Journal articles

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Palaeolimnology in eastern and southern Australian estuaries (with John Tibby), Journal of Palaeolimnology (2011)
 

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Forestry at Southern Cross University: fifteen years in review (with David J. Lloyd, J Doland Nichols, and Jerome K. Vanclay), International Forestry Review (2011)

After 15 years, it is timely to review the 4-year bachelor degree in forestry offered...

 

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The Burrum River estuary: identifying reference sites for Australian sub-tropical esturine systems using paleolimnological methods (with Brendan Logan), Journal of Palaeolimnology (2011)

There is a pressing need to obtain historical information on estuaries so that levels of...

 

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Applying paleolimnological techniques in estuaries: a cautionary case study from Moreton Bay, Australia (with Brendan Logan and Laura Cunningham), Marine Freshwater Research (2010)

Paleoecological techniques provide useful tools to identify restoration targets and natural variability for management programs....

 

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Assessing changes in nutrient status in the Richmond River estuary, Australia, using paleolimnological methods (with Brendan Logan, Bradley D. Eyre, and Atun Zawadski), Journal of Paleolimnology (2010)

Eutrophication from nutrient over-enrichment is a serious problem for the coastal zone and the estuarine...

 

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Palaeoecology: a tool to improve the management of Australian estuaries (with Krystyna M. Saunders), Journal of Environmental Management (2009)

Addressing environmental problems in estuaries is a worldwide problem. Establishing benchmarks and targets for management...

 

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A diatom-based Holocene record of human impact from a coastal environment: Tuckean Swamp, eastern Australia (with Luc J. Farago, Hendrick Heijnis, and Geraldine E. Jacobsen), Journal of Paleolimnology (2008)

Diatom-based paleolimnological studies are being increasingly used to track anthropogenic change in estuaries. Little is...

 

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Using palaeobotanical techniques to guide peatland restoration. A case study from Byron Bay, Australia (with Jeffrey F. Parr and Keith G. Bolton), Ecological Management and Restoration (2006)
 

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The distribution and abundance of marine debris on isolated beaches of northern New South Wales, Australia (with Murray C. Cullen), Australasian Journal of Environmental Management (2005)

Beach debris items were collected and categorized during surveys of five isolated beaches on the...

 

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A microwave digestion technique for the extraction of fossil diatoms from coastal lake and swamp sediments (with Jeffrey F. Parr and Christopher M. Lane), Journal of Paleolimnology (2004)

This study provides an introduction to a microwave digestion technique for the extraction of fossil...

 

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A comparison of diatom community structure on natural and artificial substrata (with Christopher M. Lane and Jamie L. Corfield), Hydrobiologia (2003)

Artificial substrata have been used in diatom studies for almost 100 years. However, concern still...

 

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The LOG corer: a new device for obtaining short cores in soft lacustrine sediments (with Christopher M. Lane), Journal of Paleolimnology (2002)

A wide variety of scientific disciplines require representative samples of benthic sediment. As a result,...

 

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Diatoms as indicators of wetland salinity in the Upper South East of South Australia, The Holocene (2001)

Wetland degradation in the Upper South East of South Australia is an urgent management concern....

 

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Sampling of land types by protected areas: three measures of effectiveness applied to western New South Wales (with R L. Pressey), Biological Conservation (2001)

At the end of 1997, the Western Division of New South Wales had 22 reserves...

 

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Scheduling priority conservation action in production landscapes: priority areas in western New South Wales defined by irreplaceability and vulnerability to vegetation loss (with R L. Pressey), Biological Conservation (2001)

Scheduling conservation action is necessary when the available resources for conservation are insufficient to adequately...

 

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The role of surface water drainage in environmental change: a case example of the Upper South East of South Australia; an historical review, Australian Geographical Studies (2001)

The role of surface water drainage in environmental change in Australia is rarely appreciated. Drains...

 

Books

Mapping the environment: a professional development manual (with William E. Boyd), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2004)

This book provides a basis for developing skills in the most fundamental techniques used, and...

 

Book chapters

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The evolution of a coastal peatland at Byron Bay, Australia: multi-proxy evidence from the microfossil record (with Brendan Logan, Jeffrey F. Parr, and Geraldine E. Jacobsen), Terra Australis: 32: Altered ecologies - fire, climate and human influence on terrestrial landscapes (2010)

Peatlands are highly valuable ecosystems for their ecological functions as well as their economic and...

 

Fires impact on an acidic peatland in northeastern NSW: implications for the interpretation of fire histories, pyrite formation and loss of organic carbon (with Jeffrey F. Parr, Geoffrey Kerr, and J Arthur), Interdisciplinary nuances in phytolith and other microfossil studies (2008)
 

Conference publications

Historical nutrients status in the Richmond River in the absence of monitoring data (with Brendan Logan), 18th NSW Coastal Conference (2009)
 

Reconstructing fire histories: methods, interpretation and common on-ground across fire history research in Australia (with Jeffrey F. Parr, Geoffrey Kerr, J Arthur, Keith G. Bolton, and Geraldine E. Jacobson), Australasian Archaeometry Conference (2005)
 

Chronology and palaeoecology of an acidic wetland peat in northeastern NSW (with Jeffrey F. Parr and Keith G. Bolton), ESA ecology 2003 conference (2003)
 

Fires and their implications for acidic peatlands, northeastern NSW (with Jeffrey F. Parr, Geoffrey Kerr, and J Arthur), ESA ecology 2003 conference : abstracts, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W., Australia, 8-10 December (2003)
 

Environmental history of the Wetlands of the Upper South East of South Australia, Conference proceedings of the Australian Quaternary Association (2001)
 

Impact of settlement upon the hydrological regime of the Upper South East of South Australia, Conference proceedings of the Australian Quaternary Association (1994)
 

Consultancies

A monitoring program for the recovery of Salty Lagoon, Evans Head, NSW, WP Consultants and Richmond Valley Council (2007)
 

Forensics report (with Jeffrey F. Parr), Forensics Department, NSW Police (2007)
 

West Byron wetland vegetation history report. Unpublished. (with Jeffrey F. Parr), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2002)