Mr James Fawcett

BSc Honours AES

Contact details for Mr James Fawcett james.fawcett@griffith.edu.au

Thesis
Conservation of Australian freshwater mussels
Description
My project involves constructing a phylogeny of all freshwater mussel species found within Australia, a phylogeographic comparison of a freshwater mussel species found within the Lake Eyre and Gulf of Carpentaria Basins, as well as an examination of the conservation implications for freshwater mussels within Australia.
Supervisors
Prof Jane Hughes
Dr Andrew Baker
Dr Tim Page

Research expertise

  • Aquatic invertebrates and fish
  • Population genetics
Publications
  • Balcombe S.R., Bunn S.E., Arthington A.H., Fawcett J.H., McKenzie-Smith F.J., Wright A.  2007. Fish larvae, growth and biomass relationships in an Australian arid zone river: links between floodplains and waterholes
    Freshwater Biology 52, (12) p.2385.
  • B.D, Baker, A.M., Page, T.J., Grant, S.C., Fawcett, J. H., Hurwood, D.A., Hughes, J.M. (2006) Biogeographic history of an Australian freshwater shrimp, Paratya australiensis (Atyidae): the role life history transition in phylogeographic diversification. Molecular Ecology 15, 1083-1093.
  • Sheldon, F., Foord, C.L. and Fawcett, J.H.  Variable plasticity in shell morphology of some Australian freshwater mussels (Unionoida, Hyriidae) Submitted to Journal of Malacology January 2008.
  • Evolution 2007 Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, June 16 - 20 2007, Fawcett JH, Baker AM and Hughes JM, Do mussels move? Freshwater mussel connectivity within and between drainage basins in Northern Australia. Oral Presentation. ARI Funding.
  • 54th Annual Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, June 2 – 9 2006, Fawcett J.H., Baker A.M. and Hughes J.M., Conservation of the Australian freshwater mussel. Oral Presentation. ARI and ABRS Funding.
  • 44th Annual Congress of the Australian Society of Limnology, Hobart, 28 Nov. - 2 Dec. 2005, Fawcett J.H., Baker A.M. and Hughes J.M., Conservation of Australian freshwater mussels. Oral Presentation. CRL and ASL Funding- Award for best PhD student presentation
  • 43rd Annual Congress of the Australian Society of Limnology, Adelaide, 29 Nov. – 3 Dec. 2004, Fawcett J.H., Sheldon F., Baker A.M. and Hughes J.M., Cryptic diversity in freshwater mussels. Poster Presentation. CRL Funding - Award for best PhD student poster presentation

Back to top