Jason Schaffer

James Cook University — Australia

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

9h-index415citations23works1.52yr avg
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Research Topics

Fish Ecology and Management Studies(13), Turtle Biology and Conservation(10), Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(7), Amphibian and Reptile Biology(7), Fish biology, ecology, and behavior(7)

Publications23 total

Does a lack of juveniles indicate a threat? Understanding body size distributions in a group of long‐lived vertebrates
Journal of Animal Ecology·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
NO RANAVIRAL DNA FOUND IN AUSTRALIAN FRESHWATER TURTLES, 2014–19, DESPITE PREVIOUS SEROLOGIC EVIDENCE
Journal of Wildlife Diseases·2024· 1 cited
Alternative conservation outcomes from aquatic fauna translocations: Losing and saving the Running River rainbowfish
Aquatic Conservation Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems·2023· 3 citedOpen Access
Environmental DNA analysis confirms extant populations of the cryptic Irwin’s turtle within its historical range
BMC Ecology and Evolution·2022· 15 citedOpen Access
Simple fence modification increases land movement prospects for freshwater turtles on floodplains
Wildlife Biology·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
Additional file 1 of Environmental DNA analysis confirms extant populations of the cryptic Irwin’s turtle within its historical range
Figshare·2022Open Access
Will fencing floodplain and riverine wetlands from feral pig damage conserve fish community values?
Ecology and Evolution·2021· 4 citedOpen Access
Will fencing floodplain and riverine wetlands from feral pig damage conserve fish community values?
2021Open Access
Waterfalls mediate the longitudinal distribution of diadromous predatory fishes structuring communities in tropical, short, steep coastal streams
Freshwater Biology·2021· 5 cited
Managing feral pig threats on a tropical floodplain for fisheries values
2021Open Access
Simple fence modification increases floodplain land movement prospects for freshwater turtles
2020Open Access
Global Conservation Status of Turtles and Tortoises (Order Testudines)
Chelonian Conservation and Biology·2018· 250 citedOpen Access
Thermal and asphyxia exposure risk to freshwater fish in feral‐pig‐damaged tropical wetlands
Journal of Fish Biology·2018· 15 citedOpen Access
Muddy waters: the influence of high suspended-sediment concentration on the diving behaviour of a bimodally respiring freshwater turtle from north-eastern Australia
Marine and Freshwater Research·2015· 8 cited
Distinct habitat selection by freshwater morays in tropical rainforest streams
Ecology Of Freshwater Fish·2015· 9 citedOpen Access
Filming and snorkelling as visual techniques to survey fauna in difficult to access tropical rainforest streams
Marine and Freshwater Research·2014· 33 cited
Experimental herbivory of native Australian macrophytes by the introduced Mozambique tilapia Oreochromis
2010
Experimental herbivory of native Australian macrophytes by the introduced Mozambique tilapia <i>Oreochromis mossambicus</i>
Austral Ecology·2009· 21 cited
What for the future of the Jardine River Painted Turtle?
Pacific Conservation Biology·2009· 2 cited
How might an exotic fish disrupt spawning success in a sympatric native species?
Marine and Freshwater Research·2009· 11 cited
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Frequent Co-authors

Robert G. Doupé(6), Damien Burrows(6), Nathan J. Waltham(6), Matthew J. Knott(5), Brendan C. Ebner(3), James A. Donaldson(3), Eric J. Nordberg(3), Andrew D. Walde(2), Ricky‐John Spencer(2), Christopher J. Fulton(2), Alan J. Lymbery(2), Cecilia Villacorta‐Rath(2), Thomas Espinoza(2), Bernie Cockayne(2), Sophie Walker(2), Justin Perry(2), Ellen Ariel(2), Wytamma Wirth(2), Anders G. J. Rhodin(1), Craig B. Stanford(1)