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Hosack, Geoff

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Geoff
Hosack

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CSIRO

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My research interests within the Marine Biodiversity Hub focus on statistical design and analysis for environmental data.

Background

October 2009—present: Research Scientist, CSIRO, Ecological and Environmental Risk Assessment, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia

October 2008—September 2009: Postdoctoral Researcher, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory, Department of Evolution, Ecology and Organismal Biology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

Academic qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy in Fisheries Science from Oregon State University in 2008

Master of Science in Aquatic and Fishery Sciences from University of Washington in 2003

Bachelor of Science in Zoology from University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2000

Stories

7 February 2020

Request a free poster

5 June 2019

Our standards are spreading: from sampling the eels and sponges of St Lucia, to sorting Sydney's cryptic crabs

29 April 2019

Making the first national seafloor habitat map

30 April 2018

Marine sampling field manuals to support biodiversity monitoring at a national scale

12 February 2016

Most vulnerable tropical reef fish identified in new study

11 November 2015

Citizen scientists change understanding of how global warming affects marine biodiversity

27 October 2015

Precision scoring for deep reef imagery

11 March 2015

AUV provides imagery to assess southern marine reserve

18 February 2014

"To save fish and birds" The New York Times

2 October 2013

New hotspots of marine fish diversity revealed in Nature

1 March 2013

New collaborative and automated tools for analysis of marine imagery and video
  • CATAMI

4 April 2012

Hub researchers to convene 4 AMSA symposia

Projects

Project D2 - Standard operating procedures for survey design, condition assessment and trend detection
Project 1: Collation and analysis of existing data sets
Project 3: Blueprint for monitoring marine ecosystems of the EEZ

Publications

Marine Biodiversity Hub publications by: Hosack, Geoff

  • A global assessment of the direct and indirect benefits of marine protected areas for coral reef conservation (2019)
    E.M.A. Strain; G.J. Edgar; D. Ceccarelli; R.D. Stuart-Smith; G.R. Hosack; R.J. Thomson
  • Designing Monitoring Programs for Marine Protected Areas Within an Evidence Based Decision Making Paradigm (2019)
    K.R. Hayes; G.R. Hosack; E. Lawrence; P. Hedge; N. Barrett; R. Przeslawski; M.J. Caley; S.D. Foster
  • Field manuals for marine sampling to monitor Australian waters (2018)
    R. Przeslawski; S.D. Foster; V.L. Lucieer; J. Monk; P.J. Bouchet; T.J. Langlois; A. Carroll; J. Williams; N. Barrett; F. Althaus; R.J. Beaman; P. Berents; T. Bridge; M.R. Clark; J. Colquhoun; L.M. Currey Randall; G.J. Edgar; M. Fellows; C. Frid; A. Friedman; D.C. Gledhill; J.S. Goetze; D. Harasti; K.R. Hayes; N.A. Hill; G.R. Hosack; C. Huveneers; D. Ierodiaconou; T. Ingleton; A. Jordan; G.A. Kendrick; D.M. Kennedy; E. Lawrence; T.B. Letessier; M. Linklater; M. Lowry; H.A. Malcolm; J.J. Meeuwig; S.L. Nichol; T. O'Hara; K. Picard; A. Post; M.J. Rees; J. Santana-Garcon; M. Scott; J.P.W. Siwabessy; J. Smith; M. Stowar; M. Taylor; C. Thompson; M. Tran; A. Tyndall; V. Laurent; S. Whitmarsh
  • Spatial properties of sessile benthic organisms and the design of repeat visual survey transects (2018)
    N.R. Perkins; G.R. Hosack; S.D. Foster; N.A. Hill; N. Barrett
  • Spatially balanced designs that incorporate legacy sites (2017)
    S.D. Foster; G.R. Hosack; E. Lawrence; R. Przeslawski; P. Hedge; M.Julian Caley; N. Barrett; A. Williams; J. Li; T.P. Lynch; J.M. Dambacher; H. Sweatman; K.R. Hayes
  • Analysis of approaches for monitoring biodiversity in Commonwealth waters: Field work report (2016)
    F. Althaus; N. Barrett; J.M. Dambacher; P. Davies; R. Ferrari; J.H. Ford; K.R. Hayes; N.A. Hill; G.R. Hosack; R. Hovey; Z. Huang; J. Hulls; T. Ingleton; A. Jordan; G.A. Kendrick; J.T. Kool; E. Lawrence; R. Leeming; V.L. Lucieer; H.A. Malcolm; L. Meyer; J. Monk; S.L. Nichol; D. Peel; N.R. Perkins; J.P.W. Siwabessy; M. Sherlock; T. Martin; M. Tran; A. Walsh; A. Williams
  • Seafloor biota, rock lobster and demersal fishes assemblages of the Tasman Fracture Commonwealth Marine Reserve Region: determining the influence of the shelf sanctuary zone on population demographics (2016)
    J. Monk; N. Barrett; J. Hulls; L. James; G.R. Hosack; E.S. Oh; T. Martin; S. Edwards; A. Nau; B. Heaney; S.D. Foster
  • Spatiotemporal modelling of crown‐of‐thorns starfish outbreaks on the Great Barrier Reef to inform control strategies (2016)
    J. Vanhatalo; G.R. Hosack; H. Sweatman
  • 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
  • Assessing habitat use by snapper (Chrysophrys auratus) from baited underwater video data in a coastal marine park (2015)
    M.A. Terres; E. Lawrence; G.R. Hosack; M.D.E. Haywood; R. Babcock
  • 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
  • Choosing between strategies for designing surveys: autonomous underwater vehicles (2014)
    S.D. Foster; G.R. Hosack; N.A. Hill; N. Barrett; V.L. Lucieer
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