The Australasian snapper ( Chrysophrys auratus ) is a candidate for offshore aquaculture in New Zealand. The culture of snapper requires knowledge of the best locations for farms and a key variable is water temperature. The oxygen‐ and capacity‐limited thermal tolerance (OCLTT) hypothesis suggests fish performance is optimised at the temperature that maximises absolute aerobic scope (AAS), whereas the ‘multiple performances–mu...

Coastal areas are an important source of food and a valuable tourism asset for communities, but also highly dynamic and heterogeneous environments. Understanding how marine species respond to the variability of their habitat is essential to sustainably manage coastal resources. Here we investigate the distribution of highly mobile marine species in relation to fine‐scale fronts ( a fronts for most species considered. Specifica...

Aim To compare field‐based evidence of plant and animal responses to fire with remotely sensed signals of fire heterogeneity and post‐fire biomass recovery. Location South‐eastern Australia; New South Wales. Time Period 2019–2022. Major Taxa Studied A total of 982 species of plants and animals, in eight taxonomic groups: amphibians, birds, fish, insects, mammals, molluscs, plants and reptiles. Methods We collated 545,223 plant...

To investigate whether wild fish populations are food limited, this study explored whether the provision of supplementary food had a positive effect on the abundance, condition and growth characteristics of estuarine fish assemblages in New Zealand. Feed (7690 kg) was delivered from an anthropogenic feeding station over a 60‐week period to a naturally occurring assemblage of wild fish. Yellow‐eyed mullet ( Aldrichetta forsteri...