Dr James Whinney ~ Senior Research Officer
College of Science & Engineering
- About
- Publications
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These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.
- Journal Articles
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- 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
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- 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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Current and recent Research Funding to JCU is shown by funding source and project.
Department of Agriculture and Water Resources - National Landcare Programme
Applying new image recognition techniques for automatic detection and spraying of Harrisia cactus
- Indicative Funding
- $50,000
- Summary
- harrisia cactus is a significant rangeland weed in Queensland and bnorthern NSW. It competes against native species, inhibits stock accdess and endangers wildlife. JCU have developed image recognition software to identify Harrisia cactus in pasture; which has been deployed on a prototype robotic platform for selective spot spraying. This proect will see the development of a new spraying unit incorporating JCU's developed technology with a vehicle provided by Warrakirri Cropping. The unit will then be used to treat 500 ha of infested pasture at Warrakirri's "Willaroo" property. Its performance will be compared to traditional methods and showcased to local landholders.
- Investigators
- Brendan Calvert, Ron White and James Whinney in collaboration with Bill Manning and Matt West (College of Science & Engineering, North West Local Land Services and Warakirri Cropping)
- Keywords
- weed control; Harrisia cactus (sp.); deep learning; Robotics
ABRS - 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
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Advisory Accreditation:
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
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- Seasonal water transports in Ambon Bay of eastern Indonesia and their influences on marine pollution (PhD , Primary Advisor)
- Collaboration
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