Education
1983 PhD (Fisheries), University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
1979 MA (Natural Sciences), Cambridge University,
1976 BA (Natural Sciences), Cambridge University,
Employment history
2005-present
Leader, Biodiversity and Conservation, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research
• Determining the processes that maintain marine biodiversity and the conservation of marine biodiversity following anthropogenic change
• Development of genetic approaches for explaining observed patterns in marine biodiversity
• Development of techniques and management strategies for the integrated pest management of invasive marine species.
2001-2005.
Leader, Invasive Species Research, CSIRO Marine Research
• Application of management strategy evaluation to invasive species
• Development of genetic methods for the control of invasive species
• Risk assessment and rapid response to marine pest invasions.
1993–2001
Senior Research Scientist, CSIRO Marine Research
• Design, coordination and leadership of a multidisciplinary study of the role of habitat in the Southeast Australian marine ecosystem.
• Stock assessment and risk analysis of commercial fish species.
• Development of system level models and indicators to provide management criteria for sustainable development of marine fisheries.
• Development of ecomorphological criteria of ecosystem function as a rapid assessment technique for biodiversity evaluation in marine ecosystems.
Research interests
• Project Design and Leadership
• Marine Ecosystem Analysis
• Integrated Management of Invasive Marine Species
• Statistical and Numerical Modelling
Key publications
Williams, A. and Bax, N. (2003). Integrating fishers’ knowledge with survey data to understand the structure, ecology and use of a seascape off southeastern Australia, pp. 238-245, in, Haggen, N., Brignall, C. and Wood, L. (eds), ‘Putting fishers’ knowledge to work’, Conference Proceedings, UBC Fisheries Centre Research Reports
Bax, N. and Williams, A (2003). Designing representative and adequate MPAs In a structured environment. Pages 203-211 In and J.P. Beumer, A. Grant, D.C. Smith [Eds.] “Aquatic Protected Areas - What works best and how do we know?” Proceedings of the World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas - Cairns, Australia; August, 2002.” University of Queensland Printery, Australia.
Williams, A and Bax, N. (2003) Involving fishers’ data In Identifying, selecting and designing MPAs. Pages 212-219 In and J.P. Beumer, A. Grant, D.C. Smith [Eds.] “Aquatic Protected Areas - What works best and how do we know?” Proceedings of the World Congress on Aquatic Protected Areas - Cairns, Australia; August, 2002.” University of Queensland Printery, Australia.
Bax, N., Williamson, A., Aguero, M., Gonzalez, E., and Geeves, W. (2003). Marine invasive alien species: a threat to global biodiversity. Marine Policy 27: 313-323.
Davenport, S, and Bax, N (2002). A trophic study of a marine ecosystem off south eastern Australia using stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 51: 514-530.
Bax, N.J., Burford, M., Clementson, L., and L., Davenport, S. (2001). Phytoplankton blooms and productivity on the south east Australian continental shelf. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52: 451-62.
Bax, N., Carlton, J., Mathews-Amos, A., Haedrich, R., Howarth, F.G., Purcell, J, Reiser, A. and Gray, A. (2001). Conserving marine biodiversity through the control of biological invasions. Conservation Biology 451: 145-176.
Bax, N.J. and Williams, A. (2001). Seabed habitat on the southeast Australian continental shelf – context vulnerability and monitoring. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52: 491-512.
Bulman, C., Althaus, F., He, X., Bax, N.J. and Williams, A. (2001). Diets and trophic guilds of demersal fishes of the south-eastern Australian shelf. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52: 537-548.
Kloser, R.J., Bax, N.J. Ryan, T., Williams, A., and Barker B.A. (2001). Remote sensing of seabed types in the Australian South East Fishery – development and application of normal incident acoustic techniques and associated “ground truthing”. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52: 473-489.
Williams, A. and Bax, N. (2001). Delineating fish-habitat associations for spatially-based management: an example from the south-eastern Australian continental shelf. Marine and Freshwater Research, 52: 513-536.
Hollowed, A.B., Bax, N., Beamish, R., Collie, J., Fogarty, M., Livingston, P., Pope, J. and Rice,J. (2000) Are multispecies models an improvement on single species models for predicting fishing impacts on marine ecosystems? ICES J. Mar. Sci., 57: 707-719.
Bax, N.J., Kloser, R., Williams, R., Gowlett-Holmes, K. and Ryan, T. (1999). Seafloor habitat definition for spatial management in fisheries: a case study on the continental shelf of southeast Australia using acoustics and biotic assemblages. Oceanologica Acta, 22: 707-719.
Bax, N., Williams, A., Davenport, S. and Bulman, C. (1999). Managing the Ecosystem by Leverage Points: a Model for a Multispecies Fishery. Ecosystem Approaches for Fisheries Management, Alaska Sea Grant College Program, AK-SG-99-01: 283-303.
Bax, N. J. (1998). The significance and prediction of predation in marine fishery ecosystems. ICES Journal of marine Science, 55: 997-1030.
Griffin, D.A., Thompson , P.A., Bax, N.J., Bradford, R.W., and Hallegraeff, G.M. (1997). The 1995 Pilchard mass mortality: no role found for physical nor biological oceanographic factors in Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 48: 27-42.
Bax, N. J. 1991. A comparison of the fish biomass flow to fish, fisheries, and mammals in six marine ecosys¬tems. ICES Mar. Sci. Symp., 193: 217–227.
Bax, N. J. and J.-E. Eliassen. 1990. Multispecies analysis of a north Norwegian fjord. 1) Solution and sensitivity analysis of a simple ecosystem model. J. Cons. Int. Explor. Mer. 47: 175–204.
