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Professor Ray Froend

Honorary Professor

Staff Member Details
Email: r.froend@ecu.edu.au
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4749-1105

Ray is an Adjunct in the School of Science.

Current Teaching

  • SCM2201 - Soil and Land Processes
  • SCI2371 - Sustainable Water
  • SCI3113 - Freshwater Ecosystems

Background

  • 2016 - Present: Associate Dean, Science
  • 2014-2016: Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University
  • 2006-2014: Associate Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University
  • 1999-2006: Senior Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University
  • 2002-2004: Director, Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University
  • 1996-1999: Lecturer, School of Natural Sciences, Edith Cowan University.
  • 1995-1996: Senior Environmental Officer, Environmental Management Section, Water Resources Directorate, Water Authority of WA.
  • 1991-1994: Research Officer, Hydrology and Land Use Research Section, Water Authority of WA.
  • 1988-1991: Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Environmental Science, Murdoch University.

Professional Memberships

  • Ecological Society of Australia
  • International Association for Vegetation Science

Research Areas and Interests

  • Hydroecology – Determining the water regimes required to maintain and enhance conservation values of terrestrial, aquatic and riparian ecosystems. In particular, water requirements of terrestrial phreatophytic and wetland/riparian vegetation.
  • Management of aquatic and groundwater dependent ecosystems – Allocation planning of water resources to meet environmental requirements. Development of monitoring strategies and programmes for assessing effectiveness of environmental water provisions.
  • Groundwater dependent vegetation – Impact of altered groundwater regimes on native plants at the individual, population and community level. Ecophysiology of phreatophytic vegetation and determining variability in water source partitioning. Population dynamics of phreatophytic species and response to long-term changes in groundwater regime and climate
  • Ecology and biology of wetland plants - Recruitment biology of wetland tree, shrub and emergent species. Species response to altered water quantity and quality.

Qualifications

  • PhD, The University of Western Australia.
  • Bachelor of Science Honours, The University of Western Australia, 1987.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

  • Dyring, M., Rohde, M., Froend, R., Hofmann, H. (2023). Coastal Groundwater-Dependent Ecosystems are Falling Through Policy Gaps. Ground Water, 2023(Article in press), -. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.13352.

Journal Articles

  • Enright, N., Marod, D., Bennett, I., Froend, R., Ladd, P. (2022). The ecology of conifer persistence in tropical rainforests: Podocarpus neriifolius in northern Thailand. Plant Ecology, 223(3), 297-314. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11258-021-01208-3.
  • Dyring, M., Hofmann, H., Stanton, D., Moss, P., Froend, R. (2022). Ecohydrology of coastal aquifers in humid environments and implications of a drying climate. Ecohydrology, 2022(Article in Press), TBD. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2491.

Journal Articles

  • Ritchie, A., Svejcar, L., Ayre, B., Bolleter, J., Brace, A., Craig, M., Davis, B., Davis, R., Van Etten, E., Fontaine, J., Fowler, W., Froend, R., Groom, C., Hardy, G., Hooper, P., Hopkins, A., Hughes, M., Krauss, S., Leopold, M., Miller, B., Miller, R., Ramalho, C., Ruthrof, K., Shaw, C., Stevens, J., Tagney, R., Valentine, L., Veneklaas, E., Hobbs, R. (2021). A threatened ecological community: research advances and priorities for Banksia woodlands. Australian Journal of Botany, 69(2), 53-84. https://doi.org/10.1071/BT20089.

Reports

  • Kavazos, C., Buller, G., Horwitz, P., Froend, R. (2021). Review of 2030 Proposed Revised Water Thresholds - Gnangara Groundwater System. Australia. Department of Water and Environmental Protection.

Journal Articles

  • Hultine, K., Froend, R., Blasini, D., Bush, S., Karlinski, M., Koepke, DF. (2020). Hydraulic traits that buffer deep-rooted plants from changes in hydrology and climate. Hydrological Processes, 34(2), 209-222. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.13587.

Book Chapters

  • Froend, R., Horwitz, P., Sommer, B. (2018). Groundwater Dependent Wetlands Ecosystems. The Wetland Book II: Distribution, Description, and Conservation (335-355). Springer.
  • Froend, R., Horwitz, P., Sommer, B. (2018). Groundwater Dependent Wetlands of the Gnangara Groundwater System (Western Australia). The Wetland Book II: Distribution, Description, and Conservation (1959-1966). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4001-3_110.
  • Froend, R., Horwitz, P. (2018). Groundwater Dependent Wetlands. The Wetland Book I: Structure and Function, Management, and Methods (1149-1154). Springer.

Journal Articles

  • Muler, A., Canham, C., Van Etten, E., Stock, W., Froend, R. (2018). Using a functional ecology approach to assist plant selection for restoration of Mediterranean woodlands. Forest Ecology and Management, 424(15 September 2018), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2018.04.032.
  • Muler, A., Van Etten, E., Stock, W., Howard, K., Froend, R. (2018). Can hydraulically redistributed water assist surrounding seedlings during summer drought?. Oecologia, 187(3), 625-641. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-018-4158-7.
  • Ruthrof, K., Breshears, D., Fontaine, J., Froend, R., Matusick, G., Kala, J., Miller, B., Mitchell, P., Wilson, S., Van Keulen, M., Enright, N., Law, D., Wernberg, T., Hardy, G. (2018). Subcontinental heat wave triggers terrestrial and marine, multi-taxa responses. Scientific Reports, 8(1), article no.13094. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-31236-5.
  • Pettit, N., Froend, R. (2018). How important is groundwater availability and stream perenniality to riparian and floodplain tree growth?. Hydrological Processes, 32(10), 1502-1514. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.11510.

Book Chapters

  • Catford, JA., Roberts, J., Capon, SJ., Froend, R., Windecker, SM., Douglas, MM. (2017). Wetland Vegetation of Inland Australia. Australian Vegetation (490-515). Cambridge University Press.

Journal Articles

  • Rohde, M., Froend, R., Howard, J. (2017). A Global Synthesis of Managing Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems Under Sustainable Groundwater Policy. Ground Water, 55(3), 293-301. https://doi.org/10.1111/gwat.12511.

Journal Articles

  • Sommer, B., Boggs, D., Boggs, G., Van Dijk, A., Froend, R. (2016). Spatio-temporal patterns of evapotranspiration from groundwater-dependent vegetation. Ecohydrology, 9(8), 1620-1629. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.1752.

Journal Articles

  • Canham, C., Froend, R., Stock, W. (2015). Rapid root elongation by phreatophyte seedlings does not imply tolerance of water table decline. Trees: Structure and Function, 29(3), 815-824. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00468-015-1161-z.

Journal Articles

  • Sommer, B., Froend, R. (2014). Phreatophytic vegetation responses to groundwater depth in a drying mediterranean-type climate. Journal of Vegetation Science, 25(4), 1045-1055. https://doi.org/10.1111/jvs.12178.
  • Barron, O., Froend, R., Hodgson, G., Ali, R., Dawes, W., Davies, P., Macfarlane, D. (2014). Projected risks to groundwater-dependent terrestrial vegetation caused by changing climate and groundwater abstraction in the Central Perth Basin, Western Australia. Hydrological Processes, 28(22), 5513-5529. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.10014.

Books

  • Sommer, B., McGuinness, S., Froend, R., Horwitz, P. (2013). Assessing risks to groundwater dependent wetland ecosystems in a drying climate: an approach to facilitate adaptation to climate change. Adapting to climate change: a risk assessment and decision framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels, 84. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.
  • Chambers, J., Nugent, G., Sommer, B., Speldewinde, P., Neville, S., Beatty, S., Chilcott, S., Eberhard, S., Mitchell, N., D'souza, F., Barron, O., McFarlane, D., Braimbridge, M., Robson, B., Close, P., Morgan, D., Pinder, A., Froend, R., Horwitz, P., Cook, B., Davies, P. (2013). Development and Case Studies: Adapting to climate change: a risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.
  • Chambers, J., Nugent, G., Sommer, B., Speldewinde, P., Neville, S., Beatty, S., Chilcott, S., Eberhard, S., Mitchell, N., D'souza, F., Barron, O., McFarlane, D., Braimbridge, M., Robson, B., Close, P., Morgan, D., Pinder, A., Froend, R., Horwitz, P., Cook, B., Davies, P. (2013). Guidelines for use: Adapting to climate change: a risk assessment and decision making framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels.. National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility.

Book Chapters

  • Loomes, R., Froend, R., Sommer, B. (2013). Response of wetland vegetation to climate change and groundwater decline on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia: Implications for management. Groundwater and Ecosystems (207-219). CRC Press.
  • Froend, R., Davies, M., Martin, M. (2013). A shift in ecohydrological state of groundwater dependent vegetation due to climate change and groundwater drawdown on the Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia. Groundwater and Ecosystems (197-206). CRC Press.

Journal Articles

  • Drake, P., Froend, R., Franks, P. (2013). Smaller, faster stomata: scaling of stomatal size, rate of response, and stomatal conductance. Journal Of Experimental Botany, 64(2), 495-505. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ers347.
  • Whitley, R., Taylor, D., Macinnis-Ng, C., Zeppel, M., Yunusa, I., O'Grady, A., Froend, R., Medlyn, B., Eamus, D. (2013). Developing an empirical model of canopy water flux describing the common response of transpiration to solar radiation and VPD across five contrasting woodlands and forests. Hydrological Processes, 27(8), 1133-1146. https://doi.org/10.1002/hyp.9280.

Reports

  • Coughran, J., Wilson, J., Froend, R. (2013). Wetland values of the eastern Pilbara: diversity and distribution of ecohydrological features. Perth, W.A.. Edith Cowan University.

Journal Articles

  • Canham, C., Froend, R., Stock, W., Davies, M. (2012). Dynamics of phreatophyte root growth relative to a seasonally fluctuating water table in a Mediterranean-type environment. Oecologia, 170(4), 909–916. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00442-012-2381-1.
  • Stock, W., Bourke, L., Froend, R. (2012). Dendroecological indicators of historical responses of pines to water and nutrient availability on a superficial aquifer in south-western Australia. Forest Ecology and Management, 264(2012), 108-114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.09.033.

Reports

  • Sommer, B., Froend, R., Blake, D. (2012). Prioritizing wetlands for restoration within the Gnangara pine plantation. Perth, W.A.. Edith Cowan University.

Journal Articles

  • Sommer, B., Froend, R. (2011). Resilience of phreatophytic vegetation to groundwater drawdown: Is recovery possible under a drying climate?. Ecohydrology, 4(1), 67-82. https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.124.
  • Drake, PL., Froend, R., Franks, PJ. (2011). Linking hydraulic conductivity and photosynthesis to water-source partitioning in trees versus seedlings. Tree Physiology, 31(7), 763-773. https://doi.org/10.1093/treephys/tpr068.

Reports

  • Richardson, S., Irvine, E., Froend, R., Boon, P., Barber, S., Bonneville, B. (2011). Australian groundwater-dependent ecosystems toolbox part 1: assessment framework, Waterlines report. Canberra, ACT. National Water Commission.
  • Richardson, S., Irvine, E., Froend, R., Boon, P., Barber, S., Bonneville, B. (2011). Australian groundwater-dependent ecosystems toolbox part 2: assessment tools, Waterlines report. Canberra, ACT. National Water Commission.

Journal Articles

  • Froend, R., Sommer, B. (2010). Phreatophytic vegetation response to climatic and abstraction-induced groundwater drawdown: Examples of long-term spatial and temporal variability in community response. Ecological Engineering, 36(9), 1191-1200. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoleng.2009.11.029.

Journal Articles

  • Canham, C., Froend, R., Stock, W. (2009). Water stress vulnerability of four Banksia species in contrasting ecohydrological habitats on the Gnangara Mound, Western Australia.. Plant Cell and Environment, 32(1), 64-72.

Journal Articles

  • Horwitz, P., Bradshaw, D., Hopper, S., Davies, P., Froend, R., Bradshaw, F. (2008). Hydrological change escalates risk of ecosystem stress in Australia's threatened biodiversity hotspot. Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 91(1), 1-11.

Reports

  • McKay, K., Loomes, R., Horwitz, P., Froend, R., Wilson, J. (2008). Environmental Water Requirements of Priority Water Resources in the South Coast Region. Perth, W.A.. Edith Cowan University.
  • Horwitz, P., Blake, D., Cargill, J., Froend, R., Hinwood, A., Loomes, R., McQueen, H., Rogan, R., Van Etten, E. (2008). Fire management implications for wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia. Perth, W.A.. Edith Cowan University.

Journal Articles

  • Franks, P., Drake, P., Froend, R. (2007). Anisohydric but isohydrodynamic: seasonally constant plant water potential gradient explained by a stomatal control mechanism incorporating variable plant hydraulic conductance. Plant, Cell and Environment, 30(1), 19-30.
  • Lyons, M., Halse, S., Gibson, N., Cale, D., Lane, J., Walker, C., Mickle, D., Froend, R. (2007). Monitoring wetlands in a salinizing landscape: case studies from the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia. Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences, 591(1), 147-164.

Journal Articles

  • Eamus, D., Froend, R., Loomes, R., Hose, G., Murray, B. (2006). A Functional methodology for determining the groundwater regime needed to maintain the health of groundwater-dependent vegetation. Australian Journal of Botany, 54(2), 97-114.
  • Eamus, D., Froend, R. (2006). Groundwater-dependent ecosystems: the where, what and why of GDEs. Australian Journal of Botany, 54(2), 91-96.
  • Froend, R., Drake, P. (2006). Defining phreatophyte response to reduced water availability: preliminary investigations on the use of xylem cavitation vulnerability in Banksia woodland species. Australian Journal of Botany, 54(2), 173-179.
  • Doupe, R., Froend, R., Pettit, N. (2006). A comment on allocating regulated river water for the Ord River, Western Australia. Ecological Management and Restoration, 7(1), 32-36.

Journal Articles

  • Strehlow, K., Davis, J., Sim, L., Chambers, J., Halse, S., Hamilton, D., Horwitz, P., McComb, A., Froend, R. (2005). Temporal changes between ecological regimes in a range of primary and secondary salinised wetlands. Hydrobiologia: the international journal on limnology and marine sciences, 552(1), 17-31.

Journal Articles

  • Davis, J., McGuire, M., Halse, S., Hamilton, D., Horwitz, P., Barstow, C., Froend, R., Lyons, M., Sim, L. (2003). What happens when you add salt: predicting impacts of secondary salinisation on shallow aquatic ecosystems using an alternative states model. Australian Journal of Botany, 51(6), 715-724.
  • Davis, J., McGuire, M., Halse, S., Hamilton, D., Horwitz, P., McComb, A., Froend, R., Lyons, M., Sim, L. (2003). What happens when you add salt: predicting impacts of secondary salinisation on shallow aquatic ecosystems using an alternative states model. Australian Journal of Botony, 51(6), 715-724.

Journal Articles

  • Froend, R., Zencich, S., Turner, J., Gailitis, V. (2002). Influence of groundwater depth on the seasonal sources of water accessed by Banksia tree species on a shallow, sandy coastal aquifer. Oecologia, 131, 8-19.

Journal Articles

  • Pettit, N., Froend, R. (2001). Long-term changes in the vegetation after the cessation of livestock grazing in eucalyptus marginata (jarrah) woodland remnants. Austral Ecology, 26, 22-31.
  • Lund, M., Lavery, P., Froend, R. (2001). Removing filterable reactive phosphorus from highly coloured stormwater using constructed wetlands. Water science & technology, 44, 11-12.
  • Pettit, N., Froend, R. (2001). Availability of seed for recruitment of riparian vegetation: A comparison of a tropical and a temperate river ecosystem in Australia. Australian Journal of Botany, 49, 515-528.
  • Pettit, N., Froend, R., Davies, P. (2001). Identifying the natural flow regime and the relationship with riparian vegetation for two contrasting western Australian rivers. Regulated rivers: research & management, 17, 201-215.
  • Pettit, N., Froend, R. (2001). Variability in flood disturbance and the impact on riparian tree recruitment in two contrasting river systems. Wetlands ecology and management, 9, 13-25.

Research Projects

  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Jandakot wetlands vegetation monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2020 ‑ 2021, $26,037.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Gnangara wetlands vegetation monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2020 ‑ 2021, $38,715.
  • Assessing the implications of revising threshold levels on wetland and bushland values for sites in Statement 819 – Gnangara Groundwater Resources, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2019 ‑ 2020, $44,261.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Jandakot wetlands vegetation monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2019 ‑ 2020, $21,833.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Gnangara wetlands vegetation monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2019 ‑ 2020, $37,043.
  • OzFlux - measurement of atmospheric fluxes over a native vegetation at Gingin, Department of Education, National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network (TERN) Project, 2015 ‑ 2019, $228,870.
  • ECU-Thermo Research Facility Manager, Thermo Fisher Scientific Australia Pty Ltd, Grant, 2017 ‑ 2019, $286,353.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Jandakot wetlands vegetation monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2018 ‑ 2019, $22,729.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Gnangara wetlands vegetation monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2018 ‑ 2019, $32,841.
  • The Development of Operational Rules for Management of Shallow Groundwater in Water Limited Ecosystems Project: Preliminary Works, Water Corporation, Grant, 2013 ‑ 2018, $567,754.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara Mound - Gnangara Wetland Vegetation Monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2017 ‑ 2018, $43,406.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Jandakot Mound - Jandakot Wetland Vegetation Monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2017 ‑ 2018, $27,100.
  • Pilot malting for Australia's barley accreditation system, Australian Export Grains Innovation Centre, Grant, 2017 ‑ 2018, $18,220.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Gnangara Mound (Gnangara Wetland Vegetation Monitoring), Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2016 ‑ 2017, $46,007.
  • Environmental monitoring and investigations for the Jandakot Mound (Jandakot Wetland Vegetation Monitoring), Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2016 ‑ 2017, $25,755.
  • Nutrient uptake by deep roots: An ionomic approach, Edith Cowan University, ECU Collaboration Enhancement Scheme - 2016 Round 1, 2016 ‑ 2017, $8,500.
  • Quantification of the Biodiversity of the Lake MacLeod Northern Ponds, Dampier Salt Limited Perth Division, Grant-Dampsalt, 2010 ‑ 2016, $433,711.
  • Ecohydrological Habitat Characterisation and Modelling to Improve Restoration Prioritisation and Outcomes within Former Pine Plantation Areas of the Gnangara Mound, Western Australia, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Botanic Parks and Gardens - Grant, 2011 ‑ 2016, $146,314.
  • Toolibin Lake and surrounding reserves water balance investigation – vegetation water use: 1977-2015 (Desktop Assessment), Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Botanic Parks and Gardens - Grant, 2016, $12,992.
  • Research to inform the assessment of ecohydrological responses to coal seam gas extraction and coal mining, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Office of Water Science - Grant, 2015 ‑ 2016, $425,081.
  • Environmental Monitoring and Investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Wetland Vegetation Monitoring , Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2013 ‑ 2016, $200,380.
  • Resistance is useful: Characterising plant resistance to water stress in a drying landscape. , Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher Grant - 2014, 2014 ‑ 2015, $16,877.
  • Management of Brine Disposal into Inland Ecosystems, National Centre of Excellence in Desalination, NCED - Funding Rounds, 2011 ‑ 2014, $243,807.
  • Provision of Ecohydrological Study of Riparian Vegetation, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions WA, Tender, 2013 ‑ 2014, $64,700.
  • BHP Billiton Iron Ore (BHPBIO) Ecological Water Asset Project - Regional Ecohydrology Monitoring Network, BHP Billiton, Grant, 2013 ‑ 2014, $266,342.
  • Adapting to climate change: a risk assessment and decision framework for managing groundwater dependent ecosystems with declining water levels, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), 2012 ‑ 2013, $85,180.
  • Ecohydrological Equilibrium Theory and Banksia Woodland Vegetation, Department of Environment and Conservation WA, Grant, 2010 ‑ 2013, $35,000.
  • Environmental Monitoring and Investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds - Wetland Vegetation and End of Summer Monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2008 ‑ 2013, $165,048.
  • Identifying wetlands of significance within the Gnangara pine plantations - Evaluation of general landscape and land-use attributes (Step 1) and habitat attributes and socio-political values (Step 2), Sandbourne Holdings, Grant, 2012 ‑ 2013, $26,791.
  • Applying remotely sensed estimates of evapotranspiration to contrast water-use patterns of vegetation on the Gnangara mound: a heavily utilised groundwater resource., Edith Cowan University, ECU Early Career Researcher - Grant, 2012 ‑ 2013, $20,777.
  • Water source use in midwest vegetation, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2012, $13,953.
  • Identifying wetlands of significance within the Gnangara pine plantations; a desktop assessment, Sandbourne Holdings, Grant, 2011 ‑ 2012, $44,486.
  • Variation in morphological and physiological traits of a widespread and localised eucalypt species as a reflection of adaptive capacity in a drying climate, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF), 2011 ‑ 2012, $7,000.
  • Ecophysiology Study of Riparian Vegetation, Department of Environment and Conservation WA, Grant, 2009 ‑ 2012, $60,638.
  • Centre of Excellence for Ecohydrology, University of Western Australia, Centre of Excellence, 2009 ‑ 2012, $336,300.
  • Management Framework for Groundwater Dependent Vegetation - South West, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2008 ‑ 2012, $240,008.
  • Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes, Water Corporation, Grant, 2006 ‑ 2012, $602,765.
  • A High Resolution Isotope Facility for Low Cost Analysis of Water, Plant and Soil/Sediment Samples to Understand Environmental Change, Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (Infrastructure), 2010, $352,000.
  • Eco-Hydrological Study - Gnangara Mound, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2008 ‑ 2010, $258,592.
  • Vegetation Monitoring - Swan Coastal Plain, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2007 ‑ 2010, $36,535.
  • Lake Bryde EWR Project, Department of Environment and Conservation WA, Grant, 2009 ‑ 2010, $2,739.
  • Vegetation Monitoring of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems on the Southern Blackwood Plateau and Eastern Scott Coastal Plain, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2006 ‑ 2010, $104,169.
  • Mitigation of impacts on groundwater dependent vegetation through adaptive abstraction regimes, Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (APAI), 2006 ‑ 2010, $263,065.
  • Establish Baseline Wetland Vegetation Monitoring for New Sites: Shallow Groundwater Systems Investigation of the Gnangara and Jandakot Groundwater Mounds, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2008 ‑ 2009, $17,752.
  • Literature Review of the Ecophysiology of Riparian Plants, Department of Environment and Conservation WA, Grant, 2008 ‑ 2009, $35,742.
  • The cause(s) and management of the Eucalyptus gomphocephala decline epidemic in Western Australia, Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (Projects), 2006 ‑ 2008, $80,400.
  • Fire management implications for the wetlands on the Swan Coastal Plain, Fire and Emergency Services Authority of WA, Grant, 2006 ‑ 2008, $58,850.
  • Investigation of Yate Swamp Hydroperiod requirements within the Lake Bryde recovery catchment, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Grant, 2005 ‑ 2008, $44,954.
  • Environmental water requirements of priority water resources in the South Coastal Region, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2006 ‑ 2008, $72,321.
  • Wetland Vegetation Monitoring: Environmental Monitoring and Investigations for Gnangara Mound, Water and Rivers Commission WA, Grant, 2002 ‑ 2008, $117,955.
  • Phreatophytic Vegetation and Groundwater Studies (Phase 2), Water Corporation, Grant, 2002 ‑ 2008, $541,071.
  • EWR Framework Development, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Grant, 2006 ‑ 2008, $30,560.
  • Plant water relations in rehabilitated residue areas and an analogue coastal vegetation community, Alcoa of Australia Ltd, Grant, 2007, $26,542.
  • Selection of groundwater-dependent ecosystem criteria sites in the Bunbury-Busselton-Capel groundwater areas and establishment of vegetation transects, Department of Environment Regulation WA, Grant, 2006 ‑ 2007, $43,138.
  • Determination of ecological water requirements for groundwater-dependent ecosystems - Southern Blackwood and Eastern Scott Coastal Plain, Department of Environment Regulation WA, Grant, 2005 ‑ 2006, $54,487.
  • Seasonal and historical groundwater use by pines, Water Corporation, Grant, 2004 ‑ 2006, $97,424.
  • Assessment of ecological risk associated with irrigation systems in the Ord - Phase 2 - Ecological risk assessment and the impact of irrigation return on biodiversity in the Lower Ord River., Water and Rivers Commission WA, Grant, 2002 ‑ 2005, $80,244.
  • Ludlow leaf water potential studies, Cable Sands (WA) Pty Ltd, Grant, 2004 ‑ 2005, $9,131.
  • End of summer assessment of condition of Gnangara & Jandakot GDEs, Department of Environment Regulation WA, Grant, 2005, $14,000.
  • Study of Ecological Water Requirements on the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds under Section 46 of the Environment Protection Act., Water and Rivers Commission WA, Grant, 2003 ‑ 2005, $109,920.
  • Eucalyptus gomphocephela (tuart) decline in Western Australia, Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (APAI), 2003 ‑ 2005, $138,813.
  • Environmental Water - Field Investigations and Reporting, Water and Rivers Commission WA, Grant, 2002 ‑ 2004, $41,000.
  • Toolibin Lake Vegetation Water Requirements, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Grant, 2000 ‑ 2003, $31,473.
  • Optimising the design of constructed wetlands for stormwater quality management, Water Corporation, Grant, 2000 ‑ 2002, $10,000.

Research Student Supervision

No data available

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Environmental Management), Influence of hydrological and environmental conditions on mangrove vegetation at coastal and inland semi-arid areas of the Gascoyne region
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Identification of social water requirements for water resource planning.
  • Recruitment of riparian vegetation, Ord and Blackwood
  • Water use of Phreatophytic Banksia, Swan Coastal Plain
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Drought traits of eucalyptus gomphocephala in yalorup national park
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The response of banksia roots to change in water table level in a mediterranean-type environment.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Identifying plant functional traits to assist ecological intervention in a drying landscape
  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), Seedling xylem anatomy of two banksia species relative to availability of groundwater

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Environmental Management), An ecological characterisation of a shallow seasonal claypan wetland, southwestern Australia.
  • Physiognomy and species richness of riparian plants, WA
  • Restoration of a wheatbelt wetland
  • Physiognomy and species richness of riparian plants, WA
  • Environmental correlates of Tuart decline
  • Livestock grazing in jarrah woodland remnants
  • Productivity and development of peat deposits

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Water resource options for sustainable development in the pilbara region of Western Australia
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