Ian Potter
Professor
Agricultural Sciences
Murdoch University
Australia
Biography
Ian Potter obtained my first degree from Oxford University where I obtained a BA in Zoology in 1962. I then moved to Australia and eventually to the University of New South Wales where I was a Senior Tutor and obtained a PhD for a study of the biology of lampreys, one of two surviving groups of jawless vertebrates. On the completion of my PhD in 1968, I was employed as a Postdoctoral Instructor at Duke University in the United States for a year. The Science Research Council in the United Kingdom then awarded me a Postdoctoral Fellowship to continue my studies on lampreys at the University of Bath. After two years, that University then appointed me firstly as a Lecturer and then as a Senior Lecturer. I moved to Murdoch University in 1976 to take up the inaugural position of Professor of Animal Biology and then eventually Research Professor, the position I still hold. During my time at Murdoch, I have spent periods visiting other Universities and Institutions where I undertook joint research. This included Guelph University, University of Toronto, Bath University, Munich University and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory.
Research Interest
lampreys
Publications
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Cottingham, A., Hall, N., Potter, I., (2016), Factors influencing growth of Acanthopagrus butcheri (Sparidae) in a eutrophic estuary have changed over time, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 168, , pages 29 - 39.
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Veale, L., Coulson, P., Hall, N., Potter, I., (2016), Biology of a marine estuarine-opportunist fish species in a microtidal estuary, including comparisons among decades and with coastal waters, Marine & Freshwater Research, 67, , pages 1128 - 1140.
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Tweedley, J., Warwick, R., Hallett, C., Potter, I., (2017), Fish-based indicators of estuarine condition that do not require reference data, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 191, 2017, pages 209 - 220.
