Paul I Boon Australian Society for Limnology Conference 2017

Paul I Boon

Professor Paul Boon has been working on wetland systems for the past 30 years. His initial studies were on the ecology of coastal wetlands in New South Wales (University of Sydney BSc Honours: Sydney mangroves), Queensland (Griffith University PhD: Moreton Bay seagrasses) and Victoria (Monash University post-doctoral research: Western Port saltmarshes). He then worked for CSIRO Land & Water Division (Senior Research Scientist) on the ecology and management of freshwater wetlands, and returned to Melbourne in 1994 to work on coastal wetlands at Victoria University. Following a period with the private consulting firm Sinclair Knight Merz, Paul’s research over the past 10 years has focussed on the ecology and management of inland and coastal wetland systems across eastern and northern Australia. Paul’s most recent large-scale projects have been to lead the first State-wide assessment of coastal wetlands (mangroves and saltmarsh) in Victoria (2008−2011) and to lead a detailed (2003−2010) investigation into the rehabilitation of brackish-water (paperbark) wetlands in Gippsland. He is currently extending that work with an investigation into the role played by coastal vegetation in protecting against shoreline erosion. In earlier years, Paul was a member of the CRC for Sustainable Tourism, and he would like to recommence research in the field of tourism-ecology interactions. Paul has held the position of Acting Managing Editor twice for the journal Marine and Freshwater Research (where he remains an Associate Editor) and as a Guest Editor for Lakes and Reservoirs: Research and Management. He is also on the editorial board of PLOS ONE. Paul currently holds the position of Aquatic Ecologist on the Scientific Technical Committee, East Alligator Rivers Region for the Commonwealth Government, and is on the Scientific Advisory Panel of Wetlands Care Australia. He is a frequent presenter at community forums and public-education workshops.