This page contains links to Honours research theses for the Faculty of Science. All University of Wollongong masters by research and PhD theses are posted online here.
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Mapping Changes of Saltmarsh and Mangrove Vegetation Communities in Wagonga Inlet, NSW South Coast, Arden Burrell
Assessing the capabilities of Landsat imagery for measuring fuel properties in Sydney Coastal Dry Sclerophyll Forest, Angela Cash
The Environmental history and tidal regime of Pattimore’s Lagoon, a modified coastal, Ashlee R. Clarke
Taming the Hungry Beast: the effectiveness of engineered log jams in an incising gravel-bed river, James S. Daley
Soil Geochemistry and Pathfinder Element Distribution Associated with the Hillgrove Antimony-Gold-Tungsten Deposit, New England Orogen, New South Wales, Robert Ellsmore
Concentrations of Enterococci in Relation to Rainfall in Sutherland Shire Catchments, Caroline E. French
Conservation of Forest Habitats: Examining tree species preferences and habitat quality of a low-density koala population, South East NSW, Heather Gow-Carey
Geodiversity of the South Coast Region, New South Wales, Michelle Grierson
Wetland Inventory and Management for the Myimbarr and Shell Cove Wetlands, Shellharbour, Madeleine Harper
Geochemistry & Mineralogy of Fluvial Sediments in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, Emma Marie Kiekebosch‐Fitt
Forms of C, N and P accumulation under different pasture soil carbon sequestration scenarios, Richard Lawless
Stratigraphic Evolution of the Shoalhaven-Illawarra Group Boundary, Southern Sydney Basin, Daniel Scott Lawrence
An Investigation about Neutralisation Rates of Acid Sulfate Soils Extracted as Sediment from Flood Mitigation Channels on the Shoalhaven Flood Mitigation System, Ronni Maciejowski
Trace elements in marine food species (Saccosteria commercialis, Metapenaus macleayi, Girella tricuspidata and Platycephalus fuscus) from Lake Illawarra, New South Wales, Sophie McClintock
Assessing Aspects of the Effectiveness of Biosolids Application and Soil Incorporation, Ben Rawlinson
Mechanisms of Invasion of Hieracium aurantiacum and Leucanthemum vulgare in Kosciuszko National Park, Douglas Rowland
Using sediment geochemistry to reconstruct past variation of weathering in the Himalayan mountain range, Nikki Rumpca
Conflict in Common: Heritage-making in Cape York, Nick Skilton
Coal Seam Gas: Issues for Consideration in the Illawarra Region, NSW, Australia, Joe Stammers
Retrospective analysis of dune change along selected beaches within the Wollongong LGA, Jack Daniel Talbert
“Evaluating the long-term success of native revegetation in the Southern Tablelands, NSW”, Xanthe Willis
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Characterisation of Erosion and Nutrient Export Risk in the Lake Illawarra Catchment, Tony Andresen
Deltas, dunes and playas: the evolution of a Lake Frome embayment from the late Quaternary to the present day, Ali C. Barrett
Tectonic Control of Cenozoic Deposition in the Cumberland Basin, Penrith/Hawkesbury Region, New South Wales, Lewis Carter
Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction of Lake Llancanelo, Southern Mendoza, Argentina, Paul Connolly
The Effect of Differrent Kinds of Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices on Stormwater Quality within the Sutherland Shire, Thomas H. Cook
Cultural Sustainability in Regional Australia: Young Women out and about in the Bega Valley, Anna de Jong
Caring for Place: Negotiating World Heritage on Lord Howe Island, Lucy Farrier
Climatic influences on modern coral isotopic records from the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Jacqueline Fenwick
An Investigation of the Factors Influencing the Abundance and Species Richness of Introduced Species on Roadsides in the Illawarra, Melissa J. Huntsman
Testing the efficacy of heated seawater for managing biofouling in ship’s sea chests, Andrew Leach
Shrimp Geochronology of the southern New England Orogen, Thomas W. Line
Macrochannel coastal plain transition in the Lake Illawarra Catchment, New South Wales, Kele Maher
It’s Not Easy Being Orange: Exploring NSW State Emergency Service Volunteer attitudes and practices towards nature, Jacqueline L. McKinnon
Map-Making Methods: Young People and the Shoalhaven River, Annalee Moes
An integrated approach to assess the vulnerability of mangrove and saltmarsh to sea-level rise at Minnamurra NSW, Thomas Oliver
Geology of the Hera (Pb-Zn-Au) and Nymagee (Cu) deposits, New South Wales, Daniel Graham Page
Holocene changes in mean sea-surface temperatures from Central Pacific fossil microatolls, Harrison John Schofield
Geographies of inter‐ethnic intimacy in NSW, Alexander Tindale
Transport choices - to and from Primary Schools in the Sutherland Shire, Stephanie Toole
Cultures of Coal and Climate Change in Helensburgh, New South Wales, Kiri Yapp