The University of Western Australia

UWA Staff Profile


Res/Asst/Prof Paul Close

Contact details

Address Centre of Excellence in Natural Resource Management
The University of Western Australia (M701)
35 Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY WA 6009
Australia
Phone 9842 0833
Fax 9842 8499

Key research

  • Freshwater and estuarine fish ecology
  • Larval fish ecology
  • Threatening processes/environmental flows

Major research interests

  • Estuarine and freshwater fish ecology
  • Ecological water requirements
  • Larval fish ecology
  • Threatening processes for aquatic systems

Qualifications

BSc A.N.U., PhD W.Aust.

Publications

Close, P.G. and Gouws, G. (2007). Cryptic estuarine gobiid fish larvae (Pisces: Gobiidae) identified as Pseudogobius olorum using allozyme markers. Journal of Fish Biology. 71, (suppl. B), 288-293.
Smith, K.A., Close, P.G., Ireland, S. (2005). Fish, Flows and the future for our South Coast Estuaries. Western Fisheries. September 2005.
Close P.G., Pusey B.J. & Arthington A.H. (2005) Larval description of the sympatric species, Craterocephalus stercusmuscarum stercusmuscarum (Pisces: Atherinidae) and Mogurnda adspersa (Pisces: Eleotridae) from tropical streams of northeast Queensland, Australia. Journal of Fish Biology 66, 1-17.
Close, P.G. (2002). The fish of Kororoit Creek: stressed relics and city slickers. Victorian Naturalist 119:4-13
Close, P.G., Aland, G, Tennant, W. and Sheed, J. (2001). Providing fish passage in stream rehabilitation projects: a case study from the Broken River, Victoria. Proceedings of the Third Australian Technical Workshop on Fishways. Keller, R.J. and Peterken, C. (Eds.) 30th August- 1 Spetember 2001. Sunshine Coast, Queensland. Monash Print Services. pp. 189-197.
Pusey, B.J., Arthington, A.H., Bird, J.R. and Close, P.G. (2001). Reproduction in three species of rainbowfish (Melanotaeniidae) from rainforest streams in northern Queensland, Australia. Ecology of Freshwater Fish. 10, 75-87.
Pusey, B.J., Close, P.G. and Arthington, A.H. (2002). Larval fishes of north-eastern Australian rainforest streams: patterns of abundance and microhabitat use. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 110, 27-46.

Roles, responsibilities and expertise

Research and monitoring
Fish identification
Fish sampling including electrofishing techniques and acoustic telemetry

Funding received

Department of Water
Jack Family Trust
Department of Fisheries

Teaching

ENVT3340 Waterways restoration and conservation

Current projects

Movement and recruitment dynamics of black bream
Larval fish assemblages in south coast estuaries
Environmental water requirements for Marbelup Brook and Denmark River
Environmental water requirements for Wilson and Torbay inlets

Research profile