Ian McLeod
- ian.mcleod@jcu.edu.au
- Adjunct Professor
- Tropical Water & Ecosystems
Projects
7
Publications
40
Awards
7
Biography
I lead a range of projects focused on marine habitat conservation and restoration. My projects are applied and multidisciplinary including ecology, physiology, modelling, aquaculture, engineering, social science and economics. They also include a wide range of collaborators from government, industry, Traditional Owner, citizen scientist, and conservation and community groups.
Research
Projects
Science Partnerships in RRAP (Old ID 27111)
01 Jan 2021 - 04 Sep 2024
Best practice coral restoration for the Great Barrier Reef (Old ID 24990)
01 Jan 2018 - 10 Dec 2020
Reef Restoration and Adaptation Program Design Phase (Old ID 25036)
01 Dec 2017 - 06 Dec 2019
Fostering the repair of Australia's lost shellfish reefs (Old ID 22934)
01 Sep 2016 - 31 Dec 2017
Teaching
Current JCU Research Students
Mobilising Communities for Reef Restoration and Stewardship
Doctor of Philosophy (Society and Culture)
Activities
Awards
Employment
Senior Research Scientist, James Cook University
2016 - 2018
Communications Manager, James Cook University
2013 - 2017
Postdoctoral Researcher, James Cook University
2015 - 2015
PhD Candidate, James Cook University
2010 - 2014
Output
Martinez-Baena, Francisco; Raoult, Vincent; Taylor, Matthew D.; Gaston, Troy F.; McLeod, Ian; Bishop, Melanie J. (2023) 'Trophic Structure of Temperate Australian Oyster Reefs Within the Estuarine Seascape: a Stable Isotope Analysis'. Estuaries and Coasts, 46 :844-859. [DOI]
Journal Publication
ResearchOnline@JCU
Smith, Hillary A.; Fulton, Stella E.; McLeod, Ian M.; Page, Cathie A.; Bourne, David G. (2023) 'Sea-weeding: Manual removal of macroalgae facilitates rapid coral recovery'. Journal of Applied Ecology, 60 (11):2459-2471. [DOI]
Smith, Hillary A.; Brown, Dylan A.; Arjunwadkar, Chaitanya V.; Fulton, Stella E.; Whitman, Taylor; Hermanto, Bambang; Mastroianni, Elissa; Mattocks, Neil; Smith, Adam K.; Harrison, Peter L.; Boström-Einarsson, Lisa; McLeod, Ian M.; Bourne, David G. (2022) 'Removal of macroalgae from degraded reefs enhances coral recruitment'. Restoration Ecology, 30 (7). [DOI]
McLeod, Ian M.; Hein, Margaux Y.; Babcock, Russell; Bay, Line; Bourne, David G.; Cook, Nathan; Doropoulos, Christopher; Gibbs, Mark; Harrison, Peter; Lockie, Stewart; van Oppen, Madeleine J.H.; Mattocks, Neil; Page, Cathie A.; Randall, Carly J.; Smith, Adam; Smith, Hillary A.; Suggett, David J.; Taylor, Bruce; Vella, Karen J.; Wachenfeld, David; Boström-Einarsson, Lisa (2022) 'Coral restoration and adaptation in Australia: The first five years'. PLoS ONE, 17 (11). [DOI]
Martínez-Baena, Francisco; Lanham, Brendan S.; McLeod, Ian; Taylor, Matthew D.; McOrrie, Stephen; Bishop, Melanie J. (2022) 'De novo reefs: Fish habitat provision by oyster aquaculture varies with farming method'. Aquaculture Environment Interactions, 14 :71-84. [DOI]
McAfee, Dominic; McLeod, Ian M.; Alleway, Heidi K.; Bishop, Melanie J.; Branigan, Simon; Connell, Sean D.; Copeland, Craig; Crawford, Christine M.; Diggles, Ben K.; Fitzsimons, James; Gilby, Ben L.; Hamer, Paul; Hancock, Boze; Pearce, Robert; Russell, Kylie; Gillies, Chris L. (2022) 'Turning a lost reef ecosystem into a national restoration program'. Conservation Biology, 36 (6). [DOI]
Martínez-Baena, Francisco; Lanham, Brendan S.; McLeod, Ian M.; Taylor, Matthew D.; McOrrie, Stephen; Luongo, Alyssa; Bishop, Melanie J. (2022) 'Remnant oyster reefs as fish habitat within the estuarine seascape'. Marine Environmental Research, 179 . [DOI]
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Shaver, Elizabeth C.; McLeod, Elizabeth; Hein, Margaux Y.; Palumbi, Stephen R.; Quigley, Kate; Vardi, Tali; Mumby, Peter J.; Smith, David; Montoya-Maya, Phanor; Muller, Erinn M.; Banaszak, Anastazia T.; McLeod, Ian M.; Wachenfeld, David (2022) 'A roadmap to integrating resilience into the practice of coral reef restoration'. Global Change Biology, 28 (16):4751-4764. [DOI]
Cook, Nathan; Smith, Adam; Songcuan, Al; Cassidy, Daniel; Sartori, Greta; McLeod, Ian (2022) 'Lessons learned from small-scale coral outplanting intervention at a restoration site on the Great Barrier Reef'. Ecological Management and Restoration, 23 (1):89-93. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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Boström-Einarsson, Lisa; Martinez-Baena, Francisco; Diggles, Ben; Firby, Lauren; McLeod, Ian M. (2022) 'An ecological assessment of Australia's first community oyster gardens'. Ecological Management and Restoration, 23 (3):244-251. [DOI]
Hein, Margaux Y.; Vardi, Tali; Shaver, Elizabeth C.; Pioch, Sylvain; Boström-Einarsson, Lisa; Ahmed, Mohamed; Grimsditch, Gabriel; McLeod, Ian M. (2021) 'Perspectives on the Use of Coral Reef Restoration as a Strategy to Support and Improve Reef Ecosystem Services'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 . [DOI]
Vardi, Tali; Hoot, Whitney C; Levy, Jessica; Shaver, Elizabeth; Winters, Scott; Banaszak, Anastazia T; Baums, Iliana; Chamberland, Valerie F; Cook, Nathan; Gulko, David; Hein, Margaux Y; Kaufman, Les; Loewen, Michelle; Lundgren, Petra; Lustic, Caitlin; MacGowan, Petra; Matz, Mikhail; McGonigle, Miles; McLeod, Ian; Moore, Jennifer; Moore, Tom; Pivard, Sandrine; Pollack, Joseph; Rinkevich, Baruch; Suggett, David; Suleiman, Samuel; Viehman, T. Shay; Villalobos, Tatiana; Weis, Virginia; Wolke, Chelsea; Montoya-Maya, Phanor H (2021) 'Six priorities to advance the science and practice of coral
reef restoration worldwide'. Restoration Ecology, 29 (8). [DOI]
McLeod, I.M.; Bostrom Einarsson, L.; Creighton, C.; D'Anastasi, B.; Diggles, B.; Dwyer, P.G.; Firby, L.; Le Port, A.; Luongo, A.; Martinez-Baena, F.; McOrrie, S.; Heller-Wagner, G.; Gillies, C.L (2020) 'Habitat value of Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) reefs on soft sediments'. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71 (7):771-781. [DOI]
Journal Publication
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McAfee, Dominic; McLeod, Ian M.; Bostrom-Einarsson, Lisa; Gillies, Chris L. (2020) 'The value and opportunity of restoring Australia's lost rock oyster reefs'. Restoration Ecology, 28 :304-314. [DOI]
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Fitzsimons, James A.; Branigan, Simon; Gillies, Chris L.; Brumgaugh, Robert D.; Cheng, Jun; DeAngelis, Bryan M.; Geselbracht, Laura; Hancock, Boze; Jeffs, Andrew; McDonald, Tein; McLeod, Ian M.; Pogoda, Bernadette; Theuerkauf, Seth J.; Thomas, Marine; Westby, Stephanie; zu Ermgassen, Philine S.E. (2020) 'Restoring shellfish reefs: global guidelines for practitioners and scientists'. Conservation Science and Practice, 2 (6). [DOI]
Gillies, Chris L.; Castine, Sarah A.; Alleway, Heidi K.; Crawford, Christine; Fitzsimons, James; Hancock, Boze; Koch, Paul; McAfee, Domonic; McLeod, Ian M.; zu Ermgassen, Philine S.E. (2020) 'Conservation status of the Oyster Reef Ecosystem of Southern
and Eastern Australia'. Global Ecology and Conservation, 22 . [DOI]
Thurstan, Ruth B.; Diggles, Ben K.; Gillies, Chris L.; Strong, Michael K.; Kerkhove, Ray; Buckley, Sarah M.; King, Robert A.; Smythe, Vincent; Heller-Wagner, Gideon; Weeks, Rebecca; Palin, Fred; McLeod, Ian (2020) 'Charting two centuries of transformation in a coastal social-ecological system: a mixed methods approach'. Global Environmental Change, 61 . [DOI]
Bostrom Einarsson, Lisa; Babcock, Russel C.; Bayraktarov, Elisa; Ceccarelli, Daniella; Cook, Nathan; Ferse, Sebastian C.A.; Hancock, Boze; Harrison, Peter; Hein, Margaux; Shaver, Elizabeth; Smith, Adam; Suggett, David; Stewart-sinclair, Phoebe J.; Tardi, Tali; McLeod, Ian M. (2020) 'Coral restoration – a systematic review of current methods, successes, failures and future directions'. PLoS ONE, 15 (1). [DOI]
Zu Ermgassen, Philine S. E.; Thurstan, Ruth H.; Corrales, Jorge; Alleway, Heidi; Carranza, Alvar; Dankers, Norbert; DeAngelis, Bryan; Hancock, Boze; Kent, Flora; McLeod, Ian; Pogoda, Bernadette; Liu, Qing; Sanderson, William G. (2020) 'The benefits of bivalve reef restoration: a global synthesis of
underrepresented species'. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 30 (11):2050-2065. [DOI]
Ceccarelli, Daniela M.; McLeod, Ian M.; Boström-Einarsson, Lisa; Bryan, Scott E.; Chartrand, Kathryn M.; Emslie, Michael J.; Gibbs, Mark T.; Gonzalez Rivero, Manuel; Hein, Margaux Y.; Heyward, Andrew; Kenyon, Tania M.; Lewis, Brett M.; Newlands, Maxine; Mattocks, Neil; Schläppy, Marie-Lise; Suggett, David J.; Bay, Line K. (2020) 'Substrate stabilisation and small structures in coral restoration: state of knowledge,
and considerations for management and implementation'. PLoS ONE, 15 (10). [DOI]
Tan, Yi Mei; Dalby, Oliver; Kendrick, Gary A.; Statton, John; Sinclair, Elizabeth A.; Fraser, Matthew W.; Macreadie, Peter I.; Gillies, Chris L.; Coleman, Rhys; Waycott, Michelle; van Dijk, Kor-Jent; Vergés, Adriana; Ross, Jeff D.; Campbell, Marnie L.; Matheson, Fleur E.; Jackson, Emma L.; Irving, Andrew D.; Govers, Laura; Connolly, Rod M.; McLeod, Ian M.; Rasheed, Michael A.; Kirkman, Hugh; Flindt, Morgens R.; Lange, Troels; Miller, Adam D,; Sherman, Craig D.H. (2020) 'Seagrass restoration is possible: insights and lessons from Australia and New Zealand'. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 . [DOI]
Anthony, Kenneth R. N.; Helmstedt, Kate J.; Bay, Line K.; Fidelman, Pedro; Hussey, Karen E.; Lundgren, Petra; Mead, David; McLeod, Ian M.; Mumby, Peter J.; Newlands, Maxine; Schaffelke, Britta; Wilson, Kerrie A.; Hardisty, Paul E. (2020) 'Interventions to help coral reefs under global change – a complex decision challenge'. PLoS ONE, 15 (8). [DOI]
Creighton, Colin; Prahalad, Vishnu N.; McLeod, Ian; Sheaves, Marcus; Taylor, Matthew D.; Walshe, Terry (2019) 'Prospects for seascape repair: three case studies from eastern Australia'. Ecological Management and Restoration, 20 (3). [DOI]
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McLeod, Ian M.; Williamson, David H.; Taylor, Sascha; Srinivasan, Maya; Read, Mark; Boxer, Craig; Mattocks, Neil; Ceccarelli, Daniela M. (2019) 'Bommies away! Logistics and early effects of repositioning 400 tonnes of displaced coral colonies following cyclone impacts on the Great Barrier Reef'. Ecological Management and Restoration, 20 (3):262-265. [DOI]
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Ceccarelli, Daniela M.; Loffler, Zoe; Bourne, David G.; Al Moajil-Cole, Grace S.; Boström Einarsson, Lisa; Evans-Illidge, Elizabeth; Fabricius, Katharina; Glasl, Bettina; Marshall, Paul; McLeod, Ian; Read, Mark; Schaffelke, Britta; Smith, Adam K.; Jorda, Georgina T.; Williamson, David H.; Bay, Line (2018) 'Rehabilitation of coral reefs through removal of macroalgae: state of knowledge and considerations for management and implementation'. Restoration Ecology, 26 (5):827-838. [DOI]
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Gillies, Chris; McLeod, Ian; Alleway, Heidi K.; Cook, Peter; Crawford, Christine; Creighton, Colin; Diggles, Ben; Ford, John; Hamer, Paul; Heller-Wagner, Gideon; Lebrault, Emma; Le Port, Agnes; Russell, Kylie; Sheaves, Marcus; Warnock, Bryn (2018) 'Australian shellfish ecosystems: past distribution, current status and future direction'. PLoS ONE, 13 (2). [DOI]
McLeod, Ian M.; Jones, Rhondda E.; Jones, Geoffrey P.; Takahashi, Miwa; McCormick, Mark I. (2017) 'Interannual variation in the larval development of a coral reef fish in response to temperature and associated environmental factors'. Marine Biology, 162 :2379-2389. [DOI]
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Wegscheidl, Carla J.; Sheaves, Marcus; McLeod, Ian M.; Hedge, Paul T.; Gillies, Chris L.; Creighton, Colin (2017) 'Sustainable management of Australia's coastal seascapes:
a case for collecting and communicating quantitative
evidence to inform decision-making'. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 25 (1):3-22. [DOI]
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Le Port, A.; Montgomery, J.C.; Smith, A.N.H.; Croucher, A.E.; McLeod, I.M.; Lavery, S.D. (2017) 'Temperate marine protected area provides recruitment subsidies to local fisheries'. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B, Biological Sciences, 284 (1865). [DOI]
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The conservation status of Niugini black bass: a world-renowned sport fish with an uncertain future
2016
Sheaves, M.; Baker, R.; McLeod, I.; Abrantes, K.; Wani, J.; Barnett, A. (2016) 'The conservation status of Niugini black bass: a world-renowned sport fish with an uncertain future'. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 23 (3-4):243-252. [DOI]
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McLeod, Ian M.; Clark, Timothy D. (2016) 'Limited capacity for faster digestion in larval coral reef fish at an elevated temperature'. PLoS ONE, 11 (5):1-13. [DOI]
Barnett, Adam; Abrantes, Kátya G.; Baker, Ronald; Diedrich, Amy S.; Farr, Marina; Kuilboer, Alf; Mahony, Tracey; McLeod, Ian; Moscardo, Gianna; Prideaux, Murray; Stoeckl, Natalie; van Luyn, Ariella; Sheaves, Marcus (2016) 'Sportfisheries, conservation and sustainable livelihoods: a multidisciplinary guide to developing best practice'. Fish and Fisheries, 17 (3):696-713. [DOI]
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Munday, Philip L.; Watson, Sue-Ann; Parsons, Darren M.; King, Alicia; Barr, Neill G.; McLeod, Ian M.; Allan, Bridie J.M.; Pether, Steve M.J. (2016) 'Effects of elevated CO2 on early life history development of the yellowtail kingfish, Seriola lalandi, a large pelagic fish'. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 73 (3):641-649. [DOI]
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Latitudinal variation in larval development of coral reef fishes: implications of a warming ocean
2015
McLeod, I.M.; McCormick, M.I.; Munday, P.L.; Clark, T.D.; Wenger, A.S.; Brooker, R.M.; Takahashi, M.; Jones, G.P. (2015) 'Latitudinal variation in larval development of coral reef fishes: implications of a warming ocean'. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 521 :129-141. [DOI]
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Wenger, Amelia S.; McCormick, Mark I.; Endo, Geoff G.K.; McLeod, Ian M.; Kroom, Frederieke J.; Jones, Geoffrey P. (2014) 'Suspended sediment prolongs larval development in a coral reef fish'. Journal of Experimental Biology, 217 :1122-1128. [DOI]
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McLeod, I.M.; Parsons, D.M.; Morrison, M.A.; Van Dijken, S.G.; Taylor, R.B. (2014) 'Mussel reefs on soft sediments: a severely reduced but important habitat for macroinvertebrates and fishes in New Zealand'. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 48 (1):48-59. [DOI]
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Brooker, R.M.; Munday, P.L.; Mcleod, I.M.; Jones, G.P. (2013) 'Habitat preferences of a corallivorous reef fish: predation risk versus food quality'. Coral Reefs, 32 (3):613-622. [DOI]
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McLeod, Ian M.; Rummer, Jodie L.; Clark, Timothy D.; Jones, Geoffrey P.; McCormick, Mark I.; Wenger, Amelia S.; Munday, Philip L. (2013) 'Climate change and the performance of larval coral reef fishes: the interaction between temperature and food availability'. Conservation Physiology, 1 (1):1-12. [DOI]
Wenger, A.S.; McCormick, M.I.; McLeod, I.M.; Jones, G.P. (2013) 'Suspended sediment alters predator–prey interactions between two coral reef fishes'. Coral Reefs, 32 (2):369-374. [DOI]
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Factors affecting the recovery of soft-sediment mussel reefs in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand
2012
McLeod, Ian M.; Parsons, Darren M.; Morrison, Mark A.; Le Port, Agnès; Taylor, Richard B. (2012) 'Factors affecting the recovery of soft-sediment mussel reefs in the Firth of Thames, New Zealand'. Marine and Freshwater Research, 63 (1):78-83. [DOI]
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