Our research groups complement each other with a diverse range of expertise, working on projects locally, nationally and internationally and often in collaboration with external parties.

Biological Oceanography

• Eddy dynamics, production, and fisheries
• Southern Ocean carbon fluxes
• Nitrogen fixation in the Indian Ocean
• Particle dynamics, aggregation and sedimentation
• Ecosystem dynamics and biogeochemistry
• Algal blooms in freshwater

Contaminant Dynamics

• Urban environments
  
• Mined lands and mine closure
  
• Groundwater-surface water interactions
  
• Acidic waters
• Landscape connectivity
• Terrestrial-coastal waters connectivity
  

Ecohydrology (Centre of Excellence in Ecohydrology)

• Identifying the impact of new perennial vegetation systems on dryland salinity management
• Investigating uncertainties in prediction of recharge to surficial aquifers
• Spatial modeling of the soil water balance under perennial vegetation systems, measurement and modeling of riparian zone processes
• Development of methods for in situ measurement of physical parameters

Aquatic Ecology and Ecosystem Studies

• Limnology and ecosystem studies
• Ecological engineering and ecosystem restoration
• Ecology and management of harmful algal blooms
• Environmental engineering and society

Coastal Oceanography

• Slocum Gliders
• Cables Artificial Surfing Reef
• Adelaide coastal water study
• Natural variability in currents along Western Australia
• Circulation patterns around Sri Lanka

Ecohydraulics

• Flow, turbulence and mixing in submerged canopies
• Particle capture by biological collectors
• Flow and turbulence at the sediment-water interface
• The structure of island wakes

Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

• Transient coastal upwelling dynamics
  
• Generation and dissipation large amplitude internal waves
  
• Extreme tidal forcing of topographically complex coastal region
  
• Ocean response to Tropical Cyclone forcing
  
• Coupled physical and biogeochemical dynamics