The names listed in bold are staff or former staff members of NSW DPI.

Refereed Journal Articles

Andrew MN, Dunstan RH, O’Connor WA, Van Zwieten L, MacFarlane GR (2008) Effects of 4-nonylphenol and 17a ethynylestradiol exposure in the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata: Vitellogenin induction and gonadal development. Aquatic Toxicol 88, 39-47.

Ballagh DA, Pankhurst PM, Fielder DS (2008) Photoperiod and feeding interval requirements of juvenile mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus. Aquaculture 277, 52-57.

Booth MA, Tucker BJ, Allan GL & Fielder DS (in-press). Effect of feeding regime and fish size on weight gain, feed intake and gastric evacuation in juvenile snapper Pagrus auratus. Aquaculture.

Butt D, O’Connor SJ, Kuchel R, O’Connor WA, Raftos DA (2008) Effects of the muscle relaxant magnesium chloride on the Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata). Aquaculture 275, 342-346.

Doolan BJ, Allan GL, Booth MA & Jones PL (2008) Cage colour and post-harvest K+ concentration affect skin colour of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Aquaculture Research 39, 919-927.

Doolan BJ, Allan GL, Booth MA & Jones PL (2008) Effect of carotenoids and background colour on the skin pigmentation of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Aquaculture Research 39, 1423-1433.

Doolan BJ, Allan GL, Booth MA & Jones PL (2008) Effects of cage netting colour and density on the skin pigmentation and stress response of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Aquaculture Research 39, 1360-1368.

Doolan BJ, Booth MA, Allan GL & Jones P (accepted). Effects of dietary astaxanthin concentration and feeding period on the skin pigmentation of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801). Aquaculture Research.

Doolan BJ, Booth MA, Allan GL & Jones P (submitted). Changes in skin colour and cortisol response of Australian snapper Pagrus auratus (Bloch & Schneider, 1801) to different background colours. Aquaculture Research.

Dove MC & O’Connor WA (submitted). Commercial assessment of growth and mortality of fifth generation Sydney rock oysters, Saccostrea glomerata, selectively bred for faster growth. Aquaculture Research.

Fielder DS, Allan GL, and Pankhurst PM (2008) Comparison of two environmental regimes for culture of Australian snapper, Pagrus auratus, larvae in commercial-scale tanks. Journal of World Aquaculture Society, 39, 364-374.

O’Connor WA & Dove MC (submitted). The changing face of oyster culture in New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Shellfish Research.

Pirozzi I, Booth MA & Pankhurst T (2008) The effect of stocking density and repeated handling on growth of juvenile mulloway, Argyrosomus japonicus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1843). Aquaculture International.

Conference and Workshop Proceedings

Booth MA, Allan GL & Fielder DS (2008) Fortification of diets with KCl does not improve the survival of performance of Australian snapper reared in K+ deficient saline groundwater. Abstract & poster presented at the XIII International Symposium on Fish Nutrition & Feeding (ISFNF), June 1-5, 2008, Florianopolis, Brazil. (poster presentation by Booth).

Finn B, O’Connor WA & Dove MC (2008) Evaluation of the microalgal substitute ‘M-1’ as a food source for juvenile Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata spat. Proceedings of Australasian Aquaculture 3-7 August 2008, Brisbane, Australia. Poster.

Finn BM, O’Connor WA, and Dove MC (2008) Evaluation of the microalgal substitute ‘M-1’ combined with Chaetoceros muelleri, as a food source of juvenile Sydney rock oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) Spat. Australasian Aquaculture 08, 2-5 August, Brisbane.

Kimber S, van Zwieten L, Rust J, Keep J, O’Connor W & Dove M (2008) Sydney rock oyster and SPMDs analysed by DR CALUX®: Assessing bioavailability of dioxins from marine sediments. The Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 5th World Congress, 3-7 August 2008, Sydney, Australia.

O’Connor SJ, O’Connor WA, Moltschaniwskyj N (2008) Advances in hatchery production of the flat oyster Ostrea angasi (Sowerby). Australasian Aquaculture 08, 2-5 August, Brisbane.

Parker LM, Ross PM, O’Connor WA (2008) Genetic differences have the potential ameliorate the impact of climate change on the growth of the Sydney rock oyster Saccostrea glomerata (Gould 1850). Australasian Aquaculture 08, 2-5 August, Brisbane.

Parker L, Ross PM, O’Connor WA (2008) The effect of ocean acidification and temperature on the fertilisation and development of the Sydney rock oyster, Saccostrea glomerata (Gould, 1850) International Symposium on Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans, 19-23 May, Gijon, Spain

Pirozzi I, Booth MA & Allan GL (2008) Defining the dietary protein and energy needs of mulloway Argyrosomus japonicus: investigations using factorial bio-energetic approaches to nutrient requirements. Abstract & oral presentation at the XIII International Symposium on Fish Nutrition & Feeding (ISFNF), June 1-5, 2008, Florianopolis, Brazil Florianopolis. (oral presentation by Pirozzi).

Raftos DA, Adlard RD, Aladaileh S, Butt DT, Dheilly N, Nell JA, O'Connor WA, Simonian M, Nair SV (2008) New paradigms for disease resistance in aquaculture. ASP & ARC/NHMRC Research Network for Parasitology Annual Conference, 6-8 July 2008, Glenelg, SA.

Raftos DA, Butt DT, Kan A, Nell JA, O’Connor WA (2008) Expression of phenoloxidase variants predicts mortality in single pair lines of Sydney rock oysters. Australasian Aquaculture 08, 2-5 August, Brisbane.

Simonian M, Nair SV, Nell JA, O’Connor WA, Raftos DA (2008) Proteomic analysis of QX-disease resistance markers in Sydney rock oysters (Saccostrea glomerata). World Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture America, Feb 9-12, Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

Reports and articles

Allan GL, Heasman H & Bennison S (2008) Development of industrial-scale inland saline aquaculture: Coordination and communication of R&D in Australia. Final report to FRDC Project No. 2004/241. NSW Department of Primary Industries – Fisheries Final Report Series No. 100.

O’Connor WA, Dove MC, Finn B (2008) Sydney Rock Oysters: overcoming constraints to Commercial Scale Hatchery and Nursery Production. Final Report to Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Deakin, ACT, Australia. NSW Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries Research Report Series No 104, 119 pp.

O’Connor WA, Dove MC, Finn B, O’Connor SJ (2008) Manual for Hatchery Production of Sydney Rock Oysters (Saccostrea glomerata). Final Report to Fisheries Research and Development Corporation, Deakin, ACT, Australia. NSW Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries Research Report Series No 20, 55 pp.

Theses and Book Chapters

O’Connor WA (2008) Chapter 14, Environmental impacts of pearl farming. In JS Lucas and P Southgate (eds.). The Pearl Oyster. Elsevier.

Smith DM, Glencross BD, Allan GL (2008) Lupins in fish and shrimp feeds.  In: C. Webster and C. Lim (Eds.), Alternative Protein Sources for Aquafeeds.  The Haworth Press Inc., New York.