Person

Walker, Keith Forbes (1946 - 2016)

Born
20 June 1946
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died
27 February 2016
Parawa, South Australia, Australia
Occupation
Freshwater ecologist and Limnologist

Summary

Keith Walker was a limnologist and expert on the ecology of river flood plains, including their hydrology and hydraulics, geomorphology and biota. He was Australia's most well-regarded authority of the Murray-Darling River system, and served on a number of expert panels that published key reports of the Murray Darling Basin Commission. In 1986 he co-founded the leading international journal on river research, Regulated rivers: research and management. Walker was also recognised internationally as a leading researcher on the ecology and taxonomy of freshwater mussels, publishing Ecology of freshwater mussels in Australia for the Australian Water Resources Council in 1981.

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Chronology

1951
Life event - Migrated to Australia with this family
1975 - 2007
Career position - Associate Professor in Environmental Biology, University of Adelaide
1985
Career position - Visiting Scientist, Freshwater Biological Association River Laboratory, Wareham, United Kingdom
1986 - 2016
Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Regulated rivers: research and management (later River research and management)
1992
Award - Stephen Cole the Elder Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University of Adelaide
1992 - 1993
Career position - Project Leader, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, FAO, China
1993
Award - Hilary Jolly Medal, Australian Society for Limnology
1997 - 1999
Career position - Sub-Program Leader, Australian Agency for International Development, Bangkok, Thailand
2000
Award - Unsung Hero of South Australian Science Award, Australian Science Communicators
2001 - 2002
Career position - Editor, Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia
2007
Life event - Retired
2007 - 2016
Career position - Adjunct Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, University of Adelaide
2013
Award - Whitley Medal (joint with Paul Humphries), Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales
2013 - 2015
Career position - Adjunct Professor, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Murdoch University

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Journal Articles

  • Geddes, Mike, Sheldon, Fran, Jillman, Terry, Zampatti, Brenton and Williams, Craig, 'Advances in the study of River Murray ecology and the legacy of Keith Forbes Walker (1946 - 2016)', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 141 (2) (2017), 87-9. Details
  • Sheldon, F.; and Geddes, M., 'Vale Keith Walker 1946 - 2016', River research and applications, 32 (5) (2016), 1138-9. Details

See also

  • Nicol, Jason M.; and Ganf, George G., 'A botanical, ecological and hydrological contribution to understanding the Lower River Murray and beyond', Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 141 (2) (2017), 92-107. Details

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