Meaghan Duncan
Meaghan is a Freshwater Fish Ecologist with a background in molecular ecology and freshwater fish ecology.
Since joining NSW DPI in 2007, Meaghan has led a broad range of projects including assessment of fish community condition, fish passage, fish response to environmental watering, conservation genetics, environmental DNA ageing and otolith microchemistry. She is currently leading the implementation of environmental DNA technology into NSW DPI Fisheries’ research portfolio that will allow researchers to monitor populations of threatened species using water samples as a source of DNA. She is also Project Manager of the FishGen Program, a collaborative project across five states/territories that is using genetic parentage testing to identify stocked fish in wild populations.
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DisplayingEstimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques
Estimating the biomass of fish stocks using novel and efficient genetic techniques
Barmah-Millewa Forest fish condition monitoring
Barmah-Millewa Forest fish condition monitoring
Koondrook-Perricoota Forest condition and event monitoring
Koondrook-Perricoota Forest condition and event monitoring
Identifying threatened species in the Edward-Wakool system using eDNA
Identifying threatened species in the Edward-Wakool system using eDNA
Fisheries Genetic Resource Program (FishGen)
Fisheries Genetic Resource Program (FishGen)
Recent Publications
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“Some like it hot: Drought-induced forest die-off influences reptile assemblages.”
Acta Oecologica
“Quantifying waterfowl numbers: comparison of drone and ground-based survey methods for surveying waterfowl on artificial waterbodies”
Drones 5: 5.
“Diet of the introduced red fox Vulpes vulpes in Australia: analysis of temporal and spatial patterns”
Mammal Review
“Global meta-analysis of tree decline impacts on fauna.”
Biological Reviews
“Fighting like cats and dogs? Dingoes do not constrain spatial and temporal movements of feral cats.”
Food Webs: e00173.
"Tell-tale testicles: observations of morphological abnormalities in small, spatially restricted mainland quokka (Setonix brachyurus) populations."
Australian Mammalogy 41(1): 150-154.
"Pits or pictures: a comparative study of camera traps and pitfall trapping to survey small mammals and reptiles."
Wildlife Research 46(2):104-113.
Contact
Email: meaghan.duncan@dpi.nsw.gov.au
Research branch: Fisheries Conservation and Aquaculture, Fisheries and Aquatic Ecosystems, Fisheries and Ecosystems Research
Location: Naranderra