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.

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Chronology

1949
Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Tasmania
1949
Education - Bachelor of Science (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 - Doctor of Philosophy (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

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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

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