Mr Iain Field

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Iain Field
BSc (Hons), Grad Dip (Hons), PhD

Research Interests

Iain has a background in oceanography and ecology and has combined the two interests in marine ecology. In recent years, Iain’s research has focused on marine vertebrates, specifically seal, seabird and shark species. Iain's work has covered life history, population dynamics, movement and foraging behaviour of marine vertebrates, linking these to natural and anthropogenic environmental variation (e.g. climate change and fishing pressure.)

After completing his PhD in August 2005, Iain has been working for the School for Environmental Research and the Antarctic Wildlife Research Unit at the University of Tasmania.

Current Projects

• Estimating fishing-related mortality and designing sustainable management protocols for shark fisheries in Northern Australia
• Foraging ecology and behaviour of southern elephant seals from Macquarie Island and Weddell seals in the Ross Sea (in collaboration with the University of Tasmania)
• Winter foraging ecology of Weddell seals in relation to sea-ice variability (in collaboration with the University of Tasmania)

Profile and publications [pdf format]