PhD and MPhil students

2011 - Current Students

2011 - Caitlin Bartholomaeus "Enhancing urban biodiversity: Approaches based on habitat selection by Chelodina oblonga, a native freshwater turtle" supervised by Jane Chambers, Catherine Baudains, Mirela Tulbure and Jacqueline Styants

2011 - Peter O’Toole: An investigation in the effectiveness of different riparian vegetation types in a degraded catchment, Ellen Brook.

2011 -Scott Strachan: The Effects of Climate Change on Invertebrates on Refuges

2010 - Kirsi Kauhaunen : Utilising Wastewater to Accelerate Ecosystem Development in Created Wetlands.

2008 - 2010 - Alan Hill: Culture and the Wise Use of Wetlands:

2004 - Joanne O'Connor: "Are ecological processes in primary and secondary saline wetlands similar?"Co-supervised with Dr Jenny Davis.

Previous Students

2001-2005 : Lien Sim "Determining transition thresholds between alternative ecological states in saline waterbodies". Co-supervised with Dr Jane Chambers (Murdoch University) PhD conferred 2006

2001-2005 : Jacqueline Giles "The bioacoustics of wetlands and communication by sound in the Oblong Turtle (Chelodina oblongata)" PhD conferred 2006

2000-2003 : Juan Chen "Sediment remediation as a technique for restoring eutrophic wetlands and controlling nuisance Chironomidae". Co-supervised with Dr Jane Chambers PhD conferred

2004 2000-current : Stefan Eberhard "Ecology and hydrology of a threatened groundwater-dependent ecosystem: the Jewel Cave karst system in Western Australia". Co- supervised with Dr Bill Humphries, WA Museum PhD conferred 2004

1999-2002 : Karen Sutcliffe "Conservation status of freshwater insects in south-western Australia" PhD conferred 2003

1996-2002 : Sabaruddin Tjokrokusumo "The role of aquatic invertebrates associated with constructed wetlands: nuisance or benefit." MPhil conferred 2004

1994-2002 : Karin Strehlow "Effects of timber harvesting on terrestrial invertebrates in medium rainfall jarrah forest" Co-supervised with Dr Gordon Friend (CALM) and Associate Professor Stuart Bradley (Murdoch University) PhD conferred 2002

1997-99 Janette Nowell: Modelling biological responses to environmental variables in wetlands. Co-supervised with Prof. A.J. McComb