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Piers
Dunstan

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I am a Team Leader with CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere Flagship, with expertise on the identification, analysis, management and conservation of marine biodiversity and data systems to support these efforts. This work has been part of the CERF, NERP and NESP Marine Biodiversity Hubs, leading projects on prediction of biodiversity, cumulative impacts and management of biodiversity within Australias EEZ. This work includes the develop approaches to the management of marine biodiversity for the Australian Government. I am developing statistical tools to robustly quantify the effects of human activity on marine biodiversity and quantifying patterns of distributions. This involves collaboration with a broad range of scientists including ecologists, taxonomists, geologists, oceanographers, spatial modellers, fisheries scientists and statisticians.

I am leading a CSIRO team working in the Pacific and Coral Triangle to assist countries to develop the technical capacity to improve the governance and management of oceans. This includes support for information management, geospatial analysis, and development of environmental policy. This applies our experience from the Marine biodiversity Hub to support activities in other countries

I have worked extensively with the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) to provide scientific and technical expertise on Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas (EBSA). The CBD program on EBSA has described 203 areas within national jurisdiction and in areas beyond national jurisdiction.

Academic qualifications

University of Tasmania
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Marine Ecology
1996 – 2001

The University of Queensland
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Zoology/Animal Biology, Honours
1990 – 1994

http://au.linkedin.com/pub/piers-dunstan/65/888/911/

Stories

30 May 2017

Special places in the world's oceans

Projects

Project C1 - Improving our understanding of pressures on the marine environment
Project 2: Integrating threats, values and assets for management
Predict Patterns of Continental Shelf Seabed Biodiversity from Physical Surrogates
Predict Patterns of Continental Slope Biodiversity from Physical Surrogates

Publications

Marine Biodiversity Hub publications by: Dunstan, Piers

  • Designing a targeted monitoring program to support evidence-based management of Australian Marine Parks A pilot in the South-east Marine Park Network (2021)
    K.R. Hayes; P.K. Dunstan; S.N.C. Woolley; N. Barrett; S. Howe; C.R. Samson; R. Bowling; M.P. Ryan; S.D. Foster; J. Monk; D. Peel; G.R. Hosack; S.O. Francis
  • High Level Summary of Technical Report describing Guidelines for analysis of cumulative impacts and risks to the Great Barrier Reef for Environmental Standards, DAWE. (2021)
    P.K. Dunstan; J.M. Dambacher
  • High Level Summary of Technical Report describing Guidelines for analysis of cumulative impacts and risks to the Great Barrier Reef for GBRMPA (2021)
    P.K. Dunstan; J.M. Dambacher
  • Qualitative Models of Northern Seascapes (2020)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.N.C. Woolley; J.M. Dambacher
  • Guidelines for analysis of cumulative impacts and risks to the Great Barrier Reef (2020)
    P.K. Dunstan; J.M. Dambacher; K. Thornborough; N. Marshall; R.D. Stuart-Smith
  • Rethinking approaches to valuation in marine systems (2018)
    R. Gorddard; M. Dunlop; R. Wise; P.K. Dunstan
  • Options for assessing cumulative impact and risk to environmental values in Matters of National Environmental Significance and Australian Marine Parks (2018)
    P.K. Dunstan; J.M. Dambacher
  • Changes in pressures on the marine environment over three decades (2018)
    P.K. Dunstan
  • Linking capacity development to GOOS monitoring networks to achieve sustained ocean observation (2018)
    N.J. Bax; W. Appeltans; R. Brainard; E. Duffy; P.K. Dunstan; Q. Hanich; H.Harden Davies; J. Hills; P. Miloslavich; F.Edgar Muller-Karger; S. Simmons; O. Aburto-Oropeza; S.D. Batten; L. Benedetti-Cecchi; D. Checkley; S. Chiba; A. Fischer; M.Andersen Garcia; J. Gunn; E. Klein; R.M. Kudela; F. Marsac; D. Obura; Y.J. Shin; B. Sloyan; T. Tanhua; J. Wilkin
  • Global patterns of change and variation in sea surface temperature and chlorophyll a (2018)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster; E. King; J. Risbey; T.J. ’ Kane; D. Monselesan; A.J. Hobday; J.R. Hartog; P.A. Thompson
  • Reviewing the EBSA process: Improving on success (2018)
    D.E. Johnson; C.Barrio Frojan; P.J. Turner; P. Weaver; V. Gunn; D.C. Dunn; P. Halpin; N.J. Bax; P.K. Dunstan
  • Towards a value based approach to cumulative risk and impact analysis (2017)
    P.K. Dunstan
  • Deep-sea diversity patterns are shaped by energy availability (2016)
    S.N.C. Woolley; D.P. Tittensor; P.K. Dunstan; G. Guillera-Arroita; J. Lahoz-Monfort; B.A. Wintle; B. Worm; T. O'Hara
  • Using ecologically or biologically significant marine areas (EBSAs) to implement marine spatial planning (2016)
    P.K. Dunstan; N.J. Bax; J.M. Dambacher; K.R. Hayes; P. Hedge; D.C. Smith; A.D.M. Smith
  • Identifying indicators and essential variables for marine ecosystems (2015)
    K.R. Hayes; J.M. Dambacher; G.R. Hosack; N.J. Bax; P.K. Dunstan; E.A. Fulton; P.A. Thompson; J.R. Hartog; A.J. Hobday; R.W. Bradford; S.D. Foster; P. Hedge; D.C. Smith; C.J. Marshall
  • A hierarchical risk assessment framework for ecosystem based management (2015)
    P.K. Dunstan; J.M. Dambacher; N.J. Bax; T. Smith; E.A. Fulton; P. Hedge; A.J. Hobday; S.D. Foster
  • Towards a blueprint for monitoring Key Ecological Features in the Commonwealth Marine Area (2015)
    K.R. Hayes; J.M. Dambacher; P. Hedge; D. Watts; S.D. Foster; P.A. Thompson; G.R. Hosack; P.K. Dunstan; N.J. Bax
  • The cumulative effect of trawl fishing on a multispecies fish assemblage in south-eastern Australia (2015)
    S.D. Foster; P.K. Dunstan; F. Althaus; A. Williams
  • Tropical Marginal Seas: Priority Regions for Managing Marine Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function (2014)
    D. McKinnon; A. Williams; J.W. Young; D. Ceccarelli; P.K. Dunstan; R.J.W. Brewin; R.A. Watson; R. Brinkman; M. Cappo; S. Duggan; R. Kelley; K. Ridgway; D. Lindsay; D. Gledhill; T. Hutton; A.J. Richardson
  • The Convention on Biological Diversity's Ecologically or Biologically Significant Areas: Origins, development, and current status (2014)
    D.C. Dunn; J.A. Ardron; N.J. Bax; P. Bernal; J. Cleary; I.D. Cresswell; B. Donnelly; P.K. Dunstan; K.M. Gjerde; D. Johnson; K. Kaschner; B. Lascelles; J. Rice; H. von Nordheim; L. Wood; P.N. Halpin
  • Do communities exist? Complex patterns of overlapping marine species distributions (2014)
    R. Leaper; P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster; N. Barrett; G.J. Edgar
  • Twenty years of high-resolution sea surface temperature imagery around Australia: inter-annual and annual variability (2014)
    S.D. Foster; D.A. Griffin; P.K. Dunstan
  • Model-Based Thinking for Community Ecology (2014)
    D.I. Warton; S.D. Foster; G. De'ath; J. Stoklosa; P.K. Dunstan
  • Finite mixture of regression modeling for high-dimensional count and biomass data in ecology (2013)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster; F.K.C. Hui; D.I. Warton
  • Systematic conservation planning: A better recipe for managing the high seas for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use (2013)
    N.C. Ban; N.J. Bax; K.M. Gjerde; R. Devillers; D.C. Dunn; P.K. Dunstan; A.J. Hobday; S.M. Maxwell; D.M. Kaplan; R.L. Pressey; J.A. Ardron; E.T. Game; P.N. Halpin
  • Fathom out: biogeographical subdivision across the Western Australian continental margin – a multispecies modelling approach (2013)
    S.N.C. Woolley; A.W. McCallum; R. Wilson; T. O'Hara; P.K. Dunstan
  • Modelling biological regions from multi-species and environmental data (2013)
    S.D. Foster; G.H. Givens; G.J. Dornan; P.K. Dunstan; R. Darnell
  • The Coral Sea: Physical Environment, Ecosystem Status and Biodiversity Assets (2013)
    D. Ceccarelli; D. McKinnon; S. Andréfouët; V. Allain; J.W. Young; D.C. Gledhill; A. Flynn; N.J. Bax; R.J. Beaman; P. Borsa; R. Brinkman; R.H. Bustamante; R. Campbell; M. Cappo; S. Cravatte; S. D’Agata; C.M. Dichmont; P.K. Dunstan; C. Dupouy; G.J. Edgar; R. Farman; M. Furnas; C. Garrigue; T. Hutton; M. Kulbicki; Y. Letourneur; D. Lindsay; C. Menkes; D. Mouillot; V. Parravicini; C. Payri; B. Pelletier; B.Richer de Forges; K. Ridgway; M. Rodier; S. Samadi; D. Schoeman; T. Skewes; S. Swearer; L. Vigliola; L. Wantiez; A. Williams; A. Williams; A.J. Richardson
  • Better integration of sectoral planning and management approaches for the interlinked ecology of the open oceans (2013)
    N.C. Ban; S.M. Maxwell; D.C. Dunn; A.J. Hobday; N.J. Bax; J.A. Ardron; K.M. Gjerde; E.T. Game; R. Devillers; D.M. Kaplan; P.K. Dunstan; P.N. Halpin; R.L. Pressey
  • To mix or not to mix: comparing the predictive performance of mixture models vs. separate species distribution models (2013)
    F.K.C. Hui; D.I. Warton; S.D. Foster; P.K. Dunstan
  • Comparing large-scale bioregions and fine-scale community-level biodiversity predictions from subtidal rocky reefs across south-eastern Australia (2012)
    R. Leaper; P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster; N. Barrett
  • Characterising and predicting benthic biodiversity for conservation planning in deepwater environments (2012)
    P.K. Dunstan; F. Althaus; A. Williams; N.J. Bax; S.J. Bograd
  • Identifying hotspots for biodiversity management using rank abundance distributions (2012)
    P.K. Dunstan; N.J. Bax; S.D. Foster; A. Williams; F. Althaus
  • RAD biodiversity: prediction of rank abundance distributions from deep water benthic assemblages (2011)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster
  • Model based grouping of species across environmental gradients (2011)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster; R. Darnell
  • Predicted patterns of seabed biodiversity in the North Marine Region (NMR) - Product Description (2010)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster
  • Predicted patterns of seabed biodiversity in the North-West Marine Region (NWMR) - Product Description (2010)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster
  • Predicted patterns of seabed biodiversity in the East Marine Region (EMR) - Product Description (2010)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster
  • Scales of habitat heterogeneity and megabenthos biodiversity on an extensive Australian continental margin (100-1,000m depths) (2010)
    A. Williams; F. Althaus; P.K. Dunstan; G.C.B. Poore; N.J. Bax; R.J. Kloser; F. McEnnulty
  • Predicted patterns of seabed biodiversity in the South-East Marine Region (SEMR) - Product Description (2010)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster
  • Predicted patterns of seabed biodiversity in the South-West Marine Region (SWMR) - Product Description (2009)
    P.K. Dunstan; S.D. Foster
  • Biodiversity analysis using rank abundance distributions (2009)
    S.D. Foster; P.K. Dunstan
  • Statistical analysis of video transects for areal prediction from expansive data (2009)
    P.K. Dunstan
  • RAD biodiversity: modelling many species counts together (2009)
    S.D. Foster; P.K. Dunstan
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