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Christopher J. Walsh: publications

Peer-reviewed journal papers

  • Walsh, C. J., Waller, K.A., Gehling, J. and Mac Nally, R. (2007) Riverine invertebrate assemblages are degraded more by catchment urbanization than by riparian deforestation. Freshwater Biology, 52, 574–587.
  • Catford, J.A., Walsh, C. J. and Beardall, J. (2007) The effect of catchment urbanization on stream benthic microalgae under controlled light conditions. Aquatic Sciences, in press.
  • Ladson, A. R., Lloyd, S. D., Walsh, C. J., and Fletcher, T. D. (2007). Scenarios for redesigning an urban drainage system to reduce runoff frequency and restore stream ecological condition. Water Practice and Technology, in press.
  • Perryman, S.E., Rees, G.N. & Walsh, C. J. (2007) Denitrifying community structure variability in streams from an urban and non-urban catchment. Aquatic Ecology, in press 10.1007/s10452-007-9085-3.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2006) Biological indicators of stream health using macroinvertebrate assemblage composition: a comparison of sensitivity to an urban gradient. Marine and Freshwater Research 57(1), 37-47.
  • Ladson, A. R., Walsh, C. J., and Fletcher, T. D. (2006) Improving stream health in urban areas by reducing runoff frequency from impervious surfaces. Australian Journal of Water Resources 10(1), 23-32.
  • Feminella, J. W. & Walsh, C. J. (2005). Urbanization and stream ecology: an introduction to the series. Journal of the North American Benthological Society, 24, 585-587.
  • Walsh, C. J., Fletcher, T. D. & 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.
  • 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.
  • Newall, P. & Walsh, C. J. (2005). Response of epilithic diatom assemblages to urbanization influences. Hydrobiologia 532, 53–67.
  • Hatt, B. E., Fletcher, T. D., Walsh, C. J. & Taylor, S. L. (2004). The influence of urban density and drainage infrastructure on the concentrations and loads of pollutants in small streams. Environmental Management 34,112-124.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2004). Protection of in-stream biota from urban impacts: to minimize catchment imperviousness or to improve drainage design? Marine and Freshwater Research 55, 317-326.
  • Taylor, S. L., Roberts, S. C., Walsh, C. J. & Hatt, B. E. (2004). Catchment urbanization and increased benthic algal biomass in streams: linking mechanisms to management. Freshwater Biology 49, 835–851.
  • 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.
  • Mac Nally, R. & Walsh, C. (2004). Hierarchical partitioning public-domain software.Biodiversity and Conservation 13, 659-660.
  • Walsh, C. J., Gooderham, J. P. R., Grace, M. R, Sdraulig, S., Rosyidi, M. I. & Lelono, A. (2002).The relative influence of diffuse- and point-source disturbances on a small upland stream ineastern Java, Indonesia: a preliminary investigation. Hydrobiologia 487, 183-192.
  • 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.
  • Sonneman, J. A., Walsh, C. J., Breen, P. F. & Sharpe, A. K. (2001). Effects of urbanization on streams of the Melbourne region, Victoria, Australia. II. Benthic diatom communities. Freshwater Biology, 46, 553-565.
  • Walsh, C. J. & Breen, P. F. (2001).A biological approach to assessing the potential success of habitat restoration in urban streams. Internationale Vereinigung für Theoretische und Angewandte Limnologie 27, 3654-3658.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2000). Urban impacts on the ecology of receiving waters: a framework for assessment, conservation and restoration. Hydrobiologia, 431, 107-114.
  • Walsh, C. J. & Mitchell, B.D. (1998).Factors associated with variations in abundance of epifaunal caridean shrimps between and within estuarine seagrass meadows. Marine and Freshwater Research 49, 769-777.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1997).A multivariate method for determining optimal subsample size in the analysis of macroinvertebrate samples. Marine and Freshwater Research 48, 241-248.
  • Walsh, C. J. & Mitchell, B. D. (1995).The freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis (Decapoda, Atyidae) in estuaries of south-western Victoria. Marine and Freshwater Research 46, 959-965.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1993).Larval development of Paratya australiensis Kemp, 1917 (Decapoda: Caridea: Atyidae), reared in the laboratory, with comparisons of fecundity and egg and larval size between estuarine and riverine environments. Journal of Crustacean Biology 13, 456-480.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings

  • Ladson, A. R., Lloyd, S., Walsh, C. J., Fletcher, T. D., and Horton, P. (2006) Scenarios for redesigning an urban drainage system to reduce runoff frequency and restore stream ecological condition. Urban Drainage Modelling and Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, March 2006.
  • Ladson A. R., Walsh C. J., and Fletcher T. D. (2005). Improving stream health in urban areas by reducing runoff frequency from impervious surfaces. In Proceedings of the 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium. (on CD) (Engineers Australia: Canberra, Australia.)
  • Ladson, A. R., Walsh, C. J., Fletcher, T. D., Cornish, S. & Horton, P. (2004). Improving stream health by reducing the connection between impervious surfaces and waterways. 3rd National Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design. Adelaide South Australia 21-25 November 2004. (on CD) Engineers Australia and the Australian Water Association
  • Walsh, C. J., Fletcher, T. D., Wong, T. H. F. & Breen, P. F. (2001). Developing predictive ecological capacity for a stormwater management decision-making framework. In Rutherfurd, I., Sheldon, F., Brierly, G. & Kenyon, C. (eds.) Proceedings of Third Australian Stream Management Conference, Brisbane Qld. Vol. 2, pp. 625-630. Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.
  • Walsh, C. J. & Breen, P. F. (1999).Urban stream rehabilitation through a decision-making framework to identify degrading processes and prioritize management actions. In Rutherfurd, I. & Bartley, R. (eds.) Proceedings of the Second Australian Stream Management Conference, Adelaide S.A. Vol 2, pp. 763-768. Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.

Theses

  • Walsh, C. J. (1994).“Ecology of Epifaunal Caridean Shrimps in the Hopkins River Estuary, and the Role of Estuaries in the Life History of the Atyid Paratya australiensis Kemp, 1917 in South-eastern Australia.”PhD Thesis.School of Aquatic Science and Natural Resources Management, Deakin University.276 pp. (Abstract published in Australian Journal of Ecology 20, 467-8.)
  • Walsh, C. J. (1982).“The Diet and Nutrition of the Southern Sea Garfish, Hyporhamphus melanochir.”BSc (Hons.) Thesis, Zoology Department, University of Melbourne.60 pp.

Reports, conference proceedings etc.

  • Walsh, C. J. and Fletcher, T. D. (2006) Water Sensitive Urban Design—can it really protect the environmental quality of receiving waters? In Proceedings of the 2nd Conference on Sustainable Water in the Urban Environment. Australian Water Association, Stormwater Industry Association and Urban Development Institute of Australia, Sippy Downs, Queensland.
  • Walsh, C. J., Kunapo, J., Padgham, M., and Coleman, R. (2006) Urban stormwater drainage a stronger determinant of faecal contamination in Melbourne’s streams than septic tank leakage. An interim report to Melbourne Water. Water Studies Centre, Monash University.
  • Walsh, C.J. (2006) Refining biological assessment of stream condition in the Murray-Darling basin using macroinvertebrates. Progress to 22 March 2006. Murray Darling Basin Commission, Progress report to the Sustainable Rivers Audit. Canberra.
  • Walsh, C.J. (2006) Developing a landscape filters model for river macroinvertebrates of south-eastern Australia. Murray Darling Basin Commission, Final report to the Sustainable Rivers Audit. Canberra.
  • Walsh, C. (2005) New life for urban streams. Australasian Science, 26(7) 22-25
  • Walsh C. J., Leonard A. W., Ladson A. R. & Fletcher T. D. (2004). 'Urban Stormwater and the Ecology of Streams.' CRC for Freshwater Ecology and CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Technical Report (Melbourne). ISBN 0-9751642-03 URL [Full text 1.05MB]
  • Cottingham P., Walsh C., Rooney G. & Fletcher T. (Eds) (2004). 'Urbanization impacts on stream ecology - from syndrome to cure? Outcomes of workshops held at the Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology. Melbourne University, Melbourne, Australia 8th - 10th December 2003.' (Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology: Canberra, Australia.)
  • Walsh, C. J., Fletcher T. D., Ladson A. R., Leonard A. W. (2004) Decision-support framework for urban stormwater management to protect the ecological health of receiving waters. CRC for Freshwater Ecology and CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Report to New South Wales Environment Protection Authority.
  • Walsh C. J. (2004). 'Impacts of stormwater treatment wetlands on stream macroinvertebrates: a study of four wetlands constructed by Melbourne Water on streams in eastern Melbourne.' Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Report for Melbourne Water (Melbourne.)
  • Walsh C. & Mac Nally, R. (2003). “The hier.part Package” Hierarchical Partitioning. Documentation for R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. URL http://www.R-project.org.
  • Milligan, A., Walsh, C., Norris, R., Liston, P & Lawrence, I. (2002).Protecting Australia’s Rivers: urban and inland.Water (Australian Water Association) 29, 29-32.
  • Walsh, C.J. & McCasker, N. (2002).Melbourne Water Macroinvertebrate database 1994 – 2002. A report on its compilation, with recommendations for its use and for future biological monitoring.Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology, Water Studies Centre, Monash University.Dec 2002.
  • Walsh, C.J., Tsyrlin, E., Grace, M.R. & Sonneman, J.A. (2002). An ecological assessment of the impact of treated effluent from Mount Hotham Alpine Resort on the Dargo River and an initial assessment of Swindlers Creek.A report prepared for Environmental Solutions International Ltd (ESI), on behalf of the Mt Hotham Alpine Resort Management Board. 65 pp.
  • De'ath, G & Walsh C. J. (2001). “The pcurve Package” Principal Curve Analysis. Documentation for R: A language and environment for statistical computing. R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. URL http://www.R-project.org.
  • Breen, P., Walsh, C., Nichols, S., Norris, R., Metzeling, L. & Gooderham, J. (2000). Urban AUSRIVAS: An Evaluation of the Use of AUSRIVAS Models for Urban Stream Assessment. Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, Occasional Paper 12/99.National River Health Program, Urban Sub Program Report No. 5. LWRRDC, Canberra. 33 pp.
  • Gippel, C. J. & Walsh, C. J. (2000). Geomorphology of the Maribyrnong River, Victoria. Report prepared by Fluvial Systems Pty Ltd for Melbourne Water Waterways and Drainage Group, East Richmond, Vic. 67 pp.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1997). How to assess ecological impact in urban streams. Urban stormwater management workshop.Australian Water and Wastewater Association. 17th Convention.Melbourne, pp 3-5.
  • Walsh, C. J., Breen, P. F., Longworth, J. E., Sharpe, A. K. & Bayes, E. (1996). The effects on Gardiners Creek of the South Eastern Arterial Grade Separation Project.An Environmental Assessment. A report to VicRoads. CRC for Freshwater Ecology. 28 pp.
  • CNR (1995a). Yarra River Basin Overview Report. Environmental Input into the Bulk Entitlement Conversion Process. Office of Water Reform, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Victoria. 33 pp.
  • CNR (1995b).Barwon River Basin Overview Report. Environmental Input into the Bulk Entitlement Conversion Process. Office of Water Reform, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Victoria. 36 pp.
  • CNR (1994). Maribyrnong River Basin. A Brief Review. Environmental Input into the Bulk Entitlement Conversion Process. Office of Water Reform, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, Victoria. 31 pp.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1994b). Environmental Flow Requirements for the Maribyrnong River: A Background Report. Melbourne Water Corporation. 29 pp.
  • Sherwood, J. E., Mitchell, B. D., Magilton, C. J., Walsh, C. J. & Newton, G. M. (1988a).Victoria's Barwon estuary: A test of adaptability. Silver Jubilee Conference Proceedings, Australian Marine Science Association. pp. 125-130.
  • Sherwood, J. E., Mitchell, B. D., Magilton, C. J., Walsh, C. J. & Newton, G. M. (1988b). A Study of the Barwon Estuary Complex. Technical Report.Department of Water Resources, Victoria. 140 pp.

Seminars and conference presentations

  • Fletcher, T. D. and Walsh, C. J. (2005). An overview of MUSIC v3 and its applications for modelling stormwater management to achieve ecosystem health improvement. Stormwater Industry Association of Queensland State Conference, Gold Coast 14-15 April 2005.
  • Tewman, M, Walsh, C. and Tsyrlin E. (2004). Impacts of stormwater treatment wetlands on stream macroinvertebrates: could we be degrading streams to reduce pollutant loads?  Australian Society for Limnology, 43rd Annual Congress, Adelaide 29 November - 4 December 2004.
  • Perryman, S., Walsh, C., and Rees, G. (2004). Denitrifiers along an urban gradient: they’re not that cosmopolitan.  Australian Society for Limnology, 43rd Annual Congress, Adelaide 29 November - 4 December 2004.
  • Walsh, C.J. (2004). The costs of not changing the way we manage stormwater.  Water the precious drop.  Stormwater Industry Association of Victoria Seminar  3 November 2004.
  • Walsh, C.  (2004). Setting objectives for stormwater management to protect stream ecosystems.  Stormwater Workshop, Auckland Regional Council, 21-22 October 2004, Auckland, NZ.
  • Walsh, C.J., Ladson, A.R. & Fletcher, T.D. (2004). Stream restoration by ‘disconnecting’ urban stormwater drainage in the watershed: predictive models and experimental design. Meeting of the North American Benthological Society, Vancouver, Canada, 6-10 Jun 2004.
  • Walsh, C.J. & Ladson, A.R. (2004). ‘Melbourne’s streams: what’s wrong with them and how can they be fixed?’ Water Engineering Branch of Engineers Australia (Vic Division) seminar series. 25 March 2004. Melbourne.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2003). Stormwater drainage infrastructure: the key to conserving and restoring streams in urban catchments. Keynote address. Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, Melbourne, Victoria, 8 -10 December, 2003.
  • Catford, J., Walsh, C. & Beardall, J. (2003). The effect of light on benthic microalgae in streams of different catchment urbanization. Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, Melbourne, Victoria, 8 -10 December, 2003.
  • Perryman, S., Rees, G. & Walsh, C. (2003). Variation in the denitrifying community structure from streams in an urban and non-urban catchment. Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, Melbourne, Victoria, 8 -10 December, 2003.
  • Grace, M., Taylor, S. & Walsh, C. (2003). Urbanization effects on the metabolism of small streams. Joint 42nd Australian Society for Limnology Congress and 36th Congress of the New Zealand Limnological Society, Warrnambool, Victoria, 1-5 December 2003 and Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, Melbourne, Victoria, 8 -10 December, 2003..
  • Tewman, M., Walsh, C. & Quinn, G. (2003). The effect of macroinvertebrate grazers on benthic algae in an urban and forested stream in Melbourne, Victoria. Joint 42nd Australian Society for Limnology Congress and 36th Congress of the New Zealand Limnological Society, Warrnambool, Victoria, 1-5 December 2003.
  • Walsh, C. (2003). How sensitive are the Victorian State Environment Protection Policy's biological objectives to stream degradation? Joint 42nd Australian Society for Limnology Congress and 36th Congress of the New Zealand Limnological Society, Warrnambool, Victoria, 1-5 December 2003.
  • Walsh, C.J. (2003). Linking urban design to the conservation and restoration of stream ecosystems.Workshop on the Comparative Ecology of Cities and Towns, Australian Research Centre for Urban Ecology, Melbourne University, July 20-22, 2003.
  • Perryman, S., Walsh, C., Rees, G. & Grace, M. (2003). Variation in the denitrifying community structure from streams in an urban and a non-urban catchment.NISORS: Ninth International Conference on River Research and Applications. Albury, NSW, Jul 6-11, 2003.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2003). Stream Ecology and the City: Identifying and managing the cause of poor ecological condition of streams in urban catchments. Departmental Seminar, School of Biological & Chemical Sciences, Deakin University, Burwood, Apr 2003.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2002). Aiming for healthy waterways in the big city: before dispensing the medicine, diagnose the illness.Seminar to Melbourne Water Corporation Oct 2002.
  • Walsh, C.J. & Grace, M.R. (2002). A conceptual model of stormwater impacts on stream ecological function and structure. 42nd Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology, Margaret River, WA Oct 2002
  • Tsyrlin, E., Walsh, C. & Newall, P. (2002). Impacts of stormwater and other urban factors on macroinvertebrate and diatom community composition. 42nd Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology, Margaret River, WA Oct 2002
  • Grace, M.R., Walsh, C.J. & Webb, J.A. (2002). Assessing and preventing stormwater impacts to streams and priorities for restoration. 42nd Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology, Margaret River, WA Oct 2002
  • Walsh, C.J., Fletcher, T.D., Wong, T.H.F. & Breen, P.F. (2001). Developing predictive ecological capacity for a stormwater management decision-making framework. Third Australian Stream Management Conference, Brisbane May, 2001.
  • Walsh, C.J. (2001). Detecting gradients among disturbed urban streams using macroinvertebrates: the importance of sampling effort and non-abundant species. 40th Australian Society for Limnology Congress, Moama Sep 2001
  • Tsyrlin, E., Walsh, C.J. & Breen, P.F. (2001). An experimental assessment of physical habitat restoration in urban streams (We built it but they still won't come). 40th Australian Society for Limnology Congress, Moama Sep 2001
  • Breen, P., Walsh, C., Nichols, S., Norris, R., Metzeling, L. & Gooderham, J. (2001). Urban AUSRIVAS: An Evaluation of the Use of AUSRIVAS Models for Urban Stream Assessment. National River Health Program - Urban Sub-Program Seminar, Environment Australia, Canberra, February 21 2001.
  • Walsh, C.J., Sharpe, A.K., Breen, P.F. & Sonneman, J.A. (2001). Linking the effects of urbanization to stream macroinvertebrates: a heuristic model of urban constraints on species traits. 28th SIL Congress, Melbourne, February 8.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2000). Biological assessment of urban impacts to streams: some new approaches.River Basin Management Society, Waterway Management Seminar.University of Ballarat, Ballarat, Victoria, August 2.
  • Walsh, C. J. (2000). A look at the city from the stream: why limnologists should care more about urbanization.ASL Victorian Branch Seminar, Melbourne, August 24.
  • Coysh, J., Linke, S., Norris, R. & Walsh, C. (2000).'Dirty water' models: Predicting biological changes by simulating impacts.Australian Society for Limnology, 39th Annual Congress, Darwin N.T.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1999).Melbourne's troubled waters: stormwater's multiple insults to stream ecosystems in an urban landscape.Water Studies Centre, Monash University, Clayton, 30 July 1999.
  • Breen, P, Bourguès, S., Grace, M. & Walsh, C. (1999). Yarra River Ecological Study Progress Seminar.Melbourne Water Corporation, Waterways and drainage division.
  • Walsh, C. J., Sonneman, J. A., Breen, P. F. & Sharpe, A. K. (1998).A comparison of benthic diatom and macroinvertebrate community patterns in relation to geology, climate, land use and water quality in the Melbourne region, Australia. The Australian-Indonesian International Conference on Water Quality and Waste Treatment, University of Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia.
  • Gooderham, J., Walsh, C., Grace, M., Sdraulig, S. & participants in the workshop on River Quality Assessment. (1998).Diffuse and point source impacts in Kali Dinoyo, East Java: an example of ecological stream assessment using macroinvertebrates.The Australian-Indonesian International Conference on Water Quality and Waste Treatment, University of Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia.
  • Grace, M., Walsh, C., Gooderham, J. & Sdraulig, S. and participants in the workshop on River Quality Assessment (1998).Ecological Assessment of the Kali Dinoyo, East Java.The Australian-Indonesian International Conference on Water Quality and Waste Treatment, October 1998, University of Mataram, Lombok, Indonesia.
  • Walsh, C.J. & Breen, P.F. (1998).A biological approach to assessing the potential success of habitat restoration in urban streams.International Association of Theoretical and Applied Limnology,27th Congress, Dublin Ireland.
  • Breen, P. F. & Walsh, C. J. (1998).Remediation in urban waterways.CRC for Catchment Hydrology Industry Seminar, Rehabilitating Streams in Your Catchment: Priorities and Possibilities. September 1998, Leonda, Melbourne.
  • Walsh, C. J., Sonneman, J. A., Breen, P. F. & Sharpe, A. K. (1998).Slimes, bugs and slugs in Melbourne waterways: where they grow, why, and what it means for waterway management.Melbourne Water Corporation, Richmond, Victoria.
  • Gooderham J, Walsh C, Breen, P. & Metzeling, L. (1997). Comparing sample processing methods for urban stream invertebrates. Australian Society for Limnology, 36th Annual Congress, Albury NSW.
  • Sharpe, A., Walsh, C., Gippel, T. & Breen, P. (1997).“The effects of urbanization on links between community structure and environmental variation for stream macroinvertebrates.”Australian Society for Limnology, 36th Annual Congress, Albury NSW.
  • Walsh, C. J. & Mitchell, B.D. (1997).Factors associated with variations in abundance of epifaunal caridean shrimps among and within estuarine seagrass meadows.International Conference on the Ecology of of Estuaries and Soft Sediment Habitats.Deakin University, Warrnambool, Victoria
  • Walsh, C. J. (1996).Strategies for sampling and processing macroinvertebrates from depauperate urban streams.Australian Society for Limnology, 35th Annual Congress, Berri, SA.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1995).The shrimp, Paratya australiensis in rivers and estuaries: reproductive variation and trade-offs. Australian Society for Limnology, 34th Annual Congress, Jenolan Caves, NSW.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1994).Life history of the shrimp Paratya australiensis in rivers and estuaries: a pereiopod in both camps.Zoology Department, University of Melbourne.
  • Walsh, C. J. & Mitchell, B. D. (1993).Competition between two species of caridean shrimp in a seagrass (Zostera muelleri) meadow in the Hopkins River estuary, Victoria.Australian Marine Sciences Conference, Melbourne.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1990).The role of an estuary in recruitment of the freshwater shrimp Paratya australiensis Kemp to a western Victorian stream.Australian Society for Limnology, 29th Annual Congress, Jabiru, NT.
  • Walsh, C. J. (1988).Paratya australiensis in a southern Australian Estuary - vagrant, drifter or resident?Australian Society for Limnology, 27th Annual Congress, Townsville, Qld.
 

 

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