Biography summary
After initially training as a geologist, my main work has been university teaching in the disciplines of geology, physical geography, environmental science and palaeobiology.
I am currently the course director for the Bachelor of Science at Deakin University.
I have research interests in the fields of micropalaeontology (principally fossil Ostracoda), marine stratigraphy, palaeoecology and palaeo-oceanography.
Research interests
Research projects
Systematic classification of fossil and living marine Ostracoda
Palaeo-oceanographical studies using fossil Ostracoda
Marine stratigraphy of the Bass Strait coastal hinterland
Physiographical evolution of south-east Australian estuaries
Research themes
Mark Warne’s research focuses on fossil and living Ostracoda. These microscopic shrimp-like aquatic animals live in a minute bi-valved shell (carapace), which is usually composed of the mineral calcite (CaCO3). These crustaceans have a long fossil record, with ostracod-like forms extending back to the Cambrian Period (~ 500 million years ago). At the present day, ostracods live in a huge diversity of aquatic environments, ranging from moist forest floors, creeks and rivers, lakes and lagoons, swamps and bogs, caves and aquifers, to coastal rock pools, shallow shelf seas, and deep ocean realms. They reach their highest species diversities in shallow marine environments. The main application of fossil ostracods to the geological sciences is in the interpretation of depositional environments for sedimentary rocks. The main use of ostracods within the environmental sciences is as proxies of environmental change in aquatic ecosystems.
Affiliations
- Centre for Integrative Ecology (Deakin University)
- Museum Victoria (Honorary Research Associate)
- Geological Society of Australia (incl. Australasian Palaeontologists)
- Society of Friends of the International Research Group on Ostracoda
- Royal Society of Victoria
- Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia
Publications
Tamara Camilleri, Mark Warne, David Holloway, Elizabeth Weldon
(2019), pp. 1-12, Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology, London, Eng., C1
M Warne
(2018), Vol. 4407, pp. 298-300, Zootaxa, Auckland, New Zealand, C1
T Camilleri, M Warne, D Holloway
(2017), Vol. 41, pp. 397-402, Alcheringa, Abingdon, Eng., C1
M Warne, R Whatley
(2016), Vol. 125, pp. 110-133, Marine micropaleontology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
G Poore, L Avery, M B?azewicz-Paszkowycz, J Browne, N Bruce, S Gerken, C Glasby, E Greaves, A McCallum, D Staples, A Syme, J Taylor, G Walker-Smith, M Warne, C Watson, A Williams, R Wilson, S Woolley
(2015), Vol. 45, pp. 271-286, Marine biodiversity, Berlin, Germany, C1
T Camilleri, M Warne
(2015), Vol. 39, pp. 71-91, Alcheringa, London, Eng., C1
M Warne, R Whatley
(2013), Vol. 37, pp. 79-86, Alcheringa : an Australasian journal of palaeontology, Abingdon, Eng., C1
M Warne, B Soutar
(2012), Vol. 688, pp. 93-112, Hydrobiologia, Dordrecht, Netherlands, C1
M Warne
(2012), Vol. 36, pp. 151-156, Alcheringa: an Australian journal of palaeontology, London, England, C1
M Warne
(2010), Vol. 34, pp. 37-60, Alcheringa : an Australasian journal of palaeontology, Abingdon, England, C1
S McLaren, M Wallace, B Pillans, S Gallagher, J Miranda, M Warne
(2009), Vol. 56, pp. 259-270, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, Abingdon, England, C1
Comments on the identity of Trachyleberis scabrocuneata (Brady, 1880) and Trachyleberis lytteltonensis Harding and Sylvester-Brady, 1953 (Ostracoda) from Australasian and Asian marine waters
M Warne
(2008), Vol. 120, pp. 341-344, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Ostracoda from Lee Point on Shoal Bay, Northern Australia: Part 3, Podocopina (Cytheracea)
M Warne, R Whatley, B Blagden
(2006), Vol. 38, pp. 103-167, Revista Espanola de Micropaleontologia, Madrid, Spain, C1
M Warne, P Jones, L Kornicker
(2006), Vol. 1260, pp. 47-55, Zootaxa, Auckland, New Zealand, C1
New early Devonian charophyta from Gondwana
M Feist, R Feist, M Warne
(2006), Vol. 27, pp. 381-389, Cryptogamie, Algologie, C1
The global Mio-Pliocene climatic equability and coastal ostracod faunas of southeast Australia
M Warne
(2005), Vol. 225, pp. 248-265, Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, C1
M Warne
(2004), Vol. 116, pp. 257-264, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1
M Warne
(2004), Vol. 116, pp. 247-255, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Exploration of a first year university multimedia module on field geology
M Warne, D Owies, G McNolty
(2004), pp. 924-933, Beyond the comfort zone : proceedings of the 21st ASCILITE Conference, Perth, 5-8 December, Perth, Australia, E1
Palaeontology, the biogeohistory of Victoria
M Warne, N Archbold, P Bock, T Darragh, M Dettmann, J Douglas, R Gratsianova, M Grover, D Holloway, F Holmes, R Irwin, P Jell, J Long, R Mawson, A Partridge, J Pickett, T Rich, J Richardson, A Simpson, J Talent, A Vandenberg
(2003), pp. 605-652, Geology of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic, B1
M Warne
(2002), Vol. 27, pp. 139-148, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Sydney, N.S.W., C1-1
M Warne
(2001), Vol. 113, pp. 229-235, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1
Australasian palaeobiogeography: the Palaeogene and Neogene record
B McGowran, M Archer, P Bock, T Darragh, H Godthelp, S Hageman, S Hand, R Hill, Q Li, P Maxwell, K McNamara, M Macphail, D Mildenhall, A Partridge, J Richardson, S Shafik, E Truswell, M Warne
(2000), Vol. 23, pp. 405-470, Palaeobiogeography of Australasian faunas and floras, Canberra, ACT, B1-1
An improved technique for extracting calcareous microfossils from Palaeozoic limestones
A Tarsilli, M Warne
(1997), Vol. 21, pp. 57-64, Alcheringa: an Australian journal of palaeontology, Abingdon, England, C1-1
M Warne
(1996), pp. 209-213, EOM 1993 : Proceedings of the 2nd European Ostracodologists Meeting : University of Glasgow, Scotland 23rd-27th July 1993, Glasgow, Scotland, E1-1
M Warne, R Whatley
(1996), Vol. 15, pp. 161-168, Journal of Micropalaeontology, London, England, C1-1
R Whatley, P Cooke, M Warne
(1996), Vol. 28, pp. 5-41, Revista Espaola de Micropaleontologa, Madrid, Spain, C1-1
Evolution of a first year university multimedia module on palaeontology
M Warne, C McNaught
(1995), pp. 529-534, ASCILITE '95 : conference proceedings, 4th-6th December, 1995 : learning with technology, Melbourne, Victoria, E1-1
The Ostracoda from Lee Point on Shoal Bay, Northern Australia : Part 1 - Cladocopa and Platycopina
R Whatley, P Cooke, M Warne
(1995), Vol. 27, pp. 69-89, Revista Espaola de Micropaleontologa, Madrid, Spain, C1-1
M Warne, A Idris
(1995), Vol. 18, pp. 199-202, Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, Sydney, N.S.W., C1-1
M Warne, R Whatley
(1994), Vol. 41, pp. 525-531, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, C1-1
M Warne
(1993), pp. 259-275, Ostracoda in the earth and life sciences : proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Ostracoda, Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia, 8-12 July 1991, Warrnambool, Victoria, E1-1
M Ayress, M Warne
(1993), Vol. 25, pp. 33-40, Revista Espaola de Micropaleontologa, Madrid, Spain, C1-1
Polycopidae (Ostracoda) from the late Tertiary of the Port Phillip and Western Port Basins, Victoria
M Warne
(1990), Vol. 102, pp. 59-66, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Bythocyprididae (Ostracoda) from the Miocene of the Port Phillip and Western Port Basins, Victoria
M Warne
(1990), Vol. 102, pp. 105-115, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
M Warne
(1988), Vol. 12, pp. 7-26, Alcheringa: an Australian journal of palaeontology, Abingdon, England, C1-1
Alataleberis new genus (Crustacea, Ostracoda) from the Tertiary of Victoria and South Australia
K McKenzie, M Warne
(1986), Vol. 98, pp. 31-40, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
M Warne
(1986), Vol. 98, pp. 41-48, Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria, Melbourne, Vic., C1-1
Funded Projects at Deakin
Australian Competitive Grants
Environmental history of the Moyne River Estuary, Port Fairy, Western Victoria
Dr Mark Warne
AINSE Awards - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 2008: $5,640
History of natural environmental events in a pristine estuary: Ostracod proxies and 210Pb chronology from Wingan Inlet, Victoria
Dr Mark Warne
AINSE Awards - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 2007: $9,480
Coastal landscapes during the Holocene climate optimum: a case study of the Warrnambool-Port Fairy district, Australia
Dr Mark Warne
AINSE Awards - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 2012: $880
- 2010: $7,920
Confirmation of Pb210 dates via Pu radionuclide analyses for estuarine sediment cores, East Gippsland, Victoria.
Dr Mark Warne
AINSE Awards - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 2010: $2,880
Using nuclear techniques in estuarine condition assessment: Sedimentation and contaminant history of estuaries in post-European times
Dr Adam Pope, Dr Jan Barton, Dr Mark Warne, A/Prof Julie Mondon, Prof Peter Gell
AINSE Awards - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 2012: $24,720
Geochemical signatures of climate-linked sedimentation phases within SE Australian estuaries
Dr Mark Warne
AINSE Awards - Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
- 2013: $3,750
Other Public Sector Funding
Historical look at estuaries as an indicator of waterway health
Dr Mark Warne
- 2006: $37,932
Supervisions
Michelle Guzel
Thesis entitled: Palaeobiogeographic Significance of Jurassic and Cretaceous Western Australian Ostracod Faunas
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Louise Margaret Goldie Divko
Thesis entitled: Sub-surface Geology of the Kerang District, Murray Basin, Southeast Australia
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Yang Zhang
Thesis entitled: Permian¿¿¿Triassic brachiopod fauna and the end-Permian mass extinction
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Sangmin Lee
Thesis entitled: An integrated multidisciplinary palaeontological study of selected Permian Arctic brachiopods
Doctor of Philosophy (Life & Env), School of Life and Environmental Sciences