Publications: Thorburn, Dean

2019

Lear, K.O., Gleiss, A.C., Whitty, J.M., Fazeldean, T., Albert, J.R., Green, N., Ebner, B.C., Thorburn, D.C., Beatty, S.J.ORCID: 0000-0003-2620-2826 and Morgan, D.L. (2019) Recruitment of a critically endangered sawfish into a riverine nursery depends on natural flow regimes. Scientific Reports, 9 . Article number: 17071.

2014

Thorburn, D.C., Gill, H. and Morgan, D.L. (2014) Predator and prey interactions of fishes of a tropical Western Australia river revealed by dietary and stable isotope analyses. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 97 . pp. 363-387.

Whitty, J.M., Morgan, D.L., Gleiss, A., Thorburn, D.C. and Keleher, J. (2014) A review of the Fitzroy River, Western Australia sawfish project and the implications of its findings in regards to anthropogenic disturbances. In: Sharks International, 2 - 6 June, Durban, South Africa.

2013

Whitty, J.M., Phillips, N.M., Thorburn, D.C., Simpfendorfer, C.A., Field, I., Peverell, S.C. and Morgan, D.L. (2013) Utility of rostra in the identification of Australian sawfishes (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 24 (6). pp. 791-804.

2011

Morgan, D.L., Whitty, J.M., Phillips, N.M., Thorburn, D.C., Chaplin, J.A. and McAuley, R. (2011) North-western Australia as a hotspot for endangered Elasmobranchs with particular reference to sawfishes and the Northern river Shark. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 94 (2). pp. 345-358.

2010

Davis, A.M., Pusey, B.J., Thorburn, D.C., Dowe, J.L., Morgan, D.L. and Burrows, D. (2010) Riparian contributions to the diet of terapontid grunters (Pisces: Terapontidae) in wet-dry tropical rivers. Journal of Fish Biology, 76 (4). pp. 862-879.

2009

Kirby, G., Morgan, D. and Thorburn, D. (2009) Fitzroy River barrage fishway. Murdoch University. Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Western Australia.

Phillips, N.M., Whitty, J.M., Morgan, D.L., Chaplin, J.A., Thorburn, D.C. and Peverell, S.C. (2009) Freshwater Sawfish (Pristis microdon) movements and population demographics in the Fitzroy River, Western Australia and genetic analysis of P. microdon and Pristis zijsron. Murdoch University. Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Western Australia.

Wynen, L., Larson, H., Thorburn, D.C., Peverell, S., Morgan, D.L., Field, I. and Gibb, K. (2009) Mitochondrial DNA supports the identification of two endangered river sharks (Glyphis glyphis and Glyphis garricki) across northern Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 60 (6). pp. 554-562.

Whitty, J.M., Morgan, D.L., Peverell, S.C., Thorburn, D.C. and Beatty, S.J.ORCID: 0000-0003-2620-2826 (2009) Ontogenetic depth partitioning by juvenile freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon: Pristidae) in a riverine environment. Marine and Freshwater Research, 60 (4). pp. 306-316.

2008

Morgan, D., Thorburn, D., Whitty, J., Phillips, N. and Chaplin, J. (2008) Fish projects in the Fitzroy River, Kimberley, Western Australia ‐ research by the Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Murdoch University. In: Australian Society for Fish Biology Conference and Workshop, 15 - 18 September, Sydney, Australia.

Whitty, J.M., Phillips, N.M., Morgan, D.L., Chaplin, J.A., Thorburn, D.C. and Peverell, S.C. (2008) Habitat associations of freshwater sawfish (Pristis microdon) and Northern River sharks (Glyphis sp. C): including genetic analysis of P. microdon across northern Australia. Murdoch University. Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Western Australia.

Thorburn, D.C., Morgan, D.L., Rowland, A.J., Gill, H.S. and Paling, E. (2008) Life history notes of the critically endangered dwarf sawfish, Pristis clavata, Garman 1906 from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 83 (2). pp. 139-145.

2007

Thorburn, D.C., Morgan, D.L., Rowland, A.J. and Gill, H.S. (2007) Freshwater sawfish Pristis microdon Latham, 1794 (Chondrichthyes: Pristidae) in the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Zootaxa, 1471 . pp. 27-41.

2006

Thorburn, Dean Colin (2006) Biology, ecology and trophic interactions of elasmobranchs and other fishes in riverine waters of Northern Australia. PhD thesis, Murdoch University.

2005

Thorburn, D.C. and Morgan, D.L. (2005) Threatened fishes of the world: Glyphissp. C (Carcharhinidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 73 (2). p. 140.

Thorburn, D.C. and Morgan, D.L. (2005) Threatened fishes of the world: Pristis microdon Latham 1794 (Pristidae). Environmental Biology of Fishes, 72 (4). pp. 465-466.

2004

Morgan, D., Beatty, S.ORCID: 0000-0003-2620-2826, Gill, H., Thorburn, D.C. and Rowland, A.J. (2004) Assessment of the impact of groundwater discharge from the Yarragadee Aquifer on the fish and decapod fauna of Rosa Brook. Murdoch University. Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Western Australia.

Thorburn, D.C. and Morgan, D.L. (2004) The northern river shark Glyphis sp. C (Carcharhinidae) discovered in Western Australia. Zootaxa, 685 . pp. 1-8.

2003

Morgan, D.L., Thorburn, D.C. and Gill, H.S. (2003) Salinization of southwestern Western Australian rivers and the implications for the inland fish fauna - The Blackwood River, a case study. Pacific Conservation Biology, 9 (3). pp. 161-171.

2000

Morgan, D., Thorburn, D. and Gill, H. (2000) The distribution and habitat associations of fish in the Blackwood River catchment. Murdoch University. Centre for Fish & Fisheries Research, Western Australia.

1999

Thorburn, Dean Colin (1999) The broad and fine scale habitat associations of the fish fauna of the Blackwood River and it's tributaries. Honours thesis, Murdoch University.