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Russell Shiel
Undergrad at Monash, Hons with Ian Bayly (1974 - Goulburn billabong microfauna); PhD at Adelaide with Bill Williams/Keith Walker (1981 - R. Murray zooplankton); postdoc at Waterloo with Noel Hynes/Herbert Fernando (1982-83 - Algonquin Park lakes zooplankton); postdocs at Adelaide with George Ganf (1984-87 Mt Bold Reservoir plankton et al.); Murray-Darling Freshwater Res. Centre/CSIRO (1988-2001 - Floodplain ecology, microinvertebrate taxonomy); Visiting Res. Fellow, Univ. of Adelaide (2001-2022 River Murray, Lower Lakes and Coorong plankton); Principal R.J. Shiel & Assoc. (2001-present - inland water microinvertebrate taxonomy in relation to mining impact assessment or environmental flows, estuarine zooplankton, deep ocean meiofauna).
Russell's work profile
Russell works in the following sector(s): Consultancy
Russell's primary institution is: R.J. Shiel & Assoc.
Russell's position is: Principal
Russell's work in taxonomy
Russell has the following roles: Collecting, Specimen preparation, Identification, Research, Information Management, Editing publishing and reviewing, Science Communication, Public Outreach
Russell's skills are in Species delimitation, Classification, Biodiversity informatics, Nomenclature, Biogeography, Bioinformatics, Imaging
Russell works on the taxonomy of Rotifers, Crustaceans, Cladocera, Copepoda
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Russell is happy to be contacted for the following reasons:
Contact from others in the taxonomy community regarding taxonomy-related issues
Contact from members of the public for advice in areas of expertise (but not for identifications)
Contact from members of the public for identifications in areas of expertise
Contact re potential citizen science projects that could contribute to taxonomic research
Contact by prospective students and others who could benefit from mentorship
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