Associate ProfessorJulie Mondon

Aquatic Ecotoxicology

- Coastal and marine waters and sediment impact risk assessment

- Biomarkers of pollutants exposure and effect in vertebrates / invertebrates

- Histopathology and aquatic animal health indices

Knowledge Areas
Human impacts on aquatic ecosytems; industrial, wastewater, metals and
organics impact on aquatic organisms; exposure and effect biomarker response
to pollutants in fish, sharks, crustaceans, molluscs, microalgae. Multiple
lines of evidence risk assessment development for complex effluents,
desalination brine, sewage wastewater, plastics. In situ ecological risk
evaluation in freshwater, estuarine and marine waters. Community structure
alteration and introduced species impact. Development of fish and bivalve
health indices based on morphological and histological alteration, and
physiological change.

Dr Mondon is a research active member of Deakin Marine Innovation Centre. Her research direction
focus on ecotoxicological risk assessment tools for coastal and marine
waters and sediment quality, using biomarker response in in situ aquatic
organisms at the community, organism, tissue and biochemical levels have led to:

Application of biomarker response spans a geographical range from the tropics
to Antarctica. Collaborative projects with the Australian Antarctic
Division include investigating risk posed by heavy metal contaminant from
legacy waste disposal sites and organic contaminants from sewage wastewater
release into coastal waters proximal to the Antarctic research stations.
Collaborative projects with CSIRO include investigation of impacts of crude oil exposure on marine fish and invertebrates. Projects with the Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, include heat tolerance and metals toxicity in aquatic species.
Collaborative projects with the National Centre for Excellence in Desalination
and the Oceans Institute, University of Western Australia, include
investigating environmental and ecotoxicological impact of desalination brine
wastewater release to coastal waters habitats. Dr Mondon leads the
ecotoxicology and histopathology research program at the Warrnambool campus.
- Environment and environmental issues


Projects
Signature biomarkers for contaminated exposure associated with sewage and
refuse legacy waste disposal sites in Antarctic fish and bivalves. Australian
Antarctic Division

Assessment and mitigating environmental impacts of SWRO outfalls on key
benthic marine organisms. National Centre for Excellence in Desalination.

Great Australian Bight Deepwater Marine Program. CSIRO