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FULL PUBLICATION LIST

PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS 2

Significant publications marked with an asterisk (*)

BOOKS 34

THESES, NATIONAL, CONFERENCE & INVITED PAPERS & BOOK CHAPTERS 34

REPORTS 42

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS, ABSTRACTS AND INVITED LECTURES 74

STUDENTS SUPERVISED 99

SUCCESSFUL FUNDING APPLICATIONS 103

PATENT APPLICATIONS 106

SCIENTIFIC CRUISES AND MAJOR FIELD TRIP EXPERIENCE 106

JOURNAL REFEREE 107

INSTRUMENT AND OTHER COURSES 107

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PUBLICATIONS IN INTERNATIONAL JOURNALS

Significant publications marked with an asterisk (*)

1. Johns, R. B., Nichols, P. D. and Perry, G. J. (1979). Fatty acid composition of ten marine algae from Australian waters. Phytochemistry, 18, 799-802.

2. Johns, R. B., Nichols, P. D. and Perry, G. J. (1980). Fatty acid components of nine species of molluscs of the littoral zone from Australian waters. Comp.

Biochem. Physiol., 65B, 207-214.

3. Louey, M., Nichols, P. D. and Robson, R. (1980). Complexes of binucleating ligands. XIV. Some chloroform-soluble palladium (II) complexes. Inorganica

Chimica Acta, 47, 87-96.

4. Johns, R. B., Nichols, P. D., Gillan, F. T., Perry, G. J. and Volkman,J. K. (1981). Lipid composition of a symbiotic prochlorophyte in relation to its host.

Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 68B, 843-849.

5. Wannigama, G. P., Volkman, J. K., Gillan, F. T., Nichols, P. D. and Johns, R. B. (1981). A comparison of lipid components of the fresh and dead leaves and

pneumatophores of the mangrove Avicennia marina. Phytochemistry, 20, 659-666.

6. Nichols, P. D., Klumpp, D. W. and Johns, R. B. (1982). A study of food chains in seagrass communities I. Lipid components of the seagrasses Posidonia

australis and Heterozostera tasmanica as indicators of carbon source.

Phytochemistry, 21, 1613-1621.

7. Gillan, F. T., Nichols, P. D., Johns, R. B. and Bavor, H. J. (1983). Phytol degradation by selected marine bacteria. Appl. Environ Microbiol. 45, 1423-1428.

8. Gillan, F. T., Johns, R. B. Verheyen, T. V., Nichols, P. D., Esdaile,R. J. and Bavor, H. J. (1983). Monounsaturated fatty acids as specific bacterial markers in

marine sediments. Advances in Organic Geochemistry 1981, pp 198-206, John

Wiley and Sons Ltd.

9. Klumpp, D. W. and Nichols, P. D. (1983). A study of food chains in seagrass communities II. Food of the rock flathead Platycephalus laevigatus Cuvier, a major

predator in a Posidonia australis seagrass bed. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 34,

745- 754.

10. Klumpp, D. W. and Nichols, P. D. (1983). A study of food chains in seagrass communities IV. Nutrition of the Southern Garfish Hyporhamphus melanochir: Gut

passage rate and daily consumption of two food types and assimilation of nutrients

from seagrass. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 12, 207-216.

11. Klumpp, D. W. and Nichols, P. D. (1983). A study of food chains in seagrass communities V. Utilization of the seagrass Posidonia australis as food by the rock

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crab Nectocarcinus integrifons (Latreille) (Crustacea: Decapoda: Portunidae).

Marine Biology Letters 4, 331-339.

12. Nichols, P. D., Volkman, J. K. and Johns, R. B. (1983). Sterols and fatty acids of the marine unicellular alga FCRG 51. Phytochemistry, 22, 1447-1452.

13. Nichols, P. D. and Johns, R. B. (1983). The metal and lipid composition of the sea skaters Halobates hayanus (from Australian waters) and Rheumatobates

aestuaris (from Baja, California). Comp. Biochem. Physiol., 75B, 617-623.

14. Jones, G. J., Nichols, P. D. and Johns, R. B. (1983). The lipid composition of Thoracosphaera heimii: evidence for inclusion in the Dinophyceae. J. Phycology,

19, 416-420.

15. Nichols, P. D., Jones, G. J., de Leeuw, J. W. and Johns, R. B. (1984) Lipid composition of the marine dinoflagellates Gymnodinium sp. and Prorocentrum sp.:

sterols and fatty acids. Phytochemistry, 23, 1043-1047.

16. Nichols, P. D. Klumpp, D. W. and Johns, R. B. (1985) A study of food chains in seagrass communities III. Stable carbon isotope ratios. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw.

Res. 36, 683-690.

17. Nichols, P. D. and Johns, R. B. (1985) A study of food chains in seagrass communities VIII. Lipid components of the tropical seagrass Thallassia hemprichii

(Ehrenbs) Aschers. Phytochemistry 24, 81-84.

18. Nichols, P. D., Klumpp, D. W. and Johns R. B. (1985) A study of foodchains in seagrass communities VII. Lipid components of the epiphyte material, suspended

particulate matter and cultured bacteria from a seagrass Posidonia australia

community as indicators of carbon source. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 80, 315-325.

19. Nichols, P. D., Shaw, P. M. and Johns, R. B. (1985) Determination of monoenoic double bond position and geometry in complex microbial and

environmental samples by capillary GC-MS of their Diels-Alder adducts. J.

Microbiol. Methods 3, 311-319.

20. Nichols, P. D., Mayberry, W. M., Antworth, C. P. and White, D. C. (1985) Determination of monounsaturated double bond position and geometry in the

cellular fatty acids of Francisella tularensis. J. Clin. Microbiol. 21, 738-740.

21. Nichols, P. D., Henson, J. M., Guckert, J. B. and White, D. C. (1985) Fourier transform infrared spectroscopic methods for microbial ecology: analysis of

bacteria, bacteria-polymer mixtures and biofilms. J. Microbiol. Methods 4, 79-84.

22. Edlund, A., Nichols, P. D., Roffey, R. and White, D. C. (1985) Extractable and lipopolysaccaride fatty acid and hydroxy fatty acid profiles from Desulfovibrio

species. J. Lipid Research, 26, 982-988.

23. Guckert, J. B., Antworth, C. P., Nichols, P. D., and White, D. C. (1985) Phospholipid ester-linked fatty acid profiles as reproducible assays for changes in

prokaryotic community structure. F.E.M.S. Microbiol. Ecology, 31, 147-158.

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24. Nichols, P. D., Smith, G. A. Antworth, C.P., Hanson, R.S. and White,D. C. (1985) Phospholipid and lipopolysaccharide normal and hydroxy fatty acids as

potential signatures for methane-oxidizing bacteria. F.E.M.S. Microbiol. Ecology,

31, 327-335.

25. Nichols, P. D. and Johns, R. B. (1986) The lipid chemistry of sediments from the St. Lawrence Estuary I. Acyclic unsaturated long chain ketones, diols and

ketone alcohols. Org. Geochem., 9, 25-30.

26. Nichols, P. D., Klumpp, D. W. and Johns, R. B. (1986) A study of food chains in seagrass communities IX. Lipid components and utilization by consumers of a

seagrass community: an indication of carbon source. Comp. Biochem. Physiol.,

83B, 103-113.

27. Nivens, D. E., Nichols, P. D., Henson, J. M., Geesey, G. G. and White, D. C. (1986) Reversible acceleration of corrosion of 304 stainless steel exposed to

seawater induced by growth and secretions of the marine bacterium Vibrio

natriegens. Corrosion, 42, 204-210.

28. Mancuso, C.A., Nichols, P. D. and White, D. C. (1986) A method for the separation and characterization of archaebacterial signature lipids. J. Lipid Res. 27,

49-56.

29. Nichols, P. D., Palmisano, A. C., Smith, G. A. and White, D. C. (1986) Lipids of the Antarctic sea ice diatom Nitzschia cylindrus. Phytochemistry, 25, 1649-

1653.

30. Nichols, P. D., Stulp, B. K., Jones, J. G. and White, D. C. (1986) Comparison of fatty acid content and DNA homology of the filamentous gliding bacteria

Vitreoscilla, Flexibacter, Filibacter. Arch. Microbiol. 146, 1-6.

31. Smith, G. A., Nichols, P. D. and White, D. C. (1986) Fatty acid composition and microbial activity of benthic marine sediments from McMurdo Sound,

Antarctica. F.E.M.S. Microbiol. Ecology, 38, 219-231.

32. Nichols, P. D., Guckert, J. B. and White, D. C. (1986) Determination of monounsaturated fatty acid double-bond position and geometry for microbial

monocultures and complex consortia by capillary GC-MS of their dimethyl-

disulphide adducts. J. Microbiol. Methods, 5, 49-55.

33. Mancuso, C. A., Nichols, P. D. and White, D. C. (1986) High proportions of tetraether phospholipid lipids in Methanobacterium thermoautotrophicum strain

Hveragerdi measured by high performance liquid chromatography. F.E.M.S.

Letters, 35, 115-118.

34. Jahnke, L. L. and Nichols, P. D. (1986) Methyl sterol and cyclopropane fatty acid composition of Methylococcus capsulatus grown at low oxygen tensions. J.

Bacteriol. 167, 238-242.

35. Kerger, B. D., Nichols, P. D., Antworth, C. P., Sand, W., Bock, E., Cox, J. C., Langworthy, T. A. and White, D. C. (1986) Signature fatty acids in the polar lipids

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of acid producing Thiobacilli: methoxy, cyclopropyl, alpha-hydroxy-cyclopropyl

and branched and monoenoic fatty acids. F.E.M.S. Microbiol. Ecology, 38, 67-77.

36. Jones, G. J., Nichols, P. D., Johns, R. B. and Smith, J. D. (1987) The effect of mercury and cadmium on the fatty acids and sterols of the marine alga Asterionella

glacialis. Phytochemistry, 26, 1343-1348.

37. Nichols, P. D., Henson, J. M., Antworth, C. P., Parsons, J., Wilson, J. T. and White D. C. (1987) Detection of a microbial consortium including type II

methanotropths by use of phospholipid fatty acids in an aerobic halogenated

hydrocarbon-degrading soil column enriched with natural gas. Environmental

Toxicology and Chemistry, 6, 89- 97.

38. Kerger, B. D., Nichols, P. D., Sand, W., Bock, E. and White, D. C. (1987) Association of acid producing Thiobacilli with degradation of concrete -- Analysis

by "signature" fatty acids from the polar lipids and lipopolysaccharide. J.

Industrial Microbiol., 2, 63- 69.

39. Nichols, P. D., Mancuso, C. A. and White, D. C. (1987). Measurement of methanotroph and methanogen signature phospholipids for use in assessment of

biomass and community structure in model systems. Org. Geochem. 11, 351-361.

40. Nichols, P. D., Volkman, K.J., Hallegraeff, G. and Blackburn, S. (1987) Sterols and fatty acids of the red tide flagellates Heterosigma akashiwo and

Chattonella antiqua (Raphidophyceae). Phytochemistry, 26, 2537-2541.

41. Kerger, B.D., Mancuso, C.A., Nichols, P.D., White, D.C., Langworthy,T., Sittig, M., Schlesner, H. and Hirsch, P.A. (1988) The budding bacteria Pirella and

Planctomyces, with atypical 16S rRNA and absence of peptidoglycan, show

eubacterial phospholipids and uniquely high proportions of long-chan beta-hydroxy

fatty acids in the lipopolysaccharide lipid A. Arch. Microbiol., 149, 255-260.

42. Palmisano, A.C., Lizotte, M.P., Smith, G.A., Nichols, P.D., White, D.C., and Sullivan, C.W. (1988) Changes in photosynthetic carbon assimilation in Antarctic

sea-ice diatoms during spring bloom: variation in synthesis of lipid classes. J. Exp.

Mar. Biol. Ecol. 116, 1-13.

43. Nichols, P.D., Volkman, J.K., Palmisano, A.C., Smith, G.A. and White,D.C. (1988) Occurrence of an isoprenoid C25 diunsaturated alkene and high neutral lipid

content in Antarctic sea-ice diatom communities. J. Phycology, 24, 90-96.

44. Dowling, N. J. E., Nichols, P. D. and White D. C (1988). Phospholipid fatty acid and infra-red spectroscopy analysis of a sulphate-reducing consortium. FEMS

Microbiology Ecology, 53, 325-334.

45. Volkman, J. R., Burger-Wiersma, T., Nichols, P. D. and Summons, R. E. (1988) Lipids and chemotaxonomy of Prochlorothrix hollandica, a planktonic

prokaryote containing chlorophylls a and b. J. Phycology. 24, 554-559.

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46. Khuroo, M. A., Quershi, M. A., Razdon, T. K. and Nichols, P. (1988). Sterones, iridoids and a sesquiterpene from Verbasuim thapsus. Phytochemistry,

27, 3541-3544.

47. Jacq, E., Prieur, D. Nichols, P. D., White, D. C., Porter, T. and Geesey, G. G. (1989) Microscopic examination and fatty acid characterization of filamentous

bacteria colorizing substrata around subtidal hydrothermal vents. Arch. Microbiol.,

152, 64-71.

48. Ringelberg, D. B., Davis, J. D., Smith, G. A., Pfiffner, S. M., Nichols,P. D., Nickels, J. S., Henson, J. M., Wilson, J. T., Yates,M., Kampbell, D. H., Reed, HJ.

W., Stocksdale, T. T. and White, D. C. (1989) Validation of signature polarlipid

fatty acid biomarkers for alkane-utilizing bacteria in soils and subsurface aquifer

materials. F.E.M.S Microbiology Ecology. 62, 39-50.

49. Nichols, P. D. and White, D. C. (1989) Accumulation of poly-B-hydroxybutyrate in a methane-enriched halogenated hydrocarbon-degrading soil

column: Implications for microbial community structure. Hydrobiologia, 176/177,

369-377.

50. Mackey, D. J., Butler, E. C. V., Nichols, P. D. and Higgins, H. W. (1989) Continuous shipboard and in situ measurements of pH and fluorescence in

seawater. Marine Chemistry. 28, 41-60.

51. Nichols, P. D., Volkman, J. K. and Everitt, D. A. (1989) Occurrence of cis-6- hexadecenoic acid and other unusual monounsaturated fatty acids in the lipids of

oceanic particulate matter. Oceanologica Acta, 12, 393-493.

52. Nichols, P. D., Palmisano, A. C., Rayner, M. S., Smith, G. A. and White, D. C. (1989) Changes in the lipid composition of Antarctic sea-ice diatoms during a

spring bloom: an indication of community physiological status. Antarctic Science,

1, 133-149.

53. Volkman, J. K., Jeffrey, S. W., Nichols, P. D., Rogers, G. I. and Garland, C. D. (1989) Fatty acids and lipid classes of ten species of microalgae used in

mariculture. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol.128, 219-240.

54. Smith, G. A., Nichols, P. D., White, D. C. (1989) Triacylglycerol fatty acid and sterol composition of sediment microorganisms from McMurdo Sound,

Antarctica. Polar Biology, 9, 273-279.

55. Nichols, P. D., Holdsworth, D.G, Volkman, J. K., Daintith, M. and Allanson, S. (1989) High incorporation of essential fatty acids by the rotifer Brachionus

plicatilis fed on the prymnesiophyte alga Pavlova lutheri. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw.

Res., 40:645-655.

56. Mancuso, C. A., Franzmann, P. D., Burton, H. R. and Nichols, P. D. (1990) Microbial community structure and biomass of an Antarctic methanogenic lake

system. Microbial Ecology, 19, 73-95.

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57. Nichols, P. D., Palmisano, A. C., Rayner, M. S., Smith, G. A. and White, D. C. (1990) Occurrence of novel C30 sterols in Antarctic sea-ice diatom communities

during a spring bloom. Organic Geochemistry, 15:503-508.

58. Dade, W. R., Davis, J. D., Nichols, P. D., Nowell, A. R., Thistle, D., Trexler, M. B. and White, D. C. (1990) Effects of bacterial exopolymer adhesion on the

entrainment of sand. Geomicrobiology Journal 8:1-8.

59. Skerratt, J. H., Nichols, P. D., Mancuso, C. A., James, S. R., Dobson, S. J., McMeekin, T. A. and Burton, H. (1991) The phospholipid ester-linked fatty acid

composition of members of the family Halomonadaceae and genus Flavobacterium:

A chemotaxonomic guide. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 14, 8-13.

60. Hallegraff, G., Nichols, P. D., Volkman, J. K., Blackburn, S. and Everitt, D. (1991) Pigments, sterols and fatty acids of the toxic dinoflagellate Gymnodinium

catenatum. J. Phycol. 27, 591-599.

61. Carpenter, P. D., Butler, E. C. V., Mackey, D. J., Higgens, H. and Nichols, P. D. (1991) Aspects of the humic, nutrient, trace metal and organic chemistry of

Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res., 42, 625-654.

62. Bowman, J. P., Skerratt, J. H., Nichols, P. D. and Sly, L. I. (1991) Phospholipid fatty acid and liposaccharide fatty acid biomarkers in methane-

utilizing bacteria. FEMS Microbiol. Ecol. 85,15-22.

63. Patel, B. K. C., Skerratt, J. H. and Nichols, P. D. (1991) The phospholipid ester- linked fatty acid composition of thermophilic and extremely thermophilic

bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 14, 311-316.

64. Nichols, P. D. and Espey, Q. (1991) Characterisation of the organic matter at the air-sea interface, in subsurface water, and in bottom sediments near the Malabar

sewage outfal in Sydney,s coastal region. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 42,327-348.

65. Nichols, P. D., Skerratt, J. H., Davidson, A., McMeekin, T. A. and Burton, H. (1991) The lipid compostion of cultured Phaeocystis pouchetii: signatures for food-

web, biogeochemical and environmental studies in Antarctica and the southern

ocean. Phytochemistry 30, 3209-3214.

66. Volkman, J. K. and Nichols, P. D. (1991) Applications of thin-layer chromatography-flame ionization detection to the analysis of lipids and pollutants

in marine and environmental samples. J. Planar Chromatography-Modern TLC

4, 19-26.

67. Skerratt, J. H., Nichols, P. D., Bowman, J. P. and Sly, L. (1992) Occurrence

and significance of long-chain (-1)-hydroxy fatty acids in methane-oxidising

bacteria. Organic Geochemistry, 18, 189-194.

68. Nichols, P. D. and Franzmann, P. D. (1992) Unsaturated diether phospholipids in the Antarctic methanogen Methanococcoides burtonii. FEMS Microbiology

Letters 98:205-208.

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69. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1992) Anaerobic production of polyunsaturated fatty acids by Shewanella putrefaciens strain ACAM

342. FEMS Microbiology Letters 98:117-122.

70. Thresher, R. E., Nichols, P. D., Gunn, J. S., Bruce, B. D., Furlani, D. M. (1992) Seagrass detritus as the basis of a coastal planktonic food chain. Limnology

and Oceanography 37: 1754-1758.

71. Green, G., Skerratt, J. H., Leeming, R. and Nichols, P. D. (1992) Hydrocarbon and Coprostanol Levels in Seawater, Sea-ice and Sediments near Davis Station in

Eastern Antarctica: A regional survey and preliminary results for a field fuel spill

experiment. Mar. Poll. Bull. 25:293-302.

72. Virtue, P., Nicol, S. and Nichols, P. D. (1993) Changes in the digestive gland of Euphausia superba Dana during short term starvation. Lipid class, fatty acid and

sterol content and composition. Mar. Biol. 117: 441-448.

73. Virtue, P., Nichols, P. D., Nicol, S., McMinn, A. and Sikes, L. (1993) The lipid composition of Euphausia superba Dana in relation to the nutritional value of

Phaeocystis pouchetii. Antarctic Science 5: 161-167.

74. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1993) Polyunsaturated fatty acids in Antarctic bacteria. Antarctic Science 5: 149-160.

75. Nichols, P. D., Shaw, P. M., Mancuso, C. A. and Franzmann, P. D. (1993) Analysis of archaeal di- and tetraether phospholipids by high temperature capillary

gas chromatography. J. Microbiol. Methods 18: 1-9.

76. Nichols, P. D., Leeming, R., Rayner, M. S., Latham, V., Ashbolt, N. J. and Turner, C. (1993) Comparison of the abundance of the fecal sterol coprostanol and

fecal bacterial groups in inner-shelf waters and sediments near Sydney, Australia. J.

Chromatography 643: 189-195.

77. Bowman, J. B., Sly, L. I., Watson, M. Nichols, P. D. and Hayward, A. C. (1993) Revised taxonomy of the methanotrophs: description of Methylobacter gen.

nov., Emendation of Methylococcus, validation of Methylosinus and Methylocystis

species, and a proposal that the family Methylococcaceae includes only the group I

methanotrophs. Int. J. Syst. Bact. 43: 735-753.

78. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. and Sullivan, C. W. (1993) Fatty acid, sterol and hydrocarbon composition of Antarctic sea-ice diatom communities collected during

the spring bloom in McMurdo Sound. Antarctic Science 5: 271-278.

79. Love, C. A., Patel, B. K. C., Nichols, P. D. and Stackebrandt, E. (1993) Desulfotomaculum australicum, sp. nov., a thermophilic sulphate-reducing

bacterium isolated from the Great Artesian Basin of Australia. Syst. Appl.

Microbiol. 16: 244-251.

80. McMeekin, T. A., Nichols, P. D., Nichols, D. S., Juhasz, A. J. and Franzmann, P. D. (1993) Biology and biotechnological potential of halotolerant bacteria from

Antarctic saline lakes. Experimentia 49: 1042-1046.

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81. Nichols, D. S., McMeekin, T. A and Nichols, P. D. (1994) Manipulation of polyunsaturated, branched-chain and trans-fatty acid production by Shewanella

putrefaciens strain ACAM 342 Microbiology 140: 577-584.

82. Rothlisberg, P., Pollard, P. C., Nichols, P. D., Moriarty, D. J. W., Forbes, A. M. G., Vaudrey, D. and Jackson, C. J. (1994) Phytoplankton community structure

and productivity in relation to the hydrological regime of the Gulf of Carpentaria,

Australia, in summer. Aust. J. Mar. Freshw. Res. 45: 265-282.

83. Nichols, D. S., Williams, R., Dunstan, G. A., Nichols, P. D. and Volkman, J. K. (1994) Fatty acid composition of Antarctic and temperate fish of commercial

interest. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 107B: 357-363.

84. Virtue, P. and Nichols, P. D. (1994) Lipids from the bull kelp Durvillaea potatorum. Phytochemistry 37: 673-676.

85. Patel, B.K.C., Saul, D.J., Reeves, R.A., Williams, L.C., Cavanagh, J-E., Nichols, P.D, and Bergquist, P.L. (1994) Phylogeny and lipid composition of

Thermonema lapsum, a thermophilic gliding bacterium. FEMS Microbiology

Letters 115: 313-318.

86. Bakes, M. J. and Nichols, P. D. (1995) Lipid, fatty acid and squalene composition of liver oil from six species of deep-sea sharks collected in southern

Australian waters. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 110B: 267-275).

87. Woodward, D. R., Riley, M., Buick, D., Nichols, P. D. and Nichols, D. S. (1995) Nutritional analysis of the flesh and oil of yolla, the Tasmanian mutton bird

Puffinus tenuirostris: a useful source of omega-3 fatty acids. Australian J.

Nutrition and Dietetic. 52: 87-91.

88. Cavanagh, J-A. E, Juhasz, A. J., Nichols, P. D., Franzmann, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. Analysis of microbial hydrocarbon degradation using TLC-FID.

(1995) J. Microbiological Methods 22: 119-130.

89. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1995) Ecology and physiology of psychrophilic bacteria from Antarctic saline lakes and sea-ice.

Science Progress. 78: 311-347.

90. Bakes, M. J., Elliott, N. G., Green, G. J. and Nichols, P. (1995) Within and between species variation in lipid composition of Australian and North Atlantic

oreo and orange roughy: regional specific differences. Comp. Biochem. Physiol.

111B: 633-642.

91. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1995) A new n-C31:9

hydrocarbon from Antarctic bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Letters 125: 281-286.

92. Green, G. and Nichols, P. D. (1995) Hydrocarbons and sterols in marine sediments and soils at Davis station, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 7: 137-144.

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93. Skerratt, J. H., Nichols, P. D., McMeekin, T. A. and Burton, H. (1995) Seasonal and inter-annual changes in planktonic biomass and community structure

in eastern Antarctica using signature lipids. Marine Chemistry. 51: 93-113.

94. Virtue, P. Johannes, R. E., Nichols, P. D. and Young, J. W. (1995) Biochemical composition of Nyctiphanes australis and its possible use as an

aquaculture feed source: lipids, pigments and fluoride content. Marine Biology

122:121-128.

95. Virtue, P., Nichols, P. D., Nicol, S. and Hosie, G. (1996) Reproductive trade-off in male Antarctic krill. Marine Biology 126:521-527.

96. Virtue, P. Nichols, P. D. and Boon, P. I. (1996) Simultaneous estimation of phospholipid fatty acids and diether lipids by capillary gas chromatography. J.

Microbiological Methods. 25: 177-185.

97. Boon, P. I., Virtue, P. and Nichols, P. D. Microbial consortia in wetland sediments: a biomarker analysis of the effects of hydrological regime on benthic

microbes. (1996) Marine and Freshwater Research 47: 27-41.

98. Franzmann, P. Patterson, B. M., Power, T. R., Nichols, P. D. and Davis, G. B. (1996) Microbial biomass in a shallow, urban aquifer contaminated with aromatic

hydrocarbons: analysis by phospholipid fatty acid content and composition J. Appl.

Bacteriol. 80: 617-625.

99. Nichols, P., Leeming, R. Rayner, M. and Latham, V. (1996) The use of capillary GC for measurement of fecal-derived sterols: application to stormwater,

the sea-surface microlayer, beach greases, regional studies and distinguishing algal

blooms and human and non-human sources of sewage pollution. J.

Chromatography A, 733: 497-509.

100. Leeming, R., Ball, A., Ashbolt, N. and Nichols, P. (1996) Using faecal sterols from humans and animals to distinguish faecal pollution in receiving waters. Water

Research 30: 2893-2900.

101. Leeming, R and Nichols, P. D. (1996) Concentrations of coprostanol that correspond to existing bacterial indicator guideline limits. Water Research. 30:

2997-3006.

102. Swadling, K. M., Gibson, J. A. E., Ritz, D. A., Nichols, P. D. and Hughes, D. E. (1997) Grazing of phytoplankton by copepods in eastern Antarctic coastal

waters. Marine Biology, 128: 39-48.

103. Nichols, D. S., Hart, P., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1997) Enrichment of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis fed an Antarctic bacterium

containing polyunsaturated fatty acids. Aquaculture 147: 115-125.

104. Franzmann, P. D., Dobson, S. J., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1997) Prokaryotic antarctic biodiversity. In: Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure

and Survival. (Battaglia, B., Valencia, J. and Walton, D. W. H., Eds), pp. 51-56.

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105. Virtue, P., Nichols, P. D. and Nicol, S. (1997) Dietary-related mechanisms of survival in Euphausia superba: biochemical changes during long-term starvation

and bacteria as a possible source of nutrition. In: Antarctic Communities: Species,

Structure and Survival. (Battaglia, B., Valencia, J. and Walton, D. W. H., Eds),

pp. 193-201.

106. Skerratt, J. H., Nichols, P. D., McMeekin, T. A. and Burton, H. (1997) Identification of dominant taxa in coastal Antarctic water and sea-ice samples using

lipid signatures. In: Antarctic Communities: Species, Structure and Survival.

(Battaglia, B., Valencia, J. and Walton, D. W. H., Eds), pp. 79-85.

107. Bowman J. P, McCammon, S. A., Brown, J., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1997). Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Gelidibacter algens

gen. nov., sp. nov.: psychrophilic bacteria isolated from Antarctic lacustrine and sea

ice habitats. Int. J. Syst. Microbiol. 47: 670-677.

108. Nichols, D. S., Brown, J., Nichols, P. and McMeekin, T. A. (1997) Production of eicosapentaenoic and arachidonic acids by an Antarctic bacterium: Response to

growth temperature. FEMS Letters. 152: 349-454.

109. Nichols, D. S., Nichols, P., Russell, N. J., Davies, N. and McMeekin, T. A. (1997) Polyunsaturated fatty acids in the psychropilic bacterium Shewanella

gelidimarina ACAM 456T: molecular species analysis of major phospholipids and

biosynthesis of major eicosapentaenoic acid. Biochim. Biophys. Acta.- Lipids and

Lipid Metabolism 1347: 164-176.

110. Phleger, C. F., Nichols, P. D. and Virtue, P. (1997) High levels of wax ester in the Myctophid fish Electrona antarcticum. Antarctic Science. 9:258-265.

111. Phleger, C. F., Nichols, P. D. and Virtue, P. (1997) Southern ocean pteropods: a potential bouyancy role for diacyl glycerol ether. Lipids. 32: 1093-1100.

112. Leeming, R. Latham, V., Rayner, M. and Nichols, P. (1997) Detecting and distinguishing sources of sewage pollution in Australian inland and coastal waters

and sediments. In: Molecular markers in environmental geochemistry. (Edited

by R. P. Eganhouse). American Chemical Society National Meeting, Orlando, FL,

Division of Environmental Chemistry, Inc., American Chemical Society

Symposium Series 671, 306-319, ACS Washington, DC.

113. Brown, J. L., Ross, T., McMeekin, T. A., Nichols, P. D. (1997) Acid habituation of Escherichia coli and the potential role of cyclopropane fatty acids in

low pH tolerance. Int. J. Food Micro. 37: 163-173.

114. Bowman, J. P., McCammon, S. A., Nichols, D. S., Skerratt, J. H., Rae, S. M., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1997) Novel species of Shewanella isolated

from Antarctic se ice with the ability to produce eicosapentaenoic acid (20:53)

and grow anaerobically by dissimilatory Fe (III) reduction. Int. J. Syst. Microbiol.

47: 1040-1047.

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115. Swadling, K. M., Gibson, J. A. E., Ritz, D. A. and Nichols, P. D. (1997) Horizontal patchiness in sympagic organisms of the Antarctic fast ice. Antarctic

Science 9: 399-406.

116. Leeming, R. and Nichols, P. D. (1998) Determination of the sources and distribution of sewage and pulp-fibre derived pollution in the Derwent Estuary

using sterol biomarkers. Marine and Freshwater Res. 49:7-17.

117. Skerratt, J.H., Davidson, A.D. Nichols, P.D., McMeekin, T.A. (1998) The effects of UV-B irradiation on lipids of three Antarctic marine phytoplankton.

Phytochemistry 49: 999-1007.

118. Nichols, P. D., Bakes, M. J., and Elliott, N. G. (1998) Docosahexanoic acid-rich liver oils from temperate Australian sharks. Marine and Freshwater

Research. 49: 763-767.

119. Bowman, J.P., Gosink, J.J., McCammon, S.A., Lewis, T.E., Nichols, D.S., Nichols, P.D., Skerratt, J.H.,Staley, J.T. and McMeekin, T.A. (1998) Colwellia

demingae sp. nov., Colwellia honerae sp. nov., Colwellia rossensis and Colwellia

psychrotropica sp. nov.: psychrophilic, marine bacteria with the ability to

synthesise docosahexaenoic acid (22:63). International Journal of Systematic

Bacteriology. 48; 1171-1180.

120. Cavanagh, J.E., Nichols, P. D., Franzmann, P. D., and McMeekin, T. A. (1998) Hydrocarbon degradation by Antarctic coastal bacteria. Antarctic Science.

10: 386-397.

121. Summons, R. E., Franzmann, P. D. and Nichols, P. D. (1998) Carbon isotopic fractionation with methylotrophic methanogenesis. Organic Geochemistry 28:

465-475.

122. Lewis, T., Nichols, P. D., Hart, P. R., Nichols, D. S. and McMeekin, T. A. (1998) Enrichment of rotifers Brachionus plicatilis with eicosapentaenoic acid and

docosahexaenoic acid produced by bacteria. J. World Aquaculture Society 29:

313-318.

123. Jayasinghe, L. Y., Marriott, P. J., Carpenter, P. D. and Nichols, P. D. (1998) Application of pentafluorophenyldimethylsilyl derivitization for gas

chromatography-electron capture detection of supercritically extracted sterols. J.

Chromatography A. 809: 109-120.

124. Leeming, R. Bate, N., Hewlett, R. and Nichols, P. D. (1998) Discriminating faecal pollution: a case study of stormwater entering Port Phillip Bay, Australia.

Water Science and Technology 38: 15:22.

125. Li, L., Guezennec, J., Nichols, P., Henry, Yanagibayashi, M. and Kato, C. (1999) Microbial diversity in Nankai Trough sediments at a depth of 3843 m. J.

Oceanography 55: 635-642.

126. McCammon, S. A., Innes, B. H., Bowman, J. P., Franzmann, P. D., Dobson, S. J., Hollaway, P. E., Skerratt, J. H., Nichols, P. D. and Rankin, L. M. (1998)

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Flavobacterium hibernum sp. nov., a lactose-utilizing bacterium from a freshwater

Antarctric lake. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 48: 1405-

1412.

127. Jayasinghe, L. Y., Marriott, P. J., Carpenter, P. D. and Nichols, P. D. (1998) Supercritical fluid extraction and gas chromatographic electron capture detection

method for sterol analysis of environmental water samples. Anal. Commun. 35:

265-268.

128. Phleger, C. F., Nichols, P. D. and Virtue, P. (1998) Lipids and trophodynamics of Antarctic zooplankton. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. 120: 311-323.

129. Gibson, J. A. E., Trull, T., Nichols, P. D., Summons, R. E. and McMinn, A. (1999) Sedimentation of C-13-rich organic matter from Antarctic sea-ice algae: A

potential indicator of past sea-ice extent. Geology. 27:331-334.

130. Gutierrez, Nichols, P. and Couperwhite, I. (1999) Changes in whole cell-

derived fatty acids induced by benzene and occurrence of the unusual 16:16c in

Rhodococcus sp. 33. FEMS Letters. 176: 213-218.

131. Nelson, M. N., Nichols, P. D. and Leighton, D. L. (1999) The occurrence and possible significance of diacylglyceryl ether lipids in abalone. Lipids 34: 423-427.

132. Phleger, C. F., Nichols, P. D. and Williams, R. (1999) Lipids of the notothenoid fishes, Trematomus spp. and Pagothennia borchgrevinki from East

Antarctica. Polar Biology 22: 241-247.

133. Lewis, T., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (1999) The biotechnological potential of thraustochytrids. Marine Biotechnology. 1: 580-587.

134. O'Leary, T., Leeming, R., Nichols, P. D. and Volkman, J. K. (1999) Assessment of the sources, transport and fate of sewage-derived organic matter in

Port Phillip Bay, Australia using the signature lipid coprostanol. Marine and

Freshwater Research 50: 547-556.

135. Nichols, D., Bowman, J., Sanderson, K., Mancuso Nichols, C., Lewis, T., McMeekin, T., Nichols, P. D. (1999) Developments with Antarctic

microorganisms: culture collections, bioactivity screening, taxonomy, PUFA

production and cold adapted enzymes. Current Opinion in Biotechnology. 10:

240-246.

136. Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M., Mooney, B. D. and Nichols, P. D. (1999) Wax esters versus triacylglycerols in myctophid fishes from the southern ocean.

Antarctic Science. 11: 437-445.

137. Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M., Mooney, B. D. and Nichols, P. D. (2000) Lipids of abducted pteropods, Spongiobranchaea australis, and their hyperiid amphipod host.

Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 124: 295-307.

138. Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M., Mooney, B. D. and Nichols, P. D. (2000) Lipids of Antarctic salps and their commensal hyperiid amphipods. Polar Biology 23: 329-

337.

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139. Wetherbee, B. M. and Nichols, P. D. (2000) Lipid composition of 13 species of shark. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 125: 511-521.

140. Nelson, M. M., Phleger, R. P., Mooney, B. and Nichols, P. D. (2000) Lipids of gelatinous Antarctic zooplankton: cnidaria and ctenophora. Lipids 35: 551-559.

141. Silvey, P., Pullammanappallil, P. C., Blackall, L. and Nichols, P. (2000). Microbial ecology of leach-bed anaerobic digestion of unsorted municipal solid

waste. In Mata-Alvarez, J., Cecchi, F. and Tilche, A. (eds), Anaerobic Digestion of

Solid Waste II. Water Science and Technology 41: 9-16.

142. Bird, F. L., Boon, P. I. And Nichols, P. D. (2000) Physicochemical and microbial properties of burrows of the deposit-feeding Thalassinidean ghost shrimp

Biffarius arenosus (Decapoda: Callianassidae) Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf

Science 51: 279-291.

143. Swadling, K. M., Nichols, P. D., Gibson, J. A. E. and Ritz, D. A. (2000) Role of lipid in the life cycles of ice-dependent and ice-independent populations of the

copepod Paralabidocera antarctica. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 208: 171-182.

144. Virtue P., Mayzaud P., Albessard E. and Nichols P. (2000) Use of fatty acids as dietary indicators in northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, from

northeastern Atlantic, Kattegat and Mediterranean waters. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci.

57: 104-114.

145. Lewis, T., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (2000) Evaluation of extraction methods for recovery of fatty acids from lipid-producing

microheterotrophs. J. Microbiol. Methods 43: 107-116.

146. Nelson, M. M., Mooney, B., Nichols, P. D. and Phleger, C. F. (2001) Lipids of Antarctic Ocean Amphipods: food chain interactions and the occurrence of novel

biomarkers. Mar. Chem. 73: 53-64.

147. Jeffs, A. G., Nichols, P. D., Bruce, M. (2001) Lipid reserves used by pueruli of the spiny lobster Jasus edwardsii in crossing the continental shelf of New

Zealand. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A 129: 305-311.

148. Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M. M., Mooney, B. D., Nichols, P. D., Ritar, A. R., Smith, G. S., Hart, P. R. and Jeffs, A. G. (2001) Lipids and Nutrition of the

Southern Rock Lobster, Jasus edwardsii, From Hatch to Puerulus. Marine

Freshwater Research 52: 1475-1486.

149. Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M. M., Mooney, B. D., Nichols, P. D. (2001) Interannual variations in the lipids of the Antarctic pteropods Clione limacina and

Clio pyramidata. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 128B: 553-564.

150. Kitessa, S. M, Gulati, S. K., Ashes, J. R. Fleck, E. Scott, T. W. and Nichols, P. D. (2001) Utilisation of fish oil in ruminants. I. Fish oil metabolism in sheep

Animal Feed Science and Technology 89: 189-199.

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151. Kitessa, S. M, Gulati, S. K., Ashes, J. R. Fleck, E. Scott, T. W. and Nichols, P. D. (2001) Utilisation of fish oil in ruminants. II. Transfer of fish oil fatty acids into

goats’ milk Animal Feed Science and Technology 89: 201-208.

152. Nichols, P. D, Mooney, B. D. and Elliott, N. G. Unusually high levels of non-saponifible lipids in the fish, escolar and rudderfish: a tool for identification. (2001)

J. Chromatography 936: 183-191.

153. Phillips, K. L., Jackson, G. D. and Nichols, P. D. (2001) Predation on myctophids by the squid Moroteuthis ingens around Macquarie and Heard islands:

stomach content and fatty acid analyses. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Series. 215, 179-189.

154. Lewis, T., Nichols, P. D. and McMeekin, T. A. (2001) Sterol and squalene content of a DHA-producing thraustochytrid: influence of culture age, temperature

and dissolved oxygen. J. Marine Biotechnology 3: 439-447.

155. Nelson, M. M., Phleger, R. P. and Nichols, P. D. (2002) Seasonal lipid composition in macroalgae of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. Botanica Marina 45:

58-65.

156. Nelson, M. M., Leighton, D. L., Phleger, C. F. And Nichols, P. D. (2002) Comparison of growth and lipid composition in the green abalone, Haliotis fulgens,

provided specific macroalgal diets. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 131B: 695-712.

157. Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M. M., Mooney, B. D., Nichols, P. D. (2002) Interannual and between species comparion in the lipids, fatty acids and sterols of

Antarctic krill from the US AMLR Elephant Island survey area: 1997 and 1998.

Comp. Biochem. Physiol. 131B: 733-747.

158. Jeffs, A. G., Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M. M., Mooney, B. D., Nichols, P. D. (2002) Marked depletion of polar lipid and non-essential fatty acids following

settlement by post-larvae of the spiny lobster Jasus verreauxi. Comp. Biochem.

Physiol. 131A: 305-311.

159. Nichols, P. D. and Mancuso Nichols, C. A. Archaea: detection methods. (2002) In: The Encyclopedia of Environmental Microbiology, Wiley, 246-259.

160. Marshall, J-A., Nichols, P. D., Hallegraeff, G. M. (2002) Chemotaxonomic survey of sterols and fatty acids, including suspected phycotoxins, in six species of

marine Raphidophyte algae. Journal Appl. Phycol. 14: 255-265.

161. Murphy, K. J., Mooney, B. D., Mann, N. J., Nichols, P. D. and Sinclair, A. J. (2002) Lipids, fatty acid and sterol composition of New Zealand green lip (Perna

canaliculus) and Tasmanian blue mussel (Mytilis edulis). Lipids 37: 587595.

162. Smith, G. G., Ritar, A. J., Phleger, R. P., Nelson, M. M., Mooney, B., Nichols, P. D. and Hart, P. R. (2002) Changes in the gut content and composition of juvenile

Artemia after oil enrichment and during starvation. Aquaculture 208: 135-156.

163. Nelson, M. M., Mooney, B., Nichols, P. D., Phleger, R. P., Smith, G. G., Ritar, A. J. and Hart, P. R. (2002) The effect of diet on the biochemical composition of

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on-grown Artemia: potential formulation for rock lobster aquaculture. J. World

Aquaculture Society 33: 146-157.

164. Lea, M-A., Nichols, P.D. and Wilson, G. (2002) Fatty acid composition of lipid-rich myctophids and mackerel icefish – Southern Ocean food-web

implications. Polar Biology 25: 843-854.

165. Lea, M-A., Cherel, Y., Guinet, C. and Nichols, P.D. (2002) Antarctic fur seals foraging in the Polar Frontal Zone: inter-annual shifts in diet as shown from faecal

and fatty acid analyses Marine Ecology Progress Series 245: 281-297.

166. Thomson, P., Wright, S., Bolch, C., Nichols, P. D., Skerratt, J. H., and McMinn, A. (2004) Antarctic distribution, pigment and lipid composition and

molecular identification of the brine dinoflagellate Polarella glacialis

(Dinophyceae). J. Phycol. 40: 867-873.

167. Nelson, M.N., Crear, B. J., Nichols, P. and Ritz, D. A. (2004) Growth and lipid composition of phyllosomata of the southern rock lobster, Jasus edswardsii,

fed enriched Artemia. Aquaculture Nutrition 10: 237-246.

168. Skerratt, J.H., Bowman, J.P. and Nichols, P.D. (2002) Shewanella olleyana sp. No., a marine species isolated from a temperate estuary which produces high levels

of polyunsaturated fatty acids. International Journal of Systematic and

Evolutionary Microbiology 52: 2101-2106.

169. Phillips, K. L., Nichols, P. D. and Jackson, G.D. (2002) Lipid and fatty acid composition of four southern ocean squid species: implications for food-web

studies. Antarctic Science 14: 212-200.

170. Plumb, J. J., Gibbs, B., Stott, M. B., Robertson, W. J., Gibson, J. A. E., Nichols, P. D., Watling, H. R. and Franzmann, P. D. (2002) Enrichment and

characterization of thermophilic acidophiles for the bioleaching of mineral

sulphides. Minerals Engineering 15: 787-794.

171. Robertson, W. J., Kinnunen, P., Plumb, J. J., Franzmann, P. D., Puhakka, J., Gibson, J. A. E. and Nichols, P. D. (2002) Moderately thermophilic ferrous-iron

oxidizing bacteria isolated from a pyretic coal deposit showing spontaneous

combustion in south western Australia. Minerals Engineering 15: 815-822.

172. Skerratt, J.H., Bowman, J.P., James, S., Hallegraeff, G. and Nichols, P.D. (2002) Algicidal bacteria associated with blooms of a toxic dinoflagellates in a

temperate Australian estuary. Marine Ecology Progress Series 244: 1-15.

173. Western, R. J., Lau, S. S. G., Marriott, P. J. and Nichols, P. D. (2002) Positional and geometric isomer separation of FAME by comprehensive 2-D GC.

Lipids 37: 715-724.

174. Best, N. J., Bradshaw, C. J. A., Hindell, M. A. and Nichols, P. D. (2003) Vertical stratification of fatty acids in the blubber of southern elephant seals

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(Mirounga leonina): implications for diet analysis. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B.

134: 253 - 263.

175. Carter, C., Bransden, M. P., Lewis, T. E. and Nichols, P. D. (2003) Potential of thraustochytrids to partially replace fish oil in Atlantic salmon feeds. Marine

Biotechnology 5: 480-492.

176. McKinnon, A. D., Duggan, S., Nichols, P. D., Rimmer, M. A., Semmens, G. and Robino. B. (2003) The potential of tropical paracalanoid copepods as live feeds

in aquaculture. Aquaculture 223: 89-106.

177. Carter, C. G., Lewis, T. E., Nichols, P. D. (2003) Comparison of cholestane and yttrium oxide as digestibility markers for lipid components in Atlantic salmon

diets. Aquaculture 225: 341-351.

178. Kinnunen, P. H.-M., Robertson, W. J., Plumb, J. J., Gibson, J. A. E., Nichols, P. D. Franzmann, P. D. and Puhakka, J., (2003) The isolation and use of iron-

oxidizing moderately thermophilic acidophiles from the Collie coal mine for the

generation of ferric iron leaching solution. Appl. Micro. Biotech. 60: 748-753.

179. Nelson, M. M., B. J. Crear, P. D. Nichols & D. A. Ritz. 2003. Feeding southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii, Hutton, 1875, phyllosomata in culture:

recent progress with lipid-enriched Artemia. J. Shellfish Res. 22(1): 225-34.

180. Liddy, G. C., M. M. Nelson, P. D. Nichols, B. F. Phillips & G. B. Maguire. 2004. The lipid composition of early stage western rock lobster (Panulirus cygnus)

phyllosoma: importance of polar lipid and essential fatty acids. J. Shellfish Res. 23:

265-273.

181. Phillips, K. L., Nichols, P. D. and Jackson, G.D. (2003) Temporal variations in the diet of the squid Moroteuthis ingens at Macquarie Island: stomach contents and

fatty acid analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series 256: 135-149.

182. Bradshaw, C., Hindell, M. A., Best, N. J., Phillips, K. L., Wilson, G, and Nichols, P. D. (2003) You are what you eat: estimating diet structure of southern

elephant seals (Mirounga leonine) using blubber fatty acids. Proc. Royal Soc.

London – B. Biological Science 270: 1283-1292.

183. Marshall, J-A, Nichols, P. D., Hamilton, B., Lewis, R. J. and Hallegraeff, G. M. (2003) Ichthyotoxicity of Chattonella marina (Raphidophyceae) to damselfish

(Acanthochromis polycanthus): The role of reactive oxygen species and free fatty

acids. Harmful Algal Blooms 2: 273-281.

184. Bransden, M. P., Carter, C. G. and Nichols, P. D. (2003) Replacement of fish

oil with sunflower oil in feed for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.): effect on growth

performance, tissue fatty acid composition and disease resistance. Comp.

Biochem. Physiol. 135(4), 611-625.

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185. Bowman, J. P., McCammon, S. A., Gibson, J. A. E., Robertson, L. and Nichols, P. D. (2003) Prokaryotic metabolic activity and community structure in

Antarctic continental shelf sediments. Appl. Environ. Micro. 69: 2448-2462.

186. Phillips, K. L., Nichols, P. D. and Jackson, G.D. (2003) Dietary variation of the squid Moroteuthis ingens at four sites in the southern ocean: stomach contents

and fatty acid profiles. J. Marine Biol. Assoc. U.K. 83: 523-534.

187. Phillips, K. L., Nichols, P. D. and Jackson, G.D. (2003) Size-related dietary changes observed in the squid Moroteuthis ingens at the Faulkand Islands: stomach

contents and fatty acid analyses. Polar Biology 26: 474-485.

188. Jeffs, A.J., Nichols, P.D., Mooney, B. D., Phillips, K. L., Phleger, C. F. (2004) Identifying potential prey of the pelagic larvae of the spiny lobster Jasus

edwardsii using signature lipids. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 137: 487-507.

189. Gutiérrez, T., Learmonth, R. P., Nichols, P. D., Couperwhite, I. (2003) Comparative benzene-induced fatty acid changes between a Rhodococcus species

and its benzene-sensitive mutant: the possible role of myristic and oleic acids in

providing tolerance. J. Chem. Ecol. 29: 2369-2378.

190. Bransden, M.P., Dunstan, G.A., Battaglene, S.C., Cobcroft, J.M., Morehead, D.T., Brown, M.R., Kolkovski, S. and Nichols, P.D. (2004) Influences of dietary n-

3 long chain PUFA on body concentrations of 20:5n-3, 22:5n-3 and 22:6n-3 in

larvae of a marine teleost fish from Australian waters, the striped trumpeter (Latris

lineata). Lipids 39: 215-222.

191. Nichols, P. D., Danaher, K. T., Koslow, J. A. (2003) Occurrence of high levels of tetracosahexaenoic acid in the jellyfish Aurelia sp. Lipids 38: 1207-1210.

192. Ritar, A. J., Dunstan, G. A., Nelson, M. M., Brown, M. B., Nichols, P. D., Thomas, C. W., Smith, E. G.,. Crear, B. J., Kolkovski, S. (2004) Nutritional and

bacterial profiles of juvenile Artemia fed different enrichments and during

starvation. Aquaculture 239: 351-373.

193. Nicol, S., Virtue, P., King, R., Davenport, S. R., McGaffin, A. F. Nichols, P. (2004) Condition of Euphausia crystallorophias off East Antarctica in winter in

comparison to other seasons. Deep Sea Research 11: 2215-2224.

194. Nichols, P. D. (2004) Sources of omega-3 oils. Lipid Technology 16: 247-251.

195. Bransden, M. P., Cobcroft, J. M., Battaglene, S. C., Dunstan, G. A., Morehead, D. T., Nichols, P. D. Kolkovski, S. (2005) Effect of dietary 22:6n-3 on

growth, survival and tissue fatty acid profile of striped trumpeter (Latris lineata)

larvae fed enriched Artemia. Aquaculture 243: 331-344.

196. Brown, M. R., Dunstan, G. A., Nichols, P. D., Battaglene, S. C., Morehead, D. T. and Overweter, A. (2005) Effects of alpha-tocopherol supplementation of rotifers

on the growth of striped trumpeter Latris lineata larvae. Aquaculture 246: 367-378.

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197. Robert, S. S., Singh, S. P., Zhou, X-R, Petrie, J. R., Blackburn, S. I., Mansour, P. M, Nichols, P. D., Liu, Q. and Green, A. G. (2005) Metabolic engineering of

Arabidopsis to produce nutritionally important DHA in seed oil. Functional Plant

Biology 32: 473-479.

198. Arnould, J.P.Y., Nelson, M.M., Nichols, P.D. and Oosthuizen, W.H. Variation in the fatty acid composition of blubber in Cape fur seals (Arctocephalus

pusillus pusillus) and the implications for dietary analysis. (2005) J. Comp.

Physiol. 175: 285-295.

199. Phleger, C. F., Nelson, M. N., Groce, A. K., Cary, C. S., Coyne, K. J., Nichols, P. D. (2005) Lipid composition of deep-sea hydrothermal vent tubeworm Riftia

pachyptila, crabs Munidopsis subsquamosa and Bythograea thermydron, mussels

Bathymodiolus sp. and limpets Lepetodrilus spp. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 141:

196-210.

200. Nichols, P. D., Brock, M., Dunstan, G. A., Bransden, M. and Battaglene, S. (2005) A potential new Australian farmed seafood source of omega-3 oils: the oil

and fatty composition of the finfish striped trumpeter (Latris lineata). Food

Australia 57: 295-301.

201. Bandaranayake, W. M., Boyle, S. and Nichols, P. D. (2004) Lipid and fatty acid composition of fresh and saltwater barramundi, Lates calcarifer (Bloch):

variability in lipid composition associated with environment. Trends in

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 10: 111-117.

202. Bransden, M.P., Cobcroft, J.M., Battaglene, S.C., Morehead, D.T., Dunstan, G.A., Nichols, P.D. and Kolkovski, S. (2005) Dietary 22:6n-3 alters gut and liver

structure and behaviour in larval striped trumpeter (Latris lineata) Aquaculture:

248: 275-285.

203. Alonzo, F., Virtue, P. Nicol, S. and Nichols, P. D. (2005) Lipids as trophic markers in Antarctic krill, II. Lipid class and fatty acid composition of the body and

digestive gland of euphausia superba Dana in controlled conditions. Marine

Ecology Progress Series 296: 65-79.

204. Alonzo, F., Virtue, P. Nicol, S. and Nichols, P. D. (2005) Lipids as trophic markers in Antarctic krill, III. Temporal changes in digestive gland lipid

composition of Euphausia superba Dana in controlled conditions. Marine Ecology

Progress Series 296: 81-91.

205. Mansour, M. P., Frampton, D. M. F., Nichols, P. D., Volkman, J. K. and Blackburn, S. I. (2005) Lipid and fatty acid yield of nine stationary-phase

microalgae: applications and unusual C24-28 polyunsaturated fatty acids. J. App.

Phycol. 17: 287-300.

206. Mancuso Nichols, C. A., Garon-Lardiere, S., Bowman, J. P., Nichols, P. D, Gibson, J. A. E. and Guézennec, J. (2005) Exopolysaccharide Production by

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Antarctic Bacteria: Implications for Nutrient Cycling. Microbial Ecology 49: 578-

589.

207. Liddy, G. C., Kolkovski, S., Nelson, M. M., Nichols, P. D., Phillips, B. F. and Maguire, G. B. (2005) The effect of PUFA enriched Artemia on the growth,

survival and lipid composition of the western rock lobster, Panulirus Cygnus,

phyllosoma. Aquaculture Nutrition 11: 375-384.

208. Nelson, M. M, Olley, J., Crear, B. J., Lewis, T. and. Nichols, P. D. (2005) Comparison of wild and cultured adult southern rock lobster, Jasus edwardsii:

Growth, sensory analysis and oil composition. Food Australia 57: 499-509.

209. Phleger, C. F, Nelson, M. M., Groce, A. K., Cary, S. K., Coyne, K., Gibson, J. A. E, Nichols, P. D. (2005) Lipid, Fatty Acid and Sterol Composition of the Deep

Sea Hydrothermal Vent Polychaete Annelids - Alvinella pompejana, A. caudata,

Paralvinella grasslei and Hesiolyra bergii. Deep Sea Research I. 52: 2333-2352.

210. Bransden, M. P., Cobcroft, J. M., Battaglene, S. C., Dunstan, G. A., Bell, J. G. and Nichols, P. D. (2005) Dietary Arachidonic acid alters tissue fatty acid profile,

whole body eicosanoid production and stress resistance in larvae of the temperate

marine finfish striped trumpeter (Latris lineate). Fish Physiology and

Biochemistry 30: 241-256.

211. Battaglene, S.C., Morehead, D.T., Cobcroft, J.M., Nichols, P.D., Brown, M., and Carson, J. (2006) Combined effects of feeding enriched rotifers and antibiotic

addition on performance of striped trumpeter (Latris lineata) larvae. Aquaculture

251: 456-471.

212. Phillips, B. F., Melville-Smith, R., Chubb, C. F., Nelson, M. M., Nichols, P. D. and Jeffs, A. G. (2006) Changes in lipid and fatty acid composition of late larval

and puerulus stages of the spiny lobster (Panulirus cygnus) across the continental

shelf of Western Australia. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. 142: 219-228.

213. Su, X. Q., Antonas, K., Li, D. & Nichols, P. D. (2006) Seasonal variations of total lipid and fatty acid contents in the muscle of two Australian farmed abalone

species. Journal of Food Lipids 13: 411-423.

214. Miller, M. R., Nichols, P. D., Barnes, J., Davies, N. W., Peacock, E. J. and Carter, C. G. (2006) Regiospecificity Profiles of Storage and Membrane Lipids

from the Gill and Muscle Tissue of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L) Grown at

Elevated Temperature. Lipids 41: 865-876.

215. Miller, M. R., Nichols, P. D. and Carter, C.G. (2007) Replacement of dietary fish oil with a stearidonic acid containing oil for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.).

Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B. 146: 197-206.

216. Perissinotto, R., Mayzaud, P., Nichols, P. D and Labat, J-P. (2007) Grazing of Pyrosoma atlanticum (Tunicata, Thaliacea) in the south Indian Ocean. MEPS 330:

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217. Mooney, B. D., Nichols, P. D., de Salas, M. F. and Hallegraeff, G. M. (2007) Lipid, fatty acid, and sterol composition of eight species of Kareniaceae

(Dinophyta): chemotaxonomy, and putative lipid phycotoxins. J. Phycol. 43: 101-

111.

218. Zhou, X-R., Robert, S. S., Petrie, J. R., Frampton, D. M. F., Mansour, M. P., Blackburn, S. B., Nichols, P. D., Green, A. G., Singh, S. P. (2007) Isolation and

characterization of genes from the marine microalga Pavlova salina encoding front-

end desaturases involved in docosahexaenoic acid biosynthesis. Phytochemistry

68: 785-796.

219. Hagen, W., Yoshida, T., Virtue, P., Kawaguchi, S., Swadling, K., Nicol, S and Nichols, P. (2007) Effect of a carnivorous diet on the lipids, fatty acids and

condition of Antarctic krill. Antarctic Science 19: 183-188.

220. Bransden, M. P., Esnault, P., Goldsmid, R. M., Battaglene, S. C., and Nichols, P. D. (2007) Broodstock condition, egg morphology and lipid content and

composition during the spawning season of captive striped trumpeter, Latris

lineata. Aquaculture 268: 2-12.

221. Melville-Smith, R., de Lestang, S. N., Chatfield, B, Nelson, M. M. and

Nichols, P. D (2007) Neither maternal size nor site of spawning influences larval

competency in western rock lobster Panulirus cygnus George. J Crust. Biol. 27:

445-453.

222. Jackson, G., Bustamante, P., Cherel, Y., Fulton, E. A. , Grist , E. P. M. , Jackson, C. H., Nichols, P. D., Pethybridge, H. , Phillips, K., Ward, R. D. and

Xavier, J. C. (2007) Applying new tools to cephalopod trophic dynamics and

ecology: perspectives from the Southern Ocean Cephalopod Workshop, February 2-

3, 2006. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 17: 79-99.

223. Miller, M. R, Nichols, P. D. and Chris G. Carter, C. G. (2007) Replacement of Fish Oil with Thraustochytrid Schizochytrium sp. L Oil in Atlantic Salmon parr (Salmo

salar L) Diets. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. 148: 382-392.

224. Wheatley, K. E., Nichols, P. D, Hindell, M. A., Harcourt. R. G. and Corey J.A. Bradshaw, C. J. A. (2007) temporal variation in the vertical stratification of blubber

fatty acids alters diet prediction for lactating Weddell seals. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 352: 103-113.

225. Kattner, G., Hagen, W., Lee, R.F., Campbell, R., Deibel, D., Falk-Petersen, S., Graeve, M., Hansen, B.W., Hirche, H.J.,. Jónasdóttir, S.H., Madsen, M.L.,

Mayzaud, P., Müller-Navarra, D., Nichols, P.D., Paffenhöffer, G.A., Pond, D.,

Saito, H., Stübing, D., and Virtue, P. (2007) Perspectives on marine zooplankton

lipids. Can. J. Aquatic. Fish. Sci. 64: 1628-1639.

226. Mayzaud, P., Boutoute, M., Perissinotto, R. and Nichols, P. (2007) Polar and neutral lipid composition in the widespread pelagic tunicate Pyrosoma atlanticum.

Lipids 42: 647-657.

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227. Limbourn, A.J., Babcock, R.C., Johnston, D.J., Nichols, P.D. and Knott, B. (2008) Post-settlement energy reserves in Panulirus cygnus: experimental effects of

starvation on survival and nutritional condition. Marine Biology 153: 445-456.

DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-08251-7.

228. Guest, M. A., Nichols, P. D., Frusher, S. D. and Hirst, A. J. (2008) Evidence of abalone (Haliotis rubra) diet from combined fatty acid and stable isotope

analyses. Marine Biology 153: 479-588. DOI 10.1007/s00227-007-0831-9.

229. Fluckiger, M., Jackson, G. D., Nichols, P. D., Virtue, P., Daw, A. and Wotherspoon. S. (2008) An experimental study of the effect of diet on the fatty acid

profiles of the European Cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis ) Mar. Biol. 154: 363-72.

10.1007/s00227-008-0932-0.

230. Ling, K. H., Cheung, C. W., Cheng, S. W., Cheng, L., Li, S-L., Nichols, P. D., Ward, R. D., Graham, A. But, P. P-H. (2008) Rapid detection of oilfish and escolar

in fish steaks: A tool to prevent keriorrhea episodes. Food Chemistry. 110: 538-

546.

231. Nichols, P. D and Nichols, C. A. M. (2008) Microbial signature lipid profiling and exopolysaccharides: experiences initiated with Professor David C White and

transported to Tasmania, Australia. J. Microbiological Methods 74: 33-46.

232. Miller, M. R., Nichols, P. D. and Carter, C. G. (2008) The Digestibility and Accumulation of Dietary Phytosterols in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) Smolt

Fed Diets with Replacement Plant Oils. Lipids 43: 549-557.

233. Wheatley, K. E., Nichols, P. D, Hindell, M. A., Harcourt. R. G. and Corey J.A. Bradshaw, C. J. A. (2008) Differential mobilization of blubber fatty acids in

lactating Weddell seals: evidence for selective use. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 81: 651-662.

234. Tierney, M., Nichols, P. D, Wheatley, K. E. and Hindell, M. A. (2008) Blood fatty acids indicate inter- and intra-annual variation in the diet of Adélie penguins:

comparison with stomach content and stable isotope analysis. Journal of

Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 367: 65-74.

235. Drazen, J. C., Phleger, C. F., Guest, M. A. and Nichols, P. D. (2008) Lipid, sterols and fatty acid composition of abyssal holothurians and ophiuroids from the

north-east Pacific Ocean: food web Implications. Comparative Biochemistry and

Physiology, Part B, 151: 79-87. DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpb.2008.05.013 .

236. Miller, M. R., Nichols, P. D. andCarter, C. G. Omega 3 oil sources for use in aquaculture – alternatives to the unsustainable harvest of wild fish. (2008)

Nutrition Research Reviews 21: 85-96.

237. Drazen, J. C., Phleger, C. F., Guest, M. A., Nichols, P. D. (2008) Lipid,

sterols and fatty acids of abyssal polychaetes, crustaceans, and a cnidarian from the

north-east Pacific Ocean: food web implications. Marine Ecology Progress Series

372: 157-167.

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238. Miller, M. R., Bridle, A. R., Nichols, P. D. and Carter, C. G. (2008) Increased Elongase and Desaturase Gene Expression with Stearidonic Acid Enriched Diet

Does Not Enhance Long-Chain (n-3) Content of Seawater Atlantic Salmon (Salmo

salar L.) J. Nutrition. 138: 2179-2185.

239. Crawley, K. R., Hyndes, G. A., Vanderklift, M. A., Revill, A. T. and Nichols, P. D. (2009) Allochthonous brown algae are the primary food source for consumers

in a temperate, coastal environment. Marine Ecology Progress Series 376: 33–44. doi: 10.3354/meps07810

240. Robert , S. S., Petrie, J. R., Zhou, X-R, Mansour, M. P., Blackburn, S. I., Green, A. G., Singh, S. P., and Nichols, P. D. (2009) Isolation and characterisation

of a ∆5-fatty acid elongase from the marine microalga Pavlova salina. Marine

Biotechnology 11: 410-418. doi.org/10.1007/s10126-008-9157-y.

241. Baylis, A.M.M., Hamer, D.J., Nichols, P.D. (2009). Assessing the use of milk fatty acids to infer the diet of the Australian sea lion (Neophoca cinerea). Wildlife

Research 36: 169–176.

242. Limbourn, A. J. and Nichols, P.D. (2009) Lipid, fatty acid and protein content of late larval to early juvenile stages of western rock lobster, Panulirus cygnus.

Comp. Biochem. Physiol. B 152: 292-298.

243. Baylis, A.M.M. and Nichols, P.D. (2009). Milk fatty acids predict the foraging locations of a wide-ranging central place forager, the New Zealand fur seal:

continental shelf vs. oceanic waters. Marine Ecology Progress Series 380: 271–

286.

244. Chandrapavan, A., Guest, M. A., Nichols, P. D and Gardner, C. (2009)

Translocating southern rock lobsters (Jasus edwardsii) from deep-water to shallow

inshore water enhances nutritional condition through omega-3 long-chain

polyunsaturated fatty acid content. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and

Ecology 375: 9-15.

245. Newland, C., Field, I. C., Nichols, P. D., Bradshaw, C. J. A. and Hindell, M. A. (2009) Blubber fatty acid profiles indicate dietary resource partitioning between

adult and juvenile southern elephant seals. Marine Ecology Progress Series 384:

303-312.

246. Drazen, J. C., Charles F. Phleger, C. F., Guest, M. A. and Nichols, P. D. (2009) Lipid composition and diet inferences of abyssal macrourids in the eastern

North Pacific Marine Ecology Progress Series 387: 1-14.

247. Ling, K. H, Nichols, P. D. And But, P. P-H. (2009) Fish-induced keriorrhea. Advances in Food and Nutrition Research. 57: 1-52

248. Guest, M. A., Frusher, S. V, Nichols, P. D., Johnson, C. R. and Wheatley, K. E. (2009) Trophic effects of fishing southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii shown by

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combined fatty acid and stable isotope analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series

388: 169–184.

249. Limbourn, A. J., Babcock, R.C., Johnston, D.J., Nichols, P.D. and Knott, B. (2009) Spatial and temporal variation in lipid and fatty acid profiles of western rock

lobster pueruli at first settlement: Biochemical indicators of diet and nutritional status. Marine and Freshwater Research 60: 810–823.

250. Naylor, R. L., Hardy, R. W., Bureau, D. P., Chiu, A., Elliott, M., Farrell, A. P., Forster, I., Gatlin, D. M., Goldburg, R. J., Hua, K. and Peter D. Nichols (2009)

Feeding Aquaculture in an Era of Finite Resources. Proceedings National

Academy Science 106: 15103-15110.

251. Wood, C, C,, Petrie, J. R., Shrestha, P., Mansour, M. P., Nichols, P. D., Green, A. G. and Singh, S. P. (2009) A leaf-based assay using interchangeable design

principles to rapidly assemble multistep recombinantpathways. Plant

Biotechnology J. 7: 914-920.

252. Guest, M. A., Frusher, S. D., Nichols, P. D., Johnson, C. R. and Wheatley, K. E. (2009) Trophic effects of fishing southern rock lobster Jasus edwardsii shown by

combined fatty acid and stable isotope analyses. Marine Ecology Progress Series

388: 169-184.

253. Petrie, J. R., Shrestha, P., Liu, Q., Mansour , M. P., Wood, C. C., Zhou, X-R., Nichols, P. D., Green, A. G., and Singh, S. P. (2010) Rapid expression of

transgenes driven by seed-specific constructs in leaf tissue: DHA production. Plant

Methods 8 . http://dx.doi.org/8doi:10.1186/1746-4811-6-8

254. Nichols, P. D., Petrie, J. and Singh, S. (2010) Long-Chain Omega-3 Oils – An

Update on Sustainable Sources. Nutrients 2: 572-585.

255. Young, J. W., Guest, M. A., Lansdell, M., Phleger, C. F. and Nichols, P. D. (2010) Discrimination of prey species of juvenile swordfish Xiphias gladius

(Linnaeus 1758) using signature fatty acid analysis. Progess in Oceanography 86:

139–151.

256. Petrie, J. R, Shrestha, P., Mansour, M. P., Nichols, P. D., Liu, Q. and Singh, S. P. (2010) Metabolic engineering of omega-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids

in plants using an acyl-CoA Δ6-desaturase with ω3-preference from the marine

microalga Micromonas pusilla. Metabolic Engineering 12: 233-240.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2009.12.001

257. Petrie, J. R., Liu, Q., Mackenzie, A. M., Shrestha, P., Mansour, M. P., Robert, S. S., Frampton, D. F., Blackburn, S. I., Nichols, P. D. and Singh, S. P. (2010)

Isolation and characterisation of a high-efficiency desaturase and elongases from

microalgae for transgenic LC-PUFA production. Marine Biotechnology 12: 430-

438.

258. Bignell, CW, Malau-Aduli, AEO, Nichols, PD, McCulloch, R and Kijas, JW (2010) East Friesian sheep carry a Myostatin allele known to cause muscle

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hypertrophy in other breeds. Animal Genetics 41: 445-446.

http://dx.DOI.org/10.1111/j.1365-2052.2010.02021.x

259. Pethybridge, H., Daley, R., Virtue, P., Butler, E. C. V., Cossa, D., and Nichols, P. D. (2010) Lipid and mercury profiles of 61 mid-trophic species

collected off south-eastern Australia. Mar. Freshwater Res. 61: 1092–1108.

260. Pethybridge, H., Nichols, P. D. and Virtue, P. (2010) Lipid composition and partitioning of deepwater chondrichthyans: inferences of feeding ecology and

distribution. Marine Biology 157:1367–1384. http://dx.DOI 10.1007/s00227-010-

1416-6 .

261. Guest, M. A., Hirst, A. J., Nichols, P. D., and Frusher, S. D. (2010) Multi-scale spatial variation in stable isotope and fatty acid profiles amongst temperate

reef species: implications for design and interpretation of trophic studies. Marine

Ecology Progress Series 410: 25-40.

262. Ng, W-K., Codabaccus, B. M., Carter, C. G, Nichols, P. D. (2010) Replacing dietary fish oil with palm fatty acid distillate improves fatty acid digestibility in

rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, maintained at optimal or elevated water

temperature, Aquaculture. 309: 165-172

http://dx.doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2010.08.035

263. Collinson, D. M., Usher, K.M., Nichols, P.D. and Watling, H.R. (2010) Habituation of Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans to low concentrations of 4-

nonylphenol in ferrous ion growth medium. Process Biochemistry 46: 108-115.

264. Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A.R., Nichols, P.D., Carter, C.G., 2011. Replacing dietary fish oil with Echium oil enriched barramundi with C18 PUFA rather than

long-chain PUFA. Aquaculture. 312: 162-171.

265. Wijesundera, C., Kitessa, S., Abeywardena, M., Bignell, W. and Nichols, P. D. (2011) Long-chain omega-3 oils: Current and future supplies, food and feed

applications, and stability. Lipid Technology 23: 55-58.

266. O'Brien, C., Virtue, P., Kawaguchi, S. and Nichols, P. D. (2011) Aspects of krill growth and condition during late winter-early spring off East Antarctica (110-

130°E). Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography 58: 1211-

1221.

267. Codabaccus, M. B., Bridle, A. R., Nichols, P. D and Carter, C. G. (2011) Effect of feeding Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) a diet enriched with stearidonic

acid from parr to smolt on growth and n-3 LC-PUFA biosynthesis. British J.

Nutrition 105: 1772–1782.

268. Chang, K. J. L., Mansour, M. P., Dunstan, G. A., Blackburn, S. I., Koutoulis, A., Nichols, P. D. (2011) Odd-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in thraustochytrids.

Phytochemistry 72: 1460–1465.

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269. Petrie, J. R., Shrestha, P., Belide, S., Mansour, M. P., Liu, Q., Horne, J., Nichols, P. D., Singh, S. P. (2012) Transgenic production of arachidonic acid in

oilseeds. Transgenic Research 21: 139-147. DOI:10.1007/s11248-011-9517-7.

270. Yoshida, T., Virtue, P., Kawaguchi, S. andNichols, P. D. (2011) Factors determining the hatching success of Antarctic krill Euphausia superba embryo: lipid

and fatty acid composition. Marine Biology 158: 2313-2325. DOI

10.1007/s00227-011-1735-2.

271. Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A. R., Nichols, P. D. and Carter, C. G. (2011) Up-regulated desaturase and elongase gene expression promoted accumulation of

polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) but not long-chain PUFA in Lates calcarifer, a

tropical euryhaline fish, fed a stearidonic acid- and γ-linoleic acid-enriched diet. J.

Agric. and Food Chem. 59: 8423–8434.

272. Abrantes, K. G., Lyle, J. M., Nichols, P. D. and Semmens, J. (2011) Do exotic salmonids feed on native fauna after escaping from aquaculture cages in Tasmania,

Australia? Canadian Journal Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68: 1539–1551.

273. Pethybridge, H. P., Daley, R. and Nichols, P. D. (2011) Diet of demersal sharks and chimaeras inferred by fatty acid profiles and stomach content analysis.

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 409: 290–299.

274. Codabaccus, B. M., Bridle, A. R, Nichols, P. D. and Carter, C. G. (2011) An extended feeding history with a stearidonic acid enriched diet from parr to smolt

increases n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids biosynthesis in white muscle

and liver of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) Aquaculture 322-323: 65-73.

275. Pethybridge, H. P., Daley, R., Virtue and Nichols, P.D. (2011) Lipid (energy) reserves, utilisation and provisioning during oocyte maturation and early embryonic

development of deepwater chondrichthyans. Mar. Biol. 158: 2741–2754.

276. Codabaccus, M. B., Bridle, A. R.., Nichols, P. D., Carter, C. G. (2012) Restoration of fillet n-3 long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acid is improved by a

modified fish oil finishing diet strategy for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) smolts

fed palm fatty acid distillate. J. Agric. and Food Chem. 60: 458-466.

277. Abrantes, K. G., Semmens, J., Lyle, J. M. and Nichols, P. D. (2012). Normalisation models for accounting for fat content in stable isotope measurements

in salmonid muscle tissue. Marine Biology. 159: 57-64.

278. Pethybridge, H.P., Yoshida, T., Casper, R., Virtue, P., Green, C., Jackson, G., Nichols, P. D. (2012) Seasonal variations in diet of arrow squid (Nototodarus

gouldi): stomach content and signature fatty acid analysis. J. Marine Biological

Assoc. UK. 92: 187-196.

279. Gutierrez, T., Nichols, P.D., Whitman, W.B., Aitken, M.D. (2012) Porticoccus hydrocarbonoclasticus gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic hydrocarbon-degrading

bacterium identified in laboratory cultures of marine phytoplankton. Applied and

Environmental Microbiology 78: 628-637

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280. Chang, K. J. L., Dunstan, G. A., Abell, G. C. J., Clementson. L. A., Blackburn, S. I., Nichols, P. D. , Koutoulis, A. (2012) Biodiscovery of new

Australian thraustochytrids for production of biodiesel and long-chain omega-3 oils.

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 93: 2215-2231.

281. Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A. R., Carter, C. G. and Nichols, P. D. (2012) Sesamin modulation of lipid class and fatty acid profile in early juvenile teleost, Lates

calcarifer, fed different dietary oils. Food Chemistry 134: 2057-2065.

282. Turchini, G. M., Nichols, P., Barrow, C. and Sinclair, A. J. (2012) Jumping on the omega-3 bandwagon: distinguishing the role of long-chain and short-chain

omega-3 fatty acids. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition 52:795–

803.

283. Codabaccus, B. M., Carter, C. G., Bridle, A. R. and Nichols, P. D. (2012) The "n-3 LC-PUFA sparing effect" of modified dietary n-3 LC-PUFA content and DHA to

EPA ratio in Atlantic salmon smolt. Aquaculture 356-357: 135-140.

284. Petrie, J. R., Vanhercke, T., Shrestha, P., El Tahchy, A., White, A., Zhou, X-R, Liu, Q., Mansour, M. P., Nichols, P. D. and Singh, S. P. (2012) Recruiting a

New Substrate for Triacylglycerol Synthesis in Plants: The Monoacylglycerol

Acyltransferase Pathway. PLoS ONE 7(4) e35214.

285. Gutierrez, T, Green, D. H., Whitman, W. B., Nichols, P. D., Semple, K. T. and Aitken, M. D. (2012) Algiphilus aromaticivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic

hydrocarbon-degrading bacterium isolated from a culture of the marine

dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedrum, and proposal of Algiphilaceae fam. nov.

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

doi:10.1099/ijs.0.033324-0. 62: 2743-2749.

286. Petrie, J. R., Shrestha, P., Zhou, X-R., Mansour, M. P., Liu, Q., Belide, S., Nichols, P. D. and Singh, S. P. (2012) Metabolic engineering plant seeds with fish

oil-like levels of DHA PLoS ONE 7(11): e49165.

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049165.

287. Waugh, C. A., Nichols, P. D.; Noad, M. and Bengtson Nash, S. (2012) Dynamics of blubber lipids and fatty acids in humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae): implications for feeding ecology. Marine Ecology Progress Series

471: 271-281.

288. Gutierrez, T, Green, D. H., Nichols, P. D., Whitman, W. B., Semple, K. T. and Aitken, M. D. Polycyclovorans algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., an aromatic

hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium found associated with laboratory cultures

of marine phytoplankton. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 79(1): 205-

214.

289. Dorantes-Aranda, J. J., Nichols , P. D., Waite, T. D. and Hallegraef, G. (2013) Strain variability in fatty acid composition of Chattonella marina (Raphidophyceae)

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and its relation to differing ichthyotoxicity towards rainbow trout gill cells. J.

Phycology 49: 427-438. DOI: 10.1111/jpy.12053.

290. Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A., Carter, C. and Nichols, P. D. (2013) Coping with sub-optimal temperature: modifications in fatty acid profile of barramundi as

influenced by dietary lipid. Comp. Biochem. Physiol. A. 165: 243-253.

291. Codabaccus, M. B., Ng, W-K., Nichols, P. D., Carter, C. G. (2013) Restoration of EPA and DHA in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) using a

finishing fish oil diet at two different water temperatures. Food Chemistry 141:

236-244.

292. Alhazzaa, R., Bridle, A. R., Mori, T. A., Barden, A. E., Nichols, P. D., and Carter, C. G. (2013) Echium oil is better than rapeseed oil in improving the

response of barramundi to a disease challenge. Food Chemistry 141: 1424-1432.

293. Chang, K. J. L, Dumsday, G., Nichols, P. D., Dunstan, G. A., Blackburn, S. I. and Koutoulis, A. (2013) High cell density cultivation of a novel Aurantiochytrium

sp. strain TC 20 in a fed-batch system using glycerol to produce feedstock for

biodiesel and omega-3 oils. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology 97 (15):

6907-6918 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00253-013-4965-z.

294. Couturier, L. I. E., Rohner, C. A., Richardson, A. J., Pierce, S. J., Marshall, A. D., Jaine, F. R. A., Townsend, K. A., Bennett, M. B., Weeks S. J. and Nichols. P. D.

(2013) Unusually high levels of omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acids in whale

sharks and manta rays and food-web implications. Lipids. 48: 1029–1034

http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11745-013-3829-8.

295. Chang, K. J. L., Nichols, P. D. and Blackburn, S. I. (2013) More than biofuels – Potential uses of microalgae as sources of high-value lipids. Lipid Technology.

25: 199-203.

296. Pethybridge, H., Nichols, P. D., Virtue, P. and Jackson, G. (2013) The foraging ecology of an oceanic squid, Todarodes filippovae: The use of signature

lipid profiling to monitor ecosystem change. Deep-sea Research Part II: Topical

Studies in Oceanography. 95: 119-128

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297. Couturier, L. I. E., Rohner, C. A., Richardson, A. J., Marshall, A. D., Jaine, F. R. A., Bennett, M. B., Townsend, K. A., Weeks, S. J. and Nichols, P. D. Stable

isotope and signature fatty acid analyses suggest reef manta rays feed on demersal

zooplankton PLoS ONE 8(10): e77152.

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298. Vanhercke, T., El Tahchy, A., Liu, Q., Zhou, X-R., Pushkar, S. Divi, U., Mansour, M., Ral, J-P., Nichols, Peter., James, C., Horn, P., Chapman, K.,

Beaudoin, F., Ruiz-López, N., Larkin, P., deFeyter, R., Singh, S. and Petrie, J.

(2013) Metabolic engineering of biomass for high energy density: oilseed-like

triacylglycerol yields from plant leaves. Plant Biotech. J.

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299. Rohner, C. A., Couturier, L. I. E., Richardson, A. J., Pierce, S. J., Prebble, C., Gibbons, M. J. and Nichols, P. D. (2013) Diet of whale sharks Rhincodon typus

inferred from stomach content and signature fatty acid analyses. Marine Ecology

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300. Nichols, P. D., Kitessa, S. M. Abeywardena, M. (2014) Commentary on a trial comparing krill oil versus fish oil. Lipids in Health and Disease. 13:2.

http://doi:10.1186/1476-511X-13-2 .

301. Gutierrez, T., Rhodes, G., Mishamandani, S., Berry, D., Whitman, W. B., Nichols, P. D., Semple, K. T. and Aitken, M. D. (2014) Polycyclic Aromatic

Hydrocarbon Degradation of Phytoplankton-Associated Arenibacter spp. and

Description of Arenibacter algicola sp. nov., an Aromatic Hydrocarbon-Degrading

Bacterium. Applied Environmental Microbiology 80:618-628.

302. Chang, K. L. C., Nichols, C. M., Blackburn, S. I., Dunstan, G. A., Koutoulis,

A. and Peter D. Nichols, P. D. (2014) Comparison of thraustochytrids

Aurantiochytrium sp., Schizochytrium sp., Thraustochytrium sp. and Ulkenia sp. for

production of biodiesel, long-chain omega-3 oils and exopolysaccharide. Marine

Biotechnology 16(4): 396-411.

303. Parrish, C. C., Pethybridge, H., Young, J. W. And Nichols, P. D. (2014)

Spatial variation in fatty acid trophic markers in albacore tuna from the

southwestern Pacific Ocean – a potential ‘tropicalization’ signal. Deep Sea

Research II. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dsr2.2013.12.003.

304. Petrie, J. R., Shrestha, P., Belide, S., Kennedy, Y., Lester, G., Liu, Q., Divi, U.

K., Mulder, R. J., Mansour, M. P., Nichols, P. D. and Singh, S. P. (2014) Metabolic

engineering Camelina sativa with fish oil like levels of DHA. PLOS ONE. 9(1):

e85061. http://doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0085061

305. Waugh, C., Nichols, P., Noad, M., Schlabach, M. and Bengtson Nash, S.

(2014) Vertical distribution of lipids, fatty acids and organochlorine contaminants

in the blubber of southern hemisphere humpback whales (Megaptera

novaeangliae). Marine Environmental Research 94: 24-31.

306. Mansour P., Shrestha P., Belide S., Petrie J, Nichols P.D., Singh S.P. (2014) A

new land plant containing long-chain omega-3: Characterisation of lipids of DHA-

producing Camelina sativa oilseed. Nutrients 6: 776-789.

307. Otto, J. R., Freeman, M. J., Malau-Aduli, B. S., Nichols, P. D., Lane, P. A. and

Malau-Aduli, A. E. O. (2014) Reproduction and fertility parameters of dairy cows

supplemented with omega-3 fatty acid canola oil. Annual Research & Review in

Biology 4: 1611-1636.

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308. Nichols, P.D., Glencross, B., Petrie, J., Singh, S.P. (2014) Readily Available

Sources of Long-chain Omega-3 Oils: Is Farmed Australian Seafood a Better

Source of the Good Oil Than Wild-Caught Seafood? Nutrients 6: 1063-1079.

309. Flakemore, A. R., McEvoy, P. D., Balogun, R. O., Malau-Aduli, B. S.

Nichols, P. and Malau-Aduli, A. E. O (2014) Degummed crude canola oil

supplementation affects fat depot melting points in purebred and first-cross Merino

sheep. Animal and Veterinary Sciences. 2: 75-80.

310. Pethybridge, H. R, Parrish, C.C., Bruce, B.D., Young, J.W., Nichols, P.D.

(2014) Lipid, fatty acid and energy density profiles of white sharks: insights into the

feeding ecology and ecophysiology of a complex top predator. PLOS ONE 9 (5):

e97877

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311. Flakemore, A. R., Balogun, R. O., McEvoy, P. D., Malau-Aduli, B. S.,

Nichols, P. Malau-Aduli, A. E. O. (2014) Genetic variation in intramuscular fat of

prime lambs supplemented with varying concentrations of degummed crude canola

oil. International Journal of Nutrition and Food Sciences. 3(3): 203-209.

312. Kitessa, S., Abeywardena, M., Wijesundera, C. and Nichols, P. D. (2014)

DHA containing oilseeds: A timely solution to the environmental and sustainability

issues surrounding the health-benefitting fish oils. Nutrients 6: 2035-2058.

313. Wynn-Edwards, C., King, R., Kawaguchi, S., Davidson, A., Wright, S.,

Nichols, P. D. and Virtue, P. (2014) Development of a Continuous Phytoplankton

Culture System for Ocean Acidification Experiments Water 6: 1860-1872.

314. Otto, J. R., Malau-Aduli, B. S., Nichols, P. D. and Malau-Aduli, A. E. O.

(2014) Influence of Supplementing Pasture-Based Primiparous Holstein-Friesian

Dairy Cows with Crude Degummed Canola Oil on Milk Fatty Acid Composition.

Journal of Nutritional Therapeutics. 3: 55-66.

315. Wynn-Edwards, C., King, R., Davidson, A., Wright, S., Nichols, P. D.,

Wotherspoon, S., Kawaguchi, S. and Virtue, P. (2014) Species-specific variations in

the nutritional quality of Southern Ocean phytoplankton in response to elevated

pCO2. Water 6: 1840-1859.

316. Chang, K. L., Rye, L., Dunstan, G. A., Grant, T., Koutoulis, A., Nichols, P.

D., Blackburn, S. I. (2014) Life cycle assessment: Heterotrophic cultivation of

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thraustochytrids for biodiesel production. Journal of Applied Phycology

http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10811-014-0364-9 .

317. Bengtson Nash, S. M., Schlabach, M. and Nichols, P. D. (2014) A

Nutritional-Toxicological Assessment of Antarctic Krill Oil versus Fish Oil Dietary

Supplements. Nutrients 6: 3382-3402. doi:10.3390/nu6093382 .

318. Nichols, P. D., McManus, A., Krail, K., Sinclair, A. J. and Miller, M. (2014)

Recent Advances in Omega-3: Health Benefits, Sources, Products and

Bioavailability. Nutrients 6: 3727-3733; doi:10.3390/nu6093727.

319. Parrish, C. C., Nichols, P. D., Pethybridge, H. and Young, J. W. (2015) Direct

determination of fatty acids in fish tissues: quantifying top predator trophic

connections. Oecologia 177: 85-95. DOI: 10.1007/s00442-014-3131-3 .

320. Pethybridge, H. R., Parrish, C. C., Morrongiello, J. , Young, J. W., Farley, J.

H., Gunasekera, R. M. and Nichols, P. D. (2015) Spatial Patterns and Temperature

Predictions of Tuna Fatty Acids: Tracing Essential Nutrients and Changes in

Primary Producers. PLOS ONE 10(7): e0131598.

321. Kashani, A., Holman, B. W. B., Nichols, P. D. and Malau-Aduli, A. E. O.

(2015) Effect of dietary supplementation with Spirulina on the expressions of

AANAT, ADRB3, BTG2 and FASN genes in the subcutaneous adipose and

Longissimus dorsi muscle tissues of purebred and crossbred Australian sheep.

Journal of Animal Science and Technology 57:8.

322. Dorantes-Aranda, J. J., Seger, A., Mardones, J. I., Nichols, P. D., Hallegraeff,

G. M. (2015) Progress in Understanding Algal Bloom-Mediated Fish Kills: The

Role of SuperoxideRadicals, Phycotoxins and Fatty Acids. PLOS ONE 10(7):

e0133549. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0133549

323. Chang, K. L., Paul, H, Nichols, P. D., Koutoulis, A., Blackburn, S. I. (2015)

Australian thraustochytrids: Potential production of dietary long-chain omega-3 oils

using crude glycerol. J. Functional Foods 19: 810-820.

324. Mardones, J. I., Dorantes-Aranda, J. J., Nichols, P. D. and Hallegraeff, G. M.

(2015) Fish gill damage by the dinoflagellate Alexandrium catenella from Chilean

fjords: Synergistic action of ROS and PUFA. Harmful Algae 49:40-49.

325. Flakemore, A. R., Otto, J. R., Suybeng, B., Balogun, R. O., Malau-Aduli, B.

S., Nichols, P. D. and Malau-Aduli, A. E. O. (2015) Performance and carcass

characteristics of Australian purebred and crossbred lambs supplemented with Rice

Bran. Journal of Animal Science and Technology 57:36 DOI 10.1186/s40781-

015-0069-x.

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326. Kashani, A., Holman, B. W. B., Nichols, P. D. and Malau-Aduli, A. E. O.

(2015) Effect of level of Spirulina supplementation on the fatty acid compositions

of adipose, muscle, heart, kidney and liver tissues in Australian dual-purpose

lambs. Ann. Anim. Sci. 15(4) 945–960.

327. Malau-Aduli, A. E. O., Otto, J. R., Suybeng, B., Kashani, A., Lane, P. A.,

Malau-Aduli, B. S. and Nichols, P. D. (2015) Gene Expression Profiles of

Aralkylamine N-Acetyltransferase, B-cell Translocation Gene-2 and Fatty Acid

Synthase in Pasture-based Primiparous Holstein-Friesian Dairy Cows

Supplemented with Crude Degummed Canola Oil. Advancements in Genetic

Engineering . 4(2) http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2169-0111.1000123 .

328. Malau-Aduli, A. E. O., Holman, B. W. B., Kashani, A. & Nichols, P. D. 2015.

Sire breed and sex effects on the fatty acid composition and content of heart,

kidney, liver, adipose and muscle tissues of purebred and first-cross prime lambs.

Animal Production Science. Published online: 4 September 2015.

http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/AN14906 .

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