Dr. M.G. Chapman
Deputy Director
Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities
Marine Ecology Labs, A11
University of Sydney
NSW 2006

Biography
Dr Gee Chapman got her B.Sc. Honours degree in South Africa, before immigrating to Australia more years ago than she likes to remember. She worked as a Professional Officer in the School of Biological Sciences, while completing a M.Sc. and then a Ph.D. in marine ecology. After leaving the School to work with Tony Underwood in the Institute of Marine Ecology, eventually taking over as Director of the Institute and Deputy Director of the Centre when the Federal Government funded the Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities at the University of Sydney in 1997. Gee has a range of research and teaching interests in the Centre, which can be viewed on the Web page (www.eicc.bio.usyd.edu.au)

Selected Publications
Chapman, M.G., 1999. Improving sampling designs for measuring restoration in aquatic habitats. J. Aquat. Ecosyst. Stress and Recov., Vol. 6, pp. 235-251.

Chapman, M.G., 2003. Paucity of mobile species on constructed seawalls: effects of urbanization on biodiversity. Mar. Ecol. Progr. Ser. (in press) Chapman, M.G. & F. Bulleri, 2003. Intertidal seawalls: new features of landscape in intertidal environments. Landsc. Urban Plann., Vol. 62, pp. 159-172.

Clynick, B. & M.G. Chapman, 2002. Assemblages of small fish in patchy mangrove forests in Sydney Harbour. Mar. Freshwat. Res., Vol. 53, pp. 669-677.

Kelaher, B.P., M.G. Chapman & A.J. Underwood, 1998. Changes in benthic assemblages near boardwalks in temperate urban mangrove forests. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol., Vol. 227, pp. 281-300.

Lindegarth, M. & M.G. Chapman, 2001. Testing hypotheses about efficiency of management: unexpected difficulties to enhance abundance of food and create new habitat for feeding birds in a freshwater wetland. J. Environ. Manage. Vol. 62, pp. 375-388.

Underwood, A.J. & M.G. Chapman, 1999. The role of ecology in coastal zone management: perspectives from South-east Australia. In: Perspectives on integrated coastal zone management, (edited by W. Salomons, R.K. Turner, L.D. Lacerda and S. Ramachandran), Spinger-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 99-128.

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