Mr Alan Williams

Marine Ecologist

https://people.csiro.au/W/A/Alan-Williams

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Biography

Alan Williams currently leads several projects, and contributes to others, that focus on understanding the biodiversity and structure of deep sea ecosystems, including human uses - principally for fishing and by oil/gas industries.

His team and collaborators develop and use photographic and acoustic remote sensing tools and techniques to assess habitats, biodiversity and ecosystem structure in deep continental margin (shelf, slope and rise) depths (100 to 5,000m).

He has a 25-year track record of success in planning and implementing large sea-going research programs.

Research results from his projects have had uptake in many Australian marine fisheries and conservation management initiatives and policy settings, e.g. design and zoning of Australia’s network of offshore Marine Parks, and spatial management in fisheries.

Other Interests

Alan is also a specialist in the taxonomy of deep sea fishes and has published on several of the large and difficult families (Macrouridae, Alepocephalidae, Platytroctidae & Myctophidae).

Professional Areas

Fields of Research

Current

Current Roles

Research Scientist and Team Leader
Research and Project Management

Academic Qualifications

1988

PhD
Murdoch University, Western Australia

Publications

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