The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Doctor John Clulow
School: School of Environmental and Life Sciences
Personal URL: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/school/environ-life-science/our_staff/clulow_john.html

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Ms Michelle Stockwell;Mr Simon Clulow 2011 5 Newcastle Innovation Administered Research Research and monitoring program for BHP Billiton's Litoria Aurea (Green and Golden Bell frog) compensatory habitat program for the period 2010-2015   1405781  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Ms Michelle Stockwell;Mr Simon Clulow 2010 3 Port Waratah Coal Services Limited Research Project Landscape and population dynamics of Kooroogang and Ash Island bell frogs   216295  
Mr Simon Clulow;Ms Michelle Stockwell;Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2010 2 Newcastle Innovation Administered Research Establishing a captive breeding and translocation program for the reintroduction of the endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog into trial habitat areas on Kooragang and Ash Island   262811  
Professor Michael Mahony;Mr Simon Clulow;Doctor John Clulow 2010 1 Trade and Investment NSW Recreational Fishing Trust Continuation of established transect monitoring for the study of trout impacts on endangered frog demographics in the Styx river catchment - Year 4   9990  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Ms Rachael Peak 2009 1 Australia and Pacific Science Foundation Research Grant Investigating the co-operative breeding behaviour in the hip pocket frog; Assa Darlingtoni   13132  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett 2009 3 Roads and Traffic Authority Linkage Projects Partner funding Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   10020  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett 2009 5 Sydney Olympic Park Authority Linkage Projects Partner funding Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   475000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett;Mr Matthew DeBoo 2009 5 Australian Research Council Linkage Projects Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   775000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr S Donnellan;Dr Ashley Ward;Mr Evan Pickett 2009 3 Strathfield Council Linkage Projects Partner funding Building sound ecological restoration strategies for endangered amphibians   15000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2008 1 University of Newcastle Pilot Grant Development of a novel methodology for the production of sperm derived amphibian embryos by androgenesis   5000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Dr Shae-Lee Cox;Dr Jillian Shaw 2006 1 University of Newcastle Near Miss Grant Preventing species extinction and the loss of population genetic diversity among amphibians.   20000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Doctor John Fitter 2005 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Endocrine Regulation of Normal and Stress-Induced Metamorphosis in an Australian Frog: Limnodynastes peronii   7537  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 2005 4 NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries) Project Grant Status of populations of threatened frogs in the catchments of the Styx River on the New England Tableland   27798  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Fitter 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Endocrine regulation of normal and stress-induced metamorphosis in an Australian Frog: Limnodynastes peronii   11000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 2004 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Development of reproductive technologies for endangered amphibians.   8000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow;Doctor John Fitter 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Interactions of genome, phenome and environmental stress on tadpole metamorphosis   12000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2003 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Development of nuclear transfer and intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection procedures on a model Australian frog - Limnodynastes tasmaniensis   6000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2002 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Storage and Retrieval of Viable Amphibian Genomes   6000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2002 1 World Wide Fund for Nature Research Grant Cryobiology and other assisted reproductive technologies for conserving endangered frogs   5000  
Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones;Doctor John Clulow 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Role of oestrogens in regulating fluid reabsorption by the efferent ductules of the testis.   13000  
Doctor John Clulow;Professor Michael Mahony 2001 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Retrieval of Viable Amphibians from Frozen Sperm by Androgenesis.   5000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 2000 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Reproductive Technologies to Prevent Amphibian Extinctions.   8000  
Doctor John Clulow;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones 2000 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Role of Oestrogens in Regulating Fluid Reabsorption by the Efferent Ductles of the Testis   10000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1999 2 University of Newcastle Project Grant Development of Reproductive Technologies for Endangered Amphibians   25781  
Doctor John Clulow;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones 1999 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Mechanisms and control of fluid reabsorption in the efferent ducts with an emphasis on the role of oestrogen   13500  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1999 3 Australian Research Council Strategic Partnerships with Industry - Research & Training Scheme (SPIRT) Estuarine habitat restoration and rehabilitation with emphasis on conservation of the endangered green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea)   63240  
Laureate Professor Robert Aitken;Emeritus Professor John Patrick;Conjoint Professor Christina Offler;Associate Professor David McCurdy;Professor Raymond Rose;Doctor Timothy Roberts;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones;Doctor John Clulow;Professor John Rostas;Professor Alistair Sim;Professor Gordon Burns;Conjoint Professor Loris Chahl;DR DAVID KAY 1999 1 Australian Research Council Large Equipment Grant Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope Facility.   203107  
Doctor John Clulow;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones 1998 1 Australian Research Council Small Grant FLUID AND SOLUTE TRANSPORT IN THE DUCTULI EFFERENTES TESTIS OF THE RAT: MECHANISMS AND CONTROL   13000  
Doctor John Clulow 1998 1 University of Newcastle Travel Grant Workshop on comparative Gamete and Embryo Cryopreservation, USA 19-20 March 1998   2184  
Doctor John Clulow;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones 1997 1 Australian Research Council Small Grant Fluid and solute transport mechanisms in the ductuli efferentes testis of the rat and their novel interactions   14000  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1997 2 Australian Research Council Large Grant Development of Reproductive Technologies for Endangered Amphibians.   65000  
Raymond Murdoch;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones;Doctor John Clulow 1995 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant 95 APP Metabolic properties of spermatozoa relating to the development of capacity for motility.   6000  
Doctor John Clulow 1994 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Mechanisms and control of water and solute transport and tubular balance in the efferent ducts.   2250  
Professor Michael Mahony;Doctor John Clulow 1994 2 CSIRO - Research Management Committee Collaborative Research Grant 94,95 GRANT. Experimental studies of methods to produce sterile male cane toads that are not impotent.   24226  
Raymond Murdoch;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones;Doctor John Clulow 1994 1 University of Newcastle Project Grant Metabolic properties of spermatozoa relating to the development of capacity for motility.   6000  
Doctor John Clulow;Conjoint Associate Professor Russell Jones 1994 3 Australian Research Council Large Grant 94,95,96 GRANT. Mechanism and control of water and solute transport and tubular balance in the Ductuli Efferentes Testis of the Rat.   122967  
Doctor John Clulow 1991 2 Australian Research Council Large Grant Mechanisms of Water and Electrolyte Reabsorption from the Ductuli Efferentes Testis Of The Rat   73600  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
M Philosophy (Biological Sc) Co-Supervisor Population Ecology, Distribution and Management of the Threatened Ground Frog Species Crinia Tinnula
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Developing an Adaptive Management Framework for the Conservation of an Endangered Amphibian
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Impact and Mitigation of the Emerging Infectious Disease Chytridiomycosis on the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Population Ecology and Viability of the Green and Golden Bell Frog (Litoria aurea)
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Tadpoles and Frog Eggs of Australia
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Use Of Macroinvertebrates To Assess Impact Of Effluent On Streams
PhD (Environmental Sc) Co-Supervisor Population Biology and Ecology of the Endangered Green and Golden Bell Frog
PhD (Environmental Sc) Principal Supervisor The Ecology of the East Coast Freetail Bat (Mormopterus Norfolkensis) within the Hunter Region
PhD (Environmental Sc) Co-Supervisor Using Population Genetics to Inform Building Sound Ecological Strategies for Endangered Amphibians
PhD (Environmental Sc) Co-Supervisor What Makes an Endangered Weed? Understanding the Ecological Aspects That Cause an r-strategist Amphibian (Litoria aurea) to Decline

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
Masters 0.100
PhD 1.850

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2002 Storage of amphibian gametes at low temperatures
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2003 Ecology of the endangered green and golden bell frog Litoria aurea: roles of habitat determinants, spatial dynamics, population demography and threatening processes
M Sc (Biological Sc) [R] 2004 Studies of Assisted Reproduction in the Spotted Grass Frog Limnodynastes Tasmaniensis
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2010 Managing Pond Breeding Frogs in the Forests of Eastern New South Wales

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Efficacy of SYBR 14/propidium iodide viability stain for the amphibian chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis’, Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 88 177-181 (2010) [C1]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Host species determines whether infection load increases beyond disease-causing thresholds following exposure to the amphibian chytrid fungus’, Animal Conservation, 13 62-71 (2010) [C1]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow Simon, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The impact of the amphibian Chytrid Fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis on a Green and Golden Bell Frog Litoria aurea reintroduction program at the Hunter Wetlands Centre Australia in the Hunter Region of NSW’, Australian Zoologist, 34 379-386 (2008) [C1]

Fitzsimmons Chantel, McLaughlin Eileen Anne, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Optimisation of handling, activation and assessment procedures for Bufo marinus spermatozoa’, Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 19 594-601 (2007) [C1]

Clulow John, Jones Russell Campbell, ’Composition of Luminal Fluid Secreted by the Seminiferous Tubules and After Reabsorption by the Extratesticular Ducts of the Japanese Quail, Coturnix coturnix japonica’, Biology of Reproduction, 71 1508-1516 (2004) [C1]

Edwards D L, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Effect of sperm concentration, medium osmolality and oocyte storage on artificial fertilisation success in a myobatrachid frog (Limnodynastes tasmaniensis)’, Reproduction Fertility and Development, 16 347-354 (2004) [C1]

Hansen Lyall Amanda, Dacheux Francoise, Man Suet Yee, Clulow John, Jones Russell Campbell, ’Fluid Reabsorption by the Ductuli Efferentes Testis of the Rat Is Dependent on Both Sodium and Chlorine’, Biology of Reproduction, 71 410-416 (2004) [C1]

Man Suet Yee, Clulow John, Jones Russell Campbell, ’Signal Transduction in the Ductuli Efferentes Testis of the Rat: Inhibition of Fluid Reabsorption by Cyclic Adenosine 3', 5' - Monophosphate’, Biology of Reproduction 1714-1718 (2003) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’A comparison of sucrose, saline, and saline with egg-yolk diluents on the cryopreservation of cane toad (Bufo marinus) sperm’, Cryobiology, 44 251-257 (2002) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Davis J, Pomering Melissa, Clulow John, ’Storage of cane toad (Bufo marinus) sperm for 6 days at 0 degrees C with subsequent cryopreservation’, Reproduction, Fertility and Development, 14 267-273 (2002) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The short-term storage and cryopreservation of spermatozoa from hylid and myobatrachid frogs’, Cryo Letters, 23 129-136 (2002) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Short-term storage of cane toad (Bufo marinus) gametes’, Reproduction, 121 167-173 (2001) [C1]

Hansbro Nicole Gower, Clulow John, Man Suet Yee, Jones Russell Campbell, ’pH and bicarbonate in the ductuli efferentes testis of the rat’, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANDROLOGY, 23 46-50 (2000) [C1]

Murdoch Raymond Neville, Armstrong Vanessa Leanne, Clulow John, Jones Russell Campbell, ’Relationship between motility and oxygen consumption of sperm from the cauda epididymides of the rat’, Reproduction Fertility and Development, 11 87-94 (1999) [C1]

Hansen Lyall Amanda, Clulow John, Jones Russell Campbell, ’The role of Na+ -H+ exchange in fluid and solute transport in the rat efferent ducts’, Experimental Physiology, 84 521-527 (1999) [C1]

Browne Robert Kenneth, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clark Andrew Kingsley, ’Successful recovery of motility and fertility of cryopreserved cane toad (Bufo marinus) sperm’, Cryobiology, 37 339-345 (1998) [C1]

Conference Publication

Pickett Evan John, Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Garnham James Ian, Pollard Carla Jean, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Population viability of an endangered generalist amphibian’, Australian Society of Herpetologists: Conference Abstracts, Barmera, South Australia (2010) [E3]

Garnham James Ian, Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Temporal variation of chytrid infection and its effect on sodium and potassium exchange of the endangered green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea)’, Emerging Amphibian Diseases Conference, James Cook University, Australia (2010) [E3]

Pollard Carla Jean, Stockwell J I, Garnham James Ian, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The effectiveness of pond draining and its role in the adaptive management of a green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea) population’, Australian Society of Herpetologists: Conference Abstracts, Barmera, South Australia (2010) [E3]

Garnham James Ian, Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The role of overwintering habitat on the body temperature of an endangered amphibian (Litoria aurea) and its effect on a pathogenic fungus’, Australian Society of Herpetologists: Conference Abstracts, Barmera, South Australia (2010) [E3]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Identification of an environmental inhibitor of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)’, 10th International Congress of Ecology Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3]

Wooi Khim Han, Mahony Michael Joseph, Shaw Jill, Clulow John, ’Oocyte and follicular cell cryopreservation of the cane toad Bufo Marinus, a useful model species for genome banking’, Conservation Management of Herpetofauna: Second Meeting of the Australasian Societies for Herpetology, Auckland, NZ (2009) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Predicting amphibian occurrence and distribution by habitat association: A case study of two threatened stream frogs in south-east Australia’, 10th International Congress of Ecology Abstracts, Brisbane, QLD (2009) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’The relationship between habitat attributes and the occurence and distribution of two threatened stream frogs in south-east Australia (stuttering frog, Mixophyes balbus and glandular frog, Litoria subglandulosa): Implications for conservation and man agement’, Conservation Management of Herpetofauna: Second Meeting of the Australasian Societies for Herpetology, Auckland, NZ (2009) [E3]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Assisted reproductive technologies for endangered amphibians’, 6th World Congress of Herpetology CD-ROM, Manaus, Brazil (2008) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Developmental plasticity in an Australian anuran wet forest ephemeral specialist: The Sandpaper frog, Lechriodus fletcheri’, 6th World Congress of Herpetology CD-ROM, Manaus, Brazil (2008) [E3]

Peak Rachael Anne, Macfarlane Geoffrey Robert, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Investigations into the synchronous calling behaviour of the hip-pocket frog Assa darlingtoni (ANURA: Myobatrachidae)’, 6th World Congress of Herpetology CD-ROM, Manaus, Brazil (2008) [E3]

Clulow John, Fitzsimmons Chantel, Curphey Lauren, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Amphibian genome cryobanking - success in sperm cryopreservation but the block to embryo cryopreservation remains’, Proceedings of the 38th Annual Conference of the Society for Reproductive Biology, Christchurch, New Zealand (2007) [E3]

Clulow Simon, Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’The evolution of developmental plasticity in an amphibian ephemeral specialist: A density and food recouse independent model of phenotypic plasticity in the Sandpiper Frog, Lechriodus fletcheri’, ASH 2007 Program and Abstracts, Albany, W.A. (2007) [E3]

Stockwell Michelle Pirrie, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, ’Water solutes inhibit the growth and infective capacity of the amphibian chytrid fungus (Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis)’, ASH 2007 Program and Abstracts, Albany, W.A. (2007) [E3]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Control of cane toads by sterile male realise and inherited sterility’, Conference Proceedings, Brisbane, QLD (2006) [E3]

K L Minahan, Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, Smith Roger, Fitter John Thomas, ’Different environmental stresses elicit differential CRH responses in limnodynastes peronii’, Endocrine Journal-Continuation of Endocrinologia Japonica, Queensland, Australia (2006) [E3]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, ’Assisted Reproductive Technologies for Endangered Amphibians’, Ithala 2004, Ithala Game Reserve, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (2004) [E3]

Jones Russell Campbell, Knee Rebecca Anne, Ecroyd Heath William, Hansbro Nicole Gower, Clulow John, Aitken Robert John, Beagley Kenneth William, ’Delivery of Antibodies for Male Immunocontraception’, The Third International Conference on the Epididymis, Charlottesville, Virginia (2003) [E3]

Jones Russell Campbell, Hansen Lyall Amanda, Man Suet Yee, Clulow John, ’Mechanism and Control of Fluid Reabsorption by the Ductuli Efferentes of the Rat’, The Third International Conference on the Epididymis, Charlottesville, Virginia (2003) [E3]

Jones Russell Campbell, Clulow John, Kidd Grahame James, Chaturapanich G, Nixon Brett, Dacheux J -, ’The Avian Epididymis: A Simple Conduit or a Sophisticated Adaptation?’, The Third International Conference on the Epididymis, Charlottesville, Virginia (2003) [E2]

Jones Russell Campbell, Clulow John, Kidd G, Chaturapanich G, Nixon Brett, Dacheux J-L, ’The Avian Epididymis: A simple conduit or a sophisticated adaptation?’, The Third International Conference on the Epididymis, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA (2003) [E2]

Jones Russell Campbell, Hansen Lyall Amanda, Man Suet Yee, Clulow John, ’Mechanism and control of fluid reabsorption by the ductuli efferentes of the rat’, Third International Conference on the Epididymis, Charlottesville, VA, USA (2002) [E3]

Clulow John, Mahony Michael Joseph, Browne Robert Kenneth, Pomering Melissa, Clark Andrew Kingsley, ’Applications of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) to endangered anuran amphibians’, Declines and disappearances of Australian Frogs, Canberra ACT (1999) [E1]

Mahony Michael Joseph, Clulow John, Browne Robert Kenneth, Pomering Melissa, ’Declines and disappearances of frogs: risk assessment and contingency strategies’, Declines and Disappearances of Australian Frogs, Canberra Act (1999) [E1]

Clulow John, Jones Russell Campbell, Hansen Lyall Amanda, Man Suet Yee, ’Fluid and electrolyte reabsorption in the ductuli efferentes testis’, The Epididymis: Cellular and Molecular Aspects, Robertson, NSW Australia (1998) [E1]

Return to Search page