Subject Area
Biological Oceanography
Marine Ecology
Physical Oceanography
Limnology
Activities
* Continental scale model for the prediction of harmful algal blooms in inland waters
* Coupled wave - 3D hydrodynamic and sediment transport modelling in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon
* Hydrodynamic modelling of the hypersaline Coorong lagoon (South Australia) and impact on macrophytes and fish habitats caused by water management in the Murray Darling Basin.
* Implementing isotopes in a 3D hydrodynamic model coupled with biogeochemistry.
* Developing a groundwater component for a continental scale land surface model for Australia (AWRA-G) and evaluating climate effects on equilibrium water table.
* Studying the impact of climate change on lake ice using simple ice and snow models.
* Nonlinear (chaos) analysis of long ecological time series.
Sea regions of study
Tasman Sea
Indian Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Banda Sea
Arafura Sea
Timor Sea
Java Sea
Skills
Coupled hydrodynamic-biological models;
Continental scale modelling of aquatic systems;
Resuspension by wind driven wave action;
Climate change impact on stratification of lakes;
Lake ice modelling;
Dynamics of cyanobacteria blooms;
Artificial mixing of lakes;
Mine pit lakes;
Nonlinear time-series analysis