Michael Bradley
- michael.bradley@jcu.edu.au
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0824-6414- Senior Research Fellow
- Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Biography
I am a landscape ecologist and spatial data scientist with a focus on the interdependence between human and natural systems in tropical interconnected landscapes and seascapes. My goal is to develop an integrative, transdisciplinary understanding of these places and translate that knowledge into practical tools for communities and governments.
My background spans academia, applied research and government, and includes seascape ecology and the development of ecological theory, working with Australian Institute of Marine Science and Traditional Owners to establish a fish monitoring program for the seascapes of the Great Barrier Reef, harnessing new data streams for data-poor reef fisheries in Pacific island countries, and building spatial decision-support tools to guide marine spatial planning efforts in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.
My research focus now is on understanding landscape sustainability in the coastal tropics to provide data-rich spatial decision support for marine spatial planning and livelihood futures in the Solomon Islands.
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Sheaves, M.; Baker, R.; dos Santos Abrantes, K.; Barnett, A.; Bradley, M.; Dubuc, A.; Mattone, C.; Sheaves, J.; Waltham, N. (2024) 'Consequences for nekton of the nature, dynamics, and ecological functioning of tropical tidally dominated ecosystems'. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 304 . [DOI]
Sheaves, M.; Mattone, C.; Barnett, A.; Abrantes, K.; Bradley, M.; Sheaves, A.; Sheaves, J.; Waltham, N.J. (2024) 'Whale sharks as oceanic nurseries for Golden Trevally'. Pacific Conservation Biology, 30 (1). [DOI]
Bradley, Michael; Dubuc, Alexia; Piggott, Camilla V.H.; Sambrook, Katie; Hoey, Andrew S.; Depczynski, Martial; Langlois, Tim J.; Gagliano, Monica; Wilson, Shaun K.; Cure, Katherine; Holmes, Thomas H.; Moore, Glenn I.; Travers, Michael; Baker, Ronald; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Sheaves, Marcus (2024) 'The fish–mangrove link is context dependent: Tidal regime and reef proximity determine the ecological role of tropical mangroves'. Fish and Fisheries, 25 (3):523-541. [DOI]
Bradley, Michael; Sheaves, Marcus; Waltham, Nathan J. (2023) 'Urban-industrial seascapes can be abundant and dynamic fish habitat'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9 . [DOI]
Barnett, Adam; Fitzpatrick, Richard; Bradley, Michael; Miller, Ingo; Sheaves, Marcus; Chin, Andrew; Smith, Bethany; Diedrich, Amy; Yick, Jonah; Lubitz, Nicolas; Crook, Kevin; Mattone, Carlo; Bennett, Mike B.; Wojtach, Leah; Abrantes, Katya (2022) 'Scientific response to a cluster of shark bites'. People and Nature, 4 (4):963-982. [DOI]
Wilson, Shaun K.; Fulton, Christopher J.; Graham, Nicholas A.J.; Abesamis, Rene A.; Berkstrom, Charlotte; Coker, Darren J.; Depczynski, Martial; Evans, Richard D.; Fisher, Rebecca; Goetze, Jordan; Hoey, Andrew; Holmes, Thomas H.; Kulbicki, Michel; Noble, Mae; Robinson, James P.W.; Bradley, Michael; Akerlund, Carolina; Barrett, Luke T.; Bucol, Abner A.; Birt, Matthew J.; Chacin, Dinorah H.; Chong-Seng, Karen M.; Eggertsen, Linda; Eggertsen, Maria; Ellis, David; Leung, Priscilla T.Y.; Lam, Paul K.S.; van Lier, Joshua; Matis, Paloma A.; Perez-Matus, Alejandro; Piggott, Camilla V.H.; Radford, Ben T.; Tano, Stina; Tinkler, Paul (2022) 'The contribution of macroalgae-associated fishes to small-scale tropical reef fisheries'. Fish and Fisheries, 23 (4):847-861. [DOI]
Waltham, Nathan J.; Bradley, Michael; Wilson, Saara; Kane, Kevin; Langham, Odette; Sheaves, Marcus (2022) 'Remotely operated vehicle reveals fish orientate to the substrate underneath marina floating pontoons'. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 280 . [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Local Environmental Context Structures Animal-Habitat Associations Across Biogeographic Regions
2022
Bradley, Michael; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Baker, Ronald; Travers, Michael; Sheaves, Marcus (2022) 'Local Environmental Context Structures Animal-Habitat Associations Across Biogeographic Regions'. Ecosystems, 25 :237-251. [DOI]
Mattone, Carlo; Bradley, Michael; Barnett, Adam; Konovalov, Dmitry A.; Sheaves, Marcus (2022) 'Environmental conditions constrain nursery habitat value in Australian sub-tropical estuaries'. Marine Environmental Research, 175 . [DOI]
Lubitz, Nicolas; Bradley, Michael; Sheaves, Marcus; Hammerschlag, Neil; Daly, Ryan; Barnett, Adam (2022) 'The role of context in elucidating drivers of animal movement'. Ecology and Evolution, 12 (7). [DOI]
Sheaves, M.; Waltham, N.J.; Benham, C.; Bradley, M.; Mattone, C.; Diedrich, A.; Sheaves, J.; Sheaves, A.; Hernandez, S.; Dale, P.; Banhalmi-Zakar, Z.; Newlands, M. (2021) 'Restoration of marine ecosystems: understanding possible futures for optimal outcomes'. Science of the Total Environment, 796 . [DOI]
Sheaves, Marcus; Mattone, Carlo; Connolly, Rod M.; Hernandez, Stephanie; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Murray, Nicholas; Ronan, Michael; Waltham, Nathan John; Bradley, Michael (2021) 'Ecological constraint mapping: understanding uutcome-limiting bottlenecks for improved environmental decision-making in marine and coastal environments'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 . [DOI]
Sambrook, Katie; Bonin, Mary C.; Bradley, Michael; Cumming, Graeme S.; Duce, Stephanie; Andréfouët, Serge; Hoey, Andrew S. (2020) 'Broadening our horizons: seascape use by coral reef-associated fishes in Kavieng, Papua New Guinea, is common and diverse'. Coral Reefs, 39 :1187-1197. [DOI]
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Fulton, Christopher J.; Berkstrom, Charlotte; Wilson, Shaun K.; Abesamis, Rene; Bradley, Michael; Åkerlund, Carolina; Barrett, Luke T.; Bucol, Abner A.; Chacin, Dinorah H.; Chong-Seng, Karen M.; Coker, Darren J.; Depczynski, Martial; Eggertsen, Linda; Eggertsen, Maria; Ellis, David; Evans, Richard D.; Graham, Nicholas A.J.; Hoey, Andrew S.; Holmes, Thomas H.; Kulbicki, Michel; Leung, Priscilla T.Y.; Lam, Paul K. S.; van Lier, Joshua; Matis, Paloma A.; Noble, Mae M.; Perez-Matus, Alejandro; Piggott, Camilla; Radford, Ben T.; Tano, Stina; Tinkler, Paul (2020) 'Macroalgal meadow habitats support fish and fisheries in diverse tropical seascapes'. Fish and Fisheries, 21 (4):700-717. [DOI]
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Sheaves, Marcus; Abrantes, Katya; Barnett, Adam; Benham, Claudia; Dale, Patricia; Mattone, Carlo; Sheaves, Alison; Waltham, Nathan; Bradley, Michael (2020) 'The consequences of paradigm change and poorly validated
science: the example of the value of mangroves to fisheries'. Fish and Fisheries, 21 (5):1067-1075. [DOI]
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Bradley, Michael; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Baker, Ronald; Sheaves, Marcus (2020) 'Context dependence: a conceptual approach for understanding the habitat relationships of Coastal Marine Fauna'. BioScience, 70 (11):986-1004. [DOI]
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Sheaves, Marcus; Bradley, Michael; Herrera, Cesar; Mattone, Carlo; Lennard, Caitlin; Sheaves, Janine; Konovalov, Dmitry A. (2020) 'Optimizing video sampling for juvenile fish surveys: using deep learning and evaluation of assumptions to produce critical fisheries parameters'. Fish and Fisheries, 21 (6):1259-1276. [DOI]
Saleh, Alzayat; Laradji, Issam H.; Konovalov, Dmitry A.; Bradley, Michael; Vazquez, David; Sheaves, Marcus (2020) 'A realistic fish-habitat dataset to evaluate algorithms for underwater visual analysis'. Scientific Reports, 10 . [DOI]
Baker, Ronald; Barnett, Adam; Bradley, Michael; Abrantes, Katya; Sheaves, Marcus (2019) 'Contrasting seascape use by a coastal fish assemblage: a multi-method approach'. Estuaries and Coasts, 42 (1):292-307. [DOI]
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Donaldson, James A.; Drews, Paulo; Bradley, Michael; Morgan, David L.; Baker, Ronald; Ebner, Brendan C. (2019) 'Countering low visibility in video survey of an estuarine fish assemblage'. Pacific Conservation Biology, 26 (2):190-200. [DOI]
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Bradley, Michael; Baker, Ronald; Nagelkerken, Ivan; Sheaves, Marcus (2019) 'Context is more important than habitat type in determining use by juvenile fish'. Landscape Ecology, 34 :427-442. [DOI]
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Baker, Ronald; Bradley, Michael; Freddi, Stefano; Abrantes, Katya; Barnett, Adam; Sheaves, Marcus (2018) 'Non-lethal aging of tropical catch-and-release sport fishery species'. Fisheries Research, 207 :110-117. [DOI]
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Bradley, Michael; Baker, Ronnie; Sheaves, Marcus (2017) 'Hidden components in tropical seascapes: deep-estuary habitats support unique fish assemblages'. Estuaries and Coasts, 40 (4):1195-1206. [DOI]
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Bradley, Michael; Van Putten, Ingrid; Sheaves, Marcus (2015) 'The pace and progress of adaptation: marine climate change preparedness in Australia's coastal communities'. Marine Policy, 53 :13-20. [DOI]
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Able, Kenneth W.; Simenstad, Charles A.; Strydom, Nadine A.; Bradley, Michael; Sheaves, Marcus (2022) 'Habitat Use and Connectivity' In: Able, Kenneth W., Simenstad, Charles A., Strydom, Nadine A., Bradley, Michael, and Sheaves, Marcus (2022) Habitat Use and Connectivity. In: Whitfield, Alan K., Able, Kenneth W., Blaber, Stephen J.M., and Elliott, Michael, (eds.) Fish and Fisheries in Estuaries: A Global Perspective. Wiley-Blackwell, pp. 188-254(Eds.). Fish and Fisheries in Estuaries: A Global Perspective. : Wiley-Blackwell. [DOI]
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