Rachel Cavanagh

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Rachel Cavanagh

Ecosystem Scientist

Biography

I am an Ecosystem Scientist at the British Antarctic Survey. Trained as an ecologist, I have a BSc (First Class Hons) in Applied Zoology, PhD in Population Ecology (University of Liverpool), and over twenty years’ experience in scientific research, international programme management, and the provision of technical advice for policy. Prior to working at BAS, I was the Executive Officer of the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Species Survival Commission’s Shark Specialist Group, and before that I worked in shark conservation and management in Southeast Asia.

Research interests

My research is cross-disciplinary, linking ecology, fisheries and climate science, to address the challenges in understanding changing ecosystems. I have a particular interest in improving how science informs policy, and most recently my work has been focused on the integration of climate change considerations into marine conservation and management.

Collaborations

Roles include:

Scientific Advisor on the UK delegation to the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR), participating in Working Groups and Scientific Committee, leading on climate change issues.
General Capacity Building Fund Committee, Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).
Co-Chief Officer, Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research (SCAR) Scientific Research Programme ‘Near-term Variability and Prediction of the Antarctic Climate System’ (AntClimNow).
SCAR Standing Committee on the Antarctic Treaty System (SCATS).
Executive Committee, SCAR Action Group on Fish (SCARFISH).
Science-policy lead, Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean Programme (ICED), a regional programme of IMBeR (Integrated Marine Biosphere Research).
Committee member, British Antarctic Survey and Cambridge Conservation Initiative (CCI) ‘Science-Policy Challenges in Polar Conservation and Management’.
Cambridge NERC Doctoral Training Partnerships Training Committee, University of Cambridge.
Senior Associate, Nature-based Solutions Initiative, University of Oxford.
Centre for Science and Policy (CSaP) network, University of Cambridge.

Publications from NERC Open Research Archive

2025

Bowler, Ellen , Byrne, James , Leclerc, Lisa-Marie, Roberto-Charron, Amélie, Rogers, Martin S.J. , Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Harasimo, Jason, Lancaster, Melanie L., Chan, Ryan S.Y., Strickson, Oliver, Wilkinson, Jeremy , Downie, Rod, Hosking, J. Scott , Andersson, Tom R. . (2025) AI sea ice forecasts for Arctic conservation: A case study predicting the timing of caribou sea ice migrations. Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 6 (). 15 pp. 10.1002/2688-8319.70034

2023

Constable, A.J., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Muelbert, M.M.C., McCormack, S., Brasier, M., Caccavo, J.A, Cavanagh, R.D. , Grant, S.M. , Griffiths, H.J. , Gutt, J., Henley, S.F., Höfer, J., Hollowed, A.B., Johnston, N.M. , Morley, S.A. , Murphy, E.J. , Pinkerton, M.H., Schloss, I.R., Swadling, K.M., van de Putte, A.P.. (2023) Marine Ecosystem Assessment for the Southern Ocean: Summary for Policymakers. Online, SCAR, SCOR and IMBeR, 74 pp. (.) 10.5281/zenodo.8359585

Cavanagh, Rachel D. . (2023) [Book Review] Ecosystem‐based fisheries management – Progress, importance and impacts in the United States. Jason S.Link and Anthony R.Marshak. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. 2021. 712 pp.. Fish and Fisheries, 24 (). 2 pp. 10.1111/faf.12739

Chavez-Molina, Vasco., Nocito, Emily S., Carr, Eloise, Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Sylvester, Zephyr, Becker, Sarah L., Dorman, Diana D., Wallace, Bryan, White, Casey, Brooks, Cassandra M.. (2023) Managing for climate resilient fisheries: Applications to the Southern Ocean. Ocean & Coastal Management, 239 (). 17 pp. 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106580

Haque, Alifa Bintha, Oyanedel, Rodrigo, Cavanagh, Rachel D. . (2023) Mitigating elasmobranch fin trade: A market analysis for made-to-measure interventions. Science of The Total Environment, 862 (). 14 pp. 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160716

Hughes, Kevin A. , Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Convey, Peter . (2023) Advancing Antarctic climate change policy: Upcoming opportunities for scientists and policymakers to work together [Editorial]. Antarctic Science, 34 (). pp. 10.1017/S095410202200044X

2022

Haque, Alifa Bintha, Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Spaet, Julia L.Y.. (2022) Fishers’ tales—Impact of artisanal fisheries on threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Conservation Science and Practice, 4 (). 20 pp. 10.1111/csp2.12704

2021

Haque, Alifa Bintha, Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Seddon, Nathalie. (2021) Evaluating artisanal fishing of globally threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. PLoS ONE, 16 (). 38 pp. 10.1371/journal.pone.0256146

Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Trathan, Philip N. , Hill, Simeon L. , Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Meredith, Michael P. , Hollyman, Philip , Krafft, Björn A., Muelbert, Monica M.C., Murphy, Eugene J. , Sommerkorn, Martin, Turner, John , Grant, Susie M. . (2021) Utilising IPCC assessments to support the ecosystem approach to fisheries management within a warming Southern Ocean. Marine Policy, 131 (). 11 pp. 10.1016/j.marpol.2021.104589

Haque, A.B., White, W.T., Cavanagh, R.D. , Biswas, A.R., Hossain, N.. (2021) New records of elasmobranchs in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh: further taxonomic research is essential. Zootaxa, 5027 (). pp. 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.5027.2.4

Murphy, Eugene J. , Johnston, Nadine M. , Hofmann, Eileen E., Phillips, Richard A., Jackson, Jennifer A. , Constable, Andrew J., Henley, Sian F., Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Trebilco, Rowan, Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Tarling, Geraint A. , Saunders, Ryan A. , Barnes, David K.A. , Costa, Daniel P., Corney, Stuart P., Fraser, Ceridwen I., Höfer, Juan, Hughes, Kevin A. , Sands, Chester J. , Thorpe, Sally E. , Trathan, Philip N. , Xavier, José C.. (2021) Global connectivity of Southern Ocean ecosystems. Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 9 (). 29 pp. 10.3389/fevo.2021.624451

Hogg, Oliver T., Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Grant, Susie , Belchier, Mark , Gregory, Susan, Collins, Martin A. . (2021) Key climate change effects on the coastal and marine environment around the Polar UK Overseas Territories. , Marine Climate Change Impacts Partnership, 27 pp. (.) 10.14465/2021.orc02.pol

van Putten, I., Kelly, R., Cavanagh, R.D. , Murphy, E.J. , Breckwoldt, A., Brodie, S., Cvitanovic, C., Dickey-Collas, M., Maddison, L., Melbourne-Thomas, J., Arrizabalaga, H., Azetsu-Scott, K., Beckley, L.E., Bellerby, R., Constable, A.J., Cowie, G., Evans, K., Glaser, M., Hall, J., Hobday, A.J., Johnston, N.M. , Llopiz, J.K., Mueter, F., Muller-Karger, F.E., Weng, K.C., Wolf-Gladrow, D., Xavier, J.C. . (2021) A decade of incorporating social sciences in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research project (IMBeR): Much done, much to do?. Frontiers in Marine Science, 8 (). 14 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2021.662350

Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Melbourne-Thomas, Jess, Grant, Susie M. , Barnes, David K.A. , Hughes, Kevin A. , Halfter, Svenja, Meredith, Michael P. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Trebilco, Rowan, Hill, Simeon L. . (2021) Future risk for Southern Ocean ecosystem services under climate change. Frontiers in Marine Science, 7 (). 21 pp. 10.3389/fmars.2020.615214

2020

Turner, John , Guarino, Maria Vittoria , Arnatt, Jack, Jena, Babula, Marshall, Gareth J. , Phillips, Tony , Bajish, C.C., Clem, Kyle, Wang, Zhaomin, Andersson, Tom , Murphy, Eugene J. , Cavanagh, Rachel . (2020) Recent decrease of summer sea ice in the Weddell Sea, Antarctica. Geophysical Research Letters, 47 (). pp. 10.1029/2020GL087127

2019

Tittensor, Derek P., Beger, Maria, Böerder, Kristina, Boyce, Daniel, Cavanagh, Rachel , Cosandey-Godin, Aurelie, Crespo, Guillermo Ortuño, Dunn, Daniel, Ghiffary, Wildan, Grant, Susie M. , Hannah, Lee, Halpin, Pat, Harford, Mike, Heaslip, Susan G., Jeffery, Nicholas W., Kingston, Naomi, Lotze, Heike K., McLeod, Elizabeth, McGowan, Jennifer, McOwen, Chris J., O'Leary, Bethan C., Schiller, Laurenne, Stanley, Ryan R.E., Westhead, Maxine, Wilson, Kristen L., Worm, Boris. (2019) Integrating climate adaptation and biodiversity conservation in the global ocean. Science Advances, 5 (). pp. 10.1126/sciadv.aay9969

2018

Waluda, Claire , Cavanagh, Rachel , Manno, Clara . (2018) A Cross-Sectoral Approach to Tackle Ocean Plastic Pollution [Meeting report]. Eos, 99 (). pp. 10.1029/2018EO107159

Gutt, J., Isla, E., Bertler, A.N., Bodeker, G.E., Bracegirdle, T.J. , Cavanagh, R.D. , Comiso, J.C., Convey, P. , Cummings, V., De Conto, R., De Master, D., di Prisco, G., d'Ovidio, F., Griffiths, H.J. , Khan, A.L., Lopez-Martinez, J., Murray, A.E., Nielsen, U.N., Ott, S., Post, A., Ropert-Coudert, Y., Saucede, T., Scherer, R., Schiaparelli, S., Schloss, I.R., Smith, C.R., Stefels, J., Stevens, C., Strugnell, J.M., Trimborn, S., Verde, C., Verleyen, E., Wall, D.H., Wilson, N.G., Xavier, J.C. . (2018) Cross-disciplinarity in the advance of Antarctic ecosystem research. Marine Genomics, 37 (). pp. 10.1016/j.margen.2017.09.006

. Cavanagh, Rachel , Waluda, Claire (eds.). (2018) Plastics in the ocean: challenges and solutions. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 17 pp. (.)

2017

Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Bracegirdle, Thomas J. , Turner, John , Knowland, Cheryl A., Corney, Stuart P., Smith, Walker O., Waluda, Claire M. , Johnston, Nadine M. , Bellerby, Richard G.J., Constable, Andrew J., Costa, Daniel p., Hofmann, Eileen E., Jackson, Jennifer A. , Staniland, Iain J. , Wolf-Gladrow, Dieter, Xavier, Jose C. . (2017) A synergistic approach for evaluating climate model output for ecological applications. Frontiers in Marine Science, 4 (). pp. 10.3389/fmars.2017.00308

2016

Seddon, Nathalie, Mace, Georgina M., Naeem, Shahid, Tobias, Joseph A., Pigot, Alex L., Cavanagh, Rachel , Mouillot, David, Vause, James, Walpole, Matt. (2016) Biodiversity in the Anthropocene: prospects and policy. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 283 (). pp. doi:10.1098/rspb.2016.2094

Murphy, Eugene J. , Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Drinkwater, Ken F., Grant, Susie M. , Heymans, J.J., Hofmann, Eileen E., Hunt, George L., Johnston, Nadine M. . (2016) Understanding the structure and functioning of polar pelagic ecosystems to predict the impacts of change. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 283 (). pp. 10.1098/rspb.2016.1646

Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Broszeit, Stefanie, Pilling, Graham M., Grant, Susie M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Austen, Melanie C.. (2016) Valuing biodiversity and ecosystem services: a useful way to manage and conserve marine resources?. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, B, 283 (). pp. 10.1098/rspb.2016.1635

Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Hill, Simeon L. , Knowland, Cheryl A., Grant, Susie M. . (2016) Stakeholder perspectives on ecosystem-based management of the Antarctic krill fishery. Marine Policy, 68 (). pp. 10.1016/j.marpol.2016.03.006

2014

Hill, Simeon , Cavanagh, Rachel , Knowland, Cheryl, Grant, Susie , Downie, Rod. Cavanagh, Rachel , Waluda, Claire (eds.). (2014) Bridging the Krill Divide: Understanding Cross-Sector Objectives for Krill Fishing and Conservation. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey, 37 pp. (.)

Dulvy, Nicholas K., Fowler, Sarah L., Musick, John A., Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Kyne, Peter M., Harrison, Lucy R., Carlson, John K., Davidson, Lindsay N., Fordham, Sonja V., Francis, Malcolm P., Pollock, Caroline M., Simpfendorfer, Colin A., Burgess, George H., Carpenter, Kent E., Compagno, Leonard J.V., Ebert, David A., Gibson, Claudine, Heupel, Michelle R., Livingstone, Suzanne R., Sanciangco, Jonnell C., Stevens, John D., Valenti, Sarah, White, William T.. (2014) Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays. eLife, 3 (). 34 pp. doi:10.7554/eLife.00590

2013

Murphy, E.J. , Hofmann, E.E., Watkins, J.L., Johnston, N.M. , Piñones, A., Ballerini, T., Hill, S.L. , Trathan, P.N. , Tarling, G.A. , Cavanagh, R.A. , Young, E.F. , Thorpe, S.E. , Fretwell, P. . (2013) Comparison of the structure and function of Southern Ocean regional ecosystems: The Antarctic Peninsula and South Georgia. Journal of Marine Systems, 109-110 (). pp. doi:10.1016/j.jmarsys.2012.03.011

2012

Murphy, E.J. , Cavanagh, R.D. , Hofmann, E.E., Hill, S.L. , Constable, A.J., Costa, D.P., Pinkerton, M.H., Johnston, N.M. , Trathan, P.N. , Klinck, J.M., Wolf-Gladrow, D.A., Daly, K.L., Maury, O., Doney, S.C.. (2012) Developing integrated models of Southern Ocean food webs: including ecological complexity, accounting for uncertainty and the importance of scale. Progress in Oceanography, 102 (). pp. 10.1016/j.pocean.2012.03.006

Murphy, E. J. , Watkins, J.L., Trathan, P.N. , Reid, K., Meredith, M.P. , Hill, S.L. , Thorpe, S.E. , Johnston, N.M. , Clarke, A. , Tarling, G.A. , Collins, M.A. , Forcada, J. , Atkinson, A., Ward, P., Staniland, I.J. , Pond, D.W., Cavanagh, R.A. , Shreeve, R.S., Korb, R.E., Whitehouse, M.J., Rodhouse, P.G., Enderlein, P., Hirst, A.G., Martin, A.R., Briggs, D.R., Cunningham, N.J., Fleming, A.H. . (2012) Spatial and Temporal Operation of the Scotia Sea Ecosystem. In: Rogers, Alex D., Johnston, Nadine M. , Murphy, Eugene J. , Clarke, Andrew (eds.). Antarctic Ecosystems: An Extreme Environment in a Changing World, , Blackwell Publishing, pp. 10.1002/9781444347241.ch6

2010

Hoffmann, Michael, Hilton-Taylor, Craig, Angulo, Ariadne, Böhm, Monika, Brooks, T.M., Butchart, Stuart H.M., Carpenter, Kent E., Chanson, Janice, Collen, Ben, Cox, Neil A., Darwall, William R.T., Dulvy, Nicholas K., Harrison, Lucy R., Katariya, Vineet, Pollock, Caroline M., Quader, Suhel, Richman, Nadia I., Rodrigues, Ana S.L., Tognelli, Marcelo F., Vié, Jean-Christophe, Aguiar, John M., Allen, David J., Allen, Gerald R., Amori, Giovanni, Ananjeva, Natalia B., Andreone, Franco, Andrew, Paul, Ortiz, Aida Luz Aquino, Baillie, Jonathan E.M., Baldi, Ricardo, Bell, Ben D., Biju, S.D., Bird, Jeremy P., Black-Decima, Patricia, Blanc, J. Julian, Bolanos, Federico, Bolivar-G, Wilmar, Burfield, Ian J., Burton, James A., Capper, David R., Castro, Fernando, Catullo, Gianluca, Cavanagh, Rachel D. , Channing, Alan, Chao, Ning Labbish, Chenery, Anna M., Chiozza, Federica, Clausnitzer, Viola, Collar, Nigel J., Collett, Leah C., Collette, Bruce B., Cortez Fernandez, Claudia F., Craig, Matthew T., Crosby, Michael J., Cumberlidge, Neil, Cuttelod, Annabelle, Derocher, Andrew E., Diesmos, Arvin C., Donaldson, John S., Duckworth, J.W., Dutson, Guy, Dutta, S.K., Emslie, Richard H., Farjon, Aljos, Fowler, Sarah, Freyhof, Jörg, Garshelis, David L., Gerlach, Justin, Gower, David J., Grant, Tandora D., Hammerson, Geoffrey A., Harris, Richard B., Heaney, Lawrence R., Hedges, S. Blair, Hero, Hean-Marc, Hughes, Baz, Hussain, Syed Ainul, Icochea M., Javier, Inger, Robert F., Ishii, Nobuo, Iskandar, Djoko T., Jenkins, Richard K.B., Kaneko, Yoshio, Kottelat, Maurice, Kovacs, Kit M., Kuzmin, Sergius L., La Marca, Enrique, Lamoreux, John F., Lau, Michael W.N., Lavilla, Esteban O., Leus, Kristin, Lewison, Rebecca L., Lichtenstein, Gabriela, Livingstone, Suzanne R., Lukoschek, Vimoksalehi, Mallon, David P., McGowan, Philip J.K., McIvor, Anna, Moehlman, Patricia D., Molur, Sanjay, Muñoz Alonso, Antonio, Musick, John A., Nowell, Kristin, Nussbaum, Ronald A., Olech, Wanda, Orlov, Nikolay L., Papenfuss, Theodore J., Parra-Olea, Gabriela, Perrin, William F., Polidoro, Beth A., Pourkazemi, Mohammad, Racey, Paul A., Ragle, James S., Ram, Mala, Rathbun, Galen, Reynolds, Robert P., Rhodin, Anders G.J., Richards, Stephen J., Rodríguez, Lily O., Ron, Santiago R., Rondinini, Carlo, Rylands, Anthony B., Sadovy de Mitcheson, Yvonne, Sanciangco, Jonnell C., Sanders, Kate L., Santos-Barrera, Georgina, Schipper, Jan, Self-Sullivan, Caryn, Shi, Yichuan, Shoemaker, Alan, Short, Frederick T., Sillero-Zubiri, Claudio, Silvano, Débora L., Smith, Kevin G., Smith, Andrew T., Snoeks, Jos, Stattersfield, Alison J., Symes, Andrew J., Taber, Andrew B., Talukdar, Bibhab K., Temple, Helen J., Timmins, Rob, Tobias, Joseph A., Tsytsulina, Katerina, Tweddle, Denis, Ubeda, Carmen, Valenti, Sarah V., van Dijk, Peter Paul, Veiga, Liza M., Veloso, Alberto, Wege, David C., Wilkinson, Mark, Williamson, Elizabeth A., Xie, Feng, Young, Bruce E., Akçakaya, H. Resit, Bennun, Leon, Blackburn, Tim M., Boitani, Luigi, Dublin, Holly T., da Fonesca, Gustavo A.B., Gascon, Claude, Lacher, Thomas E., Mace, Georgina M., Mainka, Susan A., McNeely, Jeffery A., Mittermeier, Russell A., Reid, Gordon McGregor, Rodriguez, Jon Paul, Rosenberg, Andrew A., Samways, Michael J., Smart, Jane, Stein, Bruce A., Stuart, Simon N.. (2010) The impact of conservation on the status of the world’s vertebrates. Science, 330 (). pp. 10.1126/science.1194442

Atkinson, Angus, Tarling, Geraint , Pond, David, Stowasser, Gabriele , Schmidt, Katrin, Fielding, Sophie , Murphy, Eugene , Cavanagh, Rachel . (2010) Discovery 2010: understanding the Scotia Sea food web. GLOBEC International Newsletter, April (). pp.

Other publications:

Polar:

Louise Sime, Rachel Cavanagh, Jane Francis, Tim Naish, Oliver Marsh, Geraint Tarling, C. Rosie Williams. Antarctic Tipping Points. https://www.bas.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Tipping-points-report_Jun23.pdf

Cavanagh Rachel, Waluda Claire (eds.). (2018) Plastics in the ocean: challenges and solutions. Cambridge, British Antarctic Survey. https://www.bas.ac.uk/data/our-data/publication/a-cross-sectoral-approach-to-tackle-ocean-plastic-pollution-meeting-report/

Johnston NM, Murphy EJ and Cavanagh RD. 2016. Unlocking the past to understand the future. Antarctic Science. 28 (1). P 1. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102015000619

Hill S, Cavanagh RD, Knowland CA, Grant SM and Downie R. 2014. Bridging the krill divide: understanding cross-sector objectives for krill fishing and conservation. Report of an ICED-BAS-WWF Workshop. Woking, UK, June 2014. Published by British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, 37pp. http://www.iced.ac.uk/documents/Krill%20divide%20report_FINAL.pdf

Rintoul, S. R. et al (including Cavanagh RD) (2012): The Southern Ocean observing system: Initial science and implementation strategy , SCAR and SCOR, 74 p., ISBN: 978-0-948277-27-6 .

Murphy E.J., Cavanagh R.D., Johnston N.M. and Hofmann E.E. (Eds). 2010. Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED): Report of the Southern Ocean Food Web Modelling Workshop, 16-18 April 2008, Virginia, USA

Murphy E.J., Cavanagh R.D., Johnston N.M., Reid K., Hofmann E.E. 2008. Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics in the Southern Ocean (ICED). Science Plan and Implementation Strategy. GLOBEC Report No. 26 and IMBER Report No. 2.

Murphy E.J., Johnston N.M. and Cavanagh R.D. (Eds). 2006. Integrating Climate and Ecosystem Dynamics (ICED) in the Southern Ocean: Report of the first ICED Science Planning Workshop, British Antarctic Survey, Cambridge, UK, 24–26 May 2005. 58pp.

IUCN Shark Specialist Group:

Haque AB, Oyanedel R, Cavanagh RD. 2023. Mitigating elasmobranch fin trade: A market analysis for made-to-measure interventions, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 862, 2023,
160716, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2022.160716

Haque, AB, Cavanagh RD, Spaet JLY. 2022. Fishers’ tales—Impact of artisanal fisheries on threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Conservation Science and Practice, 4. 20 pp. 10.1111/csp2.12704

Haque AB, Cavanagh RD, Seddon N. 2021. Evaluating artisanal fishing of globally threatened sharks and rays in the Bay of Bengal,
Bangladesh. PLoS ONE 16(9): e0256146. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0256146

Haque AB, White WT, Cavanagh RD, Biswas AR and Hossain N. 2021. New records of elasmobranchs in the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh: further taxonomic research is essential. Zootaxa, 5027(2), 211–230. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5027.2.4

Dulvy NK, Fowler SL, Musick JA, Cavanagh RD et al. 2014 Extinction risk and conservation of the world’s sharks and rays. eLife, 3, e00590. 34, pp. 10.7554/eLife.00590

Hoffmann, M. et al (including Cavanagh, RD). The impact of conservation on the status of the world’s vertebrates. Science 330, 1503–1509 (2010.

Compagno, L.J.V., White, W.T. & Cavanagh, R.D. 2010. Glyphis fowlerae sp. nov., a new species of river shark (Carcharhiniformes; Carcharhinidae) from northeastern Borneo, pp. 29–44. In: P.R. Last, W.T. White, J.J. Pogonoski (eds) Descriptions of New Sharks and Rays from Borneo. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research Paper 032, 165 pp.

Cavanagh, R.D. and Gibson, C. 2007. Overview of the Conservation Status of Mediterranean Chondrichthyans. IUCN Shark Specialist Group, UK and IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, Malaga, Spain.

Cavanagh, R.D., Fowler, S.L. and Camhi, M. 2007. Pelagic sharks and the FAO International Plan of Action for the Conservation and Management of Sharks. Submitted. In: Camhi, M. and Pikitch, E.K. (Eds). Sharks of the Open Ocean. Blackwell Scientific Publishers.

White, W.T. and Cavanagh, R.D. 2007. Whale shark landings in Indonesian artisanal shark and ray fisheries. Fisheries Research 84: 128–131.

Cavanagh, R.D. and Kyne, P.M. 2006. The conservation status of deepsea chondrichthyan fishes. In: Proceedings of the Conservation and Management of Deepsea Chondrichthyans. UN Food and Agricultural Organisation, Rome, Italy, pp366-380.

Fowler, S.L., Cavanagh, R.D., Camhi, M., Burgess, G.H., Cailliet, G.M., Fordham, S.V., Simpfendorfer, C.A. and Musick, J.A. (Eds). 2005. Sharks, rays and chimaeras: the status of the chondrichthyan fishes. Status survey. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. x + 461pp.

Cavanagh, R. 2004. Shark and ray fisheries. In: Managing marine protected areas: a toolkit for the Western Indian Ocean. IUCN Eastern African Regional Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, xii + 172pp.

Cavanagh, R.D., Kyne, P.M., Fowler, S.L., Musick, J.A., and Bennett, M.B. (Eds). 2003. Conservation Status of Australian Chondrichthyans: Report of the IUCN Shark Specialist Group Australia and Oceania Regional Red List Workshop. University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. 170 pp.

PhD publications:

Telfer, S., Bennett, M., Bown, K., Carslake, D., Cavanagh, R., Hazel, S., Jones, T. & Begon, M. 2005. Infection with cowpox virus decreases female maturation rates in wild populations of woodland rodents. Oikos 109: 317-322.

Cavanagh, R.D., Lambin, X., Ergon, T., Bennett, M., Graham, I.M., van Soolingen, D. & Begon, M. 2004. Disease dynamics in cyclic populations of field voles (Microtus agrestis): cowpox virus and vole tuberculosis (Mycobacterium microti). Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 271: 859-867.

Ergon, T. Speakman, J.R., Scantlebury, M. Cavanagh, R. and Lambin, X. 2004. Optimal Body Size and Energy Expenditure during Winter: Why Are Voles Smaller in Declining Populations? The American Naturalist 163(3): 442-457.

Begon, M., Hazel, S.M., Telfer. S., Bown, K., Carslake, D., Cavanagh, R., Chantrey, J., Jones, T. & Bennett, M. 2003. Rodents, cowpox virus and islands: densities, numbers and thresholds. Journal of Animal Ecology 72: 343-355.

Speakman, J.R., Ergon, T., Cavanagh, R., Reid, K., Scantlebury, D.M., and Lambin, X. 2003. Resting and daily energy expenditures of free-living field voles are positively correlated but reflect extrinsic rather than intrinsic effects. Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Science 100(24): 14057–14062.

Cavanagh, R., Begon, M., Bennett, M., Ergon, T., Graham, I.M., de Haas, P.E.W., Hart, C.A., Koedam, M., Kremer, K., Lambin, X., Roholl, P. & van Soolingen, D. 2002. Mycobacterium microti infection (vole tuberculosis) in wild rodent populations: a potential reservoir for pulmonary tuberculosis in humans. Journal of Clinical Microbiology 40: 3281-3285.

Telfer, S., Bennett, M., Bown, K.J., Cavanagh, R., Crespin, L., Hazel, S., Jones, T. & Begon, M. 2002. The effects of cowpox virus on survival in natural rodent populations: increases and decreases. Journal of Animal Ecology 71: 558-568.

Cavanagh, R.D. 2001. Interactions between population dynamics and infectious diseases of wild rodents. PhD Thesis. University of Liverpool, UK.

Hazel, S.M., Baxby, D., Bennett, M., Bown, K., Chantrey, J., Cavanagh, R., Jones, T.R. & Begon, M. 2000. A longitudinal study of an endemic disease in its wildlife reservoir: cowpox and wild rodents. Epidemiology and. Infection 124: 551-562.

Begon, M., Hazel, S.M., Baxby, D., Bown, K., Cavanagh, R., Chantrey, J., Jones, T. & Bennett, M. 1999. Transmission dynamics of a zoonotic pathogen within and between wildlife host species. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series B 266: 1-7.

Extant: Drivers and Impacts of Extreme Weather Events in Antarctica

Fisheries management outside the polar regions: Nature-Based Solutions Initiative | Conserving sharks and rays in the global south (naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org)

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