Can you predict the concentrations of one nutrient species using the known concentrations of other nutrient species?

Theme: Environmental Management

Description: 

The Queensland Government has been collecting nutrient concentrations in South-East Queensland (SEQ) and Great Barrier Reef (GBR) catchments for almost 2 decades, and in that time has amassed approximately 400,000 datapoints. With such large datasets, we are now in a position to develop statistical relationships between the concentrations of all the water quality parameters. Such relationships can be used to set up Quality Assurance/Quality Control rules for current and future sampling programs.

Furthermore, the logistics of sampling and analysing those samples is a major expense for the Queensland Government, and the Great Barrier Reef Catchment Loads Monitoring Program (GBRCLMP) and SEQ Catchment Loads Monitoring Program are always looking for avenues to reduce cost or provide justification for the reduction or simplification of sampling programs.

This project will suit a student with an interest in building statistical models of environmental datasets

Additional Information: 

The Michael St John Warne (1962 – 2024) Memorial Scholarship is administered by the Reef Catchments Science Partnership in the School of the Environment. The purpose of the scholarship is to support UQ honours students. Up to three (3) scholarships will be awarded. Each scholarship is worth $5,000 (half paid in February 2026 and half paid on submission of thesis). A top up writing scholarship of $1,000 is available to publish one (1) journal paper from your thesis research after submission.
See https://environment.uq.edu.au/michael-st-john-warne-memorial-scholarship for more information or email rcsp.info@uq.edu.au

Contact: Assoc. Prof. Ryan Turner