AB (Biology) [UC Berkeley], PhD [Biology] (U Oregon)
Macquarie Bank Foundation Chair
Head of National
Centre for Marine and Coastal Conservation
Phone: (03) 5950 2036
FAX: (03) 5981 2158
Email: C.Hewitt@ncmcc.edu.au
Professor Chad Hewitt is the Macquarie Bank Foundation Chair and the Head of the National Centre for Marine and Coastal Conservation at AMC, a new campus being established in Victoria. He was previously the Chief Technical Officer for Marine Biosecurity for the New Zealand government and was a Research Scientist with CSIRO Marine in Australia. As a research scientist he has more than 50 publications in various aspects of marine ecology, risk assessment and management. Specialising in marine biosecurity and resource management, Professor Chad Hewitt has current projects on ecosystem effects of biological invasions and the application of spatial valuation methodologies to enhance ecologically sustainable development in the coastal zone. He has consulted to international agencies, national and state governments, industry and non-governmental organisations on environmental management, environmental impact assessment, and marine biosecurity. Professor Chad Hewitt is also the course co-ordinator for the Bachelors of Administration - Marine and Coastal Conservation.
Research Interests:
- Patterns and processes of marine biological invasions
- Marine biosecurity policy development and management
- Intertidal and subtidal community ecology
- Marine and coastal conservation
Selected publications:
Deagle, B.E., N. Bax, C.L. Hewitt, and J.G. Patil. 2003. Development and evaluation of a PCR based test for detection of Asterias (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) larvae in plankton samples from ballast water. Marine and Freshwater Research 54(6): 709-719.
Hewitt, C.L. , 2003. Marine Biosecurity Issues in the World Oceans: Global activities and Australian directions. Ocean Yearbook 17: 193-212.
Lewis, P.N., C.L. Hewitt, M. Riddle, and A. McMinn. 2003. Marine Introductions in the Southern Ocean: an unrecognised hazard to biodiversity. Marine Pollution Bulletin 46(2): 213-223.
Ross, D.J., C.R. Johnson and C.L. Hewitt. 2003. Variability in the impact of an introduced predator (Asterias amurensis: Asteroidea) on soft sediment assemblages. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 288(2): 257-278.
Hewitt, C.L. , J. Willing, A. Bauckham, A.M. Cassidy, C.M.S. Cox, L. Jones and D.M. Wotton. 2004. New Zealand Marine Biosecurity: delivering outcomes in a fluid environment. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 429 - 438
Hewitt, C.L. , M.L. Campbell, R.E. Thresher, R.B. Martin, S. Boyd, B.F. Cohen, D.R. Currie, M.F. Gomon, M.J. Keogh, J.A. Lewis, M.M. Lockett, N. Mays, M.A. McArthur, T.D. O’Hara, G.C.B. Poore, D.J. Ross, M.J. Storey, J.E. Watson, and R.S. Wilson. 2004. Introduced and cryptogenic species in Port Phillip Bay, Victoria, Australia. Marine Biology 144(1): 183-202.
Lewis, P.N., M. Riddle, C.L. Hewitt. 2004. Management of exogenous threats to Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic Islands: balancing risks from TBT and non-indigenous marine organisms. Marine Pollution Bulletin 49: 999-1005.
Ross, D.J., C.R. Johnson, C.L. Hewitt, and G.M. Ruiz. 2004. Interaction and impacts of two introduced species on soft sediment marine communities in SE Tasmania. Marine Biology 144(4): 747-756.
Wotton, D.M. and C.L. Hewitt. 2004. Marine biosecurity post-border management: developing incursion response systems for New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 38: 553-559.
Hewitt, C.L. , 2005. New Zealand marine biosecurity research directions to underpin management New Zealand Science Review 61(3-4):73-77.
Hewitt , C.L. , M.L. Campbell, F. McEnnulty, K.M. Moore, N.B. Murfet, B. Robertson and B. Schaffelke. 2005. Efficacy of physical removal of a marine pest: the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida in a Tasmanian Marine Reserve. Biological Invasions 7(2): 251-263.
Schaffelke, B., M.L. Campbell and C.L. Hewitt. 2005. Reproductive phenology of the introduced kelp Undaria pinnatifida (Phaeophyta, Laminariales) in Tasmania, Australia. Phycologia 44: 84 – 94.
Wyatt, A.S.J., C.L. Hewitt, D.I. Walker, T.J. Ward. 2005. Marine introductions in the Shark Bay World Heritage Property, Western Australia: a preliminary assessment. Diversity and Distributions 11: 33–44.
Gibbs, M.T., A.J. Hobday, B. Sanderson and C.L. Hewitt. 2006. Defining the spatial extent of New Zealand’s coastal zone. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 66: 240-254.
