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Dr Quinton Burnham

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 2743
Email: q.burnham@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.330  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5765-7415

Quinton is a lecturer in biological and environmental science in the  School of Science.

Current Teaching

  • SCI1183 Origins and Evolution of Life
  • SCI1192 Physical Environments
  • SCI1193 Introduction to Environmental Science
  • SCI3309 Biological and Chemical Hazards
  • SCI5140 Current Issues in Natural Sciences

Professional Memberships

  • International Association of Astacology (Board Member)

Research Areas and Interests

  • Conservation and management of freshwater taxa and ecosystems
  • Detection of mutations that infer rodenticide resistance
  • Development and applications of eDNA technologies
  • Systematics, phylogenetics, and biogeography

Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences), Edith Cowan University.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Edith Cowan University, 2014.

Research Outputs

2024

Journal Articles

  • Dawkins, KL., Nevill, P., Chambers, B., Herbert, S., Burnham, Q. (2024). Testing multiple environmental DNA substrates for detection of the cryptic and Critically Endangered burrowing freshwater crayfish Engaewa pseudoreducta. Environmental DNA, 6(4), Article number e594. https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.594.

Reports

  • Lette, E., Burnham, Q. (2024). Annual Report of Environmental Monitoring and Investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds - Gnangara Wetlands Macroinvertebrate and Water Quality Monitoring, Spring 2023. Joondalup, Western Australia. Edith Cowan University.

2021

Journal Articles

  • Lette, E., Burnham, Q., Lawler, N., Horwitz, P., Boyce, M., Broadhurst, D., Duffy, R., Koenders, A. (2021). Detecting sex-related changes to the metabolome of a critically endangered freshwater crayfish during the mating season. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences, 8(16 April 2021), Article number 650839. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmolb.2021.650839.

2020

Journal Articles

  • Lette, E., Lawler, N., Burnham, Q., Boyce, M., Duffy, R., Koenders, A., Broadhurst, D. (2020). Metabolomic Profiling of Crayfish Haemolymph Distinguishes Sister Species and Sex: Implications for Conservation, Aquaculture and Physiological Studies. Freshwater Crayfish, 25(1), 89-101. https://doi.org/10.5869/fc.2020.v25-1.089.
  • Duncan, B., Koenders, A., Burnham, Q., Lohr, M. (2020). Mus musculus populations in Western Australia lack VKORC1 mutations conferring resistance to first generation anticoagulant rodenticides: Implications for conservation and biosecurity. PLoS One, 15(9), Article number e0236234. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236234.

2018

Journal Articles

  • Gan , H., Tan, MH., Lee, YP., Schultz, M., Horwitz, P., Burnham, Q., Austin, C. (2018). More evolution underground: Accelerated mitochondrial substitution rate in Australian burrowing freshwater crayfishes (Decapoda: Parastacidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 118(January 2018), 88-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2017.09.022.

2016

Book Chapters

  • Furse, J., Burnham, Q., Dawkins, K., Richardson, A. (2016). Oceania: The Freshwater Crayfish of the Oceania Region. Freshwater Crayfish: A Global Overview (485-582). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/b18723-9.

2015

Journal Articles

  • Richman, N., Bohm, M., Adams, S., Alvarez, F., Bergey, EA., Bunn, J., Burnham, Q., Cordiero, J., Coughran, J., Crandall, K., Dawkins, K., Distephano, R., Doran, N., Edsman, L., Eversole, A., Fureder, L., Furse, J., Gherardi, F., Hamr, P., Holdich, D., Horwitz, P., Johnston, K., Jones, C., Jones, J., Jones, R., Jones, T., Kawai, T., Lawler, S., Lopez-Mejia, M., Miller, R., Pedraza- Lara, C., Reynolds, J., Richardson, A., Schultz, M., Schuster, G., Sibley, P., Souty-Grosset, C., Taylor, C., Thoma, R., Walls, J., Walsh, T., Collen, B. (2015). Multiple drivers of decline in the global status of freshwater crayfish (Decapoda: Astacidea). Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B, 370(1662), Article No. 20140060. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2014.0060.

2012

Journal Articles

  • Burnham, Q., Koenders, A., Horwitz, P. (2012). The status of the critically endangered freshwater crayfi sh Engaewa pseudoreducta (Crustacea: Parastacidae) in south-western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, 27(1), 45-54.

Research Projects

  • Environmental Monitoring and Investigations for the Gnangara and Jandakot Mounds – Gnangara Wetlands Macroinvertebrates and Water Quality Monitoring, Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (WA), Tender, 2023 ‑ 2025, $68,253.
  • eDNA aquatic monitoring in the City of Stirling, City of Stirling, Grant, 2024 ‑ 2025, $15,000.
  • Detection of anticoagulant rodenticide resistance in Australian city rodent populations, Flick Anticimex Pty Ltd, Grant, 2022 ‑ 2024, $25,068.
  • Development of non-lethal methods to assess stress and reproductive status of the hairy marron, Cherax tenuimanus: a critically endangered freshwater crayfish., Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, Grant, 2017 ‑ 2019, $12,250.
  • Field studies into the biology and conservation requirements of Engaewa species in the South West and Warren DEC regions, Department of Environment and Conservation WA, Grant, 2006 ‑ 2008, $37,500.

Research Student Supervision

Current Supervisions

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science by Research, The Ecology of Invasive Redclaw Crayfish in the Pilbara: Investigating Impacts on Spangled Perch and Assessing Potential Management Strategies.
  • Master of Science by Research, GENETIC DETECTION OF ANTICOAGULANT RESISTANCE IN AUSTRALIA’S INTRODUCED RATS

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Science by Research, Micro Distribution of Aestivating Fish in Acidic Wetlands of Windy Harbour, Southwestern Australia

Completed Supervisions

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), Phylogeography and population structure of the putative relict Reedia spathacea F. Muell. (Cyperaceae)
  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), Modernising Conservation Through Technology: A metabolic investigation of a critically endangered freshwater crayfish.

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), Biodiversity monitoring using environmental DNA: Can it detect all fish species in a waterbody and is it cost effective for routine monitoring?
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