Bridie Allan, PhD
Dr. Bridie Allan’s academic journey began in 2006 where she completed a bachelor’s in zoology with a minor in ecology at the University of Otago, New Zealand. In 2009, Dr. Allan moved to Townsville, North Queensland to begin her post-graduate journey, where she received a master’s and doctorate at James Cook University. In 2016, Bridie was awarded her PhD examining the impacts of climate change on predator prey interactions in coral reef fish. Since then, Dr. Allan has published widely on the some of the major human-induced stressors that impact ocean ecology and important life history traits in coral reef fish.
Deeply passionate about tropical ecosystems and ecology, her pedagogical approach is to facilitate the understanding and critical analysis of existing knowledge as well as to engage students to create new knowledge through research, writing, and creative endeavors. Prior to joining SIT as the center director of the Rainforest, Reef and Cultural Ecology program, Dr. Allan lectured both undergraduate and post graduate students for eight years at the University of Otago.
Courses Taught
Rainforest, Reef and Cultural Ecology seminar
Environmental Field Study Seminar
Independent Study Project
Selected Publications
Mannering, A. M., Burritt, D. J., Komyakova, V., Ferrari, M. C., Vamvounis, G., Gulizia, A. M., … & Allan, B. J. M. (2025). Microplastic consumption elevates fish oxidative stress but does not affect predator-driven mortality. Science of the Total Environment, 983, 179644.
Kelly, E. R., Trujillo, J. E., Setiawan, A., Pether, S., Burritt, D., & Allan, B. J.M (2024). Investigating the metabolic and oxidative stress induced by biofouled microplastics exposure in Seriola lalandi (yellowtail kingfish). Marine pollution bulletin, 203, 116438.
Nagelkerken, I., Allan, B. J., Booth, D. J., Donelson, J. M., Edgar, G. J., Ravasi, T., … & Mellin, C. (2023). The effects of climate change on the ecology of fishes. PLOS Climate, 2(8), e0000258.
Trujillo, J. E., Bouyoucos, I., Rayment, W. J., Domenici, P., Planes, S., Rummer, J. L., & Allan, B. J. M. (2022). Escape response kinematics in two species of tropical shark: short escape latencies and high turning performance. Journal of Experimental Biology, 225(22), jeb243973
Allan, B. J.M., Browman, H. I., Shema, S., Skiftesvik, A. B., Folkvord, A., Durif, C. M., & Kjesbu, O. S. (2022). Increasing temperature and prey availability affect the growth and swimming kinematics of Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) larvae. Journal of Plankton Research, 44(3), p.401-413.
Allan, B. J. M., Ray, J. L., Tiedemann, M., Komyakova, V., Vikebø, F., Skaar, K. S., … & Kjesbu, O. S. (2021). Quantitative molecular detection of larval Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) in stomach contents of Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus) marks regions of predation pressure. Scientific Reports, 11(1), p.1-11.
Allan, B. J.M, Illing, B., Fakan, E. P., Narvaez, P., Grutter, A. S., Sikkel, P. C., … & McCormick, M. I. (2020). Parasite infection directly impacts escape response and stress levels in fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 223(16), p.jeb230904, p1-8.
Bernal, M. A., Schunter, C., Lehmann, R., Lightfoot, D. J., Allan, B. J.M, Veilleux, H. D., … & Ravasi, T. (2020). Species-specific molecular responses of wild coral reef fishes during a marine heatwave. Science advances, 6(12), p.eaay3423.
McCormick, M. I., Watson, S.-A., Simpson, S. D., & Allan, B. J. M. (2018). Effect of elevated CO2 and small boat noise on the kinematics of predator-prey interactions. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 285(1875), p.20172650.
McCormick, M. I., Fakan, E., & Allan, B. J. M. (2018). Behavioural measures determine survivorship within the hierarchy of whole-organism phenotypic traits. Functional Ecology, 32(4), p.958-969.
McCormick, M. I., & Allan, B. J. M. (2017). Interspecific differences in how habitat degradation affects escape response. Scientific Reports, 7, p.426.
Allan, B. J. M., Domenici, P., Watson, S. A., Munday, P. L., & McCormick, M. I. (2017). Warming has a greater effect than elevated CO2 on predator-prey interactions in coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 284(1857), p.20170784.
Allan, B. J. M., Domenici, P., Munday, P. L., & McCormick, M. I. (2015). Feeling the heat: The effect of acute temperature changes on predator-prey interactions in coral reef fish. Conservation Physiology, 3(1), p.cov011.
Allan, B. J. M., Miller, G. M., McCormick, M. I., Domenici, P., & Munday, P. L. (2014). Parental effects improve escape performance of juvenile reef fish in a high-CO2 world. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, 281(1777), p.20132179.
Selected Presentations
Allan, B. J. M., Conference chair and opening remarks Gordon Research conference- Predator-prey interactions (Ventura, CA USA, 2024)
Allan, B. J. M., Sensory ecology of predator-prey interactions Gordon Research conference- Predator-prey interactions (Tuscany, Italy 2022)
Allan, B. J. M., Ashleigh Hawke & McCormick, M. I. The impacts of microplastic pollution of the behaviour and fitness of coral reef fish. New Zealand Marine Science Society conference Tauranga, New Zealand 2021)
Allan, B. J.M, Illing, B., Fakan, E. P., Narvaez, P., Grutter, A. S., Sikkel, P. C., Jodie Rummer & McCormick, M. I. Parasite infection directly impacts escape response and stress levels in fish. Gordon Research conference- Predator-prey interactions (Ventura, CA USA, 2020)
Allan, B. J. M., Eric Faken & McCormick, M. I. Microplastic exposure affects escape performance in coral reef fish. New Zealand Marine Science Society conference (Dunedin, New Zealand 2019)
Allan, B. J. M., Domenici, P., Watson, S. A., Munday, P. L., & McCormick, M. I. Warming has a greater effect than elevated CO2 on predator-prey interactions in coral reef fish. Gordon Research conference- Predator-prey interactions (Ventura, CA USA, 2018)
Allan, B. J. M., McCormick, M. I. Lionfish misidentification circumvents an optimized escape response by prey. Oral presentation at the Fisheries Society of the British Isles conference (Exeter, UK 2017)
Allan, B. J. M., Domenici, P., Watson, S. A., Munday, P. L., & McCormick, M. I. Differential effects of CO2 and warming on predator-prey interactions in coral reef fish. Oral presentation at the International Coral Reef Society conference (Hawaii, USA 2016).
Allan, B. J. M., Domenici, P., Munday, P. L., & McCormick, M. I. Feeling the heat: The effect of acute temperature changes on predator-prey interactions in coral reef fish. Oral presentation at the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (Cairns, Australia 2015).
Education
- PhD, Tropical Marine Biology, James Cook University
- MSc, Tropical Marine Biology, James Cook University
- BSc, Zoology, University of Otago
