Dr Chloe Hayes

Postdoctoral Researcher

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

I am a postdoctoral researcher with a particular interest in fish ecology and climate change. My research is performed at natural analogues of climate change, including ocean warming hotspots and ocean acidification seeps, across ecosystems in both Australia and Japan. I am particularly interested in understanding the drivers behind range shifts of tropical and temperate fishes, through the lens of functional ecology, such as behaviour, physiology, niche occupation, microbiome, and environmental DNA (eDNA). Recently, my work has expanded to explore the ecological responses of freshwater, estuarine, and marine ecosystems to climatic extremes, including floods and droughts, within one of Australia's most ecologically important wetland systems, the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth. Through combining field surveys, molecular tools, and literature synthesis, I aim to understand how diverse ecosystems adapt to and are impacted by rapid environmental changes, advancing our understanding of ecosystem resilience and adaptation under future climate change.

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Appointments

Date Position Institution name

2025 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide
Language Competencies

Language Competency

English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date	Position	Institution name
2025 - ongoing	Postdoctoral Researcher	University of Adelaide

Language	Competency
English	Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Education

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
2021 - 2024	University of Adelaide	Australia	PhD
2020 - 2020	University of Adelaide	Australia	First Class Honours
2017 - 2019	University of Adelaide	Australia	Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology

Certifications

Date	Title	Institution name	Country
2022	PADI Advanced Diver	Professional Association of Diving Instructors	Australia
2022	PADI Nitrox Diver	Professional Association of Diving Instructors	Australia
2019	PADI Open Water Diver	Professional Association of Diving Instructors	Timor-Leste

Research Interests

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Marine and Estuarine Ecology Physiology

Journals

Year	Citation
2025	Hayes, C., Mitchell, A., Huerlimann, R., Jolly, J., Li, C., Booth, D. J., . . . Nagelkerken, I. (2025). Stomach Microbiome Simplification of a Coral Reef Fish at Its Novel Cold-Range Edge Under Climate Change. Molecular Ecology, 34(7), e17704-1-e17704-12. DOI
2024	Mitchell, A., Hayes, C., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (2024). Correction to: Projected ocean acidification and seasonal temperature alter the behaviour and growth of a range extending tropical fish. Coral Reefs, 43(1), 67. DOI
2024	Hayes, C., Mitchell, A., Mellin, C., Booth, D. J., Ravasi, T., & Nagelkerken, I. (2024). Ecological generalism and physiology mediate fish biogeographic ranges under ocean warming. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 291(2015), 20232206-1-20232206-10. DOI Scopus5 Europe PMC4
2023	Mitchell, A., Hayes, C., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (2023). Future shock: Ocean acidification and seasonal water temperatures alter the physiology of competing temperate and coral reef fishes. Science of The Total Environment, 883, 163684. DOI Scopus10 WoS1 Europe PMC3
2023	Mitchell, A., Hayes, C., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (2023). Projected ocean acidification and seasonal temperature alter the behaviour and growth of a range extending tropical fish. Coral Reefs, 42(4), 919-929. DOI Scopus6

Datasets

Year	Citation
-	Hayes, C. (n.d.). Hayes et al., 2023 physiology.xlsx. DOI
-	Hayes, C. (n.d.). Hayes et al., 2023 habitat use.xlsx. DOI
-	Hayes, C. (n.d.). Hayes et al., 2023 abundance and habitat niche.xlsx. DOI
-	Hayes, C., Mitchell, A., Nagelkerken, I., Ravasi, T., Booth, D. J., & Mellin, C. (n.d.). Ecological generalism and physiology mediate species biogeographic ranges under ocean warming. DOI

Adelaide Graduate Research School Travel Grant (University of Adelaide) 2022 - $2,500

Australian Society of Fish Biology John Glover Travel Award 2024 - $360

SCIENCE 1400: Science of Fiction I (2021) - demonstrator

ENV BIOL 3505: Marine Biology III (2022) - demonstrator

ENV BIOL 2503: Zoology II (2023, 2024, 2025) - guest lecturer

SCIENCE 4310: Foundations in Research I (2023, 2024) - demonstrator

Memberships

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2024 - ongoing	Member	Australian Society of Fish Biology	Australia
2022 - ongoing	Member	Australian Marine Science Association	Australia
2021 - ongoing	Member	Ecological Society of Australia	Australia

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Email: chloe.hayes@adelaide.edu.au
Campus: North Terrace
Building: Darling, floor First Floor
Room: 123
Org Unit: Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Dr Chloe Hayes

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Education

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