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Our principle aim is to understand how other animals perceive their environment. As arrogant humans, we tend to assume we are the pinnacle of evolution, however, certainly in sensory terms this is far from true.

Justin Marshall is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow in the Queensland Brain Institute and leads the Sensory Neurobiology Group (Marshall Lab). He has published extensively, including over 200 papers, chapters / reviews and several edited and written books including Visual Ecology from Princeton University Press. He is co-senior editor on the Springer Series in Vision Research book series with close colleague Shaun Collin.

 

Our principle aim in the lab is to understand how other animals perceive their environment. As arrogant humans, we tend to assume we are the pinnacle of evolution, however, certainly in sensory terms this is far from true. By taking an approach to sensory systems that is based around ecology but also includes physiology, anatomy, behaviour and neural integration, we hope to decode signals and their intention in the animal kingdom. One of the animal groups we work on is the stomatopods (mantis shrimps), which are reef-dwelling crustaceans with the world’s most complex colour vision system. These lowly crustaceans possess four times as many colour receptors as humans, four of which sample the ultraviolet (UV) region of the spectrum, light that we cannot see.

At the other end of the scale, cephalopods such as cuttlefish, squid and octopus possess only a single photoreceptor type and are almost certainly colour blind. This makes their remarkable camouflage abilities even more astonishing but cephalopods along with several other marine creatures have specialised in polarisation vision. Understanding polarisation sensitivity in the marine environment is another aim of the lab. As well as invertebrates, reef fish, elasmobranchs (the sharks and rays) and freshwater fish such as lungfish and cichlids form focal animal assemblages for study as do non marine animals such as parrots, birds of paradise and lizards. In all these groups our interest returns to trying to interpret the way they see their environment. The environmentally extreme habitat of the deep oceans also catches the attention of some of our work and here sensory systems other than vision, vision and bioluminescence are of interest.

Finally, through studying the colour of animal habitat, it has become apparent that humans are changing the colour of the world. Through our CoralWatch project we seek to help protect our reefs through community education and engagement. I am determined to make sure the reef is there for my children and their children to enjoy. Come and help us.

 

1985 BSc (Zoology) 1st Class Hons The University of Sussex, UK
1996 DPhil (Neurobiology) Vision in Mantis Shrimps (Stomatopods) The University of Sussex, UK

 

1991 -1996 Research Fellow The University of Sussex
1996 -2001 ARC QEII Research Fellow, Vision Touch and Hearing Research Centre, The University of Queensland
2001 -2005 ARC Professorial Research Fellow, Vision Touch and Hearing Research Centre, Level 1 The University of Queensland
2005 -2010 ARC Professorial Research Fellow, Vision Touch and Hearing Research Centre, Level 2 The University of Queensland
2005 -present Professor in The School of Biological Sciences The University of Queensland
2008 -present Professor in the Queensland Brain Institute The University of Queensland
2011 -present Vice Chancellor’s Senior Research Fellow The University of Queensland
2012 -2014 ARC Discover Outstanding Researcher The University of Queensland
2014 -present ARC Laureate Fellow

CURRENT SUPERVISION

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  • Gabriella Scata

    PhD candidate (UQ)
  • Alejandra Galan

    PhD candidate (UQ)
  • Lily Fogg

    PhD candidate (UQ)
  • Heather Middleton

    PhD candidate (UQ)
  • Laurie Mitchell

    PhD candidate (UQ)
  • Amy Streets

    PhD candidate (UQ)
  • Ching Wen Wang

    PhD candidate (UQ)

PUBLICATIONS

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Papers

 

2020

KL Carleton, D Escobar-Camacho, S Steib, F Cortesi, NJ Marshall (2020) Seeing the Rainbow: mechanisms underlying spectral sensitivity in teleost fishes Functional Ecology 223 doi.org/10.1242/jeb. 193334 Download paper

de Busserolles F, Fogg L, Cortesi F, Marshall NJ (2020) The exceptional diversity of visual adaptations in deep-sea teleost fishes. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semcdb.2020.05.027 Download paper

F Cortesi, L Mitchell, V Tettamanti, L Fogg, F de Busserolles, KL Cheney, NJ Marshall (2020) Visual system diversity in coral reef fishes. Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology

2019

Z Triki, E Levorato, W McNeely, NJ Marshall, R Bshary (2019) Population densities predict forbrain size variation in the cleaner fish Labroides dimidiatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society Series B doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2108 Download paper
D Escobar-Camacho, MA Taylor, KL Cheney, NF Green, NJ Marshall, KL Carelton (2019) Color discrimination thresholds in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos. Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (17) doi:10.1242/jeb.201160 . Download paper
Z Musilova, F Cortesi, M Matschiner, WIL Davies, JS Patel, SM Stieb, F de Busserolles, M Malmstrøm, OK Tørresen, CJ Brown, JK Mountford, R Hanel, DL Stenkamp, KS Jakobsen, KL Carleton, S Jentoft, NJ Marshall, W Salzbuger (2019) Vision using multiple distinct rod opsins in deep-sea fishes. Science 364 (6440) 588-592. Download paper
NJ Marshall, SB Powell, T Cronin, RL Calwell, S Johnsen, V Gruev, T-H Short Chiou, NW Roberts, MJ How (2019) Polarisation signals: a new currency for communication. Journal of Experimental Biology. 222 . Download paper 
KL Cheney, NF Green, AP Vibert,  NJ Marshall, DC Osario, JA Endler  (2019) An Ishihara-style test of animal colour vision Journal of Experimental Biology 222 (1)  Download paper 

2018

 YC Liu, WS Chung, CC Yu, ST Hsu, FL Chan, TH Liu, C-H Su, Y Hwu, NJ Marshall, C-C Chiao. (2018) Morphological changes of the optic lobe from late embryonic to adult stages in oval squids Sepioteuthis lessoniana.  Journal of Morphology 279:75-85. Download Paper.
 NF Green, H Urquhart, C van den Berg, NJ Marshall, KL Cheney.  (2018) Pattern edges improve predator learning of aposematic signals.  Behavioural Ecology (2018) Download Paper 
 Marshall, N.J., Powell, S.B., Cronin, T.W., Caldwell, R.l., Johnsen, S., Gruev, V., Chiuo, T-H,. Roberts, N.W., How, M.J.  (2018) Polarisation signalling. Journal of Experimental Biology. (In Press 2018)
Marshall N.J., F. Cortesi, F. de Busserolles, U.E. Siebeck, K.L. Cheney (2018) Colours and Colour Vision in Reef Fish: past, present and future research directions.  Journal of Fish Biology. (In Press 2018)
Musilova Z , Cortesi F, Matschiner M,  Davies W.I.L, Stieb S, de Busserolles F,  Malmstrøm M, Tørresen O.K., Mountford J.K., Hanel R., Jakobsen, K.S., Carleton K.L., Jentoft S., Marshall N.J. & Salzburger W. (2018) Rod opsin-based colour vision in deep-sea fishes Nature  (In Press 2018)
Chung, W.-S., Kurniawan, N. D., and Marshall, N. J.  (2018) Re-discovering the cephalopod brain Science Advances (In Press June 2018) 
Winters, A. E., Wilson, N. G., van den Berg, C., How, M., Endler, J., Marshall, N. J., Cheney, K. L.  (2018) Toxicity and taste: unequal chemical defences in a mimicry ring.Proceedings of the Royal Society B (2018)Download Paper. 
Luehrmann M., Carleton K.L., Cheney K.L., Marshall N.J.  (2018) Visual pigment diversity in cardinalfish (Apogonidae) Molecular Ecology (in Press May 2018) 

2017

F de Busserolles, NJ Marshall (2017) Seeing in the deep-sea: visual adaptations in lanternfishes. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 372(1717) Download Paper [/panel] HH Thoen, NJ Marshall, GH Wolff, NJ Strausfeld (2017) Insect-like organization of the stomatopod central complex: functional and phylogenetic implications Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience, 11, 12 (1-18) Download Paper.

MJ How, MD Norman, J Finn, W-S Chung, NJ Marshall (2017) Dynamic skin patterns in cephalopods. Frontiers in Physiology 8:393 Download Paper. [/panel]

W-S Chung, NJ Marshall (2017) Complex visual adaptations in squid for different environments Frontiers in Physiology 8:105 Download Paper. 

IC Cuthill, T Caro, NJ Marshall et al. (2017) The biology of color. Download Paper. Science, 357(6350) 

D Escobar-Camacho, NJ Marshall, KL Carleton(2017) Behavioral color vision in a cichlid fish: Metriaclima benetos. Download Paper. Journal of Experimental Biology. 220: 2887-2899

 NJ Marshall (2017) Vision and lack of vision in the ocean. Download Paper. Current Biology, 27(11), R494-R502.

HH Thoen, NJ Strausfeld, NJ Marshall, (2017) Pathways Underlying Colour and Polarisation Processing in Stomatopods. Integrative and Comparative Biology. 57:E429.

AE Winters, NF Green, NG Wilson, MJ How, MJ Garson, NJ Marshall, KL Cheney  (2017) Stabilizing selection on individual pattern elements of aposematic signals. Download Paper. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B. 284: 20170926. 

F de Busserolles, F Cortesi, JV Helvik, WI Davies, RM Templin, RKP Sullivan, CT Michell, JK Mountford, SP Collin, X Irigoien, S Kaartvedt, NJ Marshall (2017) Pushing the limits of photoreception in twilight conditions: The rod-like cone retina of the deep-sea pearlsides. Download Paper. Science Advances 3:4709.  

L Mitchell, KL Cheney, F Cortesi, NJ Marshall, M Vorobyev (2017) Triggerfish uses chromaticity and lightness for object segregation. Download Paper. Royal Society Open Science. 4:171440.  

2016

YL Gagnon, DC Osorio, TJ Wardill, NJ Marshall, W-S Chung, SE Temple. Can chromatic aberration enable color vision in natural environments?  Download Paper. (2016) Proceedings National Academy of Sciences 113 (45) E6908-E9 
Kremers, J, Baraas, R, Marshall, J,(eds)  Human Color Vision (2016) Springer
 Chung W-S, Marshall NJ. (2016)  Comparative visual ecology of cephalopods from different habitats. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 2016;283(1838). Download Paper
Daly IM, How MJ, Partridge JC, Temple SE, Marshall NJ, Cronin TW, et al. (2016) Dynamic polarization vision in mantis shrimps. Nature Communications. 2016;7:12140. Download Paper
Marshall NJ (2016) Justin Marshall Q&A Download Paper, 26, (10) R395-R397 
Johnsen S, Gagnon YL, Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2016) Another beautiful hypothesis slain by an ugly fact: Polarization vision does not increase the sighting distance of silvery fish. Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB). Download Paper

Champ CM, Vorobyev M, Marshall NJ,  (2016) Colour thresholds in a coral reef fish Royal Society Open Science 3. (doi:10.1098/rsos.160399) Download Paper

2015

How MJ, Christy JH, Temple SE, Hemmi JM, Marshall NJ, Roberts NW. (2015) Target detection is enhanced by polarization vision in a fiddler crab. Current Biology. 2015;25(23):3069-73. Download Paper
Marshall J, Carleton KL, Cronin T. (2015) Colour vision in marine organisms. Current Opinion in Neurobiology. 2015;34:86-94. Download Paper
Kemp DJ, Herberstein ME, Fleishman LJ, Endler JA, Bennett AT, Dyer AG,… Marshall NJ (2015) An integrative framework for the appraisal of coloration in natureThe American Naturalist. 2015;185(6):705-24. Download Paper
 Cortesi F, Feeney WE, Ferrari MC, Waldie PA, Phillips GA, McClure EC,… Marshall NJ, Cheney KL (2015) Phenotypic Plasticity Confers Multiple Fitness Benefits to a Mimic. Current Biology. 2015;25(7):949-54. Download Paper
de Busserolles F, Hart NS, Hunt DM, Davies WI, Marshall NJ, Clarke MW, Hahne D, Collin SP (2015) Spectral tuning in the eyes of deep-sea lanternfishes (Myctophidae): a novel sexually dimorphic intra-ocular filter Brain, Behavior and Evolution DOI: 10.1159/000371652    Download Paper

 Cortesi F, Musilová Z, Stieb SM, Hart NS, Siebeck UE, Malmstrøm M, Tørresen OK, Jentoft S, Cheney KL, Marshall NJ, et al (2015) Ancestral duplications and highly dynamic opsin gene evolution in percomorph fishes PNAS 112:1493–1498 Download Paper

2014

Dougherty I, Johnsen S R, Caldwell R, Marshall NJ (2014) A dynamic broadband reflector built from microscopic silica spheres in the “disco” clam Ctenoides ales . Integrative and Comparative Biology 11, 98 Download Paper 

Thoen HH, How MJ, Chiou TH, Marshall NJ (2014) A different form of colour vision in Mantis shrimps. Science, 343, 411-413 Download Paper

Marshall NJ, Land MF, Cronin TW (2014) Shrimps that pay attention: saccadic eye movements in stomatopod crustaceans. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 369, 20130042  Download Paper

How MJ, Marshall NJ (2014) Polarization distance: a framework for modelling object detection by polarization vision systems. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 281,1776 Download Paper

Champ CM, Wallis GM, Vorobyev M, Siebeck UE, Marshall NJ (2014) Visual Acuity in a Species of Coral Reef Fish: Rhinecanthus aculeatus. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, (DOI:10.1159/000356977) Download Paper

Cronin TW, Johnsen S, Marshall NJ, Warrant EJ (2014) Visual Ecology  Princeton University Press

Marshall NJ (2014) Polarisation Signals In Springer Series in Vision Research Chapter 19 Download Paper 

Hamkins MW, Collin SP & Marshall NJ eds (2014) Evolution of Visual and Non-visual pigments. Springer Series in Vision Research

Marshall NJ, Collin SP (2014) Polarisation Vision of Crustaceans In Springer Series in Vision Research Chapter 7 Download Paper 

 Schuyler, Q., Wilcox, C., Townsend, K., Hardesty, B., & Marshall, NJ ( (2014) Mistaken identity? Visual similarities of marine debris to natural prey items of sea turtles. BMC Ecology, 14(1), 14. Download Paper 

Munday PL, Watson S-A, Chung W-S, Marshall NJ, Nilsson GE (2014) Response to ‘The importance of accurate CO2 dosing and measurement in ocean acidification studies’ Download Paper. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(14), 1828=1829 

How MJ, Christy J, Roberts NW & Marshall, NJ (2014) Null point of discrimination in crustacean polarisation vision. The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(14), 2462-2467 Download Paper 

How MJ, Porter ML, Radford AN, Feller KD, Temple SE, Caldwell, RL……. Marshall NJ, (2014) Out of the blue: the evolution of horizontally polarized signals in Haptosquilla (Crustacea, Stomatopoda, Protosquillidae) The Journal of Experimental Biology, 217(19), 3425-3431. Download Paper 

 Roberts NW, How MJ, Porter ML, Temple SE, Caldwell RL, Powell SB… Marshall NJ (2014) Animal Polarization Imaging and Implications for Optical Processing. Proceedings of the IEEE. 2014;102(10):1427-34. Download Paper 

Marshall J, Arikawa K (2014) Unconventional colour vision. Current Biology. 2014;24(24):R1150-R4. Download Paper 

2013

Hanlon RT, Chiao C-C, Mathger L, Marshall NJ (2013) A fish-eye view of cuttlefish camouflage using in situ spectrometry. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 109, 3, 535-51 Download Paper 

  Marshall NJ and Cheney KL (2013)Vision and body colouration in marine vertebrates. In: The New Visual Neurosciences (Eds, Werner JS and Chalupa LM) pp 1165-1178., MA, USA:MIT. 

Cheney KL, Newport C, McClure EJ, Marshall NJ (2013) Colour vision and response bias in a coral reef fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 216, 2967-73 Download Paper 

Newman AS, Marshall NJ, Collin SP (2013) Visual eyes: a quantitative analysis of the photoreceptor layer in deep-sea sharks. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 82, 4, 237-249 Download Paper 

Flynn AJ, Marshall NJ (2013) Lanternfish (Myctophidae) zoogeography off Eastern Australia: a comparison with physicochemical biogeography. PLoS One, 8, 12, e80950 Download Paper

2012

Chiou T-H, Place AR, Caldwell RL, Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2012) A novel function for a carotenoid: astaxanthin used as a polarizer for visual signalling in a mantis shrimp. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 584-589 Download Paper 

Temple SE, Pignatelli V, Cook T, How MJ, Chiou T-H, Roberts NW, Marshall NJ (2012) High Resolution polarisation vision in a cuttlefish. Current Biology, 22, R121 Download Paper 

How MJ, Pignatelli V, Temple SE, Marshall NJ, Hemmi JM (2012) High e-vector acuity in the polarisation vision system of the fiddler crab Uca vomeris. Journal of Experimental Biology, 215, 2128-34. Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Kleine DA, Dean AJ (2012) CoralWatch – education, environmental monitoring and true sustainability through citizen science. Frontiers in Ecology, 10, 332-334. Download Paper 

Roberts NW, Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2012) High levels of reflectivity and pointillist structural color in fish, cephalopods, and beetles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 109, 50, E3387-E3387 Download Paper

2011

Frey CL, Marshall NJ, Sherrell AJ (2011) Designing modular unmanned landers to better observe life in the deep ocean. Sea Technology, 52, 2, 25-28 Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2011) Introduction – New directions in research on polarised light.Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 366, 615-616 Download Paper 

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ (2011) Patterns and properties of polarised light in air and water.Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 366, 619-626 Download Paper 

Talbot CM, Marshall NJ (2011) The retinal topography of three species of coleoid cephalopod: significance for perception of polarised light. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 366, 724-733 Download Paper 

Johnsen S, Marshall NJ, Widder EA (2011) Polarisation sensitivity as a contrast enhancer in pelagic predators: lessons from in situ polarization imaging of transparent zooplankton.Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 366, 655-670 Download Paper 

Pignatelli V, Temple SE, Roberts TH, Collin SP, Marshall NJ (2011) Behavioural relevance of polarisation sensitivity as a target detection mechanism in cephalopods and fishes. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 366, 734-741 Download Paper 

Smith AR, D’Annunzio L, Smith A, Sharma A, Hofmann CM, Marshall NJ, Carleton KL (2011)Intraspecific cone opsin expression variation in the cichlids of Lake Malawi. Molecular Ecology, 20, 299-310 Download Paper 

Marshall NJ and Johnsen S (2011) Camouflage in the Marine Environment. In: Animal Camouflage: mechanisms and Function (eds Stevens M and Merilata, S) Cambridge University Press, pp 150-158 

Marshall NJ and Cheney K (2011) Colour vision and colour communication in reef fish in the Marine Environment. In: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology.  Download Paper Elsevier. pp 150-158 

Rosenthal GG, and Marshall NJ (2011) Communication Behaviour: Visual Signals. In: Encyclopedia of Fish Physiology.  Elsevier. pp 692-698  Download Paper

Chiou T-H, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL, Cronin TW (2011) Changes in light reflecting properties of signalling appendages alter mate choice behaviour in a stomatopod crustacean Haptosquilla trispinosa. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 44, 1-11 Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2011) Polarisation vision. Current Biology, 21, R101-R105 Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2011) New Directions in detection of Polarized Light. Philosophical. Transactions. Royal. Society. Series B (2011) 366, 615–616 Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Collin SP, Hart, NS, Bailes, HJ (2011) (eds Jorgensen JM and Joss J). Science Publishers and CRC Press, Enfield, UK. pp 447-476.  Download Chapter

Dunstan AJ, Bradshaw CJA, Marshall NJ (2011) Nautilus at Risk – Estimating population size and demography of Nautilus pompilius. PLoS ONE, 6, 2, e16716. Download Paper 

Dunstan AJ, Ward PD, Marshall NJ (2011) Nautilus pompilius life history and demographics at the Osprey Reef Seamount, Coral Sea, Australia. PLoS One, 6, 2, e16312 Download Paper 

Dunstan AJ, Ward PD, Marshall NJ (2011) Vertical distribution and migration patterns of Nautilus pompilius. PLoS One, 6, 2, e16311 Download Paper 

Zylinsky S, How MJ, Osorio D, Hanlon RL, Marshall NJ (2011) To be seen or to hide: visual characteristics of body patterns for camouflage and communication in the Australian giant cuttlefish Sepia apama. American Naturalist, 177, 681-690 Download Paper 

Van-Eyk SM, Siebeck UE, Champ CM, Marshall NJ, Hart NS (2011) Behavioural evidence for colour vision in an elasmobranch. Journal of Experimental Biology, 214, 4186-4192 Download Paper

2010

Marshall NJ (2010) Why are animals colourful? Sex and violence, seeing and signals. Colour Design and Creativity, 5, 8, 1-8  Download Paper 
Siebeck UE, Logan D, Marshall NJ (2010) CoralWatch – a flexible coral bleaching monitoring tool for you and your group. Coral Reefs, Proceedings of the 11th ICRS, 549-553  Download Paper 
Hofmann CM, O’Quin KE, Marshall NJ, Carleton KL (2010) The relationship between lens transmission and opsin gene expression in cichlids from Lake Malawi. Vision Research, 50, 357-363 Download Paper 
Temple SE, Hart NS, Marshall NJ, Collin SP (2010) A spitting image: visual specializations of the archerfish (Toxotes chatareus). Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277, 2607-2615  Download Paper 

Pignatelli V, Marshall NJ, Champ C, Vorobiev M (2010) Double cones are used for colour discrimination in the reef fish, Rhinecanthus aculeatus. Biology Letters, 6, 537-539  Download Paper 

O’Connor M, Garm A, Marshall NJ, Hart NS, Ekström P, Skogh C, Nilsson D-E (2010) Visual pigment in the lens eyes of the box jellyfish Chiropsella bronzie. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 277, 1843-1848  Download Paper 

Pignatelli V, Marshall NJ (2010) Morphological characterization of retinal bipolar cells in the marine teleost Rhinecanthus aculeatus. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 518, 3117-3129 Download Paper 

Dalton BE, Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Carleton KL (2010) (Front cover) The fish eye view: are cichlids conspicuous? Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, 2243-2255  Download Paper 

Talbot CM, Marshall NJ (2010) (Front cover) Polarization sensitivity in two species of cuttlefish – Sepia plangon (Gray 1849) and Sepia mestus (Gray 1849) – demonstrated with polarized optomotor stimuli. Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, 3364-3370  Download Paper 

Talbot CM, Marshall NJ (2010) (Front cover) Polarization sensitivity and retinal topography of the striped pyjama squid (Sepioloidea lineolata – Quoy/Gaimard 1832). Journal of Experimental Biology, 213, 3371-3377  Download Paper
Dunstan AJ, Alanis O, Marshall NJ (2010) Nautilus pompilius fishing and population decline in the Philippines: A comparison with an unexploited Australian Nautilus population. Fisheries Research, 106, 239-247  Download Paper 

Stavenga DG, Leertouwer HL, Marshall NJ, Osorio D (2010) Dramatic colour changes in a bird of paradise caused by uniquely structured breast feather barbules. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 278, 2098-2104  Download Paper 

2009

Lettieri L, Cheney KL, Mazel CH, Boothe D, Marshall NJ, Streelman JT (2009) (Front cover) Cleaner gobies evolve advertising stripes of higher contrast. Journal of Experimental Biology, 212, 2194-2203  Download Paper 

Mathger LM, Denton EJ, Marshall NJ, Hanlon RL (2009) Mechanisms and behavioural functions of structural colouration in cephalopods. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 6, 149-164  Download Paper 

Peach M, Marshall NJ (2009) The comparative morphology of pit organs in elasmobranchs. Journal of Morphology, 270, 688-701  Download Paper 

Cheney KL, Marshall NJ (2009) Mimicry in coral reef fish: how accurate is this deception in terms of colour and luminance? Behavioral Ecology, 20, 459-468  Download Paper 

Cheney KL, Skogh C, Hart NS, Marshall NJ (2009) Mimicry, colour forms and spectral sensitivity of the bluestriped fangblenny, Plagiotremus rhinorhynchos. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 276, 1565-1573  Download Paper 

Leiper IA, Siebeck UE, Marshall NJ, Phinn SR (2009) Coral health monitoring: linking coral colour and remote sensing technologies. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 35, 276-286  Download Paper 

Cassey PE, Ewen JG, Marshall NJ, Vorobiev M, Blackburn TM, Hauber ME (2009) Are avian eggshell colours effective intraspecific communication signals in the Muscicapoidea? A perceptual modelling approach. IBIS, 151, 689-698  Download Paper 

Cheney KL, Grutter AS, Blomberg SP, Marshall NJ (2009) Blue and yellow signal cleaning behavior in coral reef fishes. Current Biology, 19, 1283-1287  Download Paper 

Cronin TW, Chiou T-H, Caldwell RL, Roberts N, Marshall NJ,  (2009) Polarization signals  in mantis shrimps. SPIE 7461-12. 74610C (Eds: Shaw, J.A. and Yo, J.S) SPIE Press, Bellingham, W.A.) Download Paper 

Roberts NW, Chiou T-H, Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2009) A biological quarter-wave retarder with excellent achromaticity in the visible wavelength region. Nature Photonics, 3, 641-644  Download Paper 

Kleinlogel S, Marshall NJ (2009) (Front cover) Ultraviolet polarisation sensitivity in the stomatopod crustacean Odontodactylus scyllarus. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 195, 1153-1162  Download Paper 

Williams SB, Pizarro O, How MJ, Mercer D, Marshall NJ, Hanlon RL (2009) Surveying nocturnal cuttlefish camouflage behaviour using an AUV. IEEE, Kobe 2009, 214-219  Download Paper 

2008

Cheney KL, Grutter A, Marshall NJ (2008) Facultative mimicry: cues for colour change and colour accuracy in a coral reef fish. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 275, 117-122.  Download Paper  

Chiou T-H , Kleinlogel S, Cronin TW, Caldwell RL, Loeffler B, Siddiqi A, Goldizen A, Marshall NJ(2008) Circular polarization vision in a stomatopod crustacean. Current Biology, 18, 429-434.  Download Paper  

Cassey P, Ewen JG, Blackburn TM, Hauber ME, Vorobyev M, Marshall NJ (2008) Eggshell colour does not predict measures of maternal investment in eggs of Turdus thrushes. Naturwissenschaften, 95, 713-721  Download Paper  

Matz M, Frank TM, Marshall NJ, Widder EA, Johnsen S (2008) Giant deep-sea protist produces bilaterian-like traces. Current Biology, 18, 1-6  Download Paper  

Hart NS, Bailes HJ, Vorobyev M, Marshall NJ, Collin SP (2008) Visual ecology of the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri). BMC Ecology. 8, 21  Download Paper  

2007

Siebeck UE, Marshall NJ (2007) Potential ultraviolet vision in pre-settlement larvae and settled reef fish – a comparison across 23 families. Vision Research, 47, 2337-2352  Download Paper 

Cronin TW, Caldwell RL, Marshall NJ (2007) Learning in stomatopod crustaceans. International Journal of Comparative Psychology, 19, 297-317  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Cronin TW, Kleinlogel S (2007) (Front cover) Stomatopod eye structure and function: A review. Arthropod Structure and Development, 36, 420-448.  Download Paper 

2006

Wojcieszek JM, Nicholls AJ, Marshall NJ, Goldizen AW (2006) Theft of bower decorations among male satin bowerbirds (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus): why are some decorations more popular than others? Emu, 106, 175-180  Download Paper 

Siebeck UE, Marshall NJ, Klueter A, Hoegh-Guldberg O (2006) Monitoring coral bleaching using a colour reference card. Coral Reefs. 25, 453-460  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Vorobyev, M and Siebeck UE (2006). In, Communication in Fishes (Eds, Laddich F, Collin SP, Moller P and Kapoor, BG). Science Publishers Inc. Plymouth UK. pp 393-422 Download Paper 

Siebeck UE, Losey, G and Marshall NJ (2006). In, Communication in Fishes (Eds, Laddich F, Collin SP, Moller P and Kapoor, BG). Science Publishers Inc. Plymouth UK. pp 423-456 Download Paper 

Matz M, Marshall NJ, Vorobyev M (2006) (Front cover) Are corals colourful? Photochemistry and Photobiology, 82, 345–350  Download Paper 

Kleinlogel S, Marshall NJ (2006) Electrophysiological evidence for linear polarization sensitivity in the compound eyes of the stomatopod crustacean Gonodactylus chiragra. Journal of Experimental Biology, 209, 4262-4272  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ (2006). Fish and Fisheries, 7 (1), 76-77.  Download Paper 

2005

Chiou T-H, Cronin TW, Caldwell RL, Marshall NJ (2005) Biological polarized light reflectors in stomatopod crustaceans. SPIE, 5888, 1-9  Download Paper 

2004

Schwab IR, Marshall NJ (2004) (Front cover) Blue light special in a red light district. British Journal of Opthalmology, 88, 318  Download Paper 

Cronin, TW and Marshall NJ (2004) In, Complex worlds from simpler nervous systems (Ed, Prete FR) pp 239-268   Download Paper 

Hart NS, Lisney TJ, Marshall NJ, Collin SP (2004) Multiple cone visual pigments and the potential for trichromatic colour vision in two species of elasmobranch. Journal of Experimental Biology, 207, 4587-4594  Download Paper 

2003

Hausmann F, Arnold K, Marshall NJ, Owens IPF (2003) UV signals in birds are special. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 270, 61-67  Download Paper 

Losey GW, Mcfarland WN, Loew ER, Zanzow J, Marshall NJ (2003) The visual biology of Hawaiian coral reef fishes, I: Ocular transmission and visual pigments. Copea, 3, 433-454  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Jennings K, Mcfarland WN, Loew ER, Losey GW (2003) The visual biology of Hawaiian coral reef fishes, II: the colors of Hawaiian coral reef fish. Copea, 3, 455-466  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Jennings K, Mcfarland WN, Loew ER, Losey GW (2003) The Visual Biology of Hawaiian Coral Reef Fishes, III: Environmental light, and an integrated approach to the ecology of reef fish vision. Copea, 3, 467-480  Download Paper 

Stuart-Fox DM, Moussalli A, Marshall NJ, Owens IPF (2003) Conspicuous males suffer higher predation risk: visual modelling and experimental evidence from lizards. Animal Behaviour, 66, 541-550  Download Paper 

Fritsches KA, Marshall NJ, Warrant EJ (2003) Retinal Specialisation in the blue marlin – eyes designed for sensitivity to low light levels. Marine and Freshwater Research, 54, 333-342  Download Paper 

Siebeck UE, Collin SP, Ghoddusi M, Marshall NJ (2003) (Front cover) Occlusable corneas in toadfishes: light transmission, movement and ultrastructure of pigment during light and dark adaptation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 2177-2190  Download Paper 

Schwab IR, Marshall NJ (2003) (Front cover) Hiding in plain view. British Journal of Opthalmology, 87, 262  Download Paper 

Kleinlogel S, Marshall NJ, Horwood J, Land MF (2003) Neuroarchitecture of the colour and polarization system of the stomatopod Haptosquilla trispinosa. Journal of Comparative Neurology, 467, 326-342  Download Paper 

Mathger LM, Land MF, Siebeck UE, Marshall NJ (2003) Rapid colour changes in multilayer reflecting stripes in the paradise whiptail, Pentapodus paradisius. Journal of Experimental Biology, 206, 3607-3613  Download Paper 

Cronin TW, Shashar N, Caldwell RL, Marshall NJ, Cheroske AG, Chiou T-H (2003) Polarization signals in the marine environment. SPIE, 5158, 85-92  Download Paper 

Cronin TW, Shashar N, Caldwell RL, Marshall NJ, Cheroske AG, Chiou T-H (2003) Polarization vision and its role in biological signaling. Integrative and Comparative Biology, 43, 549-558  Download Paper 

2002

Arnold KE, Owens IPF, Marshall NJ (2002) Fluorescent signaling in parrots. Science, 295,92-93  Download Paper 

Leys SP, Cronin TW, Marshall NJ (2002) Spectral sensitivity in a sponge larva. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 188, 199-202.  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ and Vorobyev (2002) In, Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments (Eds, Marshall NJ and Collin SP) Springer, Berlin. pp 194-222.  Download Paper 

Collin SP and Marshall NJ (2002) In, Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments (Eds, Marshall NJ and Collin SP) Springer, Berlin.  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Frank TM and Cronin TW (2002) In, Sensory Processing in Aquatic Environments (Eds, Marshall NJ and Collin SP) Springer, Berlin. pp 343-372.  Download Paper 

Fritsches KA, Marshall NJ (2002) Independent and conjugate eye movements during optokinesis in teleost fish. Journal of Experimental Biology, 205, 1241-1245  Download Paper 

2001

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL (2001) Tunable colour vision in a mantis shrimp. Nature, 411,547-548  Download Paper 

Vorobyev M, Marshall NJ, Osorio D, Hempel de Ibarra N, Menzel R (2001) Colourful objects through animal eyes. Color Research and Applications, 26, 214-217.  Download Paper 

Siebeck U, Marshall NJ (2001) Ocular media transmission of coral reef fish – can coral reef fish see ultraviolet light? Vision Research, 41,133-149  Download Paper 
 

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ (2001) Parallel processing and image analysis in the eyes of mantis shrimps. The Biological Bulletin, 200, 177-183  Download Paper 

LeBas NR, Marshall NJ (2001) No evidence of female choice for a condition-dependent trait in the amagid lizard, Ctenophorus ornatus. Behaviour, 138, 965-980  Download Paper 

2000

LeBas NR, Marshall NJ (2000) The role of colour in signalling and male choice in the agamid lizard Ctenophorus ornatus. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 267, 445-452  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ (2000) Conspicuousness and camouflage with the same ‘bright’ colours for concealment and camouflage in reef fish. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 355, 1243-1248  Download Paper 

Peach M, Marshall NJ (2000) Pit organs of elasmobranchs – a review. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 355, 1131-1135  Download Paper 

Fritsches K, Marshall NJ, Partridge JP, Siebeck U (2000) Vision in billfish. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 355, 1253-1256  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ (2000) The Visual Ecology of Reef Fish Colours, In Animal  Signals. Signalling and signal design in animal communication. (Eds, Espmark Y, Amundsen T and Rosenqvist G). Tapier, Trondheim, Norway. pp 83-120  

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL (2000) Spectral tuning and the visual ecology of mantis shrimps. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 355,1263-1268  Download Paper 

Siebeck U, Marshall NJ (2000) Transmission of ocular media in labrid fishes. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 355, 1257-1262  Download Paper 

Collin SP, Marshall NJ (2000) Preface to sensory processing of the aquatic environment. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 355, 1109  Download Paper 

Chiao, C, Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (2000) Eye design and color signalling in a stomatopod crustacean Gonodactylus smithii. Brain, Behavior and Evolution, 56, 107-122  Download Paper 

1999

Marshall NJ, Oberwinkler J (1999) The colourful world of the mantis shrimp. Nature, 401, 873-874  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Cronin TW, Shashar N, Land MF (1999) Behavioural evidence for polarisation vision in stomatopods reveals a potential channel for communication. Current Biology, 9, 755-758  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ (1999) Visual Function: how spiders find the right rock to crawl under. Current Biology, 9, 918-921  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Kent J and Cronin TW. (1999) In, Adaptive mechanisms in the ecology of vision. (Eds, Archer S, Djamgoz M, Lowe, E, Partridge J and Vallerga, S.) Kluer, London. pp 285-325  Download Paper 

Douglas, RH and Marshall NJ (1999) In, Adaptive mechanisms in the ecology of vision. (Eds, Archer S, Djamgoz M, Lowe, E, Partridge J and Vallerga, S.) Kluer, London. pp 95-162  Download Paper 

Losey GS, Cronin TW, Goldsmith TH, Hyde D, Marshall NJ, McFarland WN (1999) The UV visual world of fishes: a review. Journal of Fish Biology, 54, 921-943  Download Paper 

Fritsches K, Marshall NJ (1999) (Front Cover) A new category of eye movements in a small fish. Current Biology, 9, 272-273  Download Paper 

1998

Marshall NJ (1998) Why are reef fish so colourful? Scientific American, 9(3),54-57  Download Paper  

Douglas RH, Partridge JC, NJ Marshall ( 1998 ) The eyes of deep-sea fish I: Lens pigmentation, tapeta and visual pigments. Progress in Retinal and Eye Research, 17,597-636 Download Paper
Vorobyev M, Osorio D, Bennett ATD, Marshall NJ, Cuthill IC (1998) Tetrachromacy, oil droplets and bird plumage colours. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 183, 621-633.  Download Paper  

1997

Osorio D, Marshall NJ, Cronin TW (1997) Stomatopod photoreceptor spectral tuning as an adaptation for colour constancy in water. Vision Research, 37(23), 3299-3309  Download Paper 

1996

Marshall NJ, Land MF, Diebel C (1996) Tracking of blue bioluminescence-like light sources by Hyperiid Amphipods. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 28, 195-201  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ (1996) Measuring colours around a coral reef. Biophotonics International, July/August, 52-56.  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ (1996) The lateral line systems of three deep-sea fish. Journal of Fish Biology, 49,239-258  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Messenger JB (1996) Colour-blind camouflage. Nature, 382, 408-409  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Jones JP, Cronin TW (1996) Behavioural evidence for colour vision in stomatopod crustaceans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 179,473-481  Download Paper 

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL (1996) Visual pigment diversity in two genera of mantis shrimps implies rapid evolution (Crustacea; Stomatopoda). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 179, 371-384  Download Paper 

1995

Marshall NJ, Diebel C (1995) Deep-sea spiders that walk through the water. Journal of Experimental Biology, 198, 1371-1379  Download Paper  
Land MF, Marshall NJ, Diebel C (1995) Tracking of lights by Hyperiid Amphipods. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 75, 71-81  Download Paper  
Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL, Pales D (1995) Compound eyes and ocular pigments of crustacean larvae (Stomatopoda and Decapoda, Brachyura). Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology, 26, 219-23  Download Paper  

1994

Marshall NJ, Cronin TW, Land MF (1994) The “Six-Eyed Stomatopod”. Endeavour, 18(1),17-26. Download Paper  

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL (1994) The Intrarhabdomal Filters in the Retinas of Mantis Shrimps. Vision Research, 34(3), 279-291  Download Paper  

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Quinn CA, King CA (1994) Ultraviolet photoreception in mantis shrimp.Vision Research, 34(11), 1443-1452  Download Paper  

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ (1994) The unique visual system of the mantis shrimp. American Scientist, 82, 356-365  Download Paper  

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL, Shashar N (1994) Specialization of retinal function of mantis shrimps. Vision Research, 34(20), 2639-2656  Download Paper  

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL (1994) The retinas of mantis shrimps from low-light environments (Crustacea; Stomatopoda; Gonodactylidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 174, 607-619  Download Paper  

1993

Marshall NJ, Land MF (1993) Some optical features of the eyes of stomatopods. I – Eye shape, optical axes and resolution. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 173, 565-582  Download Paper 
Marshall NJ, Land MF (1993) Some optical features of the eyes of stomatopods. II – Omatidial design, sensitivity and habitat. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 173, 583-594  Download Paper 
Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Caldwell RL (1993) Photoreceptor spectral diversity in the retinas of squilloid and lysiosquilloid stomatopod crustaceans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 172, 339-350  Download Paper 

1991

Marshall NJ, Land MF, King CA, Cronin TW (1991) The Compound Eyes of Mantis Shrimps (Crustacea, Hoplocarida, Stomatopoda). I: Compound Eye Structure: The Detection of Polarized Light. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 334, 33-56   Download Paper 

Marshall NJ, Land MF, King CA, Cronin TW (1991) The Compound Eyes of Mantis Shrimps (Crustacea, Hoplocarida, Stomatopoda). II: Colour Pigments in the Eyes of Stomatopod Crustaceasn: Polychromatic Vision by Serial and Lateral Filtering. Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society of London B, 334, 57-84  Download Paper 

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ, Land MF (1991) Optokinesis in Gonodactyloid Mantis Shrimps (Crustacea; Stomatopoda; Gonodactylidae). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 168, 233-240 Download Paper 

1990

Land MF, Marshall NJ, Brownless D, Cronin TW (1990) The Eye-Movements of the Mantis Shrimp Odontodactylus scyllarus (Crustacea: Stomatopoda). Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 167, 155-166  Download Paper  

1989

Cronin TW, Marshall NJ (1989) A Retina with at least Ten Spectral Types of Photoreceptors in a Mantis Shrimp. Nature, 339, 137-140  Download Paper 
Cronin TW, Marshall NJ (1989) Multiple Spectral Classes of Photoreceptors in the Retinas of Gonodactyloid Stomatopod Crustaceans. Journal of Comparative Physiology A, 166, 261-275  Download Paper 

1988

Marshall NJ (1988) A Unique Colour and Polarization Vision System in Mantis Shrimps. Nature, 333, 557-560  Download Paper 

1986

Marshall NJ (1986) Structure and General Distribution of Free Standing Neuromasts in the Black Goby, Gobius Niger. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the UK, 66, 323-333  Download Paper 

Marshall NJ (1986) Analysis of Reef Fish Catch Records From Sport Fishing Clubs on the Great Barrier Reef. Technical Memoranda. The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority 

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Books

2016

Kremers J, Baraas RC, Marshall NJ (Eds) (2014) Human Colour Vision (Ser Eds Marshall NJ and Collin SP). Springer Series in Vision Research (5) (Springer, New York)

2014

Tosini G, Iuvone P, McMahon P, Collin SP (Eds) (2014) The Retina and Circadian Rhythms (Ser Eds Marshall NJ and Collin SP). Springer Series in Vision Research (1) (Springer, New York)

Horvath G (Ed) (2014) Polarised Light and Vision in Animal Sciences  (Ser Eds Marshall NJ and Collin SP). Springer Series in Vision Research (2) (Springer, New York).

Cronin TW, Johnsen S, Marshall NJ and Warrant EJ (2014) Visual Ecology. (Princeton University Press)

Martemyanov KA, Sampath AP (Ed) (2014) G Protein Signalling Mechanisms in the Retina  (Ser Eds Marshall NJ and Collin SP). Springer Series in Vision Research (3) (Springer, New York)

Hunt DM, Hankins MW, Collin SP, Marshall NJ (2014) Evolution of Visual and Non-Visual Pigments (Ser Eds Marshall NJ and Collin SP). Springer Series in Vision Research (4) (Springer, New York).

2013

Reid C, Marshall NJ, Logan B, Kleine D (2013) Coral Reefs and Climate Change: the guide for education and awareness. E-book edition with 7 short videos embedded. CoralWatch, The University of Queensland, Brisbane

2012

Reid C, Marshall NJ, Logan B, Kleine D (2012) Coral Reefs and Climate Change: the guide for education and awareness. Second Edition. CoralWatch, The University of Queensland, Brisbane. 264p paperback ISBN 9780646590851

2010

Reid C, Marshall NJ, Logan B, Kleine D (2010) Terumbu Karang dan Perubahan Iklim / Coral Reefs and Climate Change: the guide for education and awareness. Bahasa Indonesia Translation. CoralWatch, The University of Queensland, Brisbane.  272p paperback ISBN 9780646556192

2009

Reid C, Marshall NJ, Logan B, Kleine D (2009) Coral Reefs and Climate Change: the guide for education and awareness. CoralWatch, The University of Queensland, Brisbane. 256 p paperback ISBN 9780646523606.

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