Contact Details
| Organization: | Zoology |
| Position: | Honorary (Professorial Fellow) |
| Email: | |
| Work: | 52580333 |
| Fax: | 52580270 |
| Building: | Zoology Building |
| Campus: | Parkville |
Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards
Qualifications
| Title | Institution | Date Awarded | Abbreviation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor of Science | James Cook University of North Queensland | ||
| Doctor of Philosophy | James Cook University of North Queensland |
Government Research Classifications
Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications
- Marine and Estuarine Ecology (incl. Marine Ichthyology) (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270702)
- Terrestrial Ecology (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270703)
- Life Histories (incl. Population Ecology) (ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION) (270706)
- Ecosystem Studies and Stock Assessment (FISHERIES SCIENCES) (300704)
- Natural Resource Management (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300803)
- Environmental Impact Assessment (ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES) (300804)
Socio-Economic Objective Classifications
- Fisheries - commercial (FISH) (630301)
- Fisheries - recreational (FISH) (630302)
- Fish not elsewhere classified (FISH) (630399)
- Living resources (incl fishing impacts on non-target spp) (MARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770302)
- Living resources (flora and fauna) (COASTAL AND ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT) (770403)
- Biological sciences (NON-ORIENTED RESEARCH) (780105)
Grants and Contracts
Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.
Additional Grant and Contract Information
- 1985: A Victorian Institute of Marine Science research grant.
- 1989: Principal Investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant entitled, 'Patterns of utilization of seagrass (Heterozostera) - dominated habitats as nursery areas by commercially important fish'.
- 1992: Principal investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant entitled, 'Importance of shallow water, reef/algal habitats as nursery areas for commercial fish from southeastern Australia'.
- 1994: Chief Investigator on an ARC large grant entitled, 'The roles of active and passive processes in larval transport and recruitment of marine populations'.
- 1995: Principal Investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant entitled, ‘Determination of spawning areas for King George whiting in southeastern Australia using hydrodynamic modelling’
- 1996: ARC - QEII Fellowship, ‘Causes and consequences of recruitment variation in a seagrass associated fish’
- 1996: Principal Investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant entitled, ‘Sampling of newly-settled snapper, Pagrus auratus, and identification of preferred habitats, in Port Phillip Bay - a pilot study’
- 1997: Chief Investigator on an ARC large grant entitled, ‘The role of meiofaunal food supplies in the recruitment of a temperate demersal fish’
- 1998: Principal Investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant entitled, ‘Environmental determinants of recruitment success of King George whiting’
- 1999: Chief Investigator on an ARC large grant entitled, ‘The importance of fine-scale oceanography and behaviour in the transport and recruitment of a seagrass associated fish’
- 1999: Principal investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant
entitled, ‘Migratory dynamics and recruitment of snapper, Pagrus auratus, in Victorian waters
- 2001: Principal investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant
entitled, ‘Assessment of the importance of different near-shore marine habitats to important fishery species in Victoria using standardised survey methods, and across southern Australia using stable isotope analysis’.
- 2004: Principal investigator on NHT grant entitled, ‘The effects of nutrient enrichment on seagrass epiphytes in Western Port’
- 2004: Partner Investigator on an ARC Discovery Grant entitled, ‘The importance of edge effects in determining the value of seagrass landscapes as fish nurseries’
- 2006: Partner Investigator on an ARC Linkage Grant entitled, ‘Linking freshwater flows and salt wedge dynamics to fisheries productivity in estuaries’
- 2006: Principal Investigator on a Fishing Industry Research Corporation grant
entitled, ‘Understanding the ecological role of abalone in the reef ecosystems of Victoria’
- 2008: Partner Investigator on an ARC Linkage Grant entitled, ‘What drives recruitment variability in snapper? Application of a novel theoretical and empirical approach to predict fluctuations in fisheries’
Publications
Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.