My academic career at university spans over 23 years starting at James Cook University as the Foundation Lecturer in Marine Chemistry in 1988. During my research career I have supervised 67 undergraduate and postgraduate research students and produced over 100 publications, conference papers and reports in human impact and climate change science. I am a member of several national and international committees and a journal reviewer of many leading international journals, and regularly review grant applications from ARC Discovery, NSF (US), NERC (UK) and the Dutch Polar Research Committee. Citations of 61 published journal articles, many of which are in A and A* listed journals, is 1300 and I have an h-Index of 20 and i10 index of 30. Associate Professor Graham Jones carries out research on the biogeochemistry of sulphur aerosol substances produced by microalgae present in corals, ocean phytoplankton and sea ice algae. These sulphur produced substances have an important effect on global and regional climate since they are oxidised in the atmosphere to cloud condensation nuclei (CCN), which significantly affect incoming solar radiation, sea surface temperatures and cloud droplet concentration. Research carried out over the last 16 years has shown that the Southern Ocean, Antarctic Sea Ice Zone and coral reefs in the Great Barrier Reef produce huge amounts of these sulphur aerosols. Present research is focussed on:(1)Measuring the production of atmospheric DMS over Heron Island Reef (with PhD student Hilton Swan). (2)Assessing how atmospheric DMS is converted to aerosol nannoparticles and CCN with researchers from QUT and the University of Finland. (3) Assessing how intracellular concentrations of DMS in Acropora coral is affected by stress (e.g. increased SSTs, light, tidal exposure, reduced salinity, increased CO2 concentrations) and whether intracellular concentrations of DMS (O)(P) in coral function as antioxidants (with PhD student Elizabeth Deschaseaux). (4) Assessing the importance of these sulphur substances in the Southern Ocean with researchers from the Australian Antarctic Division and the Antarctic CRC (ACE-Antarctic-Climate –Ecosystems).
Journal articles
Atmospheric dimethysulphide production from corals in the Great Barrier Reef and links to solar radiation, climate and coral bleaching (with Esther Fischer), Biogeochemistry (2012)
Coral zooxanthellae contain high concentrations of dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP), the precursor of dimethylsulphide (DMS), an aerosol...
DMS flux over the Antarctic sea ice zone (with Anne Trevena), Marine Chemistry (2012)
This study presents concentrations of dimethylsulphide (DMS) and its precursor compound dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP), and chlorophyll...
Effects of carp, gambusia, and Australian bass on water quality in a subtropical freshwater reservoir (with Darren Akhurst, Malcolm W. Clark, and Amanda J. Reichelt-Brushett), Lake and Reservoir Management (2012)
Freshwater systems are frequently compromised by excessive macrophyte biomass and cyanobacterial blooms associated with eutrophication...
Elemental speciation and distribution in sediments of a eutrophied subtropical freshwater reservoir using post extraction normalisation (with Darren J. Akhurst, Malcolm W. Clark, and Amanda J. Reichelt-Brushett), Water, Air & Soil Pollution (2012)
The speciation and distribution of trace and major elements (Al, As, Cd, Cr, Cu, Fe,...
Preliminary carbon sequestration modelling for the Australian macadamia industry (with Tim Murphy, Jerome K. Vanclay, and Kevin Glencross), Agroforestry Systems (2012)
There is a need to accurately estimate the carbon sequestration potential of many of our...
Book chapters
The effect of Trichodesmium blooms on water quality in the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon, Marine pelagic Cyanobacteria: trichodesmium and other diazotrophs (1992)
Workshop series
Nutrient input in Cleveland Bay, GBRMPA workshop series No.10: Nutrients in the Great Barrier Reef region (1987)
Conference publications
Can corals form aerosol particles through volatile sulphur compound emissions? (with Elisabeth Deschaseaux, Branka Miljevic, Zoran Ristovski, Hilton B. Swan, and Petri Vaattovaara), Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (2012)
Acropora dominated coral reefs are a substantial source of atmospheric dimethylsulphide (DMSa), one of the...
Dimethylsulfide, climate and coral reef ecosystems (with Hilton B. Swan and Elisabeth Deschaseaux), Proceedings of the 12th International Coral Reef Symposium (2012)
Dimethylsulfide (DMS) is the major biogenic source of atmospheric sulfur and is mainly derived from...
Water quality: compliance assessment, The John Brewer Reef floating hotel : a case study in marine environmental monitoring : proceedings of a GBRMPA workshop reviewing the environmental monitoring program, held in Townsville, Australia in December 1989 (1995)