A5043908447- Peatlands and Wetlands Ecology
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Soil and Water Nutrient Dynamics
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- Soil Geostatistics and Mapping
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Soil erosion and sediment transport
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Botany and Plant Ecology Studies
- Climate change and permafrost
- Mollusks and Parasites Studies
- Botanical Research and Applications
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Seedling growth and survival studies
- Invertebrate Taxonomy and Ecology
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
- Soil Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics
- Shoulder and Clavicle Injuries
- Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment
- Oil Palm Production and Sustainability
RMIT University
2022-2025
MIT University
2024-2025
La Trobe University
2024
Western Sydney University
2024
The University of Melbourne
2024
Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute
2024
Monash University
2024
Deakin University
2019-2022
• Peat soil C% was 45% higher at sites that were not degraded by feral horses. C:N 75% N% 10% lower Soil positively correlated with overall site condition.
Peatlands are globally significant carbon sinks, but when disturbed, have the potential to release back atmosphere as greenhouse gases. Feral horse populations in Australian Alps degrade Sphagnum peatlands, which highly sensitive disturbance. However, link between this degradation and peatland cycling is not understood. Here, we compared autumn daytime dioxide (CO2) methane (CH4) fluxes of 12 alpine subalpine peatlands Kosciuszko National Park, Australia. The presence feral horses at these...
Alpine soils are globally threatened and exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of disturbance. In Australia, alpine critically understudied remain poorly understood. Here, soil chemical properties four common types across Australian Alps were investigated. Soil carbon (C) nitrogen (N) concentrations, densities (mg cm3), ratios (C:N), electrical conductivity (EC) pH, quantified among soils: peat (organosols), humus soils, skeletal mountaintop disturbed (anthroposols). All measured varied...
Indonesia's tropical peatlands are crucial global carbon stores but have been heavily degraded in recent decades. We present seven principles for equitable and resilient peatland restoration Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, host to 19% of area, where local livelihoods, cultural practices, indigenous social relations remain closely connected. Our collaborative methods employed a Delphi survey focus group discussions with researchers from various disciplines develop shared vision restoration....
<title>Abstract</title> Australian alpine peatlands are critically important ecosystems that deliver a range of valuable services. However, our understanding these services in Australia, particularly peatland carbon cycling, is lacking. Here, we investigated quantified peat soil (C) and nitrogen (N) concentrations, C:N ratios, C density eight <italic>Sphagnum</italic>-dominated on the Bogong High Plains, southeastern Australia. Soil N concentrations averaged 16.5 ± 13.2% 0.6 0.4%,...
Marine heterotrophic protists of the Labyrinthulomycota are interest for their biotechnological (e.g. thraustochytrid production lipids) and ecological wasting disease rapid blight by pathogens genus Labyrinthula) applications; culture-based laboratory studies a central technique this research. However, maintaining such microorganism cultures can be labour- cost-intensive, with high risk culture contamination die-off over time. Deep-freeze storage, or cryopreservation, used to maintain...
Summary Natural disturbances influence wetland carbon cycling, and fire is a key driver of terrestrial stocks. However, the on cycling remains poorly understood. Here, we investigated how prescribed wildfire impact soil storage in forested floodplain south-eastern Australia. We sampled four areas within Murray Valley National Park, world’s largest river red gum ( Eucalyptus camaldulensis ) stand, compared (C), nitrogen (N) C:N ratios between control (unburnt 50 years prior to sampling), burn...
Collaboration is critical for engaging stakeholders and integrating diverse knowledges in social‐ecological restoration. Yet, despite the recognized benefits, ecosystem restoration has often not been collaborative across social ecological disciplines or different stakeholder scales. Drawing on relevant literature practice‐based knowledge derived from our respective experiences working of Indonesia's tropical peatlands, we emphasize need equitable task distribution; mutually beneficial,...
Tropical peatlands play a critical role in regional water cycling, yet most tropical peat swamp forests (PSFs) are anthropogenically disturbed though modification of the table (e.g. drainage), deforestation, and fire events. These disturbances can alter ecosystem processes including evapotranspiration (ET), thereby creating feedbacks that degrade peatland services result significant alteration greenhouse gas budgets. However, our understanding fine-scale hydrological fluxes ecosystems is...
Peatlands are important global stores of carbon. However, peatland disturbance, including climate change, can cause stored carbon to be released, shifting peatlands from net sinks sources. Yet, there is a paucity data on the cycling Australian which inform effective management store. Here, we present first estimation seasonal and annual ecosystem balance (NECB) an intact Sphagnum-dominated in Alps. We measured exchange CO
Most freshwater mussels have larvae (glochidia in Unionidae, Margaritiferidae and Hyriidae) that are parasitic on fishes. This study describes compares the diversity of glochidia among 17 species Australasian Hyriidae. Here, scanning electron microscopy was used to illustrate shell morphology, while patterns size, shape morphological characteristics were analysed quantitatively qualitatively with Principal Component, Linear Discriminant, Multiple Correspondence Analyses separate varying...