Robert Harcourt

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Robert Harcourt

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Emeritus Professor of Marine Ecology at Macquarie University
Professor Rob Harcourt lectures in Marine Science and is an expert in marine biology, specialising in marine conservation, marine ecosystems, animal behaviour and ecology. He leads the Marine Predator Research Group and Australia’s Integrated Marine Observing System Animal Tracking Facility. He has authored/edited  3 books and over 320 scientific publications. He studies how marine animals respond to human impacts, such as alteration of oceanographic processes due to climate change, marine habitat degradation, shipping and fisheries interactions. His research has made valuable contributions to conservation of large marine vertebrates including sharks, seals, and whales through drafting species recovery plans for the Federal Government and providing expert comments to state and federal government, NGOs and the United Nations Environment Program. He is an Expert Witness, Chairs International Committees, sits on Ecological Risk Assessment Technical panels and has authored multiple public submissions.

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  • An enduring, 20-year, multidisciplinary seal-borne ocean sensor research collaboration in the Southern Ocean

    McMahon, C. R., Roquet, F., Guinet, C., Hindell, M. A., Harcourt, R., Charrassin, J. B., Labrousse, S., Jonsen, I., Picard, B., Bestley, S., Doriot, V. & Fedak, M., 29 May 2025, In: Elementa. 13, 1, p. 1-23 23 p., 00071.

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  • Balancing ethics and conservation: assessing short-term behavioral impacts of biopsy sampling in a recovering whale population

    Riekkola, L., Childerhouse, S., Constantine, R., Cole, R., Harcourt, R., Heimeier, D., Lundquist, D., Meyer, C., Ogle, M., Steel, D., Stuck, E., van der Reis, A. & Carroll, E. L., Jul 2025, In: Conservation Science and Practice. 7, 7, p. 1-15 15 p., e70077.

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  • Elephant seals as sentinels of the ongoing changes affecting the Southern Ocean: disentangling environmental and maternal effects on pup size and body condition

    Séon, N., Robert, V., McMahon, C. R., Harcourt, R. G., Hindell, M., Scheubel, A., Guillou, G., Bustamante, P., Picard, B. & Guinet, C., 1 Oct 2025, In: Science of the Total Environment. 997, p. 1-14 14 p., 180125.

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  • Global tracking of marine megafauna space use reveals how to achieve conservation targets

    Sequeira, A. M. M., Rodríguez, J. P., Marley, S. A., Calich, H. J., van der Mheen, M., VanCompernolle, M., Arrowsmith, L. M., Peel, L. R., Queiroz, N., Vedor, M., da Costa, I., Mucientes, G., Couto, A., Humphries, N. E., Abalo-Morla, S., Abascal, F. J., Abercrombie, D. L., Abrantes, K., Abreu-Grobois, F. A. & Afonso, A. S. & 357 others, Afonso, P., Ahonen, H., Åkesson, S., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Andrews, R. D., Angelier, F., Antonopoulou, M., Arata, J. A., Araujo, G., Arauz, R., Arcos, J. M., Arregui, I., Arrizabalaga, H., Auger-Méthé, M., Bach, S., Bailleul, F., Baird, R. W., Balazs, G. H., Barco, S. G., Barnett, A., Baverstock, W., Baylis, A. M. M., Beard, A., Bécares, J., Belda, E. J., Bell, I., Bennison, A., Benson, S. R., Bernal, D., Berumen, M. L., Bessudo, S., Bezerra, N. P. A., Blaison, A. V., Blanco, G. S., Block, B. A., Bolton, M., Bond, M. E., Bonfil, R., Braun, C. D., Broderick, A. C., Brooke, M. D. L., Brooks, A. M. L., Brooks, E. J., Bruno, I. M., Burns, J. M., Byrne, M. E., Campana, S. E., Campbell, H. A., Campbell, R. A., Carlisle, A., Carmichael, R. H., Carroll, G., Casale, P., Ceia, F. R., Chapman, D. D., Chapple, T. K., Charrassin, J. B., Chiaradia, A., Chisholm, J., Clarke, C. R., Clay, T. A., Cleguer, C., Clingham, E., Clua, E. E. G., Cochran, J. E. M., Constantine, R., Cooper, R. W., Crochelet, E., Cronin, M., Cuevas, E., DaCosta, K. P., Dagorn, L., Daly, R., Davis, R. W., de Bruyn, P. J. N., Delgado-Trejo, C., Dellinger, T., Derville, S., Diamant, S., DiMatteo, A., Dodge, K. L., Doherty, P. D., Double, M. C., Dove, A. D. M., Doyle, T. K., Drew, M. J., Dubbs, L. L., Duffy, C. A. J., Dutton, P. H., Edwards, E. W. J., Einoder, L. D., Erdmann, M. V., Espinoza, E., Esteban, N., Fagundes, A. I., Feare, C., Ferguson, S. H., Ferreira, L. C., Ferretti, F., Filmalter, J., Finucci, B., Fischer, G. C., Fitzpatrick, R. J., Fontes, J., Formia, A., Fossette, S., Francis, M. P., Friedlaender, A. S., Furtado, M., Gallagher, A. J., Garrigue, C., Gennari, E., Gilchrist, H. G., Godley, B. J., Goldsworthy, S. D., Gollock, M., Carman, V. G., Grecian, W. J., Green, J. R., Guinet, C., Gustafson, J., Guttridge, T. L., Guzman, H. M., Hamer, D., Hamer, K. C., Hammerschlag, N., Hammill, M. O., Harman, L., Harrison, E., Hart, C. E., Harris, A. E., Hastie, G., Hazin, F. H. V., Heard, M., Hearn, A. R., Heide-Jørgensen, M. P., Henry, L., Henry, R. W., Hernandez, V. G., Herrera, A. E., Hindell, M. A., Holdsworth, J. C., Holmes, B. J., Howey, L. A., Padilla, E. M. H., Huckstadt, L. A., Hueter, R. E., Lara, P. H., Hussey, N. E., Huveneers, C., Hyland, K., Irion, D. T., Jacoby, D. M. P., Jaeger, A., Jaidah, M. Y., Jessopp, M., Jewell, O. J. D., Johnson, R., Jones, C. G., Jonsen, I. D., Jordan, L. K. B., Jorgensen, S. J., Kato, A., Ketchum, J. T., Kitaysky, A. S., Klimley, A. P., Kock, A. A., Koen, P., Archila, F. L., Lana, F. O., Lane, J. V., Le Corre, M., Lea, M. A., Lea, J., Leat, E. H. K., Lee, O. A., Levenson, J. J., Ley-Quiñonez, C. P., Llewellyn, F., Lockhart, G., Lopez, G. G., Lopez Mendilaharsu, M., Lowther, A. D., Luschi, P., Lutcavage, M. E., Lyon, W. S., Macena, B. C. L., Mackay, A. I., Madden, C. A., Mallory, M. L., Mangel, J. C., Manning, M., Mansfield, K. L., March, D., Marco, A., Marcoux, M., Acuña-Marrero, D., Marsh, H., Marshall, H., Mate, B., McAllister, J. D., McGuire, R. L., McKenzie, J., McLeay, L., McMahon, C. R., Modest, M., Morris, J., Muelbert, M. M. C., Namboothri, N., Nichols, W. J., Nicoll, M. A. C., Norman, B. M., Norris, K., Olsen, E., Oppel, S., Orlowski, S., Pagano, A. M., Page, B., Paiva, V. H., Palacios, D. M., Papastamatiou, Y. P., Parker, D. M., Pattiaratchi, C. B., Peckham, H., Peñaherrera-Palma, C. R., Pepperell, J. G., Phillips, R. A., Pierce, S. J., Pikesley, S. K., Pilcher, N. J., Pinet, P., Pinkerton, M., Pirotta, E., Plot, V., Powell, A. N., Powers, K. D., Prebble, C. E. M., Preston, T. J., Prieto, R., Prosdocimi, L., Quinn, J. L., Quintero, L. M., Raclot, T., Ramírez, I., Ramírez-Macías, D., Ramos, J. A., Read, A. J., Ream, R., Rees, A. F., Reina, R. D., Reisinger, R. R., Revuelta, O., Reynolds, S. D., Richardson, A. J., Riekkola, L., Riet-Sapriza, F. G., Robinson, D. P., Robinson, P. W., Rocha, C. F. D., Rogers, T. L., Rohner, C. A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Ross, M., Rowat, D. R. L., Ruhomaun, K., Sagar, P. M., Samoilys, M. A., Sanchez, S., Sandoval-Lugo, A. G., dos Santos, E. A. P., Santos, A. M., Scales, K. L., Schofield, G., Semmens, J. M., Setyawan, E., Shaffer, S. A., Shanker, K., Sheaves, M., Shillinger, G. L., Shivji, M. S., Sianipar, A., Silk, J. R. D., Silva, M. A., Sim, J., Simpson, S. J., Skomal, G., Slip, D. J., Smale, M. J., Soler, G., Soria, M., Sousa, L. L., Southall, E. J., Stahl, J.-C., Stehfest, K. M., Sterling, J. T., Stevens, J. D., Stevens, G. M. W., Stewart, J. D., Swaminathan, A., Takahashi, A., Tatayah, V. R. V., Thiebot, J. B., Thompson, P. M., Thorrold, S. R., Thums, M., Tomás, J., Torres, L. G., Towner, A., Trathan, P. N., Tyminski, J. P., van Buiten, R. S., Van Dam, R. P., Vandeperre, F., Varo-Cruz, N., Vaudo, J. J., Vely, M., Villegas-Amtmann, S., Vincent, C., Waayers, D., Wanless, S., Watanabe, Y. Y., Watt, C. A., Weber, S. B., Weber, N., Weise, M. J., Welch, L., Wells, R. S., Werry, J. M., Wetherbee, B. M., White, T. D., Whiting, S. D., Whiting, A. U., Wiebkin, A., Wienecke, B., Wildermann, N. E., Wiley, D. N., Will, A., Williams, S., Windstein, M., Wischnewski, S., Witt, M. J., Womersley, F. C., Wood, A. G., Wright, L. J., Xavier, J. C., Yamamoto, T., Yurkowski, D. J., Zárate, P. M., Zavala-Norzagaray, A., Zerbini, A. N., Costa, D. P., Harcourt, R., Meekan, M. G., Hays, G. C., Sims, D. W., Duarte, C. M. & Eguíluz, V. M., 5 Jun 2025, In: Science. 388, 6751, p. 1086-1097 12 p.

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  • Large-scale differences, mesoscale similarities: neighbouring marine predator populations provide insights into Southern Ocean productivity

    Riekkola, L., Sprogis, K. R., Della Penna, A., Andrews-Goff, V., Harcourt, R., Cole, R., Constantine, R., Goetz, K. T., Lundquist, D., Stuck, E., Zerbini, A. N. & Carroll, E. L., Oct 2025, In: Global Ecology and Conservation. 62, p. 1-15 15 p., e03788.

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