Kelleway, Jeff

Overview

My research is focused on the ecosystem function of wetlands - that is, what roles do they play within nature and what ecosystem services do they provide for us? This incorporates elements of ecology, geomorphology and biogeochemistry, among other environmental science fields.
I have specific interest in the carbon sequestration potential, or 'blue carbon', of mangrove, saltmarsh and supratidal forested wetlands. The biogeochemical conditions in these habitats are conducive to long-term carbon retention, with carbon-rich sediments continuing to accrete over long periods of time, anoxic conditions slowing down the decay of organic material and the influence of marine waters minimising the release of methane to the atmosphere.
My research aims to improve understanding of the quantity and character blue carbon stocks in coastal wetlands and their response to environmental change. This includes assessing the importance of geomorphic setting to carbon stocks, as well as identifying contributions of autochthonous (resulting from primary production within the ecosystem) and allochthonous (imported from adjacent ecosystems or elsewhere in the catchment) sources to carbon stocks. Improved understanding of the processes driving carbon sequestration in coastal saltmarshes as well as improved methodologies for measuring carbon dynamics within and between ecosystems will also help to inform regional and global carbon management and potential carbon offset schemes.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise Published in Nature
2017	Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes Published in Global Change Biology

Available as Research Supervisor

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

GeoQuEST Research Centre 2019 -
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow 2019 -

Has Collaborator

Rogers, Kerrylee Professor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Assessing the structure of coastal forested wetland using field and remote sensing data Published In Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
2022	Modeled approaches to estimating blue carbon accumulation with mangrove restoration to support a blue carbon accounting method for Australia Published In Limnology and Oceanography
2022	Plant litter composition and stable isotope signatures vary during decomposition in blue carbon ecosystems Published In Biogeochemistry
2021	Blue carbon as a natural climate solution Published In Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
2021	Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at a continental scale Published In Science of the Total Environment
2021	Heterogeneous tidal marsh soil organic carbon accumulation among and within temperate estuaries in Australia Published In Science of the Total Environment
2021	Incorporation of local dissolved organic carbon into floodplain aquatic ecosystems Published In Aquatic Ecology
2021	Resilience of a native soil seed bank in a floodplain lake subjected to cropping, grazing and extended drought Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2021	Soil Carbon Stocks Vary Across Geomorphic Settings in Australian Temperate Tidal Marsh Ecosystems Published In Ecosystems
2020	Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation Published In Nature Communications
2020	Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (3998), 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w) Published In Nature Communications
2020	Blue carbon in coastal landscapes: a spatial framework for assessment of stocks and additionality Published In Sustainability Science
2020	Blue carbon potential of coastal wetland restoration varies with inundation and rainfall Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Equivalence of trophic structure between a tropical and temperate mangrove ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2020	Impacts and adaptation options for estuarine vegetation in a large city Published In Landscape and Urban Planning
2020	Mangrove dynamics and blue carbon sequestration Published In Biology Letters
2020	Rising seas allow coastal wetlands to store more carbon Published In The Conversation
2020	The future of Blue Carbon science Published In Nature Communications
2020	Thirty-Year Repeat Measures of Mangrove Above- and Below-Ground Biomass Reveals Unexpectedly High Carbon Sequestration Published In Ecosystems
2020	Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise Published In Nature
2020	A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management Published In Global Environmental Change
2020	Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration of Melaleuca Floodplain Wetlands in Tropical Australia Published In Ecosystems
2020	Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise Published In Science
2019	Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation Published In Nature Communications
2019	Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (3998), 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w) Published In Nature Communications
2019	Blue carbon in coastal landscapes: a spatial framework for assessment of stocks and additionality Published In Sustainability Science
2019	Blue carbon potential of coastal wetland restoration varies with inundation and rainfall Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Equivalence of trophic structure between a tropical and temperate mangrove ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2019	Impacts and adaptation options for estuarine vegetation in a large city Published In Landscape and Urban Planning
2019	Mangrove dynamics and blue carbon sequestration Published In Biology Letters
2019	Rising seas allow coastal wetlands to store more carbon Published In The Conversation
2019	The future of Blue Carbon science Published In Nature Communications
2019	Thirty-Year Repeat Measures of Mangrove Above- and Below-Ground Biomass Reveals Unexpectedly High Carbon Sequestration Published In Ecosystems
2019	Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise Published In Nature
2018	Carbon isotope fractionation in the mangrove Avicennia marina has implications for food web and blue carbon research Published In Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
2018	Climate Change Impacts on the Coastal Wetlands of Australia Published In Wetlands: the journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists
2018	Correction: Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses (Nature Climate Change (2017) DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3326) Published In Nature Climate Change
2017	Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon? Published In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2017	Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes Published In Scientific Reports
2017	Converting beach-cast seagrass wrack into biochar: A climate-friendly solution to a coastal problem Published In Science of the Total Environment
2017	Geochemical analyses reveal the importance of environmental history for blue carbon sequestration Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
2017	Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses Published In Nature Climate Change
2017	Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes Published In Global Change Biology
2017	Sediment and carbon deposition vary among vegetation assemblages in a coastal salt marsh Published In Biogeosciences
2016	Sedimentary Factors are Key Predictors of Carbon Storage in SE Australian Saltmarshes Published In Ecosystems
2016	Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases 'blue carbon' capacity as mangroves replace intertidal salt marshes Published In Global Change Biology
2015	Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration Published In Ecology
2015	Life stage influences the resistance and resilience of black mangrove forests to winter climate extremes Published In Ecosphere
2011	Saltmarsh of the Parramatta River-Sydney Harbour: determination of cover and species composition including comparison of API and pedestrian survey Published In Cunninghamia
2010	Effect of acidification on elemental and isotopic compositions of sediment organic matter and macro‐invertebrate muscle tissues in food web research Published In Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
2010	Grazing kangaroos act as local recyclers of energyon semiaridfloodplains Published In Australian Journal of Zoology
2010	Trophic structure of benthic resources and consumers varies across a regulated floodplain wetland Published In Marine and Freshwater Research

Chapter

Year	Title
2021	Carbon Storage in the Coastal Swamp Oak Forest Wetlands of Australia Published In Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management Publisher Wiley
2020	Chapter 28 Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher Elsevier
2020	Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher United States
2020	Australian mangroves through the Holocene: Interactions between sea level, mangrove extent, and carbon sequestration Published In Dynamic Sedimentary Environments of Mangrove Coasts Publisher Elsevier
2019	Chapter 28 Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher Elsevier
2019	Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher United States
2009	Mapping, assessment and monitoring of saltmarshes Published In Australian saltmarsh ecology Publisher Australia
2009	Protection and management of coastal saltmarsh Published In Australian saltmarsh ecology Publisher Australia

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2010	Using isotopic techniques to assess trophic structure in northern Murray-Darling Basin wetlands Published In ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE MODELLING IN THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

- Determining the carbon sequestration potential of coastal Casuarina and Melaleuca wetlands
- Mangrove encroachment of saltmarshes: what are the implications for ecosystem function, ecosystem services and biodiversity?

Teaching Activities

EESC207 - Advanced Spatial Analysis Co-ordinator (Autumn session) 2019 -
EESC320 Project Management in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Assistant 2019 -

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Understanding coastal wetland responses to sea-level rise	Nagel-Tynan, Zachary
Doctor of Philosophy	Measuring, Mapping and Modelling Mangrove Sustainability on the Australian Coast	Conroy, Brooke

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise Published in Nature
2017	Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes Published in Global Change Biology

Member Of

GeoQuEST Research Centre 2019 -
School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences Vice Chancellor's Research Fellow 2019 -

Has Collaborator

Rogers, Kerrylee Professor

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2022	Assessing the structure of coastal forested wetland using field and remote sensing data Published In Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
2022	Modeled approaches to estimating blue carbon accumulation with mangrove restoration to support a blue carbon accounting method for Australia Published In Limnology and Oceanography
2022	Plant litter composition and stable isotope signatures vary during decomposition in blue carbon ecosystems Published In Biogeochemistry
2021	Blue carbon as a natural climate solution Published In Nature Reviews Earth and Environment
2021	Ecosystem type drives tea litter decomposition and associated prokaryotic microbiome communities in freshwater and coastal wetlands at a continental scale Published In Science of the Total Environment
2021	Heterogeneous tidal marsh soil organic carbon accumulation among and within temperate estuaries in Australia Published In Science of the Total Environment
2021	Incorporation of local dissolved organic carbon into floodplain aquatic ecosystems Published In Aquatic Ecology
2021	Resilience of a native soil seed bank in a floodplain lake subjected to cropping, grazing and extended drought Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2021	Soil Carbon Stocks Vary Across Geomorphic Settings in Australian Temperate Tidal Marsh Ecosystems Published In Ecosystems
2020	Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation Published In Nature Communications
2020	Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (3998), 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w) Published In Nature Communications
2020	Blue carbon in coastal landscapes: a spatial framework for assessment of stocks and additionality Published In Sustainability Science
2020	Blue carbon potential of coastal wetland restoration varies with inundation and rainfall Published In Scientific Reports
2020	Equivalence of trophic structure between a tropical and temperate mangrove ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2020	Impacts and adaptation options for estuarine vegetation in a large city Published In Landscape and Urban Planning
2020	Mangrove dynamics and blue carbon sequestration Published In Biology Letters
2020	Rising seas allow coastal wetlands to store more carbon Published In The Conversation
2020	The future of Blue Carbon science Published In Nature Communications
2020	Thirty-Year Repeat Measures of Mangrove Above- and Below-Ground Biomass Reveals Unexpectedly High Carbon Sequestration Published In Ecosystems
2020	Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise Published In Nature
2020	A national approach to greenhouse gas abatement through blue carbon management Published In Global Environmental Change
2020	Carbon and Nitrogen Sequestration of Melaleuca Floodplain Wetlands in Tropical Australia Published In Ecosystems
2020	Thresholds of mangrove survival under rapid sea level rise Published In Science
2019	Australian vegetated coastal ecosystems as global hotspots for climate change mitigation Published In Nature Communications
2019	Author Correction: The future of Blue Carbon science (Nature Communications, (2019), 10, 1, (3998), 10.1038/s41467-019-11693-w) Published In Nature Communications
2019	Blue carbon in coastal landscapes: a spatial framework for assessment of stocks and additionality Published In Sustainability Science
2019	Blue carbon potential of coastal wetland restoration varies with inundation and rainfall Published In Scientific Reports
2019	Equivalence of trophic structure between a tropical and temperate mangrove ecosystem in the Indo-Pacific Published In Marine and Freshwater Research
2019	Impacts and adaptation options for estuarine vegetation in a large city Published In Landscape and Urban Planning
2019	Mangrove dynamics and blue carbon sequestration Published In Biology Letters
2019	Rising seas allow coastal wetlands to store more carbon Published In The Conversation
2019	The future of Blue Carbon science Published In Nature Communications
2019	Thirty-Year Repeat Measures of Mangrove Above- and Below-Ground Biomass Reveals Unexpectedly High Carbon Sequestration Published In Ecosystems
2019	Wetland carbon storage controlled by millennial-scale variation in relative sea-level rise Published In Nature
2018	Carbon isotope fractionation in the mangrove Avicennia marina has implications for food web and blue carbon research Published In Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
2018	Climate Change Impacts on the Coastal Wetlands of Australia Published In Wetlands: the journal of the Society of Wetland Scientists
2018	Correction: Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses (Nature Climate Change (2017) DOI: 10.1038/nclimate3326) Published In Nature Climate Change
2017	Can we manage coastal ecosystems to sequester more blue carbon? Published In Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment
2017	Carbon sequestration by Australian tidal marshes Published In Scientific Reports
2017	Converting beach-cast seagrass wrack into biochar: A climate-friendly solution to a coastal problem Published In Science of the Total Environment
2017	Geochemical analyses reveal the importance of environmental history for blue carbon sequestration Published In Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences
2017	Global patterns in mangrove soil carbon stocks and losses Published In Nature Climate Change
2017	Review of the ecosystem service implications of mangrove encroachment into salt marshes Published In Global Change Biology
2017	Sediment and carbon deposition vary among vegetation assemblages in a coastal salt marsh Published In Biogeosciences
2016	Sedimentary Factors are Key Predictors of Carbon Storage in SE Australian Saltmarshes Published In Ecosystems
2016	Seventy years of continuous encroachment substantially increases 'blue carbon' capacity as mangroves replace intertidal salt marshes Published In Global Change Biology
2015	Comparison of marine macrophytes for their contributions to blue carbon sequestration Published In Ecology
2015	Life stage influences the resistance and resilience of black mangrove forests to winter climate extremes Published In Ecosphere
2011	Saltmarsh of the Parramatta River-Sydney Harbour: determination of cover and species composition including comparison of API and pedestrian survey Published In Cunninghamia
2010	Effect of acidification on elemental and isotopic compositions of sediment organic matter and macro‐invertebrate muscle tissues in food web research Published In Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry
2010	Grazing kangaroos act as local recyclers of energyon semiaridfloodplains Published In Australian Journal of Zoology
2010	Trophic structure of benthic resources and consumers varies across a regulated floodplain wetland Published In Marine and Freshwater Research

Chapter

Year	Title
2021	Carbon Storage in the Coastal Swamp Oak Forest Wetlands of Australia Published In Wetland Carbon and Environmental Management Publisher Wiley
2020	Chapter 28 Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher Elsevier
2020	Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher United States
2020	Australian mangroves through the Holocene: Interactions between sea level, mangrove extent, and carbon sequestration Published In Dynamic Sedimentary Environments of Mangrove Coasts Publisher Elsevier
2019	Chapter 28 Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher Elsevier
2019	Conservation of Blue Carbon Ecosystems for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation Published In Coastal Wetlands Publisher United States
2009	Mapping, assessment and monitoring of saltmarshes Published In Australian saltmarsh ecology Publisher Australia
2009	Protection and management of coastal saltmarsh Published In Australian saltmarsh ecology Publisher Australia

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2010	Using isotopic techniques to assess trophic structure in northern Murray-Darling Basin wetlands Published In ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE MODELLING IN THE MURRAY-DARLING BASIN

Potential Supervision Topics

- Determining the carbon sequestration potential of coastal Casuarina and Melaleuca wetlands
- Mangrove encroachment of saltmarshes: what are the implications for ecosystem function, ecosystem services and biodiversity?

Teaching Activities

EESC207 - Advanced Spatial Analysis Co-ordinator (Autumn session) 2019 -
EESC320 Project Management in the Earth and Environmental Sciences Assistant 2019 -

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	Understanding coastal wetland responses to sea-level rise	Nagel-Tynan, Zachary
Doctor of Philosophy	Measuring, Mapping and Modelling Mangrove Sustainability on the Australian Coast	Conroy, Brooke

Awards And Honors

Finalist: The Eureka Prize for Environmental Research, conferred by Australian Museaum, 2019
Tony Roach Prize in Marine Science, conferred by NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, 2016

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5145-9466 (confirmed)

Scopus Id

36008552200

Overview

Overview

Top Publications

Available as Research Supervisor

Affiliation

Available for Collaborative Projects

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Supervision

Available as Research Supervisor

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Awards And Honors

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

Overview

Top Publications

Affiliation

Member Of

Has Collaborator

Publications

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Chapter

Conference Paper

Supervision

Potential Supervision Topics

Teaching Activities

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Background

Awards And Honors

Identity

Orcid Id

Scopus Id

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