(selected publications)

2013

Feutry, P., Vergnes, A., Broderick, D., Lambourdiere, J., Keith, P. & Ovenden, J. R. (2013). Stretched to the limit; can a short pelagic larval duration connect adult populations of an Indo-Pacific diadromous fish (Kuhlia rupestris)? Molecular Ecology. doi: 10.1111/mec.12192

2012

Dudgeon, C. L., Blower, D. C., Broderick, D., Giles, J. L., Holmes, B. J., Kashiwagi, T., Kruck, N. C., Morgan, J. A. T., Tillett, B. J. & Ovenden, J. R. (2012). A review of the application of genetics for fisheries management and conservation of sharks and rays. Journal of Fish Biology 80, 1789-1843.

Tillett, B. J., Meekan, M. G., Field, I. C., Thorburn, D. C. & Ovenden, J. R. (2012). Evidence for reproductive philopatry in the bull shark, Carcharhinus leucas in northern Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 80, 2140-2158.

2011

Ovenden, JR and Godwin, R 2011, ‘Development of a DNA based aging technique for use in fisheries assessments’, final report, Australian Fisheries Research and Development Corporation Project 2007/033, Molecular Fisheries Laboratory, Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation, St Lucia, Australia.

Morgan JAT, Welch, D, Harry, A, Street, R, DB and Ovenden, JR 2011, Species-identification assay for Australian blacktip sharks Carcharhinus tilstoniC. limbatusand C. amblyrhynchoides using real-time PCR and high-resolution melt analysis, ‘Molecular Ecology Resources’, vol. 11, pp. 813-19.

Macbeth, GM, Broderick, D, Ovenden, JR and Buckworth, RC 2011, Likelihood-based genetic mark-recapture estimates when genotype samples are incomplete and contain typing errors, ‘Theoretical Population Biology’, doi:10.1016/j.tpb.2011.06.006.

Kashiwagi, T., Marshall, A., Bennett, M. B. & Ovenden, J. R. (2011). Habitat segregation and mosaic sympatry of the two species of manta ray in the Indo-Pacific Ocean, Manta alfredi (Krefft, 1868) and M. birostris (Walbaum, 1792) [Chondrichthyes: Myliobatoidei: Mobulidae] Marine Biodiversity Records. doi:10.1017/S1755267211000479

Nock, CJ, Ovenden, JR, Butler, GL, Wooden I, Moore A and Baverstock PR 2011, Population structure and assessment of stocking impact in the endangered Australian eastern freshwater cod, Maccullochellaikei, ‘Journal of Fish Biology’, vol. 78, pp. 303-21.

Welch, DJ, Ovenden, JR, Simpfendorfer, CA, Tobin, A, Morgan, J, Street, R, White, J, Harry, A, Schroeder, R and Macbeth, WG 2011, ‘Stock structure of exploited shark species in north eastern Australia’, final report, Australian Fisheries Research & Development Corporation Project 2007/035, Fishing and Fisheries Research Centre, James Cook University, technical report no. 12, Townsville, Australia.

Welch, DJ, Ovenden, JR, Simpfendorfer, CA, Tobin, A, Morgan, J, Street, R and Macbeth, WG 2011, Negligible evidence for regional genetic population structure for two shark species Rhizoprionodon acutus (Rüppell, 1837) and Sphyrna lewini (Griffith & Smith, 1834) with contrasting biology, ‘Marine Biology’, 158.

2010

Charters, RA, Lester, RJG, Buckworth, RC, Newman, SJ, Ovenden, JR, Broderick, D, Kravchuk, O, Ballagh, A and Welch, DJ 2010, The stock structure of grey mackerel Scomberomorussemifasciatusin Australia as infered from its parasite fauna, ‘Fisheries Research’, vol. 101, pp. 94-9.

Dethmers, KEM, Jensen, MP, FitzSimmons, NN, Broderick, D, Limpus, CJ and Moritiz, C 2010, Migration of green turtles (Cheloniamydas) from Australasian feeding grounds inferred from genetic analyses, ‘Marine and Freshwater Research’, vol. 61, no. 1376-87.

Newman, SJ, Wright, IW, Rome, BM, Mackie, MC, Lewis, PD, Buckworth, RC, Ballagh, AC, Garrett, RN, Stapley, J, Broderick, D, Ovenden, JR and Welch, DJ 2010, Stock structure of grey mackerel, Scomberomorus semifasciatus (Pisces: Scombridae) across northern Australia, based on otolith stable isotope chemistry, ‘Environmental Biology of Fishes’, vol. 89, pp. 357-67.

Ovenden, JR, Morgan, J, Kashiwagi, T, Broderick, D, Salini, J 2010, Towards better management of Australia’s shark fishery: genetic analyses reveal unexpected ratios of cryptic blacktip species Carcharhinustilstoni and C. limbatus, ‘Marine and Freshwater Research’, vol. 61, pp. 253-62.

Schluessel, V, Broderick, D, Collin, SP and Ovenden, JR 2010, Evidence of extensive population structure in the white spotted eagle ray Aetobatusnarinari within the Indo-Pacific inferred from mitochondrial gene sequences, ‘Journal of Zoology’ (London), vol. 281, pp. 46-55.

Sulaiman, ZH and Ovenden, JR 2010, Population genetic evidence for the east-west division of the narrow-barred Spanish mackerel (Scomberomoruscommerson, Perciformes, Teleostei) along Wallace’s Line, ‘Biodiversity and Conservation’, vol. 19, pp. 563-74.

Hunter, M, Broderick, D, Ovenden, JR, Tucker, K, Bonde, RK, McGuire, PM and Lanyon, J 2010, Characterization of highly informative cross-species microsatellite panels for the Australian dugong (Dugong dugon) and Florida manatee (Trichechusmanatuslatirostris) including five novel primers, ‘Molecular Ecology Resources’, vol. 10, pp. 368-77.

2009

 

Dudgeon, CL, Broderick, D and Ovenden, JR 2009, IUCN classification zones concord with, but underestimate, the population genetic structure of the zebra shark Stegastomafasciatum in the Indo-West Pacific, ‘Molecular Ecology’, vol. 18, pp. 248-61.

Lanyon, J, Sneath, H, Ovenden, JR, Broderick, D and Bonde, RK 2009, Sexing sirenians: validation of visual and molecular sex determination in both wild dugongs (Dugong dugon) and Florida manatees (Trichechusmanatuslatirostris), ‘Aquatic Mammals’, vol. 35, pp. 187-92.

Newman, SJ, Buckworth, RC, Mackie, M, Lewis, P, Wright, I, Williamson, P, Bastow, TP and Ovenden, JR 2009, Spatial subdivision of adult assemblages of Spanish mackerel, Scomberomoruscommerson (Pisces: Scombridae) across northern Australia: implications for fisheries management, ‘Global Ecology and Biogeography’, vol. 18, pp. 711-23.

Ovenden, JR, Kashiwagi, T, Broderick, D, Giles, J and Salini, JP 2009, The extent of population genetic subdivision differs among four co-distributed shark species in the Indo-Australian archipelago, ‘BMC Evolutionary Biology’, vol. 9, p. 40.

Peters, MB, Ovenden, J, Broderick, D, Lance, SL, Hagen, C and Glenn, T 2009, Fifteen microsatellite loci for the jungle perch, Kuhliaruprestris, ‘Molecular Ecology Resources’, vol. 9, pp. 1467-69.

Welch, DJ, Buckworth, RC, Ovenden, JR, Newman, S, Gribble, NA and Lester, RJ 2009, Determination of management units for grey mackerel fisheries in northern Australia’, final report, Australian Fisheries Research & Development Corporation Project 2005/010, Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Townsville, Australia.

2008

Kenway, M, Macbeth, M, Salmon, M, McPhee, C and Benzie, J 2008, Commentary on ‘Heritability and genetic correlations of growth and survival in black tiger prawn Penaeus monodon reared in tanks’ [Aquaculture 259 (2006) 138-145)], ‘Aquaculture’, vol. 282, pp. 147-8.

Mchale, M, Broderick, D, Ovenden, JR and Lanyon, JM 2008, A PCR assay for gender assignment in dugong (Dugong dugon) and West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus), ‘Molecular Ecology Resources’, vol. 8, pp. 669-70.

Sumpton, WD, Ovenden, JR, Keenan, CP, Street, R 2008, Evidence for a stock discontinuity of snapper (Pagrus auratus) on the east coast of Australia, ‘Fisheries Research’, vol. 94, pp. 92-8.

2007

Bourjea, J, Lapegue, S, Gagnevin, L, Broderick, D, Mortimer, JA, Ciccione, S, Roos, D, Taquet, C and Grizel, H 2007, Phylogeography of the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the Southwest Indian Ocean, ‘Molecular Ecology’, vol. 16, pp. 175-86.

Broderick, D, Ovenden, JR, Lanyon, J and Slade, R 2007, Characterisation of 26 new microsatellite loci in the dugong (Dugong dugon), ‘Molecular Ecology Notes’, vol. 7, pp. 1275-7.

Buckworth, R, Ovenden, JR, Broderick, D, McPherson, GR, Street, R and McHale, M 2007, Genetag: Monitoring fishing mortality rates and catchability using remote biopsy and genetic mark-recapture, in: Lyle, JM, Furlani, DM and Buxton CD (eds), ‘Cutting edge technologies in fish and fisheries science’, Australian Society for Fish Biology, Workshop Proceedings, Hobart, Tasmania, August 2006, Australian Society for Fish Biology, pp. 44-9.

Heath, DD, Dong, L, Ovenden, JR, Begg, G 2007, Effect of DNA extraction on ageing success in coral trout (Plectropomus leopardus) otoliths, ‘Journal of Fish Biology’, vol. 71, Supplement B, 302-7.

Macbeth, M, Kenway, M, Salmon, M et al. 2007, Heritability of reproductive traits and genetic correlations with growth in the black tiger prawn Penaeus monodon reared in tanks, ‘Aquaculture’, vol. 270, pp. 51-56.

Ovenden, J, Peel, D, Street, R, Courtney, A, Hoyle, S, Peel, S and Podlich, H 2007, The genetic effective and adult census size of an Australian population of tiger prawns (Penaeus esculentus), ‘Molecular Ecology’, vol. 16, pp. 127-38.

Ovenden, JR 2007 New sources of biological data – derived from DNA – for modeling harvested fisheries populations, in: Lyle, JM, Furlani, DM and Buxton CD (eds), ‘Cutting edge technologies in fish and fisheries science’, Australian Society for Fish Biology, Workshop Proceedings, Hobart, Tasmania, August 2006, pp. 140-7, Australian Society for Fish Biology.

 

Ovenden, J 2007, Biotechnology protecting biodiversity and productivity in marine fisheries, in: Sulaiman, ZH (ed), ‘Proceedings of the third National Congress on Biology, Biodiversity, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics’, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam.

Ovenden, JR and Street, R 2007, Genetic population structure of Spanish mackerel, in: Buckworth, RC, Newman, SJ, Ovenden, JR, Lester, RJG and McPherson GR (eds), ‘The stock structure of northern and western Australian Spanish mackerel’, final report for 98/159, Fisheries Group, Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development, Northern Territory Government, Australia.

Robertson, MD, Ovenden, JR and Barker, S 2007, Identification of small juvenile scombrids from north-west tropical Australia using mitochondrial DNA cytochrome b sequences, ‘Ichthyological Research’, vol. 54, pp. 246-52.

Salini, JP, Giles, J, Holmes, B, Last, PR, Marshall, L, Meekan, MG, Ovenden, JR, Pillans, R, Stevens, JD and Ward, R 2007, ‘Species identification from shark fins – Phase 1’ (AFMA R05/0538), Australian Fisheries Management Authority final report, p. 161.

Walter, RP, Ovenden, JR and Heath, DD 2007, Characterisation of four tetranucleotide and six dinucleotide microsatellite markers for use in the tropical freshwater fish Telmatherina antoniae and related species, ‘Molecular Ecology Notes’, vol. 7, pp. 651-53.

2006

Blaber, SJM, Salini, JP, Ovenden, JR, Dichmont, C 2006, Artisanal shark and ray fisheries in Eastern Indonesia and their relationships with Australian resources, in: ‘ACIAR Activities in Fisheries and Aquacuture 2005-2006′, p. 146.

Dethmers, KEM, Broderick, D, Moritz, C, Fitzsimmons, NN, Limpus, CJ, Lavery, S, Whiting, S, Guinea, M, Prince, RIT and Kennett, R 2006, The genetic structure of Australasian green turtles (Chelonia mydas): exploring the geographical scale of genetic exchange, ‘Molecular Ecology’, vol. 15, pp. 3931-46.

Dudgeon, C, Feldheim, K, Schick, M, Ovenden, J 2006, Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum, ‘Molecular Ecology Notes’, vol. 6, pp. 1086-8.

Kenway, M, Macbeth, M, Salmon, M et al. 2006, Heritability and genetic correlations of growth and survival in black tiger prawn Penaeus monodon reared in tanks, ‘Aquaculture’, vol. 259, pp. 138-45.

Lucas, T, Macbeth, M, Degnan, SM, Knibb, W, Degnan, BM 2006, Heritability estimates for growth in the tropical abaloneHaliotis asinina using microsatellites to assign parentage, ‘Aquaculture’, vol. 259, pp. 146-52.

Ovenden, JR, Broderick, D and Street, R 2006, Microsatellite primers for two carcharinid sharks (Carcharinus tilstoni and C. sorrah) and their usefulness across a wide range of shark species, ‘Molecular Ecology Notes’, vol. 6, pp. 415-18.

Salini, JP, McAuley, R, Blaber, SJM, RB, Chidlow, J, Gribble, NA, Ovenden, JR, Peverell, S, Pillans, R, Stevens, JD, Stobutzki, I, Tarca, C and Walker, T 2006, ‘Northern Australian sharks and rays: the sustainability of target and bycatch species’, pp. 171, final report, project number 2002/064.

Salini, JP, Ovenden, JR, Street, R, Pendrey, R, Haryanti, Ngurah 2006, Genetic population structure of Lutjanus malabaricusand L. erythropterus between eastern Indonesia and Australia: reconciling allozyme and mtDNA evidence, ‘Journal of Fish Biology’, vol. 68, pp. 217-34.

Ward, RD, Ovenden, JR, Meadows, JRS, Grewe, PM and Lehnert, SA 2006, Population genetic structure of the brown tiger prawn, Penaeus esculentus, in tropical northern Australia, ‘Marine Biology’, vol. 148, pp. 599-607.

2005

Hoyle, S, Peel, D, Ovenden, JR, Broderick, D and Buckworth, R 2005, ShadowBoxer and Locus Eater: programs to optimise experimental design and multiplexing strategies for genetic mark-recapture, ‘Molecular Ecology Notes’, vol. 5, pp. 974-6.

Macbeth, M 2005, Rates of inbreeding using DNA fingerprinting in aquaculture breeding programs at various broodstock fitness levels – a simulation study, ‘Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture’, vol. 45, pp. 893-900.

2004

Buckworth RC, Cox SP, Hoyle S, Ovenden JR (2004) Genetic Tagging to Monitor Catchability and Fishing Rates. 4th World Fisheries Congress, Vancouver, Canada.

Idaghdour Y, Broderick D, Korrida A, Chbel F (2004) Mitochondrial control region diversity of the houbara bustardChlamydotis undulata complex and genetic structure along the Atlantic seaboard of North Africa. Molecular Ecology 13, 43-54.

Ovenden, J, Salini, JP, Street, R and O´Connor, S 2004, Pronounced genetic population structure in a potentially vagile fish species (Pristipomoides multidens, Teleostei; Perciformes; Lutjanidae) from the East Indies triangle, ‘Molecular Ecology’, vol. 13, pp. 1991-9.

Ovenden, JR, Street, R, Peel, D, Peel, SL, Courtney, A, Podlich, H, Basford, K and Dichmont, C 2004, ‘A new data source for fisheries resource assessment: genetic estimates of the effective number of spawners’, final report to the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, pp. 206, QO 04010 Queensland Government, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries.

Peel, D, Ovenden, JR and Peel, SL 2004, ‘NeEstimator: software for estimating effective population size’, Queensland Government, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Brisbane, Australia, Ver. 1.2.

2003

Broderick, D, Idaghdour, Y, Korrida, A and Hellmich, J 2003, Gene flow in great bustard populations across the Strait of Gibraltar as elucidated from excremental PCR and mtDNA sequencing, ‘Conservation Genetics’, vol. 4, pp. 793-800.

Broderick, D, Idaghdour, Y, Korrida, A and Hellmich J 2003, Gene flow in great bustard populations across the Strait of Gibraltar as elucidated from excremental PCR and mtDNA sequencing, ‘Conservation Genetics’, vol. 4, pp. 793-800.

Broderick, D, Peel, S, Street, R and Ovenden, JR 2003, ‘Genetic methods for the estimation of fisheries spawning stock size: transcripts of the forum – 9 May 2003’, pp. 205, Queensland Government, Department of Primary Industries, Brisbane, Australia.

Idaghdour, Y, Broderick, D and Korrida A 2003, Faeces as a source of DNA for molecular studies in a threatened population of great bustards, ‘Conservation Genetics’, vol. 4, pp. 789-92.

Ovenden, JR and Street, R 2003, Genetic population structure of mangrove jack, Lutjanus argentimaculatus (Forsskäl, 1775), ‘Marine and Freshwater Research’, vol. 54, pp. 127-37.

Russell, DJ, MacDougall, AJ, Fletcher, AS, Ovenden, JR and Street R 2003, ‘Biology, management and genetic stock structure of Mangrove Jack (Lutjanus argentimaculatus) in Australia’, pp. 189, final report, Project number 1999/122, QDPI QO03003 Queensland Government, Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Brisbane.