[Aqualist] FW: Seminar in Ecology Evolution & Environment April 2021 - Assoc Prof John Tibby

[John Tibby]

Dear Aqualisters,
This seminar might be of interest…

Dear all,

Our seminar in Ecology Evolution and Environment are back! Our first speaker will be Assoc/Prof John Tibby (University of Adelaide) this Friday 9/04 at 2:00 pm (Adelaide time), SOUTH LECTURE 1:


“Using palaeoenvironmental studies to guide environmental management: some Australian case studies” (see abstract and details attached).

Important information: This seminar will be also LIVE-STREAMED  here: https://video.flinders.edu.au/events20/21/EcologyAndEvolutionSeminarSeries.cfm . Feel free to send any question for John at www.slido.com<http://www.slido.com> using the event code #S3E_TIBBY.

Abstract:



In an era of rapid, unprecedented, environmental change, studies of past environments can pro­vide valuable insights into the vulnerability of natural systems to perturbation. Using three (or maybe more!) case studies, this talk will illustrate how the record of environmental change preserved in lake sediments can provide other­wise unobtainable insights into the nature of systems before major human-induced per­turbations and the sometimes unexpected ways they have been disturbed. The talk will outline the evidence for the lower lakes of the River Murray being naturally fresh and the implications of this finding for the allocation of environmental water under the Mur­ray-Darling Basin plan. The discussion will then turn to how the history of the beautiful Blue Lake (Kaboora) on North Stradbroke Island (Minjerribah) influenced decisions not to expand water extraction from the island to the city of Brisbane during the Millennium Drought. Finally, I’ll discuss how rapid infilling of instream waterholes in the Moonie River (northern Murray-Darling Basin) is a threat to their long term viability. If time permits, new evidence that suggest that lakes on Fraser Island (K’Gari) are vulnerable to drying will be presented.



John Tibby is an Associate Professor of Geography from The University of Adelaide whose research focusses on environmental change – natural and anthropogenic.  He currently holds an ARC Discovery project with Jonathan Tyler and Cameron Barr focussed on Holocene climate extremes in eastern Australia and another Discovery project led by Jonathan Tyler examining the history of the east Asian monsoon through the study of sediments from Lake Suigetsu, Japan.  Much of John’s research is co-produced with colleagues from government agencies in Queensland and South Australia and could not have been possible without student involvement.  John is also an investigator on the Lakes 380 project which aims to document the history of 380 lakes in New Zealand (i.e. 10% of lakes over 1 ha).

For additional information see here <https://researchers.adelaide.edu.au/profile/john.tibby>

It’s noteworthy that these seminars are recorded, so in case you want to watch them again (or have a catch-up session), just click here<https://globalecologyflinders.com/seminars/>

Do not hesitate to spread the word far and wide to your networks, everyone is welcome

Kind regards
Fred


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Frédérik Saltré,  PhD
Research Fellow of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage<https://epicaustralia.org.au/>
Coordinator of the Global Ecology Lab<https://globalecologyflinders.com/>



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