Assoc Prof John Sherwood
  Phone   N/A
Email   john.sherwood@deakin.edu.au
Position   Honorary Associate Professor
Campus   Warrnambool
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Palaeobiology and Global Change

John has studied the physicochemical characteristics of natural waters, including their trace
metal speciation, nutrient status and environmental flow needs. He has worked on funded
projects in Victoria, Tasmania and Papua New Guinea for the dairy industry, mining companies
and environmental agencies and has served on National, State and regional environmental
management and professional bodies. His work has been recognised by a Lifetime
Achievement Award from the Victorian Government, an individual Achievement Award from
Glenelg-Hopkins Catchment Management Authority and an Australia Day Award by
Warrnambool City Council.

Research interests

  1. chemistry of natural waters
  2. estuary dynamics and ecology
  3. palaeoecology


Career

Bachelor of Science (First Class Honours) UNSW (1968)
PhD UNSW (1974)
DipEnvStudies Macquarie University (1980)
Lecturer/Senior Lecturer, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin (1979 -1990)
Associate Professor, School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Deakin (1991 -present)

Key publications

Nicholson G., Jenkins G.P., Sherwood J. and Longmore A. (2008) Physical environmental conditions, spawning and early life stages of an estuarine fish: climate change implications for recruitment in intermittently open estuaries. Marine and Freshwater Research 59, 735 - 749

Nair, H. and Sherwood, J. (2007) An unusual shell bed at Point Ritchie, Warrnambool, Victoria – predator midden or natural shell bed? Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 119(1), 69 - 86

Clifton C., Daamen C., Horne A. and Sherwood J. (2006) Water, land use change and ‘new’ forests: what are the challenges for southwest Victoria? Australian Forestry, 69(2), 95 - 100

Sherwood J., Oyston B. and Kershaw A.P. (2004) The age and contemporary environments of Tower Hill volcano, southwest Victoria, Australia Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria 116(1), 69 - 76

Denney S., Sherwood J. and Leyden J. (1999) In-situ measurements of labile Cu, Cd and Mn in river waters using DGT Science of the Total Environment 239, 71 - 80

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Professional activities

Australian Marine Sciences Association (Past President)
Royal Australian Chemical Institute (Member)
National Parks Advisory Council, Victorian Government (Member)
River Health Advisory Group, Glenelg-Hopkins CMA (Member)
Research, Development and Investigation Committee, Corangamite CMA (Chair)

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Tim Tutt (completed 2009)Acid drainage, limnology and bioremediation of west Victorian mine lakes Phil Gorey (completed 2008)Monitoring and Modelling Natural and Anthropogenic Inputs of Nitrogen into an Unconfined Aquifer in the Southeast of South Australia Carolyn Maxwell (completed 2008)Nutrient Dynamics of the Lagoon of Islands, Tasmania  

 

Masters students

Student nameThesis title Cheree Fenton (completed 2008)Hydrodynamics and Ecology of the Merri and Fitzroy Estuaries  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Natalie Phelan (2007)Predicting the impacts of climate change on water quantity at Tower Hill lake Sean Lithgow (2007)Heavy Metals and Acidity in Anglesea River Marshes Samantha O'Brien (2007)Use of Ion Chromatography to Analyse Anoxic Estuary Waters  

 

Teaching areas

environmental chemistry
water quality
earth science


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22nd September 2011