Troy Gaston

PhD, BSc (Hons) (University of New South Wales)
Lecturer in Marine Biology and Ecology

QUALIFICATIONS

2003 Ph.D., School of Biological Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
1995 BSc (Hons) Science (Biological Oceanography), University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia

TEACHING INTERESTS

Oceanography and Meteorology
Foundations in Ecology
Fisheries Assessment
Geographical Information Systems (GIS)
Marine Ecosystem Assessment
Fisheries Biology and Population Dynamics
Climate Change and Adaptation

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Trophic interactions, ecosystem processes, tracking nutrient sources, elucidating food webs and stable isotope analysis in benthic, planktonic and pelagic estuarine and coastal systems. Quantifying anthropogenic disturbances on estuarine and coastal ecosystems. Biodiversity assessments in estuarine, coastal and marine areas. Investigation of illegal and black market fishing.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

In press: Connolly RM, Schlacher TA, Gaston TF (in press) Stable isotope evidence for trophic subsidy of coastal benthic fisheries by river discharge plumes off small estuaries. Marine Biology Research

2006: Gaston TF, Schlacher TA and Connolly RM. Flood discharge of a small river into open coastal waters: plume traits and material fate. Estuarine and Coastal Shelf Science 69:4-9

2005: Schlacher TA, Liddell B, Gaston TF and Schlacher-Hoenlinger M. Fish track wastewater pollution to estuaries. Oecologia 144(4):570-584

2004: Gaston TF and Suthers IM (2004). Sewage driven coastal food chain? Evidence from stable isotope analysis of a planktivorous fish at several spatial and temporal scales. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 34:17-33

2004: Gaston TF, Kostoglidis A and Suthers IM (2004). The 13C, 15N and 34S signature of a rocky reef planktivorous fish does indicate different coastal discharges of sewage. Marine and Freshwater Research 55:689-699

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