Elizabeth A. Fulton Explained

Elizabeth A. Fulton
Other Names:Beth Fulton
Known For:Ecosystem modeller
Education:James Cook University
Employer:CSIRO
Occupation:Senior Principal Research Scientist
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Elizabeth A. Fulton (born 1973), also known as Beth Fulton, is an Australian ecosystem modeller, who was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science in 2022.[1] She is a Research Group Leader at CSIRO Oceans & Atmosphere in Hobart, Tasmania.

Career

Fulton was born in 1973 on a farm near Goulburn, NSW, and expressed a keen interest in maths as well a curiosity about the natural environment.[2] Fulton was awarded her BSc in Mathematics and Marine Biology from James Cook University (1997), and her PhD from the University of Tasmania in 2000.[3] Her thesis was titled ‘The effects of the structure and formulation of ecosystem models on model performance’.

Fulton started working at CSIRO in 2001, investigating indicators of the ecological effects of fishing. She developed the model Atlantis, and was appointed a research scientist in 2004. The Atlantis model was evaluated to be the 'world's best for evaluation of marine fisheries by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, and was utilised to provide advice on fisheries within the United States, Europe and Australia.[4] She also worked on the model InVitro, which explores the impacts and managements of different pressures on coastal and marine environments.[5] The models give equal weighting to both human and biophysical components within marine ecosystems.[6] [7] Fulton has described the process of building complex models as follows:

"We need to talk to the people who’ve spent their lives studying the different bits of the system – currents, climate, plankton, fish, sharks, whales, fisherman, local shop keepers, managers, the whole kit and kaboodle. We spend months getting the thing going and making sure it works like the real thing, we try to make it as accurate as possible."[8]

Media

Fulton has published her marine biology work in The Conversation,[9] on extreme weather impacts due to climate change,[10] on exploring the future with models,[11] on how Australia could be self-sufficient,[12] warming oceans changing the fishing industry,[13] as well as damage to Australia's coasts, from extreme weather.[14]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: CSIRO news . CSIRO news.
  2. Web site: Women in Tasmania . 2022-05-27 . www.communities.tas.gov.au.
  3. Web site: 2015-01-13 . Elizabeth (Beth) Fulton . 2022-05-27 . CSIROpedia . en-AU.
  4. Web site: CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research - Our Research . 2022-05-27 . www.cmar.csiro.au.
  5. Web site: 2011-02-09 . Simulations of marine ecosystems dynamics . 2022-05-27 . CSIROpedia . en-AU.
  6. Web site: 2015-01-13 . Elizabeth (Beth) Fulton . 2022-05-27 . CSIROpedia . en-AU.
  7. Web site: Beth Fulton, Ph.D. . 2022-05-27 . pew.org . en.
  8. Web site: 2011-02-09 . Simulations of marine ecosystems dynamics . 2022-05-27 . CSIROpedia . en-AU.
  9. Web site: Beth Fulton . 2022-05-27 . The Conversation . en.
  10. Web site: Richardson . Anthony . Fulton . Beth . Plaganyi . Eva . Bustamante . Rodrigo . Babcock . Russ . Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia's coastal habitat . 2022-05-27 . The Conversation . en.
  11. Web site: Fulton . Beth . Exploring the future with models . 2022-05-27 . The Conversation . en.
  12. Web site: Fulton . Beth . Where is Australia headed? Some future projections . 2022-05-27 . The Conversation . en.
  13. Web site: Hobday . Alistair . Fulton . Beth . Pecl . Gretta . Warming oceans are changing Australia's fishing industry . 2022-05-27 . The Conversation . en.
  14. Web site: Richardson . Anthony . Fulton . Beth . Plaganyi . Eva . Bustamante . Rodrigo . Babcock . Russ . Extreme weather caused by climate change has damaged 45% of Australia's coastal habitat . 2022-05-27 . The Conversation . en.
  15. Fulton . Elizabeth A . Link . Jason S . Kaplan . Isaac C . Savina-Rolland . Marie . Johnson . Penelope . Ainsworth . Cameron . Horne . Peter . Gorton . Rebecca . Gamble . Robert J . Smith . Anthony D M . Smith . David C . June 2011. Lessons in modelling and management of marine ecosystems: the Atlantis experience: Lessons learnt with Atlantis . Fish and Fisheries . en . 12 . 2 . 171–188 . 10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00412.x. free .
  16. Tittensor . Derek P. . Novaglio . Camilla . Harrison . Cheryl S. . Heneghan . Ryan F. . Barrier . Nicolas . Bianchi . Daniele . Bopp . Laurent . Bryndum-Buchholz . Andrea . Britten . Gregory L. . Büchner . Matthias . Cheung . William W. L. . Next-generation ensemble projections reveal higher climate risks for marine ecosystems . Nature Climate Change . 2021 . en . 11 . 11 . 973–981 . 10.1038/s41558-021-01173-9 . 1758-678X . 8556156 . 34745348. 2021NatCC..11..973T .
  17. Worm . Boris . Hilborn . Ray . Baum . Julia K. . Branch . Trevor A. . Collie . Jeremy S. . Costello . Christopher . Fogarty . Michael J. . Fulton . Elizabeth A. . Hutchings . Jeffrey A. . Jennings . Simon . Jensen . Olaf P. . 2009-07-31 . Rebuilding Global Fisheries . Science . en . 325 . 5940 . 578–585 . 10.1126/science.1173146 . 19644114 . 2009Sci...325..578W . 2805799 . 0036-8075. 11336/100063 . free .
  18. Web site: 2015-01-13 . Elizabeth (Beth) Fulton . 2022-05-27 . CSIROpedia . en-AU.
  19. Web site: Beth Fulton FTSE FAA . 2022-10-24 . Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering . en.
  20. Web site: Beth Fulton . 2022-05-27 . Australian Society for Fish Biology . en-AU.
  21. Web site: K. Radway Allen Award . 2022-05-27 . Australian Society for Fish Biology . en-AU.
  22. Web site: 2007-09-28 . The Prime Minister's Prizes for Science 2007 . 2022-05-27 . ABC Radio National . en-AU.

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