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Name:
Stephen James Neale
Address:
PO Box 678
Townsville. 4810
ph 0414 511 943
Home Address:
13 Barbarra street
Picnic Bay
Magnetic Island. 4819.
Ph 07 47581624
Business Name:
STATUS (ABN 33299176044)
Date of Birth:
9 December 1966.
Citizenship:
Australian.
Education:
Bachelor of Science (1988), University of
Queensland.
Training and skills:
500 hours of underwater videography experience.
1300 hours logged SCUBA diving
Part 1 diver: Australian diver
accreditation scheme
NAUI openwater diver
Small boat licence.
Shipboard safety certificate.
Advanced resuscitation and
O2 certificate.
Radio operators licence.
Identification of corals to species level.
C class drivers licence.
Diploma of travel writing and photography.
Current Employment: Consultant for the Australian Institute of Marine
Science (AIMS), Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA), Centre for Marine Studies (CMS
- University of Queensland) and Burnett Shire Council.
Memberships: The Australian Coral Reef Society and Australian Marine Sciences Association
Employment Record
The Ocean Outfall Monitoring Project for the Burnett Shire Council comprises
two parts. Firstly, use underwater video belt transects to monitor benthic communities
at impact and control sites surrounding the outfall. Secondly, water quality
sampling at sites adjacent to the outfall. I am responsible for the entire project
from hire of boats and divers to the production of reports and analysis of video
footage. The project sampling design and techniques are currently under review
according to the recommendations put forward by myself in 2000.
August 1998 to March 2001
Participated on a two-week
field trip to Kimbe Bay, Papua New Guinea to survey coral reefs within marine
protected areas. Surveys use the line-intercept method of ascertaining the diversity
of the benthic communities at these reefs.
Employed to co-ordinate the Ocean Outfall Monitoring Project for the Burnett Shire Council.
Completed underwater video
analysis of transects for the Flinders Reef Monitoring Project, Queensland Department
of Environment and Heritage (QDEH), Brisbane.
Employed on a variety of projects as a Marine Consultant including: Part two of the GBRMPA study into the coral bleaching event of 1998, analysis of underwater benthic video transects for Sinclair Knight Merz (environmental consultants), QDEH and AIMS. Engaged with AIMS for a detailed study into the effects of cyclone Rona on coral reefs in the Cairns Sector. Successfully tendered for the GBRMPA Sea Temperature Monitoring Program in August 1998. Employed as a Coral Specialist for two field trips (40 days total) with the AIMS Long Term Monitoring Project in October and November 1999.
January 1998 to July 1998
Consultant for the GBRMPA Monitoring
Program. During this period 745 underwater video transects required analysis
using detailed coral taxonomy skills. Of the 745 transects, 275 transects from
inner and mid-shelf reefs were filmed by myself using underwater video. These
transects represent the first part of a detailed study into the coral bleaching
event that occurred in Jan/Feb of 1998.
November 1997 to December 1997
Participated in a 21-day field
trip to the Capricorn Bunker and Swain regions of the Great Barrier Reef (GBR)
with Long Term Monitoring Project (LTMP) at AIMS. My duties were to replace
underwater site markers on permanent long term monitoring sites assist in manta
tow surveys of reef perimeters and take video footage of underwater belt transects.
September 1997 to November 1997
Contracted as an Environmental
Scientist for Sinclair Knight Merz Pty Ltd to assist in the Port Hinchinbrook
Environmental Monitoring Program. A rigorous study involving daily turbidity
measurements using a hand-held nephelometer and fixed dataloggers at a range
of sites offshore from the Port Hinchinbrook Resort, Cardwell. The measurements
were then detailed in a report and submitted daily to several independent assessors.
This work required boat handling skills, the ability to work to tight deadlines,
knowledge of SPSS and excel (within the windows 97 environment) maintenance
of equipment (including calibration of data loggers) and good communication.
April 1996 to June 1996
Contracted by AIMS as an Experimental
Scientist within the LTMP to coordinate surveys of benthos at reefs in the Townsville
section of the GBR using underwater
video. Assisted in water sampling and crown-of-thorn surveys.
January 1992 to June 1994
Contracted by the Long Term
Monitoring Program at AIMS to assist in the setting up of long term monitoring
sites on the GBR. Develop a method of surveying sites using underwater video.
Training of personnel from QDEH and GBRMPA in underwater videography and techniques
for videoing transects correctly and efficiently. Analyse underwater videos
using detailed coral taxonomy skills. Rigorous checking, analysis and presentation
of data. Organising and participation in 20 field trips to the GBR. Acting as
team leader for several field trips and reporting of results to the participating
government body (GBRMPA). Work closely with other members of the Program in
water sampling, fish and crown-of-thorn surveys.
August 1989 to March 1991
Employed by the James Cook
University to coordinate detailed sediment, algal and coral surveys at Magnetic
Island, Townsville as part of an environmental impact assessment for the proposed
Magnetic Quays Resort Complex. Coordinate a team of divers to collect sediment
traps every 10 - 14 days (a total of 42 field trips), analyse samples within
a narrow time frame and report results. Survey corals using underwater camera
(over 1000 photos taken) and line intercept methods. Collect, measure and identify
algae. Train new team members in underwater orienteering and collection methods.
Referees
Dr Hugh Sweatman
Australian Institute of Marine
Science
PMB 3
Townsville. 4810
Ph (07) 47534444
Dr Ray Berkelmans
Australian Institute of Marine
Science
PMB 3
Townsville. 4810
Ph (07) 47534268.
Dr Tony Ayling
Sea Research
Mossman. 4873
Ph (07) 40907757
Publications
Christie,C.,Neale,S.,Oxley,W.,Osbourne,K.,Done,T.,De’ath,G
& Oliver,J (1995).Corals and Sessile Benthos. Long Term Monitoring of the
Great Barrier Reef. Status Report No. 1. Vol.1. Australian Institute of Marine
Science, Townsville.
Christie,C.,Bass,D.,Neale,S.,Osbourne,K.,Oxley,W
(1996). Surveys of Sessile Benthic Communities using the Video Technique. Long
term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Standard Operational Procedure No.
2. Australian Institute of Marine Science, Townsville.
Stephen Neale and Ray Berkelmans
(1999). Long Term Sea Monitoring Program Progress Report to the Ports Corporation
of Queensland.
Stephen Neale (2001). Environmental
Monitoring Report August 2001 - Outfall Monitoring Program, Nielson Park, Bargara.
Stephen Neale (2001). Water
Quality Report August 2001 - Outfall Monitoring Program, Nielson Park, Bargara.
Stephen Neale and Ray Berkelmans
(2001). Long Term Sea Monitoring Program Progress Report to the Ports Corporation
of Queensland.