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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1997-06-30 human Rosanne Walker and Helen Cohn updated 2026-05-21 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P002573b.htm person McComb Arthur James FAA AACR2 9 December 1936 8 October 2017 Place of Birth Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Place of Death Perth, Western Australia, Australia Botanist Environmental scientist University Administrator Arthur McComb was appointed Professor of Environmental Science at Murdoch University in 1989. Before that he had been with the Department of Botany at the University of Western Australia since 1963. He is interested in the control of plant growth in aquatic systems.

"Arthur McComb's work centres upon the control of plant growth by the environment. Beginning as a plant physiologist with interests in gibberellins, he now studies the detailed functioning of aquatic systems using field, laboratory and modelling techniques to examine the inter-relationships of benthic, epiphytic and planktonic plant components under conditions of increasing eutrophication. Much of the work concerns solving applied problems for government agencies, including the demise of seagrass meadows and algal nuisances in marine embayments or estuaries. As well as an extensive range of research papers and chapters for books, McComb has edited/co-authored major treatises on seagrass biology and Australian wetlands." [from https://www.science.org.au/profile/arthur-mccomb 6/6/2022]

1956 1956 Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Melbourne 1959 1959 Education - Master of Science (MSc), University of Melbourne 1959 1959 Award - 1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship 1962 1962 Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), University of Cambridge 1963 1967 Career position - Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia 1968 1976 Career position - Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia 1969 1969 Career position - Visiting Fellow, University of Leicester, United Kingdom 1971 1976 Career position - Editor, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1977 1978 Career position - President, Royal Society of Western Australia 1977 1989 Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia 1981 1986 Career position - Associate Professor, Department of Botany, University of Western Australia 1982 1997 Career position - Joint Director of the Centre for Water Research, University of Western Australia 1983 1983 Career position - Research Fellow, Botany Department, University of Melbourne 1984 1986 Career position - Member, Scientific Advisory Committee, World Wildlife Fund Australia 1985 1987 Career position - Deputy Chair, Western Australian National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority 1986 1988 Career position - President, Ecological Society of Australia 1986 1991 Career position - Chairman, Herdsman Lake Management Advisory Committee 1988 1989 Career position - Chair, Western Australian Lands and Forests Commission 1989 1994 Career position - Director, Institute for Environmental Science, Murdoch University 1989 1996 Career position - Professor of Environmental Science, Murdoch University 1989 2017 Award - Fellow, Institute of Biology 1991 1991 Award - Hilary Jolly Medal, Australian Society for Limnology 1991 1992 Career position - Member, Life Sciences Panel, Cooperative Research Centres Committee 1991 1995 Career position - Chair, Western Australian National Parks and Nature Conservation Authority 1992 1992 Career position - Member, Technical Advisory Group on the generation of algal blooms in the Murray/Darling basin 1995 2017 Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA) 1997 1997 Award - Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 1997 2010 Career position - Senior Scholar in Residence, Murdoch University 1 Jan 2001 1 Jan 2001 Award - Centenary Medal - for service to Australian society in environmental science 2002 2002 Award - Silver Jubilee Award, Australian Marine Sciences Association 2007 2007 Education - Doctor of Science (DSc), Murdoch University 2011 2017 Career position - Emeritus Professor, Murdoch University Silver Jubilee Award, Australian Marine Sciences Association (1988 - )

Received the Award 2002

 Hilary Jolly Medal, Australian Freshwater Sciences Society (1974 - )

Awarded the Medal 1991

 The University of Western Australia (1911 - )

Associate Professor, Department of Botany 1977 - 1989; Head of Department 1981 - 1986

 Medal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1924 - )

Awarded the Medal 1997

 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

Editor 1971 - 1976

 Royal Society of Western Australia (1914 - )

President 1977 - 1978

 Murdoch University (1973 - )

Professor of Environmental Science 1989 - 1996; Director, Institute for Environmental Science 1989 - 1994

 Ecological Society of Australia, Inc (1960 - )

President 1986 - 1988

 Australian Academy of Science (1954 - )

Fellow 1995 - 2017

 1851 Exhibition Scholarship Awards, Australia (1891 - )

1851 Exhibition Overseas Scholarship: 1959.

Wikidata

 McComb, A J (1936-)

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 'McComb, Arthur James', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology McComb, Arthur James Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Journal Article: Silver Jubilee presentation: from fenlands to seagrass meadows McComb, Arthur Silver Jubilee presentation: from fenlands to seagrass meadows 2002 Australian marine science bulletin 159 14-7 Journal Article: The Royal Society of Western Australia Medallists, 1997: Dr Ernest Hodgkin, OAM; Dr Arthur McComb Jones, M. G. K. The Royal Society of Western Australia Medallists, 1997: Dr Ernest Hodgkin, OAM; Dr Arthur McComb 1997 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 80 287 Journal Article: Obituary: Professor Arthur McComb BSc (Melb.), MSc (Melb.), PhD (Cambridge), F.Inst. Biol., FAA Anon Obituary: Professor Arthur McComb BSc (Melb.), MSc (Melb.), PhD (Cambridge), F.Inst. Biol., FAA 2017 Australian Marine Science Bulletin 201 13 Journal Article: AMSA Silver Jubilee Award: Professor Arthur McComb Anon AMSA Silver Jubilee Award: Professor Arthur McComb 2002 Australian marine science bulletin 159 12-3 Journal Article: Professor Arthur McComb FAA FAIBiol 1936 to 2017 Anon Professor Arthur McComb FAA FAIBiol 1936 to 2017 2017 Newsletter, Australian Academy of Science 110/112 23 Journal Article: Vale Professor Arthur McComb BSc, MSc (Melb), PhD (Cantab), DSc (Murdoch), F.Inst.Biol., FAA 9th December 1936 - 8th October 2017 Walker, D. I. and McComb, J. A. Vale Professor Arthur McComb BSc, MSc (Melb), PhD (Cantab), DSc (Murdoch), F.Inst.Biol., FAA 9th December 1936 - 8th October 2017 2017 Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 100 2 49-50 Journal Article: Vale Professor Arthur McComb BSc, MSc (Melb), PhD (Cantab), DSc (Murdoch), F. Inst. Biol., FAA Walker, Diana Vale Professor Arthur McComb BSc, MSc (Melb), PhD (Cantab), DSc (Murdoch), F. Inst. Biol., FAA 2017 Pacific Conservation Biology 23 v-vi Journal Article: Obituary: Professor Arthur McComb Finlayson, C. M.; Atkins, R.; Congdon, R.; and Gordon, D. M. Obituary: Professor Arthur McComb 2017 Marine and Freshwater Research 68 i-ii Journal Article: Arthur James McComb 1936 - 2017 McComb, Jen Arthur James McComb 1936 - 2017 2018 Historical Records of Australian Science 29 2 184-90 Resource: Jubilee Award recipients Australian Marine Sciences Association Jubilee Award recipients Australian Marine Sciences Association 2022