Publications

Publications:

Woolley, S.N.C, Tittensor, D. P., Dunstan, P. K., Guillera-Arroita, G., Lahoz-Monfort, J. J., Wintle, B. A., Worm, B. & O’Hara, T. D. (2016). Deep-sea diversity patterns are shaped by energy availability. Nature, 533(7603), 393-396

McCallum, A.W., Woolley, S.N.C, Błażewicz-Paszkowycz, M., Browne, J., Gerken, S., Kloser, R., Poore, G.C.B., Staples, D., Syme, A., Taylor, J., Walker-Smith, G., Williams, A. & Wilson, R.S. (2014) Productivity enhances benthic species richness along an oligotrophic Indian Ocean continental margin. Global Ecology and Biogeography, Online early view.

Poore G.B., Avery L., Błażewicz-Paszkowycz M., Browne J., Bruce N., Gerken S., Glasby C., Greaves E., McCallum A., Staples D., Syme A., Taylor J., Walker-Smith G., Warne M., Watson C., Williams A., Wilson R. & Woolley S.N.C. (2014). Invertebrate diversity of the unexplored marine western margin of Australia: taxonomy and implications for global biodiversity. Mar Biodiv, 1-16.

Woolley, S.N.C., McCallum, A.W., O’Hara, T., Wilson, R. & Dunstan, P.K. 2013. Fathom out: Biogeographic subdivision across the Western Australian continental margin – A multispecies modelling approach. Diversity and Distributions. Online early view.

Woolley, S.N.C. and Wilson, R. S. 2011. Two new species of Eulepethidae (Polychaeta) from Australian seas. Zootaxa, 47-66.

Presentations & workshops

2015: Woolley, S.N.C., Tittensor D.P., Dunstan P.K., Guillera-Arroita G., Lahoz-Monfort J.J., Wintle B.A., Worm B. & O’Hara T.D Deep-sea diversity patterns shaped by energy availability. International Deep Sea Biology Symposium, Aveiro, Portugal, Australia.

2015: Woolley, S.N.C., Tittensor D.P., Dunstan P.K., Guillera-Arroita G., Lahoz-Monfort J.J., Wintle B.A., Worm B. & O’Hara T.D Energy drives global patterns of deep-sea biodiversity. Australian Marine Sciences Association (AMSA) conference, Geelong, Australia.

2014:  Woolley, S.N.C., O’Hara, T.D., Dunstan, P.K. Wintle, B.A. Turnover of deep-sea brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) across Australia, New Zealand and Antarctica. International Biogeography Society (IBS) Early Career Conference 2014, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

2013:  Woolley, S.N.C., Tittensor D.P., Dunstan P.K., Guillera-Arroita G., Lahoz-Monfort J.J., Wintle B.A., Worm B. & O’Hara T.D Global deep-sea biodiversity patterns and process. Dalhousie University Biology Department Seminar, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.

2013: Deep star shift: turnover of bathyal brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) across Australia and New Zealand. Skipton Woolley, Timothy O’Hara, Brendan Wintle and Piers Dunstan.  98th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of America. Minneapolis.

2013: Deep star shift: turnover of bathyal brittle stars (Ophiuroidea) across Australia and New Zealand. Skipton Woolley, Timothy O’Hara, Brendan Wintle and Piers Dunstan. The 26th International Congress for Conservation Biology. Baltimore.

2013: Environmental and spatial drivers of beta-diversity in the deep sea. Australian Marine Sciences Accociation (AMSA) student conference, Melbourne.

2012: Beta diversity in the deep-sea: Patterns of community composition turnover for bathyal species around Australia and New Zealand. 13th International Deep-Sea Biology Symposium 2012. Wellington, New Zealand.

2012: Mapping global biogeography of the deep sea. INDEEP Marine Mapping Workshop. Wellington, New Zealand.

2012: Fathom out: Ascertaining of bioregions based on multispecies
modelling of benthic invertebrates along the Western Australian
continental margin. Australian Marine Sciences Association Inc. and the New Zealand Marine Science Society 2012 Conference – Hobart, Tasmania.

2011: Multispecies modelling of polychaete distributions along the Western Australian continental margin and congruence with other taxa. 10th Invertebrate Biodiversity & Conservation / Society of Australian Systematic Biologists Conference 2011 – Melbourne, Victoria. 

Awards and Grants.

2015: Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) Travel Award.

2014:  Best speaker in ‘Biodiversity turnover across spatial scales’ at International Biogeography Society (IBS) Early Career Conference 2014, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

2013: Center of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED) Travel Award.

2013: School of Botany Travel Scholarship.

2012: Australian Postgraduate Scholarship, 2012-2015.

2012: National Environmental Research Program (NERP) Postgraduate Top-Up Scholarship, 2012-2015.