Ian R. Butler

 PhD candidate

Gehrmann Building, Level 8

School of Biological Sciences – UQ

St Lucia QLD 4072

Australia

Home T: +61 7 41942226

ian.butler@uqconnect.edu.au

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Research interests

Palaeoecology of coral reefs, turbid reef environments, sediment impacts on reefs

Current project

Historical ecology of the coral reefs of Hervey Bay, Queensland

Qualifications

MSc in Biology (Marine Biology) – James Cook University

BSc in Biology – James Cook University

Publications

  • Wakefield, W. and Butler, I. R. (2000)  Investigating Essential Fish Habitat for West Coast Groundfish  Abstracts: Mace P.M. (Ed) Proceedings of the 6th NMFS National Stock Assessment Workshop,  March 2000.
  • Butler, I. R. et. al. (2000)  Essential Fish Habitat on the West Coast (Poster)  6th NMFS National Stock Assessment Workshop, March 2000.
  • Butler, I. R. (1998)  Beche-de-Mer Fishery in New Ireland Province, Papua New Guinea:  1997 Status Report.  Technical Report of the National Fisheries Authority, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
  • Benson, L.J., Goldsworthy, P. M., Butler, I. R. and Oliver, J. (Eds.) (1994)  Townsville Port Authority Capital Dredging Works 1993: Enviromental Monitoring Program. Townsville Port Authority, 238 pp.
  • Butler, I.R.  (1994)  An Investigation Into What Constitutes Lethal Wounding in Acanthaster planci and an Assessment of the Effects of Regeneration on Gonad Production.  Masters Thesis, James Cook University Library, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
  • Kettle, B. and Butler, I. R. (1994)  A new approach to managing the environmental effects to dredging.  Abstracts: O. Bellwood (Ed), 6th Pacific Congress on Marine Science and Technology, July 1994.
  • Sweatman, H. and Butler, I. R.(1993)  An Experimental Investigation of the Ability of Crown-of-Thorns Starfish to Survive Physical Damage.  Proceedings of the Crown of Thorns Workshop, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.