BSc, BSc(Hons), PhD
Research Fellow
Contact details for Dr Jason van de Merwe
Research Expertise
- Coastal ecology
- Impact of urbanisation on coastal ecosystems
- Application of chemical tracing techniques
- Environmental chemistry and toxicology of organic contaminants
- Satellite telemetry of marine megafauna
- Sea turtle hatchery management
Publications
- Ye R, Lei ENY, Lam MHW, Chan AKY, Bo J, van de Merwe JP, Fong ACC, Yang MMS, Lee JS, Segner HE, Wong CKC, Wu RSS, Au DWT (in press). Gender specific modulation of complement system gene expression in marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) following dietary exposure to BDE-47. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Accepted 13/3/2012
- Kwok C-T, van de Merwe JP, Chiu JMY, Wu RSS (2012). Antioxidant responses and lipid peroxidation in gills and hepatopancreas of the mussel Perna viridis upon exposure to the red-tide organism Chattonella marina and hydrogen peroxide. Harmful Algae 13: 40-46.
- van de Merwe JP, Chan AKY, Lei ENY, Yau MS, Lam MHW, Wu RSS (2011). Bioaccumulation and maternal transfer of PBDE 47 in the marine medaka (Oryzias melastigma) following dietary exposure. Aquatic Toxicology 103: 199-204.
- van de Merwe JP, Hodge M, Olszowy H, Whittier JM, Lee SY (2010). Using blood samples to estimate persistent organic pollutants and metals in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas). Marine Pollution Bulletin 60, 579-588.
- van de Merwe JP, Whittier JM, Ibrahim K, Hodge M, Lee SY (2010). Persistent organic pollutants in the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas): Nesting population variation, maternal transfer, and effects on development. Marine Ecology Progress Series 403, 269-278.
- Tong ESP, van de Merwe JP, Chiu JMY and Wu RSS (2010). Effects of 1,2-dichlorobenzene on the growth and reproduction of the amphipod, Melita longidactyla. Chemosphere 80, 20-27.
- van de Merwe JP, Ibrahim K, Lee SY, Whittier JM (2009). Habitat use by green turtles (Chelonia mydas) nesting in Peninsular Malaysia: local and regional conservation implications. Wildlife Research 36, 637-645.
- van de Merwe JP, Hodge M, Olszowy H, Whittier JM, Ibrahim K, Lee SY (2009). Chemical contamination of green turtle (Chelonia mydas) eggs in Peninsular Malaysia: Implications for conservation and public health. Environmental Health Perspectives 117, 1397-1401.
- van de Merwe JP, Whittier JM, Ibrahim K, Hodge M, Lee SY (2009). Analysing persistent organic pollutants in eggs, blood and tissue of the green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) using gas chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (GC-MS/MS). Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry 393, 1719-1731.
- van de Merwe JP, Ibrahim K, Whittier JM (2006). Effects of nest depth, shading and metabolic heating on nest temperatures in sea turtle hatcheries. Chelonian Conservation and Biology 5, 210-215.
- van de Merwe JP, Ibrahim K, Whittier JM (2005). Effects of hatchery shading and nest depth on the development and quality of Chelonia mydas hatchlings: implications for hatchery management in Peninsular Malaysia. Australian Journal of Zoology 53, 205-211.