Faculty of Science, Engineering and Built Environment

School of Life and Environmental Sciences

Prof Gerry Quinn
  Phone   +61 3 556 33268
Email   gerry.quinn@deakin.edu.au
Position   Associate HOS (Warrnambool)
Campus   Warrnambool
Research grouping   Marine and Freshwater Science
Centre for Integrative Ecology

Prof Gerry Quinn is Chair in Marine Biology and has extensive research experience in coastal
marine
ecology, freshwater ecosystems and the effects of flow change on rivers and wetlands. He
has
co-authored two books on experimental design and data analysis and monitoring human
impacts in
aquatic environments. Current research is on the effects of humans on the condition of
estuaries and
developing models for linking coastal environments to nearby land and catchment processes.

Research interests

  1. Marine and freshwater ecology
  2. Experimental design and data analysis


Career

2005: Chair in Marine Biology, Deakin University
1988 - 2005: Monash University
1985-1988: Sydney University

Key publications

Quinn, G.P. & Keough, M.J. (2002) Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists Cambridge University Press, UK

Reid, D.J., Quinn, G.P., Lake, P.S. & Reich, P. (2008) Terrestrial detritus supports the food webs in lowland intermittent streams of south-eastern Australia: a stable isotope study Freshwater Biology 53, 2036-2050 Blackwell, UK

Fairweather, P.G. & Quinn, G.P. (2007) Introduction: Australiasian marine ecology in a global context. In: Marine Ecology. Connell, S.D. & Gillanders, B.M. (eds) Oxford University Press, UK

Reid, M.A. & Quinn, G.P. (2004) Hydrological regime and macrophyte assemblages in temporary floodplain wetlands: implications for detecting responses to environmental water allocations Wetlands 24, 586-599 Society of Wetland Scientists, USA

Downes, B.J., Barmuta, L., Fairweather, P.G., Faith, D.P., Keough, M.J., Lake, P.S., Mapstone, B.D. & Quinn, G.P. (2002) Monitoring Ecological Impacts: Concepts and Practice in Flowing Waters Cambridge University Press, UK

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Professional activities

Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, Parks Victoria
Member, Scientific Reference Panel for Lower Snowy Rehabilitation Project, Dept. Sustainability and Environment, Victoria
Member, Technical Audit Panel for Streamflow and Groundwater Management Plans, Dept. Sustainability and Environment, Victoria

Related links

Experimental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists
www.zoology.unimelb.edu.au/qks tats/

 

Postdoctoral fellows

NameProject title
Dr Jan BartonLinking catchments to the sea: understanding how human activities impact on Victorian estuaries Dr Adam PopeDevelopment of Index of Estuarine Condition Dr Amanda BatesClimate change responses of aquatic animals  

 

PhD students

Student nameThesis title
Daniel GrixtiEstimating and improving the survival of recreationally caught-and-released fish Agnes LautenschlagerMarine/coastal and freshwater processes on near shore ecology Amanda PeuckerConservation of the Little Penguin Kade MillsProcesses and patterns of colinisation of artificial reefs by fish Jess McKenzieThe impact of estuaries on surrounding coastal ecosystem Alex RattrayAcoustic habitat mapping of Victoria's nearshore marine environments  

 

Masters students

Student nameThesis title James RennieHydrodynamic modelling tools to predict the extent of estuarine vegetation Tom HurstImpact of sea level rise on mangrove extent in Western Port Bay  

 

Teaching areas

Data analysis and statistics
Marine biology and ecology
Professional practice


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8th February 2013