Assoc Prof Michael Grace - Researcher Profile

Biography

Mike works in the School of Chemistry at Monash University as an Associate Professor

Mike’s research areas of interest are:

 

• Aquatic chemistry of lakes, rivers and estuaries
• Biogeochemical cycling of nutrients (N, P, S & C)
• Environmental analytical chemistry
• Using stable isotopes to investigate aquatic nutrient cycling & ecosystem functioning
• Aquatic ecosystem process measurements (e.g. whole stream  metabolism, denitrification)
• Investigating the effects of urbanization on aquatic ecosystems
• Integrating Science into Natural Resource Management
• Ecosystem Ecology

 

Keywords

Aquatic chemistry

Qualifications

GRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN HIGHER EDUCATOIN

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2003

PHILOSOPHY

Institution: University of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1990

SCIENCE (HONS)

Institution: UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE

Year awarded: 1984

Publications

Books

Grace, M.R., McKelvie, I.D., 1998, Fate and Ecological Impact of Treated Sewage Effluent from Mt Fuller Alpine Resort, Alpine Resorts Commission - Mt Buller, Australia.

Book Chapters

Fellows, C.S., Hunter, H., Grace, M.R., 2007, Managing diffuse nitrogen loads: in-stream and riparian zone nitrate removal, in Salt, Nutrient, Sediment and Interactions: Findings from the National River Contaminants Program, eds S.Lovett, P.Price and B.Edgar, Land & Water Australia, ACT Australia, pp. 43-58.

Hart, B.T., Pollino, C., White, A., Grace, M.R., Burgman, M., Fox, D., Carey, J., Chee, Y.E., Henderson, B., Bui, E., 2007, Risk based approaches for managing contaminants in catchments, in Salt, Nutrient, Sediment and Interactions: Findings from the National River Contaminants Program, eds S.Lovett, P.Price and B.Edgar, Land & Water Australia, ACT, Australia, pp. 127-141.

Oliver, R.L., Grace, M.R., Olley, J., Cooper, B., 2004, Water quality, in The Darling, eds Roland Breckwoldt, Robert Boden and Jenny Andrew, Murray-Darling Basin Commission, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 298-329.

Journal Articles

Gentle, B., Ellis, P., Grace, M., McKelvie, I., 2011, Flow analysis methods for the direct ultra-violet spectrophotometric measurement of nitrate and total nitrogen in freshwaters, Analytica Chimica Acta [P], vol 704, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 116-122.

Yong, C., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T., Grace, M., 2011, Hydraulic and treatment performance of pervious pavements under variable drying and wetting regimes, Water Science And Technology [P], vol 64, issue 8, IWA Publishing, London UK, pp. 1692-1699.

Perryman, S., Rees, G., Grace, M., 2011, Sediment bacterial community structure and function in response to C and Zn amendments: Urban and nonurban streams, Journal of the North American Benthological Society [P], vol 30, issue 4, The Society for Freshwater Science, Canada, pp. 951-962.

Tweed, S., Grace, M., Leblanc, M., Cartwright, I., Smithyman, D., 2011, The individual response of saline lakes to a severe drought, Science of the Total Environment [P], vol 409, issue 19, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 3919-3933.

Imberger, S., Thompson, R., Grace, M., 2011, Urban catchment hydrology overwhelms reach scale effects of riparian vegetation on organic matter dynamics, Freshwater Biology [P], vol 56, issue 7, Wiley-Blackwell, Malden USA, pp. 1370-1389.

Perryman, S., Rees, G., Walsh, C., Grace, M., 2011, Urban stormwater runoff drives denitrifying community composition through changes in sediment texture and carbon content, Microbial Ecology [P], vol 61, issue 4, Springer, NewYork USA, pp. 932-940.

Gentle, B., Ellis, P.S., Faber, P.A., Grace, M.R., McKelvie, I., 2010, A compact portable flow analysis system for the rapid determination of total phosphorus in estuarine and marine waters, Analytica Chimica Acta [P], vol 674, Elsevier BV, Netherlands, pp. 117-122.

Grace, M., Scicluna, T., Vithana, C., Symes, P., Lansdown, K., 2010, Biogeochemistry and cyanobacterial blooms: investigating the relationship in a shallow, polymictic, temperate lake, Environmental Chemistry [P], vol 7, issue 5, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 443-456.

Lee, A., Grace, M., Meyer, A., Tuck, K., 2010, Fluorescent Zn2+ chemosensors, functional in aqueous solution under environmentally relevant conditions, Tetrahedron Letters [P], vol 51, issue 8, Pergamon Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1161-1165.

Imberger, S.J., Thompson, R., Grace, M.R., 2010, Searching for effective indicators of ecosystem function in urban streams: assessing cellulose decomposition potential, Freshwater Biology [P], vol 55, issue 10, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Malden Massachusetts USA, pp. 2089-2106.

Ellis, P.S., Gentle, B., Grace, M.R., McKelvie, I., 2009, A versatile total internal reflection photometric detection cell for flow analysis, Talanta [P], vol 79, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 830-835.

Imberger, S.J., Walsh, C., Grace, M.R., 2008, More microbial activity, not abrasive flow or shredder abundance, accelerates breakdown of labile leaf litter in urban streams, Journal of North American Benthological Society, vol 27, issue 3, North American Benthological Society, USA, pp. 549-561.

Atkinson, B.L., Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., Vanderkruk, K.E., 2008, Sediment instability affects the rate and location of primary production and respiration in a sand-bed stream, Journal of the North American Benthological Society, vol 27, issue 3, North Benthological Society, USA, pp. 581-592.

Gray, S.M., Ellis, P.S., Grace, M.R., McKelvie, I., 2008, Underway determination of alkalinity in estuarine waters by reagent-injection gas-diffusion flow analysis, Talanta, vol 77, Elsevier, Netherlands, pp. 533-540.

Webb, J.A., Bond, N.R., Wealands, S.R., Mac Nally, R., Quinn, G.P., Vesk, P.A., Grace, M.R., 2007, Bayesian clustering with AutoClass explicitly recognises uncertainties in landscape classification, Ecography, vol 30, issue 4, Blackwell Munksgaard, Denmark, pp. 526-536.

Hanafi, S., Grace, M.R., Webb, J.A., Hart, B.T., 2007, Uncertainty in Nutrient Spiraling: Sensitivity of spiraling indices to small errors in measured nutrient concentration, Ecosystems, vol 10, issue 3, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 477-487.

Sulfikar, S., Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., 2006, Can nutrient spiralling be used to detect seasonal nutrient uptake in a forested stream?, Water, Air & Soil Pollution: Focus, vol 6, Springer-Verlag, Netherlands, pp. 403-411.

Grace, M.R., Udnan, Y., McKelvie, I., Jakmunee, J., Grudpan, K., 2006, On-line removal of sulfide interference in phosphate determination by flow injection analysis, Environmental Chemistry, vol 3, issue 1, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, pp. 19-25.

Pollino, C., Feehan, P.J., Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., 2006, Reply to the comment by Crook and Koster (2006) 'Temporal change in fish assemblages in the lower Goulburn River, south-eastern Australia', Marine and Freshwater Research, vol 57, issue 3, CSIRO Publishing, Australia, pp. 309-311.

Hart, B.T., Burgman, M., Grace, M.R., Pollino, C., Thomas, C., Webb, J.A., 2006, Risk-based approaches to managing contaminants in catchments, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment, vol 12, issue 1, Taylor & Francis, USA, pp. 66-73.

Gray, S.M., Ellis, P.S., Grace, M.R., McKelvie, I., 2006, Spectrophotometric determination of ammonia in estuarine waters by hybrid reagent-injection gas-diffusion flow analysis, Spectroscopy Letters, vol 39, issue 6, Taylor & Francis, USA, pp. 737-753.

Udnan, Y., McKelvie, I.D., Grace, M.R., Jakmunee, J., Grudpan, K., 2005, Evaluation of on-line preconcentration and flow-injection amperometry for phosphate determination in fresh and marine waters, Talanta, vol 66, issue 2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 461-466.

Harbott, E.L., Grace, M.R., 2005, Extracellular enzyme response to bioavailability of dissolved organic C in streams of varying catchment urbanization, Journal of the North American Benthological Society, vol 24, issue 3, North American Benthological Society, Lawrence USA, pp. 588-601.

Harbott, E.L., Grace, M.R., Webb, J.A., Hart, B.T., 2005, Small-scale temporal variation and the effect of urbanisation on extracellular enzyme activity in streams, Journal of Environmental Monitoring, vol 7, issue 9, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge England, pp. 861-868.

Pollino, C.A., Freehan, P., Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., 2004, Fish communities and habitat changes in the highly modified Goulburn Catchment, Victoria, Australia, Marine and Freshwater Research, vol 55, issue 8, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 769-780.

Hart, B.T., Lake, P.S., Webb, J.A., Grace, M.R., 2003, Ecological risk to aquatic systems from salinity increases, Australian Journal of Botany, vol 51, issue 6, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 689-702.

Grace, M.R., Jakob, T., Donnert, D., Beckett, R., 2003, Effect of an alternating oxic/anoxic regime on a (freshwater) Yarra River sediment, Australian Journal of Chemistry, vol 56, issue 9, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 923-932.

Reisman, E., Grace, M.R., McKelvie, I.D., 2003, Interferences by Natural Organic Matter in the determination of iron in natural waters by Flow Injection analysis with 1,10-phenanthroline, Journal of Flow Injection Analysis, vol 20, issue 2, Nihon Bunseki Kagakkai, Furo Injekushon Bunseki Kenkyu Kondankai, Japan, pp. 177-182.

Muangkaew, S., McKelvie, I.D., Grace, M.R., Rayanakorn, M., Grudpan, K., Jakmunee, J., Nacapricha, D., 2002, A reverse-flow injection analysis method for the determination of dissolved oxygen in fresh and marine waters, Talanta, vol 58, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 1285-1291.

Walsh, C.J., Gooderham, J.P., Grace, M.R., Sdraulig, S., Rosyidi, M.I., Lelono, A., 2002, The relative influence of diffuse- and point-source disturbances on a small upland stream in East Java, Indonesia: a preliminary investigation?, Hydrobiologia, vol 487, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 183-192.

Oliver, R.L., Rees, C.M., Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., Caltcheon, G., Olley, J., 1998, Cyanobacterial blooms in the Darling River, Freshwater Ecology, vol may/june, Water, Vic Australia, pp. 18-19.

Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., Oliver, R.L., Rees, C.M., 1997, Algal blooms in the Darling River - Are phosphates to blame?, Chemistry in Australia, vol august, RACI, Australia, pp. 2-5.

Donnelly, T.H., Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., 1997, Algal blooms in the Darling-Barwon River, Australia, Water, Air and Soil Pollution, vol 99, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Netherland, pp. 487-496.

Grace, M.R., Hislop, T., Hart, B.T., Beckett, R., 1997, Effect of saline groundwater on the aggregation and settling of suspended particles in a turbid Australian river, Colloids and Surfaces, vol 120, Elsevier, Netherland, pp. 123-141.

Conference Proceedings

Thompson, R., Richmond, E., Grace, M.R., 2012, Mixed signals in urban streams - potential roles of climate variability, WSUD 2012: Water Sensitive Urban Design: Building the Water Sensitive Community, 21 February 2012 to 23 February 2012, Engineers Australia, Australia, pp. 299-313.

Yong, C., Deletic, A., Grace, M., 2010, The drying and wetting effects on clogging and pollutant removal through porous pavements, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management, 27 June 2010 to 1 July 2010, GRAIE (Groupe de Recherche Rhone-Alpes sur les Infrastructures et l'Eau ), Villeurbanne, France, pp. 1-10.

Adams, R., Dowell, L., Lloyd, J., Weatherley, A., Grace, M., Western, A., 2010, The effect of engineered features on sources and sinks of nutrients on a dairy farm in south-eastern Australia, Proceedings of the British Hydrological Society, Third International Symposium: Role of Hydrology in Managing Consequences of a Changing Global Environment, 19 July 2010 to 23 July 2010, British Hydrological Society, UK, pp. 630-635.

Overall, R.A., Grace, M.R., Pollino, C., Hart, B.T., 2009, A risk-based approach to the improved understanding and management of denitrification in urban stormwater treatment wetlands, Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, 13/07/2009 to 17/07/2009, The Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Canberra, Australia, pp. 4043-4049.

Yong, C.F., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T., Grace, M.R., 2009, Porous pavements: Evaluation of clogging in two accelerated laboratory studies in Melbourne, Toward Water Sensitive Cities and Citizens: Proceedings of the 6th Int. Water Sensitive Urban Design Conf. and Hydropolis #3, Australian Water Association, Perth WA Australia, pp. 388-395.

Webb, J.A., Bond, N.R., Wealands, S.R., Mac Nally, R., Grace, M.R., Quinn, G.P., 2005, Bayesian classification of catchments using spatial data: a first step to improved modelling of catchment effects on stream ecological condition, MODSIM: International Congress on Modelling and Simulation Advances and Applications for Management and Decision Making, 12 December 2005 to 15 December 2005, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc., Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 1497-1503.

Thomas, C., Hart, B.T., Nicholson, A.E., Grace, M.R., Brodie, J., Pollino, C., 2005, Development of criteria for simplifing ecological risk models, MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, 12/12/2005 to 15/12/2005, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, Australia, pp. 772-778.

Hart, B.T., Grace, M.R., Breen, P.F., Cottingham, P., Feehan, P.J., Bergman, M., 2001, Application of Ecological Risk Assessment in River Management, Proceedings of the Third Australian Stream Management Conference, 27-29 August, 2001, CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 289-295.

Watts, K., Hart, B.T., Grace, M.R., 2001, Biogeochemistry of a Sand Slug Stream, Third Australian Stream Management Conference, 27-29 August 2001, CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 639-645.

Harper, M., Bourgues, S., Grace, M.R., Ford, P., Hart, B.T., 2001, Nutrient Release from Lowland River Sediments, Proceedings of the Third Australian Stream Management Conference, 27-29 August, 2001, CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 285-288.

Grace, M.R., Hart, B.T., Ford, P., Webster, I., Yunhu, T., 1998, Nutrient release from sediemtns: Measuring the key processes, Australian Society for Limnology, 37th Annual Congress, Peak Crossing Qld 3-6/7/98, Australian Society for Limnology, Qld Australia, p. 47.

Hart, B.T., Grace, M.R., Ford, P., Webster, I., Yunhu, T., 1998, Nutrient release from sediemtns: Recent advances in understanding the key processes, Australian Society for Limnology 37th Annual Congress, Peak Crossing, Qld 3-6/7/98, Australian Society for Limnology, Australia, p. 55.

Hart, B.T., Grace, M.R., Oliver, R.L., Rees, C.M., 1997, Nutrient cycling and algal blooms in the Darling River, Bourke Conference, NSW, Bourke, NSW 8-9/11/95, Land & Water Conservation, Australia, pp. 63-74.

Other

Roberts, S.C., Grace, M.R., 2009, Nagambie Lakes: Spatial and Temporal Variations in Water Quality and Metabolic Activity, 2006-2007, Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Melbourne Australia, pp. 1-61.

Vanderkruk, K.E., Owen, K., Grace, M.R., Thompson, R., 2009, Review of Existing Nutrient, Suspended Solid and Metal Models, Australian Centre for Biodiversity and Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-78.

Roberts, S.C., Grace, M.R., Lind, P., Sherwood, J., Nash, D., 2007, Identifying key in-stream sources of phosphorus and nitrogen in the Wimmera River., Water Studies Centre, Monash University; Deakin University; Dept of Primary Industries, Ellinbank, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-41.

Grace, M.R., McKelvie, I., 2007, The Impact and Fate of Secondary Treated Sewage from Mt Buller - Phase 9., Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Melbourne Australia, pp. 1-60.

Roberts, S.C., Grace, M.R., Boon, P., 2007, The Nagambie Lakes system: review of existing water and sediment quality data and an analysis of its relationships to past ecological events., Water Studies Centre, Monash University and Dodo Environmental., Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-38.

Grace, M.R., 1997, Sediment profiling - a practical example, Workshop on Sampling Nutrients in Aquatic Ecosystems: Collecting Valid and Representative Samples, CRC, Australia.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Biogeochemistry of Nitrate in the Weribee Estuary: Applications of Isotopic Identification of Nitrate Sources, Sinks and Transformations.

Supervisors:

Cook, P (Joint), Grace, M (Joint-co), Cartwright, I (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Construction and utilization of phosphate biosensors with pyruvate oxidase.

Supervisors:

Adeloju, S (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Identification of photostable dyes for simultaneous analysis of compounds in 2D planar optodes..

Supervisors:

Cook, P (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Investigation on the biogeochemical processes affecting transformation and delivery of nutrients through low order streams of Poowong East catchments area..

Supervisors:

Cook, P (Joint), Grace, M (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Phosphorus and biogeochemical cycling of nutrients in estuarine sediments..

Supervisors:

Cook, P (Joint-co), Grace, M (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The proposed water quality protection planning for Thu Bon Vu Gia river system.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Main), Chan, T (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Unravelling the nitrogen cycle in a periodically anoxic estuary..

Supervisors:

Cook, P (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

biogeochemistry of phosphorus in freshwater ecosystems where algal blooms occur.

Supervisors:

Cook, P (Joint), Grace, M (Joint-co).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Alexander, S.

Program of Study:

Impacts of the 2003 Victorian alpine bushfires on Eastern Victorian receiving waters. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Mckelvie, I (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Student:

Atkinson, B.

Program of Study:

Ecosystem function responses to stream rehabilitation in the granite creeks. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Joint), Hart, B (Joint-Co).

Student:

Gentle, B.

Program of Study:

Spectrophotometric flow analysis techniques for the determination of total phosphorus and total nitrogen in natural waters.. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Mckelvie, I (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Student:

Gray, S.

Program of Study:

FLOW INJECTION TECHNIQUES FOR THE ANALYSIS OF NITROGEN AND CARBON SPECIES IN AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Mckelvie, I (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Student:

Harbott, E.

Program of Study:

Using enzyme activity to characterise organic carbon in urban streams. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Joint), Hart, B (Joint-Co).

Student:

Imberger, S.

Program of Study:

A question of scale: the effects of catchment urbanisation and riparian vegetation on organic carbon processing in small streams. (PHD) 2011.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Joint-Co), Thompson, R (Joint).

Student:

Lansdown, K.

Program of Study:

Biogeochemistry of nitrate in headwater streams and atmospheric deposition of the Dandenong Ranges. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Main), Cartwright, I (Associate).

Student:

Overall, R.

Program of Study:

A risk-based approach for the enhanced understanding and management of denitrification in urban stormwater treatment wetlands. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Main), Hart, B (Associate), Pollino, C (Associate).

Student:

Perryman, S.

Program of Study:

Microbial community structure and function: the response of denitrifiers on an environmental gradient - stream urbanization. (PHD) 2009.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Main), Hart, B (Associate).

Student:

Reisman, E.

Program of Study:

Adaptive flow analysis system for water quality monitoring. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Mckelvie, I (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Student:

Rumhayati, B.

Program of Study:

In situ measurement of phosphorus species in overlying and sediment pore waters using the La(OH)3-diffusive gradient in thin films (DGT). (PHD) 2007.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Joint-Co), Mckelvie, I (Joint).

Student:

Saefumillah, A.

Program of Study:

The release of organic phosphorus from aquatic sediments. (PHD) 2006.

Supervisors:

Mckelvie, I (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Student:

Thomas, C.

Program of Study:

Bayesian belief network development for ecological decision support in data-sparse domains: with a case study on tropical seagrass in the Great Barrier Reef, Australia. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Hart, B (Main), Grace, M (Associate), Nicholson, A (Associate).

Student:

Vanderkruk, K.

Program of Study:

BIOGEOCHEMICAL INTERACTIONS IN THE HYPORHEIC ZONE OF A SAND-SLUG STREAM: CREIGHTONS-BRANJEE CREEK, VICTORIA. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Hart, B (Main), Grace, M (Associate).

Student:

Vithana, C.

Program of Study:

Chemistry. 2005.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Main), Vanderkruk, K (Associate).

Student:

Vithana, C.

Program of Study:

Microbial activity associated nutrient release from the sediments of the ornamental lake, Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne, Australia. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Grace, M (Main).