Dr Christine Dudgeon
Research Fellow
School of Biomedical Sciences
Christine is part of the Bennett group which studies sharks and rays.
Publications
Book Chapters
VanderWright, Wade J., Dudgeon, Christine L., Erdmann, Mark V., Sianipar, Abraham and Dulvy, Nicholas K. (2022). Extinction risk and the small population paradigm in the micro-endemic radiation of Epaulette sharks. Imperiled: The encyclopedia of conservation. (pp. 752-762) edited by Dominick A. DellaSala and Michael I. Goldstein. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-821139-7.00130-6
Dudgeon, Christine L., Kilpatrick, Carley, Armstrong, Asia, Armstrong, Amelia, Bennett, Mike B., Bowden, Deborah, Richardson, Anthony J., Townsend, Kathy A. and Hawkins, Elizabeth (2019). Citizen science photographic identification of marine megafauna populations in the Moreton Bay Marine Park. Moreton Bay Quandamooka and catchment: past, present, and future. (pp. 475-490) edited by Ian R. Tibbetts, Peter C. Rothlisberg, David T. Neil, Tamara A. Homburg, David T. Brewer and Angela H. Arthington. Newstead, QLD, Australia: The Moreton Bay Foundation. doi: 10.6084/m9.figshare.8085668
Journal Articles
Erler, Dirk V., Dudgeon, Christine L., Armstrong, Asia O., Banks, Eddie W., Ramirez‐Valle, Orlando, Gutiérrez‐Jurado, Hugo A., Gilby, Ben L. and Townsend, Kathy A. (2024). Linking Transpiration to Reef Nitrogen Supply on a Tropical Coral Island. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 129 (2) ARTN e2023JG007413. doi: 10.1029/2023jg007413
Hirschfeld, Maximilian, Barnett, Adam, Sheaves, Marcus and Dudgeon, Christine (2023). What Darwin could not see: island formation and historical sea levels shape genetic divergence and island biogeography in a coastal marine species. Heredity, 131 (3), 189-200. doi: 10.1038/s41437-023-00635-4
Udyawer, Vinay, Huveneers, Charlie, Jaine, Fabrice, Babcock, Russell C., Brodie, Stephanie, Buscot, Marie-Jeanne, Campbell, Hamish A., Harcourt, Robert G., Hoenner, Xavier, Lédée, Elodie J. I., Simpfendorfer, Colin A., Taylor, Matthew D., Armstrong, Asia, Barnett, Adam, Brown, Culum, Bruce, Barry, Butcher, Paul A., Cadiou, Gwenael, Couturier, Lydie I. E., Currey-Randall, Leanne, Drew, Michael, Dudgeon, Christine L., Dwyer, Ross G., Espinoza, Mario, Ferreira, Luciana C., Fowler, Anthony, Harasti, David, Harborne, Alastair R., Knott, Nathan A. ... Heupel, Michelle R. (2023). Scaling of activity space in marine organisms across latitudinal gradients. The American Naturalist, 201 (4), 586-602. doi: 10.1086/723405
Andrzejaczek, Samantha, Lucas, Tim C.D., Goodman, Maurice C., Hussey, Nigel E., Armstrong, Amelia J., Carlisle, Aaron, Coffey, Daniel M., Gleiss, Adrian C., Huveneers, Charlie, Jacoby, David M. P., Meekan, Mark G., Mourier, Johann, Peel, Lauren R., Abrantes, Kátya, Afonso, André S., Ajemian, Matthew J., Anderson, Brooke N., Anderson, Scot D., Araujo, Gonzalo, Armstrong, Asia O., Bach, Pascal, Barnett, Adam, Bennett, Mike B., Bezerra, Natalia A., Bonfil, Ramon, Boustany, Andre M., Bowlby, Heather D., Branco, Ilka, Braun, Camrin D. ... Curnick, David J. (2022). Diving into the vertical dimension of elasmobranch movement ecology. Science Advances, 8 (33) eabo1754, 1-19. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo1754
Womersley, Freya C., Humphries, Nicolas E., Queiroz, Nuno, Vedor, Marisa, da Costa, Ivo, Furtado, Miguel, Tyminski, John P., Abrantes, Katya, Araujo, Gonzalo, Bach, Steffen S., Barnett, Adam, Berumen, Michael L., Bessudo Lion, Sandra, Braun, Camrin D., Clingham, Elizabeth, Cochran, Jesse E. M., de la Parra, Rafael, Diamant, Stella, Dove, Alistair D. M., Dudgeon, Christine L., Erdmann, Mark V., Espinoza, Eduardo, Fitzpatrick, Richard, Cano, Jaime González, Green, Jonathan R., Guzman, Hector M., Hardenstine, Royale, Hasan, Abdi, Hazin, Fábio H. V. ... Sims, David W. (2022). Global collision-risk hotspots of marine traffic and the world’s largest fish, the whale shark. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (20) e2117440119, 1-10. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2117440119
Lassauce, H, Dudgeon, CL, Armstrong, AJ, Wantiez, L and Carroll, EL (2022). Evidence of fine scale genetic structure for reef manta rays Mobula alfredi in New Caledonia. Endangered Species Research, 47, 249-264. doi: 10.3354/esr01178
Lawson, Christopher L., Dudgeon, Christine L., Richardson, Anthony J., Broadhurst, Matt K. and Bennett, Michael B. (2022). Flexibility for fuelling reproduction in a pelagic ray (Mobula eregoodoo) suggested by bioenergetic modelling. Journal of Fish Biology, 100 (3), 783-792. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14995
Fahmi, Tibbetts, Ian R., Bennett, Michael B. and Dudgeon, Christine L. (2021). Delimiting cryptic species within the brown-banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum in the Indo-Australian region with mitochondrial DNA and genome-wide SNP approaches. BMC Ecology and Evolution, 21 (1) 121, 121. doi: 10.1186/s12862-021-01852-3
Taillebois, Laura, Davenport, Danielle, Barton, Diane P, Crook, David A, Saunders, Thor, Hearnden, Mark, Saunders, Richard J, Newman, Stephen J, Travers, Michael J, Dudgeon, Christine L, Maher, Safia L and Ovenden, Jennifer R (2021). Integrated analyses of SNP-genotype and environmental data in a continuously distributed snapper species (Lutjanus johnii, Bloch, 1792) reveals a mosaic of populations and a challenge for sustainable management. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 78 (9), 3212-3229. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsab187
Armstrong, Asia O., Stevens, Guy M.W., Townsend, Kathy A., Murray, Annie, Bennett, Michael B., Armstrong, Amelia J., Uribe-Palomino, Julian, Hosegood, Phil, Dudgeon, Christine L. and Richardson, Anthony J. (2021). Reef manta rays forage on tidally driven, high density zooplankton patches in Hanifaru Bay, Maldives. PeerJ, 9 e11992, 1-21. doi: 10.7717/peerj.11992
Fahmi, Tibbetts, I.R., Bennett, M.B., Ali, A., Krajangdara, T. and Dudgeon, C.L. (2021). Population structure of the brown-banded bamboo shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum and its relation to fisheries management in the Indo-Malay region. Fisheries Research, 240 105972, 105972. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2021.105972
Fahmi, Oktaviyani, Selvia, Bennett, Michael B., Dudgeon, Christine L. and Tibbetts, Ian R. (2021). Reproductive biology of a bamboo shark as a framework for better fisheries management. Marine and Freshwater Research, 72 (7), 964-977. doi: 10.1071/MF20189
Armstrong, Asia O., Armstrong, Amelia J., Bennett, Michael B., Richardson, Anthony J., Townsend, Kathy A., Everett, Jason D., Hays, Graeme C., Pederson, Hugh and Dudgeon, Christine L. (2021). Mutualism promotes site selection in a large marine planktivore. Ecology and Evolution, 11 (10) ece3.7464, 1-18. doi: 10.1002/ece3.7464
Fahmi, Kurniawan, Wanwan, Tibbetts, Ian R., Oktaviyani, Selvia, Dudgeon, Christine L. and Bennett, Michael B. (2021). Age and growth of the tropical oviparous shark, Chiloscyllium punctatum in Indonesian waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 99 (3) jfb.14778, 921-930. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14778
Hirschfeld, Maximilian, Dudgeon, Christine, Sheaves, Marcus and Barnett, Adam (2021). Barriers in a sea of elasmobranchs: from fishing for populations to testing hypotheses in population genetics. Global Ecology and Biogeography, 30 (11) geb.13379, 2147-2163. doi: 10.1111/geb.13379
Armstrong, Amelia J., Armstrong, Asia O., McGregor, Frazer, Richardson, Anthony J., Bennett, Michael B., Townsend, Kathy A., Hays, Graeme C., van Keulen, Mike, Smith, Jessica and Dudgeon, Christine L. (2020). Satellite tagging and photographic identification reveal connectivity between two UNESCO World Heritage Areas for reef manta rays. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 725. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2020.00725
Armstrong, Amelia J., Armstrong, Asia O., Bennett, Michael B., McGregor, Frazer, Abrantes, Kátya G., Barnett, Adam, Richardson, Anthony J., Townsend, Kathy A. and Dudgeon, Christine L (2020). The geographic distribution of reef and oceanic manta rays (Mobula alfredi and Mobula birostris) in Australian coastal waters. Journal of Fish Biology, 96 (3) jfb.14256, 1-6. doi: 10.1111/jfb.14256
McGregor, Frazer, Richardson, Anthony J., Armstrong, Amelia J., Armstrong, Asia O. and Dudgeon, Christine L. (2019). Rapid wound healing in a reef manta ray masks the extent of vessel strike. PLoS One, 14 (12) e0225681, e0225681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0225681
Lawson, Christopher L., Halsey, Lewis G., Hays, Graeme C., Dudgeon, Christine L., Payne, Nicholas L., Bennett, Michael B., White, Craig R. and Richardson, Anthony J. (2019). Powering ocean giants: the energetics of shark and ray megafauna. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 34 (11), 1009-1021. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2019.07.001
Armstrong, Asia O., Armstrong, Amelia J., Bennett, Michael B., Richardson, Anthony J., Townsend, Kathy A. and Dudgeon, Christine L. (2019). Photographic identification and citizen science combine to reveal long distance movements of individual reef manta rays Mobula alfredi along Australia’s east coast. Marine Biodiversity Records, 12 (1) 14. doi: 10.1186/s41200-019-0173-6
Armstrong, Amelia J., Dudgeon, Christine L., Bustamante, Carlos, Bennett, Michael B. and Ovenden, Jennifer R. (2019). Development and characterization of 17 polymorphic microsatellite markers for the reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi). BMC Research Notes, 12 (1) 233, 233. doi: 10.1186/s13104-019-4270-8
Dudgeon, Christine L., Corrigan, Shannon, Yang, Lei, Allen, Gerry R., Erdmann, Mark V., Fahmi, Sugeha, Hagi Y., White, William T. and Naylor, Gavin J. P. (2019). Walking, swimming or hitching a ride? Phylogenetics and biogeography of the walking shark genus Hemiscyllium. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71 (9), 1107-1117. doi: 10.1071/MF19163
Dudgeon, Christine L., Dunlop, Rebecca A. and Noad, Michael J. (2018). Modelling heterogeneity in detection probabilities in land and aerial abundance surveys in humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae). Population Ecology, 60 (4), 371-387. doi: 10.1007/s10144-018-0631-8
Stewart, Joshua D., Jaine, Fabrice R.A., Armstrong, Amelia J., Armstrong, Asia O., Bennett, Michael B., Burgess, Katherine B., Couturier, Lydie I.E., Croll, Donald A., Cronin, Melissa R., Deakos, Mark H., Dudgeon, Christine L., Fernando, Daniel, Froman, Niv, Germanov, Elitza S., Hall, Martin A., Hinojosa-Alvarez, Silvia, Hosegood, Jane E., Kashiwagi, Tom, Laglbauer, Betty J.L., Lezama-Ochoa, Nerea, Marshall, Andrea D., McGregor, Frazer, di Sciara, Giuseppe Notarbartolo, Palacios, Marta D., Peel, Lauren R., Richardson, Anthony J., Rubin, Robert D., Townsend, Kathy A., Venables, Stephanie K. and Stevens, Guy M.W. (2018). Research priorities to support effective Manta and Devil Ray conservation. Frontiers in Marine Science, 5 (SEP) 314. doi: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00314
Williamson, Michael J., Dudgeon, Christine and Slade, Robert (2018). Tonic immobility in the zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, and its use for capture methodology. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 101 (5), 741-748. doi: 10.1007/s10641-018-0734-2
Barton, Diane P., Taillebois, Laura, Taylor, Jonathan, Crook, David A., Saunders, Thor, Hearnden, Mark, Greig, Alan, Welch, David J., Newman, Stephen J., Travers, Michael J., Saunders, Richard J., Errity, Chris, Maher, Safia, Dudgeon, Christine and Ovenden, Jennifer (2018). Stock structure of Lethrinus laticaudis (Lethrinidae) across northern Australia determined using genetics, otolith microchemistry and parasite assemblage composition. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69 (4), 487-501. doi: 10.1071/MF17087
Barnett, A., Braccini, M., Dudgeon, C. L., Payne, N. L., Abrantes, K. G., Sheaves, M. and Snelling, E. P. (2017). The utility of bioenergetics modelling in quantifying predation rates of marine apex predators: Ecological and fisheries implications. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 12982, 12982. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-13388-y
Taillebois, Laura, Barton, Diane P., Crook, David A., Saunders, Thor, Taylor, Jonathan, Hearnden, Mark, Saunders, Richard J., Newman, Stephen J., Travers, Michael J., Welch, David J., Greig, Alan, Dudgeon, Christine, Maher, Safia and Ovenden, Jennifer R. (2017). Strong population structure deduced from genetics, otolith chemistry and parasite abundances explains vulnerability to localized fishery collapse in a large Sciaenid fish, Protonibea diacanthus. Evolutionary Applications, 10 (10), 978-993. doi: 10.1111/eva.12499
Dudgeon, Christine L., Coulton, Laura, Bone, Ren, Ovenden, Jennifer R. and Thomas, Severine (2017). Switch from sexual to parthenogenetic reproduction in a zebra shark. Scientific Reports, 7 (1) 40537, 40537. doi: 10.1038/srep40537
Allen, Gerald R., Erdmann, Mark V., White, William T., Fahmi and Dudgeon, Christine L. (2016). Review of the bamboo shark genus Hemiscyllium (Orectolobiformes: Hemiscyllidae). Journal of the Ocean Science Foundation, 23, 51-97. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.164197
Ovenden, J. R., Leigh, G. M., Blower, D. C., Jones, A. T., Moore, A., Bustamante, C., Buckworth, R. C., Bennett, M. B. and Dudgeon, C. L. (2016). Can estimates of genetic effective population size contribute to fisheries stock assessments?. Journal of Fish Biology, 89 (6), 2505-2518. doi: 10.1111/jfb.13129
Roelfsema, Chris, Thurstan, Ruth, Beger, Maria, Dudgeon, Christine, Loder, Jennifer, Kovacs, Eva, Gallo, Michele, Flower, Jason, Gomez Cabrera, K-le, Ortiz, Juan, Lea, Alexandra and Kleine, Diana (2016). A citizen science approach: a detailed ecological assessment of subtropical reefs at Point Lookout, Australia. PLoS One, 11 (10) e0163407, e0163407. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163407
Taillebois, Laura, Dudgeon, Christine, Maher, Safia, Crook, David A., Saunders, Thor M., Barton, Diane P., Taylor, Jonathan A., Welch, David J., Newman, Stephen J., Travers, Michael J., Saunders, Richard J. and Ovenden, Jennifer (2016). Characterization, development and multiplexing of microsatellite markers in three commercially exploited reef fish and their application for stock identification. PeerJ, 4 (8) e2418, e2418. doi: 10.7717/peerj.2418
McGowan, Jennifer, Beger, Maria, Lewison, Rebecca L., Harcourt, Rob, Campbell, Hamish, Priest, Mark, Dwyer, Ross G., Lin, Hsien-Yung, Lentini, Pia, Dudgeon, Christine, McMahon, Clive, Watts, Matt and Possingham, Hugh P. (2016). Integrating research using animal-borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management. Journal of Applied Ecology, 54 (2), 423-429. doi: 10.1111/1365-2664.12755
Dudgeon, C. L., Bennett, M. B. and Kyne, P. M. (2016). Chiloscyllium punctatum, Grey Carpetshark. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T41872A68616745.en
Kyne, P. M., Dudgeon, C. L., Ishihara, H., Dudley, S. F. J. and White, W. T. (2016). Aetobatus ocellatus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T42566169A42566212.en
Dudgeon, C. L., Simpfendorfer, C. and Pillans, R. D. (2016). Stegostoma fasciatum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T41878A68645890.en
Dudgeon, C. L. and Ovenden, J. R. (2015). The relationship between abundance and genetic effective population size in elasmobranchs: an example from the globally threatened zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum within its protected range. Conservation Genetics, 16 (6), 1443-1454. doi: 10.1007/s10592-015-0752-y
Dudgeon, Christine L, Pollock, Kenneth H, Braccini, J. Matias, Semmens, Jayson M and Barnett, Adam (2015). Integrating acoustic telemetry into mark–recapture models to improve the precision of apparent survival and abundance estimates. Oecologia, 178 (3), 761-772. doi: 10.1007/s00442-015-3280-z
Seddon, Jennifer M., Ovenden, Jennifer R., Sneath, Helen L., Broderick, Damien, Dudgeon, Christine L. and Lanyon, Janet M. (2014). Fine scale population structure of dugongs (Dugong dugon) implies low gene flow along the southern Queensland coastline. Conservation Genetics, 15 (6), 1381-1392. doi: 10.1007/s10592-014-0624-x
Couturier, L. I. E., Dudgeon, C. L., Pollock, K. H., Jaine, F. R. A., Bennett, M. B., Townsend, K. A., Weeks, S. J. and Richardson, A. J. (2014). Population dynamics of the reef manta ray Manta alfredi in eastern Australia. Coral Reefs, 33 (2), 329-342. doi: 10.1007/s00338-014-1126-5
Dudgeon, Christine L., Lanyon, Janet M. and Semmens, Jayson M. (2013). Seasonality and site fidelity of the zebra shark, Stegostoma fasciatum, in southeast Queensland, Australia. Animal Behaviour, 85 (2), 471-481. doi: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2012.12.013
Dudgeon, C. L., Blower, D. C., Broderick, D., Giles, J. L., Holmes, B. J., Kashiwagi, T., Krueck, N. C., Morgan, J. A. T., Tillett, B. J. and Ovenden, J. R. (2012). Corrigendum: A review of the application of molecular genetics for fisheries management and conservation of sharks and rays. Journal of Fish Biology, 80 (7), 2649-2649. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03364.x
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. and Ovenden, J. R. (2012). A review of the application of molecular genetics for fisheries management and conservation of sharks and rays. Journal of Fish Biology, 80 (5), 1789-1843. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2012.03265.x
Dudgeon, Christine L. and White, William T. (2012). First record of potential Batesian mimicry in an elasmobranch: Juvenile zebra sharks mimic banded sea snakes?. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63 (6), 545-551. doi: 10.1071/MF11211
Marshall, A.D., Dudgeon, C.L. and Bennett, M.B. (2011). Size and structure of a photographically identified population of manta rays Manta alfredi in southern Mozambique. Marine Biology, 158 (5), 1111-1124. doi: 10.1007/s00227-011-1634-6
Dudgeon, C. L., Broderick, D. and Ovenden, J. R. (2009). IUCN classification zones concord with, but underestimate, the population genetic structure of the zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum in the Indo-West Pacific. Molcular Ecology, 18 (2), 248-261. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.04025.x
Dudgeon, C. L., Noad, M. J. and Lanyon, J. M. (2008). Abundance and demography of a seasonal aggregation of zebra sharks Stegostoma fasciatum. Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 368, 269-281. doi: 10.3354/meps07581
van Herwerden, L., Choat, J. H., Dudgeon, C. L., Carlos, G., Newman, S. J., Frisch, A. and van Oppen, M. (2006). Contrasting patterns of genetic structure in two species of the coral trout Plectropomus (Serranidae) from east and west Australia: Introgressive hybridisation or ancestral polymorphisms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 41 (2), 420-435. doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2006.04.024
Dudgeon, C. L., Feldheim, K., Schick, M. and Ovenden, J. R. (2006). Polymorphic microsatellite loci for the zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum. Molecular Ecology Notes, 6 (4), 1086-1088. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01442.x
Dudgeon, C. L., Gust, N. and Blair, D. (2000). No apparent genetic basis to demographic differences in scarid fishes across continental shelf of the great barrier reef. Marine Biology, 137 (5-6), 1059-1066. doi: 10.1007/s002270000403
Research Report
Flower, Thurstan R., Beger, J., Dudgeon, C., Gomez, K., Ortiz, J., Kovacs, E., Saunders, M., Passenger, J., Kleine, D. and Roelfsema, C. (2014). Survey Methods Manual Unidive Point Lookout Ecological Assessment (PLEA). St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland Underwater Club.
Thesis
Dudgeon, Christine Louise (2008). Ecology of the zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum : with emphasis on a seasonal aggregation in south-east Queensland, Australia. PhD Thesis, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/178909
Data Collections
Fahmi and Christine L. Dudgeon (2021). Chiloscyllium punctatum popgen. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/11536a2
Dudgeon, Christine (2015). Zebra shark Stegostoma fasciatum microsatellite genotypes 14 loci.. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.14264/uql.2015.717