Doctor Sebastian Paul Holmes

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Biography

Education:

Ph.D. 1994 - 1998 “Interactions between settling organisms and molluscs in the rocky intertidal”: University of Sunderland, Sunderland, UK.

BSc Joint Honours Marine Biology/Zoology. 1991 - 1994: University College of Wales Bangor.

Employment:

Lecturer in Biology (Animal Physiology), 2011 - present: The University of Western Sydney, Penrith, Australia.

ARC Post-Doctoral Fellow, 2009 - 2010: The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

Principal Scientist (Aquatic Environment), 2006 – 2007: The Ministry of Fisheries, Wellington, New Zealand.

Lecturer in Marine Ecology, 2004 – 2006: Port Erin Marine Laboratory (University of Liverpool), Isle of Man, British Isles.

Research Fellow (ALW), 2000 – 2004: Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, The Netherlands.

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Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise

Areas of Research :

Marine Ecology (benthic & deep-sea), Population Genetics (supply-side ecology and connectivity), Ecophysiology (invertebrate).

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Grants / Current Projects

Current projects:

Marine connectivity and dispersal in Australia: population genetics, assemblage formation and larval supply (exploiting the ATTAMS arrays). Ph.D. student Mailie Gall supervised with Maria Capa (Australian Museum) & Maria Byrne (USYD).

Climate change, ocean acidification, ocean warming and species resilience: the role of genetic diversity versus physiological plasticity. In conjunction with members of the Water & Wildlife Ecology (WWE) group (UWS).

The subsequent fate of salps: bentho-pelagic coupling and the salp, Thyetys vagina. In conjunction with Natasha Henschke (Ph.D. student UNSW) and Iain Suthers (UNSW).

Marine National Facility (Australia) Next Wave/Piggy Back Science Scheme:

2011 Transit voyage Hobart-Freemantle, Deep-sea fauna of the Australian Bight, (9 berths and ship time).
2011 Piggy Back science, Investigating paleodictyons (Challenger Plateau) Tasman Sea (5 berths and ship time).
2010 Transit voyage Sydney-Hobart, Benthic sampling program (Wollongong Reef/Bass Canyon/St Helens seamount) Tasman Sea (9 berths and ship time).
2009 Transit voyage Hobart-Sydney (10/09), Deep sea benthic sampling program (Bass Canyon) Tasman Sea (10 berths and ship time).

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Selected Publications

Refereed publications (selected publications):

Cumming, D., Buhl, J., Raymond, L.W., Simpson, S.J. & Holmes, S.P. 2011. “Can estimates of niche width and source contributions deal with isotopic variability across habitats: A case study in the marine environment.” OKIOS (in revision). (A).

Skilton, J.E. & Holmes, S.P. 2011 “Effectiveness of Conservation Networks Relies on Intelligent Positioning: A Case Study using the Shrimp Rhynchocinetes balssi”. PLoS ONE, (in revison). (A).

Cummings, D., Raymond, L.W., Simpson, S.J., Booth, D.J., Pile, A.J, Holmes, S.P. 2011. “Resource partitioning amongst co-occurring decapods from Australia’s North-West shelf. An analysis of carbon and nitrogen stable isotopes”. Journal of Experimental Marine Ecology and Biology, (in revision). (B).

Cummings, D., Raymond L.W., Nodder, S.D., Simpson, S.J., Holmes, S.P. 2011. “Productivity and Bentho-pelagic Coupling in New Zealand’s Deep Sea: Evidence from the Quill Worms Hyalinoecia longibranchiata”. Marine Ecology Progress Series, (in revision). (A).

Holmes, S.P. & Skilton, J.E. 2011. The conservation value of sub-sea structures: population genetics and connectivity in the barnacle Megabalanus tintinnabulum. Marine Ecology Progress Series, (in revision). (A).

Holmes, S.P., Duncan, P.F. & Schanbel, K.E. 2011 “Shell wiping in Calliostoma alertae”. Molluscan Research, (in press). (C).

Grant, A., Trompf, K., Seung, D., Nivison-Smith, L., Bowcock, H, Kresse, H., Holmes, S.P., Radford, J. & Morrow, P. 2010 “Sub-cellular damage by copper in the cnidarian Zoanthus robustus”. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C. 152: 256–262. (B).

Holmes, S.P. & Duncan, P.F. 2007 “Shell wiping in Calliostoma granulatum”. Journal of Conchology, 39, 358. (C).

Holmes, S.P. & Miller, N. 2006 “Aspects of the population genetics and ecology of the bivalve Corbula gibba”. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 315:129-140. (A).

Holmes, S.P. & Miller, N. 2006 “The hypoxic tolerance of Nucula sulcata Bronn (Lamellibranchia: Nuculidae)”. Journal of Shellfish Research 25: 865-868. (C).

Holmes, S.P. 2005. “The effect of Patella vulgata pedal mucus on the settlement and development/propagation of Skeletonema costatum and Fucus spiralis”. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 71: 53-57. (C).

Holmes, S.P., Walker, G. & Meer, J. van der. 2005. “Barnacles, limpets and periwinkles: the effect of direct and indirect interactions on cyprid settlement and success”. Journal of Sea Research, 53: 181-204. (B).

Holmes, S.P., Dekker, R. & Williams, I.D. 2004. “Population dynamics and genetic differentiation in the bivalve mollusc Abra tenuis: aplanic dispersal”. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 268: 131-140. (A).

Holmes, S.P., Witbaard, R. & Meer, J van der. 2003. “Phenotypic and genotypic population differentiation in the bivalve mollusc Arctica islandica (L.): results from RAPD analysis”. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 254: 163-176. (A).

Williams I.D., Meer J. van der, Dekker R. & Holmes, S.P. 2004. “Exploring interactions among intertidal macrobenthos of the Dutch Wadden Sea using population dynamic models”. Journal of Sea Research, 25: 307-319. (B).

Holmes, S.P. 2002. “The effect of pedal mucus on barnacle cyprid settlement: a source for indirect interactions in the rocky intertidal?”. Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K., 82: 1-13. (C).

Holmes, S.P., Cherrill, A. & Davies, M.S. 2002. “The surface characteristics of pedal mucus: a potential aid to the settlement of marine organisms?”. Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K., 82: 131-139. (C).

Holmes, S.P., Miller, N. & Weber, A. 2002. “The respiration and hypoxic/anoxic tolerance of two co-habiting nut-shells: Nucula nitidosa (Winkworth) and Nucula nucleus (L.)”. Journal of the Marine Biological Association U.K., 82, 311-324. (C).

Holmes, S.P., Sturgess, C.J., Cherrill, A. & Davies M.S. 2001. “Shell wiping in Calliostoma zizyphinum (L.): the use of pedal mucus as a provendering agent and its contribution to the daily energetic requirements of C. zizyphinum”. Marine Ecology Progress Series. 212, 171-181. (A).

Holmes, S.P. 1997. “Notes on gamete release and fertilisation in Calliostoma zizyphinum (L.) (Gastropoda; Trochidae)”. Journal of Molluscan Studies. 63: 471-473. (C).

Holmes, S.P., Sturgess, C.J. & Davies, M.S. 1997. “The effect of rock-type on the settlement of Balanus balanoides (L.) cyprids”. Biofouling. 11: 137-147. (A).

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Member:

Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA)

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