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Jennifer Lavers

Dr Jennifer Lavers

Jennifer Lavers

Lecturer in Marine Science

IMAS Waterfront , Hobart CBD Campuses

+61 3 6324 3868 (phone)

Jennifer.Lavers@utas.edu.au

Dr Lavers is a Research Scientist at the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. She is a marine eco-toxicologist with expertise in tropical and temperate seabird ecology, plastic pollution (marine debris), and invasive species management. She supervises a large number of graduate students in Australia and abroad working on a diverse array of projects.

Biography

Before joining the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, Dr Lavers worked for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on remote islands in Hawaii, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (London), and completed her first post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Tasmania (Quantitative Marine Science program).

Career summary

Qualifications

Degree	Thesis title	University	Country	Date of award
PhD	Quantifying cumulative anthropogenic impacts on sub-Arctic seabirds	Memorial University of Newfoundland	Canada	2007
BSc (1^st Class Hons)		University of Alberta	Canada	2003

Teaching

Teaching responsibility

JFA102 Aquatic Biology B

JFA114 Introduction to Oceanography

JFA322/539 Topics In Marine Environmental Studies

XBR303 One Ocean

JFA207 Data Analysis and Presentation

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Research Themes

Jennifer's research aligns to the University's research theme ofMarine, Antarctic and Maritime. Her research interests include understanding how marine apex predators, such as seabirds, can act as sentinels of ocean health, and translating this knowledge into outreach programs (e.g., art-science linkages) that engage the broader public in science and conservation. Jennifer's research, and that of her students, primarily focuses on plastic, heavy metals, POPs, and radionuclides as pollutants of aquatic ecosystems

Fields of Research

Conservation and biodiversity (410401)
Pollution and contamination (410599)
Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology) (310305)
Ecology (310399)
Wildlife and habitat management (410407)
Environmental education and extension (410403)
Environmental assessment and monitoring (410402)
Freshwater ecology (310304)
Ecological physiology (310303)
Population ecology (310307)
Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes (370104)
Terrestrial ecology (310308)
Vertebrate biology (310914)
Soil biology (410603)
Ecosystem function (410203)
Animal physiological ecology (310907)
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander environmental knowledges (450304)
Animal physiology - systems (310910)
Phylogeny and comparative analysis (310410)
Mental health services (420313)
Accelerators (511001)
Environmental management (410499)
Respiratory diseases (320103)
Biogeography and phylogeography (310402)
Climate change impacts and adaptation (410199)
Innate immunity (320407)
Allergy (320401)
Global change biology (319902)
Animal immunology (310905)

Research Objectives

Marine biodiversity (180504)
Assessment and management of terrestrial ecosystems (180601)
Terrestrial biodiversity (180606)
Coastal and estuarine systems and management (180299)
Terrestrial systems and management (180699)
Assessment and management of benthic marine ecosystems (180501)
Expanding knowledge in the biological sciences (280102)
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in marine environments (180503)
Assessment and management of freshwater ecosystems (180301)
Consumption patterns, population issues and the environment (190201)
Biodiversity in Antarctic and Southern Ocean environments (180404)
Environmental education and awareness (190203)
Coastal or estuarine biodiversity (180203)
Visual communication (130205)
Expanding knowledge in the environmental sciences (280111)
Management of solid waste from commercial services and tourism (110103)
Environmentally sustainable plant production (260199)
Clinical health (200199)
Other environmental management (189999)
Employment patterns and change (230501)
Rehabilitation or conservation of coastal or estuarine environments (180206)
Oceanic processes (excl. in the Antarctic and Southern Ocean) (180506)
Control of pests, diseases and exotic species in terrestrial environments (180602)

Publications

Total publications

Highlighted publications

(6 outputs)

Year	Type	Citation
2019	Journal Article	Lavers JL, Dicks L, Dicks MR, Finger A, 'Significant plastic accumulation on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia', Scientific Reports, 9 Article 7102. ISSN 2045-2322 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43375-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24Web of Science - 25 Tweet
2019	Journal Article	Lavers JL, Hutton I, Bond AL, 'Clinical pathology of plastic ingestion in marine birds and relationships with blood chemistry', Environmental Science and Technology, 53, (15) pp. 9224-9231. ISSN 0013-936X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02098 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2019	Journal Article	Lavers JL, Sharp PB, Stuckenbrock S, Bond AL, 'Entrapment in plastic debris endangers hermit crabs', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 387 Article 121703. ISSN 0304-3894 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121703 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2017	Journal Article	Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world's most remote and pristine islands', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, (23) pp. 6052-6055. ISSN 0027-8424 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619818114 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 171Web of Science - 152 Tweet
2014	Journal Article	Bond AL, Lavers JL, 'Climate change alters the trophic niche of a declining apex marine predator', Global Change Biology, 20, (7) pp. 2100-2107. ISSN 1354-1013 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12554 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 22 Tweet
2014	Journal Article	Lavers JL, Bond AL, Hutton I, 'Plastic ingestion by flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes): implications for fledgling body condition and the accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals', Environmental Pollution, 187 pp. 124-129. ISSN 0269-7491 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.020 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 126Web of Science - 109 Tweet

Journal Article

(74 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2021	Grant ML, Lavers JL, Hutton I, Bond AL, 'Seabird breeding islands as sinks for marine plastic debris', Environmental Pollution, 276 Article 116734. ISSN 0269-7491 (2021) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116734 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Grant ML; Bond AL Tweet
2020	Bond AL, Lavers JL, 'Records of brown booby Sula leucogaster in the Pitcairn Islands with additional observations during 2015-19', Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, 140, (1) pp. 99-102. ISSN 0007-1595 (2020) [Professional, Refereed Article] DOI: 10.25226/bboc.v140i1.2020.a11 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2020	Bond AL, Lavers JL, 'Biological archives reveal contrasting patterns in trace element concentrations in pelagic seabird feathers over more than a century', Environmental Pollution, 263 Article 114631. ISSN 0269-7491 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114631 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2020	Gilmour ME, Lavers JL, 'Latex balloons do not degrade uniformly in freshwater, marine and composting environments', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 403 Article 123629. ISSN 0304-3894 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123629 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Gilmour ME Tweet
2020	Provencher JF, Liboiron M, Borrelle SB, Bond AL, Rochman C, et al., 'A Horizon Scan of research priorities to inform policies aimed at reducing the harm of plastic pollution to biota', The Science of the Total Environment, 733 Article 139381. ISSN 0048-9697 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.139381 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2020	Puskic PS, Lavers JL, Adams LR, Bond AL, 'Ingested plastic and trace element concentrations in short-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna tenuirostris)', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 155 Article 111143. ISSN 0025-326X (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111143 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Puskic PS; Adams LR; Bond AL Tweet
2020	Stewart LG, Lavers JL, Grant ML, Puskic PS, Bond AL, 'Seasonal ingestion of anthropogenic debris in an urban population of gulls', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160 Article 111549. ISSN 0025-326X (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111549 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 1 Co-authors: Stewart LG; Grant ML; Puskic PS; Bond AL Tweet
2020	Szabo D, Lavers JL, Shimeta J, Green MP, Mulder RA, et al., 'Correlations between per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) and body morphometrics in fledgling shearwaters impacted by plastic consumption from a remote Pacific island', Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry ISSN 0730-7268 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1002/etc.4924 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2020	Tavares DC, Moura JF, Acevedo-Trejos E, Crawford RJM, Makhado A, et al., 'Confidence intervals and sample size for estimating the prevalence of plastic debris in seabird nests', Environmental Pollution, 263 Article 114394. ISSN 0269-7491 (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2020.114394 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2020	Yap VHS, Chase Z, Wright JT, Hurd CL, Lavers JL, et al., 'A comparison with natural particles reveals a small specific effect of PVC microplastics on mussel performance', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 160 Article 111703. ISSN 0025-326X (2020) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2020.111703 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Yap VHS; Chase Z; Wright JT; Hurd CL Tweet
2019	Clay TA, Oppel S, Lavers JL, Phillips RA, Brooke MdeL, 'Divergent foraging strategies during incubation of an unusually wide-ranging seabird, the Murphy's petrel', Marine Biology, 166 Article 8. ISSN 0025-3162 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00227-018-3451-7 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2019	Gilmour ME, Lavers JL, Lamborg C, Chastel O, Kania SA, et al., 'Mercury as an indicator of foraging ecology but not the breeding hormone prolactin in seabirds', Ecological Indicators, 103 pp. 248-259. ISSN 1470-160X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2019.04.016 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1 Tweet
2019	Kingsley MR, Lavers JL, Steeves TE, Burridge CP, 'Genetic distinctiveness of masked booby (Sula dactylatra) on Bedout Island, Western Australia', Emu, 120, (2) pp. 150-155. ISSN 0158-4197 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2019.1663125 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 4 Co-authors: Kingsley MR; Burridge CP Tweet
2019	Lavers JL, 'Career satisfaction falls prey to bottomless demands', Nature Human Behaviour, 3, (10) pp. 1020. ISSN 2397-3374 (2019) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.1038/s41562-019-0695-2 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2019	Lavers JL, Dicks L, Dicks MR, Finger A, 'Significant plastic accumulation on the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Australia', Scientific Reports, 9 Article 7102. ISSN 2045-2322 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-43375-4 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24Web of Science - 25 Tweet
2019	Lavers JL, Humphreys-Williams E, Crameri NJ, Bond AL, 'Trace element concentrations in feathers from three seabird species breeding in the Timor Sea', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 151 Article 110876. ISSN 0025-326X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.110876 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1 Co-authors: Crameri NJ Tweet
2019	Lavers JL, Hutton I, Bond AL, 'Changes in technology and imperfect detection of nest contents impedes reliable estimates of population trends in burrowing seabirds', Global Ecology and Conservation, 17 Article e00579. ISSN 2351-9894 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.gecco.2019.e00579 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2019	Lavers JL, Hutton I, Bond AL, 'Clinical pathology of plastic ingestion in marine birds and relationships with blood chemistry', Environmental Science and Technology, 53, (15) pp. 9224-9231. ISSN 0013-936X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b02098 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2019	Lavers JL, Sharp PB, Stuckenbrock S, Bond AL, 'Entrapment in plastic debris endangers hermit crabs', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 387 Article 121703. ISSN 0304-3894 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121703 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 7Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2019	Lavers JL, Stivaktakis G, Hutton I, Bond AL, 'Detection of ultrafine plastics ingested by seabirds using tissue digestion', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 142 pp. 470-474. ISSN 0025-326X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2019.04.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 3 Co-authors: Stivaktakis G; Bond AL Tweet
2019	O'Hanlon NJ, Bond AL, Lavers JL, Masden EA, James NA, 'Monitoring nest incorporation of anthropogenic debris by northern gannets across their range', Environmental Pollution, 255, (Part 1) Article 113152. ISSN 0269-7491 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2019.113152 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 11Web of Science - 9 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2019	Philpot SM, Lavers JL, Nugegoda D, Gilmour ME, Hutton I, et al., 'Trace element concentrations in feathers of seven petrels (Pterodroma spp.)', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26, (10) pp. 9640-9648. ISSN 0944-1344 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s11356-019-04406-9 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 6 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2019	Provencher JF, Borrelle SB, Bond AL, Lavers JL, van Franeker JA, et al., 'Recommended best practices for plastic and litter ingestion studies in marine birds: collection, processing, and reporting', Facets, 4 pp. 111-130. ISSN 2371-1671 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1139/facets-2018-0043 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 16Web of Science - 14 Co-authors: Bond AL Tweet
2019	Puskic PS, Lavers JL, Adams LR, Grunenwald M, Hutton I, et al., 'Uncovering the sub-lethal impacts of plastic ingestion by shearwaters using fatty acid analysis', Conservation Physiology, 7, (1) Article coz017. ISSN 2051-1434 (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coz017 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Puskic PS; Adams LR; Grunenwald M; Bond AL Tweet
2019	Serra Goncalves AC, Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Global review of beach debris monitoring and future recommendations', Environmental Science and Technology, 53, (21) pp. 12158-12167. ISSN 0013-936X (2019) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.9b01424 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 7 Co-authors: Serra Goncalves AC; Bond AL Tweet
2018	Bond AL, Brooke MDL, Cuthbert RJ, Lavers JL, McClelland GTW, et al., 'Population status of four endemic land bird species after an unsuccessful rodent eradication on Henderson Island', Bird Conservation International, 29, (1) pp. 124-135. ISSN 0959-2709 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S0959270918000072 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1Web of Science - 23 Tweet
2018	Fossi MC, Panti C, Baini M, Lavers JL, 'A review of plastic-associated pressures: cetaceans of the Mediterranean Sea and eastern Australian shearwaters as case studies', Frontiers in Marine Science, 5 Article 173. ISSN 2296-7745 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2018.00173 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 22 Tweet
2018	Grant ML, Lavers JL, Stuckenbrock S, Sharp PB, Bond AL, 'The use of anthropogenic marine debris as a nesting material by brown boobies (Sula leucogaster)', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 137 pp. 96-103. ISSN 0025-326X (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.10.016 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 15Web of Science - 15 Co-authors: Grant ML; Bond AL Tweet
2018	Lavers JL, Hutton I, Bond AL, 'Ingestion of marine debris by wedge-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) on Lord Howe Island, Australia during 2005-2018', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 133 pp. 616-621. ISSN 0025-326X (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2018.06.023 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 13 Tweet
2018	Lavers JL, Lisovski S, Bond AL, 'Preliminary survival and movement data for a declining population of flesh-footed shearwater Ardenna carneipes in Western Australia provides insights into marine threats', Bird Conservation International, 29, (2) pp. 327-337. ISSN 0959-2709 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1017/S0959270918000084 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 4Web of Science - 23 Tweet
2018	Lombal AJ, Wenner TJ, Lavers JL, Austin JJ, Woehler EJ, et al., 'Genetic divergence between colonies of flesh-footed shearwater Ardenna carneipes exhibiting different foraging strategies', Conservation Genetics, 19, (1) pp. 27-41. ISSN 1566-0621 (2018) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10592-017-0994-y [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Co-authors: Wenner TJ; Woehler EJ; Burridge CP Tweet
2017	Finger A, Lavers JL, Dann P, Kowalczyk ND, Scarpaci C, et al., 'Metals and metalloids in little penguin (Eudyptula minor) prey, blood and faeces', Environmental Pollution, 223 pp. 567-574. ISSN 0269-7491 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2017.01.059 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 10Web of Science - 9 Tweet
2017	Howell NR, Lavers JL, Uematsu S, Paterson D, Howard DL, et al., 'The topobiology of chemical elements in seabird feathers', Scientific Reports, 7 Article 1998. ISSN 2045-2322 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01878-y [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 8Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2017	Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Exceptional and rapid accumulation of anthropogenic debris on one of the world's most remote and pristine islands', Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 114, (23) pp. 6052-6055. ISSN 0027-8424 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1619818114 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 171Web of Science - 152 Tweet
2017	Oppel S, Lavers JL, Donaldson AH, Forrest AK, McClelland GTW, et al., 'Population status, breeding success and ecology of the Henderson Petrel after a failed rat eradication on Henderson Island', Emu, 117, (2) pp. 151-159. ISSN 0158-4197 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1080/01584197.2017.1292610 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2017	Rudduck O-A, Lavers JL, Fischer AM, Stuckenbrock S, Sharp PB, et al., 'Inter-annual variation in the density of anthropogenic debris in the Tasman Sea', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 124, (1) pp. 51-55. ISSN 0025-326X (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.07.010 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 12Web of Science - 12 Co-authors: Fischer AM Tweet
2017	Sarker S, Das S, Lavers JL, Hutton I, Helbig K, et al., 'Genomic characterization of two novel pathogenic avipoxviruses isolated from Pacific shearwaters (Ardenna spp.)', BMC Genomics, 18 Article 298. ISSN 1471-2164 (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1186/s12864-017-3680-z [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 19Web of Science - 17 Tweet
2017	Schmuck AM, Lavers JL, Stuckenbrock S, Sharp PB, Bond AL, 'Geophysical features influence the accumulation of beach debris on Caribbean islands', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 121, (1-2) pp. 45-51. ISSN 0025-326X (2017) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2017.05.043 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 21Web of Science - 19 Tweet
2016	Cannon SME, Lavers JL, Figueiredo B, 'Plastic ingestion by fish in the Southern Hemisphere: a baseline study and review of methods', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 107, (1) pp. 286-291. ISSN 0025-326X (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.03.057 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 63Web of Science - 59 Co-authors: Cannon SME Tweet
2016	Finger A, Lavers JL, Orbell JD, Dann P, Nugegoda D, et al., 'Seasonal variation and annual trends of metals and metalloids in the blood of the little penguin (Eudyptula minor)', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 110, (1) pp. 261-273. ISSN 0025-326X (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.055 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 9 Tweet
2016	Kain EC, Lavers JL, Berg CJ, Raine AF, Bond AL, 'Plastic ingestion by Newell's (Puffinus newelli) and wedge-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) in Hawaii', Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, (23) pp. 23951-23958. ISSN 0944-1344 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7613-1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 12 Tweet
2016	Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Selectivity of flesh-footed shearwaters for plastic colour: evidence for differential provisioning in adults and fledglings', Marine Environmental Research, 113 pp. 1-6. ISSN 0141-1136 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2015.10.011 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 21 Tweet
2016	Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Ingested plastic as a route for trace metals in Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) and Bonin petrel (Pterodroma hypoleuca) from Midway Atoll', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 110, (1) pp. 493-500. ISSN 0025-326X (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2016.06.001 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 41Web of Science - 38 Tweet
2016	Lavers JL, Oppel S, Bond AL, 'Factors influencing the detection of beach plastic debris', Marine Environmental Research, 119 pp. 245-251. ISSN 0141-1136 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2016.06.009 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 30Web of Science - 27 Tweet
2016	Oppel S, Lavers JL, Bond AL, Harrison G, 'Reducing the primary exposure risk of Henderson crakes (Zapornia atra) during aerial broadcast eradication by selecting appropriate bait colour', Wildlife Research, 43, (4) pp. 298-303. ISSN 1035-3712 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1071/WR15198 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2016	Provencher JF, Bond AL, Avery-Gomm S, Borrelle SB, Bravo Rebolledo EL, et al., 'Quantifying ingested debris in marine megafauna: a review and recommendations for standardization', Analytical Methods, 9, (9) pp. 1454-1469. ISSN 1759-9660 (2016) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1039/c6ay02419j [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 129Web of Science - 120 Tweet
2015	Bond AL, Lavers JL, 'Flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean: summary and synthesis of records from Canada and Alaska', Canadian Field-Naturalist, 129, (3) pp. 263-267. ISSN 0008-3550 (2015) [Contribution to Refereed Journal] DOI: 10.22621/cfn.v129i3.1725 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 1 Tweet
2015	Bond AL, Robertson GJ, Lavers JL, Hobson KA, Ryan PC, 'Trace element concentrations in harvested auks from Newfoundland: toxicological risk of a traditional hunt', Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 115 pp. 1-6. ISSN 0147-6513 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2015.01.029 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 6Web of Science - 6 Tweet
2015	Finger A, Lavers JL, Dann P, Nugegoda D, Orbell JD, et al., 'The Little penguin (Eudyptula minor) as an indicator of coastal trace metal pollution', Environmental Pollution, 205 pp. 365-377. ISSN 0269-7491 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2015.06.022 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 23Web of Science - 21 Tweet
2015	Lavers JL, 'Population status and threats to Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) in South and Western Australia', ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72, (2) pp. 316-327. ISSN 1054-3139 (2015) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1093/icesjms/fsu164 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 20Web of Science - 19 Tweet
2014	Bond AL, Lavers JL, 'Climate change alters the trophic niche of a declining apex marine predator', Global Change Biology, 20, (7) pp. 2100-2107. ISSN 1354-1013 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/gcb.12554 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 25Web of Science - 22 Tweet
2014	Lavers JL, Bond AL, Hutton I, 'Plastic ingestion by flesh-footed shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes): implications for fledgling body condition and the accumulation of plastic-derived chemicals', Environmental Pollution, 187 pp. 124-129. ISSN 0269-7491 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2013.12.020 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 126Web of Science - 109 Tweet
2014	Lavers JL, Herrod A, Clarke RH, 'Predation of greater crested tern (Thalasseus bergii) eggs by juvenile brown boobies (Sula leucogaster) on Ashmore Reef', Waterbirds, 37, (2) pp. 215-219. ISSN 1524-4695 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1675/063.037.0210 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2014	Lavers JL, Miller MGR, Carter MJ, Swann G, Clarke RH, 'Predicting the spatial distribution of a seabird community to identify priority conservation areas in the Timor Sea', Conservation Biology, 28, (6) pp. 1699-1709. ISSN 0888-8892 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12324 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 17 Tweet
2014	Uematsu S, Uematsu K, Lavers JL, Congdon BC, 'Reduced vitamin A (retinol) levels indicate radionuclide exposure in streaked shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelasI) following the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident', Ecological Indicators, 43 pp. 244-251. ISSN 1470-160X (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2014.02.025 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2014	Vegter AC, Barletta M, Beck C, Borrero J, Burton H, et al., 'Global research priorities to mitigate plastic pollution impacts on marine wildlife', Endangered Species Research, 25, (3) pp. 225-247. ISSN 1863-5407 (2014) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3354/esr00623 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 158Web of Science - 145 Tweet
2013	Bond AL, Lavers JL, 'Effectiveness of emetics to study plastic ingestion by Leach's Storm-petrels (Oceanodroma leucorhoa)', Marine Pollution Bulletin, 70, (1-2) pp. 171-175. ISSN 0025-326X (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2013.02.030 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 28Web of Science - 24 Tweet
2013	Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Contaminants in indigenous harvests of apex predators: The Tasmanian Short-tailed Shearwater as a case study', Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety, 95 pp. 78-82. ISSN 0147-6513 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2013.05.021 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 5Web of Science - 5 Tweet
2013	Lavers JL, Bond AL, Van Wilgenburg SL, Hobson KA, 'Linking at-sea mortality of a pelagic shearwater to breeding colonies of origin using biogeochemical markers', Marine Ecology - Progress Series, 491 pp. 265-275. ISSN 0171-8630 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.3354/meps10487 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 9Web of Science - 8 Tweet
2013	Reid TA, Hindell MA, Lavers JL, Wilcox C, 'Re-examining mortality sources and population trends in a declining seabird: using Bayesian methods to incorporate existing information and new data', PLOS One, 8, (4) Article e58230. ISSN 1932-6203 (2013) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058230 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 24Web of Science - 20 Co-authors: Reid TA; Hindell MA Tweet
2012	Muzaffar SB, Smith RP, Jones IL, Lavers J, Lacombe EH, et al., 'The Trans-Atlantic Movement of the Spirochete Borrelia garinii: the role of ticks and their seabird hosts', Studies in Avian Biology, 42 pp. 23-30. ISSN 0197-9922 (2012) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1525/california/9780520272378.003.0002 [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2011	Bond AL, Lavers JL, 'Trace Element Concentrations in Feathers of Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Puffinus carneipes) from Across Their Breeding Range', Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 61, (2) pp. 318-326. ISSN 0090-4341 (2011) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s00244-010-9605-3 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 46Web of Science - 39 Tweet
2010	Bond AL, McClelland GTW, Jones IL, Lavers JL, Kyser TK, 'Stable isotopes confirm community patterns in foraging among Hawaiian Procellariiformes', Waterbirds, 33, (1) pp. 50-58. ISSN 1524-4695 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0106 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 17Web of Science - 15 Tweet
2010	Lavers JL, Wilcox C, Donlan CJ, 'Bird demographic responses to predator removal programs', Biological Invasions ISSN 1387-3547 (2010) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1007/s10530-010-9776-x [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 58Web of Science - 55 Tweet
2009	Lavers JL, Jones IL, Robertson GJ, Diamond AW, 'Contrasting Population Trends at Two Razorbill Colonies in Atlantic Canada: Additive Effects of Fox Predation and Hunting Mortality?', Avian Conservation and Ecology, 4, (2) pp. 3 http://www.ace-eco.org/vo14/iss2/art3/. ISSN 1712-6568 (2009) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2008	Lavers JL, Jones IL, 'Assessing the Type and Frequency of Band Resighting Errors for Razorbill Alca Torda with Implications for other Wildlife Studies', Marine Ornithology, 36 pp. 19-23. ISSN 1018-3337 (2008) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2008	Lavers JL, Jones IL, Diamond AW, 'Age at First Return and Breeding of Razorbills (Alca torda) on the Gannet Islands, Labrador and Machias Sea Island, New Brunswick', Waterbirds, 31, (1) pp. 30-34. ISSN 1524-4695 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2008)31[30:AAFRAB]2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 3Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2008	Lavers JL, Jones IL, Diamond AW, Robertson GJ, 'Annual survival of North American Razorbills (Alca torda) varies with ocean climate indices', Canadian Journal of Zoology, 86 pp. 51-61. ISSN 0008-4301 (2008) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1139/Z07-113 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 14Web of Science - 14 Tweet
2008	McClelland GTW, Jones IL, Lavers JL, Sato F, 'Breeding Biology of Tristram's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tristrami at French Frigate Shoals and Laysan Island, Northwest Hawaiian Islands', Marine Ornithology, 36 pp. 175-181. ISSN 1018-3337 (2008) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2007	Lavers JL, Jones IL, 'Impacts of Intraspecific Kleptoparasitism and Diet Shifts on Razorbill Alca torda productivity at the Gannet Islands, Labrador', Marine Ornithology, 35 pp. 1-7. ISSN 1018-3337 (2007) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2007	Lavers JL, Jones IL, Diamond AW, 'Natal and Breeding Dispersal of Razorbills (Alca torda) in Eastern North America', Waterbirds, 30, (4) pp. 588-594. ISSN 1524-4695 (2007) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2007)030[0588:NABDOR]2.0.CO;2 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 13Web of Science - 12 Tweet
2006	Lavers JL, Muzaffar SB, Jones IL, 'Double White Lines on the Bill of the Razorbill Alca torda: Remnants of an Association with the Extint GreatAuk Penguinus impennis?', Atlantic Seabirds, 7, (3) pp. 103-108. ISSN 1757-5842 (2006) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2006	Lavers JL, Thompson JE, Paszkowski A, Davison Ankney C, 'Variation in Size and Composition of Bufflehead (Bucephala albeola) and Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) Eggs', The Wilson Journal of Ornithology, 118, (2) pp. 173-177. ISSN 1559-4491 (2006) [Refereed Article] DOI: 10.1676/05-001.1 [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 2Web of Science - 2 Tweet
2006	Smith RP, Muzaffar SB, Lavers JL, Lacombe EH, Cahill BK, et al., 'Borrelia garinii in Seabirde Ticks (Ixodes uriae), Atlantic Coast, North America', Emerging Infectious Diseases (Print Edition), 12, (12) pp. 1909-1912. ISSN 1080-6040 (2006) [Refereed Article] [eCite] [Details] Citations: Web of Science - 39 Tweet

Chapter in Book

(3 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2020	Lavers JL, 'Plastic in the Pacific', Living with the Anthropocene: Love, Loss and Hope in the Face of Environmental Crisis, NewSouth, C Muir, K Wehner and J Newell (ed), Sydney, pp. 197-201. ISBN 9781742236889 (2020) [Other Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2020	Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Progress and challenges in marine plastics pollution', A Better World, Human Development Forum, L Trowbridge (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 64-67. ISBN 9781916032507 (2020) [Research Book Chapter] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2009	Lavers JL, Hipfner M, Chapdelaine G, Hipfner JM, 'Razorbill (Alca torda)', The Birds of North America Online, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Poole, A (ed), Cornell, New York (2009) [Other Book Chapter] DOI: 10.2173/bna.635 [eCite] [Details] Tweet

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2020

Lavers JL, 'Plastic in the Pacific', Living with the Anthropocene: Love, Loss and Hope in the Face of Environmental Crisis, NewSouth, C Muir, K Wehner and J Newell (ed), Sydney, pp. 197-201. ISBN 9781742236889 (2020) [Other Book Chapter]

[eCite] [Details]

2020

Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'Progress and challenges in marine plastics pollution', A Better World, Human Development Forum, L Trowbridge (ed), United Kingdom, pp. 64-67. ISBN 9781916032507 (2020) [Research Book Chapter]

[eCite] [Details]

2009

Lavers JL, Hipfner M, Chapdelaine G, Hipfner JM, 'Razorbill (Alca torda)', The Birds of North America Online, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Poole, A (ed), Cornell, New York (2009) [Other Book Chapter]

DOI: 10.2173/bna.635 [eCite] [Details]

Review

(2 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2020	Puskic PS, Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'A critical review of harm associated with plastic ingestion on vertebrates', Science of The Total Environment, 743 pp. 1-10. ISSN 0048-9697 (2020) [Review Several Works] DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140666 [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Puskic PS; Bond AL Tweet
2017	Hanvey JS, Lewis PJ, Lavers JL, Crosbie ND, Pozo K, et al., 'A review of analytical techniques for quantifying microplastics in sediments', Analytical Methods, 9, (9) pp. 1369-1383. ISSN 1759-9660 (2017) [Review Several Works] DOI: 10.1039/c6ay02707e [eCite] [Details] Citations: Scopus - 112Web of Science - 104 Tweet

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2020

Puskic PS, Lavers JL, Bond AL, 'A critical review of harm associated with plastic ingestion on vertebrates', Science of The Total Environment, 743 pp. 1-10. ISSN 0048-9697 (2020) [Review Several Works]

DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140666 [eCite] [Details]

Co-authors: Puskic PS; Bond AL

2017

Hanvey JS, Lewis PJ, Lavers JL, Crosbie ND, Pozo K, et al., 'A review of analytical techniques for quantifying microplastics in sediments', Analytical Methods, 9, (9) pp. 1369-1383. ISSN 1759-9660 (2017) [Review Several Works]

DOI: 10.1039/c6ay02707e [eCite] [Details]

Citations: Scopus - 112Web of Science - 104

Conference Publication

(8 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2019	Bond AL, Cuthbert RJ, McClelland GTW, Churchyard T, Duffield N, et al., 'Recovery of introduced Pacific rats following a failed eradication attempt on subtropical Henderson Island, South Pacific Ocean', Island invasives: scaling up to meet the challenge: Proceedings of the international conference on island invasives, 10-14 June 2017, Dundee, Scotland, pp. 167-174. ISBN 9782831719627 (2019) [Refereed Conference Paper] DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2019.SSC-OP.62.en [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2019	Oppel S, McClelland GTW, Lavers JL, Churchyard T, Donaldson A, et al., 'Seasonal variation in movements and survival of invasive Pacific rats on sub-tropical Henderson Island: implications for eradication', Island invasives: scaling up to meet the challenge: Proceedings of the International Conference on Island Invasives, 10-14 June 2017, Dundee, Scotland, pp. 200-208. ISBN 9782831719627 (2019) [Refereed Conference Paper] DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.CH.2019.SSC-OP.62.en [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2017	Lavers JL, 'Breaking the wall of ocean pollution: how marine ecology reveals the collapse of an ecosystem', The International Conference on Future Breakthroughs in Science and Society, 08-09 November, Berlin (2017) [Keynote Presentation] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2016	Finger A, Lavers JL, Dann P, Scarpaci C, Nugegoda D, et al., 'Bioaccumulation and detoxification of heavy metals in a coastal high trophic feeder with a restricted home range, the Little Penguin (Eudyptula minor)', Handbook of the Society for Conservation Biology Oceania 4th Congress, 6-8 July 2016, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 223-223. (2016) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2016	Lavers J, 'Plastic ingestion by tropical seabirds: implications for fledgling body condition and the accumulation of plastic‐derived chemicals', International Conference on Emerging Contaminants and Micropollutants in the Environment, 20-23 September 2016, Sydney, Australia (2016) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2016	Lavers J, 'When nowhere is safe: 'disposable' plastic on the world's most remote islands', SCMDC 7th Annual Marine Science Forum, 28-29 May 2016, Merimbula, Australia (2016) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]
2016	Provencher J, Bond A, Lavers J, Nevins H, 'Impacts of marine debris', World Seabird Conference, 26-30 October 2015, Cape Town, South Africa (2016) [Chair International Conference] [eCite] [Details]
2016	Stojkovic S, Lavers J, Osborn M, 'Microplastic, microbes and seabirds - what do they have in common?', International Conference on Emerging Contaminants and Micropollutants in the Environment, 20-23 September 2016, Sydney, Australia (2016) [Conference Extract] [eCite] [Details]

Major Creative Work

(4 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2019	Boyle O, Retallick S, Lavers JL, 'Pelagic', Blindside Gallery, Nicholas Building, Level 7, Room 14, 37 Swanston St, Melbourne, VIC 3000 (2019) [Other Exhibition] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2017	Lavers JL, 'Oceans plastics lab' (2017) [Other Exhibition] [eCite] [Details]
2016	Neill B, Lavers JL, ''Plastic Effects' exhibition at the 2016 London Design Bienalle', London Design Bienalle, London, UK (2016) [Published Creative Work] [eCite] [Details]
2014	Lavers JL, Stuckenbrock S, Alberts EC, 'UNSEEN Exhibition - 'Plastic in Australian Seabirds'', The Gallery Project, Michigan, USA (2014) [Curated Exhibition] [eCite] [Details]

Other Creative Work

(1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2018	DeBris M, Lavers JL, 'Winged Victory of Anthropocene', Beach Couture: A Haute Mess, Maritime Museum, Hobart Tasmania, pp. 1 (2018) [Performance Practice] [eCite] [Details]

Entry

(1 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2009	Lavers JL, Hipfner M, Chapdelaine G, Hipfner JM, 'Razorbill (Alca torda)', The Birds of North America Online, A Poole (ed), Ithaca, NY (2009) [Entry] DOI: 10.2173/bna.635 [eCite] [Details] Tweet

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2009

Lavers JL, Hipfner M, Chapdelaine G, Hipfner JM, 'Razorbill (Alca torda)', The Birds of North America Online, A Poole (ed), Ithaca, NY (2009) [Entry]

DOI: 10.2173/bna.635 [eCite] [Details]

Other Public Output

(6 outputs)

Year	Citation	Altmetrics
2019	Lavers JL, Finger A, 'Will the discovery of another plastic-trashed island finally spark meaningful change?', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 17 May (2019) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2018	Lavers J, Kerslake F, 'Sustainable shopping: your guilt-free guide to flowers this Valentine's Day', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 9 February 2018 (2018) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Co-authors: Kerslake F Tweet
2018	Lavers JL, 'Sustainable shopping: take the litter' out of glitter', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 02 February (2018) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2017	Lavers JL, 'This South Pacific island of rubbish shows why we need to quit our plastic habit', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 17 May (2017) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2017	Lavers JL, Bond A, 'Pristine paradise to rubbish dump: the same Pacific island, 23 years apart', The Conversation, The Conversation Media Group Ltd, Australia, 17 July (2017) [Newspaper Article] [eCite] [Details] Tweet
2016	Lavers JL, McClelland GTW, MacKinnon L, Bond AL, Oppel S, et al., 'Henderson Island expedition report: May-November 2015', Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom, RSPB Research report 57 (2016) [Government or Industry Research] [eCite] [Details]

Grants & Funding

Funding Summary

Number of grants

Total funding

$786,421

Projects

Are microplastics causing inflammation in seabirds? (2021)$1,500

Description: This project will investigate a threat that is only recently getting the attention it warrants, plastic pollution of the marineenvironment. Several seabird species are consuming these plastics. This is causing lethal, as well as, sublethal effects like low weight and elevated cholesterol (3,4). Yet, how the plastics are causing these effects is currently unknown. This project will investigate what is happening in these birds at a physiological level with the aim of improving our understanding of the effects of plastics to allow us to establish informed strategies to mitigate their effects and develop treatments for highly impacted birds. Inflammation is the bodys immune response to infection or injury. It works to help rid the body of infection, whilst also promoting tissue repair. However, when excessive or chronic (long term), it can become detrimental, as immune cells start to attack previously healthy tissues. This project will look for inflammation in seabirds which have eaten plastics and investigate anti-inflammatories as a treatment for seabirds under extreme plastics exposure.
Funding: Australian Wildlife Society ($1,500)
Scheme: Grant-University Students Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Auty J; Lavers JL
Year: 2021

Seabirds as a vector for nutrients and pollutants on islands (2020 - 2021)$21,130

Description: Seabirds have deposited significant quantities of nutrient-rich guano over generations. Worryingly, recent data indicate many seabird populations are in decline. As a result, the dwindling number of beneficial nutrients deposited on the island are being increasingly replaced by toxic chemicals via shearwater guano. On a global scale, the redistribution and focusing of contaminants by seabirds, and loss of beneficial nutrients, is likely widespread. Intensive study of the Lord Howe Island ecosystem provides the ideal case study to investigate the complex dynamics resulting from the loss of an ecosystem engineer. To date, such a study has not been undertaken.
Funding: Australian Academy of Science ($21,130)
Scheme: Grant-Thomas Davies Research Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL; Bond AL; Reichman S; Grant ML
Period: 2020 - 2021

Seabirds as vectors for nutrients and pollutants to islands (2020)$6,750

Description: Seabirds are well known ecosystem engineers, affecting the availability of resources for other organisms and providing a crucial sea-land link between marine and terrestrial environments. This PhD project will examine the influence of the Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Ardenna carneipes) on the Lord Howe Island (LHI) ecosystem by answering the following questions; 1) what is the quantity of nutrients and pollutants transported and deposited on LHI by the shearwaters via their guano? 2) Are the pollutants bioaccumulating in other organisms on the island? And 3) what may happen to the LHI ecosystem if the shearwater population declines?
Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($6,750)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL; Bond AL; Grant ML; Reichman S
Year: 2020

Can we save balloons from the ocean via commercial compost? (2019)$25,000

Description: This project will investigate the biodegradability of latex balloons under five environmental conditions, including commercial compost (Hobart waste management facility) and simulated wildlife stomachs.
Funding: Donation via University of Tasmania Foundation ($5,000); Zoos Victoria ($20,000)
Scheme: Contract Research
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL
Year: 2019

Seabirds as a vector for nutrients and pollutants on islands (2019)$2,960

Description: Seabirds are well known ecosystem engineers, affecting the availability of resources for other organisms and providing a crucial sea-land link between marine and terrestrial environments. This PhD project will examine the influence of the Flesh-footed Shearwaters (Ardenna carneipes) on the Lord Howe Island (LHI) ecosystem by answering the following questions; 1) what is the quantity of nutrients and pollutants transported and deposited on LHI by the shearwaters via their guano? 2) Are the pollutants bioaccumulating in other organisms on the island? And 3) what may happen to the LHI ecosystem if the shearwater population declines?
Funding: Birdlife Australia ($2,960)
Scheme: Grant-Conservation
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL; Bond A; Reichman S; Grant ML
Year: 2019

Can we save balloons from the ocean via commercial compost? (2019)$3,016

Description: This project will investigate the biodegradability of latex balloons under five environmental conditions, including commercial compost (Hobart waste management facility) and simulated wildlife stomachs.
Funding: Hobart City Council ($3,016)
Scheme: Grant - Waste Reduction
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL
Year: 2019

Identifying community-based reduction and mitigation tools for plastic debris in Australia (2019)$14,641

Description: This project aims to rigorously assess the effectiveness of SRPs that were implemented in 2016, while engaging and training additional citizen scientists across Australia in this and other approaches to addressing the marine plastics issue. By encouraging communities to be involved in every step of the SRP implementation process, we hope they will feel empowered and part of the solution, remaining engaged longer and showing an enhanced willingness to adopt and promote positive behaviour change for the benefit of future generations.
Funding: National Geographic Society ($14,641)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL; Bond AL; Taylor H; Serra Goncalves AC
Year: 2019

AUSMAP Australian Microplastic Action Project (2018)$338,500

Description: Working with partner organisations such as Macquarie University and the Total Environment Centre (lead applicant, based in Sydney), this project will collect data on the prevalence of micro-plastics in the Australian environment by developing a practical and robust citizen science methodology and training practitioners to further supervise and teach others with a view to educating the wider community about the problem, as well as providing support for original scientific research.
Funding: Coca-Cola Company ($338,500)
Scheme: Cyber Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Tovey A; Wilson SPM; Lavers JL
Year: 2018

Plastic and anthropogenic contaminants in Tasmanian waterbird and wetlands (2018 - 2020)$13,500

Description: Wetland habitats around the world are a vital resource, and are rapidly becoming degraded and disappearing due to human impacts and climate change. This project will engage citizen scientists and local councils to help collect samples from native and feral waterbird species in Tasmania to help assess the health of our local wetland habitats. Using state of the art technologies we will measure concentrations of heavy metals in waterfowl tissues, identify type of quantity of plastic ingestion, asses the risk posed by these pollutants to waterbirds and wetlands, and develop new and effective standardized approaches for the long-term monitoring of Tasmanian wetlands.
Funding: Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment ($13,500)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Fischer AM; Bond AL; Woehler E; Hansen A; Lavers JL
Period: 2018 - 2020

Plastic and anthropogenic contaminants in Tasmanian waterbird and wetlands (2018)$2,440

Description: Wetland habitats around the world are a vital resource, and are rapidly becoming degraded and disappearing due to human impacts and climate change. This project will engage citizen scientists and local councils to help collect samples from native and feral waterbird species in Tasmania to help assess the health of our local wetland habitats. Using state of the art technologies we will measure concentrations of heavy metals in waterfowl tissues, identify type of quantity of plastic ingestion, asses the risk posed by these pollutants to waterbirds and wetlands, and develop new and effective standardized approaches for the long-term monitoring of Tasmanian wetlands
Funding: Birdlife Australia ($2,440)
Scheme: Grant-Conservation
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Fischer AM; Bond AL; Woehler E; Hansen A; Lavers JL
Year: 2018

More than skin deep: examining the cellular-level effects of ingested plastic on the Flesh-footed shearwater of Lord Howe Island (2018)$2,500

Description: The aim of the proposed PhD research project is to determine the potential for the plastic debris ingested by Procellariform seabirds (namely, shearwaters) on Lord Howe Island to negatively impact the health or condition of these birds.
Funding: Birdlife Australia ($2,500)
Scheme: Grant-Conservation
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL
Year: 2018

Plastic and anthropogenic contaminants in Tasmanian waterbird and wetlands (2018)$1,500

Description: Wetland habitats around the world are a vital resource, and are rapidly becoming degraded and disappearing due to human impacts and climate change. This project will engage citizen scientists and local councils to help collect samples from native and feral waterbird species in Tasmania to help assess the health of our local wetland habitats. Using state of the art technologies we will measure concentrations of heavy metals in waterfowl tissues, identify type of quantity of plastic ingestion, asses the risk posed by these pollutants to waterbirds and wetlands, and develop new and effective standardized approaches for the long-term monitoring of Tasmanian wetlands.
Funding: Australian Wildlife Society ($1,500)
Scheme: Grant-University Students Scheme
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Fischer AM; Hansen A; Lavers JL
Year: 2018

Fatty acid and trace element profiles: indicators of plastic ingestion and body condition of Australian shearwaters (2017 - 2018)$1,481

Description: GC-MS analysis to establish fatty acid profiles in two Australian seabirds, one species that ingests high quantities of plastic, and one that does not.
Funding: Donation via University of Tasmania Foundation ($162); Living Ocean Inc ($1,319)
Scheme: Donation - Individual
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL
Period: 2017 - 2018

Thyroid hormones in fledgling shearwaters as indicators of endocrine disruption from exposure to pollutants (2017 - 2018)$36,960

Description: Laboratory analysis to quantify levels of T1 and T4 thyroid hormones in Flesh-footed Shearwaters from Lord Howe Island in relation to the quantity of plastic ingested by the birds and concentration of PBDEs in their tissues
Funding: Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc ($36,960)
Scheme: Grant-Research Project
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL; Nugegoda D
Period: 2017 - 2018

Plastic in Tasmanian waterfowl and wetlands (2017)$455

Description: Wetland habitats around the world are a vital resource, and are rapidly becoming degraded and disappearing due to human impacts and climate change. This project will engage citizen scientists and local councils to help collect samples from native and feral waterbird species in Tasmania to help assess the health of our local wetland habitats. Using state of the art technologies we will measure concentrations of organic contaminants and heavy metals in waterfowl tissues, identify type of quantity of plastic ingestion, and develop new and effective standardized approaches for the long-term monitoring of Tasmanian wetlands.
Funding: Birdlife Australia ($455)
Scheme: Grant-Conservation
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Fischer AM; Woehler E; Bond A; Clarke B; Hansen A; Lavers JL; Klaassen M; Lewis T
Year: 2017

Plastic and anthropogenic contaminants in Tasmanian waterfowl (2017)$5,000

Description: Wetland habitats around the world are a vital resource, and are rapidly becoming degraded and disappearing due to human impacts and climate change. This project will engage citizen scientists and local councils to help collect samples from native and feral waterbird species in Tasmania to help assess the health of our local wetland habitats. Using state of the art technologies we will measure concentrations of organic contaminants and heavy metals in waterfowl tissues, identify type of quantity of plastic ingestion, and develop new and effective standardized approaches for the long-term monitoring of Tasmanian wetlands.
Funding: Museum of Old and New Art ($5,000)
Scheme: Scholarship-Heavy Metal
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Fischer AM; Lewis T; Woehler E; Clarke B; Lavers JL; Klaassen M
Year: 2017

Impacts of Plastic Pollutants on Seabirds: the Flesh-footed Shearwater as a Case Study (2015)$39,900

Description: Quantify the combined exposure to plastic pollution and associated co-pollutants faced by marine birds.
Funding: Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc ($35,400)
Scheme: Grant-Research Project
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Osborn M; Lavers JL; Stojkovic S
Year: 2015

Trace metal distribution in the feathers of migratory birds collected after the Fukushima nuclear disaster (2012)$1,915

Funding: Australian Synchrotron ($1,915)
Scheme: Grant-Travel
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL
Year: 2012

Support for Jennifer Lavers - Mitigating the Effects of Plastic Ingestion for Threatened Australian Seabirds (2010 - 2020)$241,273

Funding: Birds Australia ($5,000); Detached Cultural Organisation ($113,223); Donation via University of Tasmania Foundation ($61,929); Gould Leage of NSW Inc ($2,250); Living Ocean Inc ($6,000); QiYuYuanFang Media Co. Ltd. ($21,341); Trading Consultants P/L ($30,000); Tuelia Investments Pty Ltd ($1,530)
Scheme: Donation - Individual
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL
Period: 2010 - 2020

Mitigating the Effects of Plastics Ingestion for Flesh-footed Shearwaters Puffinus carneipes (2010)$26,000

Funding: Winifred Violet Scott Charitable Trust ($26,000)
Scheme: Grant
Administered By: University of Tasmania
Research Team: Lavers JL
Year: 2010

Research Supervision

Current

Degree	Title	Commenced
PhD	Identifying Patterns in the Distribution of Plastic Debris in Australia	2017
PhD	Seabirds as a Vector for Nutrients and Pollutants on Islands	2018
PhD	Identifying Solutions-based Approaches to Debris Accumulation on Remote Islands	2020