Publications

• Lowther, A.D., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K.  (2015). A sum greater than its parts: merging multi-predator tracking studies to increase ecological understaning.  Ecopshere 6(12).  
• Lowther, A.D., Ahonen, H., Hofmeyr, G., Oosthuizen, W.C., de Bruyn, P.J.N., Lydersen, C., Kovacs, K.M. (2015). Reliability of VHF telemetry data for measuring attendance patterns of marine predators: a comparison with time depth recorder data. Marine Ecology Progress Series 538 249-256.
• Lowther, A.D, Kovacs, K.M., Griffiths, D., Lydersen, C. (2015).  Identification of motivational state in adult male Atlantic walruses inferred from changes in movement and diving behaviour.  Marine Mammal Science 31(4) 1291-1313.
• Lowther, A.D, Lydersen, C., Fedak, M.A., Lovell, P., Kovacs, K.M. (2015). The Argos-CLS Kalman filter: error structures and state space modelling relative to Fastloc GPS data. PLoS One 10(4) e0124754.
• Rogers, P., Huveneers, C., Goldsworthy, S.D., Coyne, M., Lowther, A.D., Mitchel, J.G., Seuront, L. Living on the continental shelf edge: habitat use of juvenile shortfin makos Isurus oxyrinchus in the Great Australian Bight, southern Australia.  Fisheries Oceanography. 24(3) 205-218.
• Lowther, A.D.,  Lydersen, C., Biuw, M., Nico de Bruyn, P.J., Hofmeyr, G.J., Kovacs, K. (2014).  Post-breeding at-sea movements of three central place foragers in relation to submesoscale fronts in the Southern Ocean around Bouvetøya.  Antarctic Science 26(5) 533-544.
• Lowther, A.D., Lydersen, C., Fedak, M., Lovell, P., Kovacs, K. (2014).  The Argos-CLS Kalman filter: error structures and state space modelling relative to GPS data. PLoS One (in revision).
• Lowther, A.D., Harcourt, R.G., Goldsworthy, S.D. 2013. Regional variation in trophic ecology of adult female Australian sea lions inferred from stable isotopes in whiskers. Wildlife Research 40(4): 303–311.
  DOI:10.1071/WR12181
• Lowther, A.D., Harcourt, R.G., Page, B., Goldsworthy, S.D.(2013). Steady as He Goes: At-Sea Movement of Adult Male Australian Sea Lions in a Dynamic Marine Environment. Plos One 8(9).
  DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0074348
• Ahonen, H., Lowther, A.D., Goldsworthy, S.D., Harcourt, R.G., Stow, A.J. (2013). Characterization of 12 novel microsatellite loci and cross-amplification of four loci in the endangered Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea). Conservation Genetics Resources 5(1): 283–285.
  Goldsworthy, S.D., Page, B., Rogers, P.J., Bulmand, C., Wiebkin, A., McLeay, L.J., Einoder, L., Baylis, A.M.M., Braley, M., Caines, R., Daly, K., Huveneers, C., Peters, K., Lowther, A.D., Ward, T.M. (2013). Trophodynamics of the eastern Great Australian Bight ecosystem: Ecological change associated with the growth of Australia’s largest fishery. Ecological Modelling 255: 38–57.
  Lowther, A.D., Goldsworthy, S.D. (2012). Head start: Australian sea lion pups gain experience of adult foraging grounds before weaning. Marine Biology 159(12): 2687–2696.
  Lowther, A.D., Harcourt, R.G., Goldsworthy, S.D., Stow, A. (2012). Population structure of adult female Australian sea lions is driven by fine-scale foraging site fidelity. Animal Behaviour 83(3): 691–701.
• Lowther, A.D., Goldsworthy, S.D. (2011). Detecting alternate foraging ecotypes in Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) colonies using stable isotope analysis. Marine Mammal Science 27(3): 567–586.
• Lowther, A.D., Harcourt, R.G., Hamer, D.J., Goldsworthy, S.D. (2011). Creatures of habit: foraging habitat fidelity of adult female Australian sea lions. Marine Ecology Progress Series 443: 249–263.
  Lowther, A.D., Goldsworthy, S.D. (2011). Maternal strategies of the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea) at Dangerous Reef, South Australia. Australian Journal of Zoology 59(1): 54–62.

Reports

• Lowther, A.D., Goldsworthy, S.D., Harcourt, R.G., Donnellan, S., Page, B. 2011. Structure and subdivision of the Australian sea lion – defining species-wide management units using ecological and genetic information. Final Report to the Departnment of Environment and Natural Resources, South Australia. SARDI Research Report Series 576. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia. 18 s.
• Harcourt, R.G., Stow, A., Goldsworthy, S.D., Campbell, R., Lowther, A.D., Ahonen, H. 2010. Microsatellites, mating systems and males influence on management units in the Australian sea lion Final Report. 8 s.
• Lowther, A.D., Goldsworthy, S.D., Donnellan, S.C., Page, B. 2009. The role of social and genetic factors in shaping alternate foraging strategies within and among Australian sea lion subpopulations. Final Report to the Nature Foundation of South Australia Inc. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia.
• Goldsworthy, S.D., Page, B., Lowther, A.D., Rogers, P., Peters, K., Shaughnessy, P.D. 2009. Pup production assessment of the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea at Dangerous Reef and English Island, South Australia. SARDI Research Report Series 338. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia. 25 s.
• Harcourt, R.G., Stow, A., Goldsworthy, S.D., Campbell, R., Lowther, A.D., Ahonen, H. 2009. Microsatellites, mating systems and males influence on management units in the Australian sea lion Progress report 1. 9 s.
• Lowther, A.D., Goldsworthy, S.D., Donnellan, S.C., Harcourt, R.G., Page, B. 2009. A stable isotope method to screen the foraging ecotype profiles of Australian sea lion subpopulations. Interim Report Project 0708- 26. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia. 23 s.
• Goldsworthy, S.D., Page, B., Lowther, A.D., Shaughnessy, P.D., Peters, K.P., Rogers, P., McKenzie, J., Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2009. Developing population monitoring protocols to determine the abundance of Australian sea lions at key subpopulations in South Australia. SARDI Research Report Series 348. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia. 60 s.
• Goldsworthy, S.D., Shaughnessy, P.D., Page, B., Lowther, A.D., Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2008. Developing population monitoring protocols for Australian sea lions: enhancing large and small colony survey methodology. SARDI Research Report Series 297. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia. 46 s.
• Goldsworthy, S.D., Shaughnessy, P.D., Page, B., Dennis, T.E., McIntosh, R.R., Hamer, D.J., Peters, K.J., Baylis, A.M.M., Lowther, A.D., Bradshaw, C.J.A. 2007. Developing population monitoring protocols for Australian sea lions. SARDI Research Report Series 219. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia. 77 s.
• Goldsworthy, S.D., Lowther, A.D., Shaughnessy, P.D., McIntosh, R.R., Page, B. 2007. Assessment of pup production and maternal investment strategies of the Australian sea lion Neophoca cinerea at Dangerous Reef in the 2006-07 breeding season. SARDI Research Report Series 249. South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI), West Beach, South Australia. 67 s.

Conference presentations

• Lowther, A.D., Harcourt, R.G., Page, B., Goldsworthy, S.D. 2012. “The Knowledge”: male Australian sea lions and Hackney Cab drivers share common attributes when it comes to knowing where to go. AMSA-NZMSS 2012 Marine Extremes – and Everything in Between : Abstracts: 136. AMSA-NZMSS 2012 – Marine Extremes – and Everything In Between, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 1–5. jul 2012.
• Lowther, A.D., Harcourt, R., Goldsworthy, S.D., Stow, A. 2011. Buying local: fine-scale population structure of adult female Australian sea lions influenced by fine-scale foraging habitat fidelity. 19th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Tampa, Florida, USA, 27. nov 2011 – 2. des 2011.
• Lowther, A.D., Harcourt, R.G., Hamer, D.J., Goldsworthy, S.D. 2011. Avoiding the crowds: combining fine-scale biologging with stable isotope biogeochemistry to assess the temporal stability of alternate foraging behaviours in adult female Australian sea lions. Fourth International Science Symposium on Bio-logging: Program and abstracts: 77. 4th International Science Symposium on Bio-logging, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, 14–18. mar 2011.
• Lowther, A.D. 2009. Inferring alternate foraging behaviour in Australian sea lions using stable isotope analysis. Ecological Society of Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
• Lowther, A.D. 2009. Fine-scale substructuring of Australian sea lion populations. 18th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals, Québec City, Canada, 12–16. okt 2009.