Catchment-Based Systems

Research topic "Catchment-Based Systems" is further divided into following sections:

• catchment features and processes
• flood management
• environmental management
• irrigation systems
• hydrographic surveying and mapping
• plantation forestry

Involved research staff

• Godwin Ayoko - Faculty of Science / Physical and Chemical Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 1206 fax: 07 3138 1804 e-mail: g.ayoko@qut.edu.au
• Andrew Baker - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: +61 7 3138 4443 mobile: +61 4 2427 2051 fax: +61 7 3138 1535 e-mail: am.baker@qut.edu.au
• Malcolm Cox - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 1649 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: m.cox@qut.edu.au
• Les Dawes - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering / Urban Development
  telephone: 07 3138 2776 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: l.dawes@qut.edu.au
• David Gust - Faculty of Science / School of Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2217 e-mail: d.gust@qut.edu.au
• Andrew Hammond - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 4185 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: ap.hammond@qut.edu.au
• James J Smith - Faculty of Science / School of Life Sciences
  telephone: 61 7 3138 4238 fax: 61 7 3138 1534 e-mail: jj.smith@qut.edu.au
• Robert Webb - Faculty of Built Environment an Engineering / Urban Development
  telephone: 07 3138 2434 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: r.webb@qut.edu.au
• Gregory Webb - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2804 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: ge.webb@qut.edu.au
• Clevo Wilson - Faculty of Business / Economics and Finance
  telephone: 07 3138 4228 e-mail: clevo.wilson@qut.edu.au

Related research projects

• Managing fragmentation and connectivity in riverine landscapes
  - Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology Research Grant.
  project time frame: 2003 - 2005
  project budget: $480,000
  project participants: Andrew Baker (Secondary Investigator)
   
• Queensland DPI Forestry, Fraser Coast Estate-Morphology Assessment Program
  - Developing GIS-bsed methods for landform assessment to support planation management. Establishment of organised data layers for numerous parameters, and use of MCE (multiple criteria evaluation) methods.
  project time frame: 2005-2007
  project budget: $135, 240
  project participants: Malcolm Cox, Andrew Hammond, Nate Peterson
   
• Water quality profile of an urbanising catchment - Ningi Creek Catchment
  - QUT Industry Link Grant with Caboolture Shire Council
  project time frame: 2005-2006
  project participants: Les Dawes, Ashantha Goonetilleke
   
• Environmental Controls over Fe availability and transport in a forested coastal catchment
  - ARC Linkage (Granted June 2006), Forestry Plantations Queensland and University of Otago
  project time frame: 2006
  project participants: Andrew Hammond
   
• Training for Hydrographic Surveying
  project participants: Robert Webb
   
• Differential GPS Survey of Bore Holes: Toorbul; Ningi; Meldale and Blackswamp region
  project participants: Robert Webb
   
• Environmental controls over Fe availability and transport in a forested coastal catchment
  - ARC Linkage project with Forest Plantations Queensland
  project time frame: 2006-2008
  project budget: $253,000 (ARC) $114,294 (FPQ)
  project participants: Malcolm Cox, Peter Grace, Andrew Hammond, James J Smith
   

Publications

• Wilson, C.: A WTP model showing the relationships between three approaches for pollution control - Environmental and Resource Economics, Vol. 24, pp. 97-101, 2003
• McNeil V; Cox, M.; Preda, M: Assessment of chemical water types and their spatial variation using multi-stage cluster analysis, Queensland, Australia - Journal of Hydrology, 310, 181-200, 2005
• Liaghati T.; Cox, M.; Preda, M.: Distribution of Fe in waters and bottom sediments of a small estuarine catchment, Pumicestone Region, southeast Queensland, Australia - Science of the Total Environment, 336, 243-254, 2004
• Tisdell, C; Wilson, C.: Do open-cycle hatcheries relying on tourism conserve sea turtles? Sri Lankan developments and economic-ecological considerations - Environmental Management, Vol. 35, pp. 1-12, 2005
• Liaghati T.; Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Heavy metal distribution and controlling factors within coastal plain sediments, Bells Creek catchment, southeast Queensland, Australia - Environment International, 29, 935-948, 2003
• Walter, M.R.; McLoughlin, S.; Drinnan, A.N.; Farmer, J.D.: Palaeontology of Devonian thermal spring deposits, Drummond Basin, Australia - Alcheringa, 22: 285-314, 1998
• Forsyth A.; Bubb K.; Cox, M.: Runoff, sediment loss and water quality from forest roads in a southeast Queensland coastal plain Pinus plantation - Forest Ecology and Management, 2006, 221, 194-206
• Webb, R.; Cox, M.; Hammond, A.: Spatial measurements to support groundwater monitoring in coastal settings, Southeast Queensland - Combined 5th Trans Tasman Survey Conference & 2nd Queensland Spatial Industry Conference 2006 - Cairns, 18-23 September 2006. Land and Sea Spatially Connected - In A Tropical Hub, 2006, paper 036, 9pp.
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Temporal variations of mineral character of acid-producing pyritic coastal sediments, Southeast Queensland - Science of the Total Environment, 326, 257-269, 2004
• Liaghati Tania; Preda, M.; Cox, M.: The influence of mineralogy and geological setting on trace metal concentration within subtropical weathered profiles, Bells Creek catchment, Queensland, Australia - Journal of Pacific Science, 59, 3, 421-438, 2005
• Hodgkinson, J.H.; McLoughlin, S.; Cox, M.: The influence of structural grain on drainage in a metamorphic sub-catchment: Laceys Creek, southeast Queensland, Australia - Geomorphology, 00: 000-000. (currently available online from Elsevier Geomorphology as an electronic preprint). In press
• Cox, M.; Preda, M.: Trace metal distribution within marine and estuarine sediments of western Moreton Bay - Geographical Research: Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers, 43, 2, 173-193, 2005
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Trace metal occurrence and distribution in sediments and mangroves, Pumicestone region, southeast Queensland, Australia - Environment International, 28, 433-449, 2002
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Trace metals in acid sediments and waters, Pimpama River, southeast Queensland - Environmental Geology, 40, 6, 755-768, 2001
• Egodawatta, P; Goonetilleke, A.; Ayoko, G.; Thomas, E: Understanding the interrelationships between stormwater quality and rainfall and runoff factors in residential catchments - Book of Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on urban drainage modelling and the 4th International Conference on water sensitive urban design, Vol 1, ppV1.43-V1.50, 2006
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