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Wayne O'Connor
PeerJ Editor
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Editor 1,600

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Ecology
Marine Biology
Animal Behavior
Agricultural Science
Aquaculture, Fisheries and Fish Science
Biodiversity
Evolutionary Studies
Biochemistry
Biogeochemistry
Environmental Impacts
Molecular Biology
Environmental Sciences
Natural Resource Management
Toxicology
Ecotoxicology
Food Science and Technology
Histology
Climate Change Biology
Zoology
Freshwater Biology
Spatial and Geographic Information Science
Aquatic and Marine Chemistry
Genetics
Population Biology

Wayne A. O'Connor

PeerJ Editor

Summary

Dr O’Connor is a Senior Principal Research Scientist and Research Leader for Aquaculture at Fisheries New South Wales’ Port Stephens Fisheries Institute. His undergraduate studies were undertaken at Newcastle University and he received his PhD from the University of Technology, Sydney, working on aspects of scallop physiology and reproductive biology. He has 30 years experience in Aquaculture research and has worked on a variety programs including algal culture and the development of propagation techniques for a number of molluscs such as oysters (edible and pearl), scallops, mussels and clams. Currently, Dr O’Connor leads molluscan research programs that range from the development of selective breeding techniques and triploid induction to environmental impact and ecotoxicological evaluations. Dr O'Connor is a member of the editorial boards for the journals Aquaculture and Aquaculture Research. Molluscan Research and Water. He is a Conjoint Professor in Life Sciences at Newcastle University, an Adjunct Professor in Genecology at the University of the Sunshine Coast and a Visiting Fellow at Macquarie University.

Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science Biological Oceanography Ecology Marine Biology

Editorial Board Member

PeerJ - the Journal of Life & Environmental Sciences

Work details

Research Leader Aquaculture

Department of Primary Industies
Port Stephens Fisheries Institute

Fisheries

PeerJ Contributions

  • Edited 11

Academic Editor on

May 31, 2022
High gene flow in the silverlip pearl oyster Pinctada maxima between inshore and offshore sites near Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia
Luke Thomas, Karen J. Miller
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.13323 PubMed 35669950
May 20, 2021
­Blue mussel (Mytilus spp.) cultivation in mesohaline eutrophied inner coastal waters: mitigation potential, threats and cost effectiveness
Lukas Ritzenhofen, Anna-Lucia Buer, Greta Gyraite, Sven Dahlke, Annemarie Klemmstein, Gerald Schernewski
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11247 PubMed 34055477
January 14, 2021
Monitoring oyster culture rafts and seagrass meadows in Nagatsura-ura Lagoon, Sanriku Coast, Japan before and after the 2011 tsunami by remote sensing: their recoveries implying the sustainable development of coastal waters
Hiroki Murata, Motoyuki Hara, Chinatsu Yonezawa, Teruhisa Komatsu
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10727 PubMed 33520472
December 12, 2019
Organ health and development in larval kingfish are unaffected by ocean acidification and warming
Andrea Y. Frommel, Colin J. Brauner, Bridie J.M. Allan, Simon Nicol, Darren M. Parsons, Steve M.J. Pether, Alvin N. Setiawan, Neville Smith, Philip L. Munday
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.8266 PubMed 31844598
September 25, 2019
Effect of reduced pH on physiology and shell integrity of juvenile Haliotis iris (pāua) from New Zealand
Vonda J. Cummings, Abigail M. Smith, Peter M. Marriott, Bryce A. Peebles, N. Jane Halliday
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7670 PubMed 31579589
May 18, 2018
Effects of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) removal on shallow-water sediments in Fiji
Steven Lee, Amanda K. Ford, Sangeeta Mangubhai, Christian Wild, Sebastian C.A. Ferse
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4773 PubMed 29796344
December 19, 2017
The first observations of Ischnochiton (Mollusca, Polyplacophora) movement behaviour, with comparison between habitats differing in complexity
Kiran Liversage, Kirsten Benkendorff
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4180 PubMed 29302396
September 8, 2017
Age, growth, mortality and reproductive seasonality of jolthead porgy, Calamus bajonado, from Florida waters
Michael L. Burton, Jennifer C. Potts, Jordan Page, Ariel Poholek
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3774 PubMed 28929016
April 12, 2017
Physiological effects of five different marine natural organic matters (NOMs) and three different metals (Cu, Pb, Zn) on early life stages of the blue mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis)
Lygia Sega Nogueira, Adalto Bianchini, Scott Smith, Marianna Basso Jorge, Rachael L. Diamond, Chris M. Wood
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3141 PubMed 28413723
August 2, 2016
Decoupling the response of an estuarine shrimp to architectural components of habitat structure
Jeffrey A. Crooks, Andrew L. Chang, Gregory M. Ruiz
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.2244 PubMed 27547551
March 17, 2016
Microphytoplankton variations during coral spawning at Los Roques, Southern Caribbean
Francoise Cavada-Blanco, Ainhoa L. Zubillaga, Carolina Bastidas
https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.1747 PubMed 27019774