Dr Melissa Wartman

STAFF PROFILE

Position

Research Fellow

Faculty

Faculty of Sci Eng & Built Env

Department

School of Life & Env Sciences

Campus

Melbourne Burwood Campus

Contact

m.wartman@deakin.edu.au
+61 3 924 68001

Publications

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2024

Spatially explicit ecosystem accounts for coastal wetland restoration

M D. P. Costa, M Wartman, P Macreadie, L Ferns, R Holden, D Ierodiaconou, K MacDonald, T Mazor, R Morris, E Nicholson, A Pomeroy, E Zavadil, M Young, R Snartt, P Carnell

(2024), Vol. 65, Ecosystem Services, C1

journal article

Funded Projects at Deakin

Australian Competitive Grants

Marine and Coastal Hub - NESP2 MAC Hub

Dr Melissa Wartman, Prof Peter Macreadie

National Environmetal Science Program 2

  • 2024: $4,000
  • 2023: $9,655
  • 2022: $33,500
  • 2021: $16,500

Other Public Sector Funding

Building Adaptive Capacity in the Gippsland Region: Wetland Restoration Citizen Science Program

Dr Maria Palacios, Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman

DELWP Community Climate Change Adaption Grants Program

  • 2022: $15,000
  • 2019: $60,000

Blue carbon in the Hobsons Bay City Council

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Micheli Costa, Dr Melissa Wartman

Hobsons Bay City Council

  • 2021: $50,000

Restoration of urban coastal wetlands informed through citizen science research

Dr Melissa Wartman, Prof Peter Macreadie

DELWP Port Phillip Bay Fund

  • 2021: $48,555

Protecting cultural heritage and restoring a threatened ecosystem at Point Lillias

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman

DELWP Port Phillip Bay Fund

  • 2021: $49,900

Dredge material reuse to create and restore blue carbon ecosystems

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Micheli Costa, Ms Rebecca Bartel

Victorian Regional Channels Authority

  • 2021: $27,500

Mapping the benefits and costs of management actions for blue carbon habitats on Victoria's coastline.

Dr Paul Carnell, Dr Micheli Costa, Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman, Prof Emily Nicholson

Department of Environment Land Water and Planning

  • 2022: $30,000
  • 2021: $90,000

Developing a wetland restoration action plan for the Southeast Bellarine.

Dr Paul Carnell, Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Maria Palacios, Prof Peter Macreadie

City of Greater Geelong

  • 2022: $10,000
  • 2021: $14,995

CCMA Swan Bay Coastal saltmarsh migration assessment.

Dr Paul Carnell, Miss Jasmine Bursic, Dr Micheli Costa, Dr Melissa Wartman, Prof Peter Macreadie

Department of Environment and Energy

  • 2022: $34,750

Blue Carbon and Sea Country adaptation project.

Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Stacey Trevathan-Tackett, Dr Micheli Costa

Department of Environment Land Water and Planning

  • 2023: $300,000

Industry and Other Funding

Cost Benefit Analysis of Coastal Wetland Restoration.

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Micheli Costa

Australian Ethical Foundation Limited

  • 2021: $60,000
  • 2020: $30,000

Roadmap to Blue Carbon opportunities in the Seychelles.

Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Maria Palacios, Prof Peter Macreadie

The James Michael Foundation

  • 2022: $24,150
  • 2021: $30,000
  • 2020: $32,150

The Victorian Coastal Wetland Restoration Program: Protecting Victoria's Saltmarsh Through Fencing

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Paul Carnell, Dr Micheli Costa

Helen Macpherson Smith Trust Grant - Research

  • 2023: $30,694
  • 2022: $81,925
  • 2021: $87,234

Building the Blue Carbon Business Case: Cost-benefit analysis of coastal wetland restoration across Victoria

Dr Melissa Wartman, Prof Peter Macreadie

Lord Mayor's Charitable Foundation - Innovation Grants

  • 2023: $148,043
  • 2021: $150,000

Blue Carbon Assessment for Mangrove Systems in Seychelles

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Micheli Costa, Dr Maria Palacios

Department of Blue Economy, Ministry of Fisheries and Blue Economy - Seychelles

  • 2023: $45,981
  • 2022: $350,535
  • 2021: $24,856

Enhancing coastal restoration by accelerating saltmarsh revegetation and soil recovery

Dr Stacey Trevathan-Tackett, Dr Melissa Wartman, Dr Paul Carnell, Prof Peter Macreadie

Hermon Slade Foundation Grant - Research CAT3

  • 2023: $43,518
  • 2022: $14,740

Connecting travellers with blue carbon.

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman

Leisure Frontiers Pvt Ltd t/as Six Senses Laamu

  • 2023: $14,359
  • 2022: $30,109

Leading innovations in coastal wetland restoration.

Dr Stacey Trevathan-Tackett, Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Melissa Wartman

Beach Energy Ltd

  • 2023: $500,000
  • 2022: $1,000,000

Leading the charge through nature based solutions.

Prof Peter Macreadie, Dr Martino Malerba, Dr Melissa Wartman

BHP Group Operations P/L (No 2), BHP Group Operations P/L, BHP Group Operations P/L (No 3), BHP Group Operations P/L (No 4)

  • 2023: $5,670,709

Blue Carbon Project Assessment in Gippsland.

Dr Melissa Wartman

Greening Australia Ltd

  • 2023: $30,000

Supervisions

No completed student supervisions to report