Pro-Vice Chancellor Science, Environment, Engineering and Technology

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

Publications

• King, H.R., Pankhurst, N.W., and Watts, M. (2007). Reproductive sensitivity to elevated water temperatures in female Atlantic salmon is heightened at certain stages of vitellogenesis. Journal of Fish Biology 70: 190-205.
• Frisch, A.J., McCormick, M.I., and Pankhurst, N.W. (2007). Reproductive periodicity and steroid hormone profiles in the sex-changing coral-reef fish, Plectropomus leopardus. Coral Reefs 26: 189-197.
• King, H.R. and Pankhurst, N.W. (2007). Additive effects of advanced temperature and photoperiod regimes and LHRHa injection on ovulation in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Aquaculture 273: 729-738.
• Pankhurst N.W., Fitzgibbon, Q.P., Pankhurst, P.M. and King, H.R. (2008). Habitat-related variation in reproductive endocrine condition in the coral reef damselfish Acanthochromis polyacanthus. General and Comparative Endocrinology155: 386-397.
• Awruch, C.A., Frusher, S.D., Pankhurst, N.W., and Stevens, J.D. (2008). Non-lethal assessment of reproductive parameters for management and conservation of sharks. Marine Ecology Progress Series 355: 277-285.
• Pankhurst N.W., King, H.R. and Ludke, S.L. (2008). Relationship between stress, feeding and plasma ghrelin levels in rainbow trout Oncorhynchus mykiss. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. In press.
• Pankhurst, N.W., Fitzgibbon, Q., Pankhurst, P., and King, H. (2008). Density effects on reproduction in natural populations of the staghorn damsel Amblyglyphidodon curacao. CYBIUM, International Journal of Ichthyology. In press.
• Awruch, C.A., Pankhurst, N.W., Frusher, S.D., and Stevens, J.D. (2008). Endocrine and morphological correlates of reproduction in the draughtboard shark Cephaloscyllium laticeps (Elasmobranchii: Scyliorhinidae). Journal of Experimental Zoology. In press.
• Pankhurst, N.W., Ludke, S.L., King, H.R., and Peter, R.E. (2008). The relationship between acute stress, food intake, endocrine status and life history stage in juvenile farmed Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar. Aquaculture. In press.
• Morehead, D.T., Ritar, A.J., and Pankhurst, N.W. (2008). Estimating gonadal development using a non-destructive measurement of ovarian length in live Tasmanian striped trumpeter, Latris lineata. Journal of Applied Ichthyology. In press.