Contact details
Office 310 Castle Street, room 149
Tel +64 3 479 5369
Email gaya.gnanalingam@otago.ac.nz
Academic qualifications
BSc (Zoology) LLB, Otago
MSc (Ecology), Otago
PhD (Ecological Sciences), Old Dominion University (USA)
Research interests
My primary research interests are in fisheries restoration and management for long term sustainability. I integrate a number of research areas, including stock enhancement, marine ecology, marine policy, fisheries regulation, and indigenous knowledge, and pair scientific methods (empirical field observations, laboratory experimentation, and computer modelling) with policy analysis and legislative review.
I am also a member of the Coastal People: Southern Skies collaboration that connects communities with world-leading, cross-discipline research to rebuild coastal ecosystems.
Coastal People: Southern Skies
Courses
- AQFI 251 Principles of aquaculture (Co-ordinator)
- ECOL 111 Ecology and conservation of biodiversity
- MARI 112 Global marine systems
- MARI 202 Marine invertebrates
- MARI 301 Marine ecology
Current students
- Louise Bennett-Jones, PhD: Pāua (Haliotis iris) in the East Otago Taiāpure: Assessment, restoration, and management
- Lucy Coyle, PhD: State of kōura (Crayfish, Jasus edwardsii) on the North Otago Coastline
- Josh Percy, MSc: Assessing predator-prey interactions among three key invertebrate species in southern New Zealand.
- Finn Ryder, PhD: Drivers of population dynamics and fishery status of pāua (Haliotis iris)
Publications
Ryder, F. J., Gnanalingam, G., Pritchard, D. W., Rayment, W. J., Scott, N. J., & Hepburn, C. D. (2023). Drivers of fishery status for the cultural keystone pāua (Haliotis iris) in Customary fishery Protection Areas in Aotearoa New Zealand. Fisheries Research, 261, 106613. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106613
Journal - Research Article
Bennett-Jones, L., Gnanalingam, G., Flack, B., Scott, N. J., Chambers, P., & Hepburn, C. (2022). Constraints to effective comanagement of New Zealand's customary fisheries: Experiences of the East Otago Taiāpure. Ecology & Society, 27(4), 38. doi: 10.5751/ES-13576-270438
Journal - Research Other
Gnanalingam, G., Pritchard, D. W., Richards, D. K., Subritzky, P., Flack, B., & Hepburn, C. D. (2021). Local management to support local fisheries: Rahui (temporary closure) and bag limits for blackfoot abalone (Haliotis iris) in southern New Zealand. Aquatic Conservation, 31, 2320-2333. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3662
Journal - Research Article
Bennett-Jones, L., Gnanalingam, G., Flack, B., Scott, N., Pritchard, D., Moller, H., & Hepburn, C. (2021). Translocation of black foot pāua (Haliotis iris) in a customary fishery management area: Transformation from top-down management to kaitiakitanga (local guardianship) of a cultural keystone. Pacific Conservation Biology, 27, 402-417. doi: 10.1071/PC20058
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., Gaff, H., & Butler, IV, M. J. (2020). Conserving spawning stocks through harvest slot limits and no-take protected areas. Conservation Biology, 34(6), 1492-1502. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13535
Journal - Research Article
Ryder, F. J., Gnanalingam, G., Pritchard, D. W., Rayment, W. J., Scott, N. J., & Hepburn, C. D. (2023). Drivers of fishery status for the cultural keystone pāua (Haliotis iris) in Customary fishery Protection Areas in Aotearoa New Zealand. Fisheries Research, 261, 106613. doi: 10.1016/j.fishres.2023.106613
Journal - Research Article
Bennett-Jones, L., Gnanalingam, G., Flack, B., Scott, N., Pritchard, D., Moller, H., & Hepburn, C. (2021). Translocation of black foot pāua (Haliotis iris) in a customary fishery management area: Transformation from top-down management to kaitiakitanga (local guardianship) of a cultural keystone. Pacific Conservation Biology, 27, 402-417. doi: 10.1071/PC20058
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., Pritchard, D. W., Richards, D. K., Subritzky, P., Flack, B., & Hepburn, C. D. (2021). Local management to support local fisheries: Rahui (temporary closure) and bag limits for blackfoot abalone (Haliotis iris) in southern New Zealand. Aquatic Conservation, 31, 2320-2333. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3662
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., Gaff, H., & Butler, IV, M. J. (2020). Conserving spawning stocks through harvest slot limits and no-take protected areas. Conservation Biology, 34(6), 1492-1502. doi: 10.1111/cobi.13535
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., Butler IV, M. J., Matthews, T. R., Hutchinson, E., & Kilada, R. (2019). Directly ageing the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus with validated band counts from gastric mill ossicles. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 76(2), 442-451. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsy177
Journal - Research Article
Kough, A. S., Belak, C. A., Paris, C. B., Lundy, A., Cronin, H., Gnanalingam, G., … Stoner, A. W. (2019). Ecological spillover from a marine protected area replenishes an over-exploited population across an island chain. Conservation Science & Practice, 1(3), e17. doi: 10.1111/csp2.17
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., & Butler IV, M. J. (2018). An examination of reproductive senescence and parental effects in the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. Bulletin of Marine Science, 94(3), 675-697. doi: 10.5343/bms.2017.1118
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., & Butler IV, M. J. (2018). Application of a non-invasive technique for estimating clutch size in the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 38(1), 124-127. doi: 10.1093/jcbiol/rux093
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., & Butler IV, M. J. (2018). Examining the relationship between size and feeding preferences in the Caribbean spiny lobster Panulirus argus (Latreille, 1804) (Decapoda: Achelata: Palinuridae). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 38(2), 245-249. doi: 10.1093/jcbiol/rux122
Journal - Research Article
Butler, IV, M. J., Macdiarmid, A., & Gnanalingam, G. (2015). The effect of parental size on spermatophore production, egg quality, fertilization success, and larval characteristics in the Caribbean spiny lobster, Panulirus argus. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 72(Suppl. 1), i115-i123. doi: 10.1093/icesjms/fsv015
Journal - Research Article
Gnanalingam, G., & Hepburn, C. (2015). Flexibility in temporary fisheries closure legislation is required to maximise success. Marine Policy, 61, 39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.marpol.2015.06.033
Journal - Research Article