Angus Mitchell

Research Interests

Ecological Impacts of Climate Change Ecological Physiology Marine and Estuarine Ecology Marine Biology & Hydrobiology

Dr Angus Mitchell

School of Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD (as Co-Supervisor) - email supervisor to discuss availability.

I am a postdoctoral researcher interested in how resilient temperate fishes are to climate change. My work combines field and laboratory experiments to understand the genomic, physiological and behavioural mechanisms underpinning the resilience of marine fishes to ocean warming and acidification.

My research combines traditional ecology with modern techniques to uncover mechanisms responsible for the resilience of fishes to ocean warming and acidification 

Date Position Institution name
2023 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide
2020 - 2023 Phd Candidate University of Adelaide

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

Date Institution name Country Title
2020 - 2023 University of Adelaide Australia PhD
2019 - 2019 University of Adelaide Australia Honours
2016 - 2018 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science in Marine Biology with First Class Honours

Date Title Institution name Country
2018 PADI Open Water Diver PADI -

Year Citation
2025 Hayes, C., Oshima Açıkbaş, A. H., Mitchell, A., Booth, D. J., Ravasi, T., & Nagelkerken, I. (2025). Combining eDNA and Visual Surveys Improves Detection of Reef Fishes Across Their Biogeographic Ranges. Diversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 31(9), e70089-1-e70089-13.
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2025 Mitchell, A., Hayes, C., Coni, E. O. C., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (2025). Tropical fishes can benefit more from novel than familiar species interactions at their cold‐range edges. Journal of Animal Ecology, 94(10), 1997-2010.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1 Europe PMC1
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 Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC1
2024 Sasaki, M., Michell, A., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (2024). Novel ecological interactions alter physiological responses of range-extending tropical and local temperate fishes under ocean warming. Science of the Total Environment, 913, 169413-1-169413-10.
DOI Scopus6 WoS6 Europe PMC4
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 Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC5
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 Scopus12 WoS12 Europe PMC5
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 Scopus8 WoS10
2022 Mitchell, A., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (2022). Ocean warming and acidification degrade shoaling performance and lateralization of novel tropical–temperate fish shoals. Global Change Biology, 28(4), 1388-1401.
DOI Scopus20 WoS19 Europe PMC12

Year Citation
- Mitchell, A., Nagelkerken, I., & Booth, D. J. (n.d.). Ocean warming and acidification degrade shoaling performance and lateralisation of novel tropical–temperate fish shoals.
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- Mitchell, A., Hayes, C., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (n.d.). Ocean acidification and seasonal temperature alter the behaviour and fitness of range-extending coral reef fish under future climate.
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- Mitchell, A., Hayes, C., Booth, D. J., & Nagelkerken, I. (n.d.). Tropical fishes can benefit more from novel than familiar species interactions at their cold-range edges.
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- 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
- Mitchell, A., Nagelkerken, I., Booth, D., Coni, E. O. C., & Hayes, C. (n.d.). <b>Tropical fishes can benefit more from novel than familiar species interactions at their cold-range edges</b>.
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- Mitchell, A., Nagelkerken, I., Connell, S., Coni, E. O. C., Harvey, B. P., Agostini, S., . . . Ravasi, T. (n.d.). <b>Range-extending fish become competitive dominants under ocean warming but not heatwaves or acidification</b>.
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- Mitchell, A., Nagelkerken, I., Booth, D., Ravasi, T., & Açıkbaş, A. H. O. (n.d.). Combining eDNA and visual surveys improves detection of reef fishes across their biogeographic ranges.
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Demonstrator for SCIENCE 1400: Science or Fiction I (2022)

Demonstrator for ENV BIOL 3505: Marine Biology III (2021, 2022)

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Using natural analogues of climate change to investigate pre-adaptation in fishes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Hayley Kay Kennedy
2025 Co-Supervisor Herbivore-Driven Phase Shifts: Implications for Fish, Algal Communities, and Marine
Ecosystem Function		 Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Annie Charlotte Marek

Date Role Membership Country
2022 - ongoing Member AMSA Australia
2020 - ongoing Member Ecological Society of Australia Australia
2020 - ongoing Member Golden Key International Honour Society Australia

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