Person
Weatherley, Alan Harold (1928 - 2012)
- Born
- 28 March 1928
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Died
- 1 September 2012
Fredricton, New Brunswick, Canada - Occupation
- Fish biologist and Limnologist
Summary
Alan Weatherley was a limnologist whose research ranged from investigating the potential for fish farming in Tasmania (which involved studying plankton blooms, benthic fauna and water chemistry in lakes and farm ponds), to zinc pollution running into Molonglo River near Canberra. His main research focused of fish growth: in 1972 he published the award-winning Growth and ecology of fish populations. Weatherley was a foundation member of the Australian Society for Limnology and while President conceived the project of producing a pioneering work on Australian limnology. The book Australian inland waters and their fauna: eleven studies was published in 1967 under his editorship. He was also the first Editor of the Society's Newsletter. Weatherley left Australia in 1973 and held professorial positions at the Universities of Tromsø, Norway, and Toronto, Canada.
Details
Chronology
- 1949
- Education - MSc, University of Tasmania
- 1949
- Education - BSc, University of Sydney
- 1950 - 1951
- Career position - Postgraduate Researcher, University of Sydney
- 1951 - 1957
- Career position - Research Officer, CSIRO Division of Fisheries, Hobart
- 1961
- Career position - Founding Member, Australian Society for Limnology
- 1961
- Education - PhD, University of Glasgow
- 1961 - 1973
- Career position - Reader in Zoology, Australian National University
- 1965
- Career position - President, Australian Society for Limnology
- 1973 - 1975
- Career position - Professor of Fisheries Biology, University of Tromsø, Norway
- 1974
- Award - Hilary Jolly Medal, Australian Society for Limnology
- 1975 - 1993
- Career position - Professor of Vertebrate Biology, University of Toronto, Canada
- 1993
- Life event - Retired
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Weatherley, A. H., Tasmanian farm dams in relation to fish culture (Melbourne: CSIRO, 1958), 24 pp. Details
- Weatherley, A. H., Growth and ecology of fish populations (London, New York: Academic Press, 1972), 293 pp. Details
Edited Books
- Weatherley, A. H. ed., Australian inland waters and their fauna : eleven studies (Canberra: Australian National University Press, 1967), 287 pp. Details
Resources
- 50 years of Australian Society for Limnology, 2012. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ebb667d8b14426c39e8dad4/t/5ec333eed2390919ecb4df5e/1589851123567/AFSS-50-Year-Compilation.pdf. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 21 June 2022