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Editor of theses and manuscripts for postgraduate students and scientists whose second language is English (ESL authors)

Profile Summary

Editor of theses and manuscripts for postgraduate students and scientists whose second language is English (ESL authors), with editorial expertise in the disciplines of environmental sciences, fisheries and aquaculture, cephalopod taxonomy, and (more generally) invertebrate taxonomy

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Marine Biology
• ★ Aquaculture
• ★ Biodiversity
• ☆ Zoology
• ☆ Ichthyology
• ☆ Ornithology
• ☆ Cetology
• ☆ Environmental Science
• ☆ Environmental Health
• ☆ Ecology
• ☆ Conservation Biology
• ☆ Marine Conservation
• ☆ Marine Ecology
• ☆ Aquatic Ecology
• ☆ Biological Taxonomy/Classification
• ☆ Industrial Fishing

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting

Writing General Proofreading & Editing

Research Fact Checking, Scientific and Technical Research

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Work Experience

Founder-Director

DrO-Editing

January 2018 - Present

Director

DrO-Editing

2018 - Present

Scientific editor

Edanz Group Ltd

May 2014 - Present

Associate Professor, Research Institute Director

Auckland University of Technology

January 2003 - September 2011

Scientist/Curator

National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research Wellington

January 1995 - December 2002

Education

PhD

University of Auckland

January 1991 - January 1999

MSc (Hons) (Zoology)

University of Auckland

1988 - 1990

BSc (Zoology)

University of Auckland

1984 - 1988

Certifications

• none

  None

  January 2023 - January 2023

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Steve O'Shea (2022). Description of paralarval giant squid Architeuthis dux (Cephalopoda: Architeuthidae), with comments on ontogenetic shifts in morphology and habitat. Marine Biodiversity 52: 47 . Marine Biodiversity.

Steve O'Shea, Steve O'Shea (2022). New records and two new species of Grimpoteuthis (Octopoda: Cirrata: Grimpoteuthididae) from southern Australia and New Zealand . Molluscan Research.

SEA Dewas, S O&#39;Shea(2012). The influence of<i>Tucetona laticostata</i>(Bivalvia: Glycymeridae) shells and rhodolith patches on benthic-invertebrate assemblages in Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 46. (1). p. 47--56. Informa {UK} Limited

KLC Wong, S O&#39;Shea(2011). The effects of a mussel farm on benthic macrofaunal communities in Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 45. (2). p. 187--212. Informa {UK} Limited

KL Clara Wong, Steve O&#39;Shea(2010). Sediment macrobenthos off eastern Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research. 44. (3). p. 149--165. Informa {UK} Limited

E N&#225;jera-Hillman, AC Alfaro, S O’Shea, B Breen, N Garret, P King(2009). Habitat-use model for the New Zealand endemic frog Leiopelma hochstetteri . Endangered Species Research. 9. p. 23--31. Inter-Research Science Center

E. L. Beatson, S. O&#39;shea(2009). Stomach contents of long‐finned pilot whales,<i>Globicephala melas</i>, mass‐stranded on Farewell Spit, Golden Bay in 2005 and 2008 . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 36. (1). p. 47--58. Informa {UK} Limited

Eduardo Najera‐Hillman, Andrea C. Alfaro, Barbara B. Breen, Steve O&#39;Shea(2009). Characterisation (δ¹³C and δ¹⁵N isotopes) of the food webs in a New Zealand stream in the Waitakere Ranges, with emphasis on the trophic level of the endemic frog<i>Leiopelma hochstetteri</i> . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 36. (2). p. 165--176. Informa {UK} Limited

S. O’Shea, G. Jackson, K. S. Bolstad(2007). The nomenclatural status, ontogeny and morphology of Pholidoteuthis massyae (Pfeffer, 1912) new comb (Cephalopoda: Pholidoteuthidae) . Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries. 17. (2-3). p. 425--435. Springer Science and Business Media {LLC}

E. Beatson, S. O&#39;Shea, M. Ogle(2007). First report on the stomach contents of long‐finned pilot whales, <i>Globicephala melas</i>, stranded in New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 34. (1). p. 51--56. Informa {UK} Limited

E. Beatson, S. O&#39;Shea, C. Stone, T Shortland(2007). Notes on New Zealand mammals 6. Second report on the stomach contents of long‐finned pilot whales,<i>Globicephala melas</i> . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 34. (4). p. 359--362. Informa {UK} Limited

J.F. Adkins, G.M. Henderson, S.-L. Wang, S. O&#39;Shea, F. Mokadem(2004). Growth rates of the deep-sea scleractinia Desmophyllum cristagalli and Enallopsammia rostrata . Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 227. (3-4). p. 481--490. Elsevier {BV}

Steve O&#39;Shea, Kathrin S. Bolstad, Peter A. Ritchie(2004). First records of egg masses of<i>Nototodarus gouldi</i>McCoy, 1888 (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae), with comments on egg‐mass susceptibility to damage by fisheries trawl . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 31. (2). p. 161--166. Informa {UK} Limited

Steve O&#39;Shea(2004). The giant octopus<i>Haliphron atlanticus</i>(Mollusca: Octopoda) in New Zealand waters . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 31. (1). p. 7--13. Informa {UK} Limited

K. S. Bolstad, S. O&#39;Shea(2004). Gut contents of a giant squid<i>Architeuthis dux</i>(Cephalopoda: Oegopsida) from New Zealand waters . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 31. (1). p. 15--21. Informa {UK} Limited

George D. Jackson, Steve O&#39;Shea(2003). Unique hooks in the male scaled squid <i>Lepidoteuthis grimaldi</i> . Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 83. (5). p. 1099--1100. Cambridge University Press ({CUP})

Steve O&#39;Shea (2002). Modification of Marine Benthos by Trawling: Toward a Generalization for the Deep Ocean? . Ecological Applications.

Steve O&#39;Shea (2002). A New Species of Luteuthis (Mollusca: Cephalopoda: Octopoda: Cirrata) from the South China Sea . Zoological Studies.

Steve O&#39;Shea (2001). Hydrothermal vent and seamount fauna from the southern Kermadec Ridge, New Zealand . InterRidge News.

Steve O&#39;Shea(1997). A new technique for assessing fixation‐induced morphological variation in octopus (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 24. (2). p. 163--166. Informa {UK} Limited

Steve O&#39;Shea(1997). Status of three Octopoda recorded from New Zealand, based on beaks recovered from long‐distance foraging marine predators . New Zealand Journal of Zoology. 24. (3). p. 265--266. Informa {UK} Limited

Steve O&#39;Shea (1996). Eggs and larvae of Graneledone sp. (Mollusca: Octopoda) from New Zealand . Bulletin of the National Science Museum, Tokyo, ser. A. Zoology.

BOOK CHAPTER

Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing @incollection{2005, doi = {10.47886/9781888569605.ch123}, url = {https://doi.org/10.47886%2F9781888569605.ch123}, year = 2005, publisher = {American Fisheries Society}, editor = {M. CRYER and and B. HARTILL and S. O'SHEA and}, title = {Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing}, booktitle = {Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing}} . Benthic Habitats and the Effects of Fishing.

REPORT

Steve O&#39;Shea (2004). Benthic biodiversity of seamounts on the Northland Plateau . Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (2003). Benthic biodiversity of seamounts on the southern Kermadec volcanic arc . Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (2002). Benthic biodiversity of seamounts on the northwest Chatham Rise . Ministry of Fisheries, New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (2000). Distribution and structure of benthic invertebrate communities between North Cape and Cape Reinga . National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd.

MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Steve O&#39;Shea (2001). Saving sperm whales: the search for squid is on. Seafood New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (2000). Bathysquilla microps: a spectacular new deep-sea crustacean from New Zealand. Seafood New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (1999). New research on seamounts. Seafood New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (1999). Giant Squid. Seafood New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (1999). Bycatch: the common, unique and bizarre. Seafood New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (1998). The deep-sea finned Octopoda of New Zealand. Seafood New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (1998). The deep-sea non-finned Octopoda of New Zealand. Seafood New Zealand.

Steve O&#39;Shea (1997). Giant squid in New Zealand waters. Seafood New Zealand.

BOOK

Steve O&#39;Shea (1999). The marine fauna of New Zealand: Octopoda (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) . National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research Ltd.