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Publications from the project to date

Publications

  • Harbott E. L., and Grace M. R. (2005). Extracellular enzyme response to bioavailability of dissolved organic C in streams of varying catchment urbanization. Journal of the North American Benthological Society 24, 588-601.
  • Harbott E. L., Grace M. R., Webb, J. A. and Hart, B. T. (2005). Small-scale temporal variation and the effect of urbanisation on extracellular enzyme activity in streams. Journal of Environmental Monitoring 7, 861 – 868.
  • 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)
  • Ladson A. R., Walsh C. J., Fletcher T. D., Cornish S., and Horton P. (2004). Improving stream health by reducing the connection between impervious surfaces and waterways. In 'Proceedings of the 3rd National Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design'. (Engineers Australia and the Australian Water Association: Adelaide, SA.)
  • Mac Nally, R. and Walsh, C. (2004). Hierarchical partitioning public-domain software. Biodiversity and Conservation 13, 659-660.
  • Newall P., and Walsh C. J. (2005). Response of epilithic diatom assemblages to urbanization influences. Hydrobiologia 532, 53–67. (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)
  • 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. (abstract)
  • 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., Fletcher, T.D., Wong, T.H.F. and Breen, P.F (2001). Developing predictive ecological capacity for a stormwater management decision-making framework. In Rutherfurd, I. Sheldon, F., Brierly, G. and Kenyon, C. (eds.) Proceedings of the Third Australian Stream Management Conference, Vol. 2. Brisbane Qld. pp. 625-630. (abstract)
  • Walsh C. J., Leonard A. W., Ladson A. R., and Fletcher T. D. (2004). 'Urban Stormwater and the Ecology of Streams.' Technical Report. (CRC for Freshwater Ecology and CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Canberra.) (Full text PDF 1.05MB)
  • Walsh, C.J., Papas, P.J., Crowther, D., Sim, P.T, and 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., 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)

Presentations to date

  • Walsh, C.J. (2004). The costs of not changing the way we manage stormwater. Water – the precious drop: Joint Australian Water Association-Stormwater Industry Association of Victoria seminar. Melbourne, 3 November 2004.
  • Walsh, C.J., Ladson, A.R. and 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, Jun 2004.
  • Walsh, C.J. and 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, Melbourne. 25 March 2004.
  • 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. and 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.
    Harbott, E.,Hart,B. and Grace, M. (2003). Extracellular enzyme response to dissolved organic carbon in urban streams. Symposium on Urbanization and Stream Ecology, Melbourne, Victoria, 8-10 December, 2003.
  • Grace, M., Taylor, S. and 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. and 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.
  • Harbott, E.L., Hart, B.T. and Grace, M.R. (2003). Extracellular enzyme response to dissolved organic carbon in urban streams.  International Symposium on Enzymes in the Environment: Activity, Ecology and Applications.  Prague, Czech Republic, 14-17 July 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.  Poster presentation. NISORS: Ninth International Conference on River Research and Applications. Albury, NSW, Jul 6-11, 2003.
  • Grace, M. R. (2003) Solving the Great Nitrogen Riddle.  IC-03, Conference of the Inorganic Chemistry Division, Royal Australian
    Chemical Institute, University of Melbourne, Feb 2-6, 2003. (abstract)
  • A special session of papers from D210 were presented at the 42nd Congress of the Australian Society for Limnology at Margaret River, WA on 1 Oct 2002:
    • Walsh, C.J. and Grace, M.R. (2002). A conceptual model of stormwater impacts on stream ecological function and structure. (abstract)
    • Hatt, B. and Fletcher, T. (2002). Impacts of stormwater drainage and sewerage design on pollutant transport. (abstract)
    • Taylor, S., Roberts, S. and Hatt, B. (2002). Impacts of urban density and stormwater drainage systems on temporal and spatial patterns of benthic algal biomass. (abstract)
    • Bourguès, S. and Roberts, S. (2002). Production and Respiration in streams of varying catchment urbanization. (abstract)
    • Tsyrlin, E., Walsh, C. and Newall, P. (2002). Impacts of stormwater and other urban factors on macroinvertebrate and diatom community composition. (abstract)
      Grace, M.R., Walsh, C.J., and Webb, J.A. (2002). Assessing and preventing stormwater impacts to streams and priorities for restoration (abstract)
  • Sim, P.T., Peterson, J.A., Chandra, S. 2000. Farm dam distribution change in the Woori Yallock catchment 1976-1996. Poster presentation, OZRI 2000 conference, Melbourne, October 23-25.
  • Sim, P.T., Peterson, J.A., Chandra, S., Yoo, J-Y. 2001. Impervious surface pattern mapping: comparison of on-screen digitising approach with the "Precision method". Poster presentation, OZRI 2001 conference, Sydney, October 8-10. (poster)

Other outputs

  • Walsh C. and 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://cran.r-project.org/
  

 

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