Staff Profile

Andrew's research focuses on understanding the human (anthropogenic) interactions with the marine environment, especially those concerning fisheries, offshore construction and tourism, with a particular interest in marine megafauna (marine mammals, sharks, rays, large bony fishes and sea turtles).

As an interdisciplinary researcher, Andrew's work incorporates mixed-method (qualitative and quantitative) approaches, often working in close collaboration with researchers in other specialisms, such as engineering and social sciences. Further, he has a strong track record of collaborative work in inter-cultural teams, engaging with individuals and communities of varied educational, religious, gender and age backgrounds and at the industry-academia and government-academia interfaces.

Andrew's work incorporates a wide range of methodologies associated with fisheries science, species life-history, bioacoustics (including passive acoustic monitoring), human resource dependence, and resource economic valuation. 

• Temple AJ, Stead SM, Hind-Ozan E, Jiddawi N, Berggren P. Comparison of local knowledge and researcher-led observations for wildlife exploitation assessment and management. Environmental Conservation 2020, 47(4), 304-309.
• Yang L, Sharpe M, Temple AJ, Jiddawi N, Xu X, Berggren P. Description and classification of echolocation clicks of Indian Ocean humpback (Sousa plumbea) and Indo-Pacific bottlenose (Tursiops aduncus) dolphins from Menai Bay, Zanzibar, East Africa. PLOS ONE 2020, 15(3), e0230319.
• Temple AJ, Stead SM, Jiddawi N, Wambiji N, Dulvy NK, Barrowclift E, Berggren P. Life-history, exploitation and extinction risk of the data-poor Baraka's whipray (Maculabatis ambigua) in small-scale tropical fisheries. Journal of Fish Biology 2020, 97(3), 708-719.
• Weigmann S, Gon O, Leeney RH, Barrowclift E, Berggren P, Jiddawi N, Temple AJ. Revision of the sixgill sawsharks, genus Pliotrema (Chondrichthyes, Pristiophoriformes), with descriptions of two new species and a redescription of P. warreni Regan. PLoS ONE 2020, 15, e0228791.
• Berggren P, Temple AJ. We’ve just discovered two new shark species – but they may already be threatened by fishing. The Conversation 2020, 13467.
• Pirog A, Jaquemet S, Ravigné V, Cliff G, Clua E, Holmes BJ, Hussey NE, Nevill JEG, Temple AJ, Berggren P, Vigliola L, Magalon H. Genetic population structure and demography of an apex predator, the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier. Ecology and Evolution 2019, 9(10), 5551-5571.
• Salmin YN, Jiddawi N, Gray T, Temple AJ, Stead SM. Improving bycatch mitigation measures for marine megafauna in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science 2019, 18(1), 19-28.
• Temple AJ, Wambiji N, Poonian CNS, Jiddawi N, Stead SM, Kiszka JJ, Berggren P. Marine megafauna catch in southwestern Indian Ocean small-scale fisheries from landings data. Biological Conservation 2019, 230, 113-121.
• Pirog A, Ravigné V, Fontaine MC, Rieux A, Gilabert A, Cliff G, Clua E, Daly R, Heithaus MR, Kiszka JJ, Matic P, Nevill JEG, Smoothey AF, Temple AJ, Berggren P, Jaquemet S, Magalon H. Population structure, connectivity, and demographic history of an apex marine predator, the bull shark Carcharhinus leucas . Ecology and Evolution 2019, 9(23), 12980-13000.
• Temple AJ, Kiszka J, Stead SM, Wambiji N, Brito A, Poonian CNS, Amir OA, Jiddawi NS, Fennessy ST, Pérez-Jorge S, Berggren P. Marine megafauna interactions with small-scale fisheries in the southwestern Indian Ocean: a review of status and challenges for research and management. Reviews in Fish Biology & Fisheries 2018, 28(1), 89-115.
• Barrowclift E, Temple AJ, Stead S, Jiddawi NS, Berggren P. Social, economic and trade characteristics of the elasmobranch fishery on Unguja Island, Zanzibar, East Africa. Marine Policy 2017, 83, 128-136.
• Temple AJ, Tregenza N, Amir OA, Jiddawi N, Berggren P. Spatial and Temporal Variations in the Occurrence and Foraging Activity of Coastal Dolphins in Menai Bay, Zanzibar, Tanzania. PLoS ONE 2016, 11(3), e0148995.
• Temple A, Berggren P. Acoustic monitoring of the temporal and spatial occurrence of odontocetes off Blyth, Northumberland. School of Marine Science and Technology (MAST), Newcastle University, 2015.