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Dr Eddie van Etten

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  6304 5566  
Mobile: 0418903983  
Email: e.van_etten@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.335  

 

Current Teaching

  • SCM3204 - Ecosystem Management 
  • SCI2115 - Ecological Restoration
  • SCI5125 - Forest Ecology and Management
  • SCI5110 - Waste Management
  • SCI2269 - Silviculture
  • SCI1186 - Understanding Pollution

Professional Memberships

  • Ecological Society of Australia
  • International Association of Vegetation Science
  • Association for Fire Ecology
  • Institute of Foresters of Australia

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • 2000 - Awarded Chancellor's Commendation (Curtin University) for PhD.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Terrestrial plant ecology and management in arid zones, urban areas, and forested ecosystems, including fire ecology/management and ecosystem restoration
  • Fire Ecology
  • Vegetation Analysis and Mapping
  • Restoration Ecology
  • Arid Zone Ecology
  • Urban Ecology

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Curtin University of Technology, 2000 .
  • Master of Applied Science, Curtin University of Technology, 1987 .
  • Bachelor of Science, The University of Melbourne, 1985 .

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Assesment of Topsoil For Restoration in the Northern Goldfields Region,  Toro Energy Ltd,  Grant,  2011,  $7,478.
  • Response of Vegetation to Fire Frequency on Charles Darwin Reserve,  Bush Heritage Australia,  Grant,  2011,  $10,000.
  • Assesment of Topsoil For Restoration in the Northern Goldfields Region,  Toro Energy Ltd,  Grant(**),  2010,  $7,479.
  • Vegetation Study and Interpretation for Mt Gibson Sanctuary,  Australian Wildlife Conservancy,  Grant,  2009,  $3,636.
  • Monitoring of Soil for Herbicide Residues in Urban Parks and Bushland Reserves,  City of Joondalup,  Grant,  2009,  $9,620.
  • Fire and establishment of Jarrah seedlings in shelterwood,  Dept of Conservation & Land Management,  Grant,  2008,  $25,000.
  • Fire management implications for the wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain,  Fire & Emergency Services Authority of WA,  Grant,  2008,  $19,175.
  • Rehabilitation of Kemerton Silica Sands Dredge Ponds: Natural Wetland Characterisation,  Kemerton Silica Sand Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2008,  $17,898.
  • Rehabilitation of Kemerton Silica Sands Dredge Ponds: Rehabilitation Assessment Improvement,  Kemerton Silica Sand Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2008,  $32,472.
  • Development of a Rehabilitation Plan for the Dredge Ponds of the Kemerton Silica Sand Pty Ltd Operational Site,  Kemerton Silica Sand Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2008,  $1,000.
  • Development of a Rehabilitation Plan for the Dredge Ponds of the Kemerton Silica Sand Pty Ltd Operational Site,  Kemerton Silica Sand Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2007,  $9,111.
  • Fire and establishment of Jarrah seedlings in shelterwood,  Dept of Conservation & Land Management,  Grant,  2007,  $25,000.
  • Fire and establishment of Jarrah seedlings in shelterwood,  Dept of Conservation & Land Management,  Grant,  2006,  $25,000.
  • Investigating the Tuarts of the lower Moore River,  Dept of Conservation & Land Management,  Grant,  2006,  $6,500.
  • Grasstrees and mining: understanding the distribution of Xanthorrhoea preissii in the jarrah forest and the potential impact of bauxite mining,  Alcoa World Alumina Australia,  Grant,  2006,  $3,000.
  • Fire management implications for the wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain,  Fire & Emergency Services Authority of WA,  Grant,  2006,  $39,675.
  • Vegetation studies of eastern goldfields - Kalgoorlie,  Placer Dome Asia Pacific Pty Ltd,  Grant,  2005,  $15,000.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Van Etten, E., (2011), The role and value of riparian vegetation for mine pit lakes. Mine Pit Lakes: Closure and Management , 91-106, Perth.
  • Van Etten, E., (2010), Fire in rangelands and its role in management. Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems. Range and Animal Sciences and Resources Management, 2(14), 146-170, United Kingdom.

Journal Articles

  • Calvino-Cancela, M., Rubido-Bara, M., Van Etten, E., (2012), Do eucalypt plantations provide habitat for native forest biodiversity?. Forest Ecology and Management, 270(15 April), 153-162, DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2012.01.019.
  • Prober, S., Thiele, K., Rundel, P., Yates, C., Berry, S., Byrne, M., Christidis, L., Gosper, C., Grierson, P., Lemson, K., Lyons, T., Macfarlane, C., O'Connor, M., Scott, J., Standish, R., Stock, W., Van Etten, E., Wardell-Johnson, G., Watson, A., (2012), Facilitating adaptation of biodiversity to climate change: a conceptual framework applied to the world?s largest Mediterranean-climate woodland. Climatic Change: an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the description, causes and implications of climatic change, 110(1-2), 227?248, DOI: 10.1007/s10584-011-0092-y.
  • Van Etten, E., McCullough, C., Lund, M., (2012), Importance of topography and topsoil selection and storage in successfully rehabilitating post-closure sand mines featuring pit lakes. Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy Section A: Mining Technology, 121(3), 139-150, DOI: 10.1179/1743286312Y.0000000017.
  • McCullough, C., Van Etten, E., (2011), Ecological Restoration of Novel Lake Districts: New Approaches for New Landscapes. Mine Water and the Environment, 30(4), 312-319, DOI: 10.1007/s10230-011-0161-5.
  • Short, M., Smith, FP., Van Etten, E., (2009), Oil mallees provide foraging habitat for the Western Pygmy Possum (Cercartetus concinnus) in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration, 10(3), 233-236, DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-8903.2009.00495.x.
  • Van Etten, E., Vellekoop, S., (2009), Response of fringing vegetation to flooding and discharge of hypersaline water at Lake Austin, Western Australia. Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences, 626(1), 67-77, DOI: 10.1007/s10750-009-9737-5.
  • Van Etten, E., (2009), Inter-annual rainfall variability in arid Australia: greater than elsewhere?. Australian Geographer, 40(1), 109-120, Sydney, DOI: 10.1080/00049180802657075.

Conference Publications

  • Scott, R., Van Etten, E., (2012), Workplace Integrated Learning, Environmental Volunteering or Service Learning?. ECULTURE 2012: Illuminating Our Practice, paper #8, Perth, Australia.
  • Van Etten, E., McCullough, C., Lund, M., (2011), Sand Mining Restoration on the Swan Coastal Plain using Topsoil ? Learning from Monitoring of previous Rehabilitation Attempts. Heavy Minerals 2011: Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference. Proceedings , 323-338, Carlton South.
  • Van Etten, E., McCullough, C., Lund, M., (2011), Setting restoration goals for restoring pit lakes as aquatic ecosystems ? a case study from southwest Australia. Heavy Minerals 2011: Eighth International Heavy Minerals Conference. Proceedings , 339-350, Carlton South, Victoria.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Death Of Mulga (acacia Aneura) Adjacent To Haul Roads In The Northern Goldfields Western Australia..
  • Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Environmental Correlates And Associates Of Tuart Decline..
  • Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Alternative Rehabilitation Techniques And Sustainable Outcomes From Mining Using Appropriate Enviornmental Management And Mine Closure Planning In Arid Region Of Wa..

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Environmental Management),  Defining Appropriate Options For Post-closure Land Use Of Tamala Park Landfill: A Community Participation Process, Western Australia.
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