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Dr Jan Carey
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| Location |
Natural Philosophy Building |
| Phone | +61 3 8344 3336 |
| Fax | +61 3 9348 1620 |
| janetmc@ unimelb.edu.au |
For 18 years I worked on monitoring programs and impact assessments in marine environments, both in Australia and overseas, with the Melbourne-based environmental consultancy Marine Science & Ecology. During this time, a number of issues relating to the application of hypothesis testing and power analysis to impact assessment caught my attention. In 1995, I returned to university to devote more time to these particular forms of number crunching, using case studies of marine infauna around wastewater discharges to ocean collected during my previous life as a consultant. (thesis abstract)
After completing my PhD in late 2001, I moved to the Env Sci research group, splitting my time between teaching environmental science subjects, and various research projects with Parks Victoria. A three year project on ecological risk assessment in Marine National Parks and Marine Sanctuaries concluded at the end of 2007, and we're now about to embark on a new ARC Linkage project to develop an optimal surveillance program for non-indigenous marine species in those same parks and sanctuaries. See below for more details.
As you may have guessed by now, there are three major threads to my research:
Since July 2007, I've also been contributing to the marine macroalgal component of several Botany subjects. Follow the teaching link below or go to the Marine Lab web site for more details.
In November 2002, a system of highly protected marine national parks and sanctuaries was declared in Victoria. This generated a unique opportunity to develop a formal program for ecological risk assessment tailored to the needs of the new and extensive system, but also applicable to marine parks around Australia and overseas. In an ARC Linkage project with Parks Victoria (2005-2007), I facilitated risk assessment workshops for individual parks and sanctuaries, and undertook a state-wide synthesis of the hazards to identify management priorities and research needs for the entire system. Information from the project has been used to inform both the management plans of Parks Victoria and the agency's strategy for future research. It has generated new spin-off projects such as adaptive experimental management program by Parks Victoria focused on the effects of trampling by park visitors on intertidal assemblages. An Honours student monitored the effectiveness of the agency's actions to reduce the effects of trampling on the brown alga Hormosira banksii and associated taxa. Another student is currently studying the effects of catchment-sourced contaminants on seagrass and associated biota.
One of the potential threats to marine biodiversity identified in the risk assessment process was the presence of non-indigenous marine species. To date, concern with these species in Australian waters has largely focussed on ports receiving international shipping. There is however, a growing realisation that such species may subsequently be spread locally by vectors such as recreational boats. Clearly, marine protected areas valued for their diversity of native species are areas where such secondary incursions would be a major concern. In a new Linkage collaboration with Parks Victoria starting in July 2008, we aim to identify the non-indigenous species currently present in Victorian ports which pose the greatest threat to park values and are also promising candidates for eradication, and the parks to which they have the highest probability of being carried. This will allow the agency to focus the limited resources available for surveillance monitoring where there is greatest potential for successful detection and eradication.
| From July 2007, I will be contributing to the macroalgal components of Marine Botany and Phytoplankton and Seaweeds of Australia. I will also be responsible for the marine botany component of Biology of Australian Flora & Fauna and will continue to contribute to Environmental Design and Data Analysis for Biologists. |
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From 2000 to 2007, I was involved in teaching of the following environmental science subjects:
During my PhD, I taught in the following ecology or zoology subjects with an emphasis on practical skills:
Marine Science & Ecology was a specialist consultancy undertaking ecological assessments of the marine environment in relation to disturbances such as waste discharges and development projects. I joined MSE in 1977 for four weeks casual work as a technical assistant. And stayed for nearly two decades! Over the years, my responsibilities came to include the design and management of field studies, statistical analysis, and the supervision and training of junior staff.
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A detailed list of projects in which I participated is available here, but note that most of the reports on these projects are unpublished, and copies may be difficult to obtain.
If I don’t seem to be the Jan Carey you were looking for, you could try the one at the University of Adelaide. (Yes, there are two of us!)
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