BSc (Honours)

Contact details for Mr Jason Kerr j.kerr@griffith.edu.au

Thesis

Transformation of catchment nutrients in sub-tropical rivers

Description

My thesis has focused on the role of river systems in transforming non-point nutrient inputs. The study has included quantification of nitrogen and phosphorus partitioning in river reaches and an assessment of the role of reach scale geomorphology on nutrient distribution. The study has also compared phosphorus sorption and speciation in soils and sediments and looked at the effect of various physiochemical properties on the chemistry of phosphorus in the upper Brisbane River catchment.

Supervisors

Dr Michele Burford
Prof Stuart Bunn
Prof John Olley

Research expertise

• Nutrient cycling in freshwater ecosystems
• Biogeochemistry of soils and sediments