Originally from the Cayman Islands, I migrated to Australia in 1993 to take up an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship joint between the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) and the Australian National University.
Community Memberships and Appointments
Deputy Chair, NRM North (Northern Tasmania Natural Resource Management Committee); Group B member 2002 to present. Chair, NRM North Coastal Strategy Development working group (2003 to 2006). Member, NRM North Strategy Working Group, Acting Chair (2003-2005). Member, Forest Practices Advisory Council, appointed under s.37A(2)(f) of the Forest Practices Act 1985, as a person with expertise in and experience of, forest issues in relation to forest conservation. Chair of the FPAC Scientists Committee (2002-2005). Member, Reference Group, Tamar Natural Resource Management Strategy. Member, Management Committee, Tamar Natural Resource Management Strategy,
(2000 to 2003). Member, Tamar Estuary Working Group (1998 to 2008). Member, Northern Coastal and Marine Reference Group (2004 to present).
Member, Rice Grass Advisory Group (2002 to present).
Chief scientist World Wildlife Fund GEF Project 'Coastal Resilience to Climate Change: Developing a Generalizable Method for Assessing Vulnerability and Adaptation of Mangroves and Associated Ecosystems'.
Research Interests
I prefer research where results will assist better environmental management decisions. I am best known for my expertise on Pacific Island mangroves. Other areas include coastal environmental resource management, coastal biogeomorphology, palaeoenvironmental reconstruction, coastal environmental impact assessment, environmental monitoring systems and global environmental change. Countries of Research Experience include Australia (projects in Queensland, NT, WA, NSW, SA and Tas), Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea, Federated States of Micronesia, Tonga, Samoa, Cook Islands, Maldives, Cayman Islands, Bermuda.
Teaching
My teaching is in environmental science and geomorphological processes. I like to use examples of environmental problems in Tasmania, and assist students to make assessments as though they were employed as geomorphologists or consultants. I hold a Graduate Certificate of Education (Tertiary Teaching) from James Cook University (2000).
UnitsSelected Publications:- Ellison, JC, 2005, 'Holocene palynology and sea-level change in two estuaries in Southern Irian Jaya', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 220 , pgs. (3-4) 291-309
- Ellison, J. C. , 2001, 'Possible impacts of predicted sea-level rise on South Pacific mangroves. In Noye, J. and Grzechnik, M. (editors), Sea-Level Changes and their Effects', Sea-Level Changes and their Effects, .World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, pgs. ISBN 981-02-3618-2
- Lucas, R.J., Ellison, J. C., A. Mitchell, B. Donnelly, C. M. Finlayson, and A.K. Milne, 2001, 'Use of Stereo Aerial Photography for Assessing Changes in the Extent and Height of Mangrove Canopies in Tropical Australia.', Wetlands Ecology and Management
- Ellison, J. C., 2000, 'How South Pacific mangroves may respond to predicted climate change and sea level rise. A. Gillespie and W.C.G. Burns Eds., Climate Change in the South Pacific: Impacts and Responses in Australia, New Zealand, and Small Islands States. ', , Kluwer Academic, pgs. 289-301
- Ellison, J. C., 1999, 'Present status of Pacific Island mangroves. In Marine/ Coastal Biodiversity in the Tropical Island Pacific Region: Volume II. Population, Development and Conservation Priorities, Eds L. G. Eldredge, J. E. Maragos and P. L. Holthus', Population, Development and Conservation Priorities, Eds L. G. Eldredge, J. E. Maragos and P. L. Holthus, II, pgs. 3-19
- Ellison, J. C, 1999, 'Impacts of sediment burial on mangroves. ', Marine Pollution Bulletin , 37, pgs. 420-426
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