JCU > Research Portfolio > Dr James Whinney

About

Teaching

PH2006: Marine Physics (Level 2; TSV)
PH3006: Oceanography and Meteorology (Level 3; TSV)

Research Disciplines

Socio-Economic Objectives

Publications

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Journal Articles

Wenger A, Whinney J, Taylor B and Kroon F (2016) The impact of individual and combined abiotic factors on daily otolith growth in a coral reef fish. Scientific Reports, 6. pp. 1-10
Roop H, Dunbar G, Levy R, Vandergoes M, Forrest A, Walker S, Purdie J, Upton P and Whinney J (2015) Seasonal controls on sediment transport and deposition in Lake Ohau, South Island, New Zealand: implications for a high-resolution Holocene palaeoclimate reconstruction. Sedimentology, 62 (3). pp. 826-844
Marchant R, Stevens T, Choukroun S, Combes G, Santarossa M, Whinney J and Ridd P (2014) A buoyant tethered sphere for marine current estimation. IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, 39 (1). pp. 2-9
Macdonald R, Ridd P, Whinney J, Larcombe P and Neil D (2013) Towards environmental management of water turbidity within open coastal waters of the Great Barrier Reef. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 74 (1). pp. 82-94

Conference Papers

Waltham N, York P, McKenna S, Petus C, Devlin M, Rasheed M, Campbell S, Whinney J and Kane K (2017) Long term ambient water quality monitoring to support port management in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area. Proceedings of the Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference. In: Australasian Coasts & Ports 2017 Conference: working with nature, 21-23 June 2017, Cairns, QLD, Australia

Current Funding

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Department of the Environment and Energy - National Environmental Science Program (NESP) - Tropical Water Quality Hub (TWQ Hub)

Risk assessing dredging activities

Indicative Funding: $89,374 over 3 years (administered by AIMS)
Summary: We will use novel analytical techniques/instrumentation to accurately quantify, for the first time, key proximal stressors associated with dredging/spoil disposal (ie sedimentation, light quantity/quality, suspended sediment concentrations) and will determine how these parameters vary with increasing distance from dredging. We will then test the response of corals, sponges, seagrass and algae to environmentally relevant/realistic conditions over appropriate time-frames. Matrices of hard data will be generated to derive water quality thresholds for key habitat forming organisms and for use as input parameters for pressure field modelling (including cumulative-impact modelling). This will dramatically improve risk assessment processes, provide greater surety for regulators and proponents, allow more informed decision-making and inform future dredging policy.
Investigators: Ross Jones and James Whinney in collaboration with Andrew Negri, Rebecca Fisher, Nicole Webster, Catherine Collier and Alan Duckworth (Australian Institute of Marine Science, College of Science & Engineering and TropWATER)
Keywords: Dredging; Sedimentation; spoil disposal; Coral; Seagrass; GBR

Supervision

These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

Seasonal Characteristics of Water Dynamics and of Timescales of Flushing Process in Ambon Bay, Eastern Indonesia (PhD , Primary Advisor)

Collaboration

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