List of works - Clive Mcmahon

A Southern Indian Ocean database of hydrographic profiles obtained with instrumented elephant seals

scientific article

A continuous-time state-space model for rapid quality control of argos locations from animal-borne tags

scientific article published on 17 July 2020

A novel field method to distinguish between cryptic carcharhinid sharks, Australian blacktip shark Carcharhinus tilstoni and common blacktip shark C. limbatus, despite the presence of hybrids.

scientific article published on 24 October 2016

A prediction and imputation method for marine animal movement data

scientific article

A quantitative, hierarchical approach for detecting drift dives and tracking buoyancy changes in southern elephant seals

scientific article published on 20 June 2019

A standardisation framework for bio‐logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

scientific article

A two-phase model for smoothly joining disparate growth phases in the macropodid Thylogale billardierii

scientific article

Age estimation in a long-lived seabird (Ardenna tenuirostris) using DNA methylation-based biomarkers

scientific article published on 06 February 2019

Age-specific cost of first reproduction in female southern elephant seals

scientific article (publication date: May 2014)

All at sea with animal tracks; methodological and analytical solutions for the resolution of movement

Allometric scaling of lung volume and its consequences for marine turtle diving performance

scientific article published on 21 May 2007

Animal welfare and conservation, the debate we must have: A response to Draper and Bekoff (2012)

article

Animal welfare and decision making in wildlife research

article

Animal-borne sensors successfully capture the real-time thermal properties of ocean basins

scientific article published in 2005

Antarctica: Seals collect more Southern Ocean data

scientific article published in September 2014

Applying the heat to research techniques for species conservation

scientific article

Arbovirus of marine mammals: a new alphavirus isolated from the elephant seal louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini.

scientific article

Australia: a case for Aboriginal rangers ⬇️

scientific article published on February 22, 2012

Behavioral Inference of Diving Metabolic Rate in Free‐Ranging Leatherback Turtles

scientific article published on 16 January 2007

Best practice recommendations for the use of external telemetry devices on pinnipeds

scientific article

Big data analyses reveal patterns and drivers of the movements of southern elephant seals

scientific article

Bottom-up regulation of a pole-ward migratory predator population

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories

article

Climate change and seal survival: evidence for environmentally mediated changes in elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, pup survival

article

Coastal polynyas: Winter oases for subadult southern elephant seals in East Antarctica.

scientific article published on 16 February 2018

Combining bio-logging and fatty acid signature analysis indicates spatio-temporal variation in the diet of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina

article

Complete tag loss in capture-recapture studies affects abundance estimates: An elephant seal case study

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

Complex interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of long-term survival trends in southern elephant seals.

scientific article

Contemporary habitat loss reduces genetic diversity in an ecologically specialized butterfly

article by Neil Collier et al published 27 April 2010 in Journal of Biogeography

Contrasting behavior between two populations of an ice-obligate predator in East Antarctica

scientific article published on 20 December 2016

Convergence of Culture, Ecology, and Ethics: Management of Feral Swamp Buffalo in Northern Australia

scientific article published in 2009

Corrigendum to “The ten Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points” [Biol. Conserv. 144 (2011) 1472–1480]

article

DNA methylation levels in candidate genes associated with chronological age in mammals are not conserved in a long-lived seabird.

scientific article published on 7 December 2017

Dangers of sensationalizing conservation biology

scientific article published in June 2007

Decadal changes in blood δ13C values, at-sea distribution, and weaning mass of southern elephant seals from Kerguelen Islands

scientific article published on 19 August 2020

Decadal changes in habitat characteristics influence population trajectories of southern elephant seals

scientific article

Deep Learning Resolves Representative Movement Patterns in a Marine Predator Species

scientific article published in 2019

Disentangling the Influence of Three Major Threats on the Demography of an Albatross Community

scientific article published on 23 February 2021

Enhancing the use of Argos satellite data for home range and long distance migration studies of marine animals.

scientific article

Environmental and physiological determinants of successful foraging by naive southern elephant seal pups during their first trip to sea

article

Estimates of the Southern Ocean general circulation improved by animal-borne instruments

article

Estimating resource acquisition and at-sea body condition of a marine predator.

scientific article

Evidence for a widely expanded humpback whale calving range along the Western Australian coast

article

Fertility partially drives the relative success of two introduced bovines (Bubalus bubalis and Bos javanicus) in the Australian tropics

article

Finding mesopelagic prey in a changing Southern Ocean

scientific article published on 12 December 2019

Five decades on: Use of historical weaning size data reveals that a decrease in maternal foraging success underpins the long-term decline in population of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

scientific article (publication date: 2017)

High-resolution movements of critically endangered hawksbill turtles help elucidate conservation requirements in northern Australia

article

Integrating research using animal-borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management ⬇️

scientific article published in 2016

Introduced species and extreme weather as key drivers of reproductive output in three sympatric albatrosses ⬇️

scientific article published on 18 May 2020

Investigating social discrimination of group members by laying hens

scientific article published on 3 December 2008

It’s a girl! A female southern elephant seal born in Western Australia

article

Known unknowns in an imperfect world: incorporating uncertainty in recruitment estimates using multi-event capture-recapture models

scientific article (publication date: November 2013)

Long-term breeding phenology shift in royal penguins

scientific article

Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate

scientific article published on 04 November 2020

Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole: A Review of the MEOP Consortium

scientific article published in 2017

Measuring Animal Age with DNA Methylation: From Humans to Wild Animals.

scientific article published on 17 August 2017

Migrations and foraging of juvenile southern elephant seals from Macquarie Island within CCAMLR managed areas

article

Modelled mid‐trophic pelagic prey fields improve understanding of marine predator foraging behaviour

scientific article published in 2020

Modelling southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina using an individual-based model coupled with a dynamic energy budget

scientific article published on 29 March 2018

Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

article

Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

scientific article published on 24 December 2018

Movements of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) from Davis Base, Antarctica: combining population genetics and tracking data

scientific article published in 2022

N-dimensional animal energetic niches clarify behavioural options in a variable marine environment

scientific article published on 01 February 2011

Nesting ecology of hawksbill turtles at a rookery of international significance in Australia’s Northern Territory

scientific article published in 2016

Novel coupling of individual-based epidemiological and demographic models predicts realistic dynamics of tuberculosis in alien buffalo

article

Ocean surface warming: The North Atlantic remains within the envelope of previous recorded conditions

article

Optimizing lifetime reproductive output: Intermittent breeding as a tactic for females in a long-lived, multiparous mammal.

scientific article published on 24 October 2017

Population differentiation in the context of Holocene climate change for a migratory marine species, the southern elephant seal.

scientific article

Publish or perish: why it?s important to publicise how, and if, research activities affect animals

article

Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records

scientific article published on 15 March 2017

Refining instrument attachment on phocid seals

article

Seal mothers expend more on offspring under favourable conditions and less when resources are limited

scientific article

Shifting trends: detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data

scientific article

Shifts in macropod home ranges in response to wildlife management interventions

article

Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals.

scientific article

Spatially explicit spreadsheet modelling for optimising the efficiency of reducing invasive animal density

article

The 10 Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points

article

The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia

article

The suppression of Antarctic bottom water formation by melting ice shelves in Prydz Bay

scientific article published on 23 August 2016

To catch a buffalo: field immobilisation of Asian swamp buffalo using etorphine and xylazine

scientific article published in June 2008

Tracking and data–logging devices attached to elephant seals do not affect individual mass gain or survival

article by Clive R. McMahon et al published June 2008 in Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Tracking of marine predators to protect Southern Ocean ecosystems

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Tracking sea turtle hatchlings — A pilot study using acoustic telemetry

scientific article published in 2013

Translating Marine Animal Tracking Data into Conservation Policy and Management

scientific article published on 14 March 2019

Turning Pests into Profits: Introduced Buffalo Provide Multiple Benefits to Indigenous People of Northern Australia

article

Twinning in southern elephant seals: the implications of resource allocation by mothers

Under the sea ice: Exploring the relationship between sea ice and the foraging behaviour of southern elephant seals in East Antarctica

article

Using carbon isotope analysis of the diet of two introduced Australian megaherbivores to understand Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions

article

Using the Spatial Population Abundance Dynamics Engine for conservation management

article

Variability in sea ice cover and climate elicit sex specific responses in an Antarctic predator.

scientific article published on 24 February 2017

View From Below: Inferring Behavior and Physiology of Southern Ocean Marine Predators From Dive Telemetry

scientific article published in 2018

Warm Modified Circumpolar Deep Water Intrusions Drive Ice Shelf Melt and Inhibit Dense Shelf Water Formation in Vincennes Bay, East Antarctica

scientific article published in 2021

Winter distribution and abundance of crabeater seals off George V Land, East Antarctica

article

List of works by Clive Mcmahon

A Southern Indian Ocean database of hydrographic profiles obtained with instrumented elephant seals

A continuous-time state-space model for rapid quality control of argos locations from animal-borne tags

A novel field method to distinguish between cryptic carcharhinid sharks, Australian blacktip shark Carcharhinus tilstoni and common blacktip shark C. limbatus, despite the presence of hybrids.

A prediction and imputation method for marine animal movement data

A quantitative, hierarchical approach for detecting drift dives and tracking buoyancy changes in southern elephant seals

A standardisation framework for bio‐logging data to advance ecological research and conservation

A two-phase model for smoothly joining disparate growth phases in the macropodid Thylogale billardierii

Age estimation in a long-lived seabird (Ardenna tenuirostris) using DNA methylation-based biomarkers

Age-specific cost of first reproduction in female southern elephant seals

All at sea with animal tracks; methodological and analytical solutions for the resolution of movement

Allometric scaling of lung volume and its consequences for marine turtle diving performance

Animal welfare and conservation, the debate we must have: A response to Draper and Bekoff (2012)

Animal welfare and decision making in wildlife research

Animal-borne sensors successfully capture the real-time thermal properties of ocean basins

Antarctica: Seals collect more Southern Ocean data

Applying the heat to research techniques for species conservation

Arbovirus of marine mammals: a new alphavirus isolated from the elephant seal louse, Lepidophthirus macrorhini.

Australia: a case for Aboriginal rangers ⬇️

Behavioral Inference of Diving Metabolic Rate in Free‐Ranging Leatherback Turtles

Best practice recommendations for the use of external telemetry devices on pinnipeds

Big data analyses reveal patterns and drivers of the movements of southern elephant seals

Bottom-up regulation of a pole-ward migratory predator population

Circumpolar habitat use in the southern elephant seal: implications for foraging success and population trajectories

Climate change and seal survival: evidence for environmentally mediated changes in elephant seal, Mirounga leonina, pup survival

Coastal polynyas: Winter oases for subadult southern elephant seals in East Antarctica.

Combining bio-logging and fatty acid signature analysis indicates spatio-temporal variation in the diet of the southern elephant seal, Mirounga leonina

Complete tag loss in capture-recapture studies affects abundance estimates: An elephant seal case study

Complex interplay between intrinsic and extrinsic drivers of long-term survival trends in southern elephant seals.

Contemporary habitat loss reduces genetic diversity in an ecologically specialized butterfly

Contrasting behavior between two populations of an ice-obligate predator in East Antarctica

Convergence of Culture, Ecology, and Ethics: Management of Feral Swamp Buffalo in Northern Australia

Corrigendum to “The ten Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points” [Biol. Conserv. 144 (2011) 1472–1480]

DNA methylation levels in candidate genes associated with chronological age in mammals are not conserved in a long-lived seabird.

Dangers of sensationalizing conservation biology

Decadal changes in blood δ13C values, at-sea distribution, and weaning mass of southern elephant seals from Kerguelen Islands

Decadal changes in habitat characteristics influence population trajectories of southern elephant seals

Deep Learning Resolves Representative Movement Patterns in a Marine Predator Species

Disentangling the Influence of Three Major Threats on the Demography of an Albatross Community

Enhancing the use of Argos satellite data for home range and long distance migration studies of marine animals.

Environmental and physiological determinants of successful foraging by naive southern elephant seal pups during their first trip to sea

Estimates of the Southern Ocean general circulation improved by animal-borne instruments

Estimating resource acquisition and at-sea body condition of a marine predator.

Evidence for a widely expanded humpback whale calving range along the Western Australian coast

Fertility partially drives the relative success of two introduced bovines (Bubalus bubalis and Bos javanicus) in the Australian tropics

Finding mesopelagic prey in a changing Southern Ocean

Five decades on: Use of historical weaning size data reveals that a decrease in maternal foraging success underpins the long-term decline in population of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina)

High-resolution movements of critically endangered hawksbill turtles help elucidate conservation requirements in northern Australia

Integrating research using animal-borne telemetry with the needs of conservation management ⬇️

Introduced species and extreme weather as key drivers of reproductive output in three sympatric albatrosses ⬇️

Investigating social discrimination of group members by laying hens

It’s a girl! A female southern elephant seal born in Western Australia

Known unknowns in an imperfect world: incorporating uncertainty in recruitment estimates using multi-event capture-recapture models

Long-term breeding phenology shift in royal penguins

Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Birds and Marine Mammals in a Changing Climate

Marine Mammals Exploring the Oceans Pole to Pole: A Review of the MEOP Consortium

Measuring Animal Age with DNA Methylation: From Humans to Wild Animals.

Migrations and foraging of juvenile southern elephant seals from Macquarie Island within CCAMLR managed areas

Modelled mid‐trophic pelagic prey fields improve understanding of marine predator foraging behaviour

Modelling southern elephant seals Mirounga leonina using an individual-based model coupled with a dynamic energy budget

Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

Movement responses to environment: fast inference of variation among southern elephant seals with a mixed effects model

Movements of southern elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) from Davis Base, Antarctica: combining population genetics and tracking data

N-dimensional animal energetic niches clarify behavioural options in a variable marine environment

Nesting ecology of hawksbill turtles at a rookery of international significance in Australia’s Northern Territory

Novel coupling of individual-based epidemiological and demographic models predicts realistic dynamics of tuberculosis in alien buffalo

Ocean surface warming: The North Atlantic remains within the envelope of previous recorded conditions

Optimizing lifetime reproductive output: Intermittent breeding as a tactic for females in a long-lived, multiparous mammal.

Population differentiation in the context of Holocene climate change for a migratory marine species, the southern elephant seal.

Publish or perish: why it?s important to publicise how, and if, research activities affect animals

Quantifying the energy stores of capital breeding humpback whales and income breeding sperm whales using historical whaling records

Refining instrument attachment on phocid seals

Seal mothers expend more on offspring under favourable conditions and less when resources are limited

Shifting trends: detecting environmentally mediated regulation in long-lived marine vertebrates using time-series data

Shifts in macropod home ranges in response to wildlife management interventions

Southern Ocean frontal structure and sea-ice formation rates revealed by elephant seals.

Spatially explicit spreadsheet modelling for optimising the efficiency of reducing invasive animal density

The 10 Australian ecosystems most vulnerable to tipping points

The retrospective analysis of Antarctic tracking data project

The success of GPS collar deployments on mammals in Australia