Associate Professor Luke Mosley
Associate Professor
School of Agriculture, Food and Wine
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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Biogeochemistry Research Group
The overarching aim of the biogeochemistry research group I lead is to understand and help solve complex environmental issues across multi-disciplinary boundaries (soil, water, ecology, human impacts). Research carried out by the group has increased understanding of processes affecting the generation and fate of chemical species and contaminants (e.g. metals, nutrients and organic matter), and how to manage systems to prevent undesirable impacts. Much of our current research is directed to understanding the effects of climate change arising from increasing droughts, reduced river flows, and sea level rise. We are also focussed on developing novel measurement techniques and geochemical models to assist in this area, particularly for assessing soil and water acidification. The group’s research is conducted and linked at various scales; from molecular-level studies in the laboratory, to field-scale experiments, and national-global scale assessments.
Our group has strong collaborations with government agencies and industry. We have a proven and extensive track record in delivering complex research advice and outputs to assist them to manage their environmental issues. Importantly these projects also provide students the opportunity to research and solve "real world" issues, and gain valuable contacts and skills to enhance their future employment prospects. The group is located at the Waite Campus in Adelaide, a stimulating and highly collaborative environment.
I am an Editor for the Environmental Science and Pollution Research journal, and Associate Editor for the European Journal of Soil Science, on the management committee of the University of Adelaide's Water Research Centre, Deputy Director of the Acid Sulfate Soils Centre, and from 2018-2020 was President of Soil Science Australia.
In Science We Trust......
Current research areas
- Geochemistry and management of acidic soils
- Impacts of drought and climate change on water and soils – increased CO2, drought, sea level rise
- Nutrient dynamics in the Coorong (estuarine lagoon at end of Australia's largest river system)
- Modelling of soil acidification at different scales
- Soil corrosivity to fencing wire
- Development of novel methods and instrumentation for measurement of pH and lime movement in soil
- Understanding and improving water quality in constructed wetlands
- Remediation of hypersaline and sulfidic systems
- Blue carbon dynamics and restoration of coastal and inland floodplains and wetlands
Recent media & communications
- New method to measure lime and inorganic carbon in soil using infra-red spectroscopy
- New method to detect impact of rising sea levels
- Research on nutrient dynamics to improve water and sediment quality in the Coorong
- New tool to predict and manage risks of hypoxic blackwater on River Murray floodplains
- Droughts are threatening wetlands globally
- Natural History Book for Coorong Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (free pdf)
Opportunities to study or collaborate
Feel free to contact me directly for a discussion about research collaboration, postgraduate student, postdoctoral fellow (e.g. DECRA), or consulting opportunities. Any available postdoctoral positions will be advertised on the University website. Note to postgraduate students requiring a scholarship and requesting support from me in the application process; the standard of applicants is always extremely high, and the selection process is very competitive so I take on very few applicants each year. Applicants who rank highly typically have a completed Masters degree with a high GPA, and which includes a significant research component and quality international journal publications. In addition to formal qualifications, extensive relevant work and research experience is beneficial. If you feel you meet these criteria and wish to contact me, it is also beneficial to first formulate some initial research ideas for discussion, that align with my broad research areas.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2018 - ongoing Associate Professor University of Adelaide 2015 - 2018 Senior Research Fellow University of Adelaide 2004 - 2014 Principal Scientific Officer (Water Quality) Environment Protection Authority (EPA) -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2015 Award Best Paper Award - Australian Water Association 2011 Award Premiers Award -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Otago New Zealand PhD University of Otago New Zealand Bachelor of Science -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2022 Sleep, B., Mason, S., Janik, L., & Mosley, L. (2022). Application of visible near-infrared absorbance spectroscopy for the determination of Soil pH and liming requirements for broad-acre agriculture. Precision Agriculture, 23(1), 25 pages.
Scopus3 WoS32022 Zhang, X., Smernik, R., Doolette, A., Walters, S., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Phosphorus speciation and release from different plant litters on a River Murray (Australia) floodplain. Plant and Soil, 141(1-2), 141-156.
WoS12022 Mosley, L. M., Dang, T., McLaughlin, M. J., & Fitzpatrick, R. W. (2022). Extreme biogeochemical effects following simulation of recurrent drought in acid sulfate soils. Applied Geochemistry, 136, 105146-1-105146-10.
2022 Auricht, H., Mosley, L., Lewis, M., & Clarke, K. (2022). Mapping the long-term influence of river discharge on coastal ocean chlorophyll-a. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, 15 pages.
2022 Dittmann, S., Mosley, L., Stangoulis, J., Nguyen, V. L., Beaumont, K., Dang, T., . . . McGrath, A. (2022). Effects of Extreme Salinity Stress on a Temperate Mangrove Ecosystem. Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 5, 18 pages.
2022 Colombelli-Négrel, D., Nur, D., Auricht, H. C. C., Clarke, K. D., Mosley, L. M., & Dann, P. (2022). Combined Effects of Hydrological Drought and Reduced Food Availability on the Decline of the Little Penguins in South Australia. Frontiers in Marine Science, 9, 15 pages.
2022 Lovelock, C. E., Adame, M. F., Bradley, J., Dittmann, S., Hagger, V., Hickey, S. M., . . . Sippo, J. Z. (2022). An Australian blue carbon method to estimate climate change mitigation benefits of coastal wetland restoration. Restoration Ecology.
Scopus32022 Hume, R., Marschner, P., Schilling, R. K., Mason, S., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Detection of agriculturally relevant lime concentrations in soil using mid-infrared spectroscopy. Geoderma, 409, 11 pages.
2022 Lam-Gordillo, O., Mosley, L. M., Simpson, S. L., Welsh, D. T., & Dittmann, S. (2022). Loss of benthic macrofauna functional traits correlates with changes in sediment biogeochemistry along an extreme salinity gradient in the Coorong lagoon, Australia. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 174, 14 pages.
Scopus2 WoS12022 Kopittke, P. M., Berhe, A. A., Carrillo, Y., Cavagnaro, T. R., Chen, D., Chen, Q. L., . . . Minasny, B. (2022). Ensuring planetary survival: the centrality of organic carbon in balancing the multifunctional nature of soils. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 52(23), 17 pages.
Scopus6 WoS62022 Zhang, X., Smernik, R., Doolette, A., Walters, S., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Correction to: Phosphorus speciation and release from different plant litters on a River Murray (Australia) floodplain (Plant and Soil, (2021), 10.1007/s11104-021-05197-0). Plant and Soil, 472(1-2), 659.
2022 Bourman, R. P., Murray-Wallace, C. V., Wilson, C., Mosley, L., Tibby, J., Ryan, D. D., . . . Hesp, P. A. (2022). Holocene freshwater history of the Lower River Murray and its terminal lakes, Alexandrina and Albert, South Australia, and its relevance to contemporary environmental management. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69(5), 605-629.
Scopus1 WoS12022 Priestley, S. C., Tyler, J., Liebelt, S. R., Mosley, L. M., Wong, W. W., Shao, Y., . . . Farkaš, J. (2022). N and C Isotope Variations Along an Extreme Eutrophication and Salinity Gradient in the Coorong Lagoon, South Australia. Frontiers in Earth Science : Geochemistry, 9, 727971-1-727971-14.
2022 Gibbs, M. S., Wallace, T., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Constraining organic matter composition and dynamics as a dominant driver of hypoxic blackwater risk during river Murray floodplain inundation. Hydrological Processes, 36(3), 17 pages.
2022 Mosley, L. M., Bourman, B., Muller, K., & Tibby, J. (2022). Comment on Finlayson et al. 'Continuing the discussion about ecological futures for the lower Murray river (Australia) in the Anthropocene'. Marine and Freshwater Research, 73(5), 573-577.
2022 Allen, D. J., Farrell, M., Huang, J., Reynolds, C., Rupasinghe, M., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Long-term water quality response to increased hydraulic loadings in a field-scale free water surface constructed wetland treating domestic effluent. Journal of Environmental Management, 311, 12 pages.
2022 Leyden, E., Farkas, J., Hutson, J., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Short-term seawater inundation induces metal mobilisation in freshwater and acid sulfate soil environments. Chemosphere, 299, 13 pages.
2022 Bargrizan, S., Biswas, T. K., Joehnk, K. D., & Mosley, L. M. (2022). Sustained high CO<inf>2</inf>concentrations and fluxes from Australia's largest river system. Marine and Freshwater Research, 73(4), 540-551.
Scopus12022 Stiglingh, A. D., Mosley, L. M., Smernik, R. J., Tuft, K., Raven, M. D., & Fitzpatrick, R. W. (2022). Assessing soil corrosivity along feral-proof fencing in the Australian Arid Zone and the development of a new soil corrosivity index. Geoderma Regional, 29, e00501-1-e00501-13.
2022 Lam-Gordillo, O., Huang, J., Barceló, A., Kent, J., Mosley, L. M., Welsh, D. T., . . . Dittmann, S. (2022). Restoration of benthic macrofauna promotes biogeochemical remediation of hostile sediments; An in situ transplantation experiment in a eutrophic estuarine-hypersaline lagoon system. Science of the Total Environment, 833, 155201.
2022 Tibby, J., Haynes, D., Gibbs, M., Mosley, L., Bourman, R. P., & Fluin, J. (2022). The terminal lakes of the Murray River, Australia, were predominantly fresh before large-scale upstream water abstraction: Evidence from sedimentary diatoms and hydrodynamical modelling. Science of the Total Environment, 835, 155225-1-155225-8.
2022 Kölbl, A., Kaiser, K., Thompson, A., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Marschner, P., . . . Mikutta, R. (2022). Rapid remediation of sandy sulfuric subsoils using straw-derived dissolved organic matter. Geoderma, 420, 115875-1-115875-11.
2021 Pohl, L., Kölbl, A., Uteau, D., Peth, S., Häusler, W., Mosley, L., . . . Kögel-Knabner, I. (2021). Porosity and organic matter distribution in jarositic phyto tubules of sulfuric soils assessed by combined µCT and NanoSIMS analysis. Geoderma, 399, 115124-1-115124-10.
Scopus4 WoS42021 Tibby, J., Bourman, B., Wilson, C., Mosley, L. M., Belperio, A. P., Ryan, D. D., . . . Haynes, D. (2021). A large mid-Holocene estuary was not present in the lower River Murray, Australia. Scientific Reports, 11(1), 12082-1-12082-5.
Scopus3 WoS32021 Leyden, E., Farkas, J., Gilbert, S., Hutson, J., & Mosley, L. M. (2021). A simple and rapid ICP-MS/MS determination of sulfur isotope ratios (<sup>34</sup>S/<sup>32</sup>S) in complex natural waters: A new tool for tracing seawater intrusion in coastal systems. Talanta, 235, 1-8.
Scopus5 WoS5 Europe PMC12021 Shao, Y., Farkaš, J., Mosley, L., Tyler, J., Wong, H., Chamberlayne, B., . . . Eisenhauer, A. (2021). Impact of salinity and carbonate saturation on stable Sr isotopes (δ⁸⁸/⁸⁶Sr) in a lagoon-estuarine system. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 293, 461-476.
Scopus8 WoS92021 Hoagland, B., Mosley, L., Russo, T., Kirby, J., Cullen, C., Fantle, M. S., . . . Fisher, J. (2021). Arsenic sequestration in gold mine wastes under changing pH and experimental rewetting cycles. Applied Geochemistry, 124, 1-16.
Scopus2 WoS12021 Jayalath, N., Fitzpatrick, R., Mosley, L. M., & Marschner, P. (2021). Addition of wheat straw to acid sulfate soils with different clay contents reduces acidification in two consecutive submerged-moist cycles. Geoderma, 385, 1-7.
Scopus2 WoS22021 Trueman, A. M., Fitzpatrick, R. W., Mosley, L. M., & McLaughlin, M. J. (2021). Exploring passivation-based treatments for jarosite from an acid sulfate soil. Chemical Geology, 561, 1-10.
Scopus3 WoS32021 Mayakaduwage, S., Mosley, L. M., & Marschner, P. (2021). Phosphorus pools in acid sulfate soil are influenced by pH, water content, and addition of organic matter. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 21(2), 1066-1075.
Scopus1 WoS12021 Kölbl, A., Kaiser, K., Winkler, P., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Marschner, P., . . . Mikutta, R. (2021). Transformation of jarosite during simulated remediation of a sandy sulfuric soil. Science of the Total Environment, 773, 1-10.
Scopus4 WoS42021 Mosley, L. M., Wallace, T., Rahman, J., Roberts, T., & Gibbs, M. (2021). An integrated model to predict and prevent hypoxia in floodplain-river systems. Journal of Environmental Management, 286, 112213-1-112213-13.
Scopus2 WoS22021 Liang, X., Rengasamy, P., Smernik, R., & Mosley, L. M. (2021). Does the high potassium content in recycled winery wastewater used for irrigation pose risks to soil structural stability?. Agricultural Water Management, 243, 8 pages.
Scopus10 WoS52021 Mayakaduwage, S., Mosley, L. M., & Marschner, P. (2021). Phosphorus pools in acid sulfate soil are influenced by soil water content and form in which P is added. Geoderma, 381, 1-8.
Scopus2 WoS22020 Le, T. H. X., Mosley, L., Nguyen, D. T., & Marschner, P. (2020). Effect of Short-term Irrigation of Wastewater on Wheat Growth and Nitrogen and Phosphorus in Soil. Journal of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition, 20(4), 1589-1595.
Scopus2 WoS22020 Stirling, E., Fitzpatrick, R. W., & Mosley, L. M. (2020). Drought effects on wet soils in inland wetlands and peatlands. Earth-Science Reviews, 210, 1-15.
Scopus10 WoS102020 Le, T. H. X., Mosley, L., & Marschner, P. (2020). Wheat straw decomposition stage has little effect on the removal of inorganic N and P from wastewater leached through sand-straw mixes. Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 41(26), 10 pages.
WoS12020 Trueman, A. M., McLaughlin, M. J., Mosley, L. M., & Fitzpatrick, R. W. (2020). Composition and dissolution kinetics of jarosite-rich segregations extracted from an acid sulfate soil with sulfuric material. Chemical Geology, 543, 1-10.
Scopus11 WoS92020 Bargrizan, S., Smernik, R. J., & Mosley, L. M. (2020). Correction to: Constraining the carbonate system in soils via testing the internal consistency of pH, pCO2 and alkalinity measurements.. Geochemical transactions, 21(1), 7.
2020 Bargrizan, S., Smernik, R. J., & Mosley, L. M. (2020). Constraining the carbonate system in soils via testing the internal consistency of pH, pCO₂ and alkalinity measurements. Geochemical Transactions, 21(1), 4.
Scopus2 WoS3 Europe PMC22020 Mayakaduwage, S., Mosley, L. M., & Marschner, P. (2020). Threshold for labile phosphate in a sandy acid sulfate soil. Geoderma, 371, 1-6.
Scopus5 WoS42020 Mosley, L. M., & Liss, P. S. (2020). Particle aggregation, pH changes and metal behaviour during estuarine mixing: review and integration. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71(3), 300-310.
Scopus20 WoS212020 Mayakaduwage, S., Alamgir, M., Mosley, L., & Marschner, P. (2020). Phosphorus pools in sulfuric acid sulfate soils: influence of water content, pH increase and P addition. JOURNAL OF SOILS AND SEDIMENTS, 20(3), 1446-1453.
Scopus9 WoS72020 Ellwood, M., Boyd, P., Cornwall, C., Croot, P., Currie, K., Frew, R., . . . Zitoun, R. (2020). Keith Hunter's legacy to Marine Science in New Zealand. Marine and Freshwater Research, 71(3), I-III.
2020 McDowell, R. W., Noble, A., Pletnyakov, P., Haggard, B. E., & Mosley, L. M. (2020). Global mapping of freshwater nutrient enrichment and periphyton growth potential.. Scientific reports, 10(1), 3568.
Scopus24 WoS22 Europe PMC32020 McDowell, R. W., Noble, A., Pletnyakov, P., & Mosley, L. M. (2020). Global database of diffuse riverine nitrogen and phosphorus loads and yields. Geoscience Data Journal, 8(2), 132-143.
Scopus1 WoS22019 Kölbl, A., Bucka, F., Marschner, P., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Schulz, S., . . . Kögel-Knabner, I. (2019). Consumption and alteration of different organic matter sources during remediation of a sandy sulfuric soil. Geoderma, 347, 220-232.
Scopus8 WoS82019 Watson, F. T., Smernik, R. J., Doolette, A. L., & Mosley, L. M. (2019). Phosphorus speciation and dynamics in river sediments, floodplain soils and leaf litter from the Lower Murray River region. Marine and Freshwater Research, 70(11), 1522-1532.
Scopus6 WoS62019 Carena, L., Terrenzio, D., Mosley, L. M., Toldo, M., Minella, M., & Vione, D. (2019). Photochemical consequences of prolonged hydrological drought: A model assessment of the Lower Lakes of the Murray-Darling Basin (Southern Australia). Chemosphere, 236, 1-8.
Scopus7 WoS7 Europe PMC32019 Le, T. H. X., Mosley, L., & Marschner, P. (2019). Nitrogen and phosphorus removal from wastewater by sand with wheat straw. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 26(11), 11212-11223.
Scopus7 WoS62019 Bargrizan, S., Smernik, R. J., & Mosley, L. M. (2019). Spectrophotometric measurement of the pH of soil extracts using a multiple indicator dye mixture. European Journal of Soil Science, 70(2), 411-420.
Scopus3 WoS32019 Biswas, T. K., & Mosley, L. M. (2019). From mountain ranges to sweeping plains, in droughts and flooding rains; River Murray water quality over the last four decades. Water Resources Management, 33(3), 1087-1101.
Scopus13 WoS152018 Mosley, L. M., Biswas, T. K., Dang, T., Palmer, D., Cummings, C., Daly, R., . . . Kirby, J. (2018). Fate and dynamics of metal precipitates arising from acid drainage discharges to a river system. Chemosphere, 212, 811-820.
Scopus8 WoS82018 Dang, T., Marschner, P., Fitzpatrick, R., & Mosley, L. (2018). Assessment of the binding of protons, Al and Fe to biochar at different pH values and soluble metal concentrations. Water (Switzerland), 10(1), 1-9.
Scopus7 WoS62018 Auricht, H., Clarke, K., Lewis, M., & Mosley, L. (2018). Have droughts and increased water extraction from the Murray River (Australia) reduced coastal ocean productivity?. Marine and Freshwater Research, 69(3), 343-356.
Scopus7 WoS72018 Bargrizan, S., Smernik, R., Fitzpatrick, R., & Mosley, L. (2018). The application of a spectrophotometric method to determine pH in acidic (pH < 5) soils. Talanta, 186, 421-426.
Scopus10 WoS7 Europe PMC22018 Shao, Y., Farkas, J., Holmden, C., Mosley, L., Kell-Duivestein, I., Izzo, C., . . . Gillanders, B. (2018). Calcium and strontium isotope systematics in the lagoon estuarine environments of South Australia:implications for water source mixing, carbonate fluxes and fish migration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 239, 90-108.
Scopus22 WoS222018 Kölbl, A., Marschner, P., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Kögel-Knabner, I. (2018). Alteration of organic matter during remediation of acid sulfate soils. Geoderma, 332, 121-134.
Scopus11 WoS92018 Remaili, T., Simpson, S., Bennett, W., King, J., Mosley, L., Welsh, D., & Jolley, D. (2018). Assisted natural recovery of hypersaline sediments: salinity thresholds for the establishment of a community of bioturbating organisms. Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts, 20(9), 1-10.
Scopus5 WoS52017 Mosley, L., Biswas, T., Cook, F., Marschner, P., Palmer, D., Shand, P., . . . Fitzpatrick, R. (2017). Prolonged recovery of acid sulfate soils with sulfuric materials following severe drought: causes and implications. Geoderma, 308, 312-320.
Scopus20 WoS152017 Mosley, L., Cook, F., & Fitzpatrick, R. (2017). Field trial and modelling of different strategies for remediation of soil salinity and sodicity in the Lower Murray irrigation areas. Soil Research, 55(7), 670-681.
Scopus5 WoS52017 Kölbl, A., Marschner, P., Fitzpatrick, R., Mosley, L., & Kögel-Knabner, I. (2017). Linking organic matter composition in acid sulfate soils to pH recovery after re-submerging. Geoderma, 308, 350-362.
Scopus11 WoS102017 Fitzpatrick, R., Mosley, L., Raven, M., & Shand, P. (2017). Schwertmannite formation and properties in acidic drain environments following exposure and oxidation of acid sulfate soils in irrigation areas during extreme drought. Geoderma, 308, 235-251.
Scopus29 WoS252017 Fitzpatrick, R., Shand, P., & Mosley, L. (2017). Acid sulfate soil evolution models and pedogenic pathways during drought and reflooding cycles in irrigated areas and adjacent natural wetlands. Geoderma, 308, 270-290.
Scopus24 WoS182017 Bargrizan, S., Smernik, R., & Mosley, L. (2017). Development of a spectrophotometric method for determining pH of soil extracts and comparison with glass electrode measurements. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 81(6), 1350-1358.
Scopus12 WoS122016 Jayalath, N., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Marschner, P. (2016). Addition of clayey soils with high net negative acidity to sulfuric sandy soil can minimise pH changes during wet and dry periods. Geoderma, 269, 153-159.
Scopus2 WoS12016 Dang, T., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Marschner, P. (2016). Addition of organic material to sulfuric soil can reduce leaching of protons, iron and aluminium. Geoderma, 271, 63-70.
Scopus10 WoS92016 Leyden, E., Cook, F., Hamilton, B., Zammit, B., Barnett, L., Lush, A., . . . Mosley, L. (2016). Near shore groundwater acidification during and after a hydrological drought in the Lower Lakes, South Australia. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 189, 44-57.
Scopus15 WoS122016 Yuan, C., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Marschner, P. (2016). Organic matter addition can prevent acidification during oxidation of sandy hypersulfidic and hyposulfidic material: effect of application form, rate and C/N ratio. Geoderma, 276, 26-32.
Scopus9 WoS92016 Dang, T., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Marschner, P. (2016). Organic materials retain high proportion of protons, iron and aluminium from acid sulphate soil drainage water with little subsequent release. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23(23), 23582-23592.
Scopus2 WoS2 Europe PMC12016 Reid, R., & Mosley, L. (2016). Comparative contributions of solution geochemistry, microbial metabolism and aquatic photosynthesis to the development of high pH in ephemeral wetlands in South East Australia. Science of the Total Environment, 542(Pt A), 334-343.
Scopus16 WoS16 Europe PMC32016 Jayalath, N., Fitzpatrick, R., Mosley, L., & Marschner, P. (2016). Type of organic carbon amendment influences pH changes in acid sulfate soils in flooded and dry conditions. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 16(2), 518-526.
Scopus18 WoS172016 Jayalath, N., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Marschner, P. (2016). Addition of organic matter influences pH changes in reduced and oxidised acid sulfate soils. Geoderma, 262, 125-132.
Scopus34 WoS312015 Mosley, L., Daly, R., Palmer, D., Yeates, P., Dallimore, C., Biswas, T., & Simpson, S. (2015). Predictive modelling of pH and dissolved metal concentrations and speciation following mixing of acid drainage with river water. Applied Geochemistry, 59, 1-10.
Scopus21 WoS202015 Dang, T., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Marschner, P. (2015). Organic materials differ in ability to remove protons, iron and aluminium from acid sulfate soil drainage water. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 226(11), 357-1-357-13.
Scopus5 WoS52015 Mosley, L., Willson, P., Hamilton, B., Butler, G., & Seaman, R. (2015). The capacity of biochar made from common reeds to neutralise pH and remove dissolved metals in acid drainage. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 22(19), 15113-15122.
Scopus24 WoS22 Europe PMC42015 Yuan, C., Fitzpatrick, R., Mosley, L., & Marschner, P. (2015). Sulfate reduction in sulfuric material after re-flooding: effectiveness of organic carbon addition and pH increase depends on soil properties. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 298, 138-145.
Scopus28 WoS27 Europe PMC22015 Mosley, L. (2015). Drought impacts on the water quality of freshwater systems; review and integration. Earth-Science Reviews, 140, 203-214.
Scopus239 WoS2232015 Yuan, C., Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., & Marschner, P. (2015). Amount of organic matter required to induce sulfate reduction in sulfuric material after re-flooding is affected by soil nitrate concentration. Journal of Environmental Management, 151, 437-442.
Scopus25 WoS24 Europe PMC32014 Mosley, L., Palmer, D., Leyden, E., Cook, F., Zammit, B., Shand, P., . . . Fitzpatrick, R. (2014). Acidification of floodplains due to river level decline during drought. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 161, 10-23.
Scopus32 WoS31 Europe PMC22014 Mosley, L., Zammit, B., Jolley, A., Barnett, L., & Fitzpatrick, R. (2014). Monitoring and assessment of surface water acidification following rewetting of oxidised acid sulfate soils. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 186(1), 1-18.
Scopus22 WoS18 Europe PMC22014 Mosley, L., Shand, P., Self, P., & Fitzpatrick, R. (2014). The geochemistry during management of lake acidification caused by the rewetting of sulfuric (pH<4) acid sulfate soils. Applied Geochemistry, 41, 49-61.
Scopus25 WoS232014 Mosley, L., Fitzpatrick, R., Palmer, D., Leyden, E., & Shand, P. (2014). Changes in acidity and metal geochemistry in soils, groundwater, drain and river water in the Lower Murray River after a severe drought. Science of the Total Environment, 485-486(1), 281-291.
Scopus49 WoS48 Europe PMC82014 Mosley, L., Zammit, B., Jolley, A., & Barnett, L. (2014). Acidification of lake water due to drought. Journal of Hydrology, 511, 484-493.
Scopus38 WoS342014 Simpson, S., Vardanega, C., Jarolimek, C., Jolley, D., Angel, B., & Mosley, L. (2014). Metal speciation and potential bioavailability changes during discharge and neutralisation of acidic drainage water. Chemosphere, 103, 172-180.
Scopus41 WoS39 Europe PMC122014 Hipsey, M., Salmon, S., & Mosley, L. (2014). A three-dimensional hydro-geochemical model to assess lake acidification risk. Environmental Modelling and Software, 61, 433-457.
Scopus17 WoS112013 Whitworth, K., Kerr, J., Mosley, L., Conallin, J., Hardwick, L., & Baldwin, D. (2013). Options for managing hypoxic blackwater in river systems: case studies and framework. Environmental Management, 52(4), 837-850.
Scopus18 WoS18 Europe PMC62012 Mosley, L., Zammit, B., Leyden, E., Heneker, T., Hipsey, M., Skinner, D., & Aldridge, K. (2012). The impact of extreme low flows on the water quality of the lower Murray River and lakes (South Australia). Water Resources Management, 26(13), 3923-3946.
Scopus91 WoS842010 Simpson, S., Fitzpatrick, R., Shand, P., Angel, B., Spadaro, D., & Mosley, L. (2010). Climate-driven mobilisation of acid and metals from acid sulfate soils. Marine and Freshwater Research, 61(1), 129-138.
Scopus43 WoS402010 Mosley, L. M., Peake, B. M., & Hunter, K. A. (2010). Modelling of pH and inorganic carbon speciation in estuaries using the composition of the river and seawater end members. Environmental Modelling and Software, 25(12), 1658-1663.
Scopus21 WoS202010 Mosley, L. M., & Fleming, N. (2010). Pollutant loads returned to the lower murray river from flood-irrigated agriculture. Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 211(1-4), 475-487.
Scopus14 WoS142009 Mosley, L. M., & Fleming, N. (2009). Reductions in water use following rehabilitation of a flood-irrigated area on the Murray River in South Australia. Agricultural Water Management, 96(11), 1679-1682.
Scopus9 WoS92004 Peake, B. M., & Mosley, L. M. (2004). Hydrogen peroxide concentrations in relation to optical properties in a fiord (Doubtful Sound, New Zealand). New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 38(4), 729-741.
Scopus6 WoS62004 Mosley, L. M., Husheer, S. L. G., & Hunter, K. A. (2004). Spectrophotometric pH measurement in estuaries using thymol blue and m-cresol purple. Marine Chemistry, 91(1-4), 175-186.
Scopus62 WoS592004 Mosley, L. M., Singh, S., & Sharp, D. S. (2004). Effects of a tropical cyclone on the drinking-water quality of a remote Pacific Island. Disasters, 28(4), 405-417.
Scopus23 WoS18 Europe PMC52004 Sander, S., Mosley, L. M., & Hunter, K. A. (2004). Investigation of interparticle forces in natural waters: Effects of adsorbed humic acids on iron oxide and alumina surface properties. Environmental Science and Technology, 38(18), 4791-4796.
Scopus65 WoS60 Europe PMC52003 Mosley, L. M., Hunter, K. A., & Ducker, W. A. (2003). Forces between colloid particles in natural waters. Environmental Science and Technology, 37(15), 3303-3308.
Scopus118 WoS107 Europe PMC172003 Mosley, L. M., & Aalbersberg, W. G. L. (2003). Nutrient levels in sea and river water along the ‘Coral Coast’ of Viti Levu, Fiji. The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 21(1), 35.
2003 Singh, S., & Mosley, L. M. (2003). Trace metal levels in drinking water on Viti Levu, Fiji Islands. The South Pacific Journal of Natural and Applied Sciences, 21(1), 31.
2003 Singh, S., & Singh, M. (2003). Explosives detection systems (EDS) for aviation security. SIGNAL PROCESSING, 83(1), 31-55.
WoS2162001 Mosley, L. M., & Peake, B. M. (2001). Partitioning of metals (Fe, Pb, Cu, Zn) in urban run-off from the Kaikorai valley, Dunedin, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 35(3), 615-624.
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Books
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2022 Hawken, S., Zhou, K., Mosley, L., & Leyden, E. (2022). Scenario-Based Thinking to Negotiate Coastal Squeeze of Ecosystems: green, blue, grey, and hybrid infrastructures for climate adaptation and resilience. In M. Jarchow, & A. Rastandeh (Eds.), Creating Resilient Landscapes for an Uncertain Future: A Framework for Change. Routledge. 2018 Fitzpatrick, R. W., Shand, P., & Mosley, L. M. (2018). Soils in the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Region. In L. Mosley, Y. Qifeng, S. Shephard, S. Hemming, & R. Fitzpatrick (Eds.), Natural History of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Region (pp. 227-252). Adelaide, South Australia: The University of Adelaide Press.
2012 Mosley, L. M., & Hipsey, M. R. (2012). Use of water quality models for adaptive monitoring and management of aquatic systems during periods of rapid environmental change. In Pollution Monitoring (pp. 91-114). Aldridge, K., Mosley, L. M., & Oliver, R. (n.d.). Water Quality of the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth. In Natural History of the Coorong, Lower Lakes, and Murray Mouth region (Yarluwar-Ruwe). Royal Society of South Australia. University of Adelaide Press.
Fitzpatrick, R. W., Shand, P., & Mosley, L. M. (n.d.). Soils in the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Region. In Natural History of the Coorong, Lower Lakes, and Murray Mouth region (Yarluwar-Ruwe). Royal Society of South Australia. University of Adelaide Press.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2015 Frizenschaf, J., Mosley, L., Daly, R., & Kotz, S. (2015). Securing drinking water supply during extreme drought- learnings from South Australia. In Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing - Proceedings of the International Conference on Drought: Research and Science-Policy Interfacing (pp. 391-397). USA: Taylor & Francis Group.
Scopus12015 Cook, F. J., & Mosley, L. M. (2015). Modelling the effects of cracking of lake sediments during drying on acid generation and acid transport to the water column upon rewetting. In T. Weber, M. J. McPhee, & R. S. Anderssen (Eds.), Proceedings - 21st International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2015 (pp. 531-535). Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA: MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC. 2014 Fitzpatrick, R., Raven, M., Self, P., Shand, P., Grealish, G., & Mosley, L. (2014). Irreversible clay mineral transformations from bushfires in acid sulphate soils: An indicator of soil processes involved in climate variability and climate change. In Proceedings of the Australian Clay Minerals Society Conference (pp. 47-50). Perth: Australian Clay Minerals Society. 2013 Cook, F. J., & Mosley, L. (2013). Modelling acidic solute fluxes to the water column in the lower lakes. In J. Piantadosi, R. S. Anderssen, & J. Boland (Eds.), Proceedings - 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 2013 (pp. 1763-1769). Adelaide, AUSTRALIA: MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC.
Scopus1 WoS12011 Hipsey, M. R., Salmon, S. U., Mosley, L. M., Barnett, L., & Frizenschaf, J. (2011). Development of a 3-D hydro-geochemical model to assess water quality and acidification risk in the Murray Lower Lakes, South Australia. In F. Chan, D. Marinova, & R. S. Anderssen (Eds.), MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty (pp. 3719-3725). Perth, AUSTRALIA: MODELLING & SIMULATION SOC AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND INC. 2002 Mosley, L., Peake, B., Collett, S., Labadie, P., Kieber, R., & Willey, J. (2002). UV radiation and the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in aquatic environments. In Royal Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Series 60, 124 pp (pp. 1-3). Christchurch, New Zealand. -
Conference Items
Year Citation 2014 Fitzpatrick, R. W., Shand, P., Raven, M., Self, P., Grealish, G., & Mosley, L. (2014). Morphological and mineral transformation processes from bushfires in acid sulfate soils. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 4th National Acid Sulfate Conference. Australia: Southern Cross University. 2014 Yuan, C., Marschner, P., Fitzpatrick, R. W., & Mosley, L. (2014). Organic carbon availability and low pH may limit sulfate reduction in oxidized acid sulfate soils (ASS) after re-saturation. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the 4th National Acid Sulfate Soil Conference. Australia: Southern Cross University. -
Report for External Bodies
Year Citation 2022 Priestley, S., Mosley, L., Farkas, J., Tyler, J., Shao, Y., Shanafield, M., . . . Leyden, E. (2022). Sources and transport of nutrients in the Coorong. 2021 Lovelock, C. E., Sippo, J., Adame, M. F., Dittmann, S., Hickey, S., Hutley, L., . . . Rogers, K. (2021). Blue Carbon Accounting Model (BlueCAM) Technical Overview. Australia. 2020 Dittmann, S., Beaumont, K., Mosley, L., Jones, A., Leyden, E., Raja Segaran, R., . . . Clarke, B. (2020). A Blue Carbon future through introducing tidal flow to salt ponds and stranded saltmarsh for Dry Creek and the Samphire Coast. Adelaide. 2020 Mosley, L., Priestley, S., Brookes, J., Dittmann, S., Farkas, J., Farrell, M., . . . Welsh, D. (2020). Coorong water quality synthesis with a focus on the drivers of eutrophication (Goyder Institute for Water Research Technical Report Series No. 20/10). http://www.goyderinstitute.org/_r3428/media/system/attrib/file/699/TI_1.1.2_TRS_20-10_Nutrient%20Synthesis_2020-08-26_Final%20v2.pdf. 2020 Jones, A. R., Russell, S., Asanopoulos, C., Dittmann, S., Mosley, L., Beaumont, K., . . . Gillanders, B. (2020). Mapping coastal wetland blue carbon indicators in the Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resource Management Region. Adelaide: The University of Adelaide. 2019 Jones, A. R., Dittmann, S., Mosley, L., Beaumont, K., Clanahan, M., Waycott, M., & Gillanders, B. (2019). Goyder Institute blue carbon research projects: synthesis report (19/30). Adelaide, South Australia. 2019 Sabine, D., Mosley, L., Jones, A. R., Clanahan, M., Beaumont, K., & Gillanders, B. (2019). Research agenda for blue carbon in South Australia (19/31). Adelaide, South Australian.
The skills in our research group attract large amounts of competitive research, government and industry grant funding as evidenced by the list of selected projects below over last 4 years:
| Year | Project Title | Client | Amount $ |
| 2020-2022 | Health Coorong - Healthy Basin Nutrient Dynamics Project | Goyder Institute | 1.3 million |
| 2018 | Investigating Potential environmental Factors Causing Corrosion of Feral Proof Fencing | Arid Recovery and Waratah Pty Ltd | 15,000 |
| 2018 | Riverine Project Investigation - Assessing the impacts and management of acid sulfate soils and soil microbial communities in managed wetlands (DEWNRF-00020652) Contract No 1077 | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 450,373 |
| 2018 | Principal Support, SARFIIP Surface Water Modelling (Q125SW) (W125SW) | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 40,300 |
| 2018 | A Tidal Restoration Trial at the Dry Creek Salt Fields to Improve Sediment, Water Quality and Ecological Outcomes | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 6,093 |
| 2018 | Calculation of environmental land management allocations | South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board | 14,400 |
| 2017-2020 | Extreme soil acidification and metal release risks from increasing drought (with Prof. Rob Fitzpatrick and Prof. Mike McLaughlin) | Australian Research Council (ARC) | 508,000 |
| 2017 | Principal Support, SARFIIP Surface Water Modelling (W089SMKSW) | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 19,968 |
| 2017-2019 | Goyder Project CA-16-08 - From Salt to C: carbon sequestration through ecological restoration at the Dry Creek Salt Field with Flinders University | Goyder Institute, WaterED Australia Pty Ltd (ICEWaRM) | 330,000 |
| 2017 | Evaluation of the Environmental Land Management Application (ELMA) in the Lower Murray Reclaimed Irrigation Area (LMRIA) | SA Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board | 22,000 |
| 2017 | Principal Support, SARFIIP Surface Water Modelling (W089SMKSW) | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 34,577 |
| 2017 | Determining the critical operating limits of irrigation infrastructure in the Lower Murray Reclaimed Irrigation Area (LMRIA) | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 13,874 |
| 2017 | Ecological assessment of the risks from acid drainage discharges to the Lower River Murray under low flow conditions project - Sediment metals and release component | Environment Protection Authority SA | 43,610 |
| 2016 | A Tidal Restoration Trial at the Dry Creek Salt Fields to Improve Sediment, Water Quality and Ecological Outcomes | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 230,307 |
| 2016 | Synthesis of Coorong Water Quality Data (W087SE) | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 10,527 |
| 2016 | Analysing River Murray Water Quality Data | Murray Darling Basin Authority | 6,000 |
| 2016 | A Tidal Restoration Trial at the Dry Creek Salt Fields | Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board | 353,225 |
| 2016 | Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Summary Report | Environment Protection Authority SA | 18,000 |
| 2016 | Modelling of proposed saline drainage discharges to the Pike River | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 4,700 |
| 2016 | Lower River Murray Irrigation Area Risk Assessment Modelling | Environment Protection Authority SA | 14,000 |
| 2016 | SARFIIP Blackwater Risk Assessment Stage 1 | SMEC Australia Pty Ltd | 16,658 |
| 2015 | Expert Input into the Water Quality Risk Assessment for the South East Flows Restoration Project | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 10,325 |
| 2015 | Report on Flow Optimisation Trial from barrages | SA Water | 7,000 |
| 2015 | National Acid Sulfate Soils Guidance | CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) | 8,400 |
| 2014-2017 | Sustaining irrigation and soil condition under changing climate and land use in Lower Murray irrigation areas | Primary Industries and Regions South Australia (PIRSA) | 438,000 |
| 2014 | Pre-trial research to inform a tidal cycling trial at the Dry Creek site | Department of Environment Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR) | 49,884 |
Soil & Water: Management & Conservation III (SOIL&WAT 3017WT)
Soil Science Australia - Soil Refresher Training Course (2020-2021)
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Principal Supervisor Effects of drought and climate change on the water quality of river Murray-Darling Basin Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Dilanka Niroshan Athukorala Athukoralalage 2022 Co-Supervisor Influence of soil water content on nutrient cycling in wetlands Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Rui Yan 2022 Co-Supervisor Impact of Liming and Organic Amendments on pH and Nutrient Availability in Acid Soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Birhanu Iticha Ayanssa 2020 Co-Supervisor Corrosion of Fencing in Arid and Coastal Acid Sulfate Soil Environments: Soil Corrosivity Processes, Indices, Risk Classification, Mapping and Management Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Andrea Donne Stiglingh 2020 Principal Supervisor Application of innovative techniques to assess pH spatial variability and stratification, lime movement and plant responses in acid soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ruby Zelda Hume 2020 Co-Supervisor Enhancing the effect of compost on plant growth by mixing with inorganic fertilisers and beneficial microbes. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Juqi Li 2020 Principal Supervisor Understanding and Optimising Water Quality in the Laratinga Wetlands Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Danielle Jean Allen 2017 Co-Supervisor Remote Sensing to Investigate the Response of Coastal Ocean Environments to Reduced River Outflows Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Hannah Caitlin Claire Auricht 2017 Principal Supervisor The Effect of Sea Level Rise on the Geochemistry of Coastal Soils and Shallow Groundwater Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Emily Ruth Leyden -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2021 Co-Supervisor Exploring the Composition, Dissolution Kinetics and Passivation of Jarosite from an Acid Sulfate Soil Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Mr Austin Myles Trueman 2017 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Influence of pH, phosphorus addition and soil water content on phosphorus pools in acid sulfate soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sonia Samanthi Mayakaduwage 2015 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Nitrogen and Phosphorous Removal from Wastewater Added to Sand by Wheat Straw Addition and Wheat Plants Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Thi Huong Xuan Le 2015 - 2016 Co-Supervisor Effect of organic matter and sulfidic clay addition on pH and redox potential of inland acid sulfate soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mrs Nilmini Jayalath 2015 - 2019 Principal Supervisor Spectrophotometric Determination of pH and its Influence in Soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Sima Bargrizan 2014 - 2017 Co-Supervisor Capacity of Organic Materials to retain Metals and Protons Released from Sulfuric Acid Sulfate Soils Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dr Tan Thanh Dang 2014 - 2015 External Supervisor REMEDIATION OF ACID SULFATE SOILS BY ORGANIC MATTER ADDITION Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Chaolei Yuan
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2011 - ongoing Advisory Board Member Coorong Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth Scientific Advisory Committee Department for Environment and Water Australia -
Consulting/Advisories
Date Institution Department Organisation Type Country 2017 - ongoing Certified Professional Soil Scientist Soil Science Australia Business and professional Australia -
Industry Partnerships
Date Engagement Type Partner Name 2014 - ongoing Consultant Recently I have undertaken consultancies for the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) South Australia, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, CSIRO, Murray-Darling Basin Authority, and Department for Environment, Water and Natural Resources (DEWNR). -
Offices Held
Date Office Name Institution Country 2018 - ongoing President Soil Science Australia Australia 2017 - ongoing Vice President, Soil Science Australia Soil Science Australia Australia
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