Dr Janet Lanyon
Dr

Janet Lanyon

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Background

Conservation, biology and ecology of large marine vertebrates

Current research interests:

  • Population ecology of dugongs and coastal dolphins
  • Population genetics of dugongs
  • Physiology, functional morphology and ecology of dugongs
  • Health assessment of inshore marine mammals, particularly dugongs

Availability

Dr Janet Lanyon is:
Available for supervision
Media expert

Fields of research

Ecology Fisheries sciences Zoology

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92 works between 1986 and 2025
All (92) Journal Article (71) Book Chapter (13) Conference Publication (4) Book (1) Other Outputs (3)

21 - 40 of 92 works

2023

Book Chapter

Measuring Hearing Sensitivity of Wild Dugongs in Moreton Bay, Australia

Lucke, Klaus, Lanyon, Janet M. and Ketten, Darlene R. (2023). Measuring Hearing Sensitivity of Wild Dugongs in Moreton Bay, Australia. The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life. (pp. 1-9) Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-10417-6_94-1

Measuring Hearing Sensitivity of Wild Dugongs in Moreton Bay, Australia

2021

Journal Article

Body scarring as an indicator of social function of dugong (Dugong dugon) tusks

Lanyon, Janet M., Athousis, Chrissa, Sneath, Helen L. and Burgess, Elizabeth A. (2021). Body scarring as an indicator of social function of dugong (Dugong dugon) tusks. Marine Mammal Science, 37 (3), 962-981. doi: 10.1111/mms.12788

Body scarring as an indicator of social function of dugong (Dugong dugon) tusks

2020

Journal Article

Serum antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in southeast Queensland dugongs

Wong, Arthur, Lanyon, Janet M., O'Handley, Ryan, Linedale, Richard, Woolford, Lucy, Long, Trevor and Leggatt, Graham R. (2020). Serum antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in southeast Queensland dugongs. Marine Mammal Science, 36 (1) mms.12629, 180-194. doi: 10.1111/mms.12629

Serum antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii and Neospora caninum in southeast Queensland dugongs

2020

Journal Article

Osmoregulation and electrolyte balance in a fully marine mammal, the dugong (Dugong dugon)

Smoll, Laetitia I., Beard, Lyn A. and Lanyon, Janet M. (2020). Osmoregulation and electrolyte balance in a fully marine mammal, the dugong (Dugong dugon). Journal of Comparative Physiology B: Biochemical, Systemic, and Environmental Physiology, 190 (1), 139-148. doi: 10.1007/s00360-019-01250-8

Osmoregulation and electrolyte balance in a fully marine mammal, the dugong (Dugong dugon)

2019

Book Chapter

Ecology of the marine mammals of Moreton Bay

Lanyon, Janet M., Noad, Michael and Meager, Justin (2019). Ecology of the marine mammals of Moreton Bay. Moreton Bay Quandamooka and catchment: past present and future. (pp. 415-430) edited by Ian R. Tibbetts, Peter C. Rothlisberg, David T. Neil, Tamara A. Homburg, David T. Brewer and Angela H. Arthington. Brisbane, QLD Australia: The Moreton Bay Foundation.

Ecology of the marine mammals of Moreton Bay

2019

Book Chapter

Reproductive science methods for wild, fully-marine mammals: Current approaches and future applications

Lanyon, Janet M. and Burgess, Elizabeth A. (2019). Reproductive science methods for wild, fully-marine mammals: Current approaches and future applications. Reproductive Sciences in Animal Conservation. (pp. 363-411) edited by Pierre Comizzoli, Janine L. Brown and William V. Holt. Cham, Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-23633-5_13

Reproductive science methods for wild, fully-marine mammals: Current approaches and future applications

2018

Journal Article

Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield potential risks for modern marine mammals

Meyer, Wynn K., Jamison, Jerrica, Richter, Rebecca, Woods, Stacy E., Partha, Raghavendran, Kowalczyk, Amanda, Kronk, Charles, Chikina, Maria, Bonde, Robert K., Crocker, Daniel E., Gaspard, Joseph, Lanyon, Janet M., Marsillach, Judit, Furlong, Clement E. and Clark, Nathan L. (2018). Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield potential risks for modern marine mammals. Science, 361 (6402), 591-594. doi: 10.1126/science.aap7714

Ancient convergent losses of Paraoxonase 1 yield potential risks for modern marine mammals

2018

Journal Article

Development of a polyclonal anti-dugong immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody with evaluation of total plasma IgG in a living dugong (Dugong dugon) population

Wong, Arthur, Lanyon, Janet M., McKee, Sara J., Linedale, Richard, Woolford, Lucy, Long, Trevor and Leggatt, Graham R. (2018). Development of a polyclonal anti-dugong immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody with evaluation of total plasma IgG in a living dugong (Dugong dugon) population. Veterinary Immunology and Immunopathology, 200, 16-25. doi: 10.1016/j.vetimm.2018.04.003

Development of a polyclonal anti-dugong immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibody with evaluation of total plasma IgG in a living dugong (Dugong dugon) population

2018

Journal Article

Comparison of i-STAT® with traditional laboratory analysers in the measurement of blood analytes from field captured dugongs (Dugong dugon)

Wong, Arthur W., Lanyon, Janet M., Sneath, Helen L., Leggatt, Graham R. and Woolford, Lucy (2018). Comparison of i-STAT® with traditional laboratory analysers in the measurement of blood analytes from field captured dugongs (Dugong dugon). Aquatic Mammals, 44 (1), 19-31. doi: 10.1578/AM.44.1.2018.19

Comparison of i-STAT® with traditional laboratory analysers in the measurement of blood analytes from field captured dugongs (Dugong dugon)

2018

Book Chapter

Sirenian health assessment

Walsh, M., Lanyon, J.M. and Blyde, D. (2018). Sirenian health assessment. CRC Handbook of Marine Mammal Medicine. (pp. 857-870) edited by L.A. Dierauf and F.M.D. Gulland. Boca Raton, FL, United States: CRC Press.

Sirenian health assessment

2017

Book Chapter

Dugong

Lanyon, J.M. (2017). Dugong. A nature guide to North Stradbroke Island Minjerribah. (pp. 121-122) edited by M. Barram and S.E. Carew. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Friends of North Stradbroke Island.

Dugong

2016

Journal Article

Mortalities of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in a subtropical wintering ground, Southeast Queensland

Lanyon, Janet M. and Janetzki, Heather (2016). Mortalities of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in a subtropical wintering ground, Southeast Queensland. Aquatic Mammals, 42 (4), 470-475. doi: 10.1578/AM.42.4.2016.470

Mortalities of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) in a subtropical wintering ground, Southeast Queensland

2015

Journal Article

Hematology of dugongs (Dugong dugon) in southern Queensland

Woolford, Lucy, Wong, Arthur, Sneath, Helen L., Long, Trevor, Boyd, Susan P. and Lanyon, Janet M. (2015). Hematology of dugongs (Dugong dugon) in southern Queensland. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 44 (4), 530-541. doi: 10.1111/vcp.12305

Hematology of dugongs (Dugong dugon) in southern Queensland

2015

Journal Article

Serum biochemistry reference intervals of live wild dugongs (Dugong dugon) from urban coastal Australia

Lanyon, Janet M, Wong, Arthur, Long, Trevor and Woolford, Lucy (2015). Serum biochemistry reference intervals of live wild dugongs (Dugong dugon) from urban coastal Australia. Veterinary Clinical Pathology, 44 (2), 234-242. doi: 10.1111/vcp.12249

Serum biochemistry reference intervals of live wild dugongs (Dugong dugon) from urban coastal Australia

2015

Journal Article

Reply to the Comment of Owen et al. on “Insulative capacity of the integument of the dugong (Dugong dugon): thermal conductivity, conductance and resistance measured by in vitro heat flux” by Horgan, Booth, Nichols and Lanyon (2014)

Lanyon, Janet M., Horgan, Patrick, Booth, David and Nichols, Cassandra (2015). Reply to the Comment of Owen et al. on “Insulative capacity of the integument of the dugong (Dugong dugon): thermal conductivity, conductance and resistance measured by in vitro heat flux” by Horgan, Booth, Nichols and Lanyon (2014). Marine Biology, 162 (5), 1147-1149. doi: 10.1007/s00227-015-2641-9

Reply to the Comment of Owen et al. on “Insulative capacity of the integument of the dugong (Dugong dugon): thermal conductivity, conductance and resistance measured by in vitro heat flux” by Horgan, Booth, Nichols and Lanyon (2014)

2015

Journal Article

Pathological findings in wild harvested dugongs Dugong dugon of central Torres Strait, Australia

Woolford, L., Franklin, C., Whap, T., Loban, F. and Lanyon, J. M. (2015). Pathological findings in wild harvested dugongs Dugong dugon of central Torres Strait, Australia. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 113 (2), 89-102. doi: 10.3354/dao02825

Pathological findings in wild harvested dugongs Dugong dugon of central Torres Strait, Australia

2015

Other Outputs

The impacts of the Abbot Point port development on the outstanding universal value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

Ward, Selina, Booth, David, Lanyon, Janet M., Hamann, Mark, Kingsford, Richard and Bush, Richard (2015). The impacts of the Abbot Point port development on the outstanding universal value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Brisbane, Australia:

The impacts of the Abbot Point port development on the outstanding universal value of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area

2015

Journal Article

Habitat and resource partitioning among Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Moreton Bay, Australia

Ansmann, Ina C., Lanyon, Janet M., Seddon, Jennifer M. and Parra, Guido J. (2015). Habitat and resource partitioning among Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Moreton Bay, Australia. Marine Mammal Science, 31 (1), 211-230. doi: 10.1111/mms.12153

Habitat and resource partitioning among Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins in Moreton Bay, Australia

2015

Journal Article

Indirect detection of genetic dispersal (movement and breeding events) through pedigree analysis of dugong populations in southern Queensland, Australia

Cope R. C., Pollett, P. K., Lanyon, J. M. and Seddon, J. M. (2015). Indirect detection of genetic dispersal (movement and breeding events) through pedigree analysis of dugong populations in southern Queensland, Australia. Biological Conservation, 181, 91-101. doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.11.011

Indirect detection of genetic dispersal (movement and breeding events) through pedigree analysis of dugong populations in southern Queensland, Australia

2014

Journal Article

Development and testing of a genetic marker-based pedigree reconstruction system 'PR-genie' incorporating size-class data

Cope, Robert C., Lanyon, Janet M., Seddon, Jennifer M. and Pollett, Philip K. (2014). Development and testing of a genetic marker-based pedigree reconstruction system 'PR-genie' incorporating size-class data. Molecular Ecology Resources, 14 (4), 857-870. doi: 10.1111/1755-0998.12219

Development and testing of a genetic marker-based pedigree reconstruction system 'PR-genie' incorporating size-class data

Current funding

  • 2023 - 2025
    Susceptibility of Australian sea lions to plastic contaminants
    Australian Geographic Society
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022
    Dugong hearing sensitivity study
    JASCO Applied Sciences (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Open grant
  • 2019 - 2022
    Development and application of thyroid hormone assays as biomarkers of nutritional stress in dugongs
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2018 - 2019
    Continuous flow isotope ratio mass spectrometer (CF-IRMS) and ancillary preparation systems for carbon, nitrogen and sulfur isotope microanalysis for archaeology, biology, earth and environmental scie
    UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2019
    Assessing health threats to inshore bottlenose dolphins in urban Qld waterways
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2016 - 2018
    Contemporary population substructure of marine vertebrates detected by commensal bacteria: A test in the dugongs of Moreton Bay
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2017
    Dugong population structure, connectivity and movements along the developing central Queensland coastline
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2015 - 2023
    Dugong population structure, connectivity and movements along the developing central-northern Queensland coastline: determining baseline data to better manage threats to dugongs and their inshore...
    Estate of Winifred V. Scott
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2019
    Monitoring the health of wild dugongs
    Australian Geographic Society
    Open grant
  • 2014 - 2016
    Monitoring the health of wild dugongs
    Sea Life Conservation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2013
    Dugong health assessments using a portable flotation navy mat
    Open grant
  • 2012 - 2014
    The effects of an extreme weather event, coastal flooding of south-east Queensland January 2011, on clinical health parameters and reproductive potential of free-ranging dugongs
    Sydney Aquarium Conservation Fund
    Open grant
  • 2012
    Effects of 2010-11 coastal flooding on body condition, health and movements of dugongs in south-east Queensland
    Noosa and District Landcare Group Inc
    Open grant
  • 2010 - 2012
    Determining baseline health and disease parameters for wild dugongs in urban and non-urban waters of northern Australia
    Australian Antarctic Division
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2014
    Taxonomy and population structure of bottlenose dolphins, Tursiops sp., in Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia
    Estate of Winifred V. Scott
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2015
    Determining baseline health and disease parameters for wild dugongs in urban and non-urban waters of northern Australia.
    Estate of Winifred V. Scott
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2015
    Physiological ecology of wild and captive dugongs: a study examining metabolism, thermoregulation and osmoregulation
    Estate of Winifred V. Scott
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2012
    Animal movement between populations deduced from family trees - a test case on dugongs in southern Queensland
    ARC Linkage Projects
    Open grant
  • 2009 - 2010
    Profiling the hindgut bacteria of wild and captive dugong as an indicator of gut health
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2007 - 2008
    Determining critical reproductive parameters for a subtropical dugong population (AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE, AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION)
    DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES
    Open grant
  • 2007
    Gene-tagging the dugongs of southern Queensland to determine population dynamics, relatedness and movements (AUSTRALIAN CENTRE FOR MARINE MAMMAL SCIENCE, AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION)
    DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER RESOURCES
    Open grant
  • 2006 - 2007
    The Dugong DNA fingerprints to population studies of the endangered Florida Manatee.
    Estate of Winifred V. Scott
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Genetic tagging of dugongs in South-East Queensland
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2006
    Reproductive patterns and diet in a temperate dugong population
    Ingram Trust
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2006
    The Ecology of the Leopard Shark Stegostoma fasciatum
    Australia & Pacific Science Foundation
    Open grant
  • 2004 - 2005
    Genetic tagging of dugongs in south-east Queensland
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2002 - 2003
    The effect of incubation temperature on the morphology and swimming performance of the green sea turtle hatchling
    Sea World Research and Rescue Foundation Inc
    Open grant
  • 2002
    Development of body condition indices for free-ranging dugongs
    Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Identification of specific habitat requirements of Dugong by investigation of small scale movements and foraging by individual Dugongs in Moreton Bay, South-East Queensland
    Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
    Open grant
  • 1997
    Small scale movements and habitat use by individual dugongs in Moreton Bay, South-East Queensland
    Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority
    Open grant
  • 1996
    Seasonal patterns of foraging by dugongs in Moreton Bay, South-East Queensland
    University of Queensland New Staff Research Grant
    Open grant
  • 1995 - 1998
    The dugong population and associated seagrass communities in Moreton Bay,South-east Queensland.
    Department of Environment - Queensland
    Open grant

Availability

Dr Janet Lanyon is:
Available for supervision

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Supervision history

Current supervision

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sirenian conservation physiology: An integrated approach to evaluate the health of dugongs and manatees

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Sirenian conservation physiology: An integrated approach to evaluate the health of dugongs and manatees

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bottlenose Dolphins in Human Care: evaluating the role of structured daily activities in animal welfare

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Bottlenose Dolphins in Human Care: evaluating the role of structured daily activities in animal welfare

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Better Dolphin Welfare: Bridging Physiology, Behaviour and Cognition

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Compatible husbandry and welfare practices for mixed-species exhibits in captivity: evaluating enclosure suitability for two penguin species with distinct environmental and behavioural differences

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Compatible husbandry and welfare practices for mixed-species exhibits in captivity: evaluating enclosure suitability for two penguin species with distinct environmental and behavioural differences

    Principal Advisor

  • Doctor Philosophy

    Towards Better Dolphin Welfare: Bridging Physiology, Behaviour and Cognition

    Principal Advisor

Completed supervision

Enquiries

Contact Dr Janet Lanyon directly for media enquiries about:

  • Biology - marine mammal
  • Dolphins
  • Dugongs
  • Herbivore-plant interactions - marine life
  • Marine animals
  • Marine mammal biology
  • Marine studies
  • Plant-herbivore interactions - marine life
  • Seagrass
  • Turtles
  • Whales

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