Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Dr Paul Jones

   Phone   +61 3 556 33433
Email   paul.jones@deakin.edu.au
Position   Senior Lecturer
Campus   Warrnambool
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Centre for Integrative Ecology

Research interests

  1. Aquaculture; Reproduction, Nutrition and Culture systems
  2. Fish Biology and Ecology
  3. Recreational Fisheries Science


Career

B.Sc. (Hons.). Dip Ed (La Tbobe University) 1984
PhD (Deakin University (1997)
Senior Lecturer Deakin University (2004- )

Key publications

Becker, A., Laurenson, L.J.B., Jones, P.L., Newman, D.M., (2005) Competitive interactions between the Australian native fish Galaxias maculatus and the exotic mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki, in a series of laboratory experiments Hydrobiologia 549, 187-196.

Newman, D.M., Jones, P.L., Ingram, B.A (2008) Temporal dynamics of oocyte development, plasma sex steroids and somatic energy reserves during seasonal ovarian maturation in captive Murray cod Maccullochella peelii peelii. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 148A, 876-887

Schultz, A.G., Healy, J.M., Jones, P.L., Toop, (2008) Osmoregulatory balance in Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii peelii (Mitchell), affected with chronic ulcerative dermatopathy. Aquaculture 280, 45-52.

Grixti, D., Conron, S.D., Morison, A., Jones, P.L., 2008. (2008) Estimating post-release survival and the influential factors for recreationally caught black bream (Acanthopagrus butcheri) in the Glenelg River, south eastern Australia. Fisheries Research 92, 303-313

De Ionno, P.N., Wines, G.L., Jones, P.L., Collins, R.O., (2006) A bioeconomic evaluation of a commercial scale recirculation finfish growout system – An Australian perspective. Aquaculture 259, 315-327.

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Professional activities

Member, Australian Society for Fish Biology
Member, World Aquaculture Society
Member, Australian Marine Science Association

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Ben Doolan (2009)Factors influencing skin colour in cultured Australian snapper Pagrus Auratus. Dane Newman (2009)Biology and management of Murray cod reproduction within controlled environments. David Francis (2008)Impacts of fish oil replacement in Murray Cod Nutrition. Dion Iervasi (2009)Managing alternative stable states in constructed wetlands using artificial substrates. Thanongsak Thanuthong (current)Lipid metabolism and fish oil replacement in Murray cod. Phillip Kerr (current)Reproductive ecology of Galaxius maculatus in Lake Bullen Merri, a landlocked lake of SW Victoria. Sara Idris Mohd (current) Multiple water reuse strategies for agro-industrial ecosystems: Use of submerged aquatic macrophytes in constructed wetland systems for effluent remediation. Fabian Trinnie (current)Reproductive biology of stingarees from inshore and coastal waters of Victoria, Australia. Daniel Frixti (current)Estimating and improving the survival of recreationally caught-and-released fish in Victoria. Aaron Schultz (current)Chronic ulcerative dermatopathy syndrome in Murray cod: physiology, morphology and prevention.  

 

Masters students

Student nameThesis title Ian Ruscoe (2002)Improving ingestion of artificial diets by Cherax quadricarinatus Von Martens (Decapoda: Parastacidae).  

 

Honours students

Student nameThesis title Djengo van Thollen (2011) H1Integrated wastewater auqaculture; zooremediation of periphyton biofilms and biosludge in treatment lagoons Justin Hartzmeyer (2006) H1Effects of salinity and temperature on hatchability and early development of Galaxias maculatus. Aaron Schultz (2005) H1 Osmoregulatory balance in Murray cod, Maccullochella peelii peelii (Mitchell), affected with chronic ulcerative dermatopathy. Paul D Ionno (2005) H1A bioeconomic evaluation of a commercial scale recirculating finfish growout system - An Australian perspective. Ben Roendfeldt (2005) H1Hook composition effects on deep hook retention by black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949). Daniel Grixti (2003) H1Hooking mortality of black bream Acanthopagrus butcheri (Munro, 1949) in the Glenelg estuary, southwest Victoria. Ben Doolan (2002) H1The effects of culture environment on the expression of melanin in the skin of Australian snapper, Pagrus auratus Bloch & Schneider. Dane Newman (2002) H1Aspects of feeding, growth and reproduction of sea sweep (Scorpis aequipinnis Richardson) from south-western Victoria. Steven Leporatti (2002) H1 Growth rates of the gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus) and school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) estimated from tag-recapture data. Alistair Becker (2001) H1 Competitive interactions between the Australian native fish Galaxias maculatus and the exotic mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki, in a series of laboratory experiments.  

 

Teaching areas

SQB161; Aquaculture and the Environment
SQP126; Practical Skills in Marine and Freshwater Science
SBB315; Comparative Animal Physiology



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8th February 2013