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Research Unit Annual Report RESEARCH UNIT NAME: Centre for Ecosystem Management RESEARCH UNIT LEVEL (tick):

Level I Research Group* Level II Research Centre

Level III Research Institute Centre of Excellence *Research Group may not be able to address questions with an asterisk below REPORTING YEAR: 2014

BRIEF OVERVIEW AND HIGHLIGHTS (Outline major activities conducted in past year) In 2014, CEM member research activities have resulted in research income from 16 new projects (11 externally funded) totalling more than $1.8 million, including 1 Category 1 project (totalling >$1.2 million). Research outputs have increased to 60 publications, including 4 books/book chapters, 42 peer-reviewed papers, 6 conferences papers and 4 reports. Events/Achievements A major highlight for 2013 was the substantial engagement activities undertaken by members to promote CEM and ECU research outcomes and expertise. A total of 40 engagement activities with state, national international entities were undertaken, including conference presentations. On the 18th September 2014 the CEM hosted a seminar on Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: Methods and Interventions. The seminar included guest speaker DR Martin Cope who addressed modeling approaches to air pollution. The seminar explored available technologies and methods as well as their application for assessing human exposures to environmental pollutants. The seminar was aimed at those who would like to learn more about current approaches and the importance and application of human exposure science from both an environmental and occupational perspective. During 2014, CEM Honorary Member and mentor Dr David Goodall celebrated his 100th Birthday and his outstanding contributions to ecology were recognised by the International Association of Vegetation Science during their conference in Perth. The Tuesday of the conference week was called “David Goodall day” and papers on David’s contribution to plant ecology were presented including one by the IAVS President, Enrico Feoli titled “Some thoughts about David Goodall’s work”. The journal Tropical Ecology published a paper titled “David Goodall – Multiple decades devoted to the service of ecological knowledge, a whole century devoted to the enjoyment of life ”, prepared at the request of the Editorial Board collectively, and authored by H. Trevor Clifford.




MEMBERSHIP

Director Professor Ray Froend

Management Committee Professor Will Stock Associate Professor Andrea Hinwood Associate Professor Mark Lund

Research Staff

Associate Professor Mary Boyce Adjunct Staff

Dr Robert Davis Ms Alana Rossi

Professor Pierre Horwitz Associate Professor Adrianne Kinnear

Dr Annette Koenders Dr Paul Lewtas

Dr Kristina Lemson Dr Esmee Webb

Dr Eddie van Etten Dr Allan Burbidge

Dr Magda Wajrak Professor Michael Breadmore

Associate Professor Mary Boyce Dr May Carter

Dr Robert Davis Katherine Downs

Dr Lesley Gibson

Post Doctoral Research Fellows Adjunct Associate Professor John Hanley

Dr Melanie Blanchette Adjunct Professor Mark Harvey

Dr. Caroline Canham Jane Heyworth

Dr. Jason Coughran Toshinori Kojma

Dr Megan Huggett Mr Andrew Lyon

Dr Bea Sommer Dr Clint McCullough

Dr Amanda Wheeler Dr Alan Needham

Dr Naresh Radhakrishnan

Research Staff Emeritus Professor Harry Recher

Dr Simon Judd

Ms Colleen Lindberg Honorary Research Associates

Ms Jennifer Wilson Professor David Goodall

Ms Lorraine Wyse

Ms Michelle Newport

Research Students

PhD MSc

Timothy Doherty Emily Cole

Kwazi Frimpong Candice Le Rouz

Floyd Holmes Megan Ladbrook

Aaron Jenkins Ziggy Neilsen

Umme Kalsomm Shanuka Palamure

Christopher Kavazos Michael Pezanitti

Fatien MacDonald Justin Reynolds

Ana Luiza Muler Nakisa Shaherstani

Daniel Oswald Lia Smith




Giulia Perina Maria Ramirez Caro (completed)

Paul Radley Michelle Newport

Wilfred Sefah Sharon Zuiddam

Rylan Shearn Natasha Dunham (completed)

Sutomo Paul Lewtas (completed)

Shaun Molloy (completed) Honours

Quinton Burnham (submitted) Jonathon Boyen (completed)

Craig Pentland (completed) Kate Louis

Jeff Cargill (completed) Wade Lonsdale (completed)

Flavia Tarquinio

NEW GRANTS (Identify Funding Body, Value of grant, Years funded, Chief Investigator, collaborators, title)

Investigators Title of Grant/Project Value of Grant

Funding Body Years Funded

Koenders

Biogeography and phylogenetics of the relictual, interstitial Bathynellidae (Crustacea : Malacostraca : Bathynellacea) in Australia

36,000 Dept. of Environment ABRS

2014-16

Lund Blanchett

Coal pit lake closure by river flow-through: Risks and opportunities

1,261,715 Aust. Coal Association Research Program

2014-17

Wheeler Development of tools for assigning air pollution estimates to vulnerable populations

8,000 ECU Faculty Grant Scheme

2014

Froend

Environmental Monitoring and Investigation for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds - Wetland Vegetation Monitoring

57,469 Dept. of Water 2014-15

Horwitz

Environmental Monitoring and Investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds - Macroinvertebrate and Water Quality Monitoring

31,993 Dept. of Water 2014-15

Blake

Evaluate the use of mobile fitness application data to model bicycle usage patterns in an urban environment

13,000 Edith Cowan University

2014-16

Lund

Evaluation of a mosquito control program and development of best practice protocols by the Shire of Kalamunda

181,296 Dept. of Health 2014-15

Blake Household resilience to fuel price rises in Perth, Western Australia: A geographical perspective

5,000 Planning and Transport Research Centre

2014-15




Davis van Etten

Impacts of fire on semi-arid shrubland birds

20,000 Gundawa Regional Conservations Association

2014-15

Blanchette Lund

Microbial metagenomics: A next-generation DNA sequencing approach to improving river condition assessment


2014

Blanchette Pioneering freshwater metagenomics in mine-impacted rivers


2014

Davis van Etten

Refining predictive models for improved conservation of the endangered Northern Quoll in the Pilbara

135,656 ECU Industry Collaboration Grant

2014-15

Froend Stock Canham

Resistance is useful: Characterising plant resistance to water stress in a drying landscape


2014-15

Horwitz Rottnest Island Salt Lakes ? Feasibility of a Ramsar Site Nomination

5,000 Rottnest Island Authority

2014

Davis van Etten

Understanding the trophic ecology and impact of feral cats in Australia’s rangelands

6,500 ANZ Executors and Trustee Co Ltd

2014

Horwitz Western Australia? 29,800 Dept. of Water 2014-15

Publications Book Chapters Broderick, G. and Horwitz, P. (2014). Sustainability: Mining water or water for mining? Chapter 14 In: Resource Curse or Cure? Eds M. Brueckner et al. Springer, New York.

DD Ackerly, WD Stock, JA Slingsby (2014). Geography, climate , and biodiversity: the history and future of mediterranean-type ecosystems, Chapter 16 in: Fynbos: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of a Megadiverse Region, 361-376

MD Cramer, AG West, SC Power, R Skelton, WD Stock (2014). Plant ecophysiological diversity, Chapter 11 in: Fynbos: Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation of a Megadiverse Region, 248-272 Pittock, J., Finlayson, M., Arthington, A. H., Roux, D., Matthews, J. H., Biggs, H., Harrison, I., Blom, E., Flitcroft, R., Froend, R., Hermoso, V., Junk, W., Kumar, R., Linke, S., Nel, J., Nunes da Cunha, C., Pattnaik, A., Pollard, S., Rast, W., Thieme, M., Turak, E., Turpie, J., van Niekerk, L., Willems, D. and Viers, J. (2014) ‘Managing freshwater, river, wetland and estuarine protected areas’, in G. L. Worboys, M. Lockwood, A. Kothari, S. Feary and I. Pulsford (eds) Protected Area Governance and Management, pp. xx–xx, ANU Press, Canberra. ISBN 9781925021684 Journal Articles Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen, J., & Van Etten, E.J. (2014). Experiences of heat stress vulnerability and climate change among farmers in Ghana. Journal of Environment and Earth Science 4(17), 100-110.




Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen, J., & Van Etten, E.J. (2014). The extent of heat on health and sustainable farming in Ghana – Bawku East. Sustainable Agricultural Research 3 (3), 56-64. DOI: 10.5539/sar.v3n3p56.

Frimpong, K., Oosthuizen J. & Van Etten, E.J. (2014) Recent trends in temperature and relative humidity in Bawku East, Northern Ghana. Journal of Geography and Geology 6 (2): 69-81. DOI: 10.5539/jgg.v6n2p69

Davis, R.A., Valentine, L.E., Craig, M.D., Wilson, B., Bancroft, W.J., and Mallie, M. (2014). Impact of Phytophthora-dieback on birds in Banksia woodlands in south west Western Australia. Biological Conservation 171: 136-144.

Parkes M, Waltner-Toews D, Horwitz P (2014). Ecohealth. In: Michalos AC (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research. Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands: Springer, pp. 1770-1775. ISBN 978-94-007-0752-8

Smargiassi, A., Goldberg, M.S., Wheeler, A.J., Plante, C., Valois, M-F., Mallach, G., Kauri, L.M., Shutt, R., Bartlett, S., Raphoz, M. and Liu. L. (2014) Associations Between Personal Exposure to Air Pollutants and Lung Function Tests and Cardiovascular Indices among Children with Asthma Living Near an Industrial Complex and Petroleum Refineries. Environmental Research. 132C, pp. 38-45. DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.030

MacNeill, M., Kearney, J., Wallace, L., Gibson, M., Héroux, M.E., Kuchta, J., Guernsey, J. and Wheeler, A.J. (2014) Quantifying the contribution of ambient and indoor-generated fine particles to indoor air in residential environments. Indoor Air,. Article in Press. Cited 1 time. (doi:10.1111/ina.12084)

Sommer, B., Froend, R. Phreatophytic vegetation responses to groundwater depth in a drying mediterranean-type landscape (2014) Journal of Vegetation Science, . Article in Press.

Sampson, J.F., Byrne, M., Yates, C.J., Gibson, N., Thavornkanlapachai, R., Stankowski, S., MacDonald, B., Bennett, I. (2014) Contemporary pollen-mediated gene immigration reflects the historical isolation of a rare, animal-pollinated shrub in a fragmented landscape. Heredity, 112 (2), pp. 172-181.

Mclean, E.H., Prober, S.M., Stock, W.D., Steane, D.A., Potts, B.M., Vaillancourt, R.E., Byrne, M. Plasticity of functional traits varies clinally along a rainfall gradient in Eucalyptus tricarpa (2014) Plant, Cell and Environment.

Blanchette, M.L., Davis, A.M., Jardine, T.D., Pearson, R.G. Omnivory and opportunism characterize food webs in a large dry-tropics river system (2014) Freshwater Science, 33 (1), pp. 142-158.

Goldberg, M.S., Wheeler, A.J., Burnett, R.T., Mayo, N.E., Valois, M-F., Brophy, J.T. and Giannetti, N. (2014) Physiological and perceived health effects from daily changes in air pollution and weather amongst persons with heart failure: A panel study. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. doi:10.1038/jes.2014.43.

Wheeler, A.J., Dobbin, N.A., Héroux, M-E., Fisher, M., Sun, L., Khoury, C.F., Hauser, R., Walker, M., Ramsay, R., Bienvenu, J-F., LeBlanc, A., Daigle, E., Gaudreau, E., Belanger, P., Feeley, M., Ayotte P. and Arbuckle, T.E. (2014) Urinary and breast milk biomarkers to assess exposure to naphthalene in pregnant women: an investigation of personal and indoor air sources. Environmental Health. Vol.13 (30) DOI:10.1186/1476-069X-13-30.

Bari M.A., MacNeill M., Kindzierski W.B., Wallace L.A., Héroux M.E. and Wheeler A.J. (2014) Predictors of coarse particulate matter and associated endotoxin concentrations in residential environments. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 92; pp.221-230.

Kearney, J., Wallace, L., MacNeill, M., Héroux, M-E., Kindzierski, W. and Wheeler, A.J. Residential infiltration of fine and ultrafine particles in Edmonton (2014) Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 94; pp. 793-805 DOI information: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.020.

Smargiassi, A., Goldberg, M.S., Wheeler, A.J., Plante, C., Valois, M-F., Mallach, G., Kauri, L.M., Shutt, R., Bartlett, S., Raphoz, M. and Liu. L. (2014) Associations Between Personal Exposure to Air Pollutants and Lung Function Tests and Cardiovascular Indices among Children with Asthma Living Near an Industrial Complex and Petroleum Refineries. Environmental Research. Vol. 132, pp. 38-45 DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2014.03.030.




Hinwood, A., Callan, A.C., Heyworth, J., McCafferty, P., Sly, P.D. (2014) Children's personal exposure to PM10 and associated metals in urban, rural and mining activity areas. Chemosphere, 108, pp. 125-133.

Goodall, D.W. A century of vegetation science (2014) Journal of Vegetation Science, 25 (4), pp. 913-916.

Goodall, D.W. (2014) Identification of unknowns within a probabilistic system: The diagnostic value of attributes. Plant Biosystems.

Carter, M., Horwitz, P. (2014) Beyond Proximity: The Importance of Green Space Useability to Self-Reported Health. Eco Health. DOI: 10.1007/s10393-014-0952-9

Steane, D.A., Potts, B.M., McLean, E., Prober, S.M., Stock, W.D., Vaillancourt, R.E., Byrne, M. (2014) Genome-wide scans detect adaptation to aridity in a widespread forest tree species. Molecular Ecology, 23 (10), pp. 2500-2513.

Valentine, L.E., Fisher, R., Wilson, B.A., Sonneman, T., Stock, W.D., Fleming, P.A., Hobbs, R.J. (2014) Time since fire influences food resources for an endangered species, Carnaby's cockatoo, in a fire-prone landscape. Biological Conservation, 175, pp. 1-9.

Molloy, S.W., Davis, R.A., Van Etten, E.J.B. (2014) Species distribution modelling using bioclimatic variables to determine the impacts of a changing climate on the western ringtail possum (Pseudocheirus occidentals; Pseudocheiridae. Environmental Conservation, 41 (2), pp. 176-186.

Van Etten, E.J.B., Mccullough, C.D., Lund, M.A. (2014) Setting goals and choosing appropriate reference sites for restoring mine pit lakes as aquatic ecosystems: Case study from south west Australia. Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section A: Mining Technology, 123 (1), pp. 9-19.

Rossi, A. M. (2014) Re-evaluating the antiquity of Aboriginal occupation at Mulka’s Cave. Volume 78:39-46 Australian Archaeology.

Santiago-Quesada, F., Estrella, S. M., Sánchez-Guzmán, J. M. and Masero, J. A. (2014) Why water birds forage at night: a test using black-tailed godwits Limosa limosa during migratory periods. Journal of Avian Biology 45: 406–409.

(Ania) Stasinska, Alison Reid, Andrea Hinwood, Anna Callan Jon Oyvind Odland, Phi Duong Trong, Quoc Ho Van, Jane Heyworth, (2014) Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) concentrations in plasma, birth weight and predictor of exposure in pregnant women from Western Australia. STOTEN. 493;554-561. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.001

Greenop K, Hinwood A, Fritschi L, Scott R, Attia J, Ashton L, Heath J, Armstrong B, Milne E, (2014) Vehicle Refuelling, Use of Domestic Wood Heaters and the Risk of Childhood Brain Tumours: Results From an Australian Case-Control Study. Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

Kearney, J., Wallace, L., MacNeill, M., Héroux, M-E., Kindzierski, W. and Wheeler, A.J. (2014) Residential infiltration of fine and ultrafine particles in Edmonton. Atmospheric Environment. Vol. 94; pp. 793-805 DOI information: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.05.020

Carter, M., Horwitz, P. (2014). Beyond proximity: The importance of green space useability to self-reported health. EcoHealth 11, 322–332.

van Etten, E.J.B., Neasham, B. & Dalgleish, S.(2014) Soil seed banks of fringing salt lake vegetation in arid Western Australia - density, composition and implications for post-mine restoration using topsoil. Ecological Management & Restoration 15(3): 239-242. doi: 10.1111/emr.12119

Takaro T.K., Scott J.A., Allen R.W., Anand S.S., Becker A.B., Befus D., Brauer M., Duncan J., Lefebvre D.L., Lou W., Mandhane P.J., McLean K., Miller G., Sbihi H., Shu H., Subbarao P., Turvey S.E., Wheeler A.J., Zeng L., Sears M.R. and Brook J.R. (2014) The Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development (CHILD) birth cohort study: assessment of environmental exposures. Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology,




Liu, L., Urch, B., Poon, R., Szyszkowicz, M., Speck, M., Gold, D.R., Wheeler, A.J., Scott, J.A., Brook, J.R., Thorne, P.S. and Silverman, F. (2014) Effects of Ambient Coarse, Fine, and Ultrafine Particles and Their Biological Constituents on Systemic Biomarkers: A Controlled Human Exposure Study. Environmental Health Perspectives.

Van Ryswyk, K., Wallace, L., Fugler, D., MacNeill, M., Héroux, M-E., Gibson, M.D., Guernsey, J.R., Kindzierski, W. and Wheeler, A.J. (2014) Estimation of bias with the single zone assumption in measurement of residential air exchange using the perfluorocarbon tracer gas method.

Crouse, D.L, Peters, P.A., Villeneuve, P.J., Proux, M-O., Shin, H., Goldberg, M.S., Johnson, M., Wheeler, A.J., Allen, R.W., Odwa Atari, D., Jerrett, M., Brauer, M., Brook, J.R. and Burnett, R.T. (2014) Within- and Between-city contrasts in nitrogen dioxide and mortality in 10 Canadian cities; a subset of the Canadian Census Health and Environment Cohort (CanCHEC).

Wheeler, A.J., Gibson, M.D., MacNeill, M., Ward, T.J., Wallace, L.A., Kuchta, J., Seaboyer, M., Dabek-Zlotorzynska, E., Guernsey, J.R. and Stieb, D.M. (2014) Impacts on Indoor Air Quality in Residences Impacted by Wood Smoke. Environmental Science and Technology. 48 (20), pp 12157–12163. DOI: 10.1021/es503144h

Goodall D. W., (2014) Identification of unknowns within a probabilistic system: The diagnostic value of attributes. Plant Biosystems, Vol. 148, Nos. 5-6, 1346-1354 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.913731

Patrick, M.J., Syme, G.J., Horwitz, P,. (2014) How reframing a water management issue across scales and levels impacts on perceptions of justice and injustice. Journal of Hydrology. Volume 519, Issue PC.

Barron, O., Froend, R., Hodgson, G., Ali, R., Dawes, W., Davies, P., Mcfarlane, D. (2014) Projected risks to groundwater-dependent terrestrial vegetation caused by changing climate and groundwater abstraction in the Central Perth Basin, Western Australia. Hydrological Process, Volume 28, issue 22, 30 October 2014, Pages 5513-5529.

Hinwood, A.L., Callan, A.C., Heyworth, J., Rogic, D., De Araujo, J., Crough, R., Mamahit, G., Piro, N., Yates, A., Stevenson, G., Odland, J.O. (2014) Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and diosin concentrations in residential dust of pregnant woman. Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts. Volume 16, Issue 12, Pages 2758-2763.

Callan, A., Hinwood, A., Devine, A. (2014) Metals in commonly eaten groceries in Western Australia: a market basket survey and dietary assessment. Food Additives and Contaminants – Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment. Volume 31, Issue 12, Pages 1968-1981.

Sommer B and Froend R H (2014) Phreatophytic vegetation responses to groundwater depth in a drying Mediterranean-type landscape. J. Vegetation Science 25: 1045-1055.

Non Refereed Papers/Proceedings

Dunn, H., Luff, J., Tarr, A., Harasymow, S., Morrison, D., Janusz, A., and Stewart, D. (2014, March). The validation of Pilot Malting Australia’s malting facility against a commercial malthouse. Commercial malting validation project – Phase 1. Conference paper presented at the 33rd Institute of Brewing and Distilling Convention, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Translation – Letter from Nathalie Memoire, Museum de Bordeaux – Sciences et nature, Pavillon administrative, dans le Jardin Public Bordeaux France (David Goodall)

Article – A Centenarian in our Ranks, “Boab Bulletin” of the Kimberley Society No. 121 (April 2014) (David Goodall)

Sutomo, S.Hut., M.Sc. (2014) Ecological Succession on Volcanic Ecosystem of Mount Merapi Indonesia and Its Implication for Restoration. Published by: SEAMEO BIOTROP Southeast Asian Regional Centre for Tropical Biology, Bogor, Indonesia www.biotrop.org

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2014.913731




Conference Papers

Feoli, E., Ganis, P., Goodall, D.W. & Pillar, V.D. (2014) Probability of similarity and fuzzy sets: should we move to the Jaccard’s diversity metrics? In: Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij, J.M. (eds.), Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation, p. 96. Kwongan Foundation, Perth, AU.

van Etten, E. (2014) Fine-scale vegetation and soil patterns in arid Western Australian ecosystems. In: Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij, J.M. (eds.), Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation, p. 199. Kwongan Foundation, Perth, AU.

Sutomo, van Etten, E. & Fardila, D. (2014) Changes in soil seed bank species composition following the 2010 eruption of Mt Merapi, Yogyakarta, Indonesia. In: Mucina, L., Price, J.N. & Kalwij, J.M. (eds.), Biodiversity and vegetation: patterns, processes, conservation, p. 263. Kwongan Foundation, Perth, AU.

Sora M. Estrella, Grant B. Pearson, Theunis Piersma and Andrew. W. Storey. “Shorebirds in a Tropical Bay: What Resources Support their Food Webs?”. 26th International Ornithological Congress. Tokyo, Japan 18-24 August 2014. Oral communication.

Tim Doherty. “What’s for Dinner? A continental-scale analysis of feral cat diet in Australia” Ecological Society of Australia annual conference, Alice Springs, (29 Sept to 3 Oct, 2014)

Eddie van Etten. “Patch-interpatch differentiation in a Pilbara spinifex grassland” Ecological Society of Australia annual conference, Alice Springs, (29 Sept to 3 Oct, 2014) Reports Redmond, J., Horwitz, P., Wooltorton, S. and Wilkinson, A. (2014). Facilitators of, and Barriers to, Collaborative Research at ECU. Report to ORI, ECU.

Pierre Horwitz, Len Collard, Grant Revell and Robert Campbell (2014). Rottnest Island (Wadjemup) Salt Lakes

and Other Wetlands. Feasibility Study submitted to the Rottnest Island Authority.

CEM Reports Sampey, A., Judd, S. and Horwitz, P. (2014). Annual Report for the Environmental Monitoring and Investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds - Macroinvertebrate and Water Quality Wetland Monitoring for Spring 2013. Final Report to the Western Australian Department of Water, May 2014. Centre for Ecosystem Management Report CEM2014-5, ECU.

Coughran, J., Froend, R., Wilson, J. and Sommer, B. (2014) Wetland values of the eastern Pilbara: prioritisation of ecohydrological features. Report No. CEM 2013–14, Centre for Ecosystem Management, Edith Cowan University, Joondalup, Western Australia. VISITORS AND COLLABORATIONS AND OTHER ENGAGED ACTIVITIES (List the organisation’s name and short summary of the nature of the collaboration. Separate into local, national and international)

Visitors

Professor Koen Martens Senior Researcher, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Brussels, was hosted by the CEM 10 July to 4 September. Seminar: Speciation in ancient lakes.




Collaborations and Other Engaged Activities David Goodall – Associate Editor of the journal “Tropical Ecology”, published in India Robert Davis - Conference presentation: Shorebird foraging ecology in supra tidal habitats in Australia: Anthropogenic vs Natural. International Ornithological Congress, Tokyo, Japan. August 18-24.

HORWITZ, Pierre – Participated in 2 symposia at the International Association for Ecology and Health 6th Biennial Conference in Montreal Canada.

WAJRAK, Magdalena – National Science Week in Sydney for Indigenous Students (21-25 August)

VAN ETTEN, Eddie – IAVS Conference & Field Trip, Geraldton, Kalbarri, Denham (27 Aug to 5 Sept)

HINWOOD, Andrea – 17Tth International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment, Guiyang China Sept 22 to 26th - Maternal Exposure to Transition and alkali earth metals; Cadmium exposure and osteoporosis and kidney disease in older women.

GOODALL, David – member of the Yellagonga Regional Park Community Advisory Committee

Invited Participation

Andrea Hinwood: Chair of ICHMET Symposia. Human exposure to environmental metals

Pierre Horwitz: Reference Group participant for the OLT project on Threshold Learning Outcomes for Environment and Sustainability (and workshop in Sydney May 2014

Andrea Hinwood: Invited to be an affiliate of Centre for Air quality and health Research and evaluation (CAR) 27 June 2014.

Raymond Froend: Invited presentation to the Independent Expert Scientific Committee on CSG, ACT 14 – 15 October 2014

Pierre Horwitz: Presentation to DSL meeting on Lake MacLeod progress, Carnarvon, 16 – 17 December 2014.

Other: Media

Davis, R.A., Valentine, L.E., Craig, M.D., Wilson, B., Bancroft, W.J., and Mallie, M. (2014). Impact of Phytophthora-dieback on birds in Banksia woodlands in south west Western Australia. Biological Conservation 171: 136-144.

The West Australian: Big Dry Hits Wetlands Hard. Daniel Mercer. 25th February 2014. (Pierre Horwitz)

ABC Associate Professor Andrea Hinwood – Children’s Exposure to PM10 and Metals Study

ABC Online – Students discover scientific principles are as old as Aboriginal culture itself. 14 June 2014 – Magda Wajrak, Jason Burrow.

West Australian, Perth 13 May 2014 article – ‘100 years old and still the volunteer’ – Kate Emery , David Goodall

Wanneroo Times, Tuesday 6 May 2014 article – Botanist’s passion still growing strong. David Goodall.

Media Statements – Environment Minister Albert Jacob – (Tuesday 13 May 2014) Centenarian volunteer acknowledged for contribution to environment. David Goodall.

Students get up close to Gubinge fruit. Northern Guardian, Carnarvon, WA, 2nd July 2014 – Pierre Horwitz.

Tim Doherty, PhD Candidate – Feral, strays, pets: how to control the cats that are eating our wildlife. The Conversation dated 15 September 2014.




Hinwood, A., Article – Air Pollution study must factor in bushfire smoke. Science Network Western Australia.

Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia. Issue 4, Volume 44, December 2014. “Labs in the Limelight” section showcased work by Dr Rob Davis’ wildlife ecology group based at Edith Cowan University including a report by Tim Doherty, PhD candidate, titled ‘Fire, ferals and feathers – news from the wildlife ecology group at Edith Cowan University.

Pilot Malting Australia (PMA) – appeared in the Brewer and Distiller International (a monthly magazine for the institute of Brewing and Distilling) December 2014.

Conference attendance/organisation:

Pilot Malting Australia visits AEGIC HQ, ‘the AEGIC catch-up’, 1 August 2014 – Attendee: Jon Luff

East Asia-Australasian Flyway shorebird research and conservation needs. 26th International Ornithological Congress. Tokyo, Japan 18-24 August 2014. Attendees: Sora M. Estrella, Robert Davis and Judit Szabo

Australian Council of Environmental Deans and Directors, Margaret River. 1 – 2 May 2014. Attendee: Andrea Hinwood

Air Quality Australia: Future Research Directions symposium Melbourne. 7 – 8 May 2014. Attendees: Andrea Hinwood, Amanda Wheeler

Charles Darwin Reserve Research Sydney 20 – 21 May 2014. Attendee: Rob Davis

DAVIS, Robert. Birdlife Australia AGM Melbourne 23 – 25 May 2014. Attendee: Rob Davis

SWCC Cockatoo symposium in Narrogin. 12 – 13 June 2014. Presentation: William Stock

Australian Deans of Science Association Teaching and Learning annual conference at Deakin, Melbourne. 30 June – 1 July. Attendee: Annette Koenders

Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: Methods and Interventions. Speakers: Andrea Hinwood, Sue Reed, Anna Callan, and Amanda Wheeler (ECU), Jane Heyworth (UWA), Martin Cope (CSIRO)

9th Australasian Shorebird Conference, Darwin 19 – 22 September 2014. Attendee: Sora Estrella

CAR Exposure Workshop on Land Use Regression models and air quality exposure, Sydney 9 – 11 December 2014. Attendee: David Blake

World Parks Congress, Sydney, 13 – 19 November 2014. Attendee: Pierre Horwitz

AINSE Council Meeting at ANSTO, Sydney, 1 – 2 December 2014. Attendee: Magdalena Wajrak

Latrobe infant health study, Melbourne, 17 – 18 November 2014. Attendee: Amanda Wheeler

Ecological Society of Australia annual conference, Alice Springs, (29 Sept to 3 Oct, 2014) – Attendees: Eddie van Etten and Tim Doherty

International Association of Vegetation Science held at the University of Western Australia, Perth 1st – 5th September – Attendees: Eddie van Etten and David Goodall PERFORMANCE AGAINST ANNUAL OBJECTIVES* CEM initiatives according to the Centre Business Plan (ongoing and specific to 2014):

In association with SoNS and CMER the CEM will continue to organise a weekly seminar series for members, postgraduate students and visitors on topics related to the activities of the CEM.

The Centre will organise an annual one-day postgraduate seminar for its affiliated postgraduate students.




o CEM organised a series of seminars under the theme ‘Human Exposure to Environmental Contaminants: Methods and Interventions’ during research week 2014, which involved a number of staff, postdoctoral presenters and guest speakers.

The CEM will continue to foster post-doctoral appointments to promote early career researchers at ECU.

o The CEM contributed to ongoing post-doc appointments and provided research funds to support purchase of capital items and travel to conferences.

The CEM will continue to support visiting scholars and speakers. o Support for visiting fellows (in conjunction with Faculty Scheme) was provided through

the CEM Member Research Support scheme.

Members of the CEM will continue to strengthen research links, collaborations and engagement with government agencies, industry and non-governmental organizations active in the environmental field.

o CEM members achieved ongoing success in securing research funds from nationally competitive grant schemes, government agencies and industry partners.

The CEM will, funding permitting, initiate a staff small grants scheme to promote the research of early career academic staff.

o The CEM has maintained a CEM Member Research Support scheme since 2010 and in 2014 over $33,000 was committed to supporting staff applications for capital items, travel, sample analysis costs.

The CEM will contribute to ERA FOR codes (ranks for 2012): o 0501 Ecological Applications – Not Assessed. o 0502 Environmental Science and Management – Rank 3. o 0602 Ecology – Rank 3. o 0607 Plant Biology – Rank 3.

FINANCIAL REPORT (Include report on how the Faculty/University/School contributions were used)

INCOME

FCHS contribution $ 40,000

Total $ 40, 000

EXPENDITURE

Salaries and on-costs $3,911

Contractor costs $ 0

Travel and Training $6707

Research expenses $ 3060

Hire of external facilities $ 0

Software licences $ 0

Equipment purchase $ 16053

Postage and printing $ 4113

Total $ 33844

Income-Expenditure $ 6156




PRIORITIES FOR THE FOLLOWING YEAR* CEM initiatives according to the Centre Business Plan (ongoing and specific to 2015):

In association with SoNS and CMER the CEM will continue to organise a weekly seminar series for members, postgraduate students and visitors on topics related to the activities of the CEM.

The Centre will organise an annual one-day seminar event for its members and collaborators.

The CEM will continue to foster post-doctoral appointments to promote early career researchers at ECU.

The CEM will continue to support visiting scholars and speakers.

Members of the CEM will continue to strengthen research links, collaborations and engagement with government agencies, industry and non-governmental organizations active in the environmental field.

The CEM will, funding permitting, initiate a staff small grants scheme to promote the research of early career academic staff.

The CEM will contribute to ERA FOR codes (future ERA Assessment)

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