Dr Lucy Wing (née Jack), Our staff, Department of Marine Science, University of Otago, New Zealand

Lecturer & Marsden Fast Start Research Fellow

Contact Details

Academic Qualifications

BSc Hons, Edinburgh
PhD, University of Otago

Research Interests

Food web structure and population connectivity for conservation of temperate marine systems

I am an ecologist who has used direct observations, field sampling and environmental chemistry to study marine processes. My research interests have focused on understanding how physical processes drive productivity and carbon flux in impacted versus pristine marine systems. These studies have employed stable isotopes as natural tags for food web structure determination. I have also investigated metapopulation dynamics and animal movements using trace elemental natural tags that I have developed for rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii. I am an NZOSH certified scientific diver and with this I have conducted extensive underwater visual censuses and videogrammetric surveys in remote areas for the assessment of rock lobster size structure, the structure of fish and invertebrate communities. In addition I have developed a strong skills base in multivariate statistical techniques for measuring change in these communities. I have applied this knowledge in the assessment of marine reserves in the Fiordland Marine Area for the conservation of intact ecosystems and biodiversity.

Research Projects

Does bioaccumulation of iron by seabirds enhance productivity around sub-Antarctic islands?
This Marsden funded project (Principal Investigator: Stephen Wing) aims use biogeochemical markers to quantify the importance of seabirds in sustaining nearshore productivity around New Zealand's sub-Antarctic islands and Antarctica.
You can't go home again: forensic evidence for changes in ecosystem function following mainland extinction of pinnipeds.
This Marsden funded project (Principal Investigator: Lucy Wing (née Jack)) uses forensic analysis of a time-series of fur seal and sea lion bones from archaeological deposits to describe the structure of prehistoric marine food webs and to track changes in ecosystem structure, from the advent of human exploitation in New Zealand to the modern day.

Courses

MARI 202 Marine Invertebrate Ecology and Biology
MARI 301 Marine Ecology
MARI 401 Advanced Methods in Marine Science

Postgraduate Students

Alex Connolly - Thesis Title (MSc): Identifying shifts in the trophic positions of coastal fish species associated with an increasing human population.

Marta Guerra - Thesis Title (PhD):Habitat use and foraging ecology of a declining population of sperm whales at Kaikoura, New Zealand

Susan Wells - Thesis Title (MSc):How has the coastal marine ecosystem of Otago changed since human arrival in New Zealand?

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Publications

Wing, S. R., Durante, L. M., Connolly, A. J., Sabadel, A. J. M., & Wing, L. C. (2022). Overexploitation and decline in kelp forests inflate the bioenergetic costs of fisheries. Global Ecology & Biogeography, 31, 621-635. doi: 10.1111/geb.13448

Wing, S. R., Wing, L. C., O'Connell-Milne, S. A., Barr, D., Stokes, D., Genovese, S., & Leichter, J. J. (2021). Penguins and seals transport limiting nutrients between offshore pelagic and coastal regions of Antarctica under changing sea ice. Ecosystems, 24, 1203-1221. doi: 10.1007/s10021-020-00578-5

O'Connell-Milne, S. A., Wing, S. R., Suanda, S. H., Udy, J. A., Durante, L. M., Salmond, N. H., & Wing, L. C. (2020). Interactions between bivalve filter feeding and oceanographic forcing drive the fluxes of organic matter and nutrients at an estuarine-coastal interface. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 655, 29-42. doi: 10.3354/meps13522

Guerra, M., Wing, L., Dawson, S., & Rayment, W. (2020). Stable isotope analyses reveal seasonal and inter-individual variation in the foraging ecology of sperm whales. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 638, 207-219. doi: 10.3354/meps13255

Wing, S., O'Connell-Milne, S. A., Wing, L. C., & Reid, M. R. (2020). Trace metals in Antarctic clam shells record the chemical dynamics of changing sea ice conditions. Proceedings of the Ocean Sciences Meeting (OSM). PI14A-2472. Retrieved from https://agu.confex.com/agu/osm20/meetingapp.cgi

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Guerra, M., Dawson, S., Sabadel, A., Slooten, E., Somerford, T., Williams, R., Wing, L., & Rayment, W. (2020). Changes in habitat use by a deep-diving predator in response to a coastal earthquake. Deep Sea Research Part I, 158, 103226. doi: 10.1016/j.dsr.2020.103226

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Wing, S. R., O'Connell-Milne, S. A., Wing, L. C., & Reid, M. R. (2020). Trace metals in Antarctic clam shells record the chemical dynamics of changing sea ice conditions. Limnology & Oceanography, 65, 504-514. doi: 10.1002/lno.11318

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Wells, S. R., Wing, L. C., Smith, A. M., & Smith, I. W. G. (2019). Historical changes in bivalve growth rates indicate ecological consequences of human occupation in estuaries. Aquatic Conservation, 29, 1452-1465. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3039

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Wing, S. R., Leichter, J. J., Wing, L. C., Stokes, D., Genovese, S. J., McMullin, R. M., & Shatova, O. A. (2018). Contribution of sea ice microbial production to Antarctic benthic communities is driven by sea ice dynamics and composition of functional guilds. Global Change Biology, 24(8), 3642-3653. doi: 10.1111/gcb.14291

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McMullin, R., Wing, S. R., Wing, L. C., & Shatova, O. (2017). Trophic position of Antarctic ice fishes reflects food web structure along a gradient in sea ice persistence. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 564, 87-98. doi: 10.3354/meps12031

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Shatova, O. A., Wing, S. R., Hoffmann, L. J., Wing, L. C., & Gault-Ringold, M. (2017). Phytoplankton community structure is influenced by seabird guano enrichment in the Southern Ocean. Estuarine, Coastal & Shelf Science, 191, 125-135. doi: 10.1016/j.ecss.2017.04.021

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Wing, S. R., Gault-Ringold, M., Stirling, C. H., Wing, L. C., Shatova, O. A., & Frew, R. D. (2017). δ⁵⁶Fe in seabird guano reveals extensive recycling of iron in the Southern Ocean ecosystem. Limnology & Oceanography, 62(4), 1671-1681. doi: 10.1002/lno.10524

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Wing, S. R., Wing, L. C., Shatova, O., & Van Hale, R. (2017). Marine micronutrient vectors: Seabirds, marine mammals and fishes egest high concentrations of bioactive metals in the subantarctic island ecosystem. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 563, 13-23. doi: 10.3354/meps11978

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Shatova, O., Wing, S. R., Gault-Ringold, M., Wing, L., & Hoffmann, L. J. (2016). Seabird guano enhances phytoplankton production in the Southern Ocean. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology & Ecology, 483, 74-87. doi: 10.1016/j.jembe.2016.07.004

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Wing, S. R., & Wing, L. (2015). Ontogenetic shifts in resource use by the sea urchin Evechinus chloroticus across an ecotone. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 535, 177-184.

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Wing, S. R., Wing, L. C., & Fujita, Y. (2015). Overthrowing a regime shift: Displacement of sea urchins by abalone in a kelp forest ecosystem. Ecosphere, 6(12), 1-13. doi: 10.1890/ES15-00179.1

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Wing, S. R., & Jack, L. (2014). Fiordland: The ecological basis for ecosystem management. New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 48(4), 577-593. doi: 10.1080/00288330.2014.897636

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Wing, S. R., Jack, L., Shatova, O., Leichter, J. J., Barr, D., Frew, R. D., & Gault-Ringold, M. (2014). Seabirds and marine mammals redistribute bioavailable iron in the Southern Ocean. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 510, 1-13. doi: 10.3354/meps10923

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Jack, L., & Wing, S. R. (2013). A safety network against regional population collapse: Mature subpopulations in refuges distributed across the landscape. Ecosphere, 4(5), 57. doi: 10.1890/ES12-00221.1

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Wing, S. R., & Jack, L. (2013). Marine reserve networks conserve biodiversity by stabilizing communities and maintaining food web structure. Ecosphere, 4(11), 135. doi: 10.1890/ES13-00257.1

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Wing, S. R., Beer, N. A., & Jack, L. (2012). Resource base of blue cod Parapercis colias subpopulations in marginal fjordic habitats is linked to chemoautotrophic production. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 466, 205-214. doi: 10.3354/meps09929

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Wing, S., & Jack, L. (2012). Resource specialisation among suspension-feeding invertebrates on rock walls in Fiordland, New Zealand, is driven by water column structure and feeding mode. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 452, 109-118. doi: 10.3354/meps09588

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Jack, L., & Wing, S. R. (2011). Individual variability in trophic position and diet of a marine omnivore is linked to kelp bed habitat. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 443, 129-139. doi: 10.3354/meps09468

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Jack, L., Wing, S. R., Hu, Y., & Roberts, M. (2011). Natural trace elemental markers for adult red rock lobsters Jasus edwardsii vary among replicate distinct water masses. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 443, 141-151. doi: 10.3354/meps09510

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Jack, L., & Wing, S. R. (2010). Maintenance of old-growth size structure and fecundity of the red rock lobster Jasus edwardsii among marine protected areas in Fiordland, New Zealand. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 404, 161-172. doi: 10.3354/meps08499

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Jack, L., Wing, S. R., & McLeod, R. J. (2009). Prey base shifts in red rock lobster Jasus edwardsii in response to habitat conversion in Fiordland marine reserves: Implications for effective spatial management. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 381, 213-222. doi: 10.3354/meps07971

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Hansson, B., Jack, L., Christians, J. K., Pemberton, J. M., Akesson, M., Westerdahl, H., … Hasselquist, D. (2007). No evidence for inbreeding avoidance in a great reed warbler population. Behavioral Ecology, 18, 157-164. doi: 10.1093/beheco/arl062

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