Griffith University

BSc, MSc, PhD

Associate Professor Integrated Modelling for Natural Resource Management

Contact details for A/Prof Francis Pantus

Research expertise

• Integrated natural resource modelling
• Management Strategy Evaluation
• Spatial modelling
• Sensitivity analysis of complex models
  

Publications

Published journal papers

• Hermoso, V., Pantus, F., Olley, J., Linke, S., Lea, P. and Mugodo, J. (2012). Systematic planning for river rehabilitation: integrating multiple ecological and economic objectives in complex decisions. Freshwater Biology, 57, 1-9.
• Pantus F.J., Barton, C.L., Bradford, L. and Stroet, M., (2011). Integrated Science Support for Managing Australia’s Tropical Rivers: A Case Study in the Daly River Catchment, TRaCK, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT. 148 pp. ISBN: 978-1-921576-42-3.
• Pantus, F, Hermoso Lopez, V, Lea, P, Linke, S, Mugodo, J and Olley, J (2011).  Catchment Rehabilitation Planner.  Phase 2 Report, eWater CRC, Australia. 78 pp.
• Saxton, N, Olley, J, Pantus, F, Smith, S, Laceby, P, Ellison, T, Rose, C, O’Halloran, J and Layden, I (2011). Phase 3 Report: Healthy Country Project: Monitoring and Evaluation of Biophysical Parameters.
• Gary G. Caitcheon, Jon M. Olley, Francis Pantus, Gary Hancock, and Christopher Leslie (2011). The dominant erosion processes supplying fine sediment to three major rivers in tropical Australia, the Daly (NT), Mitchell (Qld) and Flinders (Qld) Rivers.  Geomorphology, 151-152, 188-195
  
• Olley, J,  Ward, D,  Pietsch, T,  McMahon, J, Laceby, P, Saxton, N, Rickard, B, Rose, C and Pantus, F (2009). Rehabilitation priorities Knapp Creek – Final Report. eWater Cooperative Research Centre, Australia.
• Fertig, B, T. J. B. Carruthers, W. C. Dennison, A. B. Jones, F. Pantus, B. Longstaff (2009).  Identifying spatial and temporal patterns of anthropogenic nitrogen with stable isotopes in two biological indicators: a case study in Maryland’s Coastal Bays.  Estuaries and Coasts. 32(4): 773-786.
  
• Pantus, Francis J.; Nick Ellis; Hugh P. Possingham, and William Venables (2008). Sensitivity Analysis of Spatially Aggregated Responses: A Gradient-Based Method. International Journal of Geographical Information Science, 22(5):575-599.
• Ellis, N, Pantus, F, Welna, A and Butler, A. (2008) Evaluating ecosystem-based management options: effects of trawling in Torres Strait, Australia . Continental Shelf Research, 28(16), 2324-2338.
• B.D. Mapstone, L.R. Little, A.E. Punt, C.R. Davies, A.D.M. Smith, F. Pantus, A.D. McDonald. A. Williams and A. Jones (2008). Balancing conservation and fishery objectives across multiple institutions and diverse stakeholders: Management Strategy Evaluations for line fishing in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park and World Heritage Area. Fisheries Research, 94(3), 315-329.
• L.R. Little, A.E. Punt, B.D. Mapstone, F. Pantus, A.D.M. Smith, C.R. Davies, A.D. McDonald (2007). ELFSim—A model for evaluating management options for spatially structured reef fish populations: An illustration of the “larval subsidy” effect. Ecological modelling, 205(3-4), 381-396.
• Pantus, Francis J., William C. Dennison, (2005). Quantifying and Evaluating Ecosystem Health: A Case Study from Moreton Bay, Australia. Environmental Management, 36: 757-771.
• L. R. Little, A. D. M. Smith, A. D. Mcdonald, A. E. Punt, B. D. Mapstone, F. Pantus, C. R. Davies (2005). ELFSIM, A Decision Support Tool for Coral Trout, Plectropomus leopardus, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Fisheries Management and Ecology 12 (3), 177–188
• Little, L. R. Smith, McDonald, Punt, Mapstone, Pantus and Davies (2005). Effects of size, fragmentation, and fishermen infringement of marine reserves on the catch and biomass of coral trout, Plectropomus leopardus, on the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Fisheries Management and Ecology, 12, 1-12.
• Little, L. R., Kuikka, S, Punt, A. E., Pantus, F, Davies, C. R. and Mapstone, B. D. (2004). Information flow among fishing vessels modelled using a Bayesian network. Environmental Modelling and Software 19, Issue 1, 27-34
• McLeod, I, Pantus, F., Preston, N. (2002). The use of a geographical information system for land-based aquaculture planning. Aquaculture Research, 2002. 33, 241-250
• Brodie J.E., Furnas M.J., Steven A.D., Trott L.A., Wright M.M., Pantus F., (1997). Monitoring Chlorophyll in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon: Trends and Variability. 8th International Coral Reef Symposium, Panama 1, pp 797-802.
• ten Hove, H. A. and Pantus, F. J. A. (1985). Distinguishing the genera Apomatus Philippi, 1844 and Protula Risso, 1826 (Polychaeta: Serpulidae). A further plea for a methodical approach to serpulid taxonomy. Zoologische Mededelingen (Leiden), 59, 419–437.

Papers currently under review

• Pantus, Francis J., Hugh P. Possingham, Nick Ellis, William Venables, (2008). Adaptive factor screening: A new method for sensitivity analysis of complex ecosystem models. Status: accepted by CSIRO internal review. To be submitted to Ecological Modelling.
• Pantus, Francis J., Nick Ellis, Hugh P. Possingham, William Venables, (2008). Responsiveness Analysis for complex ecosystem models. Status: under CSIRO internal review.
• Pantus, Francis J., Nick Ellis, Hugh P. Possingham, William Venables, (2008). Sensitivity Analysis of External Forcing. Status: under CSIRO internal review.

Theses

• Pantus, Francis J. (2007). Sensitivity analysis for complex ecosystem models. School of Physical Sciences, Department of Mathematics, University of Queensland. PhD thesis.
• Pantus, F. (1980). Data processing in the Central Auditive Nucleus. Masters Research Project, School of Biology, State University Utrecht, the Netherlands. Part of MSc thesis.
• Pantus, F. (1982). Basic Biological Data Processing Masters Research Project. , School of Biology, State University Utrecht, the Netherlands. Part of MSc thesis.
• Pantus, F. (1981). Statistical Research in a Taxonomic Complex Masters Research Project. , School of Biology, State University Utrecht, the Netherlands. Part of MSc thesis.

Reports

• Pantus Fancis J., Abal E, Pearson L, Steven A, (2008). Healthy Waterways Management Strategy Evaluation: science support for catchment-to-coast water quality management. CSIRO: Wealth from Oceans and Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagships. CSIRO Publishing, Cleveland, Australia. 81 pp. ISBN: 978-1-921424-68-7.
• Pantus F, Ellis N, Browne M., Okey T, Robinson M, Rochester W, and Welna A (2007).
• Torres Strait Management Scenario Evaluation: Effects of Trawling. Report on CRC Torres Strait task T3.3. CSIRO, Cleveland, Australia. ISBN: 978-1-921232-78-7
• Brichet, Marion, Pantus, Francis (2007). The role of riparian vegetation in supporting ecosystem services in the Logan Albert catchment. . CSIRO internal report, Cleveland, Australia.
• Pantus, Francis J., Ellis N, Welna A, Rochester W, (2006). Torres Strait Management Strategy Evaluation: software architecture and implementation. Report on CRC Torres Strait task. ISBN 1 921061 31
• Adrian Jones, William Dennison and Francis Pantus. Assessment of Sewage and Septic derived N in the Choptank and Patuxent Rivers. Report of the Maryland Coastal Zone Management Program, Department of Natural Resources pursuant to NOAA Award No. NA17OZ1124, December 2003.
• Mapstone, B.D., Davies, C.R., Little, L.R., Punt, A.E., Smith, A.D.M., Pantus, F., Lou, D.C., Williams, A.J., Jones, A., Ayling, A.M., Russ, G.R., and McDonald, A.D. (2004). The effects of line fishing on the Great Barrier Reef and evaluations of alternative potential management strategies. CRC Reef Research Centre Technical Report No 52. CRC Reef Research Centre, Townsville, Australia. 205 pp.
• Pantus, Francis J., Ecosystem Health Indices 2003-2004, South-East Queensland estuaries and bays. Report for the Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership, October 2003, ISBN 1 876 996 83 X.
• Pantus, F., Ecosystem Health Indices 2002-2003, South-East Queensland estuaries and bays. Report for the Moreton Bay Waterways and Catchments Partnership, October 2003, ISBN 1 876 996 57 9.
• 1 Andrew J. Tyre, Ian Mcleod, Francis Pantus, Nigel P. Preston, Donna Brennan (2002). Optimising prawn farm locations for environmental and economic benefits. CSIRO report, Cleveland, Queensland, Australia.
• Jones, A.B., Dennison, W.C. and Pantus, F. (2003). Assessment of sewage and septic derived nitrogen in the Choptank and Patuxent Rivers. Maryland Coastal Bays Program report, UMCES, University of Maryland, USA.
• Jones, A.B., Carruthers, T.J., Pantus, F., Thomas, J., Saxby, T.A., and W. Dennison (2004). A water quality assessment of the Maryland Coastal Bays including nitrogen source identification using stable isotopes. Maryland Coastal Bays Program report, UMCES, University of Maryland, USA.
• Roland Pitcher, Bill Venables, Francis Pantus, Nick Ellis, Ian McLeod, Malcolm Austin, Neil Gribble, Peter Doherty (2002) Great Barrier Reef Seabed Diversity Mapping Project: Phase 1. Report to CRC-Reef, Townsville, Australia.
• Ellis, N., Francis Pantus, 2001. Management Strategy Modelling: Tools to evaluate trawl management strategies with respect to impacts on benthic biota within the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park area. CSIRO Marine Research, Cleveland, Australia. ISBN 0 643 06241 6
• Jones, A.B., Grice, A., Pantus, F., Thomas, M., Moss, A., Wruck, D., O'Donohue, M.J. and Dennison, W.C. (2001). Monitoring ecosystem health in marine systems: an Australian case study. Report to UMCES, University of Maryland, USA.
• L. R. Little, S. Kuikka, A. E. Punt, F. Pantus, C. R. Davies and B. D. Mapstone (2001). A fleet dynamics model with information flow modelled using a Bayesian Network. Proceedings of MODSIM 2001: International Modelling Congress on Modelling and Simulation 2: 787-793, Canberra, Australia 10-13 December.
• L. R. Little, S. Kuikka, A. E. Punt, F. Pantus, C. R. Davies and B. D. Mapstone A fleet dynamics model with information flow modelled using a Bayesian Network. Proceedings of the ICES 2001Annual Science Conference CM 2001/N:10, Oslo, Norway, 26-29 September 2001.
• Grice, A., Holland, I., Jones, A.B., Moss, A., Pantus, F., Wruck, D., Toscas, P., Taranto, T., Udy, N. and Dennison, W.C. (2000) Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program Annual Technical Report: Supporting Data for the Moreton Bay and River Estuaries 2000 Report Card. Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program. Brisbane. Submitted to South East Queensland Regional Water Quality Management Strategy.
• Grice, A., Jones, A.B., Holland, I., Bell, S., Pantus, F., Moss, A., Wruck, D. and Dennison, W.C. (2000) Contingency Monitoring Program for Upgrade of Luggage Point Sewage Treatment Plant. Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program. Brisbane. Submitted to EPA Licencing 30th March 2000.
• Marsh, Corkerton, Preen and Pantus (1998). Aerial survey of the marine wildlife in Gulf of Carpentaria waters adjacent to Queensland. Report to the Department of Environment and Heritage.
• Pantus, F. (1997). Discussion Paper on Methods and Techniques for use in Representative Areas selection. GBRMPA internal report.
• Pantus, F. (1997). Dugong Protected Areas: Impact on Net fisheries in the Marine Park. GBRMPA internal Report.
• A. Steven, F. Pantus, L.Trott, (1996). GBRMPA Water Quality Program. Report 1993-1995. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville.
• Pantus, F. (1995). Assessment of the Potential of Marine Wilderness Concepts, GBRMPA/ AHC report. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville.
• Pantus, F. (1995) Spatial Analysis System Description, National Wilderness Inventory. GBRMPA/ AHC report. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority, Townsville.
• Pantus, F. (1995) Inshore ENCORE Nutrient Dispensing Unit. JCU Progress report, James Cook University, Townsville