Bronwyn Gillanders | |
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 Gillanders (right) leads a gender equity forum at the 2016 joint conference of the Australian Society for Fish Biology and Oceania Chrondrichthyan Society. | |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
| Known for | Research on fish and fisheries ecology |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Marine ecology |
| Institutions | University of Adelaide |
| Thesis | Links between estuarine and coastal reef populations of Achoerodus viridis (Pisces:Labridae) (1995[1]) |
| Website | http://www.gillanderslab.org/ |
Bronwyn May Gillanders FTSE (born 1963) is a marine scientist whose research spans freshwater, estuarine and marine waters while focusing on fish and fisheries ecology. Her studies of the Giant Australian cuttlefish of Northern Spencer Gulf in South Australia revealed the species' sensitivity to increases in salinity; a controversial aspect of the Environmental Impact Study (EIS) for the expansion of BHP's Olympic Dam mine. Gillanders' discovery was published in the scientific journal Marine Environmental Research[2] and prompted environmental activists to call for the relocation of the project's proposed seawater desalination plant at Point Lowly, due to its proximity to the only mass breeding area for the animals' genetically distinct population.[3] Gillanders commenced work at the University of Adelaide in 2001, received a tenurable position in 2007[4] and was appointed professor in 2010.[5] She is the Director of the Marine Biology program at the university's Environment Institute.
- ^ Bronwyn M. Gillanders (1995) Links between estuarine and coastal reef populations of Achoerodus viridis (Pisces:Labridae) PhD thesis, University of Sydney.
- ^ Salleh, Anna (30 April 2009). "Big cuttlefish 'at risk' from desalination". ABC Science. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- ^ Phillips, Graham (2010). "ABC Catalyst report on the cuttlefish". Youtube.com. ABC. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Congratulations to our new professor Bronwyn Gillanders". The Environment Institute. University of Adelaide. 26 November 2010. Archived from the original on 3 November 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2014.