Griffith University

Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research) and Provost Gold Coast

Contact details for Professor Ned Pankhurst

Research expertise

• Reproductive physiology and endocrinology of coral reef fishes.
• Broodstock management and induced spawning of fishes in aquaculture.
• Development of new marine species for aquaculture.
• Climate change and farmed fish management.
• Reproductive physiology of sharks

Selected Publications

• Full publication list (PDF 72K)
• Pankhurst, N.W., King, H.R., Anderson, K., Elizur, A., Pankhurst, P.M., and Ruff N. Thermal impairment of reproduction is differentially expressed in maiden and repeat spawning Atlantic salmon. Aquaculture in press. (2011).
  
• Pankhurst, N.W., and Munday, P.L. Effects of climate change on fish reproduction and early life history stages. Mar. Freshwat. Res. In press. (2011).
• Pankhurst, N.W. Stress in fish: An environmental perspective. Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 170, 265-275. (2011).
• Pankhurst, N.W. and King, H.R. Temperature and salmonid reproduction: Implications for aquaculture. J Fish Biol. 76, 69-85. (2010).
• Donelson, J. M., Munday, P. L., McCormick, M. I., Pankhurst, N. W. and Pankhurst, P. M. Effects of elevated water temperature and food availability on the reproductive performance of a coral reef fish. Mar Ecol. Prog. Ser. 401, 233-243.  (2010).
• Bani, A., Molschaniwskyj, N. and Pankhurst, N.  Reproductive strategy and spawning activity of sand flathead, Platycephalus bassensis (Platycephalidae). CYBIUM International Journal of Ichthyology  33, 151-162. (2009).
• Pankhurst, N.W., Ludke, S.L., King, H.R., and Peter, R.E. The relationship between acute stress, food intake, endocrine status and life history stage in juvenile farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Aquaculture, 275, 311-318. (2008).
• Awruch, C.A., Pankhurst, N.W., Frusher, S.D., and Stevens, J.D. Endocrine and morphological correlates of reproduction in the draughtboard shark Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae). J Exp. Zool. 309A, 184-197. (2008).
• Awruch, C.A., Frusher, S.D., Pankhurst, N.W., and Stevens, J.D. Non-lethal assessment of reproductive parameters for management and conservation of sharks. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser.  355, 277-285. (2008).
• Pankhurst, N.W., Fitzgibbon, Q., Pankhurst, P., and King, H. Density effects on reproduction in natural populations of the staghorn damsel Amblyglyphidodon curacao. CYBIUM, International Journal of Ichthyology 32 (suppl.2), 297-299. (2008).
• Pankhurst N.W., Fitzgibbon, Q.P., Pankhurst, P.M. and King, H.R.Habitat-related variation in reproductive endocrine condition in the coral reef damselfish Acanthochromis polyacanthus.Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 155, 386-397. (2008).
• King, H.R. and Pankhurst, N.W. Additive effects of advanced temperature and photoperiod regimes and LHRHa injection on ovulation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture 273, 729-738. (2007).
• King, H.R., Pankhurst, N.W., and Watts, M.  Reproductive sensitivity to elevated water temperatures in female Atlantic salmon is heightened at certain stages of vitellogenesis. J. Fish Biol. 70, 190-205. (2007).
• Pankhurst, N.W., and Fitzgibbon, Q.P. Characteristics of spawning behaviour in cultured greenback flounder Rhombosolea tapirina. Aquaculture 253, 279-289. (2006).