ROMANOWSKI, Nick 1954-

PERSONAL: Born March 5, 1954, in Melbourne, Australia; son of Natalie (Vyshnevy) Romanowski; married Jan Ratcliff (a psychologist), 1980; children: Katya, Talya. Ethnicity: "Mixed." Education: Monash University, B.Sc., 1977, diploma of education, 1978. Hobbies and other interests: Reading, fish, "anything to do with water."

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Dragonfly Aquatics, RMB AB 366, via Colac, Victoria, Australia 3249.

CAREER: Opdec Aquarium (importers), co-manager, 1975-78; teacher of science, mathematics, and biology at schools in Victoria, Australia, 1979-88; Dragonfly Aquatics, near Colac, Victoria, Australia, partner, nursery manager, writer, photographer, and wetlands consultant, 1988—. Consultant to Melbourne Botanical Gardens, Adelaide Zoo, and Port Campbell National Park.

WRITINGS:

and illustrator and photographer

Water and Wetland Plants for Southern Australia, Lothian Books (Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1992.

Grasses, Bamboos, and Related Plants in Australia, Lothian Books (Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1993.

Farming in Ponds and Dams: An Introduction to Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia, Lothian Books (Port Melbourne, Victoria, Australia), 1994.

Planting Wetlands and Dams: A Practical Guide to Wetland Design, Construction, and Propagation, University of New South Wales Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1998.

Aquatic and Wetland Plants: A Field Guide for Non-Tropical Australia, University of New South Wales Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 1998.

Water-Garden Plants and Animals: The Complete Guide for All Australia, University of New South Wales Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 2000.

Gardening with Carnivores: Sarracenia Pitcher Plants in Cultivation and in the Wild, University of New South Wales Press (Sydney, New South Wales, Australia), 2001, University Press of Florida (Gainesville, FL), 2002.

other

Contributor to books, including Flora of Melbourne, Society for Growing Australian Plants (Maroondah, Victoria, Australia), 1991, revised edition, Hyland House, 1993. Contributor to magazines, including Australian Gardener, Austasia Aquaculture, Australian Garden Journal, Fishes of Sahul, Gardening Australia, Grass Roots, Organic Gardener, Victorian Naturalist, Wetland Ways, and Your Garden.

WORK IN PROGRESS: A guide to aqua-culture plants of the world; a major revision of Farming in Ponds and Dams: An Introduction to Freshwater Aquaculture in Australia.

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

periodicals

Australian Journal of Environmental Management, June, 1998, John Jago, review of Planting Wetlands and Dams: A Practical Guide to Wetland Design, Construction, and Propagation, p. 120.

Choice, July-August, 1999, D. Goldblum, review of Aquatic and Wetland Plants: A Field Guide for Non-Tropical Australia, p. 1968.

Quarterly Review of Biology, December, 2000, Naomi Rea, review of Aquatic and Wetland Plants, p. 477.