BSc (Technology) - Biology, MSc - Aquatic Ecology
Contact details for Mr Matthew Prentice m.prentice@griffith.edu.au
Thesis
Phosphorus sources fuelling cyanobacterial blooms in subtropical reservoirsDescription
Phosphorus is generally considered the limiting macro-nutrient in freshwater ecosystems. My PhD research will investigate sources of phosphorus promoting cyanobacterial blooms (e.g. Cylindrospermoposis raciborskii) in Wivenhoe reservoir. The study will have a particular emphasis on phosphorus cycling - uptake, storage and regeneration - within the epilimnetic algal assemblage, and also the effects of alkaline phosphatase production by certain algae, promoting their proliferation under phosphate deplete conditions.Supervisors
- Dr Michele Burford
- Dr Kate O'Brien
- A/Prof Charles Lemckert
- Prof David Hamilton
Research expertise
- Lake and reservoir ecology
- Bloom-forming algae, specifically cyanobacteria
- Hydrodynamic and ecological modelling (i.e. DYRESM-CAEDYM)