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Name: Dr Keith McGuinness {photo not available}
Qualifications: BSc (Hons)
PhD
Main role: Ecologist
Phone: +61 8 8946 6709
Fax: +61 8 8946 6847
Email: keith.mcguinness@cdu.edu.au
Address: School of Science and Primary Industries
Faculty of Education, Health and Science
Charles Darwin University
Darwin NT 0909
Australia


Research Interests

Keith's main interest is in the ecology of marine communities, particularly in intertidal regions, and particularly in the effects of disturbance on these. Much of his recent work has been on the mangrove communities around Darwin, but he is also involved in studies on Trochus reseeeding and the ecology of freshwater communities.


Recent Publications

 

  1. McGuinness, K. (2003, 11/02/2003). The mangrove forests of Darwin Harbour: A review of research on the flora and invertebrate fauna.. Darwin Harbour Region Public Presentations Marine and Estaurine Eviroments, Darwin.
  2. McDonald, J. I., McGuinness, K.A. and Hooper, J.N.A. (2003). Influence of re-orientation on alignment to flow and tissue production in a Spongia sp. (Porifera:Demospongiae:Dictyoceratida). Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 296, 13-22
  3. Moritz-Zimmerman, A., McGuinness, K. A. and Kuppers, M. (2002). Impacts of urban stormwater drainage channels on a northern Australian mangrove forest. Trees-Structure and Function, 16, pp 195-203.
  4. McDonald, J., Hooper, J. and McGuinness, K. A. (2002). Environmentally influenced variability in the morphology of Cinachyrella australiensis (Carter 1886) (Porifera: Spirophorida: Tetillidae). Marine and Freshwater Research, 53 (3), pp 79-84.
  5. McGuinness, K. A. (2002). Of rowing boats, ocean liners and tests of the ANOVA homogeneity of variance assumption. Austral Ecology, 27, pp 681-688.
  6. McGuinness, K. A. (1999). Distinguishing area and habitat heterogeneity effects: a simulation test of the MacNally and Watson (1997) protocol. Australian Journal of Ecology, 25, pp 8-15.
  7. Nobbs, M. and McGuinness, K. A. (1999). Developing methods for quantifying the apparent abundance of fiddler crabs (Ocypodidae: Uca) in mangrove habitats. Australian Journal of Ecology, 24, pp 43-49.
  8. McGuinness, K. A. (1997). Dispersal, establishment and survival of Ceriops tagal propagules in a north Australian mangrove forest. Oecologia, 109, pp 80-87.
  9. McGuinness, K. A. (1997). Tests for artifacts of some methods used to study ivory and predation in mangrove forests. Marine Ecology Progress Series, 153, pp 37-44.
  10. McGuinness, K. A. (1997). Seed predation in a tropical mangrove forest: a test of the dominance-predation model in northern Australia. Journal of Tropical Ecology, 13, pp 293-302.
  11. McGuinness, K. A. (1997). Ecology and environmentalism: the uneasy alliance. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of Australia, 27, pp 54-58.
  12. O'Grady, A. P., McGuinness, K. A. and Eamus, D. (1996). The abundance and growth of Avicennia marina and Rhizophora stylosa in the low shore zone of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory. Australian Journal of Ecology, 21, pp 272-279.
  13. Douglas, M. M., Lake, P. S. and McGuinness, K. A. (1995). The role of fires in the management of tropical savanna streams. In: Finlayson, C.M. Wetland Research in the Wet-Dry Tropics of Australia, Supervising Scientist Report 101, ERISS, ACT, Australia. pp 69-73.
  14. McGuinness, K. A. (1994). The climbing behaviour of Cerithidea anticipata (Mollusca:Gastropoda): the role of physical versus biological factors. Australian Journal of Ecology, 19, pp 283-289.
  15. McGuinness, K. A. (1992). Disturbance and the mangrove forests of Darwin Harbour. In:Moffatt, I. and Webb, A. Conservation and Development Issues in North Australia, Australian National University Press. pp 55-62.
  16. Higgins, L. H. and McGuinness, K. A. 1991. Web orientation by Nephila clavipes in southeastern Texas. American Midlands Naturalist, 125, pp 286-293.
  17. McGuinness, K. A. (1990). Physical variability, diversity gradients, and the ecology of temperate and tropical intertidal reefs. Australian Journal of Ecology, 15, pp 465-476.
  18. McGuinness, K. A. (1990). The effects of oil spills on macro-invertebrates of mangrove forests and saltmarshes in Botany Bay, N.S.W., Australia. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 142, pp 121-135.


Current Projects

Current projects for Keith include:


Recent Completions Supervised

PhD

  • Ian Knuckey: Mud crab (scylla serrata) dynamics in the Northern Territory, Australia and their relationship to the commercial fishery. Lodged: 08/09/99
  • Madeleine Nobbs: The Behavioural Ecology of Fiddler Crabs (Genus: Uca) that Live in the Mangrove Forests of Darwin Harbour. Lodged: 05/04/01
  • Jafar Umar : Field study of the effects of sedimentation on the tropical seaweeds on intertidal nearshore fringing reefs. Lodged: 17/08/01

Masters

  • Graeme Dobson : Assessing and limiting predation and other sources of mortality in reseeded Trochus. Lodged: 18/05/00

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