Assoc Prof John Arnould
  Phone   +61 3 925 17465
Email   john.arnould@deakin.edu.au
Position   Associate Professor
Campus   Burwood
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Wildlife and Conservation Biology
Ecophysiology, Sensory Ecology and Behaviour
Centre for Integrative Ecology

Research interests

  1. Physiological and behavioural adaptations of vertebrates to extreme conditions. In particular, marine mammals and seabirds with a focus on:
  2. Fine-scale habitat use and factors influencing foraging success
  3. Individual variation in energy expenditure and parental investment


Career

BSc(Hons) Monash (1986); MSc Saskatchewan, Canada (1990); PhD Aberdeen, UK (1995)
Vertebrate Ecologist, British Antarctic Survey (1990-1995)
ARC Postdoctoral Fellow Macquarie University (1997-2002)
Research Fellow University of Melbourne (2002-2003)
Deakin University (2004- )

Key publications

Arnould, J.P.Y. and Kirkwood, R. (2008) Habitat selection in female Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems 17, S53-S57

Reich, C.M. and Arnould, J.P.Y. (2007) Evolution of Pinnipedia lactation strategies: a potential role for α-lactalbumin? Biology Letters 3, 546-549

Costa, D.P., Kuhn, C.E., Weise, M.J. Shaffer, S.A. and Arnould, J.P.Y. (2004) When does physiology limit the foraging behaviour of freely diving mammals? International Congress Series 1275, 359-366

Arnould, J.P.Y., Luque, S.P., Guinet, C., Costa, D.P., Kingston, J. and Shaffer, S.A. (2003) The comparative energetics and growth strategies of sympatric Antarctic and subantarctic fur seal pups at Iles Crozet Journal of Experimental Biology 206, 4497-4506

Arnould, J.P.Y., Boyd, I.L. and Warneke, R.M. (2003) The historical dynamics of a fur seal population: evidence of regulation by man? Canadian Journal of Zoology 81, 1428-1436

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Professional activities

Associate Editor - Ecology
Associate Editor - Marine Mammal Science
Deakin University Animal Welfare Committee (Deputy Chair)
Australian Government’s Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee

Related links

Centre for Integrative Ecology
www.deakin.edu.au/scitech/les/ research/rpa/ecophysiology/cie /index.php

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Dr Kathryn Wheatley (Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Fellow)Looking through the eyes of a predator: establishing the health of the oceans using animal-borne cameras on marine mammals  

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Michael Sale (completed 2008)Comparative ecology of island and mainland swamp antechinus populations Andrew HoskinsDeterminants of fine-scale habitat selection and foraging behaviour in Australian fur seals Nicole SchumannTrophic relationships of Bass Strait seabirds Michael LynchDisease prevalence and epidemiology in Australian fur seals Delphine Verrier (Uni Melb, 2007)Extreme fasting in subantarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus tropicalis) pups: physiological adaptations and ecological implications John Gibbens (Uni Melb. 2009)Demography of Australian fur seals (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus)  

 

Masters students

Student nameThesis title Julia Back (Fulbright Scholar - completed 2010)The effects of boat-based tourism on Australian fur seal behaviour  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Lauren AngelInfluence of the Bonney Upwelling on the foraging ecology of little penguins in western Victoria Victoria DixonForaging behaviour of juvenile Australian fur seals Holly Lourie (2009)Factors influencing birth site selection in Australian fur seals Ashton Marsh (2009)Effects of burrow temperature on breeding success in little penguins Tamara Leitch (2009)Internannual variation in the diet of Pacific gulls breeding in northern Bass Strait Clare McCutcheon (2008)Habitat use and foraging range of little penguins during winter Kailash Willis (2008)Behavioural thermoregulation in Australian fur seals Naomi Deacon (2007)Terrestrial apnoeas and the development of cardiac control in Australian fur seal (Arctocephalus pusillus doriferus) pups Nicole Schumann (2007)Niche separation in two sympatric fur seal species in south-eastern Australia Emma Buick (2007)Factors Influencing the Foraging Range of Little Penguins (Eudyptula minor)  

 

Teaching areas

SBB205 Vertebrate Structure, Function and Evolution
SBB307 Behavioural Ecology
SQB350 Marine Wildlife
Honours Coordinator - Burwood Campus


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22nd September 2011