Dr Jon Knight

Dr Jon Knight

BSc, PGDipPhil, Master GIS

Remote Sensing Scientist, Australian Rivers Institute

Contact details for Mr Jon Knight

Research expertise

  • Remote sensing
  • Mangrove Systems
  • Aedes Vigilax
  • Estuarine Systems
  • Estuarine Hydrology
  • Tropical Savannah Rivers
  • Gully Erosion

Publications

  • Knight, J.M., Dale, P.E.R., Dunn, R.J.K., Broadbent, J.Z., and Lemckert, C.J. (2008). Patterns of tidal flushing and connectivity within a mangrove forest: Lake Coombabah, South East Queensland Australia. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 76, 580-593
  • Knight, J., Spencer, J., Brooks, A., and Phinn, S. (2007). Large-area, high-resolution remote sensing based mapping of alluvial gully erosion in Australia's tropical rivers. In A.L. Wilson, R.L. Dehaan, R.J. Watts, K.J. Page, K.H. Bowmer and A. Curtis (Eds.), Proceedings of the 5th Australian Stream Management Conference. Australian Rivers: making a difference, 21-25 May 2007, (pp. 199-204). Thurgoona, NSW
  • Knight, J.M., Dale, P.E.R., Dunn, R.J.K., and Lemckert, C.J. (2006). Patterns of tidal flushing at the mangrove fringe of the lake. In S.Y. Lee, R.M. Connolly, P.E.R. Dale, R.J.K. Dunn, J.M. Knight, C.J. Lemckert, S. McKinnon, B. Powell, P.R. Teasdale, D.T. Welsh and R. Young (Eds.), The Impact of urbanisation on coastal wetlands: a case study of Coombabah Lake, southeast Queensland (pp. 129-155.  Cooperative Research Centre for Coastal Zone, Estuary and Waterway Management Indooroopilly, Australia:
  • Knight, J.M., Dale, P.E.R., and Phinn, S.R. (2005). Oc. vigilax breeding within mangrove basin forests: informatin requirements for remote sensing. Arbovirus Research in Australia, 9, 179-183
  • Knight, J.M. (2004). Using Remote Sensing to Monitor Hydrologic Processes in Mangrove Forests. In, 7th International Wetlands Symposium (INTECOL 2004). Utrecht, Netherlands
  • Knight, J.M., Phinn, S.R., and Dale, P.E.R. (2003). Mapping mosquito breeding habitats in mangrove forest wetlands: Defining an appropriate spatial metric. In, 30th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (pp. 1-4). Honolulu Sheraton Hawaii
  • Knight, J.M., Dale, P.E.R., and Phinn, S.R. (2002). Airborne thermal imaging for mapping mosquito breeding habitats (water bodies) under mangrove canopies. In, 11th Australasian Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry Conference. BrisbaneKnight, J.M., Stanford, M., and Phinn, S.R. (2001). Development of an All-Weather Sugarcane Crop Yield Estimation Model using Satellite Image Data. Final Report to SRDC for Project #: UQ037/F113. In  (p. 30). Brisbane: SRDC
  • Brooks, A., Spencer, J., and Knight, J. (2007). Riparian gully erosion in Australia's tropical rivers: a conceptual model as a basis for a remote sensing mapping procedure. In A.L. Wilson, R.L. Dehaan, R.J. Watts, K.J. Page, K.H. Bowmer and A. Curtis (Eds.), 5th Australian Stream Management Conference (pp. 43-48). Albury, NSW
  • Dale, P.E.R., Knight, J., Chapman, H., Brown, M.D., Ritchie, S.A., and Kay, B.H. (in press). Habitat characteristics and eggshell distribution of the salt marsh mosquito Aedes vigilax (Skuse) (Diptera:Culicidae) in marshes in subtropical eastern Australia. Journal of Insect Science, (accepted 5th September 07)
  • Dale, P., and Knight, J. (2007). Large-scale thermal remote sensing as a tool for mosquito management in a mangrove system. . In A. Koronios, C. Zhou, Y. Yang, S. Zhang, Y. Liang and G. J. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 1st  International Conference of ICT Innovation and Application (ICIIA) (pp. 176-182). Zhuhai China, 15- 17 November 2007
  • Dale, P.E.R., Dale, M.B., Anorov, J., Knight, J.M., Minno, M.C., Powell, B., Raynie, R.C., and Visser, J.M. (2006). Aspects of adaptive management of coastal wetlands: Case studies of processes, conservation, restoration, impacts and assessment. In J.T.A. Verhoeven, B. Beltman, R. Bobbink and D.F. Whigham (Eds.), Wetlands as a Natural Resource. Volume 2. Wetlands: functioning, biodiversity conservation and restoration (pp. 197-222). Berlin: Springer
  • Dale, P., and Knight, J. (2006). Managing Salt Marshes for Mosquito Control: Impacts of Runnelling, Open Marsh Water Management and Grid-ditching in Sub-tropical Australia. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 14, 211-220
  • Dale, P., Knight, J., Ritchie, S., and Kay, B. (2005). A practical tool to identify water bodies with potential for mosquito habitat under mangrove canopy: Large-scale airborne scanning in the thermal band 8-13um. Wetlands Ecology and Management, 13, 389-394
  • Dale, P.E.R., Chapman, H., Brown, M.D., Richie, S.A., Knight, J.M., and Kay, B.H. (2002b). Does Habitat modification affect oviposition by the salt marsh mosquito Ochlerotatus vigilax (Skuse) (Diptera:Culicidae)? Australian Journal of Entomology, 41, 49-54
  • Gabric, A.J., Shephard, J.M., Knight, J.M., and Jones, G. (2005). Correlations between the satellite-derived seasonal cycles of phytoplankton biomass and aerosol optical depth in the Southern Ocean: Evidence for the influence of sea ice. Global Biogeochemical Research, 19, doi:10.1029/2005GB002546Minnery, J., Knight, J., Byrne, J., and Spencer, J. (in press). Bounding Neighborhoods: How Do Residents Do It? Journal  of Planning Education and Research
  • Spencer, J., Brooks, A., and Knight, J. (2007). Towards an objective approach for a regional - continental scale geomorphic river classification. In A.L. Wilson, R.L. Dehaan, R.J. Watts, K.J. Page, K.H. Bowmer and A. Curtis (Eds.), 5th Australian Stream Management Conference (pp. 372-377). Albury, NSW

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