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Congratulations

• Our Head of School, A/Prof Sue Jones has been awarded a prestigious HERDSA Fellowship
• Teaching Merit Certificates were recently awarded to Drs Ashley Edwards and Erik Wapstra
• Kathryn Wheatley has received a Postdoc at the Marine Science Institute, University of Texas at Austin

Grant/Scholarship Successes

• James Dell and Anne Elise Neiblis have been awarded CSIRO Flagship scholarships. These scholarships cover operating and travel money to support their PhD research projects. Both projects are focussing on Australian fisheries and climate change.
• Erik Wapstra – Hermann Slade Foundation grant for climate change and reptiles.
• Craig Johnson FIRDC grant on urchin barren and crayfish
• Holsworth Wildlife Trust funding to Anne Watson, Caitlin Vertigan, Michele Thums, Kevin Redd and Sarah Tassell.
• Ingram Trust funding to Erin Flynn
• Lindsay Marshall has received an ABWRS travel award.

Thanks

A big “Thank You' to Dr Derek Turnbull for being the First Year Practical Co-ordinator for Semester 1, 2007. We and the students really appreciated the energy and enthusiasm he brought to this role.

Where is everyone?

It seems a bit ‘thin on the ground' at the moment, so in case you are wondering where everyone is:

• Alastair is overseas on LSL until 11 July
• Erik is on sabbatical in Sweden until end of June.
• Hamish is attending a conference in Ithica , USA until 7 June and then will off again to South Africa from 29 June until 13 July
• Mark Hindell will be conducting fieldwork in Norway until 11 June
• Some of the postgrads who are also attending conferences:
• Geoff While is in Sydney and the off to Christchurch , NZ until 30 June
• Beth Strain will be in Boston and San Francisco until 31 May
• James Dell is in Santa Cruz , USA and then onto Cape Town , South Africa until 23 July
• Jessica Melbourne-Thomas is in London and then Jakarta until 15 August
• Nicholas Beeton (along with Hamish) will be in Ithica until 6 June

Theses submitted

Congratulations are due to PhD student Megan Oliver who has submitted her thesis. We congratulate her on her achievement and look forward to following her future career.

Seminar Program**

7 June, 3.10 pm Lecture theatre 2, Life Sciences building (Note : change of time)

Chris Brown, Final Honours seminar

Does it matter which one got away? Selective harvesting and evolution in fisheries

** Postgrads and honours students should note that attendance at the Seminar series is compulsory

Cake Roster

• 30 May Flynn, Brown, Forehead
• 6 June Rumbold, Redd, Morrow
• 13 June Talbot, White, Auman
• 20 June Tassell, Strain, Hamilton
• 27 June Stephens, Johnson, Wheatley

Publications – 2007 (to date)

• Adams, SM*, Lui, S*, Jones, SM, Thompson , MB *, Murphy, CR*, ‘Uterine Epithelial Changes During Placentation in the Viviparous Skink Eulamprus tympanum ', Journal of Morphology (268) 385-400 (2007) [A1]
• Atkins, N, Swain, R, Wapstra, E, Jones, SM, ‘Late stage deferral of parturition in the viviparous lizard Niveoscincus ocellatus (Gray 1845): implications for offspring quality and survival', Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (90) 735-746 (2007) [A1]
• Baker, SC, Barmuta, LA, McQuillan, PB, Richardson, AMM, ‘Estimating edge effects on ground dwelling beetles at clearfelled non-riparian stand edges in Tasmanian wet eucalypt forest', Forest Ecology and Management , 239 (1-3) 92-101 (2007) [A1]
• Cartledge , VA , Jones, SM, ‘Does adrenal responsiveness vary with sex and reproductive status in Egernia whitii , a viviparous skink?', General and Comparative Endocrinology (150) 132-139 (2007) [A1]
• Miller, AM, McArthur, C*, Smethurst, PJ, ‘Effects of within-patch characteristics on the vulnerability of a plant to herbivory', Oikos (116) 41-52 (2007) [A1]
• Nicol , SC , Andersen, NA, ‘Cooling rates and body temperature regulation of hibernating echidnas ( Tachyglossus aculeatus )', The Journal of Experimental Biology (210) 586-592 (2007) [A1]
• Hardie, SA, Pyecroft, SB*, Barmuta , LA , White, RWG, ‘Spawning-related fungal infection of golden galaxias Galaxias auratus (Galaxiidae)', Journal of Fish Biology (70) 1287-1294 (2007) [A1]
• Poloczanska, ES*, Babcock, RC*, Butler , A*, Hobday, AJ, Hoegh-Guldberg, O*, Kunz, TJ*, Matear, R*, Milton , D*, Okey, TA*, Richardson, AJ*, ‘Climate change and Australian marine life', Oceanography and Marine Biology (45) 409-480 (2007) [A1]
• Samoilys, MA*, Martin-Smith, KM, Giles, BG*, Cabrera, B*, Anticamara, JA*, Brunio, EO*, Vincent, ACJ*, ‘Effectiveness of five small Philippines' coral reef reserves for fish populations depends on site-specific factors, particularly enforcement history', Biological Conservation (136) 584-601 (2007) [A1]
• Stuart-Smith, RD, Stuart-Smith, JF, White, RWG, Barmuta, LA, ‘The effects of turbidity and complex habitts on the feeding of a galaxiid fish are clear and simple', Marine and Freshwater Research (58) 429-435 (2007) [A1]
• Stuart-Smith, RD, Stuart-Smith, JF, White, RWG, Barmuta , LA , ‘The impact of an introduced predator on a threatened galaxiid fish is reduced by the availability of complex habitats', Freshwater Biology 1-9 (2007) [A1]
• Ueno, S*, Clarke , AK , ‘Discovery of a new Aphaenopsoid Trechine Beetle (Coleoptera, Trechinae) in Northeastern Jiangxi, East China ', Elytra , 35 (1) 267-278 (2007) [A1]
• Wilson , AB *, Martin-Smith, KM, ‘Genetic monogamy despite social promiscuity in the pot-bellied seahorse ( Hippocampus abdominalis )', Molecular Ecology , .. (..) 1-8 (2007) [A1]

Staff meeting matters

University Information Day - Sunday 19 August

Don't forget to let me know of any newsworthy items for the next Tabula

(Publication date : August)