Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Daniel Ierodiaconou
  Phone   +61 3 556 33224
Email   daniel.ierodiaconou@deakin.edu.au
Position   Senior Lecturer
Campus   Warrnambool
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Centre for Integrative Ecology

Key publications

Ierodiaconou D., Rattray, A., Monk, J., Laurenson, L., Versace, V. (2011) Comparison of automated classification techniques for predicting benthic biological communities using hydroacoustics and video observations Continental Shelf Research doi:10.1016/j.csr.2010.01.012,

Monk, J., Ierodiaconou, D., Versace, V.L., Bellgrove, A., Harvey, E., Rattray, A., Laurenson, L., Quinn, G.P. (In Press) Prediction of habitat suitability for marine fishes using presence-only modelling approaches Marine Ecology Progress Series doi:10.3354/meps08858,

Schultz, M., Ierodiaconou, D., Smith, S., Horwitz, P., Richardson, A., Crandall, K., and Austin, C. (2008) Sea-level Changes and Palaeo-Ranges: Reconstruction of Ancient Shorelines and River Drainages and the Phylogeography of the Australian Land Crayfish Engaeus Sericatus Clark (Decapoda: Parastacidae) Molecular Ecology 17, 5291-5314.

Versace, V., Ierodiaconou, D., Stagnitti,F., Hamilton, A.J. (2008) Appraisal of random and systematic land cover transitions for regional water balance and revegetation strategies Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment 123(4), 328-336

Rattray, A., Ierodiaconou, D., Laurenson, L., Burq, S., Reston, R. (2009) Mapping benthic biological communities using multi-beam sonar, video data and a decision tree classification method on the temperate south-east Australian continental shelf Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science. 84, 237-245

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Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Vincent VersaceWarrnambool-Corangamite land suitability decision framework: southwest case study and partnerships Jacquomo MonkFish- habitat associations in temperate coastal waters Alexandre SchimelBenthic habitat mapping using multibeam sonar  

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Vincent VersaceInfluence of land cover on water resources: a case study Alex RattrayHigh resolution sonar and video methods for predicting marine benthic habitats Jacquomo MonkUnderstanding demersal fish-habitat associations using video observations and sonar imaging Rozaimi HasanEffects of multibeam backscatter Evaluation of Multibeam Sonar Backscatter Data for Marine Biological Habitat Characterisation and Classification Mohammed Ali JalaliGIS and remote sening applications for commercial fisheries management Richard ZavalasInvestigating fish-habitat associations in Marine Protected Areas using Baited Underwater Video Bronwyn Isaac Newton Spatial Ecology of an Apex Predator over an Urban Gradient Aimee HauserDetermining the influence of human agriculture on patterns of connectivity and genetic structure in a threatened freshwater crayfish, Geocharax gracilis.  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Jacquomo MonkA starting point: Mapping of the subtidal zone of the Merri Marine Sanctuary using an integrated community-based GIS monitoring approach Matthew KuitMarine benthic charcterisation of the Tyrendarra lava Alex RattrayMarine habitat mapping using multibeam acoustics and towed video in the Portland coastal region, Victoria, Australia Richard ZavalasLiDAR habitat mapping Paddy HernanHabitat heterogeneity and demersal fish assemblages in a temperate marine environment Sam MillsDetection of spatial structuring in demersal fish size-classes using multibeam sonar and baited stereo-video Thomas FrenchMapping of marine habitats using LiDAR and WorldView2 imagery.  

 

Teaching areas

Blue Planet: Water and Life
Restoration of Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems
Geographical Information Systems and Remote Sensing



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8th February 2013