Staff Directory

Professor Ian Potter

Position: Director, Centre Fish and Fisheries

Email: i.potter@murdoch.edu.au

Phone: 9360 2524

Room: BioSc/2.011

Qualifications:

BA Oxd., PhD NSW,FLS, FZS, FAIBiol, FTS

Teaching:

N261 Animal Diversity

Research Interests:

1. The Biology of Lampreys

The taxonomy, life cycles, ecology, bioenergetics and respiratory and vascular physiology of larval and adult lampreys. These studies are aimed at elucidating the inter-relationships of the extant genera and families of lampreys and their relationship to other lower vertebrates. They are also orientated towards examining the adaptations exhibited by larval and adult lampreys to their divergent modes of life.

2. Estuarine Fishes and Crustaceans

The work on fish and crustaceans in estuaries has concentrated on the Peel-Harvey, Swan-Avon estuaries and Wilson Inlet. These studies have provided life cycle and ecological data on many of the most abundant teleosts, crabs and prawns in these systems. They have also elucidated the role played by different habitats within these systems and the effect of eutrophication on the fish and fisheries of the Peel-Harvey Estuary. This work is now being extended into inshore marine waters.