• Sharks, rays and chimaeras, conservation

RHD research supervision

Current

Principal supervisor: Novel techniques to investigate dietary analysis (1); Pelagic sharks ecology and sustainability (2);

Associate supervisor: Efficiency of Marine Parks for elasmobranchs (1);

Completion

Associate supervisor: Shark abundance and diversity (2);

RHD Student Achievements

• Holly Frazer
  Winner of the OCS annual conference Student presentation - October 2012

• Matt Heard
  Flinders Univeristy overseas travel scholarship - October 2012

• Mick Drew
  Commendation for the OCS annual conference Student presentation - October 2012

• Huveneers, C. (2008). The Ecology and Biology of Wobbegongs in New South Wales, Australia. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

• Beckmann, C.L., Mitchell, J.G., Stone, D.A.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). A controlled feeding experiment investigating the effects of a dietary switch on muscle and liver fatty acid profiles in Port Jackson sharks Heterodontus portusjacksoni. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 448 pp. 10-18. [10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.009]

• Crossley, R., Collins, C., Sutton, S. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Public perception and understanding of shark attack mitigation measures in Australia. Human Dimensions of Wildlife,

• Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Beckmann, C.L., Semmens, J., Bruce, B. and Seuront, L. (2013). Effects of a cage-diving operation on the fine-scale movement of white sharks. Marine Biology,

• Huveneers, C., Stead, J., Bennett, M., Lee, K. and Harcourt, R. (2013). Age and growth determination of three sympatric wobbegong sharks: how reliable is growth band periodicity in Orectolobidae? FISHERIES RESEARCH,

• Lee, K., Huveneers, C., Duong, T. and Harcourt, R. (2013). Size isn't everything: movements, home range, and habitat preferences of eastern blue gropers (Achoerodus viridis) demonstrate the efficacy of a small marine reserve. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,

• Rodgers, G.G., Linnane, A.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Contrasting diet in two temperate reef fish species (Notolabrus tetricus and Meuschenia hippocrepis) as determined from commercial rock lobster bycatch samples. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,

• Semmens, J., Payne, N., Huveneers, C., Sims, D. and Bruce, B. (2013). Feeding requirements of white sharks may be higher than originally thought. Scientific Reports, 3 pp. 1471. [10.1038/srep01471]

• Beckmann, C.L., Mitchell, J.G., Seuront, L., Stone, D. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Experimental Evaluation of Fatty Acid Profiles as a Technique to Determine Dietary Composition in Benthic Elasmobranchs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86(2) pp. 266-278. [10.1086/669539]

• Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Semmens, J., Beckmann, C.L., Kock, A., Page, B., et al. (2013). Effects of an electric field on white sharks: in situ testing of an electric deterrent. PLoS One,

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• Huveneers, C. (2008). The Ecology and Biology of Wobbegongs in New South Wales, Australia. Germany: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller.

• Crossley, R., Collins, C., Sutton, S. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Public perception and understanding of shark attack mitigation measures in Australia. Human Dimensions of Wildlife,

• Goldsworthy, S., Page, B., Rogers, P.J., Bulman, C., Wiebkin, A., Mcleay, L., et al. (2013). Trophodynamics of the eastern Great Australian Bight ecosystem: ecological change associated with the growth of Australia's largest fishery. Ecological Modelling, 255 pp. 38-57. [10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.01.006]

• Goldsworthy, S., Page, B., Rogers, P.J., Bulman, C., Wiebkin, A., Mcleay, L.J., et al. (2013). Trophodynamics of the eastern Great Australian Bight ecosystem: ecological change associated with the growth of Australia's largest fishery. Ecological Modelling,

• Gutteridge, A.N., Huveneers, C., Bennett, M. and Tibbetts, I. (2013). Conforming to the crowd? A case study into the life history of an understudied coastal shark. Marine and Freshwater Research,

• Gutteridge, A.N., Huveneers, C., Marshall, L.J., Tibbetts, I.R. and Bennett, M.B. (2013). Life-history traits of a small-bodied coastal shark. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64(1) pp. 54-65. [10.1071/MF12140]

• Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Beckmann, C.L., Semmens, J., Bruce, B. and Seuront, L. (2013). Effects of a cage-diving operation on the fine-scale movement of white sharks. Marine Biology,

• Huveneers, C., Rogers, P., Semmens, J., Beckmann, C.L., Kock, A., Page, B., et al. (2013). Effects of an electric field on white sharks: in situ testing of an electric deterrent. PLoS One,

• Huveneers, C., Stead, J., Bennett, M., Lee, K. and Harcourt, R. (2013). Age and growth determination of three sympatric wobbegong sharks: how reliable is growth band periodicity in Orectolobidae? FISHERIES RESEARCH,

• Lee, K., Huveneers, C., Duong, T. and Harcourt, R. (2013). Size isn't everything: movements, home range, and habitat preferences of eastern blue gropers (Achoerodus viridis) demonstrate the efficacy of a small marine reserve. Aquatic Conservation-Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,

• Muter, B.A., Gore, M.L., Gledhill, K.S., Lamont, C.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Australian and U.S. news media portrayal of sharks and their conservation. Conservation Biology, 27(1) pp. 187-196. [10.1111/j.1523-1739.2012.01952.x]

• Rodgers, G.G., Linnane, A.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Contrasting diet in two temperate reef fish species (Notolabrus tetricus and Meuschenia hippocrepis) as determined from commercial rock lobster bycatch samples. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia,

• Rogers, P., Huveneers, C., Goldsworthy, S., Cheung, W., Jones, K., Mitchell, J.G., et al. (2013). Population metrics and movement of two sympatric carcharhinids: a comparison of the vulnerability of pelagic sharks of the southern Australian gulfs and shelves. Marine and Freshwater Research, 64(1) pp. 20-30. [10.1071/MF11234]

• Rogers, P., Huveneers, C., Goldsworthy, S., Mitchell, J.G. and Seuront, L. (2013). Broad-scale movements and pelagic habitat of the dusky shark Carcharhinus obscurus off Southern Australia determined using pop-up satellite archival tags. Fisheries Oceanography, 22(2) pp. 102-112. [10.1111/fog.12009]

• Semmens, J., Payne, N., Huveneers, C., Sims, D. and Bruce, B. (2013). Feeding requirements of white sharks may be higher than originally thought. Scientific Reports, 3 pp. 1471. [10.1038/srep01471]

• Beckmann, C.L., Mitchell, J.G., Stone, D.A.J. and Huveneers, C. (2013). A controlled feeding experiment investigating the effects of a dietary switch on muscle and liver fatty acid profiles in Port Jackson sharks Heterodontus portusjacksoni. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 448 pp. 10-18. [10.1016/j.jembe.2013.06.009]

• Beckmann, C.L., Mitchell, J.G., Seuront, L., Stone, D. and Huveneers, C. (2013). Experimental Evaluation of Fatty Acid Profiles as a Technique to Determine Dietary Composition in Benthic Elasmobranchs. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology, 86(2) pp. 266-278. [10.1086/669539]

• Rogers, P.J., Huveneers, C., Page, B., Hamer, D., Goldsworthy, S., Mitchell, J., et al. (2012). A quantitative comparison of the diets of sympatric pelagic sharks in gulf and shelf ecosystems off southern Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 69(8) pp. 1382-1393. [10.1093/icesjms/fss100]

• Frazer, H., Ellis, M. and Huveneers, C. (2012). Can a threshold value be used to classify Chondrichthyan reproductive modes: systematic review and validation using an oviparous species. PLoS One, 7(12) pp. 50196-50206. [10.1371/journal.pone.0050196]

• Bryars, S., Rogers, P.J., Huveneers, C., Payne, N., Smith, I. and McDonald, B. (2012). Small home range in southern Australia's largest resident reef fish, the western blue groper (Achoerodus gouldii): implications for adequacy of no-take marine protected areas. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63(6) pp. 552-563. [10.1071/MF12016]

• Huveneers, C., Otway, N., Harcourt, R. and Ellis, M. (2011). Quantification of the maternal-embryo nutritional relationship of elasmobranchs: case study of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) Journal of Fish Biology, 78(5) pp. 1375-1389. [10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02938.x]

• Benavides, M., Feldheim, K., Duffy, C., Wintner, S., Braccini, M., Boomer, J., et al. (2011). Phylogeography of the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus) in the southern hemisphere: implications for the conservation of a coastal apex predator. Marine and Freshwater Research, 62(7) pp. 861-869. [10.1071/MF10236]

• Speed, C., Meekan, M., Field, I., McMahon, C., Stevens, J., Mcgregor, K., et al. (2011). Spatial and temporal movement patterns of a multi-species coastal reef shark aggregation. Marine Ecology-Progress Series, 429 pp. 261-275. [10.3354/meps09080]

• Gutteridge, A., Bennett, M., Huveneers, C. and Tibbetts, I. (2011). Assessing the overlap between the diet of a coastal shark and the surrounding prey communities in a sub-tropical embayment. Journal of Fish Biology, 78(5) pp. 1405-1422. [10.1111/j.1095-8649.2011.02945.x]

• Huveneers, C., Luo, K., Otway, N.M. and Harcourt, R.G. (2009). Assessing the distribution and relative abundance of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobidae) in New South Wales, Australia, using recreational scuba-divers. Aquatic Living Resources, 22(3) pp. 255-264. [doi:10.1051/alr/2009046]

• Corrigan, S., Huveneers, C., Schwartz, T., Harcourt, R.G. and Beheregaray, L.B. (2008). Genetic and reproductive evidence for two species of ornate wobbegong shark Orectolobus spp. on the Australian east coast. Journal of Fish Biology, 73(7) pp. 1662-1675. [doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2008.02039.x]

• Huveneers, C., Walker, T.I., Otway, N.M. and Harcourt, R.G. (2007). Reproductive synchrony of three sympatric species of wobbegong shark (genus Orectolobus) in New South Wales, Australia: reproductive parameter estimates necessary for population modelling. Marine and Freshwater Research, 58(8) pp. 765-777. [doi:10.1071/MF06187]

• Huveneers, C., Harcourt, R.G., Gibbs, S. and Otway, N.M. (2007). Quantitative diet assessment of wobbegong sharks (genus Orectolobus) in New South Wales, Australia. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 64(6) pp. 1272-1281. [doi:10.1093/icesjms/fsm111]

• Huveneers, C., Otway, N.M. and Harcourt, R.G. (2007). Morphometric Relationships and Catch Composition of Wobbegong Sharks (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobus) Commercially Fished in New South Wales, Australia. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 128 pp. 243-249. [Link]

• Huveneers, C., Harcourt, R.G. and Otway, N.M. (2006). Observations of localised movements and residence times of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobus halei) at Fish Rock, NSW, Australia. Cybium, 30(4) pp. 103-111. [Link]

• Old, J. and Huveneers, C. (2006). Morphology of the blood cells from three species of wobbegong sharks (Orectolobus species) on the east coast of New South Wales. Zoo Biology, 25(1) pp. 73-82. [doi:10.1002/zoo.20079]

• Huveneers, C. (2006). Redescription of two species of wobbegongs (Chondrichthyes: Orectolobidae) with elevation of Orectolobus halei Whitley 1940 to species level. Zootaxa, 1284 pp. 29-51. [Link]

• Allen, S. and Huveneers, C. (2005). First Record of an Australian Fur Seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) Feeding on a Wobbegong Shark (Orectolobus ornatus) Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 126 pp. 95-97. [Link]

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Since starting working on sharks, I have submitted, nine public submissions, provided popular articles to 14 different magazines and non-governmental agencies (Nature Conservation Council and Council Conservation of South Australia), and won the public prize award for one of them. I have also given 11 public talks to audiences such as scuba-diving clubs, high school students, Rotary clubs, and aquarium visitors. I have given over 45 interviews to magazine, radio, and television nationally (e.g, ABC radio and television, Channel 7, 9, and 10, the Manly Daily, The Age, The Australian, Daily Telegraph, Sydney Morning Herald, The Advertiser), but also internationally (i.e, Canada, Italy, Hawaii, England, Belgium).

Furthermore, our research on wobbegong sharks was covered by over 40 media features. I have provided support and help to several high school student and was also a collaborator in the creation of a website aimed to facilitate greater public understanding of the ecological roles and significance of pelagic sharks (www.henrythesealion.com). Local schools have shown interest in including aspects of the webpage in teaching programs. In 2003, I became an honorary member of the Shark Trust for the help I provided for several years. I have also created a research project involving the recreational diving community to estimate the relative abundance of sharks in NSW.