Gerry Quinn is in the School of Biological Sciences at Monash University, with research interests in marine and freshwater ecology, especially river floodplains and their associated wetlands.
Michael Keough is in the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne, with research interests in marine ecology, environmental science and conservation biology.
Both authors have extensive experience teaching experimental design and analysis courses and have provided advice on the design and analysis of sampling and experimental programs in ecology and environmental monitoring to a wide range of environmental consultants, university and government scientists.