Associate ProfessorLeon Barmuta
Adjunct Associate Professor
Biological Sciences
- Adjunct Associate ProfessorBiological Sciences
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- School of Natural Sciences, Biological Sciences, 215a Life Sciences Building, Sandy Bay Campus, TAS
SUPERVISION AND TEACHING SUMMARy
Teaching
Ecology, Community Ecology, Population Ecology, Behavioural Ecology, Restoration Ecology, Bioassessment, Experimental Design, Biostatistics, Freshwater Ecology, Ecohydrology, Ecohydraulics, Disturbance Ecology, Invertebrate Ecology, Macroinvertebrates, Limnology, Lakes, Wetlands, Rivers, Streams, Ecosystem Modelling, Statistical Modelling, Statistical Analysis
Teaching expertise
Leon has taught at all undergraduate and post-graduate levels in Zoology, Ecology and Biological Sciences. He coordinated Honours Programs in Zoology from 1991 to 2009 and designed and implemented and coordinated an innovative undergraduate unit called Biology and Society which started in 2000 and for which he was awarded his Citation for Outstanding Contributions to Student Learning by the Australian Government in 2013.
Teaching responsibility
Coordinator:
KPZ312 Scientific Methods in Biology
KPZ720 Advanced Scientific Methods in Biology
KPZ305 Biology and Society
KPZ715 Advanced Biology and Society
Teaching:
KPZ307 Ecology of Ecosystems
KPZ719 Advanced Ecology of Ecosystems
Research Supervision
Associate Professor Leon Barmuta will be retiring from the University in early 2026 and is unable to supervise any new Research and Higher Degree students as lead supervisor from now on.
Leon has been a lead supervisor for 17 PhD, 2 MSc and 18 Honours students, and a couple more are nearing completion. He is particularly proud of the diversity of careers that his postgraduates have pursued ranging from environmental advocacy, through consulting and senior environmental government positions to senior positions at universities and research institutes in Australia and New Zealand. He is lead supervisor for one current PhD student, and co-supervisor of one other.
SUPERVISION & TEACHING
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Impacts of Global Warming on Carbon Cycling in Australia's Highland Grasslands23 Jun 2023
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBeetle Conservation in Forest Landscapes21 Nov 2022
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONWhat’s new: Tracking unprecedented biodiversity change in woodland birds of Australia1 Jul 2021 - 25 Mar 2026
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONConservation Genomics of Galaxiid Fishes1 Dec 2020 - 18 Dec 2025
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONHow Much Freshwater Macroinvertebrate Diversity Can We Lose?21 Sep 2020 - 18 Dec 2025
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONInvestigating the Recent Depositional History of Nutrients, Heavy Metals, and Fire Markers in Tasmanian Highland Lakes17 Aug 2020 - 18 Dec 2024
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEnvironmental Accounting and the Construction of Landscapes18 Nov 2019 - 26 Aug 2026
- CURRENT DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Role of Macrophytes in Mediating Sediment and Nutrient Fluxes in Shallow Lakes12 Oct 2015
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSocial Behaviour, Aggression and the Indirect Effects of Competition and Predation in the Fish Species Galaxias maculatus and Gambusia holbrooki1 Aug 2013 - 16 Dec 2021
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONTaxa vs Traits: Analysing stream communities in South Australian dry environments17 Jun 2013 - 18 Dec 2017
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEcological Factors Influencing the Distribution and Abundance of the Saltmarsh Mosquito Vector (Aedes camptorhynchus)31 May 2011 - 14 Aug 2020
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONStructure and Function of Small, Headwater Streams Flowing through Wet Eucalypt Forest in Southern Tasmania and the Impact of Clearfell Forestry4 Mar 2009 - 14 Jun 2013
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBiology and Conservation Ecology of Selected Saproxylic Beetle Species in Tasmania's Southern Forests4 Sep 2006 - 13 Nov 2013
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONAn Evaluation of Indonesia's Indian Ocean Tuna Longline Fisheries, Based on Historical and Newly Established Sources of Catch and Effort Information3 Jul 2006 - 6 Dec 2010
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Impact of 170 Years of Flow Regulation on Processes and Patterns in an Eastern Tasmanian River System16 May 2005 - 8 Nov 2011
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONConservation Biology of the Golden Galaxias (Galaxias auratus) (Pisces: Galaxiidae)24 Mar 2003 - 12 Jun 2007
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONAssessing the Impact of Intraspecific and Interspecific Interactions on Tasmanian Rock Lobster (Jasus edwardsii) Caught in Traps: Analysing and Modelling13 Jan 2003 - 13 Jul 2010
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Metabolic Signature of Small Headwater Streams: Natural Variability and the Response to Forestry1 Jul 2002 - 30 Nov 2007
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Palaeobiogeography of the East Antarctic Freshwater Fauna1 Jul 2002 - 24 Sep 2008
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONBiological Feasibility of Spiny Lobster Jasus edwardsii Stock Enhancement1 Jun 2002 - 11 Sep 2007
- COMPLETED MASTERS SUPERVISIONMethods for Monitoring the Abundance of the Northern Australian Mud Crab Scylla serrata20 May 2002 - 11 May 2009
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONThe Importance of Complex Habitats for the Predator-Prey Interaction Between the Threatened Galaxiid Fish and an Introduced Salmonid25 Mar 2002 - 3 Oct 2007
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEstimating Natural Scales of Ecological Systems1 Feb 2002 - 7 Nov 2005
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONSustainable Harvest of Lobster Pueruli: A Way Forward for Rock Lobster Aquaculture26 Mar 2001 - 28 Sep 2005
- COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISIONEcology and Conservation of Ground-dwelling Beetles in Managed Wet Eucalypt Forest: Edge and Riparian Effects11 Sep 2000 - 28 Nov 2006