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4th year students

2009-10 Sarah Davies: An Investigation of the Cause and Effects of Increased Salinity in a Freshwater Coastal Wetland: Lake Davies, Western Australia


2009 Emma Bryce and Taryn Dyer: Ecological Character Description of Chelodina Wetland


2009 Julia Percy-Bower: Characteristics affecting the biodiversity of created wetlands in the Perth metropolitan region.


2007 Naomi O’Hara and Clare Ryan: The ecology of Azolla in relation to its effect on nutrients and oxygen saturation in the Liege St Constructed Wetland, WA


2006 Stephanie Gower: Root distribution and oxidation/reduction potential of sediments beneath Baumea articulata, Schoenoplectus validus and Juncus kraussii in a constructed wetland.


2005 Postgraduate Diploma in Professional Experience (PEP) Alison Wilson “The Practical Use of GIS in a Vegetation Survey”


2005 Kirsi Kauhanen “The influence of constructed wetland design criteria on minimising nuisance midge and mosquito problems”


2003 Sarah Cohen, Kris Holmes, Michelle Holmes and Joel McShane: Development, implementation and assessment of the restoration of Lighthouse Swamp, Rottnest Island WA. Externally supported by the Rottnest Island Authority.


2003 Megan Flowers, Antoine MacMath and Adam Xanthis: Land application of dairy effluent onto irrigated pasture: Effects on nutrient uptake, pasture productivity and downstream water quality. Externally funded by Harvey Water $4500.


2000 Marc Barendrecht, Steven deLacy & Nicole Garbin: The effect of nutrient enrichment on tannin-stained wetlands


2000 Glen Byleveld, Sarah Faser & Kelly Lavell: The effect of farm management on the quality of runoff from irrigated and non-irrigated pasture. Externally funded: $1500 from South West Irrigation/ AgWest WA


2000 Sarah Dixon: Indicators of ecological development for created wetland systems. Externally funded: $500 from Iluka Mining


1999 Renee Nutall, Factors controlling weed invasion of lakes during drawdown.


1999 Sharon Miller: The impact of land use and drain management on the water quality of drains in the Dirk Brook catchment. Externally funded by Shire of Serpentine.


1998 Rebecca Archer “Water use of streamzone vegetation in the north-eastern jarrah forest of south western Australia. 3rd year ISC


1998 Natasha Bowden “The effect of shading on the growth of aquatic epiphytes on Myriophyllum sp.


1998 Fleur Izett “The effect of tannins on the growth of aquatic epiphytes on Myriophyllum sp.


1997 Kristen Bennetts: The Effects of Cessation of Waste Water Input on Water Quality and the Health of the Ecosystem at the RGC Wetlands Centre, Capel.


1996 Michelle Drew “Variation in seed viablity between populations”


1996 Linda Taman “ Germinability of emergent wetland plants”


1996 Philip Stanniford “ Factors affecting the growth of aquatic plants”