Mr Daniel Chilton
M.Phil. Candidate
School of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
I am a PhD candidate in the Limnology (Freshwater Ecology) and Ecophysiology Laboratory in the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology discipline of the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Adelaide. My main research interests are aquatic plant physiology and ecosystem processes in freshwater and estuarine systems and understanding the drivers of freshwater ecosystem decline. I strive to conduct research that has an applied focus to help guide management and restoration of these ecosystems. I am currently studying the influences of wind-induced sediment resuspension on light attenuation and seagrass growth in the Coorong, South Australia. The Coorong is an estuarine lagoon of international importance, being Ramsar listed in 1985 due to its exceptional biological diversity, including large populations of resident and migratory waterbirds. The Coorong is currently in a highly degraded state my current research aims to improve the overall health of the system by improving the understanding of the drivers maintaining it in its current state.
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Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review French Can read, write, speak and understand spoken -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (Wildlife Conservation Biology) -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2024 Keneally, C., Southgate, M., Chilton, D., Gaget, V., Welsh, D. T., Mosley, L., . . . Brookes, J. (2024). Organic matter accumulation drives methylotrophic methanogenesis and microbial ecology in a hypersaline coastal lagoon. Limnology and Oceanography, 69(9), 1970-1983.
Scopus12023 Brookes, J. D., Busch, B., Cassey, P., Chilton, D., Dittmann, S., Dornan, T., . . . Gibbs, M. (2023). How well is the Basin Plan meeting its objectives? From the perspective of the Coorong, a sentinel of change in the Murray-Darling Basin. Australian Journal of Water Resources, 27(2), 223-240.
Scopus6 WoS12021 Chilton, D., Hamilton, D. P., Nagelkerken, I., Cook, P., Hipsey, M. R., Reid, R., . . . Brookes, J. (2021). Environmental Flow Requirements of Estuaries: Providing Resilience to Current and Future Climate and Direct Anthropogenic Changes. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 9, 1-21.
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Conference Items
Year Citation 2023 Keneally, C., Southgate, M., Chilton, D., Kidd, S., & Brookes, J. (2023). Microbial ecology & methane production in a hypersaline coastal lagoon. Poster session presented at the meeting of Freshwater Sciences 2023. Brisbane. 2022 Keneally, C., Southgate, M., Chilton, D., Dornan, T., & Brookes, J. (2022). Sediment microbial ecology and methane dynamics during resuspension events in a hypersaline coastal lagoon. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of the 36th Congress of the International Society for Limnology (SIL, 2022). Berlin, Germany: International Society of Limnology (SIL). -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2022 Huang, J., Welsh, D. T., Erler, D. V., Ferguson, A., Brookes, J., Keneally, C., . . . Mosley, L. (2022). Coorong nutrient cycling and fluxes (22/7). Goyder Institute for Water Research.
Teaching Assistant Freshwater Ecology III 2022, 2023 and 2024
Teaching Assistant Botany II 2024
Teaching Assistant Plant Identification II 2024
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