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Biography
My research explores the spatial and temporal interactions between soils, sediments and water at a range of scales. I am interested in the role of soil-surface water-shallow groundwater processes ranging from the micron scale to the landscape scale in landscape function. I seek to understand how these biogeochemical processes occur in a range of environments. This has allowed me to work closely with industry, government organisations (local, state and federal) and catchment management authorities to develop and apply findings from my research to improve land and water management strategies.
Specific areas include:
- Assessing the effects of land degradation processes like increasing salinity, sodicity and acidity
- Remediation of degraded environments
- Soil organic carbon dynamics
- Assessing acid sulfate soil environments
- Understanding the interactions between the hydrology, geomorphology, and soil and water biogeochemistry
- Determining the effects of waste application on agricultural land
- Developing new techniques for rapidly mapping soil and shallow groundwater properties in coastal floodplain environments
- Examining how climate change and climate variability influences the above processes
Keywords
- Geochemistry
- Land management
- Land use
- Soil Sciences
- Soil Sciences, Conservation
- Water Quality
- Waterway management
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Projects 2011 2021
Soil fertility assessments to improve taro production
Wong, V. N. L. & Macdonald, B.
26/11/18 → 1/03/19
Project: Other
The role of vegetated foreshores in stabilising Australia's shorelines
Reef, R., Kennedy, D., Wong, V. N. L., Spencer, T., Brooks, S. & Moller, I.
30/07/18 → 29/07/21
Project: Research
Temperate coastal wetlands: interactions between acid and greenhouse gas generation potential
1/03/17 → 28/02/19
Project: Research
Field study of the application of AQUA-SIL to soil grown processing tomatoes under commercial management conditions
Wong, V. N. L., Patti, A. F., Little, K. & Jackson, W. R.
14/05/18 → 14/11/18
Project: Research
Assessment of water movement and cation displacement by AQUA-SIL following application to grapevines
Patti, A. F., Wong, V. N. L., Little, K. & Jackson, W. R.
30/11/17 → 30/05/18
Project: Research
Research Output 2005 2017
Hybrid brown coal-urea fertiliser reduces nitrogen loss compared to urea alone
Saha, B. K., Rose, M. T., Wong, V., Cavagnaro, T. R. & Patti, A. F., 1 Dec 2017, In : Science of the Total Environment. 601-602, p. 1496-1504 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Regolith research in Australia
Thomas, M. & Wong, V. N. L., 17 Nov 2017, In : Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 64, 8, p. 983-985 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review Article › Research › peer-review
Accumulation of sulfidic sediments in a channelised inland river system, southern Australia
Wong, V., Cheetham, M. D., Bush, R. T., Sullivan, L. A. & Ward, N. J., 2016, In : Marine and Freshwater Research. 67, 11, p. 1655-1666 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Changes in soil organic carbon fractions after remediation of a coastal floodplain soil
Wong, V. N. L., McNaughton, C. & Pearson, A., 1 Mar 2016, In : Journal of Environmental Management. 168, p. 280-287 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Soil chemistry and acidification risk of acid sulfate soils on a temperate estuarine floodplain in southern Australia
Yau, C. C., Wong, V. N. L. & Kennedy, D. M., 22 Aug 2016, In : Soil Research. 54, 7, p. 787-796 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities 2012 2016
Wetlands (Journal)
Vanessa Wong (Associate editor)1 Feb 2016 → 30 Sep 2017
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
Land Degradation and Development (Journal)
Vanessa Wong (Editorial board member)1 Jun 2015 → 31 Jan 2018
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial responsibility
President - Victorian Branch of Soil Science Australia
Vanessa Wong (Chair/ Co-Chair)17 Feb 2014 → 24 Nov 2014
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
President - Australian Regolith Geoscientists Association
Vanessa Wong (Chair/ Co-Chair)15 Feb 2014 → 15 Feb 2016
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries
Chair - Soil, Environment and Ecosystem Interactions Sub-Division
Vanessa Wong (Chair/ Co-Chair)24 Nov 2012 → 28 Apr 2016
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Submissions to industry or govt committees, commissions and inquiries