Dr Christopher J. Walsh

Senior research fellow, Urban Water Ecology Group at the Water Studies Centre

Honorary research associate, School of Biological Sciences

Research Interests

• Ecology of streams and the effects of catchment urbanization
• Ecological assessment of stream condition
• Ecology of estuaries
• Urbanization and the ecological function of streams
• The Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology (Dec 2003)
• Effects of urbanization on small streams
• Ecological study of the Yarra River
• Subsampling strategies for assemblage composition, the virtual Marchant sub-sampler (Version 2 for Excel, new version for R)
• Ecology of estuarine caridean shrimps
• Stream ecology in East Java

Selected publications

• Walsh C. J., Fletcher T. D., and Ladson A. R. (2005). Stream restoration in urban catchments through re-designing stormwater systems: looking to the catchment to save the stream. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24, 690-705. (abstract)
• Walsh C. J., Roy A. H., Feminella J. W., Cottingham P. D., Groffman P. M., and Morgan R. P. (2005). The urban stream syndrome: current knowledge and the search for a cure. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24, 706-723. (abstract)
• Walsh, C. J., Leonard, A. W., Ladson, A. R., and Fletcher, T. D. (2004). 'Urban Stormwater and the Ecology of Streams.' (CRC for Freshwater Ecology and CRC for Catchment Hydrology: Canberra.) [Full text PDF 1.05MB]
• Walsh, C. J. (2004). Protection of in-stream biota from urban impacts: minimise catchment imperviousness or improve drainage design? Marine and Freshwater Research 55, 317-326 (abstract)
• Taylor S. L., Roberts S. C., Walsh C. J., and Hatt B. E. (2004). Catchment urbanisation and increased benthic algal biomass in streams: linking mechanisms to management. Freshwater Biology 49, 835–851. (abstract)
• Newall P., and Walsh C. J. (2005). Response of epilithic diatom assemblages to urbanization influences. Hydrobiologia 532, 53-67. (abstract)
• Hatt, B. E., T. D. Fletcher, C. J. Walsh, and S. L. Taylor. (2004). The influence of urban density and drainage infrastructure on the concentrations and loads of pollutants in small streams. Environmental Management 34, 112-124. (abstract)
• Walsh, C.J., Papas, P.J., Crowther, D., Sim, P.T., & Yoo, J. (2004). Stormwater drainage pipes as a threat to a stream-dwelling amphipod of conservation significance, Austrogammarus australis, in south-eastern Australia. Biodiversity and Conservation 13, 781-793. (abstract).
• Walsh, C.J., Sharpe, A.K., Breen, P.F. & Sonneman, J.A. (2001). Effects of urbanization on streams of the Melbourne region, Victoria, Australia. I. Benthic macroinvertebrate communities. Freshwater Biology 46, 535-551. (abstract)
• Walsh, C. J. (2000). Urban impacts on the ecology of receiving waters: a framework for assessment, conservation and restoration. Hydrobiologia 431(2), 107-114.

Full publication list